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Wodiczko + Bonder’s Memorial to the Abolition of Slavery noted in European and US awards, publications, lectures

August 28th, 2012 by glaramie

Professor of Architecture Julian Bonder’s work continues to receive increasing international and US recognition, following the opening of Wodiczko + Bonder’s “Mémorial de l’abolition de l’esclavage” (Memorial to the Abolition of Slavery) in Nantes, France in Spring 2012.

This work was the focus of an August 2012 publication in the Boston Society of Architects (BSA) Journal, Memory Is A Verb: A conversation with Julian Bonder and Krzysztof Wodiczko, where Wodiczko and Bonder were interviewed extensively about the project. Wodiczko is an internationally renowned public artist who taught at MIT for many years, and now is at Harvard, who has worked collaboratively with Bonder on many projects.

Posted by: glaramie August 28th, 2012
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Elizabeth Duffy receives US and Italian Fellowships during 2012/13 Sabbatical

August 25th, 2012 by glaramie

Associate Professor of Art Elizabeth Duffy is the recipient of two fellowships during her 2012/13 sabbatical.  Duffy is currently Artist-in-Residence on Governor’s Island in New York through the Lower Manhattan Cultural Council’s Swing Space program. During her Swing Space residency at Governors Island, Duffy will develop installations using sources from the grand homes on the island and the patterns from security envelopes of corporations across the bay.

Duffy will follow this with a Bogliasco Fellowship at the Liguria Study Center for the Arts and Humanitites on the Italian Riviera.  Applicants for these Fellowships demonstrate significant achievement in their disciplines, and take up projects leading to the completion of an artistic, literary, or scholarly work, followed by publication, performance, exhibition, or other public presentation.

Posted by: glaramie August 25th, 2012
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Michael Rich’s work exhibited at Old Spouter Gallery, Nantucket

August 25th, 2012 by glaramie

The work of Professor Michael Rich was displayed this month with an August 10 opening at the Old Spouter Gallery in Nantucket, a regular venue for Rich over the years in numerous shows.

 

 

 

 

Posted by: glaramie August 25th, 2012
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Nermin Kura’s work exhibited at Todd James Gallery, Provincetown

August 25th, 2012 by glaramie

Recent work by Professor Nermin Kura is being shown in Provincetown this Summer, in a group show at the Todd James Gallery.

Kura’s work, Eggtopia, and Configurations, is exhibited from August 12-September 8 with an August 24 reception from 6 to 8PM.

 

 

Posted by: glaramie August 25th, 2012
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Japan Study Abroad led by Professor Rebecca Leuchak, Assistant Professor Jason Yamaji-Smith

August 25th, 2012 by glaramie

In a collaboration between the SAAHP, the Feinstein College of Arts and Sciences and the Spiegel Center for Global and International Programs, twelve Roger Williams students led by Professor Rebecca Leuchak and Assistant Professor Jason Yamaji-Smith undertook a two-course, six credit Summer 2012 study abroad program exploring the Arts, Architecture, and Literature of Japan.  Students enrolled in AAH 430/530 Arts and Architecture of Japan, and Hum/Eng 320 Japanese Literature and Aesthetics: Classical to Modern Times.  The courses focused on a transdisciplinary, coordinated study of Japanese arts and literature, through several days of study on the Roger Williams campus, followed by two weeks of travel in Japan.

Posted by: glaramie August 25th, 2012
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