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Prof. Nickard’s “A Moment of Uncertainty” published in Plastik #01

Gary Nickard’s “A Moment of Uncertainty” was recently published in Plastik #01-  Etre ici et là : la relativité générale et la physique quantique – CERAP, Universite Paris 1 Sorbonne.

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More Please?

More Please? The 14th Annual One Day Benefit Sale & Exhibition of Print Media Works by UB Students & Alumni. A portion of each sale supports student scholarship and research in print media.  Multicolored coasters, good for holiday ornaments or drinks will be printed on the Vandercook 099 Proof Press. Afternoon live demonstrations of dye [...]

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ubVS’s Stratigakos’ “A Woman’s Berlin” Wins 2009 German Academic Book Award

From UB NewsCenter:
BUFFALO, N.Y. — DespinaStratigakos, PhD, assistant professor of architecture in the University at Buffalo School of Architecture and Planning and assistant professor of Visual Studies in the UB College of Arts and Sciences, has received the prestigious 2009 Book Prize from the DAAD (Deutcher Akadamischer Austausch Dienst/German Academic Exchange Service), a publicly funded independent [...]

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Fall 09 Morrison Scholarship Application Posted

The Morrison Scholarship is intended to assist art program majors in need of financial supporttowards completion of their degree. Awards must be used for costs incurred for tuition or supplies.

Download the application here.

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Prof. Jack Quinan curates “Frank Lloyd Wright’s Buffalo Venture” at Anderson Gallery

From UB NewsCenter, August 28, 2009
BUFFALO, NY — “Frank Lloyd Wright’s Buffalo Venture: From the Larkin Building to Broadacre City,” is an exhibition focused on the context in which Buffalo became a locus for Wright’s architectural activities in the first decades of the 20th century.
It will be presented by the University at Buffalo Anderson Gallery [...]

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ubVS Gallery Schedule, Fall 2009

SECOND YEAR MFA STUDENTS
Sept 17 – October 16 Opening Sept 17
RUMSEY WINNER EXHIBITION
October 29 – November 13 Opening October 29
SCULPTURE STUDENT EXHIBITION
November 19 – December 7 Opening November 19
Department of Visual Studies Gallery
B45 Center for the Arts
University at Buffalo, North Campus
Buffalo, NY 14260-6010
Gallery Hours:
Tuesday – Saturday, 10a.m. – 6p.m

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New Course | AHI 594 Landscape: Theory & Practice

Assistant Professor Lori Johnson
Spring 2010, Registration #445212
LANDSCAPE: THEORY AND PRACTICE
This course will carefully review existing scholarship, criticism and theory in elaborating an up-to-date overview and methodology for approaching the development of landscape as a cultural phenomenon during the modern era.

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Kristina Laun, MA 2008, Four Shang Bronzes: Chinese Ritual Bronzes from the Anyang Period of the Shang Dynasty

Kristina Laun, a 2008 MA graduate from the University at Buffalo Art History program, has had her first book, Four Shang Bronzes: Chinese Ritual Bronzes from the Anyang Period of the Shang Dynasty (Paperback), published by VDM Verlag.  Focusing on four separate bronze vessels from the late period of the Chinese Shang Dynasty, this work [...]

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New Course: Theories of Immersion

VS 500 – Theories Of Immersion
Reg # 488462
T 6:00 PM – 8:40 PM
606 Clemens Hall, North Campus
Opinions are divided on the notion of immersion. Some assume it to be a by-product of the so-called “New Media” and the particular qualities set out by the apparatus itself, which enables those media to simulate an environment into [...]

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Jonathan Katz to join ubVS faculty

The Department of Visual Studies is thrilled to announce that Jonathan Katz, internationally distinguished scholar, curator and professor, will be joining the faculty this coming year. His writing has been published by Yale University Press, University of Chicago Press, Duke University Press, Routledge, Thames and Hudson, with two upcoming books to be published by University [...]

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