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Tag: Arts and Visual Design

  • Artist Talk by Jason Rohlf, Oct. 19

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    Sue Bodilly

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    Artist Jason Rohlf, a Milwaukee native who has been making work in Brooklyn, NY, since 1999, will lead an Artist Talk in Studio Arts, Room 411, Thursday, Oct. 19 at 11 a.m. Rohlf visits UW-Green Bay on the occasion of his upcoming solo show “Kismet” at the Tory Folliard Gallery in Milwaukee. His bright, textured…

  • Professors Gates and Watson to address gender roles using images

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    Editorial Student

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    In a free event at the Neville Public Museum on Tuesday, Oct. 3 at 7 p.m., Prof. Alison Gates and Assistant Prof. Sam Watson (Art and Design) will examine how gender is constructed through images and what images reinforce gender roles or transgress society’s expectations of gender performance. The event is open to the public.…

  • UW-Green Bay students make voices heard on pending cuts to the arts

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    Sue Bodilly

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    President Trump proposes cuts for funding to the Arts. UW-Green Bay students in Prof. Ellen Rosewell’s (Art and Design) class are trying to make their voices heard. Wearegreenbay.com visited campus and interviewed Rosewell and student Claire Kitzerow. “The biggest argument that I have for saving the National Endowment of the Arts is that eliminating the…

  • UW-Green Bay’s Kristy Deetz (Art) receives ‘Excellence in Teaching’ Award

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    Sue Bodilly

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    University of Wisconsin-Green Bay Art (painting and drawing) Professor Kristy Deetz received the 2016 Southeastern College Art Conference (SECAC) Award for Excellence in Teaching. She was presented with the award in October at the annual awards luncheon in Roanoke, Virginia, during the 72nd meeting of SECAC. The highly competitive award is made in recognition of outstanding…

  • UW-Green Bay’s Thomas, Konshak win student ‘ADDYs’

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    Sue Bodilly

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    Two UW-Green Bay students, Beau Thomas and Sam Konshak, won Student ADDY awards at the Fox River Ad Club’s annual ADDY Awards event that took place in February. All educational institution students in Northeast Wisconsin and the Fox Cities were eligible to submit to the ADDYs. Of the six student ADDYs awarded this year, UW-Green Bay students took…

  • Just our type: Exhibit highlights artistry, history

    Just our type: Exhibit highlights artistry, history

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    Kimberly Vlies

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    The Hamilton Wood Type show at the Lawton Gallery was over a year and a half in the making, began Museum Director, Jim Moran in his pre- art opening presentation Thursday afternoon (Sept. 10). He addressed a roomful of students, faculty, staff, retirees, and alumni, acknowledging the combined efforts of UW-Green Bay Graphic Design Prof.…

  • Expert on Viking textiles plans UW-Green Bay talk, workshop

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    Christopher Sampson

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    Prof. Eva Andersson Strand of the Center for Textile Research in Copenhagen, Denmark will present on the topic “Textile Production in Viking Age Scandinavia” from 4 to 5:30 p.m. Monday (Nov. 17) in the Christie Theater of the University Union. Andersson Strand, an archaeologist, is described as the world’s leading expert on Viking Age textile…

  • Rockwood Lodge story, repeated, with accessible links

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    Christopher Sampson

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    The following two stories are repeated from yesterday for the benefit of those who reported back they were unable to access the links provided. The URL links are corrected here. Does Packers’ proud history include arson? Voyageur helps address mystery
 Voyageur magazine, the Northeast Wisconsin historical review, was co-founded on campus, has offices here and…

  • Marcia Mueller and friends: Gather annually to honor ‘paying it forward’

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    Christopher Sampson

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    Distance is no deterrent for Marcia Mueller when it comes time to return for the annual Named Scholarship Reception at UW-Green Bay.

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    Have a look at art that looks at you

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    Christopher Sampson

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    A pair of student-created, oversize charcoal portraits made at the recent Create-a-Thon has found a temporary home adjacent to the elevators on the 8th floor of the Cofrin Library. The large, finely detailed drawings are of Chancellor Tom Harden and Provost Julia Wallace — specifically, their eyes, approximately  10x life size — positioned to give…