Visiting Artists
2012
October 8-10: Nicola Lopez
(Lecture on Wed. October 10, 7pm, Hodges Library Auditorium)
Born in Santa Fe, NM, Nicola López currently lives and works in Brooklyn and teaches at Bard College in upstate NY. Through her work in printmaking, drawing and installation, López describes and reconfigures our contemporary—primarily urban—landscape. Her interest in descr
ibing "place" stems from time spent working and traveling in different landscapes and cultures and from her undergraduate studies as an anthropology major at Columbia University, where she received her BA and to which she later returned for an MFA in Visual Arts. She has received support for her work through a 2005 NYFA Fellowship in Drawing/Printmaking/Book Arts and a Joan Mitchell Foundation MFA grant, among others. Her work has been exhibited throughout the United States and internationally: it been included in group exhibitions at museums including MoMA in NY, the Los Angeles County Museum of Art in LA, the Museo Rufino Tamayo in Mexico City, the Denver Art Museum in Denver, CO and the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in New York. During her visit he will work with students and faculty on a project in the UTK Print Workshop. Her visit is sponsored by the UTK Print Club.
Website: http://nicolalopez.com/
Photo:
"Landscape X – Under Construction," woodblock printed and mixed media installation at the Guggenheim Museum, 2011.
September 3-7, 2012: Fred Hagstrom
(Lecture on Thursday September 6, 7pm, AA109)
Fred Hagstrom is the Rae Schupack Nathan Professor of Art at Carleton College, where he has taught since 1984. He teaches printmaking, drawing and book arts, and also leads trips for students to Australia and New Zealand. His BA is from Hamline University, and his MFA is from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. He also studies with S.W. Hayter at Altelier 17. His work is 
included in the collections of museums such as the Walker Art Center and the Minneapolis Institute of Art, and his books are in special collections at Universities across the country. Much ofHagstrom's prints and books have involved social issues: ecological, historical, and cultural. His lecture will focus on two of his recent book projects, both of which address issues of war and society. During his visit he will work with students and faculty on a project in the UTK Print Workshop. His visit is sponsored by the UTK School of Art, The Center for the Study of War and Society and the Haines Morris Endowment.
Website: http://people.carleton.edu/~fhagstro/
Photo: "When I First Arrived in Baghdad," screenprinted book in collaboration with Stan Honda, 2011.
April 2-5, 2012: Michael Barnes
(Lecture on Thursday April 4, 7pm, AA109)
Michael Barnes is an Associate Professor of Art and coordinator of graduate studies at the Northern Illinois University School of Art. He received his MFA degree from the 
University of Iowa in 1996. Some of his recent awards include the Brita Prinz – Carmen Arozena Award – Honorific Mention in 2010; Anchor Graphics Artist-in-Residence, Columbia College, Chicago, Illinois, 2009; Illinois Arts Council Frans Maserell Centrum Residency, Kasterlee, Belgium, 2007;.and a Bemis Center for Contemporary Art, 3 Month Residency, Omaha, Nebraska, 2006. His work is in over 20 public collections in the US and abroad including the Kumu Art Museum, Tallinn, Estonia; Mary and Leigh Block Art Museum, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois; Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Massachusetts; and the Royal Museum of Fine Art, Antwerp, Belgium. During his visit he will work on a collaborative project with students and faculty in printmaking. His website is: http://michaelbarnes.us/ His visit is sponsored by the UT Print Club.
Photo: “Mocking the Omen.”Lithograph, 15" x 12", 2010
February 13-17, 2012: Karen Kunc
(Lecture on Thursday February 16, 7pm, AA109)
Karen Kunc, has been making unique bookworks and limited editioned artists books for over 25 years. Kunc lives and works in Nebraska where she is Cather Professor of Art at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. She received her MFA from Ohio State University in 1977 and her BFA from the 
University of Nebraska-Lincoln in 1975. Kunc's works are represented in many public and private collections, including: the Museum of Modern Art (NY); the Library of Congress; the Smithsonian American Art Museum; Walker Art Center Library; Allen Library of the University of Washington; the New York Public Library; the Marriott Library, University of Utah; Kohler Art Library, University of Wisconsin-Madison; the National Art Library of the Victoria and Albert Museum, London. Kunc was recognized as the 2007 Printmaker Emeritus by the Southern Graphics Council Conference, and she received the Sally R. Bishop Faculty Fellowship from the Center for Book Art in 2005. Her website is: http://www.karen-kunc.com/ During her visit she will work on a collaborative project with students and faculty in printmaking. Her visit is sponsored by the UT Print Club.
