Visual Arts Students Featured in Ars Nova 2017
https://youtu.be/7vl-xiviyjs
Upcoming Student Events
No Man’s Land: A Revolt of Spirit
Juliana Johnson’s immersive art exhibition
Embodying mobility and resistance against the loss of humanity and connection in our culture through movement and design.
Opening Event in the Lipani Gallery
Tuesday, April 4 at 7:00pm, with a live performance at 7:30pm
Senior Thesis Film Show
works by Anabelle DeClement and Athena Kokinakis
Friday, April 7 at 7pm in SL 24L
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
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
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.
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.
LIVING OFF CAMPUS: Gentrification, Housing Rights, and Social Justice
Important Announcement for Visual Arts Majors
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
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.