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2008 Exhibitions Schedule

Cliff Cavin: Solo Exhibition
January 24th - March 16th 2008
Ursuline Hall Gallery | Ursuline Campus
Well-known and respected South Texas artist will exhibit recent landscape paintings.

Shown: End of Summer, 2007
oil on canvas, 36" x 48"
 

Te Tataitanga / Bind Together: Contemporary Art of New Zealand
January 24th - March 16th 2008
Russell Hill Rogers Gallery | Navarro Campus
Major cultural exhanage centered around exhibition of 18 contemporary New Zealand artists who -- by blending Maori, European and global art influences -- convey a compelling vision of their unique identity. Works were selected by Nigel Borell of New Zealand and Kathy Armstrong, SSAC Associate Curator.

Shown: Charlotte Graham, Ko Te 2atoru, 2004. Oil, bitumen, canvas, 40" x 30"

Catalog available: $10.
 

Certificate Student Exhibition
January 24th - March 31st 2008
Express-News Photography Gallery | Navarro Campus
Artist Talk with Ricardo Sanchez: Wednesday, February 13th 6:00 p.m.

Shown: Ricardo Sanchez, Maite no te Olvido, 2007, gelatin silver print
 

Sabra Booth: Solo Exhibition
January 24th - March 31st 2008
Navarro Lobby Gallery | Navarro Campus
Booth, a recipient of a recent Fulbright Scholarship and an SSAC adjunct faculty member, exhibits works created during her recent residency in Finland.

Shown: Sieni II (Finnish Mushrooms), 2007
Pen, ink, graphite and watercolor, 9" x 12"
 

SHARE: Students Help Art Reach Everyone
March 24th - March 29th 2008
Russell Hill Rogers Gallery | Navarro Campus
Works of art from San Antonio area elementary, middle and high school students.

Reception: Tuesday, March 25 5:30 - 7:00 p.m.

Shown: Brianna (2nd grade), 2007
 

Paula Cox: Solo Exhibition
April 10th - June 14th 2008
Ursuline Hall Gallery | Ursuline Campus
Innovative works merging paper pulp and printmaking by Southwest School of Art & Craft studio artist Paula Cox. Ursuline Hall Gallery

Shown: Orange Target Dress, 2007 (detail)
handmade paper with pulp painting, linocut mounted on wood, epoxy resin, 28" x 43"
 

All School Exhibition 2008
April 10th - June 15th 2008
Russell Hill Rogers Gallery | Navarro Campus
The annual All School Exhibition 2008 showcases outstanding recent works in a variety of media by artists, teachers and students at the Southwest School of Art & Craft. Juried works have been selected by Mary Mikel Stump, Texas State University. The 2008 Award for Teaching was given to painting and teens after-school faculty member Rainey.

Shown: Dennis W. Smith, The Yellow Rose of Texas is Mighty Sweet, ceramic, 33" x 12" x 9"
 

Paint to Grind
April 10th - June 15th 2008
Russell Hill Rogers Lecture Hall | Navarro Campus
Works highlighting youth culture by Southwest School of Art & Craft teen painting students (self-named "Bee Nation") and their instructor, Rainey.

Shown: Isaac Martinez, Untitled, 2008, oil on skateboard, 32" x 8.5"
 

Liz Penniman: Field Trip
June 26th - August 17th 2008
Ursuline Hall Gallery | Ursuline Campus
Penniman's paintings evoke memories of explorations.

Shown: Tasmanian Sea, 2007
oil on canvas, 18" x 18"
 

Equivocal Topographies: Beverly Penn
June 26th - August 17th 2008
Russell Hill Rogers Gallery | Navarro Campus
Penn's environmentally sensitive sculpture is comprised of delicate metal castings of plants she gathers along the roadside.

Shown: Four Weeks Time: Texas Wild Onion, 2008
glass, bronze, brass, steel, nickel, rubber, 40" x 12" x 6"
Photo by Christopher Zaleski
 

Equivocal Topographies: Constance Lowe
June 26th - August 17th 2008
Russell Hill Rogers Gallery | Navarro Campus
Lowe's drawings and sewn felt works use images derived from ink blots to explore the shifting nature of perception.

Shown: FabCom 14-2, 2004
colored pencil on drafting film, 45" x 30"
 

Chris Jordan: Running the Numbers
August 3rd - August 29th 2008
Navarro Lobby Gallery | Navarro Campus
Photographs of American mass consumption. In collaboration with Texas Public Radio and the San Antonio Public Library foundation.

Shown: Paper Bags (detail), 2007, 44" x 59"
 

Jennifer Khoshbin: Missed or Misunderstood
August 28th - October 18th 2008
Ursuline Hall Gallery | Ursuline Campus
OPENING RECEPTION Thurs 8/28 5:30-7:30

Koshbin, from San Antonio, combines photographs with intricately carved texts in a series of familiar, often iconic, images that address memory and nostalgia.

Shown: Life Grief, 2008
Modifided photograph (original print by Dmitri Baltermants
appearing in Life Magazine April 1985)
 

Veronica Riedel: The Making of a Mestiza
August 28th - October 19th 2008
Russell Hill Rogers Gallery | Navarro Campus
OPENING RECEPTION Thurs 8/28 5:30-7:30

Riedel, from Guatemala, explores the resilient nature of indigenous women in the Americas. Her collaged monoprints employ photographs, embroidery, and artifacts.

Shown: Cotxij, 2005, mixed media photograph


 

Zoe Sheehan Saldana: Caution
August 28th - October 19th 2008
Russell Hill Rogers Gallery | Navarro Campus
OPENING RECEPTION Thurs 8/28 5:30-7:30

Saldana, from New York, exhibits work that examines social issues such as domestic security and consumer culture. Her sculptural work combines digital photography, tapestry, and cross stitching.

Lecture: Photographic Interventions
Saturday 9/13, 12noon, Navarro Campus
Free and open to the public

Shown: Monalisa, 2001
thread on canvas, 12" x 12"


 

Art For Giving
October 30th - January 3rd 2009
Ursuline Hall Gallery | Ursuline Campus
Shown: Susan Skinner Brooch
 

Travis Townsend: Anxious Accumulations
October 30th - January 11th 2009
Russell Hill Rogers Gallery | Navarro Campus
Shown: Travis Townsend, J's Metaphysical Tool, 2006
wood and mixed media
 

Holly Hanessian: The Poetry of Space
October 30th - January 11th 2009
Russell Hill Rogers Gallery | Navarro Campus
Shown: Evermore, 2005
Installation, porcelain with encaustic, ribbons and monofilament
 

Tzompantli
October 30th - January 11th 2009
Navarro Lobby Gallery | Navarro Campus
Prints dealing with the Pre-Columbian topic of Tzompantli, commonly interpreted as a "wall of skulls."

Shown: Terumi Moriyama
El que nace pa maceta... , 2005, dry point and chinne collé, 27.5 x 27.5 cm.
 
Gallery Hours

Russell
Hill Rogers Gallery
Navarro Campus.
Hours:
Monday – Saturday, 9:00A – 5:00P
Sunday, 11:00A – 4:00P.

Ursuline Hall Gallery
Ursuline Campus.
Hours:
Monday – Saturday, 9:00A – 5:00P.
 
For more information, contact the Associate Curator at
210.224.1848, ext 403 .
 

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