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MFA Thesis Exhibition, Art Department Gallery

January 31 2012 at 10:00 AM

Community Arts

Wayne State University’s Art Department Gallery presents 2012 MFA Thesis Exhibition featuring Timothy Wells Householder, from Friday, January 13 through Friday, February 10, 2012. Householder is an installation artist and photographer completing his Masters of Fine Arts degree at Wayne State. He earned a Bachelor of Science degree at Denison University, Granville, OH, and an Associate in Applied Science degree at Washtenaw Community College, Ann Arbor, MI where he is a part-time photography instructor. Householder is a Michigan-based artist who has created temporary site-specific installations on the campus of Wayne State University, was a featured artist at the Chalk and Chocolate Tour in Royal Oak, Michigan, and created works for multiple Site:Lab events in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Householder has an installation on permanent loan to the Blandford Nature Center in Grand Rapids. In addition, Householder has exhibited his photographs at multiple venues in the Ann Arbor area and works with The Olimpias, an international collaborative of artists focusing on disability culture awareness. All events are free and open to the public. The Art Department Gallery is located in the Community Arts Center on the campus of Wayne State University, just west of the intersection of Cass Avenue and Kirby Street.

Silent Watch: Contemporary Prints from Finland

January 31 2012 at 10:00 AM

Old Main

The James Pearson Duffy Department of Art and Art History’sElaine L. Jacob Gallery presentsSILENT WATCH: CONTEMPORARY PRINTS FROM FINLANDCurated by Juliette Kennedy, Leena Ahtola-Moorhouse and Päivi Talasmaa Dates:  January 27 through March 16, 2012Opening Reception:  Friday, January 27, 5-8PMLecture:  Thursday, January 26, 7PM: Annu Vertanen and Päivikki Kallio; Purdy Kresge Library Auditorium, Rm. 110 Kresge WingElaine L. Jacob Gallery hours: Tuesdays through Thursdays 10AM to 6PM and Fridays 10AM to 7PM Silent Watch is comprised of works made with etching, drypoint, silkscreen, woodcut and digital techniques, as well as several artists’ books and a three-dimensional piece. The exhibition includes prints by the widely exhibited veteran Finnish printmaker, Outi Heiskanen, a multi-panel silkscreen work on plywood by Päivikki Kallio, two artist’s books with silk fold-out pages by Eeva-Liisa Isomaa, a dramatic wall-sized installation of layered woodblocks printed on Japanese paper by Annu Vertanen, and a lead table with movable printed components that the viewer rearranges, by Visa Suonpää and Patrik Söderlund of the artists’ collective IC-98. The Artists’ List is as follows: Outi Heiskanen, IC-98 (Visa Suonpää and Patrik Söderlund), Eeva-Liisa Isomaa, Päivikki Kallio, Juho Karjalainen, Maria Kausalainen, Markus Lampinen, Emma Lappalainen, Pauli Parkkinen, and Annu Vertanen. This exhibition was organized by International Print Center New York (www.ipcny.org) and is supported by FRAME Finnish Fund for Art Exchange, the Consulate General of Finland and The American-Scandinavian Foundation. Further support was provided by David Campbell/McGregor President’s Fund and Marc Schwartz/Alan E. Schwartz IRA. [Image: Annu Vertanen, The Day of Absence, 2007-2010; woodcut on gozo paper; edition 1; site specific, Helsinki Art Hall] The James Pearson Duffy Department of Art and Art History is a division of Wayne State’s College of Fine, Performing and Communication Arts, educating the next generation of visual artists, designers and art historians. Wayne State University, located in the heart of Detroit’s midtown cultural center, is a premier urban research university offering more than 350 academic programs through 13 schools and colleges to more than 31,000 students.

MFA Thesis Exhibition, Art Department Gallery

February 3 2012 at 10:00 AM

Community Arts

Wayne State University’s Art Department Gallery presents 2012 MFA Thesis Exhibition featuring Timothy Wells Householder, from Friday, January 13 through Friday, February 10, 2012. Householder is an installation artist and photographer completing his Masters of Fine Arts degree at Wayne State. He earned a Bachelor of Science degree at Denison University, Granville, OH, and an Associate in Applied Science degree at Washtenaw Community College, Ann Arbor, MI where he is a part-time photography instructor. Householder is a Michigan-based artist who has created temporary site-specific installations on the campus of Wayne State University, was a featured artist at the Chalk and Chocolate Tour in Royal Oak, Michigan, and created works for multiple Site:Lab events in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Householder has an installation on permanent loan to the Blandford Nature Center in Grand Rapids. In addition, Householder has exhibited his photographs at multiple venues in the Ann Arbor area and works with The Olimpias, an international collaborative of artists focusing on disability culture awareness. All events are free and open to the public. The Art Department Gallery is located in the Community Arts Center on the campus of Wayne State University, just west of the intersection of Cass Avenue and Kirby Street.

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