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Art Lofts Grand Opening

5/4/2009 - 5/9/2009

Art Lofts Building
111 N. Frances Street, Madison, WI 53703

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The Art Department and School of Education will celebrate the opening of the Art Lofts facility during the week of May 5-9, 2009. Formerly a university warehouse, the Art Lofts now houses the Art Department’s glass lab, metal sculpture foundry, ceramics, graduate darkroom and digital facilities, and papermaking areas, along with studio spaces for more than 60 faculty and graduate students, and public spaces for the display of student and faculty artwork.

Guest artists include distinguished Art alumni Marvin Lipofsky and David Dahlquist, along with Emeritus Professor Don Reitz.

All events are free and open to the public.

Schedule of events in the Art Lofts include:

Tuesday, May 5

  • 1:30pm-2:30pm / Presentation
    Alumnus and glass artist Marvin Lipofsky will speak of his latest work in glass, Digital Lab, Room 1057.
  • 3:00pm-4:00pm / Demonstrations
    Marvin Lipofsky will conduct demonstrations, Glass Lab.

Wednesday, May 6

  • 1:00pm-5:00pm / Sales
    CRAFT! Metalsmith's Society Student Sale, Room 1025
    Glass Lab Student Art Sale, Glass Lab
  • 1:30pm-8:00pm / Sale
    Photography Student Sale, Digital Lab Room 1057
  • 1:30pm-5:00pm / Demonstrations
    Handmade Papermaking Demonstrations, Room 1009
  • 1:30pm-3:00pm / Art at the Lofts
    Graduate and faculty studios will be open for display and sale of their art work. The facility will open for tours.
    Exhibition in the Performance Lab, Room 1050
  • 3:00pm-4:30pm / Presentations
    The family of Harvey Littleton, Emeritus Faculty member, Don Reitz, and Dale Chihuly, by video, will reflect on "The Early Days of Ceramics and Glass on the UW Campus," Art Lofts Gallery, Room 1242
  • 5:00pm-6:00pm / OPENING CELEBRATION
    Ribbon cutting and presentations by Provost Julie Underwood, Interim Dean Adam Gamoran, and Chancellor Biddy Martin, Lobby.
  • 6:00pm-8:00pm / Light Refreshments, Performance Lab, Room 1050

Thursday, May 7

  • 1:30pm-3:50pm / Presentation
    Alumnus David Dahlquist Presentation, "From Pots to Public Art: A Primer," Digital Lab Room 1057
    David's lecture will be on his work followed by a discussion about his experience working on public art projects.
  • Glass Lab Student Art Sale By appointment only, call the Glass Lab at (608) 262-2963 for details.

Friday, May 8

  • Glass Lab Student Art Sale By appointment only, call the Glass Lab at (608) 262-2963 for details.

Saturday, May 9

  • 10:00am-3:00pm / OPEN HOUSE AND SALES
    Graduate and faculty studios will be open for display and sale of their art work. The facility will open for tours.
    Exhibition in the Performance Lab, Room 1050
    CRAFT! Metalsmith's Society Student Sale, Lobby
    Photography Student Sale, Room 1005
  • 10:00am-2:00pm / Demonstrations
    Handmade Papermaking Demonstrations, Room 1009
  • 10:00am-5:00pm / Sales and Demonstrations, Glass Lab
  • 1:30pm-3:00pm / Demonstrations
    Foundry pouring, enter through the Room 1022. Watch as two-thousand degree bronze is transformed into works of art using a process that dates to prehistory.

Please RSVP with names of attendees by clicking here or call Huyen (Gwen) Nguyen at (608) 262-1662, or email hbnguyen@education.wisc.edu

We hope you can join us for part or all of this celebration.

The Art Department has patiently waited for years to locate the graduate studios together in one facility. Now that this space has been created, the Department wishes to establish a fund to support graduate students and their art.

In honor of the opening of the new Art Lofts, a Graduate Student Support Fund has been established. Whether you can or cannot attend the Art Lofts Opening Celebration, we invite you to support graduate students with an Art Lofts Sponsorship gift.

All sponsors will be acknowledged in the opening celebration program. Please click on the link below to make a gift on our secure website. Thanks for your support!

https://secure.uwfoundation.wisc.edu

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