Storytelling Photography with Eric Carter

Storytelling Photography with Eric Carter

March 5th at the Building Imagination Center.

Funded by a grant from the CSU Entertainment Industry Initiative, the CSU Stanislaus Art Department is hosting a series of guest workshops for CSU Art Majors around the theme of storytelling in the digital arts.


ericCarterEric Carter is a Bay Area designer and photographer. He has developed and designed eLearning applications, websites and print, illustrations,  animations, interactive Flash widgets and portrait photography. Eric is currently working with the Bay Area Video Coalition and Tesla.

This series of workshops will conclude with a public exhibition of student work in the CSU Stanislaus’ Building Imagination Center. Limited to Stanislaus State students only.

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University Art Gallery Downtown

University Art Gallery Downtown

While Turlock’s downtown restaurant scene has expanded in recent years, the area is now playing host to a more culturally appetizing establishment: the California State University, Stanislaus Art Gallery.

Made possible through the generous contributions of private donors, the CSU Stanislaus Art Gallery has been in the making for four years. While the aim is to display student art, the gallery is more than a place to admire works, as it includes an interactive component with a Building Imagination Center and studios for students working towards their Bachelor of Fine Arts. Of the 130 art majors at CSU Stanislaus, about 24 students are working towards their BFA, which is a higher level major of study that requires more coursework.

“As the Art Department of the University, part of our mission is that we have a gallery to serve both our students and the community and we thought what better way to serve the community than having  a place downtown,” said Roxanne Robbin, chair of the Art Department.

The Building Imagination Center, which was formerly located in downtown Modesto, focuses on video production and exhibitions of Central Valley community members, alumni  and graduate movie makers, while also hosting community workshops for classes and student projects.  The Lofts for the BFA students provides undergraduate students the rare opportunity to hone their craft in a dedicated space. The gallery also serves as an exhibition space for work of CSU Stanislaus students as well as international artists.

“Ultimately, we believe that opening the Art Space on Main will bring us closer to our mission by engaging the community more directly,” said Robbin.

CSU Stanislaus Art Gallery director Dean DeCocker and Building Imagination Center director Jessica Gomula-Kruzic oversees the gallery space, which is not only a place for community members to satisfy their artistic interests, but also provides students in the Art Department professional experience in running an exhibition space.

The CSU Stanislaus Art Gallery is located at the intersection of Main Street and Broadway in downtown Turlock.

 

By Elizabeth Arakelian
Courtesy of The Turlock Journal

Art Faculty on Main

Art Faculty on Main

September 5 to October 24, 2014
Reception Thursday September 5, 2014 at 5:30 pm
Artist Talk at 6:00 pm

Professor of Art Jessica Gomula-Kruzic will have three works on display in the video gallery.

“My visual arts research explores the relationship between the immediate environment, the audience, and the artist, as interactive media and DIY culture continues to blur those relationships. My goal is to create collaborative intermedia artwork in diverse public spaces, which addresses socially conscious subject matter.

Through large scale video and animation projections, live performances, and responsive systems, my projects creatively respond to the physical and social character of an environment, working to animate public and private spaces, in an effort to bring diverse people together to inspire, and be inspired.”

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Generations of Art Alumni Connect with Students, Community

Generations of Art Alumni Connect with Students, Community

On the heels of its inaugural faculty exhibition, the new CSU Stanislaus Art Space on Main in downtown Turlock is currently featuring works by 42 alumni from the Department of Art. The exhibition “Art Alumni on Main” opened in the recently renovated space with a November reception that brought together alumni artists, faculty, current students and the community.

“This exhibition really showcases to the community many of our great alumni artists,” said Dean DeCocker, director of the University Art Gallery. “It is an opportunity for our alumni to reconnect with their professors and with each other — to share what they are working on and what they have accomplished.”

DeCocker also said the exhibition provides opportunities for current students to connect with alumni and learn about the types of work that they are doing post-graduation.

“This is a great show because you will see such a diverse group of artists,” said Ellen Roehne, a Modesto artist and lecturer in the CSU Stanislaus Department of Art. She encouraged students in her art appreciation class to attend the reception and interview the alumni artists.

