CAA Professional Development Podcasts

The College Art Association website has a number of podcasts dealing with various topics concerning the professional development of artists.  These may be of use to you or your students. Here is the link:


http://www.collegeart.org/podcasts/

Announcements for September 20, 2012 Faculty Meeting

1)  If any faculty member has a concern about a student, or feels that any student is at risk for any reason, please make sure to send his/her name to Susan Miller and the Student Services staff.  smiller@mca.edu

In addition, referrals may be made to Jennifer Gonzales for academic counseling.  jgonzales@mca.edu

2) The Black & White newsletter is back! In its new format, Black & White will be a student-driven publication available to the MCA community (especially students) via email blast and in a paper version available at the Student Achievement Center in Rust Hall.  Please encourage students to submit artwork, articles, photos, advertisements, and notices.  The first publication date for Fall 2012 will be October 1, with biweekly publication thereafter.  Encourage students to talk to Cara Sievers csievers@mca.edu or Susan Miller smiller@mca.edu if they have material to submit.

3) Next Friday, Sept. 28th is Trolley night. As part of this monthly event, there will be an opening from 5-7 PM in the lobby of the Brinkley Plaza on Main St. for the first MCA student exhibition that is part of a partnership with Brinkley Plaza. Eight to ten students' works will be shown so please come and support your students!  

4) Nationally acclaimed event designer and author Matthew Robbins will be on campus this week to talk about his experience to the public as well as MCA students, faculty, and staff.   In addition to the open events, he has agreed to review portfolios while here. There are nine 20-minute slots for these reviews, beginning at 1 PM on Fri., Sept. 21. While Robbins' work is focused on wedding design, as a professional artist he brings a different perspective that could be most valuable to student artists. Please let your students know about this, particularly juniors and seniors -- there are couple of slots left to fill. Have students contact Carrie Brooks at cbrooks@mca.edu or call ext. 251.

REVISED Curriculum Committee Deadlines

The Curriculum Committee has set the deadlines for submitting courses as permanent additions to the MCA Course Catalog and Special Topics courses for Spring 2013.

*  Forms and syllabi for permanent additions to the catalog are due by
September 14, 2012.

*  Forms and syllabi for Special Topics courses for Spring 2013 are due by
September 28, 2012.

For more information, please contact Elizabeth Brown.

Lectures, Symposia, and other programs of interest at Rhodes College, 2012-2013

· All the events listed below are open to the Memphis community.  Please feel free to advertise these events to MCA students.  For more information on a specific event, go to the Rhodes College Calendar of Events accessible through the Rhodes homepage, www.rhodes.edu   Events are listed on the calendar under the date on which they will occur.  Click on the event that interests you for more information such as time and location.  

   

    

      September 6: “IN SEARCH OF…” Christopher Ulivo, exhibit lecture

·      September 17: JAMES CAPRETTA, “How Constitutional Government Protects Democracy from Itself.”

·      September 20: Amanpal Garcha, “Dickens and Victorian Ideas of Consumer and Electoral Choice” @ 4:30 p.m.

·      September 20: STEVE SCHLOZMAN, “Zombie Autopsy” @ 6:00 p.m.

·      September 27-28: ROUSSEAU SYMPOSIUM

·      September 19-October 3: TOURNÉES FRENCH FILM FESTIVAL

·      October 4-5: GLOBAL HAMLETS SYMPOSIUM

·      October 8-9: ROGER SCRUTON, “How to Think Seriously About Saving the Planet” and “Music and Morals”

·      October 29-30: CELEBRATING IDA B. WELLS 150^TH ANNIVERSARY

·      November 12-14: HOLOCAUST SCHOLAR ROBERT WISTRICH AND SPECTRUM DANCE THEATER

·      November 15: MELODY DEUSNER, “Whistler, Aestheticism, and the Networked World”

·      November 27: AMY SINGER, “The Ottoman Occupation of Jerusalem”

·      January (between 14-16): JASON ROBERT BROWN, Springfield Lecture

·      January 22: JAMES MILLER, “Is the Examined Life Worth Living”

·      February 11-12: ALICE KAPLAN, “Dreaming in French”

·      February 25: Imam Feisel Abdul Rauf, “A New Vision of Islam in America”

·      March 18-19: A.B. YEHOSHUA, “The Arab-Israeli Conflict Today”

·      April 4: JUSTICE EDWIN CAMERON, “Diversity as a Constitutional Value - LGBTI Rights in a Democratic South Africa”

·      April 11, RANDALL FULLER, “From Battlefields Rising: How the Civil War Transformed American Literature”

Internal Extensions

MCA Fall Exhibition Schedule and Visiting Lecturers

MCA FALL 2012 EXHIBITION SCHEDULE

                                                                                                             

