We are excited to announce the new Architecture, Design, and Art Library Student Artists for 2019-2020: Tay Butler, Dan Li, Emmanuel Oluwaseyi Bamtefa, and Morgan Stahl. Get ready to immerse into their art!
Tay Butler
Our first student artist is Tay Butler, who is a photographer and collage artist who challenges history and memory and re-purposes archives, found material and original photography to create both familiar and new compositions and perspectives from which to view that history.
Tay Butler is currently a student at the University of Houston, in his senior year of the School of Art’s Photography and Digital Media Block Program. With an expected graduation date of May 2019 and intentions to continue studies after graduation, Tay is consistently building a portfolio of work and exhibitions that include spaces all over Houston, TX like the Blaffer Art Museum, Texas Art Asylum and Noble Artisan.
“American Geographic” on view February-April 2019
Dan Li
Our second artists is Dan Li, who is an artist and art educator from Hong, Kong. She discovered art at a young age and found passion working with watercolors and acrylics. Inspired by the artist, Claude Monet, she created a series of bright flowers for the upcoming Spring season, in hope, of bringing warmth and happiness to people.
Dan Li is currently a Ph.D. candidate in the Art Education Program at the University of Houston. She holds a Master degree in Contemporary Studio Arts and Criticism in Education and a Postgraduate Diploma in Education (major in Visual Arts and minor in Special Needs) at the Education University of Hong Kong. Her research interests include social justice art education, issues-based art education, critical visual literacy, interdisciplinary art education, and technology in art education.
Student Art Exhibit on view May- July 2019
Emmanuel Oluwaseyi Bamtefa
Our third artist is Emmanuel Oluwaseyi Bamtefa, who is Visual Artist from New York and of Yoruba descent. He has been active artist since 2012 and is interested in portraiture and figure painting. Bamtefa also likes to play with scale to see how viewers respond to colors in any given space.
Emmanuel Oluwaseyi Bamtefa originally transferred as an architecture student from the Gerald D. Hines College of Architecture & Design, but switched to the School of Art’s Painting Program at the University of Houston. After graduation, he does intent to continue his architecture path.
Student Art Exhibit on view August- October 2019
Morgan Stahl
Our last artist is Morgan Stahl, who a designer from Baltimore, Maryland. Her passion for art is what helped her find her future as an architect. She started drawing when she was in 6th grade and hasn’t stopped since. Her series SYNATHROPIC represents the beautiful relationship between the domestic and the wild.
Morgan is currently a 4th year Architecture student in the Gerald D. Hines College of Architecture and Design at the University of Houston.
Student Art Exhibit on view November 2019- January 2020
Contact
If you would like to be the next featured artist for 2020-2021 apply here. For more information contact: Edith Villasenor (evillasenor@uh.edu).
The Architecture, Design & Art Library will be opening during Spring Break with limited hours:
Saturday 03/09: CLOSED
Sunday 03/10: CLOSED
Monday 03/11: 8am-5pm
Tuesday 03/12: 8am-5pm
Wednesday 03/13: 8am-5pm
Thursday 03/14: 8am-5pm
Friday 03/15: 8am-5pm
Saturday 03/16: 1pm-5pm
Sunday 03/17: 1pm-5pm
The William R. Jenkins Architecture, Design & Art Library
presents
American Geographic by Tay Butler
Tay Butler is a photographer and collage artist who challenges history and
memory and repurposes archives, found material and original photography to
create both familiar and new compositions and perspectives from which to view
that history. Tay Butler is currently a student at the University of Houston, in his
senior year of the School of Art’s Photography and Digital Media Block Program.
With an expected graduation date of May 2019 and intentions to continue studies
after graduation, Tay is consistently building a portfolio of work and exhibitions
that include spaces all over Houston, TX like the Blaffer Art Museum, Texas Art
Asylum and Noble Artisan.
Opening Reception, February 1st 2019
Time: 5pm
Refreshments will be served
In partnership with Blaffer Art Museum
POP UP LIBRARY & BOOK SALE
Thursday, Jan 24th 11am -1pm
Browse through a selection of art books available for check-out with your Cougar Card as well “mystery boxes” for sale.
On display in the upper Mezzanine area throughout the Spring 2019 semester is four plates depicting photographs and technical drawings of the New York Telephone Building from a five volume series of plates titled, American Architecture of the Twentieth Century: A Series of Photographs and Measured Drawings of Modern, Civic and Industrial Buildings.
In the south wing exhibit case, visitors may also view a collection of rare books exploring Japanese woodblock printmaking from the Edo period. The display includes a Hokusai manga original plate, a few samples of Ukiyo-e style paintings and prints, as well as a brief explanation of the relief printmaking process.
November
Monday 11/19: 8am-8pm
Tuesday 11/20: 8am-8pm
Wednesday 11/21: 8am-5pm
Thursday 11/22: Closed
Friday 11/23: Closed
Saturday 11/24: Closed
Sunday 11/25: Closed
December
Intersession Hours
December 13th- January 13th
Monday-Friday : 8am-5pm
Saturday& Sunday : Closed
Winter Break
December 24th- January 1st : Closed
First Day of Class: Monday, January 14th
The Architecture, Design and Art Library has developed an online collection of interviews called Building Houston, which documents the oral history of Houston’s built environment, as told by the people who impacted it. Architects, developers, planners, scholars, philanthropists, and community leaders discuss their work and its relationship to Houston’s urban fabric in this online collection. Each subject is interviewed by a scholar or colleague who frames the discussion and provides context. Ten recordings made earlier this year are now available in the UH Libraries’ audio/video repository. Click on the link to see interviews with Leslie K. Elkins, Natalye Appel, James B. Thomas and others.
By selecting a language from the drop down menu at the bottom of the Architecture, Design, and Art Library’s page, users can now translate this site into 80 different languages.