Art Space on Main
Art alumni Cliff H. and Ann W. Bailey, both from the class of ’73, with their son Clifford W. Bailey, ’10. All three have artwork on exhibit in “Art Alumni on Main.

“You are sure to find something to connect with.”

The exhibition is also multi-generational, with alumni whose children followed their footsteps into art at CSU Stanislaus and are now exhibiting together in this group show.

Clifford W. Bailey, ’10, who followed the example of his parents, Cliff H. and Ann W. Bailey, both from the class of ’73, are exhibiting very different works of art that include techniques in sculpture, mixed media and photography.

“Each of us does very different work,” Ann Bailey said. “Having our work here together starts a conversation about our different passions.”

Another family exhibiting together includes Larry DeTomasi, ’11, who teaches art at Pitman High School, and his daughter Jessica DeTomasi, ’14.

For recent grads, the exhibition is also an opportunity to cut their teeth in a professional gallery environment. Diana Isho, who graduated with her Bachelor of Fine Arts in 2012 and is currently teaching art in Modesto while pursuing her teaching credential, said the exhibition has provided her a chance to grow professionally as an artist and to showcase her work for her students.

“I can’t believe that I’ve just graduated and now I am working and teaching art,” she said. “It’s very exciting to have the opportunity to show my work in a professional gallery.”

“Art Alumni on Main” runs through Jan. 16. Located at 135 W. Main Street, Art Space on Main is open to the public from noon to 5 p.m. Monday through Wednesday and from noon to 9 p.m. Thursday through Saturday.

 Read the article here: https://www.csustan.edu/alumni-news/december-2014/generations-art-alumni-connect-students-community 

University to open art gallery downtown

University to open art gallery downtown

By Elizabeth Arakelian
Staff Reporter
earakelian@turlockjournal.com

While Turlock’s downtown restaurant scene has expanded in recent years, the area will soon be playing host to a more culturally appetizing establishment: the California State University, Stanislaus Art Gallery.

Made possible through the generous contributions of private donors, the CSU Stanislaus Art Gallery has been in the making for four years. While the aim is to display student art, the gallery will be more than a place to admire works, as it will include an interactive component with a Building Imagination Center and studios for students working towards their Bachelor of Fine Arts. Of the 130 art majors at CSU Stanislaus, about 24 students are working towards their BFA, which is a higher level major of study that requires more coursework.

“As the Art Department of the University, part of our mission is that we have a gallery mission to serve both our student and the community and we thought what better way to serve the community than having a place downtown,” said Roxanne Robbin, chair of the Art Department.

The Building Imagination Center, which was formerly located in downtown Modesto, will focus on video production and exhibitions of Central Valley community members, alumni and graduate movie makers, while also hosting community workshops for classes and student projects. The Lofts for the BFA students will provide undergraduate students the rare opportunity to hone their craft in a dedicated space. The gallery will also serve as an exhibition space for work of CSU Stanislaus students as well as international artists.

“Ultimately, we believe that opening the Art Space on Main will bring us closer to our mission by engaging the community more directly,” said Robbin.

CSU Stanislaus Art Gallery director Dean DeCocker and Building Imagination Center director Jessica Gomula-Kruzic will oversee the gallery space, which will not only be a place for community members to satisfy their artistic interests, but also provide students in the Art Department professional experience in running an exhibition space.

The CSU Stanislaus Art Gallery will open at the intersection of Main Street and Broadway in downtown Turlock and is scheduled to have a soft opening geared towards students in May with the official opening in the early fall.

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CSU Stanislaus to Open Downtown Turlock Art Gallery, Student Studios

CSU Stanislaus to Open Downtown Turlock Art Gallery, Student Studios

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CSU Stanislaus to Open Downtown Turlock Art Gallery, Student Studios

Chris Machado/TurlockCityNews.com

 

California State University Stanislaus will open a permanent art gallery on Downtown Turlock’s Main Street by early May, the university has confirmed.

The gallery, to be located in the former JCPenney building across the street from the Dust Bowl Brewing Co. Tap Room, will be known as “The Art Space on Main.” It will house an art gallery and studios for Bachelor of Fine Arts students.

