2019 Departmental News
December 2019
Rachel Hermes, a Printmaking and Painting student, was featured in the K-State Collegian for her work, research and growth in Printmaking
When she first came to Kansas State, Rachel Hermes, senior in fine arts and assistant director and exhibitions coordinator of Prairie Fire Printmakers, said she had no idea what printmaking was. She decided to take Intro to Printmaking as an elective with a friend.
“We started doing etchings, and it was so confusing,” Hermes said. “When I was creating the etching, I didn’t even know what I was doing. It didn’t make sense to me. I just followed what I was told to do, but when we first pulled a print, and inked up the plate, I was like, ‘Whoa, this is awesome.'”
November 2019
Drawing Professor, Erin Wiersma, works with others on her work on the prairie.
Professor's, Erin Wiersma and Katie Kingery-Page are super excited to share their first video/audio collaboration from Grassland Interview is now hosted by humansandnature.org.
Grassland Interview is a project bringing Professor Wiersma's drawings into a context of grassland ecological knowledge. Grassland Interview (voices) Professor Kingery-Page's audio contribution to the project--ongoing interviews with grassland ecologists and land managers. They exhibited five interviews with a collection of Professor Wiersma's drawings this fall at the Salina Art Center. The essay on her work by writer Colin Edgington is a major public recognition of her work.
Printmaking Professor, Jason Scuilla, has been ask to panel a discussion about new processes in etching.
This month, the Metropolitan Museum of Art in NYC is hosting a major exhibition titled "The Rennaissance of Etching." This exhibition traces the invention and early development of the art of etching. To coincide with this exhibition, Professor Jason Scuilla has been invited by the curators of the MET to be 1 of 3 contemporary master printmakers to participate in a panel discussion on innovations to the field of contemporary etching.
Learn More at www.metmuseum.org
October 2019
The Volland Store presents: Rural | Urban Invitational Art Exhibit II
Opening Reception | Sunday | October 20, 1-5 pm
Artist Panel at 2 pm. Refreshments. Free admission.
Lunch with the artists, by reservation at 12:30 pm
The Volland Store, 24098 Volland Road, Alma, KS
The Second Annual Invitational Rural | Urban Art Exhibit will feature the work of four "rural" artists and three "urban" artists. "Rural" and "urban" were at first defined by the current address of the artist – but it quickly became clear that the boundaries of rural and urban often cross and blend in interesting ways. Some artists grew up "rural" and became "urban" – other artists' beginnings were "urban" and they later chose to be "rural." The melding of disparate influences reveals itself in their artwork and is an interesting phenomenon to be observed and pondered. It reminds us that we are neither one nor the other but a combination of all we experience wherever that may be.
E x h i b i t i n g A r t i s t s
Geraldine Craig (Manhattan, KS), Holly Wilson (Mustang, OK), Levi Robb (Des Moines, IA), Mary Kay (Lindsborg, KS), Norman Akers (Lawrence, KS), Rena Detrixhe (Russell, KS), and Ryan
RedCorn (Pawhuska, OK).
The Rural | Urban Invitational Art Exhibit and accompanying programs are supported the Volland Store Fund, a 501c3 administered by the Kansas Rural Communities Foundation.
For online lunch reservations, visit thevollandstore.com or call 785-499-3616.
The Volland Store, A Place for Art and Community, 24098 Volland Road, Alma, KS.
Driving directions at thevollandstore.com. Normal hours of operation are Saturdays and Sundays, 12 – 5 pm. Always open by appointment. 785-499-3616
Photo credit: Norman Akers, Interference and a Tiny Spot of Hope, 2019, Courtesy of the artist
September 2019
Rachel Hermes, Printmaking Student, and Jason Scuilla, Professor, Participated in K-State Undergraduate Research Fair Today, Sept. 17
Rachel Hermes, a printmaking and painting student in the Department of Art, showcased her research with the Art Department NEA Project under her mentor and printmaking professor, Jason Scuilla (both are pictured below).
Professor of Art Lectures at the Minneapolis Institute of Art on Contemporary Hmong Aesthetic in Cloth
Early this month, Geraldine Craig, Professor with the K-State Department of Art, lectured at the Minneapolis Institue of Art providing an overview and history of the Hmong textile traditions, including the dramatic shift to narrative story-cloth production in Thai refugee camps after 1975. Craig will highlight the work of two contemporary Hmong artists: Laos-based artist Tcheu Xiong and the late La Yang. Despite diverse childhood experiences, their work similarly reflects the influence of ritual or Amish quilts, contrasting frameworks of tradition and modernity, innovation and empowerment–an aesthetic hybrid.
