Georgia College Graduate Student Initiative presents a lecture by Taylor Robenalt

Taylor Robenalt is a completing her last semester of the MFA program in Ceramics at the Lamar Dodd School of Art, at the University of Georgia, Athens. She has received numerous awards and recognitions throughout her career, and she has participated in regional, national, and international exhibitions. Robenalt's detailed ceramic works explore conscious and subconscious experiences through found objects and hybrid characters.

Georgia College Graduate Student Initiative presents a lecture by Casey Sullivan

Casey Sullivan is currently employed as the Curatorial Fellow at The Fire House Gallery in Louisville, GA. She designs promotional materials for exhibits and events, curates and hangs the monthly exhibitions, communicates with artists for upcoming exhibits, teaches and facilitates "Art of Thinking" sessions with local elementary schools, mentors high school interns, writes articles, and assists with video production.

Georgia College & State University Graduate Student Initiative presents a lecture by Michael Marks

The Georgia College & State University Department of Art Graduate Student Initiative presents a lecture by Michael Marks on Wednesday, October 27, 2010 at 5:00pm in Mayfair Hall room 101.

Michael Marks recently completed an MFA with an emphasis in Painting at Clemson University in South Carolina, where he received various awards in the fields of studio art and art history. Throughout his research, Marks explores a range of topics, including complexity theory, linguistics, and reality television, as he draws connections between past traditions and contemporary practices.

Georgia College & State University Graduate Student Initiative presents a lecture by Laura Lindenberger Wellen

The Georgia College & State University Department of Art Graduate Student Initiative presents a lecture by Laura Lindenberger Wellen on Monday, April 26, 2010 at 5:00pm in Mayfair Hall room 101.

Laura Lindenberger Wellen is a PhD candidate in Art History at the University of Texas at Austin. Her varied research interests include women's and gender studies, early German film, and Latin American artwork. Her dissertation, "Building a Picture: Southern Art Communities and Construction of Regional Identities, 1920-1945" delves into the role that artistic organizations played for different groups in the American South.Post Options

Georgia College & State University Graduate Student Initiative presents a lecture by Britney Carroll

The Georgia College & State University Department of Art Graduate Student Initiative presents a lecture by Britney Carroll on Wednesday, April 21, 2010 at 5:00pm in Mayfair Hall room 101.

Britney Carroll recently completed an MFA degree at Western Carolina University with a thesis exhibition, The Exposing Stitch, that utilizes traditional women's crafts to explore ambivalence about childbearing. Carroll has exhibited her work regionally and utilizes a range of artistic media in the creation of her artwork.

Georgia College & State University Graduate Student Initiative presents a lecture by Tate Foley

At the end of the 2009 fall semester, GCSU students and faculty enjoyed UGA graduate student Tate Foley's presentation of his work.

Georgia College & State University Graduate Student Initiative

The Department of Art at Georgia College has developed an initiative as part of our Visiting Artist Program, and seeks your help in identifying outstanding graduate students in Studio Art, Art History, Museum Studies and related areas. We would like to provide a student with an honorarium of $250.00, an eager audience and a welcoming community of artists and scholars, to speak to our undergraduate Art Majors about the dreams and realities of graduate study. They are welcome to present their work and influences, promote their program, and discuss strategies for success in graduate school as well. The visit to central Georgia may be most affordable to those who could make a day trip out of the event, but potential candidates are not limited to Georgia universities.

Please feel free to use this request as an award for a particular student in your program, as a competitive opportunity, or as an open call for portfolios disseminated freely throughout your department. Though your institution may not offer an MFA or MA degree, you may know a graduate student who would benefit from this chance to share their experiences and add to their resumé.

Our majors are involved in Museum Studies, Art History, Painting, Fibers, Printmaking, Ceramics, Digital/Darkroom Photography and Digital Art studies. Graduate students working in media other than these are also encouraged to apply. Our dynamic art students league ArTank (ART TANK, R-tånque, etc) will provide logistical support for our visitors while here. An overview of our program can be seen at http://www2.gcsu.edu/art

Potential candidates are asked to submit the following, with review of applications beginning January 30, 2010.

*Cover letter

*Curriculum Vitae

*Artist Statement

*CD, slides or website URL of 10 images, with descriptive image list (Art Historians and Museum Studies students may send a sample Thesis Statement in lieu of images and Artist Statement)

*2 letters of reference

*SASE if wishing to have materials returned

Please send all information to:

Graduate Student Initiative
C/O Visiting Artist Committee
CBX 094
Georgia College & State University
Milledgeville, Georgia 31061

For further information, please contact:

Cynthia Brinich-Langlois
cynthia.brinich-langlois@gcsu.edu