Photo: “Song of the Lark,” woodcut, 29 x 29 inches.
2011
November 10, 2011: Adriane Herman
(Lecture November 10, 7pm, AA109)
Adriane Herman investigates consumption through appropriated imagery and media ranging from archival to edible. She is represented by Western Exhibitions in Chicago. Herman’s 
Limited Edition Cookies were included in “Digital: Printmaking Now” at the Brooklyn Museum of Art and her higher fiber work has been collected by The Whitney Museum of American Art, The Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, The Art Institute of Chicago, The Progressive Corporation, and The Walker Art Center. Herman is currently Associate Professor teaching printmaking at the Maine College of Art. She received a B.A. from Smith College and an M.F.A. from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Her web site is: http://adrianeherman.typepad.com/ During her visit she will work on a collaborative project with students and faculty in printmaking. Her visit is sponsored by the UT Print Club.
Photo: Adriane Herman
October 31 – November 4, 2011: Ruth Weisberg
(Lecture on “Historical and Contemporary Jewish Identity in Art,” on Tuesday November 1, 7pm, Hodges Library Auditorium and a second lecture on the artist’s work on Thursday November 3, 7pm, AA109)
Professor Ruth Weisberg teaches drawing and printmaking at the USC Roski School of Fine Arts where she previously served as dean of the Roski School of Art. She received her M.A. from the University of Michigan, and her Laurea in Painting and Printmaking from the 
Academia di Belle Arti, Perugia, Italy. Weisberg works primarily in painting, drawing and printmaking. Weisberg's work is in the collections of major museums, including the Getty Center; Norton Simon Museum; Los Angeles County Museum of Art; San Francisco Museum of Modern Art; Smithsonian Institution; Metropolitan Museum of Art; Whitney Museum of American Art; Jewish Museum, New York; Art Institute of Chicago; Harvard University; Biblioteca Nazionale d'Italia (Rome); and Bibliotheque Nationale in Paris. She has written more than 60 articles, reviews and catalogue essays, and regularly lectures and curates exhibitions. During her visit she will work on monoprints and a lithograph in collaboration with students and faculty. Her visit is sponsored by the Haines-Morris Endowment, Judaic Studies and UTK Printmaking. Artnet link: http://www.artnet.com/artists/ruth-weisberg/
Photo: “Dreamers II,” Monotype, 28x40", 1992
October 20-21, 2011: Kevin Haas
(Lecture on Thursday October 20, 7pm, AA109)
Kevin Haas is an Associate professor of Art at Washington State University. Kevin Haas grew up in the rust belt of the Midwestern United States, and was inspired by the abandoned industrial areas of St Louis, Chicago, Gary and Indianapolis. Of his work he writes
“Most recently I have been focusing on locations just off major interstates, and their the seemingly infinite potential for sprawl. When confronted with places like these, I am aware of my own tenuous complicity with them, and the repetitive displacement they create through their ubiquity. The prints I have been creating of this commercial sprawl, have been a way for me to address these issues as well as deal with a built environment that fills an increasing part of our everyday landscape, but often remains overlooked. “ He earned his BFA from The School of the Art Institute of Chicago and a MFA from Indiana University where he studied printmaking and digital media. Although he now lives in rural Eastern Washington, where he is an Associate Professor at Washington State University. He has been included in exhibits at the Schneider Museum of Art, the Des Lee Gallery in St Louis, the Jundt Museum in Spokane, and Davidson Galleries in Seattle. Recently he was an artist in residence at the Frans Masereel Center in Belgium, and presented a paper on critical issues in printmaking at the IMPACT conference in the UK. His web site is: http://www.kevinhaas.com/ His visit is sponsored by the Visual Arts Committee.
Photo: “Untitled Landscape,” prints and projection.
September 15-16: Willie Cole
(Lecture September 15, 7pm, AA109)
Willie Cole grew up in post-industrial Newark, N.J., and sees himself as an “urban archaeologist." His work draws from traditional African art to create contemporary works in many media, and is best known for his found-object sculptures, prints and photographs. Cole’s art of
ten transforms everyday mass-produced objects into precious icons or symbolic representations that explore ideas of diversity, identity, and commercialization. Some recent exhibitions include “Deep Impressions: Willie Cole Works on Paper” at the Brooks Museum of Art in Memphis (2011); Post Black and Blue” at Alexander and Bonin Gallery in New York (2010) and a retrospective travelling exhibition “Anxious Objects: Willie Cole's Favorite Brands” which has been presented at Cantor Arts Center at Stanford University, Stanford, CA; Frye Art Museum, Seattle, WA; and Birmingham Museum of Art, Birmingham, MI. Willie Cole is the recipient of many awards, including the 2006 Winner of the David C. Driskell Prize, the first national award to honor and celebrate contributions to the field of African American art and art history established by the High Museum of Art in Atlanta. Cole attended the Boston University School of Fine Arts, and received his BFA degree from the School of the Visual Arts in New York in 1976, and continued his studies at the Art Students league of New York Art from 1976-79. His web site is: http://www.williecole.com/ His visit is sponsored by the Ready for the World Initiative and the UTK School of Art. Photo: “Silex Male Ritual”, 2004, archival inkjet print, 61 x 44 inches.