Please visit us here: https://new.artsmia.org/event/geraldine-craig-a-contemporary-hmong-aesthetic-in-cloth
August 2019
The Volland Store presents Hungry Heartland an Exhibition by K-State Faculty and Student's
Curator, Assistant Professor Shreepad Joglekar
HUNGRY HEARTLAND is the culmination of the multimedia educational and outreach campaign initiated in Fall 2018 by K-State faculty members in three departments: Shreepad Joglekar, Associate Professor, Art Department; Tom Hallaq, Associate Professor – Digital Media, A.Q. Miller School of Journalism and Mass Communications; and Han Yu, Professor, English Department. Twenty-one of their students participated in the project. The exhibition of their work includes photography and short documentaries that reveal, document and interpret the issues of healthy food accessibility and food insecurity in Kansas.
Website: The Volland Store
Opening Reception: Saturday, September 7 at 2pm at the Volland Store in Alma, KS.
Tracing Watersheds|Konza Prairie
Works on Paper by Erin Wiersma curated with interviews with Grassland Scientists.
September 11-November 10, 2019
Website: www.salinaartcenter.org/coming-soon
Char on Paper, 60"x45", 2019
SALINA ART CENTER, 242 S. SANTA FE
Open Reception: Friday, Sept. 13, 5-7pm/Gallery Talk at 6pm
Wiersma's artistic practice focuses on the body's capacity to absorb and respond to an environment. The Konza Prairie works on paper are created on location in one of the few remaining protected grasslands in the world. She creates a record of the land, using both bio-char produced from controlled burns and the embossing from the forbs, fauna and rocky terrain as they incise and transforms the paper surface echoing the topography. Pulling, rubbing, dragging, pushing, and lifting -- changed by the elements; wind, temperature, humidity, and landscape itself. She creates with the prairie; it influences her actions into large-scale works, resulting from the varying burn treatments, fire intensities, and vegetative composition from each locale.
featuring Grassland Interview
The exhibition includes interviews with scientists working in tallgrass prairies, collected by landscape architect Katie Kingery-Page who uses ethnographic interview methods to understand place. Grassland Interview, a series of scientists' voices, can be heard in the galleries under sound domes. This on-going audio project gathers ecologists' and land managers' reflections on two critical aspects of the Konza grassland life-cycle: controlled burns and dormancy of grasses and forbs (wildflowers).
Char on Paper, 72"x366", 2017
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Jennifer Hudson, an MFA Painting candidate at Kansas State University, has been named one of four recipients of incentive grants from the Manhattan branch of the American Association of University Women. |
July 2019
MFA Printmaking Alumni, Marco Hernandez, was featured in the Washington Post for his solo exhibition in Washington, DC.
Read Article here...
April 2019
Associate Professor Nancy Morrow was awarded a Gushul Residency in Alberta, Canada, for July 16-31 through competitive review by the University of Lethbridge in Alberta.
Located on the magnificent eastern slope of the Rocky Mountains, Gushul Residency Program supports the creative research of visual artists and writers alike. Gushul Studio offers expansive painting possibilities with large work spaces, northern light, historic setting, and breathtaking views.
Flint Hills Technical College and K-State Printmakers Strike Pact
The Art Department in K-State’s College of Arts and Sciences has reached an agreement with Flint Hills Technical College that will allow students who graduate from the technical school with an associate degree in graphic arts technology to transfer into the art department’s printmaking program.
Manhattan Mercury Article Continued...
FHTC, K-State Agreement Focues on Printmaking
The art department in Kansas State University's College of Arts and Sciences has developed an articulation agreement with Flint Hills Technical College that will allow students who graduate from the technical school with an associate degree in graphic arts technology to seamlessly transfer into the art department's printmaking program.
The Emporia Gazette Article Continued...
BFA Painting Alumni Have Been Busy Since Graduating.
Allison (Olsen) Bowman (BFA— Painting, Fall 2017) was awarded an Arts KC Inspiration Grant in support of her upcoming installation project, "Sacred Spaces," which incorporates painting, mixed media and plant forms.
Abby Schleicher (BFA— Painting, Spring 2016) was accepted into SUNY, Buffalo State University's Graduate Art Conservation Program.
