this past May a small group of UD students got the chance to meet the world famous artist Shepard Fairey…it was an awesome day!
UD students at “Shepard Fairey: Supply and Demand” at the Contemporary Arts Center . Cincinnati . Ohio 
with a Shepard Fairey mural . 8th street . Cincinnati . Ohio
The students had to go to the library and find an image of a painting with no insight into the assignment. The only information that they recived is that it had to be figurative… Once the images was found, they were then told that they had one week to “emulate” the image as accurately and honestly as possible with straight photography…no photoshopping.
Congratulations are in order!
John Clarke, Associate Professor in Visual Arts and Area Coordinator for Visual Communication Design, received an Award of Excellence from the University and College Designers Association for his design of the Spring 2009 University of Dayton arts calendar. The University and College Designers Association (UCDA) is a national organization that exists to promote excellence in visual communications for educational institutions. The award-winning work will be on display at the UCDA annual conference, held this October in Seattle.
John also received Awards of Excellence for his design of the exhibition catalog and cover for “Masks, Music, and Musings: A Retrospective Exhibition and Symposium on the Art of Curtis Barnes, Sr.”
Additionally, Kelly Bailey (VCD, class of 2009) received an Award of Excellence for her design of the 2009 Stander Symposium/Celebration of the Arts promotional materials.
To learn more about UCDA and the annual design competition, see http://ucda.com/.
UD VCD alum, Beth Shirrell, who also graduated with an MFA from Tyler School of Art of Temple University in Philadelphia, has won first place in an international AIGA competition, the AIGA Center for Cross-Cultural
Design Competition, for her typeface design!
On Seeing What’s Right in Front of You: ABCs, 123s and New York City. Joanne Dugan has worked in Manhattan as a full-time artist, photographer, writer and designer since 1992. She will be sharing her ongoing experiences of “Seeing What’s Right in Front of Me” and hopes to encourage her viewers to do the same in their daily lives.
Oct. 1–29, Rike Center Gallery
Closing Reception 5-7 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 29.
Art Street will be hosting a workshop 7-9 p.m. on Oct. 28.
Presented by the UD Department of Visual Arts. The Rike Center for Fine Arts is located on the south side of B lot, across from St. Mary’s Hall. The gallery entrance is on the lower level. Hours are 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesday and Wednesday; 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Thursday; 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Friday; closed Saturday and Sunday and by appointment on Mondays. For more information contact Todd Hall, Rike Center gallery coordinator, at 937-229-3261 or todd.hall@notes.udayton.edu.
Zack is a Fine Arts major from Powell Ohio . photo by Art Education major Leah Winnike from Cincinnati Ohio
he has also started a blog about it here
Luke Effler, first year student from Cincinnati, always has his little sketchbook with him…it is a work of art in itself!
