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Department/UCR News and Events

NEWS AND ANNOUNCEMENTS

UCR's second annual Art History Graduate Student Conference: Repetition
May 18, 2013
9:00am - 5:00pm
UCR/California Museum of Photography
Admission: Free and open to the public

Repetition, as both logic and practice, has played a significant role in the history of art. With this in mind, the conference aims to provide a forum for emerging art historians to explore the significance of artistic practices that incorporate uses of repetition. Britt Salvesen, Curator of the Wallis Annenberg Department of Photography and the Department of Prints and Drawings at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art will be the conference keynote speaker.

Please refer to the flyer and schedule for further information.
ARTstor Travel Awards
The ARTstor Travel Awards are now open to undergraduate students!
Five winners—college and graduate students, scholars, curators, educators, and librarians in any field—will receive $1,500 each to help support travel-related educational and scholarly activities. Winning essays and other selected submissions will be published on the ARTstor Blog, ARTstor website, and via our social media channels. Deadline: Tuesday, May 28.
For rules and application instructions please click here
Happy Administrative Professionals Day!
The Art History Department thanks its fantastic staff for all the efforts and dedication.
25th Anniversary of The Tomás Rivera Conference: Literacy & Legacy - A Celebration of the Life and Work of Tomás Rivera
April 19, 2013
8:30am - 4:00pm (Conference)
UCR/Highlander Union Building, HUB 302
8:00pm - 10:00pm (Performance)
UCR/University Theatre

All events free and open to the public but require registration to reserve lunch
(ticket given at morning check-in).
RSVP at tomasriveraconference.ucr.edu before April 12
to secure enrollment in workshops & lunch as well as evening performance event.

Parking will be available for $6.00 in Lot 30 and $8.00/all day for parking in Lot 6 (pay by space - back section).
Remember to stop at one of the parking kiosks, at the entrance of campus, to purchase your parking permit.

LECTURES AND EVENTS

Brink–Carrott Lecture Series
April 18, 2013
4:30pm - 5:30pm
UCR/Arts 333 Seminar Room

Please come and join us on to hear the presentations by Amy Whitacre and Betty Schlothan and learn how the Brink and Carrott funds helped enrich their research and travel experience.
There will be a small reception held right after the talks - from 5:30 to 6:00 pm, in ARTS 333. See the flyer

EXHIBITIONS

Free Enterprise: The Art of Citizen Space Exploration
January 19, 2013 - May 18, 2013
12pm-5pm
UCR/Sweeney Art Gallery

Free Enterprise: The Art of Citizen Space Exploration will be the first contemporary art exhibition in the U.S. to explore implications of civilian space travel which represents a major political and cultural shift away from sponsorship by the federal government and toward a free-market, private enterprise model.
Opening day: January 19, 2013, 6pm-9pm
Astronauts, Rockets & Robots: Spacetoys from the Collection of David Whitmire Hearst Jr. Foundation
January 19, 2013 - May 18, 2013
UCR/California Museum of Photography

The exhibition features a selection of spacetoys from the early 1960s to the present. Astronauts, Rockets & Robots is presented in parallel with the ARTSblock exhibition Free Enterprise: the Art of Citizen Space Exploration. This exhibition is curated by Jonathan Green, Executive Director, UCR ARTSblock.
Monuments of Void: Wolf von dem Bussche's Photographs of the Twin Towers
March 23, 2013 - June 6, 2013 (Reception Sat. June 1, 6pm-9pm)
UCR/California Museum of Photography

"Monuments of Void: Wolf Von Dem Bussche's Photographs of the Twin Towers" examines the re-contextualization of the towers alongside issues of memorialization and the meanings associated with sites and images post-9/11. Through the use of Wolf Von Dem Bussche's photographs of the Twin Towers from the California Museum of Photography's permanent collection, we, as the viewers, see the towers in a different aesthetic light that forcefully de-familiarizes us with the subject and through abstraction, conjures up elements of memorialization and loss.
Around the World in Forty Pictures
May 4, 2013 -July 27, 2013
UCR/California Museum of Photography

The exhibition "Around the World in Forty Pictures", as the title implies, culls forty pictures from the Keystone-Mast Collection (part of the CMP permanent collection) to retrace the steps of Verne's colorful characters as they circumnavigate the globe.

Arts Walk
June 6, 2013
6pm-9pm
Art Block
Downtown Riverside, CA
The First Thursday of Every Month and free to the public

The Riverside Arts Walk on First Thursdays presents over twenty participating arts venues, art museums, galleries, and studios open free to the public every month. These participating locations present an eclectic mix of visual art mediums and styles, in addition to special art/musical performances, exhibitions, tours, and art-making demonstrations.

Local restaurants and retail establishments along the Arts Walk also offer special menus and discounts. For more information, call the Riverside Downtown Partnership at 951-781-7335 or visit www.riversidedowntown.org.

Attendees may begin their walk at any participating sites or get started at one of the two coordinating sites: the Riverside Art Museum (3425 Mission Inn Ave.) or the Riverside Community Arts Association (3870 Lemon St.). Some of the other participating sites are: UCR/California Museum of Photography, Riverside Municipal Museum, Mission Inn Museum, and the Riverside Public Library, Division 9 Gallery, Riverside Visitor's Center, People's Gallery, Back to the Grind, and Exposures Photo Gallery.

For more information on this event and the evening's schedule of special tours and performances, please contact the Riverside Art Museum at 951-684-7111 or visit the www.riversideartscouncil.org for a listing of current events.

For a complete and up-to-date listing of all UCR campus events and activities, please consult the UCR campus calendar.
http://www.ucr.edu/happenings/