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Art Department Table of Contents Visiting Artist Lecture Series 2 Art Department Newsletter 2020-2021 8 Faculty News 8 Dear Students, Faculty, and Friends: The 2020-2021 school year has begun, although without the cheerful presence of students and colleagues filling the classrooms and studios of University Hall. Although this year has proven to be extremely challenging and we remain physically separated, the Art Department faculty and staff are determined to move forward with a range of interesting remote courses, online exhibitions, and Zoom lectures from visiting artists (detailed throughout this newsletter). As we look ahead, we reflect on last year’s accomplishments, with our stellar faculty sharing their artwork and scholarship in exhibitions, presentations, and publications. Christopher Schade exhibited a series of paintings in a solo show at the Boston Design Center; Wenhua Shi’s latest short films were screened at over twenty national and international film festivals; and Zach Horn had a solo exhibition of his work at the American Labor Museum. Margaret Hart’s series Situated Becomings was featured in a solo exhibition at Boston’s Kingston Gallery. Cat Mazza’s artwork Electroknit Dymaxion was included in an exhibition at the Bowdoin College Museum of Art; and during the summer, she also created Pandemic Views. The art historians have been especially productive with Lorenzo Buonanno publishing an essay on Renaissance Venetian sculpture in the volume The Art of Sculpture in Fifteenth-Century Italy and John A. Tyson publishing an essay in the exhibition catalogue Hans Haacke: All Connected. Two senior faculty members completed major book projects. Sarah Keller published Anxious Cinephilia: Pleasure and Peril at the Movies (Columbia University Press), which examines anxiety in relation to the cinema. And David Areford published Strict Beauty: Sol LeWitt Prints (Yale University Press), the first comprehensive exploration of Sol LeWitt’s printmaking practice. In terms of special faculty accomplishments, I’m happy to spotlight Victoria Weston and Margaret Hart, both of whom were promoted to the rank of full professor this year. Congratulations! Finally, we celebrate the student recipients of the annual departmental awards. This year, both the Book Prize for highest GPA and the Ruth Butler Travel Scholarship were shared by two students: AJ Solomon and Satomi Nishimiya. AJ will be traveling to Israel and Italy to conduct research on the architecture and aesthetics of several synagogues dating from c. 100 BC to 2002. And Satomi will study traditional woodblock printing techniques in Japan. David S. Areford Department Chair University Hall Gallery Exhibition Schedule

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Art Department Newsletter2020-2021

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DearStudents,Faculty,andFriends:

The2020-2021schoolyearhasbegun,althoughwithoutthecheerfulpresenceofstudentsandcolleaguesfillingtheclassroomsandstudiosofUniversityHall.Althoughthisyearhasproventobeextremelychallengingandweremainphysicallyseparated,theArtDepartmentfacultyandstaffaredeterminedtomoveforwardwitharangeofinterestingremotecourses,onlineexhibitions,andZoomlecturesfromvisitingartists(detailedthroughoutthisnewsletter).

Aswelookahead,wereflectonlastyear’saccomplishments,withourstellarfacultysharingtheirartworkandscholarshipinexhibitions,presentations,andpublications.ChristopherSchadeexhibitedaseriesofpaintingsinasoloshowattheBostonDesignCenter;WenhuaShi’slatestshortfilmswerescreenedatovertwentynationalandinternationalfilmfestivals;andZachHornhadasoloexhibitionofhisworkattheAmerican

LaborMuseum.MargaretHart’sseriesSituatedBecomingswasfeaturedinasoloexhibitionatBoston’sKingstonGallery.CatMazza’sartworkElectroknitDymaxionwasincludedinanexhibitionattheBowdoinCollegeMuseumofArt;andduringthesummer,shealsocreatedPandemicViews.Thearthistorianshavebeenespeciallyproductivewith

LorenzoBuonannopublishinganessayonRenaissanceVenetiansculptureinthevolumeTheArtofSculptureinFifteenth-CenturyItalyandJohnA.TysonpublishinganessayintheexhibitioncatalogueHansHaacke:AllConnected.Twoseniorfacultymembers

completedmajorbookprojects.SarahKellerpublishedAnxiousCinephilia:PleasureandPerilattheMovies(ColumbiaUniversityPress),whichexaminesanxietyinrelationtothecinema.AndDavidArefordpublishedStrictBeauty:SolLeWittPrints(YaleUniversityPress),

thefirstcomprehensiveexplorationofSolLeWitt’sprintmakingpractice.