CSU Stanislaus Art Department Chair Roxanne Robbin says the goal of Art Space on Main is “to serve the university and surrounding community through a changing and diverse exhibition program of artistic significance and cultural relevance.

“The Art Space on Main will feature changing exhibitions similar to those in the University Art Gallery, ranging from internationally known artists to the works of our own students,” she said. “We hope to grow with the community and to become an integral part of Downtown Turlock. We believe that opening the Art Space on Main will bring us closer to our mission by engaging the community more directly.”

The art studios will be known as “The Lofts of the BFA,” and will offer spaces for the university’s most advanced art studio students. They will have dedicated spaces where they can pursue the challenging work of becoming independent artists with their own artistic vision. This is an unusual opportunity for students at the undergraduate level, and distinguishes CSU Stanislaus as a premiere school for the study of art, Robbin said.

Robbin says that at this point art will not be for sale to the general public, however it is likely that in the future shows may feature art for sale to benefit art students.

The Building Imagination Center, which was formerly housed in Downtown Modesto, will also move to the space. The Building Imagination Center is a center for both video production and exhibitions for Central Valley community groups and graduate and alumni movie makers. The space also presents an opportunity to promote video production in Turlock and Modesto.

More information is expected on the new gallery and studios when an official opening day is announced.

2014 ArtPlace America Grantee Summit Livestream Begins Today

2014 ArtPlace America Grantee Summit Livestream Begins Today

By ArtPlace America

 

2014 ArtPlace America Grantee Summit LIVESTREAM

Are you passionate about the intersection of arts and place?
Do you want to learn more about the evolving creative placemaking movement?

Join us March 3 – 5, 2014 via HowlRound.TV!

The ArtPlace Grantee Summit provides a platform to engage in conversations about the “who” and “why,” and the “how” and “what for” of creative placemaking. During the Grantee Summit, attendees share their knowledge and best ideas for putting the arts at the center of a set of strategies to transform the character of communities.

Although the 2014 Grantee Summit takes place in Los Angeles, you do not have to be on site to participate in the conversation. The event will also be accessible via webcast on HowlRound.TV, a global, commons-based peer produced; open access livestreaming and video archive project stewarded by HowlRound: A Center for the Theater Commons.

Attending the Summit via webcast offers an unprecedented opportunity to understand the range of work happening around creative placemaking across the country. By learning and sharing collective victories, challenges, and issues with a group of like-minded colleagues and peers, we grow knowledge and understanding of the field.

Schedule
Check out the most up to date version of the schedule here:
2014 ArtPlace America Grantee Summit – Livestream Schedule

How to Watch
Tune in online in real-time: www.howlround.tv

Additionally, all sessions will be made available by archive shortly after airing.

Join the Conversation
Follow us on Twitter @ArtPlaceAmerica / #ArtPlace

Comment and respond on our Facebook page (www.facebook.com/artplaceamerica).

 

Imagination Film Festival

Imagination Film Festival

A student created documentary on the Modesto International Architecture Festival and James Broughton’s art-house film The Bed shows the wide range of locally based movies that was part of the Building Imagination Center’s Imagination Film Festival, Thursday, December 5, 2013, at the State Theatre. This was the first film festival hosted by the Center since it became the resident movie makers at the State.

The idea to keep the films locally based was an easy one. “We quickly realized that all of the films we were interested in screening were either made locally, or made by people with very strong ties to the area,” said Jessica Gomula-Kruzic, director of the Building Imagination Center. The Center partnered with the Modesto Art Museum for this festival and the inclusion of The Bed is part of  the celebration of the Broughton centennial. “Modesto has a long history of great movie making going back to the 1920s with Richard Bare, then Broughton, and more recently George Lucas,” said museum director Bob Barzan. “This festival celebrates and encourages the continuation of that Modesto tradition.”

Other films screened at the free festival on December 5th included an intimate account of homelessness in Outside the Picket Fence, by local filmmaker Christian Hali. Aspire, a short film by local filmmaker Brittney Miller is a look into the Aspire School system’s approach to learning. Samsara, directed by Nicole Zvarik and Bill Wolter, and filmed by local CSU Stanislaus film students, examines alternatives to mainstream consumerism.

