WSU Faculty, Students, and Alumni at NCECA in Seattle

Taryn Simon photographs secret sites

Erik Johansson: Impossible photography

BFA Orientation meeting at 5:00pm on Friday, March 23

BFA Orientation meeting at 5:00pm on Friday, March 23 in the Fine
Arts Conference room.

This meeting will provide an overview of the Fine Arts program and an explanation of the BFA certification process that is scheduled for April 6, 2012. Please encourage students to come!

Image by Yu-Chen Chen (Jack)

Yu-Chen Chen, Digital Capture, Advanced Photography, Spring 2012

Class Demo, Pano Portrait

80x16, Digital Capture, 2012

Material and Performance Class, Fall 2012

RELEVANT 2012

RELEVANT 2012 seeks artists for an 8-day artist-in-residence focusing on sculpture, painting, mixed media and photography. The program is designed to give five selected college and graduate-level students the knowledge and platform necessary to become a successful full-time career artist. Held in Park City, UT, this program provides the participants with on-on-one, in-studio sessions with a commercially-viable, working artist mentor, panel discussions and networking events with art industry professionals. The program culminates with an exclusive Relevant 2012 Exhibition running from Aug. 4 -Sept. 30, 2012. Artist works will be displayed during the 2012 Park City Kimball Arts   Festival, held on August 3 - 5th. This event is considered to be one of the top art festivals in the country which attracts over 55,000 art enthusiasts.  Click here to download a .pdf version of this e-mail for posting in your Art Department and distribution to qualifying students.  Application deadline: April 20, 2012   For questions about Relevant, please contact:   Chris Brady @ 435-649-8882 ext 105   For more information go to: www.kimballartcenter.org/relevant  Send your application to:  relevant@kimballartcenter.org Submit your application fee to:  $25 Relevant Application Fee

Alison Crocetta at U of I

Lecture, March 8, 5pm, TLC 040

Eugène Atget (9 Photos) | PDN Photo of the Day

Eugène Atget (9 Photos) | PDN Photo of the Day

 "Avenue des Gobelins," 1925. Courtesy of The Museum of Modern Art, New York. Abbott-Levy Collection. Partial gift of Shirley C. Burden.

FA 498 Exhibit

Breaching Condit dam breach - White Salmon River - National Geographic

Digital Imaging-FA 385Project 2 Images

Images from top to bottom: Amanda (Bullets and Boots)  Duane (Kitchen Ware), and Josh (Computer Parts) 16z20, 24x30. Original assignment idea based on Les Krims' (SUNY Buffalo State) composite project modeled around Italian Painter Giuseppe Arcimboldo.

Duane D's Dirty Dishes

Digital Capture in RAW, Color Photography, Duane D, ©2012

Soft Life (Spencer Moody and Coco Howard) Installation Photos at WSU

Soft Life

Lecture February 23rd, 6pm, Fine Arts Auditorium, WSU Fine Arts

http://www.softlifeindustry.com/

Advanced Photo Working on Tethering with Leaf Capture and Sweet Dreams; Contemporary Art and Complicity

Monkey, Color Card, and the book, Sweet Dreams; Contemporary Art and Complicity, by Joanne Drucker


"I believe in the power of imaginative works as fundamental to the process of change, but only if we don't shackle art to the task of serving as the social conscience of the culture, or serving any other formulaic agenda-clipping the spirit and straightjacketing artistic potential." -Joanne Drucker, from the Introduction

Susan Noyes Platt Lecture Tonight, 6PM, FA Building

Art and Politics Now: Cultural Activism in a Time of Crisis

Summary

Art and Politics Now: Cultural Activism in a Time of Crisis is a critical analysis of contemporary politically engaged art. Susan Noyes Platt is an art historian and art critic who has written extensively as an advocate for the importance of art that engages social concerns. Starting with a brief historical overview of the topic, Art and Politics Now considers both theory and practice among current artists who are pursuing social and political engagement. Topics include opposition to war, terrorism, racism, borders, and the violation of the earth. It ranges from the art of street protest to the work of gallery artists and finally the international art scene. It examines both individual artists and exhibitions as political endeavors and expands the concept of art that engages political and social issues.

Art and Politics Now rejects the narrow and dismissive critical compartments that have previously been assigned to artists who engage issues, and offers a broad ranging critical framework. Its purpose is to demonstrate the complexity of cultural activism and to advocate for its pursuit. The book reveals the power that artists have to make a difference when they choose to thoughtfully address issues either individually or collectively.

Art and Politics Now makes politically engaged art practices visible and interprets them in an accessible discussion. At the same time, the book provides theoretical contexts by placing the artists in a field of current analytical positions.

Art and Politics Now includes two parts each with five chapters. It is readable by a general audience, useful for classroom courses in various disciplines including contemporary art, art history, political science and sociology.

Devon Recommends-RJD2 as The Insane Warrior - The Water Wheel

Matthew Barney: No Restraint

We are currently viewing this in our afternoon digital imaging class.

Evolution Commercial (thanks Preslie Duskin)

WSU Photo Club

The WSU photo club is happening! You do not have to be a fine arts major to join. Get involved. Meet great people, take exciting trips, and celebrate photography.

For information, you can contact Andrew: atdeteringphotography@gmail.com

Visit on Facebook:
http://www.facebook.com/pages/WSU-Photography-Club/165486313497403

The New Alchemists photography exhibition: interview with curator Sue St...

Excepts from Intermediate Photo, Project 1, Spring 2012

 Andy

 Yiwen Cao

  Yiwen Cao

Jazmine

Paul Brian-Radioactive Thinking: Nuclear Imagery and American Culture

Paul Brians will be coming back to campus on to present a lecture for the Common Reading lecture series on the evening of February 28: “Radioactive Thinking: Nuclear Imagery and American Culture.”  


In addition that day at noon he will do a presentation “Images of the Counterculture: WSU in the 60s” for the Foley Institute’s “Coffee and Politics” series in CUE 518.

Photo:  Patrick Nagatani