The Gaddis Geeslin Gallery strives to be the cornerstone of the Visual Art Department, and an accessible and vital contemporary arts venue for the University and the Huntsville community. The Gaddis Geeslin Gallery is working to creating a solid identity and higher public profile to increase faculty, student, and community interest and involvement. The gallery stages several exhibitions, sponsors visiting artists, supports student exhibitions and promotes departmental social life with film society.
Objective
Gallery Promotion
The gallery will increase visibility by posting new signage on housing. It will promote exhibition awareness with graphically unified advertisement, postcard, flyer, and banner distribution.
Indicator
Gallery Promotion
The gallery's promotion will be measured in number of banners, flyers, size of mailing list, number of website hits, and times mentioned in other media (newspapers, magazines, radio, online).
Criterion
Gallery Promotion
Th gallery produce promotional materials (postcards, flyers, banners, website) to increase awareness of activities.
Finding
Gallery Promotion
In progress
Action
Promotion
Create and distribute promotional matreials and assure media coverage of gallery.
Objective
Galley Exhibitions
To host, curate, and stage visitng artists, faculty, and student exhibitions in the Gaddis Geeslin Gallery and the SOFA Space featuring work of every media.
Indicator
Gallery Exhibitions
The gallery will hold eight or more exhibitions.The gallery will track exhibition success in the number of reception attendance and total number of gallery visitations per semester.
Criterion
Gallery Exhibitons
The gallery will hold eight or more exhibitions in the Gaddis Geeslin Gallery featuring student, faculty, and visiting artist's work in every media.
Finding
Gallery Exhibition
In progress
Action
Exhibitions
Stage eight exhibitions of art in the Gaddis Geeslin Galley featuring local, national, international, faculty, and student artists.
Objective
Visiting Artists And Professionals
The gallery will host visiting artists and professionals to lecture, curate exhibitions, demonstrate media and methods, and critique student work.
Indicator
Visiting Artists And Professionals
The gallery will host four or more visiting artists and professionals.The gallery will track success in the number of lecture or event attendance.
Criterion
Visiting Artists and Professioanls
The gallery will host four or more visiting artists and professionals to lecture, demonstration, and critique.
Finding
Visiting Artists And Professionals
In progress
Action
Visitors
Invite artists, professionals, historians, critics, and curators to give presentations, demonstrations, and critique student work.
Objective
Student Participation
The gallery will provide exhibition, curatorial, and work opportunities for art students with gallery staff positions, juried exhibitions, and open calls for student sponsored and staged exhibtions in the SOFA Space.
Indicator
Student Particpation
The gallery will provide weekly slots in the SOFA Space for up to twelve student exhibitions, stage two graduating senior exhibitions, and host one juried student exhibition.The gallery will track success in the number of exhibtions and total number of gallery visitations per semester.
Criterion
Student Participation
The gallery will provide weekly slots in the SOFA Space for up to twelve student exhibitions, stage two graduating senior exhibitions, and host one juried student exhibition.
Finding
Student Participation
In progress
Action
Students
Hire students to attend gallery hours, stage exhibitions, and organize openings. Hold juried and other student exhibitions.
Objective
Online Archive
The gallery website is an online archive that will promote the gallery's activities, arcive exhibtions, and events, and serve as an online community.
Indicator
Online Archive
The gallery will maintain an online blog for the Gaddis Geeslin Gallery, SOFA Space, and Film Society.The gallery will track the number of hits on the website and record participation of online surveys.rattendance and total number of gallery visitations per semester.
Criterion
Online Archive
The gallery will maintain an online blog for the Gaddis Geeslin Gallery, SOFA Space, and Film Society. It will increase number of links and create an email list for gallery news and updates.
Finding
Online Archive
In progress
Action
Web
Maintain a gallery website for promotion and to serve as an up to date online archive of all past and future gallery activities.
Objective
Film Society
The gallery's Film Society will promote community and gallery involvement by utilizing gallery AV facilities to screen films.
Indicator
Film Society
The gallery will screen ten or more films.The gallery will track society success in the number of screening attendance.