Pete Driessen
New Works in Process
Art A Whirl 2010
Please be among the first to see Gorgonica/Pete Driessen/New Works in Process as you join us for complimentary refreshments during the 15th Annual NEMAA Art-A-Whirl Open Studio Tour.
The hybridic Gorgonica installation at the Casket Arts Complex studio continues my exploration of the ship form as a metaphorical site of social mystery and political wonder. The French philosopher Michel Foucault commented that “A ship is the ultimate Heterotopia,” and is a theoretical “counter space” where one can question our given culture and predominant conditions. With a juxtaposition of multiple two and three-dimensional vectors, the installation combines lightly textured, medium scale garish colored paintings on unstretched industrial canvas — with loosely gestured, abstracts on smaller canvas, a fleet of mixed media ship sculptures, fifteen marching soft-water tanks, and a full scale Optimist Dinghy.
The in process ship sails of the Gorgon Fleet will eventually present collaged imagery from 1960’s stag magazines that questions mediated current events within our visual culture, but also combines it with four narrative characters: a wandering neurotic spider creating an inventive web, a serpentine octopus birthing tentacles of gorgons, a beached but hopeful Optimist Dinghy, and an untouchable walled-off bunker. The garage style installation uses the ship structure as a foil and metaphor to help understand our current societal problems and question our present human condition.
Included this year will be special guest photographer and Minneapolis Mosaic winner Sean Smuda exhibiting photographs in our back gallery. In tandem are the release of two new artist statements to the public: An Aesthetic List of 99 Art Critic Beers & Ales with Prices Separated into 3 Categories, and the List of Curating Praxis, Techniques & the General Thoughts That Go Thru a Curators Brain When Preparing, Producing, & Curating the Spatiality of a Prominent Museum Based Exhibition. Also included will be the release of the first limited edition series of Mnartist.org/Minnesota Saints artist baseball cards.
Public Opening: Friday May 14, 6-10pm
Hours: Friday, May 14, 6-10pm; Saturday May 15, 12-8pm; Sunday, May 16, 12-5pm
Where: 681 17th Avenue Northeast, Suite 117, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
Directions: Casket Arts is just north of downtown Minneapolis, east of I-94W, west of I-35W, and accessible from the Broadway Avenue, Lowry Avenue, University Avenue, and Central Avenue corridors. Casket Arts is on 17th Avenue Northeast between Madison & Jefferson Streets. On & off site parking is readily available. MTC bus service is one block away. Casket Arts has handicap access via loading dock.
Cost: Free & Open to the Public
Above Image: Pete Driessen © 2010, Rage Redue, 8×10 Inches, Digital Image Print, Image in Process. Image from Rage/Magazine for Men, Long Island City, NY: Natlus Inc., Vol. 2, #3, June 1962.
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Pete Driessen
Visual Artist/Painter
681 17th Avenue NE, Studio #117
Minneapolis, MN 55413
(612) 782-9185
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2010 CALL FOR PROPOSALS
The 4th annual UCIRA State of the Arts Conference
Future Tense: Alternative Arts and Economies in the University
November 18-21, 2010
University of California, San Diego
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2010 CALL FOR PROPOSALS
Deadline: May 28, 2010
The University of California Institute for Research in the Arts (UCIRA) and the University of California, San Diego are pleased to announce the 4th annual UCIRA State of the Arts conference, to take place at UCSD November 18-21, 2010. Proposals are currently being accepted which address the theme Future Tense: Alternative Arts and Economies in the University.
The Conference Theme
The last two years have witnessed an unprecedented crisis on college campuses around the world, as the social compact that governed higher education in the United States and Europe for the past half century has begun to collapse. Universities from London to Sussex, from Athens to Vienna, and from Berkeley to Santa Cruz, have experienced protests, occupations, walkouts and other actions directed against the encroaching privatization of public education. This crisis has been particularly acute at the University of California, the flagship public university system in the United States. Dramatic funding cutbacks, layoffs, furloughs, and fee hikes have been combined with an upsurge in the sort of racist and sexist attacks that often accompany periods of economic turmoil, as the perception of dwindling resources leads to the predictable search for scapegoats.
This complex mix of economic, cultural and social forces places particular pressure on the status of the arts within research universities, and the very notion of the university itself as a haven for liberal arts education. New tensions have opened up, between the arts and humanities and engineering and science, and between public and private funding sources and priorities, even as new solidarities have emerged, among and between staff and faculty, graduates and undergraduates, disciplines and departments. This conference seeks to address the following questions:
o How can the arts respond to this crisis?
o What new alliances can we form both within the university campus and the communities beyond its walls?
o What alternative economies exist for the support of artistic research?
o What new pedagogical models and new forms of knowledge production can the arts offer as our educational mission is both threatened and, potentially, transformed?
o And what forms of creative practice have been mobilized by the protests, walkouts and occupations?
o As the campus itself becomes a field of symbolic resistance and contestation, from swastikas at UC Davis to Klan hoods at UC San Diego, what are the limits and the political implications of freedom of expression?
We seek proposals for presentations, performances, projects, workshops, conversations or panels that address the past history, present moment and future possibilities of the arts in a university setting.
