Larry Blackwood: Ghosts and Empties

Ghosts and Empties, a series of photographs by Larry Blackwood of an abandoned amusement park, will be on display at the Daily Northside Coffee Bar, 1203 N. Rouse through the middle of November.

Panel discussion on Robert DeWeese @ MSU

The School of Art at Montana State University announces a panel discussion led by Terry Karson, curator of the exhibition A Look Ahead:  Robert DeWeese Retrospective.  Included in the discussion will be Elizabeth Guheen, Zak Zakovi, and John Buck.  The discussion, which is free and open to the public, will be September 8th at 7pm in the Copeland Gallery in Haynes Hall on the MSU campus.

The panelists have all felt the impact of Robert DeWeese in one way or another. They will discuss DeWeese’s legacy in pioneering modernism in the Rocky Mountain West of the mid-twentieth century.

The exhibition, Robert DeWeese Retrospective:  A Look Ahead, will remain on view at the Emerson Cultural Center until September 9.   For more information call Erin W. Anderson at 994-2562.

Upheaval: A Revolution of the Arts

It’s happening again! The 5th annual Upheaval: A Revolution of the Arts will take place Tuesday, March 31 through Thursday, April 2, in the SUB Ballrooms on the MSU Campus! Show times are:  Tuesday and Wednesday 11 am to 7 pm and Thursday 11 am to 5 pm with a Closing Reception Thursday 5 pm to 7 pm. Food and Beverages will be served. Parking is great after 5pm – Really!

All participating artists are MSU Students. This is a rare opportunity to add to a current art collection, or start a new one! Don’t miss this unique event – come see and purchase new, innovative, truly exceptional original artwork created by generations of great Montana State University artists. Invest in art while you invest in the future.

The Bozeman Chronicle published an article on Upheaval here.

Amanda Neiter paintings @ Food for Thought

Amanda Neiter has just hung her work at Food for Thought, at the southeast corner of Kagy and 3rd.  The show is called My Scapes and it will be up until April 1st.

Call for submissions: Native American traditional beadwork

The Emerson is looking for a Native American traditional beadwork artist with a body of work to exhibit with the contemporary beadwork of Molly Murphy (Oglala, Lakota), who specializes in contemporary native beadwork and printmaking.

Exhibit opens June 2009 – to be considered, please download an application form here and submit as soon as possible.

Call for contemporary visual artists

The Emerson is now accepting applications for contemporary visual art exhibits for our Lobby, Weaver Room, and Jessie Wilber galleries for 2009 – 2011.

The Jessie Wilber Gallery exhibits the artwork of professional contemporary artists showing painting, drawing, photography, printmaking, ceramics, sculpture, crafts, mixed media, film, new genre, and installations.

The Emerson Lobby Gallery exhibits the drawings, paintings, prints, photography, and mixed media work of regional contemporary artists. The show often relates specifically to the current exhibit in the Jessie Wilber Gallery.

The Weaver Room Gallery displays two-dimensional and wall hung sculpture highlighting topics of regional significance including community concerns, travel, and artwork by students and faculty of Montana State University and our local schools.

Click here for more information and to download an application form.

RECLAIMING OUR VOICES: CALL FOR ENTRIES!!!

Reclaiming Our Voices is a juried art show, open to all artists, focusing
on the artistic representation of the effects of sexual and domestic
violence on victims and the community at large. This 51st annual show,
which will hang in the Exit Gallery on the MSU campus April 6-17, 2009,
will coincide with other events that are part of the nationally recognized
Sexual Assault Awareness Month. Reclaiming Our Voices will provide a venue
for artists to express their responses to and interpretations of sexual
and domestic violence in their lives and communities. Juror is Ellen
Ornitz of the Emerson Cultural Center.

All two and three dimensional mediums accepted. Entry fee is $5 per entry;
artist may submit up to three entries. Send a CD with images, by March 20,
2009, to: ASMSU Arts and Exhibits, SUB 221, Montana State University,
Bozeman, MT, 59717, ATTN: Stacey Ray. Include SASE, with sufficient
packaging and postage to return the work, and your name, address, email
address, and phone number. Checks should be made out to: ASMSU Arts and
Exhibits Artist statement is optional. Notification is in late March. For
more information, contact Stacey Ray, 406/994-1828 or
exhibits@montana.edu. This show is sponsored by ASMSU Arts and Exhibits,
Students Against Sexual Assault at MSU-Bozeman and the MSU VOICE Center.

Art classes @ The Emerson

Check out the new listing of Winter classes at the Emerson! Adult, Teen and Childrens classes for the January – March Winter session have been posted on the education page of the Emerson website.

Richard Parrish open studio

Glass artist Richard Parrish will open his studio Saturday and Sunday, Nov. 22 and 23, for an annual open house and studio sale. Hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday and noon to 5 p.m. Sunday. Fusio Studio is located at 6693 Lynx Lane No. 3 (click address for map). For more information, see announcement in the Chronicle or Parrish’s web site.

Emerson is looking for Artist-Educators for Winter Session

The Emerson’s Open Studio is a community-based art education program for teens, adults and children. Open Studio art classes and workshops are fun and build artistic skills and creative courage for all students in an inclusive community setting. Our teachers are high-quality educators and artists. Qualified applicants with limited teaching experience may be asked to apprentice with a more experienced Artist-Educator before teaching on their own.

Open Studio Artist-Educators must have expertise in the media they teach, enthusiasm about working with youth and adults with a range of artistic abilities, an exceptional ability to communicate with parents, students, Emerson staff and the community at large, and a flexible attitude about working in a community-based arts organization.

The Frances Senska Pottery Studio has large working tables, slab roller, fully stocked glaze area and glaze making material area, 10 wheels, an electric kiln, a variety of tools, extruder, clay mixer, slide projector and trays, and buckets. It is a community space shared by several teachers and thirty students at any given time. Proactive communication and willingness to pitch in to improve this popular and growing program are imperative.

Emerson’s art classroom, the Green Room, is a multi-use space shared by the Crawford Theater and the Open Studio program. There may be times when classes must be moved to accommodate concerts or other community events. While we do our best to provide a consistent location for Open Studio classes, you may be asked to relocate your class. Please take this into account when applying for this position.

The Emerson currently offers three formats for classes: one-day adult workshops (usually on weekends); PIR Art Day (10 a.m. – 2 p.m.) and Early Release Day (1 – 4 p.m.) classes for youth in grades 2 – 6; four-week classes for adults and grades 2 – 6, grades 5 – 8 and grades 9 – 12; and seven-week classes for adults, grades 5 – 8 and grades 9 – 12.Your application packet should include the following:

• Cover letter, including: your specific interest in teaching, class ideas, preferred age group
• Resumé or narrative describing related training, teaching and community-based art experience
• Artist’s statement, if applicable
• CD with five – ten images of your current work (jpeg files, 1 – 3 megabyte)

Please send your packet to: Visual Arts Director Ellen Ornitz
The Emerson 111 South Grand, Bozeman, MT 59715
Please do not email your application.

Questions or want to pitch ideas/brainstorm? Call Stephanie 587-9797.

Deadline for receipt of materials – November 14, 2008 or until position filled
Notification of acceptance – November 21, 2008 or until position filled
Winter Open Studio classes – mid-January to March 2009 (first class no earlier than January 19, 2009)