Jessie Burnes (BFA—Painting, Spring 2018) is completing her year of post-baccalaureate study in painting at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. She will begin SAIC's MFA Program in Painting in the fall.
Christina Klein (BFA—Painting, 2012) was awarded a Fulbright Fellowship to Germany and is currently working on her creative research with extended study at the Academy of Fine Arts in Nuremberg.
2019 Art Scholarship Award Reception and Presentation.
The Department of Art 2019 Scholarship Reception and Award Presentation is Friday, April 5 from 4:00-6:00pm in the Mark A. Chapman Gallery on the first floor of Willard Hall. We are pleased to announce this year's Art Scholarship winners. Congratulations to the following students:
March 2019
Rachel Lord, a painting student, and Mikayla Bond, a painting and printmaking student, were admitted into the Kansas City Artists Coalition's juried undergraduate student show.
The show runs from April 12-26 and is juried by the Cerbera Gallery owner Philipp Eirich.
The Cerbera Gallery is a contemporary art gallery located at the heart of Kansas City Crossroads Art District. It features an impressive array of works by both renown and emerging artists in the fields of functional and sculptural ceramics, painting, photography, mixed media, high quality limited edition prints and lithoogrphs and jewelry. Being connected to countless artists across the US and abroad enables Cerbera Gallery to offer a wide variety of thought provoking artwork both online and at its location in the lively Crossroads District.
http://kansascityartistscoalition.org/exhibitions.php
Congratulations to Graduate Student, Jenn Hudson whose work is featured in a three-person exhibition celebrating the voices of local and regional female artists at The Bunker Center for the Arts in Kansas City.
The show runs March 1-30, 2019.
Lauren Sanders (BFA, 2017), has been accepted into the MFA Program with concentration in Painting, at Louisiana State University.
Lauren will start at LSU in fall 2019, with a teaching assistantship. We wish her many successes in the LSU program. Congrats!
Printmakers attend and present at SGCI Conference 2019 Dallas
Eleven K-State printmaking students, ranging from undergraduate to graduate, and Professor Jason Scuilla attended the SGCI Conference this year in Dallas, TX. They presented their works concerning the NEA research that has been a joint effort between the Department of Art and Chemistry.
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Kansas State University Department of Art Prairie Fire Printmakers at the Southern Graphics International Printmaking conference to present their research and attend printmaking demonstrations. |
K-State Printmaking Professor, Jason Scuilla, and Chemistry Professor, Dr. Stefan Bossmann, presenting interdisciplinary NEA Faculty and Student research at the 2019 Southern Graphics International Printmaking Conference in Dallas Texas. |
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K-State Printmaking Professor, Jason Scuilla, and son, Calvin Scuilla, representing the Department of Art at SGCI 2019 Conference. |
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Professor Scuilla, Dr. Bossmann, and K-State Dept of art undergrad and grad researchers presenting at From Shop Rags to Riches |
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Professor Scuilla, Dr. Bossmann, and K-State Dept of art undergrad and grad researchers presenting at From Shop Rags to Riches |
A number of the Art Department Faculty & Instructors will be presenting at the Art of Democracy Conference on march 21st at the K-State Union.
What to the Prisoner is the 4th of July?
Anthony Warnick, Assistant Professor, Department of Art
Flint Hills room of the Union
To Be Quiet and Permanently Beautiful: Women on Display
Jennifer Hudson, M.F.A. Candidate, Department of Art
Flint Hills room of the Union
PANEL: The Fear of (Public) Art
Rebecca Hackemann-Bahlmann, Assistant Professor, Department of Art
Room 227 of the Union from 12:00-1:00
What Say, Democracy?
Shreepad Joglekar, Associate Professor, Department of Art
Courtyard of the Union
https://www.k-state.edu/cecd/events/symposium/agenda.html
February 2019
Graduate Student, Katharina Bossmann's work was selected for inclusion in the Printmakers' Open Forum Exchange Portfolio, Sanctuary, curated by artist, author and PMOF Director, Shelley Thorstensen.
Responding to a sense of cross roads, between the labor involved in traditional printmaking, and the onslaught of digital processes in the field, the portfolio is a compilation of twenty-six current, well-established and emerging printmakers' work from 14 states, as well as Canada and Sweden.