Intermsofspecialfacultyaccomplishments,I’mhappytospotlightVictoriaWestonandMargaretHart,bothofwhomwerepromotedtotherankoffullprofessorthisyear.Congratulations!

Finally,wecelebratethestudentrecipientsoftheannualdepartmentalawards.Thisyear,boththeBookPrizeforhighestGPAandtheRuthButlerTravelScholarshipweresharedbytwostudents:AJSolomonandSatomiNishimiya.AJwillbetravelingtoIsraelandItalytoconductresearchonthearchitectureandaestheticsofseveralsynagoguesdatingfromc.100BCto2002.AndSatomiwillstudytraditionalwoodblockprintingtechniquesinJapan.

DavidS.ArefordDepartmentChair

UniversityHallGalleryExhibitionSchedule

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AsnapshotfromSpring2020:AZoomArtDepartmentfacultymeetinginprogress–partofour“newnormal”duringthecoronaviruspandemic.

Faculty News

DavidS.ArefordAfterseveralyearsofresearchandwriting,DavidAreford’sexhibitioncatalogueStrictBeauty:SolLeWittPrintsisbeingpublishedbyYaleUniversityPressinSeptember2020.ThisisthefirstbooktoofferacomprehensiveexaminationoftheAmericanconceptualartist’sprintmakingpractice.Duetothecoronaviruspandemic,therelatedexhibitionwillnowopenattheNewBritainMuseumofAmericanArtinfallof2021andthenattheWilliamsCollegeMuseumofArtinspringof2022.

ProfessorArefordhasalsocompletedaneditedbookonLeWitt’sart–nowtitledLocatingSolLeWitt–consistingofessaysbyeightcontributors,includingdepartmentcolleagueJohnTysonandUMassLowellProfessorKirsten

Swenson.ThebookincludesanintroductionandtwoessaysbyProfessorAreford–“LeWittMoves:ChoreographingthePrintedImage”and“VoicesbeyondtheWall:OnSolLeWitt’sJewishArt”–andwillbepublishedbyYaleUniversityPressinMarch2021.

Thispastyear,ProfessorArefordalsopublishedanessay,“ChristChildCreator,”inQuidestsacramentum?VisualRepresentationofSacredMysteriesinEarlyModernEurope,1400-1700,editedbyWalterMelion,ElizabethCarsonPastan,andLeePalmerWandel.Theessayexploresseveralfifteenth-centurywoodcutsintermsoftheso-calledProlepticPassion,thethemeoftheChildofSorrows,andthesubtlewaysinwhichtheimagescollapsetime.

ForFall2020,Prof.ArefordwillteachART101:AncientandMedievalArt.

LorenzoBuonannoThispastyear,LorenzoBuonannopublishedanessay“TullioLombardo,AntonioRizzo,andSculpturalAudacityinRenaissanceVenice,”intheeditedvolumeTheArtofSculptureinFifteenth-CenturyItaly(ed.AmyBlochandDanielZolli,Cambridge,2020),andhadanotheressayonthecraftguildsofVeniceacceptedforpublicationinthejournalSource:NotesintheHistoryofArt.Healsocompletedadraftofhisbookmanuscript,ThePerformanceofSculptureinRenaissanceVenice,undercontractwithRoutledgePress.LastNovemberhewasaguestonWGBH’sLunchHourLiveprogramdiscussingthecontinuedimpactofandfascinationwithLeonardodaVinci.BeginningthisfallhewillbeginservingasChairoftheCatherineFrisoneScottCenterforItalianCulturalStudiesatUMassBoston.

ThisyearhewillteachART102:RenaissancetoModernArt(FallandSpring),andalsolooksforwardtoteachingART312onlaterItalianRenaissanceintheFall,andacourseontheartofVenicethisSpring.

