From the November 2013 Desktop News | Student works created using new media technologies will be the focus of the exhibit, “[ENTER]Connect,” which will be on display at the Dinah Washington Cultural Arts Center until Nov. 22. The artworks, which use techniques such as 3-D printing, 3-D scanning, microcontrollers and projection mapping, are a result of students participating in a 3-D design course taught for both art and engineering majors. “Visitors to the show will see artwork made by students from a […]
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College Alumna’s Artwork Displayed
From the October 2013 Desktop News | Woods Quad on the UA campus now boasts a fifth large-scale outdoor sculpture courtesy of artist Lindsay Jones Lindsey, a 2012 graduate of the Department of Art and Art History. The piece is a six-and-a-half foot sculpture depicting a Fibonacci spiral with an exposed stainless steel skeleton and is part of the Woods Quad Sculpture Garden. Lindsey, who triple minored in biological sciences, Computer-Based Honors and the Blount Undergraduate Initiative while at UA, began designing […]
Creatively Speaking
Art Night fosters UA, local arts communities For the September Art Night, the first of the 2013 fall semester, artists flocked to campus for an energizing get-together with food and camaraderie. “I’m excited to see who’s going to come tonight,” said UA student Sarah Austin as early arrivals began filtering in. Since 2003, Art Night has served as a monthly gathering where artists and art lovers view, present, discuss, and sometimes create art and crafts. The event takes place at […]
Art Student Designs Alabama Shakes Poster
Shakes lead guitarist is College alum From the September 2013 Desktop News | Students in a graphic design course taught by instructor Laura Lineberry in the Department of Art and Art History got the chance of a lifetime this fall when they were asked by the Alabama Shakes, a three-time Grammy nominated rock group hailing from Athens, Ala., to design a poster for the group’s upcoming tour. Heath Fogg, the rhythm and lead guitarist for the group, is a 2008 alum of […]
New UA Gallery Opens with Rug Exhibit
Gallery Part of Tuscaloosa’s New Dinah Washington Cultural Arts Center From the August 2013 Desktop News | The University of Alabama has opened a new gallery in Downtown Tuscaloosa that will provide a public showcase for UA collections, artifacts, and art. Part of the new Dinah Washington Cultural Arts Center (CAC), the gallery is the culmination of collaborative efforts between the University, The Arts and Humanities Council of Tuscaloosa, and the City of Tuscaloosa. It will be managed by the College of […]
Exhibit Connects Migration with Jones Mission
Interdisciplinary Collaboration Leads to Spring Exhibition From the 2013 Celebrating Excellence | One of the nation’s most historical population movements, the Great Migration of 1915-1970, is being studied this year by UA students from a variety of disciplines through works of art in the College’s Paul R. Jones Collection of American Art. At the request of Dean Robert Olin, College faculty were asked to develop an interdisciplinary theme for learning that would use works from the Jones Collection as a central point […]
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Migration/s Exhibit Used as Interdisciplinary Learning Experience
From the March 2013 Desktop News | “Migration/s,” a collaborative exhibition featuring works in the Paul R. Jones Collection of American Art at The University of Alabama, opens this month at the Paul R. Jones Gallery of Art in downtown Tuscaloosa and will be on display until April 19. The exhibit, part of a semester-long exploration of the theme of migration, investigates how artists have reflected upon the history of African American experiences in the wake of the Great Migration, as well as […]
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Former UA Student Becomes Youngest Photographer to Shoot Time Cover
Miller Mobley, a former photography student in the College, recently shot a cover for Time magazine, becoming the youngest photographer to have his work grace the front of the news magazine . His images accompany the article, “The DNA Dilemma: A Test That Could Change Your Life.” Mobley, 26, has been shooting commercially in New York since 2011. Mobley originally traveled to shoot portraits in New Jersey, Philadelphia, Washington, D.C., and New York City for what was to be an […]
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Music and Dance Performances, Art Showcase to Celebrate 25th Anniversary of UA’s Holtkamp Organ
A two-story-high Holtkamp organ, with brass pipes extending to the ceiling, is the centerpiece of the Concert Hall in the Frank M. Moody Music Building on The University of Alabama campus. This year marks the 25th anniversary of the majestic instrument, an 86-rank, 65-stop Holtkamp organ that can fill the concert hall with sound with just a few keystrokes. The School of Music will present a special interdisciplinary showcase of music, dance, and art in honor of the anniversary. Dr. […]
Art Professor’s Works Featured in New York Gallery
The work of Pete Schulte, an assistant professor of drawing in the College’s Department of Art and Art History, is being showcased in the exhibit “Pardon Up Here,” at the Luise Ross Gallery in New York City through January 12, 2013. Schulte is known for his nuanced pencil and pigment drawings on paper. This is Schulte’s first solo exhibition at Luise Ross Gallery, where he was part of a group exhibition in July 2011. His recent solo exhibitions include The […]
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