Application:
All applications must be submitted in pdf form to ZouZou Chapman (zchapman@ucira.ucsb.edu) by 5pm on Friday, May 28th, and should include:
(1) a fully completed cover sheet (downloadable from the website)
(2) a c.v. for each of the lead applicant(s)
(3) A detailed description of proposed activities (1-2 pages single-spaced)
(4) [optional] work samples (3 @ 250k or smaller, jpeg format) or links within your application to external image/video hosting services (i.e. Vimeo,YouTube, etc.) and/or personal or departmental webpages as appropriate.
Participants may choose to submit written papers before or after the conference for possible inclusion in the UCIRA project publication series.
<http://www.ucira.ucsb.edu/2010SDCallforProposals.html>
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Dr. Holly E. Unruh
Associate Director
UC Institute for Research in the Arts
UC Santa Barbara
Santa Barbara, CA 93106
805.893.7799
805.893.4336 [f]
www.ucira.ucsb.edu
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Dear All,
Please find attached the details of, and poster for, an upcoming conference entitled "The Question of Class" to be held in honour of Andrew Hemingway at UCL on Saturday 19 June. Please feel free to circulate this information to whoever might be interested.
Many thanks,
Warren Carter
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Hi All,
Just a gentle reminder that nominations for the three Co-Presidents and Treasurer are due on February 28th! Please see the original call below, but certainly contact me if you have more specific questions about either position.
Joanna Gardner-Huggett,RAC Secretary 2009-2012
_________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
It’s election time for the Radical Art Caucus! We are seeking three Executive Officers and a Treasurer! Consider nominating yourself or nominating someone you know for these important positions. RAC’s mission is:
The Radical Art Caucus (RAC) has as its primary mission the promotion of art and art historical scholarship that addresses historical and contemporary problems of oppression and possibilities for resistance. RAC brings together scholars and artists who ground their work in the material knowledge of cultural conditions and practices related to critiquing fundamental issues of unequal distribution of resources, social hierarchies, and unjust political authority which affect disenfranchised populations in all periods of history. Furthermore, RAC seeks to provide an intellectual and professional environment for the discussion of labor and social justice issues specifically related to contemporary practices of art and art history. RAC members will debate and advocate for a more critical institutional practice in order to promote radical democratic principles within and outside the academy.
Please consider joining us in the continued pursuit of these goals! There will be a number of opportunities to meet the current RAC Officers at CAA 2010, so please come to one of our events, introduce yourself and ask questions!
Below you will find a description of the roles of the Executive Officer and the Treasurer. If you are interested in nominating yourself or nominating someone else, please email Joanna Gardner-Huggett (jgardner@depaul.edu) a one paragraph statement explaining your interest in serving on the Executive Board of RAC by February 28h 2010.
Timeline for nominations and voting:
February 28th-Deadline for nominations and statements of interest
March 12th-Circulation of list of nominees and statements-voting begins (According to our bylaws, all members of RAC are eligible to vote.)
March 26th-Voting ends.
March 29th-Election results announced on RAHL
A. Executive Officers: RAC shall have 3 Executive Officers at all times.
1. Executive Officers shall serve 2-year terms. At that point, the membership shall be polled for nominations to these positions. Voting shall take place anonymously through electronic and written communication with the Secretary.
2. All RAC members are eligible to serve as Executive Officers.
3. Executive Officers shall choose who serves as acting chair of the annual meeting.
4. The primary duty of the Executive Officers is to coordinate a submission for a panel sponsored by RAC at CAA. They will take suggestions at the annual meeting under advisement, propose a theme and chair, and follow up on necessary details as these arise.
B. Treasurer:
1. The Treasurer shall serve a 3-year term and be elected by the membership as per the guidelines established for the Executive Officers.
2. The primary duty of the Treasurer shall be to call for and collect dues as per the standards laid out by CAA. Any changes to the dues structure shall be made through the Treasurer.
3. The Treasurer shall use dues for any of the administrative costs incurred by RAC including, e.g., mailings. All additional suggestions concerning spending of funds must go through the Treasurer before being voted on by the membership.
It’s election time for the Radical Art Caucus! We are seeking three Executive Officers and a Treasurer! Consider nominating yourself or nominating someone you know for these important positions. As a little reminder, RAC’s mission is:
The Radical Art Caucus (RAC) has as its primary mission the promotion of art and art historical scholarship that addresses historical and contemporary problems of oppression and possibilities for resistance. RAC brings together scholars and artists who ground their work in the material knowledge of cultural conditions and practices related to critiquing fundamental issues of unequal distribution of resources, social hierarchies, and unjust political authority which affect disenfranchised populations in all periods of history. Furthermore, RAC seeks to provide an intellectual and professional environment for the discussion of labor and social justice issues specifically related to contemporary practices of art and art history. RAC members will debate and advocate for a more critical institutional practice in order to promote radical democratic principles within and outside the academy.
Please consider joining us in the continued pursuit of these goals! There will be a number of opportunities to meet the current RAC Officers at CAA 2010, so please come to one of our events, introduce yourself and ask questions (see radicalartcaucus.org for details)!
