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Don’t forget - the Italy course started this past Saturday, so anyone interested in joining us in Italy this May still has time! Contact Jana at jsilver@umass.edu  
Read more about the Italy program here.

FRAME 2020: Call for Moving Image Work - Deadline Extended!
Selected works will be shown on the Screen@SAB, like the images above,
currently on view through February 18.
Read more about Frame 2020 in our Opportunities section below.

Up Next: Three Faculty Exhibits
New work by Jeff Kasper, Copper Frances Giloth, and Mahwish Chishty

February 5 – 26
OPENING RECEPTION: Friday, February 5, 5:00 – 7:00 pm
Herter Gallery

More below:

Danyore 
Mahwish Chishty

The complexity of Pak-China relations as a direct and indirect result of the CPEC (China- Pakistan Economic Corridor) project are captured in this five-channel video installation. Chishty sees this project as an extension of her previous projects that combine her interests in Pakistani traditional folk art/culture and contemporary politics: Wagah border series, Drone art series and Basant,
Let’s go fly a kite.

Initially trained as a miniature painter from the National College of Arts, Lahore, Pakistan, Mahwish Chishty has aggressively combined new media and conceptual work with her traditional practice.

Read more about Mahwish Chishty and Danyore.

Coq (Fountain 3), Étienne Le Hongre, lead, polychrome, 1673-1674,
41 x 35 x 70 cm, model built with photogrammetry software, Copper Frances Giloth;
Top left: in process showing parts of the point cloud of pictures Top right: model with no texture
Bottom left: rendered model Bottom right: Full size rendered model

In June 2019, Copper Giloth spent a week in one of the storage facilities at the Château de Versailles taking 25,000 photographs of remnants from the Labyrinth, which was built in the gardens of the château in 1665 and removed in 1775. Working with an assistant and her collaborators John F. Dubach and Jonathan Tanant, Giloth inspected and photographed the precious few remnants of the 39 fountains that once existed in the Labyrinth. 

Read more about Copper Frances Giloth and Labyrinth of Versailles.

Boundary Objects 
Jeff Kasper

In Boundary Objects, the audience activates recent work by Jeff Kasper, including text, time-based media, games, and soft objects. The entire installation serves as a temporary social space for navigating interpersonal boundaries. Visitors are encouraged to use the exhibition to slow-down, rest, and practice playful ‘choreographies of support that can be applied to real-world conflicts, conversations, and collective situations.

Jeff Kasper is an artist, writer, organizer, and integrated designer who employs a trauma-informed and healing-centered approach to social practice.

Read more about Jeff Kasper and Boundary Objects.

Not into corporate care culture? Practice self-affirmation with some quiet time in the installation. Bring a partner, an ally, or chill out solo. The artist will be present to share some herbal tea, handmade body care, and community wellness resources to soften the winter blues.

Give & Take Care: a Valentine’s Day Recovery Center 
Friday, February 14, 11:00 am – 4:00 pm

As part of her exhibition taking place at Hampden Gallery, Christine Texiera, 
will offer a paint workshop on Sunday, 2/9. Register below.

Show Dates: January 26 - February 28

Pour and More: A one day workshop led by Christine Texiera:
Sunday, February 9, 2:30 - 4:30 pm

Learn Christine’s paint pouring technique, how to prepare a panel, mix paint & mediums, pour and complete a painting. Materials will be provided however participants are encouraged to bring in additional acrylic paints that they may have. Free but space is limited.

Artists on Artists: Roni Horn Exhibition Walkthrough
Justin Kimball & Jenny Vogel

Artists Justin Kimball (Conway Professor of New Media, Amherst College) and Jenny Vogel (Associate Professor of New Media Art, UMass Amherst) will give their personal takes on Roni Horn’s exhibition Pi.

Wednesday, February 12, 5:30 pm
UMCA

UMass Students for Reproductive Justice is proud to announce our upcoming showcase! "Nostras Voces" is a student-created, activism-centered, multi-media art show. "Nostras Voces" is Latin for "Our Voices" and is an evolved version of the Vagina Monologues, encouraging artists of all genders, races, mediums, and experiences to join. The show will contain a gallery portion and a live performance. Admission is free + donations are accepted, snacks will be served.

