Art Update

The Art Update is published weekly by the School of Art, Design and Art History at San Diego State University. Please send submission or comments to:

Joyce Corpuz: jcorpuz@mail.sdsu.edu
Art Office: artinfo@mail.sdsu.edu
Phone: (619) 594-6511
FAX: (619) 594-1217

If you would like a text only version of this e-mail please request one from jcorpuz@mail.sdsu.edu

HOLIDAY CELEBRATION- WEDNESDAY

Everyone is invited to the School of Art, Design and Art History holiday celebration on Wednesday, December 12, 11:30-2:00 in the Flor y Canto Gallery.
*Please bring a dish to share and sign up in the Art Office, A-505.
*Bring a fun gift for the exchange! It’s fun.

2008/09 Assigned Time Requests

Reminder to all tenured and tenure track faculty regarding assigned time for the 2008-09 academic year: If you plan to request assigned time for research and creativity activities, the deadline to submit your request is January 22, the first day of classes for the spring semester. Requests must come in on the form provided by PSFA which was sent to you by Ann Marie Sagle. See Janice if you have any questions.

LOCKERS

Please remind your students to clear locker contents out by December 14th.

KEY RENEWELS

All student keys must be renewed no later than December 14th. There is a late charge of $20.00 after that date. Please sign key forms for students you are granting key access now. Thank you.

SPECIAL STUDY GRADES

Please submit all special study grades to Joyce Corpuz no later than Friday, December 14th.

ART OFFICE

The Office will be closed beginning Friday, December 21st at 12:00 Noon and will reopen on Wednesday, January 2, 2008. Paychecks will be postmarked January 2nd but you may pick them up at the Dean’s Office PSFA 212. You must call them this week to verify your request for pickup on December 31st at 619-594-5124.

PAYCHECKS

Paychecks are postmarked January 2nd and will be available for pickup at the School of Art Office A-505 on that day, 9-4 p.m.

STUDENT ARTWORK

The Art Office staff cannot accommodate pickup or storage of any student artwork in A-505 0r 506. Please make the necessary arrangements for your students to retrieve their work.

FACULTY, ALUMNI AND STUDENT ACTIVITIES

SDSU faculty, and alumni, Bill Kelly, Steve Gibson, Janet Cooling, Jeanne Dunn, Jim Skalman, Mary Lynn Dominguez, Jinane Abbadi, Buchelle Burgess, Susan Merritt, Jess Dominguez will present work in “RE-COVERY”, December 8-January 12, 2008 at Brighton Press, 5433 Linda Vista Road. A reception will be held on Saturday, December 8, 5:30 - 8:30 p.m.

Professor Wendy Maruyama, current grad student Brad Johns and alumni Katherine Ortega and Todd Partridge will have work in the show: New West Coast Design. The show is at the San Francisco Museum Of Craft and Design, San Francisco, CA. The dates are January 18, 2008 through March 30, 2008. New West Coast Design will highlight a collection of the most exciting new designs for contemporary living currently emerging on the West Coast, including functional pieces for interiors, outdoor sports gear, and landscape design. The breadth of work to be displayed will emphasize multiplicity of materials and objects, designed and fabricated by established and new artists in the field. Co-Curators: Ted Cohen and Kathleen Hanna, Exhibition Design: Ted Cohen

Lark Books new publication "500 Metal Vessels" includes the work of metals faculty Helen Shirk, as well as grads Lilyana Bekic, Michelle Ritter, David Clemons, Jeff Clancy and recent undergrads Mariah Tuttle and Casey Miller -- as well as work from ten other past SDSU BA or MFA graduates.

“RITUALITY”, EXHIBIT @ CALIFORNIA CENTER FOR THE ARTS, ESCONDIDO MUSEUM Teri Sowell, Art History faculty, and her students from “Curatorial Studies and Museum Education” are pleased to announce the opening of their show “Rituality” at the California Center for the Arts, Escondido Museum. Exhibit dates are November 10-January 27, 2008. For more information visit (www.artcenter.org).

May-ling Martinez has work on exhibit in the Rotunda Gallery at the Athenaeum Music & Arts Library November 10-December 29.

Inclusion In the Update

If you would like any information, announcements, professional activities, etc. included please send them to the Art Office, artinfo@mail.sdsu.edu or jcorpuz@mail.sdsu.edu by Friday, Noon each week during the semester.

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