Art/Theater Safety Intensive
More information on this summer 2019 course is listed below under
Educational, Professional, and Internship Opportunities.

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Correction to original announcement: A performance by  MFA student Nima Nikakhlagh and BA student Lin Bo, titled "For empires have nothing to do with freedom in which there will be prosperity for the people, together with liberty for the people", surprised passersby in the SAB stairwell this past semester.

A diverse group of artists feature work for the summer exhibition, "nine by nine", 9 artists - each exhibiting 9 works of art. Two of the artists, Sean Greene and Jenn Simms, are MFA alumni from the Department of Art, UMass Amherst.

Reception: Saturday, June 15, 5 - 8 pm
Pulp, 80 Race St., Holyoke, MA 01040

The four artists in this show use the medium of paper to convey their memory of places. Their two dimensional work has the added dimension of time and space to acquire depth and intensity. The other three artists are Frances Ashforth, Lori Glavin and Justin Kim. Curated by Fereshteh Priou and Ruth Sutcliffe.

Read more here.

May 9 - June 19
Flinn Gallery, Greenwich Library
101 West Putnam Avenue, Second floor, Greenwich CT

Giorgione: Revolutionary Artist of the Renaissance
  Monika Schmitter, Gallery Talk

Uncover the pictorial delights of Renaissance master Giorgione in a gallery talk with Monika Schmitter, professor of Italian Renaissance and Baroque art at University of Massachusetts Amherst. Schmitter discusses the artistic achievements of the great Italian painter as exemplified in La Vecchia.
Free with admission. Meet by the Museum Shop.

Wednesday, June 19, 12:30 pm

Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art
600 Main Street, Hartford, CT 06103

great expectations
Terry Jenoure

 In this series of doll sculptures, paper dolls, illustrations and sound the artist intergates messages from letters written to her grandmother over 100 years ago, ones that express hopes for success upon her arrival in Harlem from Jamaica. Terry Jenoure is the Director of Augusta Savage Gallery at UMass Amherst.

Show runs through June 30
Artist's Reception: Friday, June 14, 5 - 8 pm

A.P.E. Gallery
126 Main Street
Northampton, MA 01060
www.apearts.org

We have been busy this spring, helping BFA students secure first teaching jobs, assisting others who wish to make transfers to new districts. Letters of Recommendation, networking, filling out referral forms, and responding to reference checks from potential employers has kept us busy. New jobs are as follows:

      Ryan Jobb             2019             Art teacher, Boland School, Springfield
      Dominika Bdzula  2014              Art teacher, Dryden School, Springfield
      Ryan Lavigne        2018             Art teacher from Millbury Jr/Sr High to Ware Jr High
      Ellie Trudeau        2019              Underwriter, Hancock Insurance Company
                                                                    

Enroll in Health and Safety in Art Studio / LLART101 through
UMass Continuing and Professional Education.
SAB, UMass Amherst

The Northampton Arts Council is seeking artists and poets from Hampden, Hampshire, Franklin, and Berkshire counties to submit their best work created over the past two years and that best interprets the theme "from seed to fruition" as a literal form or as a work/body of work that has been fully developed.
Deadline: August 1
Submit work here.

Connecticut Digital Humanities Conference
Trinity College, February 28-29 2020
Call for Proposals

Do you have a new DH project? Are you in the throes of one, and unsure of its destiny? CT DH is an opportunity for getting feedback, developing skills, or sharing your work with other researchers and teachers across New England.
Click here to read more about this opportunity.

Proposals are due October 1, 2019.
Presenters will be notified of acceptance by end of November.