“We wanted to include films that will reflect the diverse interests in Modesto,” Gomula-Kruzic, explained. “It’s an incredibly diverse assortment of films that we have, ranging from narrative documentaries to high art films.”

Modesto International Architecture Festival builds in popularity

Modesto International Architecture Festival builds in popularity

MODESTO – It started life in 2008 as a one-time, one-night event to show architecture movies at the State Theatre. But the Modesto International Architecture Festival was such a success right out of the starting gate that it now stretches over nine days with more than 80 featured events.

“Two years ago we counted 800 people who came to the festival,” said Bob Barzan, executive director of the Modesto Art Museum, sponsor of the festival. “Last year, it was approximately 2,000, and this year we’re expecting at least 3,000 people.”

“It’s very exciting to see it grow,” said area architect Barrett Lipomi of Pires, Lipomi and Navarro Architects. “It’s great to see that interest.”

This year, the festival runs from Sept. 14 through Sept. 22 with an opening night reception from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. at the Chartreuse Muse Gallery at 918 10th St.

Like last year, everything is free except one event at the State Theatre when they showcase the movie “Coming Attractions.”  The film is a history of the drive-in movie phenomenon and the filmmaker will be there to present it on Sunday, Sept. 22.

Another film that will be getting a lot of attention is a movie called “Modesto Modernism.”  It was the main project of the Modesto Art Museum.

“We got a grant, and we hired two moviemakers,” Barzan said. “It will premiere at the festival on Friday night.”

Eleven other movies from a total of seven countries will premiere this year.  Announcements will be made in English, Spanish and Dutch.

Dutch?

“There’s a fairly large Dutch population here,” Barzan explained. “And we had somebody who was willing to do it, so we’ll just add that as a way to give it a little more of that international type atmosphere.”

Also on tap is a movie about major 20th century designers Ray and Charles Eames.

“They’re getting a lot of attention now because of the interest in that mid-century, mid-20th century modern design and they were as big as anybody,” Barzan said. “They were the biggest designers of the 20th century in furniture and household things.”

There will be several architecture tours, both guided walking tours and guided bicycle tours.   There will also be self-guided tours incorporating the use of mobile devices.

“We’re using the website Historypin so when you’re taking the tour, you can stand there in front of the building and read about it. And then on Historypin, you slide this bar back and you go back in time and you can see photographs of what was there 150 years ago.”

Other highlights this year include the Architecture Poetry event, the Architecture Quilt event and an exhibit at the McHenry Museum on Architecture Photography and Art.

“We have several speakers,” said Barzan, “Lori Garcia, an award winning architecture historian, is going to give a workshop on how to research your house history.”

Keynote speaker for the festival is architectural photographer Russell Abraham.

This year will also feature the first big event outside of Modesto.  It will take place on Sunday, Sept. 22 at the Carnegie Center in Turlock.  This is also the year the American Institute of Architects Design Award will be given out.

“Every other year we do the AIA American Institute of Architects Design Award,” Barzan said, “And that’s happening this year.  The local chapter of the AIA is Sierra Valley, and it goes all the way to Nevada.  Architects from that area have submitted designs, and there’s a jury that will be selecting the awards.”

They will be given out on the event’s second Saturday night.

Modesto, as it turns out, is a perfect place to hold an architecture festival.  While its national reputation may have started in earnest with the Heckendorf house in 1939, Barzan said, residents of Modesto were interested in fine architecture long before that.

“In the research we’ve done in the last year we’ve come to find out that people in Modesto were hiring the best architects and landscape architects in the western United States going back at least to the 1890s,” said Barzan.

Barzan also said that people are still surprised to discover that in the 1940s three books by the Museum of Modern Art in New York featured Modesto architecture.

“The museum had a big exhibit and featured Modesto architecture,” he said. “And you know, people are just blown away by that.”

Although it didn’t come in time to be used for this year’s festival, the Modesto Art Museum was recently the recipient of a $100,000 grant.  And that means only one thing to Museum Executive Director Barzan.

“Next year we’re going to pull out all the stops!”

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