The Baron & Ellin Gordon Galleries at Old Dominion University present The Kenneth FitzGerald Album (Extended Play) in the University Gallery, March 1–April 6, 2008. An opening reception will be held Saturday, March 1, 7:00–9:00PM. Kenneth is an art faculty member teaching in the undergraduate Graphic Design and graduate Visual Studies programs at ODU. The [...]
Entries from February 2008
February 20, 2008
Fundamentals of Drawing class produces a group “portrait”
The students in any ARTS 231 Fundamentals of Drawing class typically fall into three categories: about a fourth of them have had some drawing experience and/or training, about a third have done cartooning or tagging, and the rest have had no drawing experience since kindergarten. When TA Sandi Barrett’s spring ’08 class said they wanted [...]
February 16, 2008
Art alumna is a Meritorious New Teacher
Erin Balch, a recent graduate of the Art Education program at Old Dominion University, was recently recognized as Meritorious New Teacher at a celebratory dinner at Old Dominion University. Erin is a first-year art teacher at Salem High School in Virginia Beach and represents an extremely select group. Only 165 out of a [...]
February 15, 2008
1st Annual Art Students’ Juried Exhibition & Scholarship Competition
For Studio Art, Art Education, Art History, and Visual Studies
Competition date: Friday, March 28
Exhibition dates: April 12–May 11
On Friday, March 28, the Art Department will be holding a review to select works for the first Art Students’ Exhibition in addition to its annual Scholarship competition. The Art Students’ Exhibition will be [...]
February 14, 2008
Yes, the Art Department does have an image database
Hi, I’m Nancy Shelton, Visual Resource Curator for the Art Department and this is a work in progress but it’s ready to use. The program is the Madison Digital Image Database2 developed at James Madison University and is free to use. There is a wiki – MDID wiki with help pages and [...]
February 11, 2008
Metalsmith Jennifer Trask at ODU February 21
Metalsmith Jennifer Trask will be at ODU on Thursday, February 21 for a lecture and demonstration. Her lecture will be in Batten Arts & Letters Building, Room 9024 at 7:00 pm. She will be doing a demo for Dianne deBeixedon’s class earlier in the day. Trask’s work can be seen in several galleries nationally, at [...]
February 11, 2008
Greta Pratt solo exhibition at University Gallery
Photography professor Greta Pratt is presenting American Identity, an exhibition of her work in the University Gallery on Monarch Way. The exhibition features photographs from her series, “Using History,” “Nineteen Lincolns,” and “Flag A Day”. An opening reception will be held Saturday, January 26, 7:00–9:00pm. The exhibition runs through February 24.
February 11, 2008
Faculty and student ceramic works in “500 Tiles”
Art Education/ceramics professor Richard Nickel and five ODU art students enrolled in Anna Freeman’s Introduction to Ceramics course last year are included in the new book 500 Tiles: An Inspiring Collection of International Work published by Lark Books. For the students, the images are their first published artworks. Last spring, adjunct faculty member Anna Freeman [...]
February 11, 2008
Rick Nickel is showing
Professor Richard Nickel was just accepted into the national juried exhibition Tablets: Text and Image in Clay. At Carbondale Clay Center, Carbondale Colorado. He’s also included the Ink and Clay 34 exhibition. Nickel was one of 88 artists selected from 650 entries. The show was juried by Darrel Couturier, owner and director of Couturier Gallery [...]