Memphis College of Art Faculty Exhibition                             

Wednesday August 15 – Saturday September 22

Reception, trolley night Friday, August 31 6 – 9 pm

Hyde Gallery (477 S. Main St)

Horn Island                                                                                      

August 17 – September 28                                           

Reception Saturday Sept 8, 6.00 – 9.00 pm      

Main and Lower (Rust Hall)

The Art of Science                                                                        

Wednesday September 26 – Saturday November 3            

Reception, trolley night Friday, September 28, 6 – 9 pm

2^nd Reception, trolley night Friday, October 26, 6 – 9 pm

Hyde Gallery (477 S. Main St)

Joey Slaughter                                                                                

August 17 – September 30                                    

Reception Saturday, September 8

Alumni (Rust Hall)

Sculpture Department                                                                   

Oct 5 – Nov 4                                                            

Selected student work

Lower (Rust Hall)

Alumni Invitational Exhibition 2012                                            

Oct 5 – Nov 4                                                            

Curated by Beth Edwards

Reception Thursday Oct 11, 5 – 7 pm

Main (Rust Hall)

Janice Albertine                                                                               

Oct 5 – Nov 4                                                                       

Reception Thursday, October 11, 5-7 pm

Alumni (Rust Hall)

                                   

Holiday Bazaar                                                                                 

Nov 16, 17                                                                                   

Main and Lower (Rust Hall)

MFA Thesis Exhibition                                                                   

Wednesday November 28 – Saturday, December 15

Reception, Friday, November 30, 6 – 9 pm

Hyde Gallery (477 S. Main St)            

                                   

Amy Hutcheson                                                                                

November 21 – December 12                                   

Reception Friday, November 30, 5-7 pm

Alumni (Rust Hall)

BFA Exhibition                                                                                  

Nov 21 – Dec 12                                                                       

Reception Friday November 30, 5 – 7 pm

Main and Lower (Rust Hall)

Visiting Lectures Fall 2012

Callicott Auditorium, 7 pm start unless otherwise noted

MATTHEW ROBBINS                                                     

Alumni

Thursday, September 20

SASHA BARR

Illustrator

Tuesday, October 2

ELIZABETH CONDON

Painter

Thursday, October 11

FRANKLIN SIRMANS

Chief curator, LACMA

Tuesday, October 23

                                    

Announcements for August 15, 2012 Faculty Meeting

1)  Upcoming Events 

Aug. 10 - 26: MCA Summer Art Camp ExZOObition at the Memphis Zoo, Rendezvous Room.
Aug. 15: Campus Housing Move-in Day
Aug. 15 - Sept. 22: MCA Faculty Exhibition, Hyde Gallery
Aug. 16: Registration
Aug. 17: Orientation Begins
Aug. 17 - Sept. 30: Alumni Exhibition - Joey Slaughter, Alumni Gallery
Aug. 17 - Sept. 28: Horn Island 28 Exhibition, Main and Lower Galleries
Aug. 20: Fall Semester Begins
Aug. 22, 11 a.m. - 1 p.m.: President's Welcome and Town Hall for Students
Aug. 23, 7 p.m.: MCA Night With the Redbirds

2)  Information on the Student Contest for 2012 Holiday Bazaar--Please Promote to Students

Attention all students! This is a great opportunity to showcase your work!

MCA's trademark Holiday Bazaar is just around the corner, and we need your help getting ready for it! This year, we will hold a contest to select a piece of a student artwork to possibly represent the Bazaar for the year. The image of the winning entry will represent the Bazaar everywhere – on posters, on advertisements, on the T-bar in front of the park, and perhaps on other merchandise or even in the media! This is a great opportunity to compete to have your work showcased – the work will be featured at the event, which brings more than a thousand visitors to campus each year. The winner not only gets to represent the Bazaar this year, but also will receive a $200 gift card!

The deadline is soon ... so here are the details:

• Work must represent this year's theme -- as literally or as figuratively as you'd like. This year's theme is, "My Favorite Things."

• Work must be submitted on or before Friday, Sept. 14, by 4 p.m. to me, Cara Sievers (my office is in Rust Hall across from the President's office). I will accept work between 9 a.m. and 4 p.m., Monday through Friday.
• You must be able to leave your work in Cara's office until judging is over (approximately a week). You must pick up your work when notified.

• You must fill out a submission form when dropping off your work.

• Work does not have to be 2D, but keep in mind that it will be photographed and portrayed in 2D form.

• By submitting your work – and in the event that you win the competition – you are agreeing to let MCA use your work in any medium and with minimal edits in order to promote the Holiday Bazaar.

• The work will be judged by a local design firm and members of the administration. In the event that no pieces are chosen, MCA reserves the right not to award the prize.

Any questions? Contact Cara Sievers atcsievers@mca.edu. Good luck!