Attention Fine Arts Students!

Portfolio Review Information Session

All studio art and visual communication majors are required to submit a portfolio of artwork in order to be officially accepted as a Fine Arts major.
A Portfolio Review Information Session will be held Thursday, September 25 at 3:30 pm in the Mundelein Center 7th Floor Lounge.  Come to this meeting to learn what work should be included in your portfolio, how it should be presented, and the different steps involved in the department’s Portfolio Review process.
Students should submit a portfolio in their sophomore or junior year.  Be sure to attend the Information Session if you’ll be submitting a Portfolio this semester.  Even if you’ll be submitting next semester or next year it’s a good idea to learn about Portfolio Review in advance.
Those students who know they will be submitting a portfolio this semester should let their advisor know as soon as possible.
Portfolio Review this semester will be held on Friday, October 17.

 

The 2008 STA Scholarship Award

The Society of Typographic Arts

Scholarship Judging Committee:
Jack Weiss / Principal, Jack Weiss Associates
Joseph Essex / Principal, Essex Two
Cheri Gearhart / Principal, Gearhart Design
Roberta Kozuch / Professor, The Illinois Institute of Art-Chicago
The STA Scholarship: Jack Weiss Founder Scholarship Award: $500
There will be two Scholarships granted this year.

Details:

Entrants must be STA Student Members. STA Student Membership is free. Sign up for membership, or simply submit your poster. Students will automatically become members. Awarding of the scholarship will be determined by a poster competition. The competition is open to registered college students. Entrants must have a 3.0 GPA. One poster per entrant.

Size: 24 in. x 36 in. vertical. Poster Theme: Typography as “meta” communication. There is a $10 submission fee, payable via PayPal only. Enter by emailing the poster as a high resolution pdf. The posters will be judged by the scholarship committee: Cheri Gearhart, Joseph Essex, Roberta Kozuch and Jack Weiss. There will be two winning posters selected. The winning posters and any Honorable Mention posters will be inducted into the student section of the Chicago Design Archive.

Theme for poster: Typography as “meta” communication.
Meta- is a prefix used to express a higher, deeper, symbolic or more complex meaning. For example, the metaphor “dense as a jungle” indicates teeming with vegetation, but it also indicates complicated, tangled or difficult to
understand. While physics describes the physical arrangement of the world, metaphysics describes the spiritual or cosmological significance of the world. Meta- points in many directions – to a concept, an explanation, a definition,
an example, just to name a few. The STA will reproduce the top posters (at 24 in. x 36 in.) and invite all scholarship entrants to the holiday party where the top posters will be included in the silent auction.

 

Timeline:
Submission Deadline: October 29

Judging: November
Show/Holiday Party/Silent Auction: December 4

STA: 81 years in the Chicago Design Continuum

 

 

University of Illinois at Chicago Graduate Open House

The University of Illinois at Chicago School of Architecture will hold a Graduate Open House on Friday, October 10th, from 4:30-7pm. The session will focus on its professional Master of Architecture degree that is open to students from non-Architecture backgrounds. If you are interested in attending, you can find the schedule and RSVP instructions on UIC's website.

Piano Recital  

Dr. Haysun Kang will present a piano recital on Thursday, September 25th at 7:30pm, and a masterclass on Friday, September 26th at 10:00am in the Buik Recital Hall at Elmhurst College. She will be performing works by Mozart, Busoni, Scriabin and Prokofiev. For more information contact JoAnn Kremke at (630) 617-3515 or via email.

Click here for directions.

 

Internship Opportunities

Gen Art Chicago

COMPANY DESCRIPTION:
Gen Art Chicago is a non-profit organization devoted to finding and promoting the best emerging talent in fashion, film, art, and music. We do so by putting on a series of events aimed at the 21-35 year-old single, trend-setting men and women of Chicago and the surrounding area. Events include fashion shows, shopping nights, movie screenings/after-parties, and visual art exhibitions. 

INTERNSHIP DESRIPTION:
The internship itself involves the day-to-day tasks that keep any non-profit organization up and running efficiently. The work involves planning tasks in the days, weeks, and months leading up to a major event, but in every minor task, there is always a noticeable link to the more illustrious world in which Gen Art participates and which Gen Art, to a certain extent, helps to shape.
An Intern’s primary responsibility is to maintain a comprehensive and efficient line of communication between all parties (staff, artists, sponsors, members, press, the general public) through a series of very ordinary tasks. Examples of such tasks include maintaining the volunteer contact database, assembling guest lists, responding to inquiries re: participation in events by artists or designers, answering membership questions, running errands, and generally doing a lot of phone and email work – sometimes with deadlines looming and the pressure on. More individualized projects are sometimes a priority, but are generally secondary to the event-based tasks.
Interning at Gen Art also means working the actual events that you help to coordinate. This part of the job tends to be particularly rewarding, as an intern gets to see up-close the physical manifestation of all of the hours of work s/he and the rest of the staff have put in over the preceding days, weeks, and months. Working events can mean unloading/setting up, controlling the guest list (i.e. making sure only those who are supposed to get in actually do), running a variety of small errands, manning the membership table, or any other number of odd jobs that make the event work at its most basic nuts-and-bolts level.
If interested in learning more about Gen Art as an organization (including info and pics of our past events, as well as info on upcoming events), please check our website.
This is an unpaid position and academic credit is suggested.

INTERNSHIP REQUIREMENTS:

Work 2 full days/week
21 yrs+
Able to lift 30 lbs.

Please send a cover letter and resume to Marcia Callaghan.