Below you will find a description of the roles of the Executive Officer and the Treasurer. If you are interested in nominating yourself or nominating someone else, please email Joanna Gardner-Huggett (jgardner@depaul.edu) a one paragraph statement explaining your interest in serving on the Executive Board of RAC by February 28h 2010.
Timeline for nominations and voting:
February 28th-Deadline for nominations and statements of interest
March 12th-Circulation of list of nominees and statements-voting begins (According to our bylaws, all members of RAC are eligible to vote.)
March 26th-Voting ends.
March 29th-Election results announced on RAHL
Do not hesitate to contact me if you require any further information!
Joanna Gardner-Huggett, RAC Secretary (2009-2012)
A. Executive Officers: RAC shall have 3 Executive Officers at all times.
1. Executive Officers shall serve 2-year terms. At that point, the membership shall be polled for nominations to these positions. Voting shall take place anonymously through electronic and written communication with the Secretary.
2. All RAC members are eligible to serve as Executive Officers.
3. Executive Officers shall choose who serves as acting chair of the annual meeting.
4. The primary duty of the Executive Officers is to coordinate a submission for a panel sponsored by RAC at CAA. They will take suggestions at the annual meeting under advisement, propose a theme and chair, and follow up on necessary details as these arise.
B. Treasurer:
1. The Treasurer shall serve a 3-year term and be elected by the membership as per the guidelines established for the Executive Officers.
2. The primary duty of the Treasurer shall be to call for and collect dues as per the standards laid out by CAA. Any changes to the dues structure shall be made through the Treasurer.
3. The Treasurer shall use dues for any of the administrative costs incurred by RAC including, e.g., mailings. All additional suggestions concerning spending of funds must go through the Treasurer before being voted on by the membership.
Radical Art Caucus at CAA 2010
Thursday, February 11th:
1. Radical Art Caucus Business Meeting, 7:30-9:00AM: Regency A,
Gold Level, West Tower, Hyatt Regency. All members and anyone
interested in joining the Radical Art Caucus are most welcome!
Agenda here
2. Radical Art Caucus Session “Autonomizing Practices in Art, Art
History, and Education,” Thursday, February 11, 9:30 AM–12:00 PM Grand
CD South, Gold Level, East Tower, Hyatt Regency Chicago
Chairs: Alan W. Moore, independent scholar,
Staten Island, New York; Susan King Obarski, University of California,
Irvine
Speakers:
1. Autonomy, Pseudo-Autonomy, and Prefigurative
Politics, Rebecca Zorach, University of Chicago
2. San Francisco 1978-83: Socialist School
and Rats for Profit, Michael R. Mosher, Saginaw Valley State
University
3. The Guerrilla Clock-Fixers of UX,
Jonathan Lackman, Institute of Fine Arts, New York University
4. Autonomous Practices: Media Collectives
of the Women’s Liberation Movement, Dara Greenwald, Rensselaer
Polytechnic Institute
3. Radical Art Caucus, Drinks, 9:00PM-? BAR 151, Hyatt Regency
Atrium. Join members of the Radical Art Caucus at BAR 151 and learn
more about the organization. (BYOD)
Friday, February 12th:
1. Radical Art Caucus, “Occupations: Labor, Activism, Art, and the
Academy in Crisis”
Friday, February 12, 12:30 PM–2:00 PM, Regency C, Gold Level, West
Tower, Hyatt Regency Chicago
Chair: Sarah Kanouse, University of Iowa
Speakers:
1. Taking a Radical Stance against Occupation without
Perpetuating Myths of a Militant Resistance, Aaron Hughes, Iraq
Veterans Against the War
2. 3Cs: Counter-Cartographies Collective, Tim
Stallman, 3Cs: Counter-Cartographies Collective, Liz Mason-Deese, 3Cs:
Counter-Cartographies Collective
3. Preoccupied: Organizing, the Work of Art School
Academics, Therese Quinn, School of the Art Institute of Chicago
Update from the Gaza Freedom March
http://www.generalstrikecomics.com/gaza-freedom-blog/
in solidarity,
Hutch
Hello all,
My name is Adrienne Fletcher and I am a graduate student at the
University of Florida working on a thesis project researching the use
of social media in museums. I will be conducting an online survey and
am in the process of collecting E-mail contacts for the appropriate
person in as many museums as possible that are currently using or are
interested in using social media as a type of communication tool. All
respondents will receive a copy of the survey results at the end of
the research. If you are interested in participating in the online
survey which will be sent out in January or are interested in having
your institution take part, please E-mail me the appropriate E-mail
address for the contact person in your museum.
The survey will be looking into effectiveness, measurement, time and
tactics of social media use for museums.
Thank you for your time,
Adrienne
adriennefletcher@ufl.edu
University of Florida
Dear All,
Just to remind you that we have the last of this year’s ‘Marxism in
Culture’ seminars tomorrow, Friday 18 December, in the Wolfson Room at
the usual time 5.30.
One Dimensional Woman: A Critique of Contemporary Consumer Feminism
Nina Power (Roehampton University)
All the best,
Warren
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