The portfolio will tour various venues starting with an exhibition at the Women's Studio Workshop, Rosendale New York this summer, then will be housed in the permanent collections of the Janet Turner Museum in Chico, California; the Kenosha Public Museum in Kenosha, Wisconsin; and the University of Indiana-Evansville.
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http://www.manhattanarts.org/323/KSU-MFA-Students-Exhibit
Graduate student, Jenn Hudson was selected to present at K-State's March 21st Engagement Symposium.
Jenn's talk, entitled, "To be quiet and permanently beautiful: women on display," will be part of the 75-minute session: The Art of Democracy, starting at 11:30am in the Flint Hills Room, K-State Union. Work by Jenn will also be exhibited in the Flint Hills Room during the symposium.
https://www.k-state.edu/today/students/announcement.php?id=47783
Graduate student, Jenn Hudson was selected to represent Kansas in Her Flag, a nationwide art project celebrating the 100th anniversary of the 19th amendment, which gave women the right to vote in the U.S. Envisioned by artist Marilyn Artus, the project received fiscal sponsorship from the New York Foundation for the Arts (NYFA).
Her Flag will re-envision the American flag with 36 stripes, symbolizing the 36 states that ratified the amendment in 1920. The collaborative work will be 18 x 26 feet when assembled and will finish on August 18, 2020 -- 100 years after Tennessee became the 36th and final vote needed.
https://www.nyfa.org/ArtistDirectory/ShowProject/81fd858e-90e5-44ba-a057-480ab071db1c
Mid-America Arts Alliance (M-AAA) will present Wester: Works on Paper from the Konza Prairie by Department of Art Associate Professor and artist Erin Wiersma.
Mid-America Arts Alliance (M-AAA) will present Wester: Works on Paper from the Konza Prairie by artist Erin Wiersma Kansas State University Associate Professor of Art, for First Friday February 1 and March 1 from 6:00– 8:00 p.m. at 2018 Baltimore in Kansas City's Crossroads Arts District. Wiersma makes her work by dragging pieces of paper—sometimes loose-leaf, sometimes mounted on a tube— along the floor of burned sections of the Konza Prairie. The resulting pieces—part collaboration with nature, part process art, part record of a performance—act as a document of Wiersma's travels through the fields. "When I go out to work in the prairie it is a very ceremonious experience. The whole event is sacred and meditative for me," she says. "I typically pass through a gated section housing a herd of bison that dwell within these lands and graze. At one time Native Americans thrived on the land alongside great herds of bison. Burning was used as a method to herd the bison to specific areas for hunting, and also to rejuvenate the soil. I cannot be on this land without thinking of the people and animals that live here, both past and present." In addition to approximately ten works on paper, the exhibition includes a short video of Wiersma making her work out in the field. Weirsma's work is also currently part of a group show at the Galerie Fenna Wehlau in Munich, Germany.
https://www.galerie-wehlau.de/
January 2019
Printmaking undergraduate, Melissa Donlon, has been selected to present at the State Captial for her work as an undergraduate research assistant on the NEA Printmaking project.
Melissa was selected to present her research poster at Undergraduate Research Day at the Capitol on February 20, 2019, and an abstract of her work will be turned in for publication. Melissa will also have the opportunity to present her work in a 3-minute elevator speech in front of a group of 5 presenters.
https://www.k-state.edu/media/newsreleases/2019-02/undergradresearch21519.html
Congratulations, Melissa, on this exciting opportunity!
Printmaking graduate student places twice in Speedball "New Impressions" Competition
Hailey Quick, a Master of Fine Arts student in Printmaking, placed twice in the "New Impressions" Speedball competition. Her work titled "Venomous Intent" placed 1st and "Unwanted Solicitation" placed 3rd in the graduate category. She will be awarded $650.00 credit to use on Speedball products, and a matching $650 award will be given to Kansas State University, Department of Art Printmaking area.
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"Venomous Intent", 18"x24", Lithograph |
"Unwanted Solicitation", 20"x26", Lithograph |
These works will be exhibited at the Southern Graphic Council International (SGCI) Conference this March as well as at the Sawtooth Gallery in Winston-Salem, NC shortly after.
In conjunction, Hailey will have work featured at the Southern Hospitality Show, a juried competition, during the SGCI conference at the new art building at the University of North Texas.
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"Domestic Bliss (ii)", 11"x14", Lithograph |
You can read more about Hailey Quick, her works, and her fellow winners at SpeedballArt.com.