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MargaretHartProfessorMargaretHartcontinuestocreatecollageworksinformedbygender,technologyandsciencefiction.ShewillexhibitsomeofthesenewworksatKingstonGalleryinBostoninOctober.Herpreviousbodyofwork,SituatedBecomings,wasfeaturedinanexhibitionattheKingstonGalleryinOctober2019.TheseworkswillbeexhibitedinBerlin,Germany,in2021.HeranimatedvideoPoly-morphosishasbeenincludedinseveralfilmandvideofestivals,includingtheRevolutionsPerMinuteFestival,theLAShortsInternationalFilmFestivalandtheTransart(NotSo)ShortFest.IntheFallsemester,ProfessorHartwillbeteachingART293:Photography1andART393:PhotographyWorkshopandintheSpring,ART293:Photography1andART481:StudioCapstone.

SarahKeller

SarahKellerhasrecentlycompletedtwobookprojects.Thefirst,entitledAnxiousCinephilia:PleasureandPerilattheMovies,waspublishedbyColumbiaUniversityPressinApril2020.Itfocusesoninstancesofanxietyinrelationtothecinema,particularlyinthewaysspectatorshaveengagedwithmovingimagesandfindthemselvesinthralltothem.Thesecond,BarbaraHammer:PushingOutoftheFrame,willbepublishedinWinter/Spring2021byWayneStateUniversityPressfortheirQueerScreensBookSeries.Keller’sbookisthefirsttosurveyHammer’sfifty-yearcareerasapioneeringqueerexperimentalfilmandvisualartist.

fortheMuseumofWorkandCulture,RIthatwillopeninOctober.

InFall2020,ZachwillteachART175:VisualTechniquesandtwosectionsofART220:GraphicDesign.InSpring2021,hewillteachtwosectionsofART220:GraphicDesignandART381:DrawingWorkshop.

ZachHorn

ZachHorncontinuestopursuevariousprojectsindrawing,painting,andmixedmedia.Thispastacademicyear,hisworkwasfeaturedinasoloexhibitionattheAmericanLaborMuseum,NJ,inaseconditerationofUnitedWeBargain,DividedWeBeg,Zach’songoingworkinsupportoforganizedlabor.HealsoparticipatedingroupshowsatDelMarCollege,TX,MonmouthUniversity,NJ,KentStateUniversity,OH,andattheArtComplexMuseum,MA.Zach’sworkwasincludedinthesurveyofcontemporaryDorchesterartistshereatUMassBoston,curatedbySamToabe.In2020,ZachwasafinalistandgrantrecipientfromtheMassachusettsCulturalCouncilinDrawing.Zachiscurrentlyworkingonasoloexhibition

KevinDacey

KevinDaceycontinuesasArtist-in-ResidenceattheRedwoodAthenaeuminNewport,RI.ThisFallhehasashow,“LookingGlass:ImagesforSelfReflection,”thatwillbeopeningonSeptember1,2020,attheRedwood.Theshowisthemostrecentinstallationofthreeyearsofrelatedworkingraphicarts,photography,anddrawing.

ForFall2020andSpring2021,KevinwillteachsectionsofART281:DrawingI.

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ErikLevine

LastyearErikLevinefocusedonseveralmovingimageprojectsinvariousstagesofproduction.OutofPlay,avideopiecethatwasfilmedfrom2014-2018andsubsequentlyeditedthrough2020,withtwoSpecialWeaponsandTactics(SWAT)teamsfromRochesterandMonroeCounty,NewYork,isnearlycomplete.Also,TheGuiltySleep,apieceLevinefilmedasherodeshotgunwiththeovernightshiftsoftheRochesterPoliceDepartment,iscurrentlybeingedited.And,hespentamonthfilminganotherworkintheMonroeCountyJail,alsoinRochester,withtheendresultbeinganupcomingsingle-channelvideo.ProfessorLevineattendedtheRobertRauschenbergFoundationResidencyinCaptivaIslandthispastNovember-Decemberandfilmedanadditionalupcomingwork,yettobetitled,atTweenWatersResort,anhistoricalresortlocatedonCaptivaIsland.

IntheFall2020andSpring2021,hewillbeteachingART199:VisualThinkingandART286:IntrotoSculpture.

