A report was recently released from the Program Prioritization Committee which stated that the BFA and MFA in Fabric Design and Weaving was up for elimination. This has caused many to believe that East Carolina University would no longer have a textiles program. This is not true. The School of Art and Design has had BFA and MFA programs in Fabric Design, Weaving and Textiles which is a combination of Fabric Design and Weaving. Since the majority of our students take classes in both Fabric Design and Weaving it is best to eliminate the single concentrations and accept all students under the Textiles Concentration. The Textiles Program at ECU is alive and well and looks forward to continued growth. Should you have any questions, please contact the Textiles Area Coordinator, Christine Zoller, Associate Professor at 252-328-1321 or at zollerc@ecu.edu.
Congratulations to School of Art and Design alumnus Kymia Nawabi for winning Bravo's "Work of Art"
View the "Work of Art" Final Exhibit here:
http://www.bravotv.com/work-of-art/season-2/photos/rate-the-work/the-final-exhibits
Four ECU School of Art students recently selected for national portrait competition at the N.C. Museum.
Chris Elizabeth Morgan
Leslie Pearson
Jonathan Peedin
Mark Wroblewski
N.C. Museum of Art Presents Self-Observed
Forty-one works on view in the Museum’s debut college student exhibition
Inspired by the quest of identity that occupied Rembrandt through his life, the North Carolina Museum of Art presents Self, Observed, the first exhibition of college student work juried by college students at the Museum. Exhibited concurrently with the Rembrandt in America exhibition, Self, Observed reexamines the function of portraiture and highlights the enduring influence of Rembrandt.
Through the combination of photography, video, printmaking, collage, drawing, and painting, Self-Observed registers the formal and conceptual distances between Rembrandt and our contemporary world.
College students from across the country were invited to submit original self-portraits through the blog at http://selfobserved.tumblr.com. A group of eight students from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill curated Self, Observed in collaboration with the NCMA Education Department. The group selected 41 works from over 160 submissions.
Including artists from fourteen colleges across the country, Self, Observed is a compelling look at how individuals see themselves and the world around them, addressing subjects such as body image, humor, discrimination, sexuality, stereotypes, achievement, alienation, and representation itself.
Exhibition Details
Dates: October 30, 2011–January 22, 2012
Location: East Building, Level B
Hours and Admission: Self, Observed will be open during regular Museum hours. Admission to the exhibition is free.
Artists
Student artists included in the exhibition:
Lyndon Barrois Jr., Washington University
Maia Bayuzick, Edinboro University
Dez Brown, University of Minnesota, Duluth
Dakota Cash, Parsons the New School for Design
Davis Choun, North Carolina State University
Brandon Coley, Winston-Salem University
Leila Ehtesham, Parsons the New School For Design
Ashley Florence, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Gus Frisbee, University of North Carolina at Asheville
Lisa Gonzalez, Parsons the New School For Design
Tami Foy Grady, Mount Olive College
Janice Gravely, Barton College
Erin Hernsberger, University of Minnesota
Troy Herring, Mount Olive College
Sue Hickman, Cleveland Community College
Nicole Jennings, Cleveland Community College
Isaiah Johnson, Saint Augustine's College
Emily Kiel, Texas A&M University
Josiah King, Mount Olive College
Cindy Kohnen, Meredith College
Lauren Ling, University of North Carolina at Greensboro
Zoe Litaker, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Whitney Lorene, Washington University
Karin Mansberg, Western Connecticut State University
Andy Mattern, University of Minnesota
Molly McManus, Virginia Commonwealth University
Bethany Minervino, North Carolina State University
Chris Elizabeth, Morgan East Carolina University
Clark Munford, The George Washington University
Vallyn Murphy, North Carolina State University
Leslie Pearson, East Carolina University
Jonathan Peedin, East Carolina University
Camille Perreault, Watkins College of Art and Design
Joshua Schaefer, Texas, A & M University
Alex Sharp, Rockingham Community College
Dinah Sylivant, Barton College
Jackson Thomas, University of North Carolina Greensboro
Scott Welsh, Savannah College of Art and Design
Lamar Whidbee, North Carolina Central University
Mark Wroblewski, East Carolina University
Zitong Wu, New York University
