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Ildiko Butler Travel Award

The Department of Theatre and Visual Arts is pleased to announce the 2017 Ildiko Butler Travel Award for Excellence in Visual Arts. Three grants of up to $3000 each will be given to photographers of promise to make work independently during the following academic year. One of the grants has been specifically set aside for photographing in Italy. If you are applying for the Italy grant, please indicate that in your proposal.

Sophomore and Junior Visual Arts majors are eligible.

Application Requirements

  • Project proposal (250 words maximum) and detailed budget
  • List of all art & art history courses you have taken and are taking.
  • Grades in your completed art & art history courses.
  • 15 images of your best photography printed or on a drive.
  • Title, date, medium, size for each image.
  • Name, ID number, email address, phone number.

Address and drop off to

ILDIKO BUTLER TRAVEL AWARD
Lowenstein Room 423
c/o Mark Street, Program Director, Visual Arts

Applications are due on  Wednesday, April 12, 2017 by 12 noon

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Todd Berliner: Bursting into Song in the Hollywood Musical ?>

Todd Berliner: Bursting into Song in the Hollywood Musical

Fordham Filmmaking Club presents

Visiting Scholar Todd Berliner

“Bursting into Song in the Hollywood Musical”

When the characters in La La Land spontaneously sing, the film recalls the studio era, when characters in musicals regularly burst into song without realistic motivation. Illustrated with clips from musicals, this presentation will examine the ways in which Hollywood filmmakers have developed this convention.

Thursday March 9
SL 24L
11:30 FCLC

Todd Berliner, Professor of Film Studies at the University of North Carolina Wilmington is the author of Hollywood Aesthetic: Pleasure in American Cinema (Oxford University Press, 2017)

Sponsored by the Visual Arts Department

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Junior Review

TO BE CONSIDERED FOR SENIOR THESIS STUDIES

Please submit a thumb drive with the following material:

  • COVER SHEET: Name, email, phone, and your thesis advisor.
  • WORK: 10 to 15 high-quality jpegs /pdf of work or 10 minutes (approx.) total of film/video pieces.
  • CLASSES: List all art and art history courses current and past. Include grades received.
  • STATEMENT: Maximum 300-word about the work you wish to pursue. (Discuss concept, medium, and stylistic approach).
    Note: We strongly encourage you to consult a faculty member for help selecting portfolio works and writing your statement.
  • LABEL thumb drive with name and enclose in an envelope with name and email on front.

MATERIAL DUE DATE: Wednesday, April 12th by 11:30am.

  • Drop off in room 423. Mailbox: Casey Ruble
  • Pickup of application in room 423 after 6pm.

 

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Susan Lipani Travel Grant ?>

Susan Lipani Travel Grant

The Department of Theatre and Visual Arts is pleased to announce the 2017 Susan Lipani Travel Grant, which will provide two outstanding Sophomore or Junior Visual Arts majors with grants of $1500 each, for independent travel during the summer of 2017, or during the winter break in January, 2018.

HOW TO APPLY: Sophomore and Junior Visual Arts majors working in the following concentrations are eligible: Painting & Drawing | Film & Video | Graphic Design | Architecture

DEADLINE: Applications are due on Wed., April 12, 2017 by 12 NOON.

APPLICATION PROCESS: Compile the following:

  • A proposed itinerary.
  • Project description (250 words maximum) and detailed budget.
  • List of all art and art history courses you have taken and are currently taking, along with the grades in the completed courses.
  • Up to 10 samples of your best artwork in the following formats: Digital images, film or video on a CD/thumb drive, originals (e.g., drawings, paintings, prints, photographs).
  • Checklist: List for each sample – title, date, medium, size.
  • Contact Information: Name, Fordham ID no., email, cell no.
  • Questions: mstreet@fordham.edu
  • Address and drop off to:

SUSAN LIPANI TRAVEL GRANT
FCLC | LOWENSTEIN ROOM 423
c/o MARK STREET, Program Director, Visual Arts

FINAL REQUIREMENTS: The successful candidates will be required to submit a short report summarizing their experiences.

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Wendel White: Schools for the Colored ?>

Wendel White: Schools for the Colored

Wendel White
Schools for the Colored
Lipani Gallery, Fordham University
May 28 – October 25, 2016


Artist Talk with Wendel White
Monday, September 19, 11:30 am
SL24E, Visual Arts Complex, Fordham University

Mine, Yours, Ours
A Conversation on Segregation in America, Past and Present with
Rebecca Carroll, Deborah Willis, Marta Gutman, and Wendel White
followed by a reception for the exhibition
Monday, September 19, 6 pm
Franny’s Space, adjacent to the Visual Arts Complex, Fordham University

A Place Out of Time: The Bordentown School
Film Screening and Talk with Director David Davidson
Wednesday, September 21, 6 pm
SL24L, Visual Arts Complex, Fordham University

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Talk by Ricardo Miranda Zuñiga ?>

Talk by Ricardo Miranda Zuñiga

Monday May 2nd at 6:00 PM in room SL24H

Talk by Ricardo Miranda Zuñiga

Ricardo is a professor in the Masters of Fine Art in Integrated Media Arts program at Hunter College. Check out his website at www.ambriente.com. His work combines a DIY sensibility with new media and performance.

In conjunction with the exhibition “What This Journey Breeds”

June –September 2016 at the Ildiko Butler Gallery.

Artist Talk with Alan and Michael Fleming ?>

Artist Talk with Alan and Michael Fleming

Fordham University, Department of Theatre and Visual Arts is pleased to present an Artist Talk with Alan and Michael Fleming.

Alan and Michael Fleming are identical twin brothers who have been working together since 2005 creating collaborative performance, sculpture, and video work. Recent solo exhibitions include “Studio Audience” at Cindy Rucker gallery (NY) and “GAME ON” presented at threewalls (Chicago) and the Active Space (NY). Recent residencies include the AIM Program (Artist in the Marketplace) at the Bronx Museum of the Arts, the International Artist Residency at the NARS Foundation (New York Art Residency & Studios), and the ACRE Residency (Artists’ Cooperative Residency and Exhibitions). The Flemings have performed at the New Museum in New York, the Bronx Museum of the Arts, the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, the Chicago Cultural Center, the Centre for Contemporary Arts in Glasgow, and the Factory for Art and Design in Copenhagen. In 2008 their video series “At Rest: The Body in Architecture” won the “Performing” section at the Kinolewchyk Festival at the Idea Museum in Lviv, Ukraine. In 2006 they were awarded the “Group 4 Award” from the Foundry Art Centre for their video “Defining the Frame”.

The Fleming brothers received their MFA in Studio (2010) from the Performance Department at The School of the Art Institute of Chicago where they attended graduate school as a collaborative. They both received a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree (2007) in Painting from The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Michael and Alan were awarded Trustee Merit Scholarships from The School of the Art Institute of Chicago and share the award of “Most Outstanding Senior” in the painting department from The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. In 2009 Alan received the Professional Advancement Award in Dance from the School at Jacob’s Pillow and Michael received the Jacob K. Javits Fellowship from the U.S. Department of Education. Alan and Michael Fleming currently live in Brooklyn, NY.

The Artist Talk series is curated by Amie Cunat, Adjunct Faculty in Painting & Drawing.

11/13/2012 | 3pm | Lincoln Center ?>

11/13/2012 | 3pm | Lincoln Center

Please join us in McMahon Hall Lounge 109

Limited seating | please contact: abby@abbygoldstein.com

Sponsored by the Visual Arts, African and African American and Women’s Studies programs. Supported by a Faculty Mellon Challenge Grant