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Artwork by Julia Karll

Artwork by John Bohac

Artwork by Ping Xu

Thanks due to Governor Nixon and the Legislature for authorizing MAC’s spending authority this year. That said we urge that some of this year’s tax receipts, especially from the sports and entertainment tax, be directed back to MAC – they can’t spend down their endowment forever.

Call for Artists:
Repositioning the Gaze in an Age of Voyeurism

Curatorial Statement
Throughout the history of art, theorists and philosophers have tried to negotiate the visual and conceptual relationship that exists between a work of art and the viewer’s gaze. What has fueled much of this debate is the argument that because the gaze inherently signifies possession, and can therefore be tied to certain power structures, it is something that is neither benign nor passive even in the most simple of circumstances. Considering this historical position in today’s climate of increased surveillance, “reality” entertainment, and the popularity of social media, it has become necessary to re-evaluate the concept of the gaze within a contemporary context.

This exhibit, which is open to all media, seeks work by artists who are exploring what it means to see and be seen in today’s culture of encouraged, and even expected, personal transparency.

Artists may consider, but are not limited to, issues such as:
– Viewer as voyeur
– Viewer as a target of voyeurism
– The role of social media and/or the role of technology in legitimizing voyeurism
– Shifting perceptions of privacy
– The merging of the public and private realms

Repositioning the Gaze in an Age of Voyeurism is being curated by Brandelyn Dillaway, the 2010 Truman Curatorial Fellow, and will be exhibited from January 17 through February 17, 2012 at the University Art Gallery at Truman State University in Kirksville, MO (www.tsugallery.org).

Submissions should include:
– Digital slides of existing work on a CD-Rom in jpeg format (no larger than 1MB) or in a Power Point presentation
– OR proposals for a new project, accompanied by a collection of digital slides that provide an overall summary of your work
– An artist statement
– A CV
– A budget detailing shipping costs and any other expenses that will be incurred when exhibiting your work
– SASE (if you wish to have your materials returned)
– Any additional materials that you wish to have considered

There is no fee for submissions. Pending funding, the venue will pay for exhibition expenses, shipping expenses, and catalogue printing.

Please submit proposals postmarked by August 5, 2011 to:
Brandelyn Dillaway
Director, Art Gallery
Mt. San Jacinto College
1499 N. State Street
San Jacinto, CA 92583

Submit questions to Brandelyn Dillaway at bdillaway@msjc.edu.

Fall 2011

9/6 – 10/7 John Bohac, Susan Shoaff-Ballanger, Ping Xu
– Art faculty exhibits
Public reception Tuesday, September 6 at 6pm

10/17 – 11/16 Up Against The Wall: Posters of Social Protest
– Organized by University of Texas at El Paso
Public reception Tuesday, October 18 at 6pm

10/17 – 11/16 Spotlight Exhibition – Deanna Dikeman – New Work
Public reception Tuesday, October 18 at 6pm

12/5– 12/9 BFA/BA Thesis Exhibit
Public reception Tuesday, December 6 at 6pm

Spring 2012

1/17 – 2/17 Voyeur – curated by Brandelyn Dillaway
Public reception Tuesday, January 17 at 6pm

1/17 – 2/17 Texas Design – Exchange is the Message
Public reception Tuesday, January 17 at 6pm

2/27 – 4/6 Annual Juried Student Exhibit – Juror Armin Muhsam
Public reception Tuesday, February 28 at 6pm

2/27 – 4/6 Spotlight Exhibition – Armin Muhsam
Public reception Tuesday, February 28 at 6pm

4/16 – 4/20 BFA/BA Thesis Exhibit
Public reception Tuesday, April 17 at 6pm

4/23– 4/27 BFA/BA Thesis Exhibit and Vis. Com. Portfolio Sample Display
Public reception Tuesday, April 24 at 6pm

4/30 BFA Vis. Com. Portfolio Review
Public reception Monday, April 30 at 6pm

Our last event of the school year was this past Tuesday. We counted 400 people attending – very impressive. Good work and congratulations to our grads.

And stay tuned for next year’s schedule and summer updates…