 

 

Greasy Joan & Co

Greasy Joan & Co., would like to invite the students from the Loyola Department of Theatre to get the chance to earn college credit by joining the production team for 2008/2009 season. Our company is looking for students interested in all aspects of production who are able to help during load in and tech week which begins November 3, 2008.  We need painters and builders, and anyone else who wants to learn is invited. No experience is required, but it is definitely appreciated.
We have put together have put together a collection of short Chekov plays, calling it, "Life in the Country." It opens November 9-December 21 (previews 11/7 & 11/8) and will be performing at the Victory Gardens Greenhouse Center in the Downstairs Studio on Thursdays -Saturdays 8:30pm, and Sundays at 3:30pm.
*We are also looking for students who may be interested in more hands-on positions.  Our Production Manager, Amy Steelman is looking for the following positions:

Production Assistant
Assistant Stage Manager
Technical Assistant

All names and resumes for Volunteers and assistant positions can be forwarded via email.

 

 

Job Opportunity

 

Assistant Teaching Artists – American Theater Co.

American Theater Company seeks Assistant Teaching Artists for American Mosaic.  American Mosaic is a 6-week residency program involving ATC artists/Chicago Public School teachers teaming up to spend 6 weeks teaching 9th graders about a classic in ATC's season.  American Mosaic students will examine the play from literary and performance perspectives, exploring how the plays relate to the students' identities as Americans. Each class rehearses and produces a different scene from the play, culminating in a showcase of the whole play on the set of the ATC production.  This year, True West and Topdog/Underdog (in partnership with Congo Square Theatre) will be performed in repertory with ATC and Congo Square actors rotating roles. 

Assistant Teaching Artists aide the primary Artist in the classroom.  Assistants will implement a production focused curriculum and instruct students in creating designs, models, and renderings for the final performance. Assistants coordinate with teaching artists, communicate with classroom teachers and ATC education staff, and attend appropriate trainings and meetings for American Mosaic.  In addition, Assistant Teaching Artists will be able to attend rehearsals for and be a part of ATC's innovative "Black/White Rep." Collegiate theatre students are strongly encouraged to apply.  Please send resume and cover letter to Lynne Pace-Green. 

 

For Sale

Great Chicago Book Sale

The University of Chicago Press announces its first public book sale in over twenty years. For two days only—Tuesday, October 7 and Wednesday, October 8—the University of Chicago Press will sell hundreds of different titles at incredibly deep discounts.

The sale will run from 9 AM until 5 PM on Tuesday and Wednesday, in the International House’s Assembly Hall on the University of Chicago campus (1414 E. 59th Street, Dorchester Avenue entrance). Over 20,000 books in a variety of subjects—from anthropology to poetry to zoology—will be available for purchase. With both hardcovers and paperbacks attractively priced, this is a one-of-a-kind opportunity to stock your personal library—or find some unusual gifts for the holiday season. From reference guides to contemporary bestsellers, Beethoven to Mike Royko, this book sale will offer something for everyone. Supplies are limited, so be sure to arrive early for the best selection.

For additional information, call (773) 702-5328 or e-mail. The University of Chicago’s I-House is easily accessible by a variety of public buses and the Metra train line. Free and metered parking is also available.

October 7 and 8, 2008
International House, Assembly Hall
Dorchester Avenue Entrance
1414 E. 59th Street, Chicago, Illinois
Free and open to the public

 

 

Free Ticket Offers

The Picture Of Dorian Gray - Lifeline Theatre

What would you do if you had the freedom to indulge your every dark desire? A supernatural power grants Dorian Gray eternal youth and beauty. As the years pass and his outward form remains unmarred, his soul wallows in sin, dragging the lives of everyone he touches into the depths of depravity. Oscar Wilde's masterpiece reveals that even the bravest among us are afraid to face what lies within.

For Mature audiences.

A world premiere based on the haunting classic by Oscar Wilde
Directed by Kevin Theis
Adapted by Robert Kauzlaric, non-equity Jeff winner for his adaptation of last season's The Island of Dr. Moreau!

FREE TICKETS with code words "YELLOW BOOK"
September 19, 20 and 26

REGULAR RUN
September 26-November 2 - Tickets $30
(group, student and senior discounts available)
Fridays at 7:30PM
Saturdays at 4:00PM & 8:00PM
Sundays at 4:00PM

Box Office
6912 N. Glenwood Ave.
Chicago, IL 60626
Phone: (773) 761-4582
Website and email

The Mark of Zorro

Free performances with code word "Lolita" on September 27 & 28, October 2, 3, 4, 5
and all Thursdays in October ONLY

Can't make the free shows?  Performances continue thru November 23rd,
Thursdays and Fridays:  7:15pm
Saturdays:  4pm and 8pm
Sundays:  4pm
Regular ticket price is $30 with senior/group/student/rush discounts available.
The Mark of Zorro is suitable for audiences ages 10 to 100.

1225 W. Belmont Avenue
773-327-5252 or our website.

Theatre Majors, your comps can now be reserved online without ever visiting the box office!!!  In order to reserve your comp, you'll need to create a profile on our ticketing page CLICK HERE  After creating your profile purchase your ticket by choosing the performance of each production you want to attend. Remember, you can only reserve ONE comp per production. After selecting the performance date, enter the promotional code MAJ0809 into the pomo-code box, on the next screen select major comp ticket from the list of available discounts. Only theatre majors can access this discount, all majors were entered into our ticketing database at the beginning of the school year. If you cannot access the promotional code or are having problems, please email the box office at boxoffice@luc.edu. Your comp will be available for pick-up at the box office on the night of your performance.

Call for Entries

 

Submit your work to DFPA Newsletter

 

DFPA is seeking submissions of visual arts to be published on the DFPA newsletter and department's website. This is a great oportunity to get your work published. DFPA is also seeking rewiews of music concerts, dance performances, art exhibitions, plays etc. for the newsletter. Students who would like to take advantage of this opportunity should submit their work or reviews to Marta Wasko.