Faculty News

ElizabethMarran

ElizabethMarrancontinuesmakingdrawings,collage,printsandpaintings.Lastwinter,shetraveledtoLjubljana,SloveniaforagroupexhibitionattheGalerieDrunzinawheresheexhibitedaseriesofeightintaglioprintstitled,Similar,andAlongThoseLines.ShepresentedanartisttalkattheCatholicInstituteofBusinessandLawtoadiverseaudienceofartists,journalists,andeducatorsandwasoneofthreeartistsselectedtoparticipateinapaneldiscussiononthecreativeartsinhighereducationandonfreedomofexpression,atopicleadbytheHonorableKlemenJaklicfortheCourtofSloveniaandConstitutionalscholar.

Inthefallof2019andwinterof2020,ProfessorMarranworkedonintaglioprintportfoliosfromhertimeatCrownPointPresstheprevioussummer.Sincethepandemicandtheclosingofcampus,shehasreorientedher

AnactivecontributortotheSocietyofCinemaandMediaStudiesandtoDomitor:theSocietyfortheStudyofEarlyCinema,KelleralsoservesontheexecutivecommitteeofthecinemastudiesprogramatUMassBostonandisthefounderandcoordinatorfortheBostonCinema/MediaSeminar,acolloquiumthatgatherscinemaandmediascholarsfromthegreaterBostonareaandbeyondforpresentationsbycolleagues.Forthefall,theseminarwillbefullyonlineandwillfeaturescholarsandfilmartistsfromallovertheworld.Formoreinfoabouttheseminar,seehttps://bostoncms.wordpress.com

IntheFall2020,ProfessorKelleristeachinganupper-levelseminaronthreemajorfilmgenres—comedy,westerns,andmusicals(CINE350:FilmGenres).IntheSpring2021,shewillbeteachingafilmhistorysurveyfrom1945tothepresent(CINE202:HistoryofInternationalCinema2)andanonlinecourseonAmericanblockbusterfilms(CINE355:AmericanCinema).

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ChristopherSchade

ThispastyearSchadeexhibitedinthegroupexhibitionsEnsemble:TogetherAgainatThePaintingCenter,NewYork,NY;TheSwordintheSun,curatedbyEssyeKlempneratBlackburn20/20,NewYork,NY;SocialPhotographyVIIIcuratedbyPeterScottatCarriageTradeGallery,NewYork,NY;SmallandSmaller,curatedbyHeatherDarcyBhandariatSite:BrooklynGallery,Brooklyn,NY;MotherAltaratMotherGallery,Beacon,NY;andLoveMatch,curatedbyBethKantrowitzandKathleenO'HaraatDrive-ByProjectsinWatertown,MA.HisworkwasalsoaddedonlinetotheWhiteColumns'CuratedArtistRegistry,WhiteColumns,NewYork,NY.ProfessorSchadecontinuestoorganizetheVisitingArtistLectureSeries,aforumfornationallyandinternationallyrecognizedartistsofalldifferentdisciplinestoengagedirectlywithUMassBostonstudents,visitclassesforcritiques,andspeakabouttheirprofessionalwork.ForFallof2020andSpringof2021SchadewillbeteachingART283:IntroductiontoPaintingandART383:PaintingWorkshop.

ChristopherSchadeisworkingonseveralpaintinganddrawingseriesinwhichheexplorescognition,perceptionandvisualdissonance.InSeptemberhewillhaveasoloexhibitionofhispaintingsanddrawingsentitledEnvisagedLandscapesatThePaintingCenterinNewYorkCity.Duringthispastyear,hehadasoloexhibitionPassingIslandsattheBostonDesignCenter,Boston,MA,curatedbyTheSphinxNortheast(KariAdelaideandMaxRazdow)whichwasreviewedbyKatyDiamondHamerinBostonArtReview.

inthenineteenthandearlytwentiethcenturies,whentherewasnotyetaneffectivemedicationforthisinfectiousandairbornedisease.https://pandemic-views.net/

Earlyintheyear,sheledaworkshopatBowdoinCollegeMuseumofArt,whereherartworkElectroknitDymaxionwasonview(January15-August2,2020)intheexhibition“FastFashion/SlowArt,”curatedbyBibianaOblerandPhyllisRosenzweig.HersculptureTakingtheCurewasextendedforasecondyearthroughmid-Julyin2020attheDeCordovaMuseumandSculpturePark,andduringshelter-in-placeordersshedevelopedvirtualcontenttoaccompanythepiece.

