2020 Departmental News
July 2020
Art Alumni accepted into most prestigious printmaking competition in US.
Mary Gordon, a K-State Printmaking Alumni, was accepted into IPCNY exhibition and awarded an artist development residency. She completed her Bachelor of Fine Arts at K-State and recently her Master of Fine Arts at the University of Georgia. The following link has more information about the IPCNY and her work: https://www.ipcnyexhibitions.org/givemespace
June 2020
Art Department Instructor, Owen Oertling, Sculpture displayed in Manhattan Public Art Platform
Owen Oertling, Instructor and Print Lab Coordinator for the Art Department, was accepted into Manhattan, Kansas's Parks and Recreation's juried Outdoor Public Sculpture Exhibition.
'A Guilder Working the Gears' in cast bronze is currently displayed on 3rd Street, mid-block between Poyntz and Houston, in downtown Manhattan for the next year.
From the artist:
"The Guilders are small scale figures that each have a job. This job, or action, helps to create a narrative with their surroundings. The location of
the installation adds to the narrative. Whether it be a gallery, a pedestrian walk-through, a public area, time period, or a conversation with the political, social, or ethical climate.
My interest in labor comes from my employment as an artist, technician, handyman, fabricator, and educator. As a working artist, I’ve been employed in the toy industry, which has influenced my approach to making and scale."
May 2020
The Art Department supports Healthcare workers by joining in the Production of 3D Printed PPE Face Shields
The Art Department is collaborating with the K-State Architecture Club in their efforts to produce PPE face shields for local healthcare workers using 3D printing technology. Our technicians, having honed their skills, are designing and working together, pushing the bounds of this technology and our resources to contribute to the combat of COVID-19.
Professor of Art History, Dr. Douglas Dow, receives Outstanding Undergraduate Teaching Award
Douglas Dow, associate professor of Art History and a specialist in Italian Renaissance and Baroque Art, is the College of Arts and Sciences' recipient of Kansas State University's Commerce Bank and W.T. Kemper Foundation Outstanding Undergraduate Teaching Award. This is the University's most prestigious undergraduate teaching award. Dr. Dow's achievement in the classroom was previously recognized by the College of Arts and Sciences in 2011 with a William L. Stamey Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching. Among other recent accomplishments, Dr. Dow's interest in the intersection of digital technologies, popular culture, and the history of Renaissance art led to an article on the presence of anachronistic architectural monuments in the video game "Assassin's Creed II" (in Playing with the Past: Digital Games and the Simulation of History). As part of the Commerce Bank and W.T. Kemper Foundation Undergraduate Outstanding Teaching Award, Dr. Dow will receive a $2,500 honorarium.
K-State Professor of Art, Geraldine Craig, interviewed about Transmitters installation in the Mountain-Great Plains Biennial
Geraldine Craig, Manhattan KS, has an installation piece entitled “Transmitters” in the 2020 Biennial exhibition. Craig worked with umbrella artists Saipin Sakkawan and Kannika Buacheen while on a residency in northern Thailand in 2018-19 to create skeleton forms like arcane satellite dish technology. Viewers are invited to stand under the umbrella skeletons and talk with the dead, then write it on white cloth strips and invite friends to tie it on their wrist with a blessing, referring to the Lao bacci ceremony that offers a welcome to visitors or used at weddings to offer blessings to the new couple. The elaborate thread-weaving suggests looking up into the sky with the colors of sunrise/sunset on two layers of the skeletal forms, enriched within the connectivity and network of ancestors. The CnC carved plywood base includes text the artist wrote about the experience of hearing the dead in images. It also isolates the space of the floor or ground with the perimeter of the umbrella skeleton from above, so the viewer feels held within an imaginary circle or force field.
View Video HERE.
The 2020-21 Scholarships Winners Announced!!
The determination of scholarship winners is a relatively lengthy and arduous process involving the submission of artwork and its evaluation by our Scholarship Committee and the Art faculty. In honoring our students in their creative accomplishments, we need to remember the generosity of our donors and their support of our students and this department.