TO BE DETERMINED in 2012: Pablo Helguera
(Lecture TBD, 7pm, AA109 and presentation to Latin American Studies on TBD)
Born in Mexico City in 1971, Pablo Helguera is based in New York where he is currently the Director of Adult and Academic Programs at the Museum of Modern Art. 
His work generally acquires unusual formats, ranging from experimental symposiums, phonograph recordings, exhibition audio-guides, publications or nomadic museums. Helguera has presented his work at the Centro de Arte Reina Sofia, Madrid (2009); Grand Arts, Kansas City (2009); Philagrafika, Philadelphia (2010); Museo de Arte Moderno, Mexico (2010); and Museo Universitario de Arte Contemporaneo, Mexico (2010). He has also shown his work in various biennials such as the 8th Havana Biennial, San Juan's Poly-graphic Triennial (2004) and PERFORMA 05, New York's first performance art biennial. He has exhibited at the Museo del Barrio in New York, an institution that holds some of his primary works in its permanent collection. He has also been juror of the biennials of Guatemala, Costa Rica, and the national contemporary art competition of San Juan. Helguera is the author of several books including What in the World (2010); Urÿonstellaii (2010); The Juvenal Players (2009); Theatrum Anatomicum (and other Performance Lectures) (2009) and The Pablo Helguera Manual of Contemporary Art Style (Spanish edition, 2005; English edition 2007). His website is: http://pablohelguera.net . His visit is sponsored by UTK School of Art (VADSCO) and the Ready for the World Initiative.
Photo: The Pablo Helguera Manual of Contemporary Art Style, 2007.
April 11-15, 2011: Lynne Allen
(Lecture on Thursday April 14, 7pm, AA109)
Lynne Allen is the Director of the School of Visual Arts at Boston University and a Professor of Art. Previously she was at Rutgers University from 1989-2006 and Director of the Rutgers Center for Innovative Print and Paper from 2000-2006. Before coming to Rutgers she was Master Printer and Educational Director at Tamarind Institute. Her work is included in the collections of the Whitney Museum of American Art, the Museum of Modern Art Library, the New York Public Library, New York; the Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. She received her MFA from the University of New Mexico. About her work she writes: “All the matriarchs in my family have been members of the Standing Rock Indian Reservation in South Dakota. All were sent away to government boarding schools, to realign their cultural heritage. All became outsiders in both the native and the white world. I have the writings of my great grandmother, photographs and native beadwork, my mother's baby moccasins, yet I am a white woman. If you meet me you don't believe I have native blood. This fact, how we view one another, plays a big part in my image making.” Her web site is: http://www.lynneallen.com/ . During her visit she will work on a collaborative project with students and faculty in printmaking. Her visit is sponsored by the UT Print Club.
Photo: “Sitting Bull Moccasins,” 4" x 8" x 3", Etching on handmade paper, handwork, linen thread, tea bags, 2003
March 28 – April 1, 2011: Eva Wylie
(Lecture on Thursday March 31, 7pm, AA109)
Eva Wylie received her MFA degree in 2003 from the Tyler 
School of Art at Temple University here she has been a lecturer since 2005. Some of her recent one-person exhibitions have been presented at East Gallery, Indiana University, Bloomington (2009); Vox Populi Gallery, Philadelphia, PA (2009 and 2008); and the Moore College of Art and Design, Philadelphia, PA (2008). Wylie’s art uses traditional printmaking processes to create large-scale installation works. Her website is:http://www.evawylie.com/ . During her visit she will work on a collaborative project with students and faculty in printmaking. Her visit is sponsored by the UT Print Club.