For2020-2021,shewillteachART208:IntrotoContemporaryPracticesinFiberArt,astudiocourseexploringtextilehistories,traditionsandtechniques,suchasembroidery,knittingandthewaysfibermediacaninterfacewithdigitaldesign.ShewillalsoofferART297:IntrotoDigitalMedia&ART397:DigitalWorkshop.

InAugust2020,ProfessorCatMazzacreatedPandemicViews,aSpecialProjectoftheinauguralartfairAREACODEthathighlightsartsinNewEngland.PandemicViewsinvitesparticipantstocross-stitchlandscapescapturedduringthepandemic.Mazzadigitallydesignsthepatternsfortheneedleworkers,andaftertheyarestitched,compilesthemintoalimitededitionzineandinanongoingwebbasedformat.PandemicViewsisinspiredbyMazza'sresearchintocraftpracticesduringdaysofisolationandquarantineforTuberculosis

CatMazza

practiceprimarilytodrawingandpaintingandisspendingmoreofhertimelookingatandreflectingonherworkofthepastseveralyears.Sheshares,“Iamtryingtoseethisasanopportunity.Lookingbackatthelastsixmonths,Iam,assomanyothersare,confrontingagreatmanyideas,mostofwhichcallforaprofoundneedforchange.”

ForbothFall2020andSpring2021,ProfessorMarranwillteachART287:IntroductiontoPrintmakingandART387:PrintmakingWorkshop.

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WenhuaShiThispastyearWenhuaShipresentedhisfilms,DieNacht,GutaiandRoseatmorethantwentynationalandInternationalfilmfestivals,includingtheBogataExperimentalFilmFestival(Columbia),AlchemyFilmandMovingImageFestivalinHawick(Scotland),RigaPasaulesFilmFestival(Estonia),FestivalInternationalSignesdeNuit(France),KOSMA(KoreanSocietyofMedia&Arts)(SouthKorea),AthensInternationalFilmandVideoFestival(Ohio),andtheCrossroadsFilmFestival(SanFrancisco).HewasalsofeaturedasasoloartistduringtheFingerLakeEnvironmentalFilmFestivalatIthacaCollege.

Duringthespring2020semesterWenhuawasavisitingresearchfellowattheHarvardCAMlabwherehewastheexhibitiondirectorforobjectplayPeonyPavilionimmersiveexhibition

StaceySlobodaStaceySlobodacontinuesresearchonherbook,St.Martin’sLane:Art,Design,andtheCulturalGeographyoftheMid-Eighteenth-CenturyLondonArtWorld.Infall2019,sheparticipatedinaworkshopattheMorganLibraryinNewYorkfortheirexhibitionHogarth:Crueltyand

andtheproductionadvisorforthemulti-channelinstallationTotheMoon,whichcelebratesTaiwaneseabstractpainterLiuGuo-song’sartworkandlife.MostrecentlyWenhuawasawardedgrantsforhisnextproduction,apoeticessayfilm,RedSpectrum,byLightPressinSeattleandtheLEFFoundationMovingImageGrants.CurrentlyheispreparinghissoloexhibitiontitledBlueonBlue,attheOxWarehouseGalleryinMacau,settoopeninOctober2020.

InFall2020,ProfessorShiwillteachtwosectionsofART/CINE295L:IntroductiontoVideo,andinSpring2021,hewillteachART/CINE295L:IntroductiontoVideo,andART/CINE395:VideoWorkshop,anadvancedexplorationofvideowithafocusonvideospecialeffects.

CarolG.J.ScollansCarolScollanscontinuesherresearchonthefirstAmericanArtColonyonAppledoreIslandlocatedamongtheIsleofShoalsoffthecoastofNewHampshireandMaine.Shecomposedandpublishedacatalogueessayon“SituatedBecoming”fordepartmentcolleagueMargaretHart’sexhibitionlastOctoberatKingstonGalleryinBoston’sSouthend.LastyearshereceivedaMellonGranttodevelopahighimpactMuseumPracticescourseopentoalloncampusandimplementedforthefirsttimeintheSpringof2020.ThissummershedeliveredtwovirtuallecturesfortheFalmouthArtCenterfocusedonClaudeMonetandhisconnectiontoBostonCollectorsandaSurveyoftheAmericanCollectionattheMuseuminFineArts,Boston.ShewasinvitedtojointheFacultySenatethisspringastheNTTfacultyrepresentativeforthenexttwoyears.CurrentlysheiswritingacatalogueessayfortheBaltimoreMuseumofFineArt’sFall2021exhibitionontheworkofformerUMassBostonartprofessorRichardYarde.

