4/17/02
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Contact:
Darrell Taylor, Acting Director, UNI Gallery of Art, (319) 273-3095
Vicki Grimes, University Marketing & Public Relations, (319) 273-2761
UNI Gallery of Art to present 'MA Exhibition, Spring 2002' with opening reception, public art walking tour
CEDAR FALLS, Iowa -- The University of Northern Iowa Gallery of Art will present "MA Exhibition, Spring 2002" from Sunday, April 21 through April 28, with an opening reception hosted by the graduating artists from 3 to 5 p.m. Sunday, April 21.
As a prelude to the opening, and as part of UNI’s "Arts in April" celebration, the Gallery is offering a short walking tour of public art on campus from 1 to 3 p.m. The tour will begin, at 1 p.m., in the Kamerick Art Building’s (KAB) first floor lobby and circle the campus, including a stop in the Piazza at the Redeker Center for refreshments. The tour will end in the KAB lobby, just as the "MA Exhibition" opening reception is scheduled to begin. All events are free and open to the public.
Artists featured in the master’s thesis exhibition are Justin Campoy of Waterloo, Karla Oler of Cedar Falls, and Yayoi Teramoto, a native of Saitama, Japan. Campoy creates large scale paintings while Teramoto paints small canvasses. Oler, two-time recipient of the Tostlebe-Ray Graduate Art Scholarship, makes prints and builds mixed media floor pieces.
Public art is a collective term for art objects, landscape and architecture located in places accessible to the public. UNI's campus art collection spans a century, beginning with the murals of Lang Hall, installed in 1902. A public art purchase program was instituted on the UNI campus in 1960 by former UNI President J.W. Maucker to promote the arts and emphasize the liberal arts focus of general education programs. A similar program became state law in 1979. Named The Iowa Art in State Buildings Program, the law requires that one-half of one percent of the budget for new or significantly renovated state buildings is to be spent on artwork.
In addition to Sunday's tour, guided tours are available by appointment by calling (319) 273-3095.
Gallery hours are 9 a.m. to 9 p.m., Monday through Thursday; 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Friday; noon to 5 p.m., Saturday and Sunday. The gallery is located at the corner of Hudson Road and West 27th Street, on the main floor of the Kamerick Art Building. For more information, call (319) 273-3095 or visit www.uni.edu/artdept/gallery.
The master's thesis exhibition in the Gallery of Art and the public art walking tour are both part of UNI's "Arts in April" celebration. For a full listing of arts events, see the UNI Web site at www.uni.edu.
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4/17/02
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact:
Jascenna Haislet-Carlson, marketing director/theatre publicist, Theatre UNI, (319) 273-6387
Vicki Grimes, University Marketing & Public Relations, (319) 273-2761
Theatre UNI to host presentation by guest designer from Romania
CEDAR FALLS, Iowa -- A presentation and discussion by Romanian-born scenic and costume designer, Dan Nemteanu, will be hosted by Theatre UNI at 2 p.m. Sunday, April 21, in the University of Northern Iowa's Strayer-Wood Theatre. The presentation is part of Theatre UNI's ongoing series, "My Life in Art."
Nemteanu, now a Swedish citizen, has worked as a theatrical designer since 1956 in Romania, Israel, Finland, Denmark, Norway and the United States. He has been an associate professor at the University of Iowa since 1986. Other teaching assignments have included the University of Lund Architecture Department in Sweden and the Royal School of Music in Copenhagen.
Nemteanu's presentation is free and open to the public. It is funded in part by the Martha Ellen Tye Guest Artist Fund. For more information, contact the Strayer-Wood Theatre box office at (319) 273-6381.
This event is part of UNI's annual "Arts in April" celebration. For a full listing of events, see the UNI Web site at www.uni.edu.
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4/17/02
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact:
Linda Walsh, UNI associate professor of psychology, (319) 273-2690
Vicki Grimes, University Marketing & Public Relations, (319) 273-2761
Ninth Annual Undergraduate Social Science Research Conference to be held at UNI
CEDAR FALLS, Iowa -- The ninth annual Undergraduate Social Science Research Conference will be held from 8:45 a.m. until 3:15 p.m., Saturday, April 20, in the Schindler Education Center on the University of Northern Iowa campus.
This year's conference speakers include Roy S. Malpass, director of the Criminal Justice Program at the University of Texas at El Paso. Malpass will speak, at 2:15 p.m., on "Psychological Issues in Eyewitness Identification and Facial Recognition." At 9:25 a.m., Mark Grey, UNI professor of anthropology, will speak about "Immigration in Iowa."
