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Students earn juried awards

trevor.kenney — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 20:09:04 +0000

The U of L Gallery was alive with colour and artwork in a wide variety of media including video, textiles, wood, cardboard, photography, paint and found objects during the Annual Student Juried Exhibition.

This year's guest juror, Jen Budney, associate curator at the Mendel Art Gallery in Saskatoon, Sask., spent a week on campus selecting work in the exhibition. This involved spending numerous hours reviewing more than 100 submissions and visiting student studios.

Budney says she was impressed with the variety of media, subject matter and techniques the students were exploring. She also enjoyed having the opportunity to talk with students and see their work.

The exhibition provides students with the professional experience of having their work judged purely on its own merit by someone who knows nothing about them, according to
Dr. Josephine Mills, director/curator of the U of L Art Gallery.

Following is a list of the award winners from the Annual Student Juried Exhibition.

• Southern Alberta Art Gallery Award - Kazumi Marthiensen
• U of L Students' Union Award - Karen Davis
• David Lanier Memorial Award (Presented for photography and photo-based work, in memory of David Lanier, by his parents, Ike and Diana Lanier) - Andrea True Joy Fox
• Art Society Award - Valerie Stanzl
• Art History/Museum Studies Awards - Laura Brown and April Matisz
• Combined Faculty/ Staff Art Dept & Art Gallery Award - Jason Jessen
• U of L Art Gallery Award - April Matisz
• Art Gallery Poster Award - Yan Luo
• The Rahn-Campbell Digital Art Award - Brandon Wallis
The Friederike and Carl Granzow Award - Kari-Leigh Bettger
• Art Department Award - Yan Luo
• Faculty of Fine Arts Award - Amornthep Jaidee

Student art on display in gallery

trevor.kenney — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 14:55:03 +0000

The awards have been announced as the ��Ѹ��Դ��߿�Ƭ of Lethbridge celebrates the Annual Student Juried Exhibition in the Art Gallery through Apr. 9.

Artwork in a wide variety of media including video, textiles, wood, cardboard, photography, paint and found objects are all on display. Guest juror Jen Budney, Associate Curator at the Mendel Art Gallery in Saskatoon, Sask., reviewed more than 100 submissions before passing out the awards.

Following is a list of the major winners:

Southern Alberta Art Gallery Award: Kazumi Marthiensen
U of L Students' Union Award: Karen Davis
David Lanier Memorial Award: Andrea True Joy Fox
(This award is presented for photography and photo-based work, in memory of David Lanier, by his parents, Ike and Diana Lanier)
Art Society Award: Valerie Stanzl
Art History/Museum Studies Awards: Laura Brown and April Matisz
Combined Faculty/ Staff Art Dept & Art Gallery Award: Jason Jessen
U of L Art Gallery Award: April Matisz
Art Gallery Poster Award: Yan Luo
The Rahn-Campbell Digital Art Award: Brandon Wallis
The Friederike and Carl Granzow Award: Kari-Leigh Bettger
Art Department Award: Yan Luo
Faculty of Fine Arts Award: Amornthep Jaidee

Budney says she was impressed with the variety of media, subject matter and techniques the students were exploring. She also enjoyed having the opportunity to talk with students and see their work.

The exhibition provides students with the professional experience of having their work judged purely on its own merit by someone who knows nothing about them, according to Josephine Mills, Director/Curator of the U of L Art Gallery.

"The students then have the opportunity to view their work in a professionally-curated exhibition," she says. "However, this particular exhibition is quite unconventional because of the variety of work."

The Juried Exhibition was open to any current U of L undergraduate students enrolled in one or more visual art classes. Work in all media created within the past year was eligible.

Gallery News

trevor.kenney — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 18:12:52 +0000

Annual Juried Student Exhibition

Each year a prominent Canadian arts professional is invited to jury an exhibition of undergraduate student work. This year it will take juror Jen Budney a long week of studio visits and talks with students to select the work that will fill the U of L Main Gallery from Mar. 13 – Apr. 9. The exhibition opens on Mar. 13 at 8 p.m. with a reception and the presentation of the Visual Arts Awards presentation.

"This is a great opportunity for students to gain the professional experience of having their work judged by someone new to their work and having it presented in an exhibition," says Josephine Mills, director/curator.

This year's juror is Jen Budney, the associate curator at the Mendel Art Gallery in Saskatoon, Sask. She has held previous positions as curator at the Kamloops Art Gallery, program officer in the Visual Arts at the Canada Council, artistic director of Gallery 101 (Ottawa), and news editor of Flash Art magazine. Budney has a BFA from the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design and an MA in Anthropology from Carleton ��Ѹ��Դ��߿�Ƭ, where her thesis focused on racial attitudes and access/participation in Brazilian contemporary art.

Serendipity

Serendipity is the theme of the annual exhibition of work by the U of L Dept. of Art faculty and staff and the U of L Art Gallery staff. The exhibition is in the Trianon Gallery from Mar. 7 – Apr. 18 and the gallery is open weekdays from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. The exhibition provides the opportunity to show the range of work produced by the artists who work and teach at the
U of L.

First Faculty Work Featured

First Faculty is the next exhibition in the Helen Christou Gallery, Mar. 20 – May 29. Curated by Jane Edmundson, First Faculty presents the contribution to the development of Lethbridge's art community made by the founding and early faculty in the Art Department.

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