Archive for January, 2009
“Partnership is the plus in this project,”says Future Akins-Tillett, School of Art alumna, and Assistant Professor of Visual Studies, “and the changes that happen to those kids because of it.” Ms Future Akins-Tillett explains about the award-winning Lowrider Dream Bike project now in its fifth year. It employs the lowrider bicycle culture as a means to teach [ READ MORE ]
A third floor, four room walk-up in a 13th century building with no elevator or air conditioning on a record-breaking, sweltering hot day was Gilbert Jones’s, art history major, introduction to Florence, Italy, and Richmond American International University in London – the Florence program. Jones chose to stay with a family. His hostess was an [ READ MORE ]
During the recent holiday recess, Dr. Jorgelina Orfila, Ph.D., Assistant professor in Art attended the international symposium of Art and Measurement. (L’Art et la Mesure. Histoire de L’Art et Méthodes Quantitatives. Sources, Outils Méthodes.) It focused on the use of qualitative methods for the study of the history of art. New this year to TTU, [ READ MORE ]
The Ryder Jon Piotrs Nomadic Gallery has issued a Call For Entries. The Nomadic Gallery, organized by PIOTR CHIZINSKI (2007 BFA Sculpture), RYDER RICHARDS (2001 BFA Painting), and JONATHAN WHITFILL (2006 MFA Sculpture) all of Lubbock), is sponsoring a ceramics exhibition to be juried by John Balistreri, Professor of Ceramics at Bowling Green State University. [ READ MORE ]