It is with great pleasure and enthusiasm that the Department of Art announces this year's winners:
- Margaret Brekke, Sophomore - Jim Hagan Memorial Art Fund for Art Majors
- Jessica Buckman, Senior - Mark A. Chapman & Cheryl Mellenthin Fine Arts Scholarship
- Jade Christian, Junior - Pat & Jim Hagan Art Scholarship
- Alexis Coffel, Sophomore - Weary Family Art Scholarship
- Lindsay Ebach, Sophomore - Jim Hagan Memorial Art Fund for Art Majors
- Lindsay Ebach, Sophomore - The John W. O'Shea Art Scholarship
- Clare Fallon, Junior - Mark A. Chapman & Cheryl Mellenthin Fine Arts Scholarship
- Marion Farnet, Sophomore - Pat & Jim Hagan Art Scholarship
- Maggie Hammes, Junior - Pat & Jim Hagan Art Scholarship
- Ashley Heideman, Freshman - Jim Hagan Memorial Art Fund for Art Majors
- Cora Hitt, Incoming Freshmen - Pat & Jim Hagan Art Scholarship
- Abigail Hodges, Incoming Freshmen - Pat & Jim Hagan Art Scholarship
- Haley Joel, Senior - Pat & Jim Hagan Art Scholarship
- Neely Joyce, Sophomore - Weary Family Art Scholarship
- Shea Kister, 1st Year Graduate Student - Angelo C. Garzio Scholarship for Studio Pottery
- Kailey Koopman, Senior - Mark A. Chapman & Cheryl Mellenthin Fine Arts Scholarship
- Katie Laddish, Sophomore - Jason Skyler Harper Memorial
- Halle Lang, Sophomore - Mary Lucille Dunn Art Scholarship
- Branden Lawless, Junior - Weary Family Art Scholarship
- Donavon Master, Junior - Art Scholarships
- Donavon Master, Junior - The Florence H. Walker Art Scholarship
- Christian Merino, Sophomore - Jim Hagan Memorial Art Fund for Art Majors
- Sarah Onken, Senior - Weary Family Art Scholarship
- Zachary Parr, Freshman - Jim Hagan Memorial Art Fund for Art Majors
- Natalie Phrakonekham, Senior - Mark A. Chapman & Cheryl Mellenthin Fine Arts Scholarship
- Desiree Powell, Junior - Art Scholarships
- Desiree Powell, Junior - Metalsmithing and Jewelry Art Award
- Kailey Prior, Senior - Mark A. Chapman & Cheryl Mellenthin Fine Arts Scholarship
- Kelsey Reith, Junior - Pat & Jim Hagan Art Scholarship
- Kaytlyn Rice, Incoming Freshmen - Pat & Jim Hagan Art Scholarship
- Erika Schneider, Senior - Jim Hagan Memorial Art Fund for Art Majors
- Shayna Strahm, Freshman - Pat and Jim Hagan Art Scholarship
- Thomas Taylor, Sophomore - Charles William Hugo Scholarship
- Zelie Thompson, Junior - Weary Family Art Scholarship
- Sarah Troub, Freshman - The Eugenia Fairman McNall Award Fund
- Sarah Troub, Freshman - Oscar V. Larmer Art Scholarship
- Sydney Tucker, Junior - Art Scholarship
- Katelyn Vieyra, Incoming Freshmen - Pat & Jim Hagan Art Scholarship
- Cameron Wasinger, Senior - Weary Family Art Scholarship
- Logan Whetzal, Junior - Pat & Jim Hagan Art Scholarship
- Logan Webb, Incoming Freshmen - Pat & Jim Hagan Art Scholarship
Professor of Art, Teresa Tempero Schmidt, is retiring this Spring!
Professor Teresa Tempero Schmidt is retiring from Kansas State University after serving the Department of Art in the College of Arts and Sciences for 48 years.
Terri has dedicated her career to the education of professional artists and to her own sustained, and distinguished studio practice in drawing and printmaking. Professor Schmidt has served on numerous graduate student and departmental committees and was the Coordinator of Drawing for the department from 2002-2017.
Teresa Schmidt has played a significant role in shaping the Department of Art's programs and we sincerely thank her for her commitment to our students and the profession.
Teresa Tempero Schmidt is recognized for 48 years of dedicated teaching, creative research, and service to the Department of Art. Terri earned both Bachelor and Master of Arts degrees from Central Washington State College in 1969 and 1970 respectively and was awarded a Master of Fine Arts degree in Printmaking and Drawing in 1972 from Washington State University. Joining the Department of Art at K-State immediately following graduate school, she was promoted to Professor in 2003.
February 2020
Former Painting Student selected for inclusion in the exhibition "30 Under 30" at Viridian Gallery in NYC.
Lauren Sanders, BFA in Painting (Fall 2017), and current MFA candidate at LSU, had her painting selected for inclusion in the exhibition, "30 Under 30" at Viridian Gallery in NYC, February 18-March 7. The show includes work done by 30 artists nationally who are under the age of 30. This year the exhibition was juried by Kelly Kivland, Curator at Dia Art Foundation in NYC. Congratulations to Lauren!
Department of Art Graduate Students Participated in a Group Exhibition at Northwest Missouri University
The MFA students participated in a group show at Northwest Missouri University showcasing recent works. Jennifer Hudson, Shea Kister, and Hailey Quick represented the group at the closing artist talk on Monday, February 3rd. The exhibition was January 14 - February 3, 2020 at the Olive DeLuce Art Gallery.
Artist involved in this show included MFA 3rd years Jennifer Hudson and Dee Roof, 2nd years Katharina Bossmann, Lathan Mastellar, and Hailey Quick, and 3rd years Sepideh Badakhshanian, Michael Burke, Shea Kister, and Elena Masrour.
Hailey Quick (Left), Shea Kister (Middle), and Jennifer Hudson (Right)
January 2020
Grasslands: Building the Prairie through Drawing
Exhibit by Biology Students from JC Harmon High School's Architecture, Construction & Engineering Academy
Exhibit Open to the Public
Friday, January 17, 2020 | 5pm-7pm
Kansas City Design Center
1018 Baltimore Ave. KCMO 64105
to learn more, contact kkp@k-state.edu
Freshmen students of JC Harmon High School in the Argentine neighborhood of Kansas City "built a prairie" together by learning about grassland ecosystems and drawing. This collaborative exhibit documents a day of learning for approximately 100 students. The day included selecting plants from JC Harmon's learning landscape, identifying the plants, observing, drawing, and discovering what ecosystem services the plants provide in a grassland. The student workshops are part of a project called Grassland Interview, which aims to bring awareness to the significance of grasslands world wide.
Katie Kingery-Page and Erin Wiersma (faculty from K-State), David Bennett (faculty at JC Harmon High), and Catherine Bylinowski (University of Missouri Extension), led the student workshops.