Posters, Prints and Propaganda @ the Riverside Art Museum

Posters, Prints and Propaganda, a collection of 70 prints from RAM’s permanent collection, demonstrates the range and style of techniques possible within printmaking. Simply put, a print is any visual copy or reproduction of an image. As an artistic medium, printmaking ranges widely in variety and complexity. From traditional woodcut block prints to experimental colored lithographs, this exhibition includes ten different printmaking techniques with representative pieces from across the artistic spectrum – from “art for art’s sake” to political propaganda. The intent of Posters, Prints and Propaganda is not only to highlight the many types of printmaking and the differences between them, but also to examine the social impact that this technology has created, namely through the production of mass advertisements (posters) and the spread of a specific political message on a public scale (propaganda). These works also provide insight into the artistic production of the pieces themselves, while encouraging an appreciation for the various types that make them each unique – the crisp lines produced by the linocut blocks, the freedom of design allowed for by lithography, and the richness of color that comes through a silk screen.

Posters, Prints and Propaganda will run from August 29 to October 31. The opening reception will be Thursday, September 3, 2009 from 6:00 PM to 9:00 PM.

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Bear Facts Expo

The Art History Association will be tabling at this year's Bear Facts Expo on the following days:

July 1
July 10
July 13
July 21
July 24
July 30
August 3

2008-2009 STUDENT AWARDS IN HISTORY OF ART

Congratulations to all the winners!

Awards for Excellence in Art History (undergraduate)

Outstanding student in Art History: Tia Welch
Outstanding student in Art History and Religious Studies: Carlos Rivas
Outstanding student in Art History and Administrative Studies: Casey Lee
Tomas Rivera Award: Jane Arney

The Barry Neil Zarakov Memorial Scholarship (undergraduate)

The Department of the History of Art proudly announces Loreley Bower as the Barry Neil Zarakov Memorial Scholarship recipient for Spring 2008. Currently a junior, Loreley plans to continue her scholastic pursuits to the graduate and doctorate levels.

2009 Catherine Lees Causey Memorial Award (undergraduate or graduate)

Dr. Faya Causey, a UCR Alumna, established the in memory of her mother, Catherine Lees Causey, also an alumna of the Art History Department MA program. Dr. Causey feels that this gift is a worthy way to celebrate her mother's life and passion for Art History. Students are awarded the Award because their work represents innovation, creativity and a courageous approach to the field of Art History and its relation to areas in the humanities. The History of Art Department is pleased to announce dual recipients for 2009: graduate students Julianne Johnson and Megan Blythe.

The Richard C. Carrott Memorial Fund Award (undergraduate or graduate)

The Department of the History of Art proudly announces graduate student Amanda Cook as the recipient of the Richard C. Carrott Memorial Fund Award. The award will greatly enhance Cook's thesis "Kneller Is To Smith As Reynolds Is To MacArdell?: The Relationship Between Portrait Painting And Mezzotint In Eighteenth-Century England." Cook will give a presentation of her findings in Fall 2009.

Outstanding Teaching Assistant for The Department of Art History (graduate)

The History of Art Department is pleased to honor graduate Megan Blythe as our outstanding teaching assistant for 2008-2009.

The Barbara B. Brink Travel Award (graduate)

The Department of the History of Art proudly announces Melinda Brocka as the recipient of the Barbara B. Brink Travel Award. The award will support Brocka's research for her thesis entitled "Thinking Inside The Square: The Trafalgar Square Fourth Plinth Project." Mindy will conduct research in London during the summer and give a presentation of her findings in Fall 2009.

Maxwell H. Gluck Fellowships (graduate)

The Gluck Fellows Program of the Arts is the premier arts outreach program at the University of California, Riverside. Each year, the Gluck Fellows Program of the Arts provides fellowships to exceptional UC Riverside undergraduate and graduate students to conduct arts-related presentations, performances, and workshops in schools, residential facilities for elderly care and community centers. Participating departments include Art, Creative Writing, Dance, History of Art, Music, and Theatre, as well as the Sweeney Art Gallery and the UCR/California Museum of Photography.

The Department of the History of Art proudly announces graduate student Amanda Cook as the recipient of the Gluck Fellowship for Summer 2009. Academic-year Gluck fellows included: Melinda Brocka, Amanda Cook, Conley Entwistle, Juli Johnson, Kaycee Olsen, Elizabeth Spear and Natasha Thoreson.



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Kodachrome to Be Discontinued

This news is bound make us (or at least some of us who recently converted to digital and were too young to live through the glory of the film era) sad. Kodak will discontinue Kodachrome. We will miss the never-too-fast 64 ISO speed.

Kodachrome, manufactured by Kodak, was the world's first successful color film. Introduced in 1935, by the 1950s and 1960s it was the standard film stock for color still-photography. In recent decades, however, Kodachrome's popularity decreased significantly because of the special processing needed to develop it. Unlike virtually every other slide-film, which uses the E-6 processing method, Kodachrome required a special processing method that only Kodak itself provided and it was therefore much more of a hassle (and expensive) to get it developed. It was necessary for photographers to send their film to Kodak laboratories and wait for the slides to return developed in the mail. It was not possible to get it developed in one's local laboratory. This inconvenience, along with the fact that most photographers no longer use film, led to increasingly low sales which prompted Kodak to retire its most iconic film product.

