The department wants to send a shout out to Josh Howard, class of 2007, who is one of the young explorers featured on the National Geographic Homepage. Click here.
National Geographic Explorer's Page with Josh and his work
Josh graduated with a degree in studio art with an emphasis in graphic design, although he was also very interested in and pursued photography. Upon graduation, he opened his own graphic design firm and pursued the grant opportunities with National Geographic. In 2008, he was tapped as one of their Young Explorers.
He pursued a project on Mountaintop Removal. See Vimeo clip here.
Readers of this blog will certainly be familiar with Josh's work which is on view with that of several GC alums and others at the Carnegie Center in New Albany, IN. The show "Project Reclamation" was curated by Mary Margaret (Carlton) Sparks. The show aims to raise awareness about Mountaintop Removal and its impact. Read more on that exhibition here.
The NG page that connects us with the NG Young Explorers
In addition, readers of the blog may recall Josh's talk to art majors and others in April 2011, as part of our Art for Lunch series (something we'll be reviving in the Spring -- be on the watch for it!)
Shout out to Josh! And a call to all of our art alums: let us know what you're doing so we can share your news with others!!
And a word of advice to current students: follow your passion! You'll never know where it'll lead you.
Join us for a special guest star on Thursday (tomorrow). Josh Howard, class of 2007, will share his recent work with us. See above for a sample of Josh's work (from his website artisticbydesign.com) We'll start a few minutes late this week (closer to 12:10). Those of you with 12:45 classes, please come and feel free to leave a little early. Special note to afternoon photo students: Josh will be joining you this afternoon for class, also.
Papa Johns pizza lunch will be provided. Hope you can join us!
Go on the road with Professor Daniel Graham. He's giving a linocut demo and talk at the Scott County Arts & Cultural Center. Bring your lunch and join us!
Recently I watched a documentary called "Lives of the Artists". It was a beautiful film well worth the watch. But it brings up a common question of who can be called an Artist? The film tracks a snowboarder, a band, and 3 surfers. Would you consider any of these positions to be one held by an Artist? I personally get defensive over the term and title. Often times people say "oh my (so and so, brother/sister/friend etc) is an artist." Most times it is them trying to relate but upon further questioning I usually find that their so and so is expressing themselves artistically and not really an artist. I remember the big push years ago for Subway restaurants to call their sandwich makers "Sandwich artists", I could never take it seriously and if I was not supposed to I didn't like them using the term as a joke.
But this documentary actually opened me up a bit, I would never have called a snowboarder an artist but Xavier De Le Rue really had some of the most profound things to say about vision, line, and experience. The band Gallows, although not my personal taste in music had some great things to say about the position of the artist and their relationship with emotion. They see their band not as a permanent thing but as a body of work that has to end or else it becomes a mockery of itself.
So often the term Artist is thrown around when it should not be. I know there are many camps on this issue some seeing it as superfluous while some see it as a person issue of identity. I think back to a talk I heard as a student where the artist was definitely in the camp of personal identity and pointed out that we do not throw around other professions in the same way maybe since a large amount of the population do not value the position of the artist nor fully understand it. This speaker went on to say "If I made model bridges in my basement out of toothpicks would I call myself an engineer or architect? Then why does the person who paints out of hobby on the weekend get the title Artist?"(loose quote, it was a talk in 1999)
So what do you think? Do you think it is a matter at all?
Join us for a presentation by Prof. Daniel Graham on tattoos. I've picked one video that I like about Japanese Tattoo from the Asian Art Museum to pique your interest. See below (not for the squeamish).
The Art Department will provide lunch, you provide the discussion! See you then.
It's the return of ART FOR LUNCH, our monthly gathering around lunch and art. Join art faculty for a discussion of the article by Matt Richtel (August 24, 2010 New York Times). Bring your lunch at noon and join the conversation about digital overload (not necessarily an "art only" topic, but something that the faculty have been discussing of late).
If you'd like, you're welcome to bring a friend and a snack to share, too. The conversation will begin around 12:00 and we'll chat until about 12:30 or so. Hope to see you there!
