This exhibit was juried by Raphael Rubinstein, author, UH professor, and former editor of Art in America,  Susan Sutton, Curatorial Assistant at the Menil Collection, Katherine Veneman, Curator of Education at UH’s Blaffer Art Museum, and Christine Jelson West, Executive Director of Lawndale Art Center.

Features the work of:  Peter Broz, Araceli Casas, Jose Cordova, Brenda Cruz, Chanquilla Gordon, Vladimir Hernandez, Lan Hoang, Darwin Itzep, Greg Jackson, Daniar  Listyasari, Lauren Fort, Linh O’Briant, Frederick Ockrassa, Tiffany Perez, Sandra de la Rosa, Sonakshee Shree, Jason Wilkinson, Amy Wright, and Brandon Zech.

The Architecture and Art Library is now accepting artwork for the UH Libraries’ sixth Annual Student Art Exhibit, a competitive juried exhibit that will be on display in the M.D. Anderson Library February 22 – April 12, 2013. Jurors will include  curators from the Menil Collection and Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, as well as prominent members of the Houston arts community and UH School of Art faculty.

The exhibit is open to all UH students enrolled spring 2013 – any classification or major. Students are welcome to submit multiple entries. Requirements of submissions: 2D in any medium, ready to hang with wires/brackets or on foam core, not to exceed 5’x5’, 5 pounds, or extend more than 4” from the wall.     Sculpture with pedestals, no more than 20 pounds total and must fit inside a library elevator.

Students should submit their work to the Architecture and Art Library, located in the College of Architecture. Deadline for submissions is February 8, 2013. Artists must complete a waiver form, as well as an exhibition agreement for each work submitted.

For more information visit the Architecture and Art Library’s homepage at info.lib.uh.edu/aa or contact archlib@mail.uh.edu

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“The Art of Death & Dying” is co-sponsored by the Blaffer Art Museum, Cynthia Woods Mitchell Center for the Arts, Department of Hispanic Studies, Honors College, and School of Art, as well as two community partners, the National Museum of Funeral History and Preservation Houston.

Papers will be presented in the fields of architecture and landscape architecture, art criticism and theory, art history, cultural studies, dance, film and television, literature and music.  Some papers will be presented in Spanish.  Speakers include scholars, graduate students and authors from five continents.

In addition to the 57 juried presenters, the program includes invited speakers, a music recital, tours of historic Houston cemeteries and two museums, an artist’s talk with Dario Robleto, a film screening and a gallery talk.

Registration is $50 and $20 for students.  The registration fee includes the cost of breakfast and lunches during the symposium.

See our website for programs, papers and events.