NATALLIE AND JAMES THOMPSON ART GALLERY
Tuesday Night LECTURE SERIES:
An acclaimed weekly lecture series brings in artists, designers, and critical theorists from around the world, broadening the students' experiential base and complementing local offerings. All lectures and exhibitions are open to the general public free of charge.
FALL SEMESTER 2008 • LECTURE SCHEDULE:
August 26 SPIELE: OTL AICHER’S OLYMPIC GRAPHIC DESIGN
In conjunction with the opening of this evening’s exhibition, guest curator Joe Miller will discuss Aicher’s work, concentrating on the 1972 Olympics, and how this work remains timely and important today.
September 2 BEVERLY NAIDUS: “YOU’RE SUCH A COMPLAINER:” SOCIALLY ENGAGED ART
Activist artist, writer, and educator Naidus is engaged with several art collaborations dealing with ecology, cross-cultural dialogue, and globalization. She will discuss her activities in this evening’s presentation.
September 9 LINDA INSON CHOY AND “IPGIM:” LIVING THE CHANGE
Concurrent with the exhibition "The Offering Table: Activist Women Artists from Korea" at Mills College in Oakland, the artists and curator will discuss the work of this activist feminist group within a society that is still largely based on the Confucian patriarchal system. The artists will also share their philosophies and visions for the future.
September 16 KRISTEN MORGIN: THE DESIRE TO RETURN HOME ALIVE
Sculptor Morgin will provide an overview of her work from the past ten years, exploring its history and her influences.
September 23 MARK PERLMAN: A MATTER OF LIGHT
Painter Perlman has been continually fascinated and in search of combining luminosity with the layered surface of buried or forgotten images. In an attempt to record his experiences, he adds as many images, words, symbols and mark making as possible as he paints, then continually edits himself to reach a balance of energy and quiet solitude.
September 30 GOWRI SAVOOR: AN ENVIRONMENTAL PERSPECTIVE AND ANGELO
ARNOLD: FAMILIATURE
A special presentation of the work of two artists; Savoor will speak about her environmentally-inspired sculptures and works on paper, while Arnold will discuss his re-contextualized furniture that subverts self and object.
October 7 JOHN LOOMIS: A REVOLUTION OF FORM – CUBA’S FORGOTTEN ART SCHOOLS
The School of Art and Design’s new Director, John Loomis, will discuss his work in Cuba examining the convergence and collision of architecture, ideology, and cultures in the 1960s, focusing on the Escuelas Nacionales de Arte.
October 14 IN THE PUBLIC’S INTEREST: AN UPDATED APPROACH TO PUBLIC ART
Moderated by SJSU Art Historian Dore Bowen, a panel including Joel Slayton, Sarah Lowe, and Anthony Raynesford will address the philosophical notion of the “public sphere,” a place where ideas might be exchanged, in light of their own wide-ranging projects in this regard.
October 21 ROBIN CASS: MINOR UTOPIAS: RECENT WORKS IN GLASS AND METAL
Cass, an Associate Professor of Glass at the Rochester Institute of Technology, serves on the Board of Directors of the international Glass Art Society. She will discuss her current three-dimensional works in this evening’s presentation.
October 28 DON REITZ: OUT OF THE ASHES
In conjunction with the opening of his work in the Thompson Gallery later this evening, Don Reitz, one of the most iconic figures in international ceramic sculpture, will discuss his current work and its evolution, shown for the first time on the West Coast.
November 4 TBA
November 11 NO LECTURE: CAMPUS CLOSED – VETERAN’S DAY
November 18 AARON MARCUS: CROSS-CULTURAL USER-EXPERIENCE DESIGN: WHAT?
S0 WHAT? NOW WHAT?
User-experience design is at the top of concerns for product/service user-interface development, especially for global deployment. Marcus, president of Aaron Marcus and Associates, Inc. (AM+A), a pioneering user-interface design firm, and an AIGA Fellow, surveys the issues of cross-cultural communication, and discusses issues that are challenging analysts and designers worldwide, as he helps show the way to improved user experience.
November 25 NO LECTURE: THANKSGIVING WEEK BREAK
December 2 DAVID STORK: WHEN COMPUTERS LOOK AT ART
New computer technologies reveal subtleties in paintings that escape the awareness of even the most tutored connoisseur. This talk will describe how these computer methods work, what they can and cannot tell us about art, how they will influence future art scholarship and change our understanding of a growing number of works.