Displaying items by tag: Department of Art and Art History
November 05, 2014
Pull Up a Chair
The College’s four newest departmental leaders discuss their jobs, our campus culture, and the opportunities they see at UAB.
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Inspired by and in collaboration with Birmingham artist Carrie Bloomston’s Happy Flag Project, the University of Alabama at Birmingham Department of Art and Art History is creating a community prayer flag installation to celebrate the Dalai Lama’s visit to Birmingham.
The first book by University of Alabama at Birmingham Associate Professor of Art History Cathleen Cummings, M.A., Ph.D., “Decoding a Hindu Temple: Royalty and Religion in the Iconographic Program of the Virupaksha Temple, Pattadakal,” has been published.
Artist, art historian and curator Ugochukwu-Smooth C. Nzewi, Ph.D., has been selected for the 2014 Edward M. and Hermione C. Friend Lecture at the University of Alabama at Birmingham, set for 6:30 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 18.
August 19, 2014
UAB to Host Rapid Fire Event for Birmingham Artists
Rapid Fire, a gathering of artists and thinkers designed to help build community and foster dialogue, will be hosted by the University of Alabama at Birmingham Department of Art and Art History on Friday, Sept. 5.
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Two buildings on the University of Alabama at Birmingham campus will be covered with giant swathes of colorful fabric for a large-scale art installation by New York City-based artist Amanda Browder titled “Magic Chromacity.”
Birmingham artist and University of Alabama at Birmingham Department of Art and Art History alumna Celestia Morgan will have two photographic works in “State of the Art: Discovering American Artists Now,” an exhibition presented by Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art.
A group of 50 rising ninth- and 10th-graders from Woodlawn High School will enjoy an early college experience at the University of Alabama at Birmingham through the Summer Bridge Program from July 28-31.
Works by faculty and select alumni of the University of Alabama at Birmingham Department of Art and Art History will be featured in an exhibition, “Interlude/Influence: Faculty and Alumni at Work.”
Works by advanced design students in the University of Alabama at Birmingham’s Bloom Studio will be on exhibition Aug. 11-Sept. 22 in the Abroms-Engel Institute for the Visual Arts, 1221 10th Ave. South.
Space One Eleven will unveil works by the University of Alabama at Birmingham’s Visiting Assistant Professor of Sculpture Stacey Holloway, MFA, and Department of Art and Art History student Jacob Phillips during the gallery’s next Front Porch Gathering on Friday, July 11.
June 13, 2014
What Makes Art, Art?
Students in the Department of Art and Art History experimented with alternative materials in their recent project, Source Material.
See sculpture and installations created with materials not commonly found in the art studio during a one-night-only exhibition Wednesday, June 18, presented by the University of Alabama at Birmingham Department of Art and Art History.
Tickets go on sale June 16 for just-announced summer and fall 2014 shows presented by the University of Alabama at Birmingham’s Alys Stephens Performing Arts Center. For tickets, a copy of The Center Magazine or more information, call 205-975-2787 or visit www.AlysStephens.org.
A design by University of Alabama at Birmingham student Hannah Rettig will adorn a refurbished school bus, essentially a mobile classroom, that will travel Woodlawn neighborhoods providing information and services to parents and children in an effort to help increase student success in school.
Donations of fabric from the Birmingham community are still needed for a giant fabric art installation being created to celebrate the University of Alabama at Birmingham Cultural Corridor.
April 30, 2014
UAB Presents Indian Art, Japanese Prints in Two Exhibitions
Works of art made by women in rural India and prints from post-war Japan will be featured in two exhibitions presented by the University of Alabama at BirminghamDepartment of Art and Art History from June 5-July 17.
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The University of Alabama at Birmingham Department of Art and Art Historyand the Abroms-Engel Institute for the Visual Arts will present artist Leslie Wayne and an exhibition of her works, “Mind the Gap.”
April 17, 2014
BFA Student Works on Exhibition April 30-May 22
Student works including graphic design, drawing, painting, printmaking and photography will be featured in a new Bachelor of Fine Arts exhibition at the University of Alabama at Birmingham Abroms-Engel Institute for Visual Arts.
The Bachelor of Fine Arts degree is the undergraduate professional degree for studio art in the Department of Art and Art History. These exhibitions are the pinnacle of achievement for those students accepted into the BFA program at UAB.
The Bachelor of Fine Arts degree is the undergraduate professional degree for studio art in the Department of Art and Art History. These exhibitions are the pinnacle of achievement for those students accepted into the BFA program at UAB.
April 08, 2014
UAB Artists Create Mural for Sun Ra Tribute Concert
This week, while the Birmingham Seven perform Ra’s music for “Sun Ra: Musician, Philosopher, and Poet,” the audience will see a set created by University of Alabama at Birmingham students, faculty and staff.
