The Gaddis Geeslin Gallery will be an accessible and vital contemporary arts venue for the University and the local community and will exhibit and promote the creative research of Art Department faculty and students.
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.
KPI
Visiting Artists And Professionals
The gallery will invite visiting artists to campus. Visiting artists will give lectures and/or demonstrations that are open and promoted to University faculty, staff, and students and to the community at large. The Visiting Artists will be selected by the Gallery committee in conjunction with exhibition proposals and from faculty recommendations. Artists will be chosen based on: • national reputation. • perceived benefit to Art Department students. • perceived benefit to the local community in terms of enhancing awareness of contemporary art.
Result
Guest Lectures And Workshops
The Gaddis Geeslin Gallery hosted 13 visiting artists who presented 9 public lectures and 3 workshops in 2012-13.
Action
Schedule 2013-14 Exhibitions And Events
The Gallery committe will schedule exhibitions and events for the 2013-14 season.
Objective
Student Exhibitions
The Gaddis Geeslin Gallery will exhibit and promote the work of students in the Art Department.
KPI
Graduating Senior Exhibition
The Gallery Committee will schedule Graduating Senior Exhibitions during finals week of Fall 2012 and Spring 2013, and a Graphic Design Senior Exhbition to be held at the end of the Spring 2013 semester. The student work will demonstrate and be used to evaluate:
• a proficiency in skills and techniques related to the medium used in the artwork. • the student's ability to produce a cohesive body of work. • the student's ability to express a concept through a work of art. • an awareness of contemporary art and its relation to art history.
Result
2 Graduating Senior Exhibitions And Senior Graphic Design Exhibit
Graduating Senior Exhibits were held December 10-15, 2012, and May 6-12, 2013 in the Gaddis Geeslin Gallery. The Senior Graphic Design Exhibit was held April 23-26, 2013. The exhibits in the Gaddis Geeslin Gallery were not used to evaluate student work. Because of the large number of graduating seniors, each student was allotted a small space to exhibit work. Other exhibits by seniors were held at the SOFA and LSC galleries and the evaluations were made of work in these exhibits. Each graduating senior in Studio Art and Photography is required to have a one or two person exhibit the senior year as part of their capstone projects and these were more useful for assessment.
KPI
Juried Exhibition
The Gallery Committee will schedule the 14th annual Juried Student Exhibition for Spring 2013. A professional artist or arts professional with a national reputation will be invited to select award winning student work and to give a public lecture in conjunction with the exhibition. Every full time art student will be allowed to submit up to 3 artworks in any medium. The juror will choose artworks to be in an exhibition. Awards will be given to Best of Show, Best 2D Artwork, Best 3D Artwork, Best Animation, Best Graphic Design. The artwork will be selected based on • craftsmanship • originality • content • other criteria determined by the juror
Result
14th Annual Juried Student Exhibit
The 14th Annual Juried Student Exhibit was held at the Gaddis Geeslin Gallery April 1-18, 2013. Student's submitted up to three works each and work for the exhibit was chosen by Dario Robleto, an artist whose work is exhibited internationally and in numerous museum and private collections. Mr. Robleto awarded $3,900 to 8 students for outstanding work.
Action
Schedule 2013-14 Exhibitions And Events
The Gallery committe will schedule exhibitions and events for the 2013-14 season.
Objective
Exhibit Art From Around The United States
The Gaddis Geeslin Gallery will host exhibitions of contemporary art in a variety of medium by artists from diverse backgrounds from all over United States. The exhibitions will be open to the public. University faculty, staff, students and members of the local community will be encouraged to attend.
KPI
Schedule Significant Exhibitions By Nationally Recognized Artists
The Gallery Committee will draw on their knowledge and expertise to invite Nationall Reknown artists from across the country to exhibit at the Gaddis geeslin gallery. Each committee member wil curate one of the 4 exhibitions that will include artists working in Photography, sculpture, performance and video, and mixed media installations. Each exhibition will be accompanied by scheduled artists' lectures, workshops, and critiques by the visitiing artists.
The Gallery Committee will advertise the events and promote opportunities for the local and university communities to interact with the art and the artists.
Result
Curated Exhibits
Members of the Gallery Committee curated 3 group exhibitions and chose one artist for a solo exhibition for 2012-13. Associate Professor Becky Finley curated Beneath the Surface, an exhibit of work by 3 nationally recognized photographer, Associate Professor Michael Henderson curated Sand in the Line, an exhibit of 5 artists from across the United States who incorporate writing and text into their work, and Assistant Professor Annie Strader curated Body and Screen, an exhibit of performative video works that included work by 9 nationally recognized artists. The Gallery Committee chose Margaret Meehan, a multi media artist who is exhibited widely for a solo show. Artists from each exhibit visited campus to give public lectures about their work or workshops in techniques related to the works on exhibit.
Debra Harper, the Visual Resource Librarian in the Art Department designed a folding 11” x 12” mailer that included images by the artists and a calendar of the exhibition schedule. 1000 copies were printed and distributed to the gallery mailing list and placed throughout campus and the community.
Action
Schedule 2013-14 Exhibitions And Events
The Gallery committe will schedule exhibitions and events for the 2013-14 season.
Objective
Faculty Exhibitions
The Gaddis Geeslin Gallery will exhibit and promote the creative research of Art Department faculty.
KPI
Faculty Exhibitions
Art Department Faculty will exhibit art works that are the result of their current creative research. Due to the increasing number of Art Faculty and the large scale of much of the work, the Gallery Committee decided to exhibit work by half of the faculty this year and work by the other half of the faculty in 2013.
Result
53rd Annual Faculty Exhibition
The 53rd Annual Faculty Exhibit included works by Professors Jack Barnosky, Kate Borcherding, Chuck Drumm, Becky Finley, Michael Henderson, Taehee Kim, Tony Shipp, Anthony Watkins, Matt Weedman, and Willie Williams. Works by these faculty were on exhibit January 28-February 14, 2013.
Action
Schedule 2013-14 Exhibitions And Events
The Gallery committe will schedule exhibitions and events for the 2013-14 season.