http://www.artsblock.ucr.edu UCR ARTSblock online eNews listings for Upcoming Events and Programs en-us Tue, 10 Jun 2003 04:00:00 GMT Tue, 24 Apr 2008 09:41:01 GMT artsblock@ucr.edu (ARTSblock) http://www.artsblock.ucr.edu/artsblock.rss UCR ARTSblock 2.0 http://www.cmp.ucr.edu/exhibitions/balancingthelenses/ Wed, 23 Apr 2008 9:58:27 +0700 On view from: February 23, 2008 - July 12, 2008. Opening Reception, April 26 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM. Balancing the Lenses contrasts places and people of the Middle East with the cultural expectations of the Western viewer to provide a broader perspective on the cultures of the Middle East. UCR/California Museum of Photography http://www.cmp.ucr.edu/exhibitions/eclecticpeople/ Wed, 23 Apr 2008 9:58:28 +0700 On view from: March 22, 2008 - April 24, 2008. Opening Reception, April 3 6:00 PM - 7:00 PM. The fall Extreme Places exhibition proved extremely popular, drawing upon the best of southern California photographic talent. This spring’s Eclectic People exhibition will feature twelve equally stunning photographic works. Each of the images in the show selected from an international open call are chosen by a jury of UCR ARTSblock curators and staff. For more information contact Reggie Woolery at 951-827-4796. UCR/California Museum of Photography http://www.cmp.ucr.edu/exhibitions/ Wed, 23 Apr 2008 9:58:28 +0700 On view from: April 26, 2008 - July 5, 2008. Opening Reception, April 26 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM. Eric Curry’s exhibition American Pride and Passion large-scale photographic prints focus on classic American automobiles, airplanes, and huge road machinery to “bring out the pride and passion in everyday objects.” Each image is constructed by combining and layering multiple exposures. Each exposure renders only a small part of a gigantic scene, but it is exquisitely lit with a keen eye toward textural, surface, and dimensional rendition, color saturation, and visual clarity. When combined in a single image we are confronted with a hyperreal, high-resolution version of the world, more clearly focused, more detailed, and more viscerally intense than our experience of reality itself. UCR/California Museum of Photography http://www.chassit.ucr.edu/greentomorrow/ Wed, 23 Apr 2008 9:58:28 +0700 Deadline, April 30 . GREEN TOMORROW 2008 is a chance for youth, as concerned citizens of Riverside to share the ways in which we can all save energy, water, and reduce our carbon footprint on the planet. Videos can discuss a variety of moments in everyday life, including transportation, home and garden work, recreation, etc. and the actions that can be taken to reduce energy and or water use. UCR/California Museum of Photography http://www.cmp.ucr.edu/exhibitions/ Wed, 23 Apr 2008 9:58:28 +0700 On view from: April 26, 2008 - July 5, 2008. Opening Reception, April 26 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM. Jeremy Kidd’s exhibition Hyper Architectural Typologies chooses urban scenes that in actuality embody significant architectural drama. Then, using time-lapse photography, panoramic views, and careful optical alteration, he ups the ante—creating new, extreme and immersive panoramic structures. These new worlds have an anthropomorphic presence: they become autonomous spaces, disorienting constructions, and dramatic expressionistic cityscapes. Kidd explores the way the camera and individuals experience seeing, with images composed into personal visions and accentuated experiences of what he has seen, felt, and wants the viewer to feel. These works become romanticized environments that are more akin to the way the artist chooses to record and interpret his perceptive experiences, rather than actual observations. UCR/California Museum of Photography http://digitalstudio.ucr.edu/studio_programs/joshuaTree2008/ Wed, 23 Apr 2008 9:58:28 +0700 On view from: May 3, 2008 - May 4, 2008. UCR/California Museum of Photography on ARTSblock is seeking photographers for its annual Photographic Excursion into Joshua Tree National Park. 24 Hours @ 24 fps Over Joshua Tree takes place on Saturday and Sunday May 3rd - 4th. UCR/California Museum of Photography http://www.cmp.ucr.edu/exhibitions/ Wed, 23 Apr 2008 9:58:28 +0700 On view from: April 26, 2008 - July 5, 2008. Opening Reception, April 26 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM. And These Natural Things marks the first Southern California solo exhibition for Melissa Martinez who has risen to prominence in the art scene. UCR/California Museum of Photography http://www.cmp.ucr.edu/exhibitions/ Wed, 23 Apr 2008 9:58:28 +0700 On view from: October 25, 2008 - January 4, 2009. Opening Reception, October 25 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM. Exhibition displays for the first time Classic Cameras from the David Whitmire Hearst Jr. Foundation Collection. These cameras are considered among the greatest photographic instruments of the 20th century. UCR/California Museum of Photography http://www.digitalstudio.ucr.edu Wed, 23 Apr 2008 9:58:28 +0700 First Sunday Project, May 4 . Museum is closed – we’re on a Photographic Excursion, 24 Hours @ 24fps Over Joshua Tree, at Joshua Tree National Park. For more information on our weekend long program please contact Reggie Woolery at (951) 827-4796 to sign-up by April 15. UCR/California Museum of Photography http://www.samys.com/dsb_classes.php?ClassID=150 Wed, 23 Apr 2008 9:58:28 +0700 . Eric Curry’s exhibition, American Pride and Passion, exhibits large-scale photographic prints that focus on classic American automobiles, airplanes, and huge road machinery to “bring