Photo: Untitled (Overlaps)
Installation at Fleisher/Ollman Gallery (Installation View)
Silkscreen on the wall and Fabric
Thursday March 10, 2011: The Yes Men
(Lecture at 7pm in the Alumni Memorial Building Cox Auditorium and Workshop from 2-4pm in the University Center)
The Yes Men (Andy Bichlbaum and Mike Bonanno) are the foremos
t media activists today. They have gained international acclaim as culture jammers who use print and electronic media to create "identity correction,” pretending to be spokespersons for prominent organizations and corporations. Their method is often satirical, posing as corporate or government spokespeople, they often make shocking comments which they believe to be the real meaning of the organization's ideology being hidden by spin. Elaborate props are sometimes part of the ruse, as shown in their 2009 film titled The Yes Men Fix the World. In addition to their public lecture they will conduct an afternoon workshop for students on local applications for their methods. Their website is: http://theyesmen.org/ . Their visit is coordinated by Beauvais Lyons, and is funded through the Central Program Council, the Haines-Morris Endowment in the College of Arts and Sciences , the UT School of Art, The College of Law, the Department of English Hodges Better English Fund, the Rhetoric, Writing and Linguistics Speaker’s Fund, the Philosophy Department, the Sociology Department, and Environmental Studies.
February 21-25, 2011: Beth Grabowski
(Lecture on Thursday February 24, 7pm, AA109)
Beth Grabowski is Professor and Associate Chair in the Department of Art at the University of North Carolina-Chapel 
Hill, where she has taught printmaking and book arts since 1985. The received her MFA from the University of Wisconsin – Madison. She is co-author, with Bill Fick, of Printmaking, A Complete Guide to Materials and Processes, published by Laurence King of London, released in the summer of 2009. Her work has been represented widely in national and international venues including recent exhibitions in China and Russia. About her work she writes: “Nostalgia was first described as a disease in the 19th century and referred to the pain felt by someone who, longing to return home, fears never to see it again. In contemporary contexts, it is a word that conjures paradoxical and layered associations. Often considered a pejorative term, it references a retrograde attitude that idealizes the past and stands counter to progression. Yet as a reaction against a modernist agenda of ‘progress,’ nostalgia intimates a suspicion of an ever-improving future. Skeptical, reflective and voyeuristic, it illuminates the space of longing. It is this more complicated nostalgia that I explore in my current work. An intentional manipulation of images toward strangeness embodies both desire and ambivalence of familial, and especially maternal, space. The transformation brought on through process both creates a sense of past while it denies the betrayal of time, suggesting another proposition that contains facets of truth, fantasy, desire, pride and regret.” Her web site is:http://www.bethgrabowski.com/ . During her visit she will work on a collaborative project with students and faculty in printmaking. Her visit is sponsored by the UT Print Club.
Photo: “Alien Son”, archival digital print, 14x14, 2008
January 20, 2011: Mark Hosford
(Lecture on Thursday January 20, 7pm, AA109)
Mark Hosford is an Associate Professor of Art at Vanderbilt University where he has taught printmaking, drawing, digital art and multimedia since 2003. He received his MFA in 2001 from UT Knoxville where he received the Ewing Scholarship in his final year and his BFA from the University of Kansas, Lawrence. Recent awards the has received have included the Graphic Chemical Purchase Award at the “The Boston Printmakers 2009 North American Print Biennial”; the Dr. Lowell and Claudia Steel Purchase Award at the “Janet Turner 7th National Print Competition & Exhibition,” Turner Print Museum, California State University, Chico, CA. His website is: http://www.sugarboypress.com/ . His visit is sponsored by the Visual Arts Committee and will be held in conjunction with an exhibition of his work at the UTK University Center.
Photo: “Coming To Terms,” screenprint, 17” x 21”, 2006
2010:
James Ehlers
Robert Hobbs
Jenny Schmid
Ruth Marten
2009 :
Marilyn Kushner
Howard Singerman
Drive By Press (Greg Nanney and Joseph Velasquez)
Althea Murphy-Price
Carol Barton
Helen Frederick |
Victoria Goro-Rapoport
2008:
Sean Caulfield
Chris Natrop
Erik Waterkotte
Kelley Walker
2007
Chaz Maviyane-Davies
Ayanah Moor
Sean Star Wars
Sean Galligher
2006
Sue Coe
Teresa Cole
Roger Shimomura
John Newman
John Hitchcock
2005
Dennis Olsen
2004:
Aaron Wilson
Kevin Bradley
April Flanders
Laura Berman
2003
MirekPawlowski
Krzystzof Molenda
Alicia Candiani
Tracy Malloy
2002
Patricia Olynyk
2001
Lane Hall
Lisa Moline
Vitaly Komar
Alexander Melamid
Clarke Bedford
John Risseeuw
2000
Laurie Sloan,
Phyllis McGibbon
1999
Dr. Eric Avery
Carmon Colangelo
Christopher Sperandio
1998
Adele Henderson
1997:
Sue Coe