Pop-Up Art Library + Biannual Student Art Show
Fill your afternoon with art and check-out Blaffer Art Museum Student Association’s Biannual Art Show featuring student art work. Then come browse our Pop-Up Library where you’ll find a selection of curated art books available for check-out. There will be giveaways and light refreshments.
Date : Thursday, November 2, 2023
Time: 3– 5 pm
Location: Student Center South, Ballroom
About
Pop-Up’s
Since 2018, the William R. Jenkins Architecture, Design, and Art Library has been partnering with Blaffer Art Museum to host Pop-Up Libraries each semester. It’s a fun and engaging way to promote services that provide instant connection to the UH community. Each pop-up consists of curated art books thematically related to the museum’s current exhibitions.
BAMSA
The Blaffer Art Museum Student Association (BAMSA) at the University of Houston is a student-run organization that seeks to foster a community of artists and art enthusiasts on campus.
Biannual Student Art Show
The Biannual Student Art Show is one of the most anticipated events in the University of Houston’s arts community. This exhibition showcases the works of our talented members in a professional setting, providing them with a unique opportunity to gain exposure and network with fellow artists. The event attracts a broad audience, ranging from art enthusiasts to collectors and industry professionals, and has established a reputation for excellence in the local arts scene.
This event is free and open to all students
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The Architecture, Design, and Art Library proudly presents the work of featured artist ‘23-24 Jailyne España . Her exhibit, Art of the Dead, will be on view until December 2023.
Statement
The everlasting uncertainty that stemmed from my journey with cancer molded my artistic practice into what it is today. My body of work in traditional painting and printmaking examines feelings of fear, absence, nostalgia, and anticipation through altered light, shadow, texture, and perspective. These reimagined spaces depict different dimensions that exist in between what was and what’s next. I aim for the viewer to step into these transitional spaces and see something that is indirectly familiar to them. To experience triggered emotions that come from memory, like the nostalgia of a childhood home, mourning of a loved one, calmness of a Tuesday afternoon, fear of an empty room, yearning of an unknown place. I use different forms of media as reference for my creative work, which include but are not limited to film and photography.
Bio
Jailyne (Jai) España is a 25-year-old Houston-based artist. She received her BFA in Painting with an Art History minor and is currently pursuing an MFA in Painting at the University of Houston. Jailyne’s influence comes from pop culture, film, photography, and art history. Starting as a self-taught artist, her first solo exhibition in 2018 titled Survivor’s Dream was first displayed at the Bone Marrow Transplant Unit in Texas Children’s Hospital. Jailyne’s artwork was also the face of the 2019 edition of Statewide Conference on Violence Against Women in San Antonio, TX. Her second solo exhibition, Transitional Spaces was shown at the Third Space Gallery in 2021. Jailyne has also been part of the 2022 group show The Subject of Extra Scrutiny at 205 Hudson Gallery in Manhattan, NY.
🎃Halloween Library Scavenger Hunt
Want to have a spooky good time this Halloween? Then stop by the Architecture, Design, and Art Library for a fang-tastic time! Collect clues to complete a secret phrase and win some treats! So happy haunting and stop by…if you dare!
Ghostly Date: 10/31/23
Witching hours: 9am -7pm
Enchanted Grounds: The Architecture, Design, and Art Library/Room 106 (Inside the College of Architecture and Design.)
🎃Rules
*Play individually, if you dare.
*Hunt for the hidden clues using QR codes, watch for the undead.
*Spell out the phrase, mwahaha!
*Win a treat and be sure to holler trick or treat!
🎃Social Media
Twitter: @UH_Arch_Art_Lib
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