Some of the twentieth century's most famous photographs were taken using Kodachrome film, such as Steve McCurry's famous portrait of the "Afghan Girl," shown on the left.

"I want to take (the last roll) with me and somehow make every frame count ... just as a way to honor the memory and always be able to look back with fond memories at how it capped and ended my shooting Kodachrome," McCurry said last week from Singapore, where he has an exhibition at the Asian Civilizations Museum.*

Kodachrome developed a strong cult following. Henceforth dozens of websites are devoted to it. On Flickr, for instance, groups such as "Kodachrome" and "Vintage Kodachrome" receive uploads on a daily basis.

We can only hope that Fujifilm doesn't discontinue Velvia in the near future...

*Source: Carolyn Thomson, "Sorry, Paul Simon, Kodak's taking Kodachrome away." 22 June 2009. Associated Press, 22 June 2009 <http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090622/ap_on_re_us/us_kodachrome_s_demise>.

New Officers for 2009-2010

Congratulations to all the new officers! Our new officers are:

President, Loreley Bower
Vice-President, Carlos Rivas
VP of Membership Outreach, David Torres
Treasurer, Maria Vega
Recording Secretary, Ramona Bartolome
Membership Secretary, Melinda Foley
Social Director, Brianna Barrett
Public Relations Director, Christine Czechowski
Webmaster, Vincent Pham

Art History Association Nominated for New Student Organization of the Year

The Art History Association was nominated last night at the 2009 Student Organization Awards. The awards ceremony was modelled after televised awards ceremonies (such as the MTV Movie Awards), complete with comical hosts, guest presenters, and musical interludes.

The awards ceremony was held at HUB 302 from 6:00 to 8:00 PM.

Phi Beta Kappa, Induction Ceremony

121 of the top students at UC Riverside were inducted into Phi Beta Kappa earlier today, which is the oldest and most prestigious honor society in the United States.

Art History was undoubtedly one of the best represented majors at the induction ceremony, with seniors Jane Arney, Casey Lee, Debra Gallet, Sara Seltzer, and third year Carlos Rivas all being inducted into the society.


From left to right: Jane Arney, Casey Lee, Debra Gallett, Sara Seltzer, and Carlos Rivas.

Renowned Local Artist Dies

One of southern California's most renowned artists, Sam Maloof, died Thursday, May 21st, at the age of 93. Maloof was a master woodworker and furniture designer and a leading figure in the Modern Arts movement.

There is currently an exhibition at the Riverside Art Museum on Maloof's work, which is titled "Sam Maloof: Grace and Grain." The exhibition will run until July 2, 2009.

Art History Undergraduate Research Symposium

The Art History Undgergraduate Symposium was a success!

Four undergraduate students presented their research in twenty-minute long presentations. The four presenters were Alison Adams, Kristen Holder, Casey Lee, and Jasmine Regala.



Professor Jason Weems and Professor Stella Nair:

Professor Kris Neville gave an introduction speech...

...as did Tia Welch.





After the four presentations, M.A. candidate Juli Jonson gave a speech on the importance of research and revisiting past topics.




The four presenters were awarded certificates after all the talks were finished.

Newly Discovered Sculpture in Germany Could be World's Oldest

At 35,000 years old, an ivory sculpture recently found in southern Germany is now considered to be the oldest figurative sculpture in the world.










Source: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090513/ap_on_sc/eu_germany_oldest_sculpture

Chalk the Walk 2009

Despite a protest in the immediate surrounding area, and a temperature of nearly ninety degrees, UCR students commenced working on their drawings for this year's "Chalk the Walk," a contest held every year at UCR that showcases students' artistic and creative abilities. This year students are making their chalk drawings in the sidewalk area by the newly completed HUB, by the UCR Campus store. There are three categories in the contest: 1. Original Artworks, 2. Copy of a Master, and 3. UCR Spirit. An overall winner will be selected and will win a Nikon 12.1 Megapixel Digital camera, and two runner ups for each category will receive prizes of $75 and $50.

Students have until Friday, May 15 at noon to complete their drawings.

Undergraduate Art History Student Presents at UCR Symposium

Jane Arney, a graduating senior and Art History major, presented her Thesis at the Third Annual UCR Symposium for Undergraduate Research, Scholarship and Creative Activity earlier today. Her twenty minute presentation, titled "Winged Goddesses: Liminality and Gender in the Ancient World," was a brief look at her findings regarding the evolution of the depiction and conception of the goddess Artemis, from her beginnings in the Ancient Near east as a winged deity and later transformation to a wingless deity in the Greek period. Arney's faculty advisor, Professor Kristoffer Neville, attended the event along with other undergraduate Art History students.

Arney is the founder of the Art History Association at UCR and will be attending the University of Texas at Austin in the fall for graduate school.

Jane Arney with Professor Kristoffer Neville