Arts News For: August 28, 2008   

Exhibitions Connect Photography, Collage, Textiles to Explore Nature of Truth, Societal Concerns Southwest School of Art and Craft / Russell Hill Rogers Galleries - San Antonio, TX USA United States of America   Three concurrent exhibitions at the Southwest School of Art and Craft embed photography in other media to ask viewers to consider – what is the truth? – and to comment on social issues such as domestic violence, the origins of Latina identity, and consumer culture.  Guatemalan artist Veronica Riedel will exhibit powerful works that explore the multiple identities of Latina women through mixed media photographs, in a solo exhibition entitled The Making of a Mestiza. She obtained her BA in Photography and Cinematography from the University of Miami, Coral Gables, Florida. Read Indepth Article

Pro Arts New Visions 2008: Juried by Lucinda Barnes and Karen Tsujimoto ProArts Gallery - Oakland, CA USA United States of America   Pro Arts presents New Visions 2008, an exhibition juried by Lucinda Barnes, Chief Curator and Director of Programs and Collections, Berkeley Art Museum/Pacific Film Archive and Karen Tsujimoto, Senior Curator, Oakland Museum of California.  The New Visions exhibition aims to bring exposure to regional artists making work that explores fresh perspectives and fearlessly experiments with methods and themes in their work. Chosen artists may utilize experimental art forms, as well as conventional or traditional media. This year's New Visions jurors are Lucinda Barnes and Karen Tsujimoto. In her current position as Chief Curator and Director of Programs and Collections at Berkeley Art Museum/Pacific Film Archive, Lucinda Barnes has coordinated exhibitions such as The Measure of Time, Enrique Chagoya: Borderlandia, and Joan Jones: The Shape, the Scent, the Feel of Things. Barnes has also curated exhibitions at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Chicago, the Boise Art Museum, and juried a wide range of national exhibitions with institutions such as the Anchorage Museum of History, San Jacinto College in Houston, Texas and the Honolulu Academy of Arts.  Read Indepth Article

Shelley Indyk and Micha Nussinov Nussinov Gallery - Sydney, NW AU Australia   An exhibition of both Artist and Architect, August 28th –September 20th, showing black and white drawings from Cappodocia in Turkey by Shelley Indyk, and etched glass drawings of Micha Nussinov. The subject of both works, though rendered in contrasting material and tonality, are both inspired by sensual landscapes. Indyk’s works inspired from the extraordinary landscape forms of Cappodocia, and Nussinov’s works derived from life drawing explorations. Shelley Indyk and Micha Nussinov are partners. Micha is a full time artist whilst Shelley Indyk is a full time Architect. Micha Nussinov has been a Premiere Portfolio Artist at absolutearts.com since 2003. Read Indepth Article

Call for Artists: Global Health Institute Launches Secretariat for Commemoration of Smallpox Eradication Emory Global Health Institute - Atlanta, GA USA United States of America   The Emory Global Health Institute and veteran smallpox eradication workers from around the world have launched a secretariat to organize events commemorating the 30th anniversary of the worldwide eradication of smallpox. The formal commemoration will take place in May 2010 at the time of the World Health Assembly at the World Health Organization in Geneva, Switzerland. The year 2010 will mark the 30th year since the World Health Assembly certified the world free of smallpox. On May 8, 1980, the Global Commission for the Certification of Smallpox Eradication reported to the 33rd assembly that natural transmission of this scourge had ceased in 1977 and that all conditions for certification of eradication had been met. Veteran smallpox eradication workers will lead the Smallpox Eradication Commemoration 2010 (SEC2010) secretariat at the Emory Global Health Institute. The secretariat is launching a worldwide design competition for a smallpox eradication monument to be installed at the entrance of the WHO headquarters in Geneva. The monument will be unveiled and dedicated at commemoration events during the period of the 63rd World Health Assembly in May 2010 in Geneva. Read Indepth Article

2008 Fall National Exhibition: Realities and Illusions Marin Museum of Contemporary Art - Novato, CA USA United States of America   The Marin Museum of Contemporary Art presents the 2008 Fall National Exhibition, "Realities and Illusions". This show is juried by one of the best known art writers in the U.S., Kenneth Baker, who has been the resident art critic at the San Francisco Chronicle since 1983. The theme of the show is representational, abstract and/or imagined art works, in oil, acrylic, pastel, watercolor, drawing, sculpture, photography and mixed media. The show runs from August 23 through September 21, 2008. Read Indepth Article

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