ForFall2020,ProfessorScollanswillbeteachingtwosectionsofART100:LanguageofArtandART102:RenaissancetoModernArt.

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Humor,andtraveledtoLondontogiveapaperataconferenceatthePaulMellonCentreforStudiesinBritishArtrelatedtotheSoaneMuseum’sexhibitionHogarth:PlaceandProgresswhichbroughttogetherallofthesurvivingpaintingsofHogarth’sfamous“modernmoralsubjects”series.Thisfall,shewillgiveanonlinetalktotheFurnitureHistorySocietyrelatedtoamapofthemid-eighteenth-centuryLondonartworldthatshecreatedontheInstituteforHistoricalResearch’sLayersofLondononlineproject(www.layersoflondon.org).ThisFall2020,ProfessorSlobodawillteachART315:Eighteenth-CenturyArt.AndinSpring2021,shewillteachART230:Architecture,Design,andSociety.

JohnA.TysonLastacademicyearsawJohnTysonjoiningdepartmentcolleagueLorenzoBuonannoasaco-chairoftheUMassBostonMuseumPartnershipsCommittee.TogethertheyorganizedaUMBeveningattheMuseumofFineArtsBoston(MFA),acareersinartfair,and“QuestioningtheCanon,”asymposiumforartsprofessionalsandacademicsalsoattheMFA.Forthelatterevent,TysonpresentedananalysisofKehindeWiley’sJohn,1stBaronByron(2013).WithLillian-YvonneBertramoftheEnglishDepartment,TysonmoderatedaconversationwiththepoetArianaReinesandtheartistGalaPorras-Kim,heldundertheauspicesoftheCenterforHumanities,CultureandSociety.InFebruary,TysontravelledtotheGettyResearchInstitutetoconductarchivalresearchforthepaper“CinetismoandSistemas:SituatingtheWorkofHansHaackewithinAdvancedArtExchangesinthe

VictoriaWestonVictoriaWestonpublishedacomprehensive,annotatedbibliographyforOxfordUniversityPress’sonlineentity,OxfordBibliographies.Titled“MeijiPainting,”thisbibliographysurveysEnglish-languagesourcesonJapanesepaintingintheMeijiPeriod,1868-1912,includingafewseminalworkswritteninJapanese.ProfessorWestonusedtheCOVID19quarantinetoformalize,rewriteandcomplete,andillustratehertextbookmanuscript,AnIntroductiontoEastAsianArt.Thebookusesthreeyears—752,1250and1591—toexploreartandvisualanalysisinChina,Korea,andJapan,andrepresentsthefirsttextbooksurveyofEastAsianart,ratherthanallofAsia,anditgivesequalattentiontotheartsof

Korea,whichhavelongbeenrelegatedtotheshadowsofChinaandJapan.

InFall2020,WestonteachesART104L:IntroductiontoEastAsianArtandART212L:TraditionalJapaneseArchitecture.InSpring2021,sheteachesART256:ArtsofJapanandART258:ArtsofChina.

Americas,”whichhewasinvitedtopresentattheAmericanArtofthe60sConferenceatTexasA&M.Tyson’sessays,“TheWashingtonRenaissance”intheRoutledgeCompaniontoAfricanAmericanArtHistoryand“BeyondSystemsAesthetics:Politics,Performance,andPara-Sites”intheNewMuseum’sHansHaacke:AllConnected,werepublishedinlate2019.Indeed,histhinkingabouttheworkofHaackeisongoing,asheisworkingonabookfocusedontheartist’soutputinthe1960sand70s.InApril2021,hewillbeorganizingtheVisualCultureConsortium’sannualUndergraduateArtHistorySymposium.

In2020-2021TysonwillbeteachingART250:ArtoftheTwentiethCenturybothsemestersaswellasART310:HistoryofPhotographyintheFallandART375:ContemporaryArtintheSpring.HewasrecentlyawardedaCLACareersGrant,whichsupportstailoringthecurriculumofhisHistoryofPhotocoursetowardprofessionaldevelopmentforstudents.ThusnumerousguestspeakerswillbeZoomingintohisclass.

