Arts & Culture Department

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Hispanic Heritage Month

Hispanic Heritage Month

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The Indiana University East Hispanicampus Virtual Gallery highlights World Language & Culture’s student work and projects during Hispanic Heritage Month. Field trips for service learning, guest speakers, Day of the Dead altars, student projects and more will fill this album. Kara Beatty, a social work major, Hispanic Studies certificate candidate, and current student of SPA 200, designed a water project over issues of water in the U.S. as they relate to Hispanics.
Whitewater Valley Annual Art Competition accepting entries Sept. 23-27

Whitewater Valley Annual Art Competition accepting entries Sept. 23-27

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Indiana University East is accepting art entries September 23-27 for the 2013 Whitewater Valley Annual Art Competition (WVAAC). The competition will begin at 2 p.m. on Saturday, October 5, in Whitewater Hall. Prior to the judging, there will be a juror presentation at 11:30 a.m. in Tom Raper Hall, room 124. The top ten entries will receive a monetary award. Artists with accepted entries will be notified by Monday, October 14.This year’s competition will be juried by Buzz Spector, an artist whose artwork has been shown in such museums and galleries as the Art Institute of Chicago, Los Angeles County Museum, Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago and the Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington D.C. Spector has received several awards including … Continued
IU East to establish downtown Richmond art gallery

IU East to establish downtown Richmond art gallery

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Indiana University East will take possession of 912 E. Main, located in downtown Richmond, on July 1, 2013. The space will house an art gallery, individual studios for faculty and students, and a classroom. It is slated to open to the public late fall semester 2013. Planning for this space has been underway for more than a year under the direction of Dean of the School of Humanities and Social Sciences Katherine Frank. Part of the mission of IU East as a regional, public institution is to contribute to the cultural and economic development of the communities it serves. The downtown location was selected in order to create more of a direct community presence, to make resources more accessible to … Continued
“WOMEN IN ART” at the Richmond Art Museum Two Art Talks by Indiana University East Fine Arts Students

“WOMEN IN ART” at the Richmond Art Museum Two Art Talks by Indiana University East Fine Arts Students

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Session #1 – Representation of Women in Western Art: The tradition of the “female nude,” specifically “Venus paintings,” for the “malegaze;” artists that challenge this archetype, including the Guerilla Girls; women ascreators vs. women as subject matter; the representation of women in contemporary media. When: Wednesday, June 12, 2013: 12:45-1:45 pm Location: McGuire Memorial Hall Auditorium, Richmond Art Museum Session #2 – Suzanne Valadon: 19th Century artist; worked first as a nude model for artists such as Degasbefore she became a notable artist in her own right; one of the first femaleartists to actually work with the artistic convention of the female nude,deflecting and ultimately rejecting “the male gaze;” how her low-classbackground actually ended up helping her artistic production by … Continued