st. lawrence university: department of fine arts » Uncategorized http://blogs.stlawu.edu/artdept Sat, 10 Oct 2009 18:56:45 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 public silk screen workshops are a huge hit! http://blogs.stlawu.edu/artdept/2009/10/10/public-silk-screen-workshops-a-huge-hit/ http://blogs.stlawu.edu/artdept/2009/10/10/public-silk-screen-workshops-a-huge-hit/#comments Sat, 10 Oct 2009 18:39:53 +0000 amy http://blogs.stlawu.edu/artdept/?p=815 The second of two silk screen workshops held by Associate Professor Melissa Schulenberg took place Saturday, October 10, 2009. The workshops were offered in conjunction with the Richard F. Brush Art Gallery’s current exhibition Sister Corita: The Joyous Revolutionary.

Fourteen participants, many of them teachers, came from the area and beyond, some from as far away as the state of Maine!

Here are pictures from the workshop and also some resources if you missed the workshop and want to learn to create silkscreen images (also known as serigraphy).

HOW TO (step-by-step) SCREENPRINTING REFERENCE SITES
Traditional and alternative screen printing methods

Photo Emulsion Screen Printing at Home – How To:
http://www.instructables.com/id/Photo-emulsion-Screen-Printing/

Cheap and Dirty Screen Printing
http://www.instructables.com/id/Screen-Printing:-Cheap,-Dirty,-and-At-Home/

One Time Use Screen Print
http://www.instructables.com/id/One-time-use-screen-printing.-Ghetto-screen-print/

Alternate Screen Printing Methods (embroidery hoop method)
http://www.instructables.com/id/D.I.Y.-Screen-Printing/

]]> http://blogs.stlawu.edu/artdept/2009/10/10/public-silk-screen-workshops-a-huge-hit/feed/ 0 be/com/ing – an exhibition of juried student art 4/9/09 http://blogs.stlawu.edu/artdept/2009/04/08/becoming-an-exhibition-of-juried-student-art-4909/ http://blogs.stlawu.edu/artdept/2009/04/08/becoming-an-exhibition-of-juried-student-art-4909/#comments Wed, 08 Apr 2009 16:52:17 +0000 amy http://blogs.stlawu.edu/artdept/?p=751

April 9 – 22, 2009

Thursday, April 9 at 7:00 p.m.
Artist’s lecture by David Beck, juror
Opening reception to follow

For this year’s juried exhibition, students were asked to create up to four works that explored the concept of be(com)ing.

David Beck teaches digital art at Clarkson University, Potsdam, NY, and has shown his work extensively throughout the United States. His artwork is featured in the book GameScenes. Art in the Age of Videogames (John & Levi, 2006), the first volume entirely dedicated to game art.

The department of fine arts presents the student exhibitions with assistance from the Jeanne Scribner Cashin Endowment Fund and the gallery’s Barnes Endowment Fund.

]]> http://blogs.stlawu.edu/artdept/2009/04/08/becoming-an-exhibition-of-juried-student-art-4909/feed/ 0 Amy Atkins ‘10 receives scholarship to Penland! http://blogs.stlawu.edu/artdept/2009/04/04/amy-atkins-10-receives-scholarship-to-penland/ http://blogs.stlawu.edu/artdept/2009/04/04/amy-atkins-10-receives-scholarship-to-penland/#comments Sat, 04 Apr 2009 22:11:31 +0000 amy http://blogs.stlawu.edu/artdept/?p=743 AMY ATKINS '10

AMY ATKINS '10

Amy Atkins ‘10, Fine Art and Environmental Studies double major, just received word that she will be at internationally renowned Penland School of Crafts this summer to study a variety of cold glass working techniques in a class led by artist Judith Schaetcher. Amy was awarded a student work-study scholarship to attend.

Congratulations Amy!!

]]> http://blogs.stlawu.edu/artdept/2009/04/04/amy-atkins-10-receives-scholarship-to-penland/feed/ 0 correction – David Rees, November 19, 2008, 7pm http://blogs.stlawu.edu/artdept/2008/11/08/correction-david-rees-november-19-2008-7pm/ http://blogs.stlawu.edu/artdept/2008/11/08/correction-david-rees-november-19-2008-7pm/#comments Sat, 08 Nov 2008 12:33:53 +0000 amy http://blogs.stlawu.edu/artdept/?p=708 Correction: David Rees will be visiting campus NOVEMBER 19, 2008, not November 11 as was announced earlier. Please see the previous (corrected) post for more details.

]]> http://blogs.stlawu.edu/artdept/2008/11/08/correction-david-rees-november-19-2008-7pm/feed/ 0 New Fine Arts Alumni site is live!! http://blogs.stlawu.edu/artdept/2008/11/01/new-fine-arts-alumni-site-is-live/ http://blogs.stlawu.edu/artdept/2008/11/01/new-fine-arts-alumni-site-is-live/#comments Sun, 02 Nov 2008 00:15:36 +0000 amy http://blogs.stlawu.edu/artdept/?p=693 Check it out!!
And please send any information that you get from former students/alum to Lucia Bonsack at labons06@stlawu.edu.

http://blogs.stlawu.edu/artdeptalumni

]]> http://blogs.stlawu.edu/artdept/2008/11/01/new-fine-arts-alumni-site-is-live/feed/ 0 Visiting Scholar Dr. Marla Berns, 10/15 7:30 pm http://blogs.stlawu.edu/artdept/2008/10/09/visiting-scholar-dr-marla-berns-africa-on-my-mind-1015/ http://blogs.stlawu.edu/artdept/2008/10/09/visiting-scholar-dr-marla-berns-africa-on-my-mind-1015/#comments Thu, 09 Oct 2008 13:30:08 +0000 amy http://blogs.stlawu.edu/artdept/?p=640 St. Lawrence University Department of Fine Arts 2008-2009 presents:

Wednesday October 15, 2008 at 7:30pm Griffiths 123
Dr. Marla Berns, Shirley and Ralph Shapiro Director of the Fowler Museum at UCLA will present her lecture:

DR. MARLA BERNS - Africa on My Mind, The Arts of Magdalene Oduno and Renee Stout

Free Admission. Open to the Public
Supported by the Jeanne Scribner Cashin Endowment for the Fine Arts.

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