 Friday, February 14,  7:30 - 9:00 pm,
Bowker Auditorium

In-Transition
Juana Valdez

"In –Transition," a solo exhibition by Juana Valdes bringing together her practice of prints, photography, and sculpture.

Thursday, January 23 - Thursday, February 27 
Artist Talk: Wednesday, February 26, 12:00 - 1:00 pm
Greenfield Community College
South Gallery

This exhibition is something of a departure from UMCA’s series “Dialogue with a Collection”. Over the years, artists have been invited to integrate their own works with pieces they select from the museum's works-on-paper collection, which includes over 3000 contemporary prints, drawings, and photographs. This year Procheta Mukherjee Olson has opted to select one single artwork from UMCA’s collection by Yun-fei Ji, which she finds pivotal and meaningful to her own art practice.

In this Dialogue with a Collection, Procheta Mukherjee Olson explores the multiple ways in which her work parallels the formal and conceptual concerns of Yun Fei Ji’s “Three Gorges Dam Migration” (2002). A magnificent 32-feet-long hand scroll made with over 500-hand-carved woodblocks, this print from the University Museum’s permanent collection maps the massive social and psychological disruptions caused by the construction of the Three Gorges Dam on the Yangtse River in China.
Read more here about Olson's work.

Friday, February 7 - Sunday, April 26
Opening Reception for the Artist: Thursday, February 6, 5:00 - 8:00 pm 
Artist's Talk: Wednesday, February 26, 5:30 pm
UMCA

UMass Amherst: May in Italy
Venice, Florence, Rome

Earn 6 credits in this spring semester course, with an opportunity to experience
the art and culture of Italy. 

Tentative Travel Dates: May 12 - May 26, 2020

For more information, contact Jana Silver: jana.l.silver@gmail.com

It’s been a really exciting week for Tessa Chambers, Betsy Mitchell, Caroline Flynn, and Ani Jermakian who are now officially student teaching and began their practicum placements in West Springfield and Belchertown. 

Art Ed would also like to welcome two new MA graduate students to the program Crystal Keldun and Qingyi Zheng.  

Jabberwocky is open for submissions for Spring 2020!

Jabberwocky, the English Department’s official undergraduate literary journal, is looking for submissions for its Spring 2020 issue! We publish once at the end of the semester and you can submit:

  Up to three pieces of short fiction,
Up to six poems,
Up to three pieces of literary criticism/nonfiction,
And as much visual art as you’d like!

  All majors are encouraged to submit, so tell your friends! The submission deadline is March 31. Please email all submissions as attachments to umassjabberwocky@gmail.com. Questions or concerns can be sent to this address as well.

Reclaiming Your Creative Self!

Tuesday, February 11, 2020: Spoken word with
Dr. Flávia Santos de Araújo, Artist

Tuesday, February 18, 2020: Evolving Identities (Dance/Theater)
with Terre Vandale, Dance Artist & Arts Extension Service

You can choose to come to any workshop in the series or all three!
All workshops will take place at 6:30 PM in Room 203 at New Africa House

Between MASS MoCA's 250,000 square feet of gallery space and our year-round performing arts events, it's always an exciting time to be at MASS MoCA. 

Summer 2020 - Internships across all departments available
Dates of internships: Monday, May 18 – Saturday, August 15
Application deadline: March 1

The Graduate School is delighted to announce our annual Graduate Commencement Student Speaker Contest! One graduate student will be awarded the honor of addressing the audience at an iconic university event—Graduate Commencement.The winner of the Graduate Commencement Student Speaker Contest will be a focal point of this major celebration, claim a special place in UMass history, and win a $500 prize. Do you want to be recognized as the voice of the 2020 UMass graduate class? Then don't miss the opportunity to compete for this unique honor!       

All UMass graduate students who earned or will earn an advanced degree in September 2019, February 2020, or May 2020 are eligible to compete in this contest.

Submission Deadline: March 9, 2020

What: Comic convention-style Artist’s Alley celebrating student and local talent

When: Saturday, March 28, 1:00 - 4:00 pm

Where: W. E. B. Du Bois Library, Lower Level

How to get involved: contact Lauren Weiss, Marketing and Outreach Assistant at the UMass Amherst Libraries, weiss@library.umass.edu