Some 200 students from nearly a dozen colleges and universities are expected to attend the conference at which 85 students will be presenting 53 different research projects. Also at the conference, 13 UNI alumni will serve on two panels, "What can I do with a degree in the social sciences?" and "What is graduate school like?" The panels will be held concurrently, beginning 10:35 a.m.
The conference is sponsored by the UNI Psychology Club, with funding from the College of Social and Behavioral Sciences. This year the conference also received a grant from Psi Chi, the National Honor Society in Psychology. The conference also is being planned with assistance from the Department of Sociology, Anthropology and Criminology, in conjunction with the Iowa Sociological Association meeting.
Registration will be available at the door. For more information, visit the conference Web site at www.csbs.uni.edu/conferences/research. Conference questions also may be directed to Linda Walsh, UNI associate professor of psychology, at (319) 273-2690.
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4/17/02
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Contact:
Jeff Tamplin, artist, illustrator and assistant professor of biology, (319) 273-2327
Vicki Grimes, University Marketing and Public Relations, (319) 273-2761
Scientific illustrations on display at Rod Library as part of Arts in April through April 30
CEDAR FALLS, Iowa -- Scientific illustrations by Jeff Tamplin are on display in the University of Northern Iowa's Rod Library as part of Arts in April. Tamplin's work can be viewed in the display cases outside the Special Collections and University Archives on the library's third floor.
Tamplin, assistant professor of biology at UNI, is an author and illustrator who has more than 200 illustrations published in textbooks, scientific journals, magazines and instructional manuals.
Using a practice called pointillism, Tamplin creates texture and value with individual dots. The practice is similar to the process a computer printer goes through when transferring images into pixels. The end result is to make a picture look smooth and connected from far away, as if it were drawn in pencil. Tamplin's work, done in pen, ink, watercolor and graphite is noted for its realistic interpretation, anatomical accuracy and detailed stippling effects. Tamplin has been drawing most of his life and began experimenting with pointilism in 1989.
For more information call Jeff Tamplin at (319) 273-2327.
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4/17/02
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact:
Darrell Taylor, acting director, UNI Gallery of Art, (319) 273-3095
Vicki Grimes, University Marketing & Public Relations, (319) 273-2761
UNI Gallery of Art announces Award Winners from the 'Annual Juried Student Art Exhibition'
CEDAR FALLS, Iowa -- The University of Northern Iowa Gallery of Art recently held its Annual Juried Student Art Exhibition, presenting nearly $4,500 in purchase and merit awards.
The competition is held each year to showcase the work of undergraduate and graduate students in the Department of Art. More than 400 pieces of art in a variety of media were submitted; however, only 135 were chosen for display by juror Will Mentor, assistant professor of painting and drawing at the University of Iowa. More than 500 people attended the awards ceremony and opening reception.
Darrell Taylor, acting director of the UNI Gallery of Art, said it is important to make the distinction between the awards. Merit awards are cash prizes awarded for excellence and let students retain the artwork. Purchase awards indicate the artwork is sold. Award donors included numerous university departments and organizations as well as extra-university sources such as Jennifer Rettig of Rettig Design, Inc., Spirit Lake, a 1991 M.A. graduate of UNI in art with an emphasis in graphic design, and Porter's Camera Store, Inc., Cedar Falls.
This year, the 2002 Guillaume Art Project Award, went to Gillian G. Christy, a sculpture student from Davenport. Given as a scholarship, the award is in memory of long-time art department head Harry Guillaume. Another highlight of the evening was the dual awarding of Nicole Fullard's painting, "Jello is Sexy." Fullard, from Charles City, received a purchase award from the Gallagher-Bluedorn Performing Arts Center and a merit award from the student organization, ArtsUNI.
Awards from the UNI Office of the President included a purchase award to Chris DuPont's poster design "The Wright Way" and a merit award to Meg Stineman's alabaster sculpture, "With Child," both from the UNI Office of the President. DuPont is from Cedar Rapids and Stineman is from Cedar Falls.
Award winners include __(Name)__ of __(Hometown)__, who received a __(Award)__ from __(Award Donor)__ for his/her work __(Name of art work)__.
For more information, call the UNI Gallery of Art at (319) 273-3095 or visit its Web site at www.uni.edu/artdept/gallery.
Note: to obtain a list of the student winners, contact the office of University Marketing and Public Relations at (319) 273-2761.
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