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JeanMarieCasbarianWednesday,October28

Visiting Artist Lecture Series (Fall 2020)

PLATONICINTIMACIESOctober–December2020OnlineExhibition

Thisonlineexhibitionwillpresentartworksthatfocusontheimportanceofhumanconnection,care,andaffectioninthetimeofCOVID-19.Wehavelosttouchwithoneanotherduringthistimewhenphysicaldistancingisnecessarytomitigatethecurrentpublichealthcrisis.PlatonicIntimacieswilllookatidealsofphysicalconnection,familiarity,andcollectivecorporealitythroughcontemporaryart.

GATHERDecember2020–February2021OnlineExhibition

ThroughacallforartbyNewEngland-basedundergraduatestudentartists,thisexhibitionaimstouniteagenerationofartistsinanexpansive

virtualrealm.Wewillgatherworksbystudentsfromacrosstheregion,whoseartshowsskillincraftandconcept,aswellashostsocialmediaforumstoconnectparticipants.

MOHAMADHAFEZJanuary–May2021

ThisexhibitionwillbethefirstsoloshowinBostonbytheacclaimedSyrian-Americanartist&architect.RespondingtotheatrocitiesoftheSyriancivilwar,Hafez’srecentworkcapturesthemagnitudeofthedevastationandexposesthefragilityofhumanlife.Incontrasttothewar’sviolence,hisartimbuesasubtlehopefulnessthroughitsdeliberateincorporationofversesfromtheHolyQuran,streetart,andsignsofresistancethroughtheadaptationofcultureanddailylife.

CAPSTONE2021May–June2021

Attheendofeachschoolyear,theUniversityHallGallerypresentstheCapstoneexhibitiontogatherandcelebratetheworksproducedbythejuniorandseniorparticipantsoftheStudioArtCapstonecourse.TheclassisofferedbytheArtDepartmentatUMassBostonaspartofthestudiofocusedB.A.track,forthepurposeofdevelopingastrongportfolioandenrichingtheunderstandingofacomplexsetofprofessionalpracticesinthearts.ForinformationontheseexhibitionsandtheUniversityHallGallery,[email protected]

ArtDepartment,UniversityofMassachusettsBoston,UniversityHall,04,Room4232TomakeagifttotheArtDepartmentortheUniversityHallGallery,pleasecontact:[email protected]

University Hall Gallery Exhibition Schedule 2020-2021

JeanMarieCasbarianwasborninAberdeen,MarylandandreceivedherMFAfromMiltonAverySchoolofArtatBardCollegeinNewYork.Herworkconsistsofinterdisciplinaryinstallationpracticesandincorporatesphotography,filmandvideoprojections,sound,sculptureandperformanceintoherartworks.AlongwithexhibitingthroughouttheUnitedStates,Europe,CentralAmericaandAsia,shehasreceivedanumberofawardsandartistresidencies.SheisaprofessoratTransartInstitute,alow-residencyMFAprogrambasedinBerlinandNewYorkCityandisalsoa facultymemberwiththeICP-BardMFAprogramandtheGeneralStudiesProgramattheInternationalCenterofPhotographyinNewYorkCity.ShelivesandworksinNewYorkCity.

www.jeanmariecasbarian.com

DanielZellerDayandtimeTBD

DanielZellerwasborninSanRafael,CaliforniaandreceivedhisMFAinSculpturefromtheUniversityofMassachusettsAmherst.Hiscurrentpracticeiscenteredonmakingdrawingsbasedonsatellitephotography,electronmicrographs,topographicmaps,anatomicalandschematicdiagrams.HehasexhibitedwidelywithsoloexhibitionsatthePierogiGalleryinNewYorkCity;MichelSoskineInc.inParisandMadrid;andLoraReynoldsGalleryinAustin,TX.Hisworkhasbeenreviewedinnumerouspublications,includingArtinAmerica,Artnews,ArtonPaper,andTheNewYorkTimes.HewastherecipientofaPollock-KrasnerFoundationGrantandhisworkcanbefoundinmanypubliccollectionsincludingTheMuseumofModernArtandtheWhitneyMuseumofAmericanArt.

www.danielzeller.net