Visiting Artist and Scholar Program
Spring 2007
Evan Holloway |
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Lecture February 8th, 2007 6pm Barnwell Room Student Union Building |
Yukiya Takakita |
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| Lecture March 8th, 2007 6pm Liberal Arts Buidling Room 106 Yukiya Takakita was born in 1950 in Mie, Japan. He graduated from Mie University’s Art Department in 1972. Takakita has practiced professionally since graduating in the areas of environmental graphics and poster design. He has also created the Takakita Design Insititue and the Space Prism Designers Gallery. Since 2003 he has been a professor of graphic design at Nagoya Zokei University of Art and Design and president of that university since 2006. Takakita has exhibited internationally with work shown in Hong Kong, Ireland, Switzerland, Canada, Hungary, Lithuania, Taiwan, Spain and the United States. President Yukiya Takakita’s talk will be titled “The Japan Design Spirit." Throughout their creative history the Japanese have been influenced by and absorbed many different cultures both Asian and Western. But at the very heart of their artistic spirit, their work remains steadfastly Japanese. Takakita will talk about what the Japanese design spirit is and what makes Japanese design uniquely distinctive. |
Jamie Walker |
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| Ceramics Workshop April 4 & 5, 2007 9:30am 5:00pm in the Liberal Arts
Building, room 150. Free to BSU students, faculty and staff. A $25.00 fee
is charged to campus visitors. There will be lectures and demonstrations
including wheel throwing and hand building construction methods. The workshop
is made possible through Boise State’s bi-annual "Clay and Fire"
fundraiser. For more information contact Jim Budde at 426-3608, or email
to jbudde@boisestate.edu. Jamie Walker is a Professor of Art at the University of Washington where he currently holds the Pruzan Faculty Fellowship. He studied at the University of Washington where he received a BA in History and a BFA in Ceramics before receiving his MFA at the Rhode Island School of Design in 1983. His work has been featured in 23 one- person exhibitions and numerous group exhibitions throughout the U.S. |
Eleanor Moty |
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| Lecture April 12, 2007 6pm Farnsworth Room Student Union Building Eleanor Moty’s upbringing on an Illinois farm has been a lifelong influence in her work as landscape and visual patterns of planted fields play a large part in her design esthetic. The use of unique stones with natural inclusions and graphic imagery combined with metal result in one-of-a-kind brooches. Her early work and research involving photo-etching and photo-electroplating drew national attention but her later work incorporating unique stones remains her focus. For nearly thirty years, Eleanor Moty taught jewelry and metalsmithing at the University of Wisconsin, Madison. When she retired in 2001, she relocated to Tucson, Arizona where she maintains a studio and continues to teach via workshops. |
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Workshop: Bench Tips for Metalsmiths |
| This workshop is a compilation of helpful systems and bench working tips
that Moty has developed or happened upon during her many years of teaching
and constructing jewelry and small metal objects. From devising soldering
jigs to designing alternative pinning systems, a variety of demonstrations
and materials will be introduced. Moty will also discuss the methods of
designing and constructing her one-of-a-kind brooches. Space is very limited, so reserve your spot early. We anticipate that the workshop will fill up quickly and reservations are accepted on a first come, first serve basis. For additional information, questions, or to register for the workshop, please contact Anika Smulovitz at 208-426-4060 or anikasmulovitz@boisestate.edu |
For more information please contact Kirsten Furlong, Gallery Director, 426-3994 Boise State University 1910 University Drive Boise, ID 83725 |
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