Center for Africana Studies to celebrate Black History Month with folktale reading
The Georgia Southern University Center for Africana Studies is hosting “Go Back and Fetch It! African Folktales Traditions, Meanings, and Relevance,” featuring Gullah Geechee storyteller and Armstrong alumna Lillian Grant-Baptiste (’13). The event is in celebration of Black History Month and will take place over Zoom on Feb. 25 at 12:30 p.m.
Center for Art and Theatre to host visiting contemporary art exhibition
The Georgia Southern University Center for Art and Theatre on the Statesboro Campus will host “Mode/Code,” a contemporary art exhibition featuring paint, textiles, illustration and digital exploration, through Feb. 12. A virtual artist talk will be on Feb. 11 at 5:30 p.m.
“I’ve followed the work of these artists for years,” said Betty Foy Sanders Department of Art Gallery Director Jason Hoelscher. “I have seen and shown some of their work before. I’ve never seen them exhibited together, however, and I look forward to seeing what visual and conceptual magic happens when their work converges in one gallery space.”
The virtual artist talk will feature emerging artists Trish Andersen, Andrea Caretto, Will Penny, Michael Porten, Jen Small, Britt Spencer and Ben Tollefson. Due to COVID-19, gallery capacity is limited and guests must wear a mask and stay 6 feet apart. Attendees can fill out the mandatory registration to view the talk here.
International enamel art exhibition on display at Georgia Southern Center for Art and Theatre
“Surface Matters: Grit or Gloss” is now open at the Center for Art and Theatre on the Georgia Southern Statesboro Campus until Dec. 8. The exhibition features more than 60 enamel-based artworks by nearly 50 artists from around the world. A virtual Artists’ Talk will be held on Zoom on Nov. 18 from 5:30 to 7 p.m.
International enamel art exhibition on display at Georgia Southern Center for Art and Theatre
“Surface Matters: Grit or Gloss” is now open at the Center for Art and Theatre on the Georgia Southern Statesboro Campus until Dec. 8. The exhibition features more than 60 enamel-based artworks by nearly 50 artists from around the world. A virtual Artists’ Talk will be held on Zoom on Nov. 18 from 5:30 to 7 p.m.
Georgia Southern hosts annual faculty, student pottery holiday sale
Art produced by Georgia Southern University faculty and students will be up for sale this fall as the Betty Foy Sanders Department of Art hosts its annual Holiday Pottery Sale Nov. 19 from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. on the Armstrong Campus in the Annex II building.
The sale features unique, artistic and functional ceramics and pottery pieces that incorporate many styles and techniques.
“We are really excited to continue the tradition of retired Professor John Jensen by offering a holiday ceramics sale on the Armstrong Campus,” sale coordinator, Kim Riner said. “This is an incredible opportunity for our students to have experience with the business side of art making. Students create artworks, price the work and interact with customers at this sale. This enhances their education, and it also gives them immediate response to their artwork.”
The event is free to attend, and cash and checks will be accepted. Social distancing and room capacity will be enforced.
Georgia Southern Department of Communication Arts to host virtual performance with multiple mediums
Georgia Southern University theater students will explore the concept of touch and how physical interaction changed amid the COVID-19 pandemic through a multimedia performance streamed live via Zoom from Nov. 11 through 15.
Georgia Southern Department of Communication Arts to host virtual performance with multiple mediums
Georgia Southern University theater students will explore the concept of touch and how physical interaction changed amid the COVID-19 pandemic through a multimedia performance streamed live via Zoom from Nov. 11 through 15.
Georgia Southern Betty Foy Sanders Department of Art to host senior exhibition on Armstrong Campus
Fortune telling through painted ceramic plates, abstraction with fibers and mixed media, and an installation about deep emotions will highlight “Meraki,” a senior art show presented by the Georgia Southern University Betty Foy Sanders Department of Art. The show is free and will run from Nov. 9 through Dec. 4 at the Fine Arts Gallery on the Armstrong Campus.
“Meraki,” which is a modern Greek term that describes the experience of an artist putting a piece of their soul into their work, will feature the work of Sylvia Asmar, Christina Colon, Lann Le, Rena Roland and Kim Vann.
“Working together with a group of four other amazing artists can bring challenges when trying to find commonality within each other’s works,” Asmar said. “However, we can all agree that as artists each of us put a piece of our souls and love into what we create because that is what we were destined to do.”
For more information and gallery hours, visit cah.georgiasouthern.edu/art/outreach-events/fine-arts-gallery/.
Georgia Southern Department of Writing and Linguistics to host nationally published poet
The Georgia Southern University Department of Writing and Linguistics will host poet Tiana Clark at two virtual events on Thursday, Nov. 12. A Q&A and a poetry reading with Clark will be available for free on Zoom from 2 to 3 p.m. and 6:30 to 7:30 p.m., respectively.
Clark, who has authored the collections I Can’t Talk About the Trees Without the Blood and Equilibrium, has been published in The New Yorker, Poetry Magazine, The Washington Post and BuzzFeed News, among others. She also teaches creative writing at Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville.
The events, which are also sponsored by the Georgia Poetry Circuit, are available at cah.georgiasouthern.edu/writling/2020/10/26/georgia-poetry-circuit-presents-tiana-clark/.
Georgia Southern studio applications class gaining experience amid COVID-19 pandemic
The experience of working in a multimedia studio cannot be recreated virtually or elsewhere. Working within the circumstances of the pandemic, Dean Cummings, Ph.D., assistant professor of multimedia film and production at Georgia Southern University turned to the Georgia Film Academy and his time filming in sterile environments to ensure students in his studio applications class stay safe while gaining valuable studio experience.