out the pride and passion in everyday objects.” UCR/California Museum of Photography http://www.cmp.ucr.edu/exhibitions/balancingthelenses/ Wed, 23 Apr 2008 9:58:28 +0700 Panel Discussion, May 8 1:30 PM - 3:30 PM. This panel discussion will revolve around issues of perceptions of the Middle East during the turn of the century, and how those views influenced and were influenced by photography. UCR/California Museum of Photography http://www.cmp.ucr.edu/mainFrame/information/ Wed, 23 Apr 2008 9:58:28 +0700 Artist Talk, April 26 6:30 PM - 7:30 PM. Eric Curry and Jeremy Kidd will each discuss their work in artist talks beginning at 6:30 PM. Both artists are featured under the title, Newer Topographics: Photographs of Digitally Altered Urban Landscapes. UCR/California Museum of Photography http://www.cmp.ucr.edu/mainFrame/information/ Wed, 23 Apr 2008 9:58:28 +0700 Artist Talk, April 26 6:00 PM - 6:30 PM. Join artist Melissa Martinez for a conversation about her work and process, with a catalogue signing at 6:00 PM on Saturday, April 26, 2008. UCR/California Museum of Photography http://sweeney.ucr.edu Wed, 23 Apr 2008 9:58:27 +0700 On view from: July 26, 2008 - October 4, 2008. Opening Reception, July 26 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM. A multi-media group exhibition of nine artists from China who often use playful, humorous, ritualistic imagery, as if engaging in an absurdist “recreation,” and also have as a common theme the “re-creation” of settings, events, and situations in reaction to the rapidly changing political, social, cultural, economic, and environmental landscapes in China. UCR Sweeney Art Gallery http://www.sweeney.ucr.edu/exhibitions/mfa2008/ Wed, 23 Apr 2008 9:58:27 +0700 On view from: April 12, 2008 - May 10, 2008. Opening Reception, April 12 6:00 PM - 9:00 PM. UCR MFA 2008 represents the second graduating class from the recently established Master of Fine Arts program in UCR’s Department of Art. They will join a select company of graduates from art departments and private art schools in Southern California, a region that has become known for transforming its artists into major players on the international art scene. UCR Sweeney Art Gallery http://sweeney.ucr.edu/exh_upcoming.lasso Wed, 23 Apr 2008 9:58:27 +0700 On view from: May 23, 2008 - May 31, 2008. Opening Reception, May 23 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM. Every year, nearly 30 undergraduate art majors graduating from UCR have their final work presented in a senior thesis exhibition at the Sweeney Art Gallery that features paintings, photographs, drawings, videos, performance and sculpture. Exhibition presented in two parts, Part 1: May 23 - May 31, Part 2: June 6 - June 14. UCR Sweeney Art Gallery http://sweeney.ucr.edu/exh_upcoming.lasso Wed, 23 Apr 2008 9:58:27 +0700 On view from: June 6, 2008 - June 14, 2008. Opening Reception, June 6 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM. Every year, nearly 30 undergraduate art majors graduating from UCR have their final work presented in a senior thesis exhibition at the Sweeney Art Gallery that features paintings, photographs, drawings, videos, performance and sculpture. Exhibition presented in two parts, Part 1: May 23 - May 31, Part 2: June 6 - June 14. UCR Sweeney Art Gallery http://sweeney.ucr.edu/exh_upcoming.lasso Wed, 23 Apr 2008 9:58:27 +0700 On view from: May 23, 2008 - June 14, 2008. Every year, nearly 30 undergraduate art majors graduating from UCR have their final work presented in a senior thesis exhibition at the Sweeney Art Gallery that features paintings, photographs, drawings, videos, performance and sculpture. Exhibition presented in two parts, Part 1: May 23 - May 31, Part 2: June 6 - June 14. UCR Sweeney Art Gallery http://sweeney.ucr.edu/exh_upcoming.lasso Wed, 23 Apr 2008 9:58:27 +0700 On view from: October 25, 2008 - January 3, 2009. Opening Reception, October 25 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM. This exhibition will feature painted works that break free from the wall to emerge as fully-formed sculptural objects. As three-dimensional offspring of two-dimensional practices, they often share a family resemblance of materials and painterly aesthetics with their pictorial origins. UCR Sweeney Art Gallery http://sweeney.ucr.edu/exhibitions/demonslayer/ Wed, 23 Apr 2008 9:58:28 +0700 On view from: January 26, 2008 - June 14, 2008. Opening Reception, January 26 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM. Dan Duy Nguyen and Mailan Thi Pham both utilize an aesthetic approach they refer to as “Phantasma Transcendentalism,” a visual and philosophical movement that uses art to raise questions, stir thoughts and enlighten both the viewer as well as the artist. UCR Sweeney Art Gallery http://sweeney.ucr.edu/prog_topic.lasso Wed, 23 Apr 2008 9:58:28 +0700 First Sunday Project, May 4 1:00 PM - 4:00 PM. Exciting performances by dancers and musicians from UC Riverside’s Gluck Fellows Program present their talents throughout the day during downtown Riverside’s Family Fun Day on First Sunday. UCR Gluck Fellows Performances is supported in part by the Gluck Fellows Program of the Arts at UC Riverside. The Gluck Program is made possible through the generosity of the Maxwell H. Gluck Foundation. UCR Sweeney Art Gallery http://sweeney.ucr.edu/prog_topic.lasso Wed, 23 Apr 2008 9:58:28 +0700 Reading, May 8 6:00 PM. The Department of Creative Writing and UCR Sweeney Art Gallery present the MFA graduates of the Creative Writing Department, who will read from their work. The department will also release Crate, UC-Riverside’s MFA Literary Magazine. UCR Sweeney Art Gallery