Her main media in art is ceramics, but she also includes fibers and
multimedia in her installations of ceramic sculpture. Visit stephanielanter.com for a close look at her work.
Some quotes from her Artist Statement: "Materials for my sculpture,
which currently combine clay, fiber, and hardware, are both directly
manipulated and appropriated. Inherently contradictory, they symbolize,
celebrate and satirize the pursuit of pleasure, security and
stimulation.....With critical humor rather than cynicism, I intend to
portray the inelegancies of the human psyche as the elegant and powerful
activities they are: adaptive techniques for survival."
Stephanie will teach Design I in the fall semester, and a course of her
own design for spring semester 2009. She will be moving to Topeka in
August.
Glenda Taylor, chair of Washburn's Art department, will be spending time with Stephanie at Red Lodge Clay Center, Red Lodge, Montana, as she fullfills a residency there in July, 2008. Taylor encourages all to welcome and get to know Stephanie.
The 2008-09 Barbara L. Buzick Art Scholarship recipient is Jessica McKinnie, a student from Topeka West High School. She was selected by a committee of art faculty and representatives of the Buzick estate. The fund will provide full-ride scholarship to include tuition, books, fees, and art supplies. The intent is to renew McKinnie's scholarship each year, with her satisfactory progress towards an art degree and sustained high-quality performance.
The Buzick scholarship brought in numerous applicants of high quality. Several of these applicants were offered other Art Dept. scholarships.
Another Buzick full-ride scholarship will be offered an incoming freshman next year and in years to come. We hope that the Buzick scholarship will continue to bring top quality art students to Washburn.
Payment of housing and board may be awarded if the student resides in on-campus housing. Read Buzick Scholarship details. —Apr. 2008
Linda Weintraub, Visiting Scholar
The intersection of art and ecology was the focus of an illustrated lecture by writer, activist and nationally known art critic Linda Weintraub on March 27, at the Mulvane Art Museum. Weintraub discussed “EnvironMentalities: contemporary Eco-Artists as Preservations, Conservationists, Deep Ecologists, EcoFeminists, Urban Ecologists and Beyond.”
Weintraub is the author of the first college eco-art textbooks which are published in an innovative, sustainable manner. She is also the author of “In The Making: Creative Options for Contemporary Artists” (2003) and “Art on the Edge and Over: Searching for Art's Meaning in Contemporary Society” (1995). Weintraub previously served as the first director of the Edith C. Blum Art Institute at Bard College, as director of the Philip Johnson Art Gallery at Muhlenberg College and as Henry R. Luce Professor of Emerging Arts at Oberlin College.
The event was sponsored by the Washburn University College of Arts and Sciences, art department and Washburn Art Students Association. —Mar. 2008
Select a photo to see the larger version. Photosa are by Heather Kearns.
Thurs., Mar. 27
Linda Weintraub, Visiting Scholar
BIO:
Author of Avant-Guardians: Texlets in Ecology and Art (2006 - ongoing) and founder of Artnow Publications. She wrote In The Making: Creative Options for Contemporary Artists (2003) and Art on the Edge and Over: Searching for Art's Meaning in Contemporary Society (1995).
From 1982 - 1993, Weintraub served as the first director of the Edith C. Blum Art Institute located on the Bard College campus where she originated fifty exhibitions and published over twenty catalogues. She is curator and co-author of Lo and Behold: Visionary Art in the Post-Modern Era, Process and Product: The Making of Eight Contemporary Masterworks, Landmarks: New Site Proposals by Twenty Pioneers of Environmental Art, Art What Thou Eat: Images of Food in American Art, and The Maximal Implications of the Minimal Line.
Since leaving Bard College Weintraub curated a nationally touring exhibition, "IS IT ART?". She co-curated the internationally touring exhibition, "Animal. Anima. Animus."(1999) with Marketta Sepalla.
Prior to her appointment at Bard College, Weintraub was the Director of the Philip Johnson Art Gallery at Muhlenberg College. She has taught both contemporary art history and studio art. Weintraub served as "Henry R. Luce Professor of Emerging Arts" at Oberlin College from 2000-2003. She holds a Master of Fine Arts degree from Rutgers University. Weintraub is currently a contributor to the international art journal Tema Celeste. She lectures frequently on contemporary art and its intersection with ecology.
PROGRAM:
Hands On Workshop: Free but reservations are required
*Available seats are limited. Current art students have priority status
Collaboration - ECO-centric Creativity: Eco-centric is a new word that revises prevailing cultural norms that are technologically
dependent, materially driven, and personally motivated. Switching prefixes from 'ego' to 'eco' diverts awareness from personal interests and toward ecological inclusiveness. In this workshop we explore collaboration as the paradigm for 'eco-centric' creative activities. Simple drawing exercises will invite participants to replace creative actions that are self- centered with those based upon relationships. In this manner the creative act honors interactions and relationships that are fundamental to ecosystems. Some activities will foster creative interactions among humans. Others will explore creative interactions with the non-human realm.
Lunch
Classroom Visits
Ms. Weintraub will meet with Washburn students in 2-3 non-art classes for short discussions (20-30 minutes). Possibilities include Biology and Ecology courses, Literature, History, or others.
Lecture in the Mulvane Art Museum
Light refreshments will be served
EnvironMentalities: Contemporary Eco-Artists as Preservationists, Conservationists, Deep Ecologists, EcoFeminists, Urban Ecologists, ...
There is no tablet etched with a definitive environmental moral code. Environmentalists may behave like shepherds of the planets life-forms, technical designers of the planet's systems of production, managers of the planet's habitats, healers of the planet's infirmities, emissaries of the planet's wonders, avengers of the planet's spoilers, curators of the planet's resources, and many other positions. Multiple 'EnvironMentalities' are being adopted, defined, applied, and promoted by the remarkable artists discussed in this lecture. As Preservationists, Conservationists, Deep Ecologists, EcoFeminists, Urban Ecologists, etc, they are formulating ethical and functional environmental strategies to assure the continuance of life on Earth.
Ye Wang's Art Exhibition
Ye Wang, new drawing and painting faculty member of the Art Dept., has an exhibition of his artwork in the Art building until August 31st. Building hours Are 8am-10pm M-R, 8am-5pm F. Please drop by the Art Building Gallery to view his drawings and paintings. —Aug. 2007
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