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Tyler cuts a ribbon and throws a parade
We were up at Tyler School of Art today for the formal dedication of the school’s new building on Temple Main Campus when we heard the music and folderol of the ad hoc parade by the students, who would not be put off from their frolicking. Here’s a very brief video of the parade with some additional photos.
Art lover Jack Wolgin hits one out of the ballpark for Tyler School of Art and Philly!
The largest art prize in the world was announced by Temple University, today. Philadelphia real estate developer, culture lover and philanthropist Jack Wolgin, 92, has promised $3.7 million to Temple’s Tyler School of Art, to endow the annual international award in the visual arts. Jack Wolgin, Sargent Architectural Photography. The $150,000 Wolgin International Prize in the Fine Arts will go to one artist a year, nominated by international nominators and selected by a jury. The artist will also be the subject of an exhibition at Tyler’s slick new Main Campus digs. The very first of those exhibits is scheduled for ...
Tyler joins the mothership–bigger, better, beautiful
Photo by Hillel Hoffman. Roberta; Greg Murphy, assistant dean for development; John Coll, project superintendent; and Libby, looking up at the soaring atrium ceiling. Tyler School of Art has been Temple University‘s best kept secret division for years. But now that the scrappy little art school–arguably the best incubator for new artists in a region filled with great art schools–has been forced by the mothership to give up its bucolic Elkins Park campus and move to 12th and Norris, the connection will be clearer. It’s a good move!!! Tyler’s $75 million new building, still under construction, is space-age spectacular. Even ...
Moore and Tyler students make marks
Student shows are up and running, some already gone and more coming soon. What I get to see of these shows is generally a little random. Often I haven’t a clue which show to choose, and even if I do have a clue, I often can’t get there in time. So here’s a short picture post of some highlight from what I’ve seen. Moore College of Art and Design’s graduating seniors show, at the Galleries at Moore, up until May 18, is great, and the illustration students rock the gallery. I admired every one of them. Here are a short ...
Hauswerk photo post
Created with Admarket’s flickrSLiDR. Hauswerk, a series of installations by 15 Tyler students (with some alums also involved), continues until Jan. 4. I took the train to Paoli last Saturday for the opening and hopped the free Tyler shuttle to the Haus — the train/shuttle connection was wonderful! The place was abuzz with students, friends, family and others. A jolly good experiment in Haus beautiful, Haus scary, Haus friendly, Haus that’s not home. The students are from Jennie Shanker‘s materials class, an occasional offering, says Shanker. (Last time she taught the class her students curated a show at Sharktown — ...
Another episode of the wonderfulness of too much good stuff!
The stars are in alignment and lots of wonderful things are opening and happening all at once this weekend. I hope to make it to some of these …see you out there! FRIDAY, DEC. 14, 2007 Street Button–5th annual emerging artist showFLEISHER/OLLMAN GALLERY, 1616 WALNUT STREET, SUITE 1006-9pm Jacob Hellman photo collage at White Lodge Gallery (in School of Rock building) Jacob HellmanPhotographs and InstallationsWhite Lodge Gallery1508 Brandywine Street5:30pm-8:30pmSATURDAY, DEC. 15, 2007 Oliver HerringFLUXspace3000 N. Hope St.6-10 pm See slide show below for more HausWerk imagesTyler student working on installation at the soon to be demolished house in Paoli. More ...
Energy of the Fluid Field
Rosanna Bruno (left) talking with Dona Nelson, organizer of Fluid Field. Behind them is Deborah Grant’s 70/30 split, oil, paper and relief on birch. I was late to see Dona Nelson‘s curatorial outing, The Fluid Field, up at Tyler Gallery on the campus in Elkins Park. I caught the short-lived show (Oct 3-21) at the closing reception and boy was I glad I did. The show of Tyler grads — all women whose graduations from the art school ranged from 1963 (Louise Fishman) to 2007 (Tanaya Neal, Natasha Bowdoin) — was terrific! Nelson, respected painter and Tyler faculty, poured her ...
Tyler moves some dirt
The meta groundbreaking for Tyler School of Art’s new building on Temple Main Campus, 12th and Norris Streets. artblog pal and Tyler faculty Frank Bramblett wondered what body was buried beneath the perfect mound of dirt. The building will be 234,000 sq. ft. of space, some classrooms, some common areas for “dialog.” I know there are many folks with mixed feelings about Tyler’ School of Art’s big move from Elkins Park to Center City. I don’t want to say this move has enraged people the way the Barnes move from Merion to Center City has but it’s definitely set some ...
Tyler BFA redux
Following Libby’s great post on the BFA show up at Art Making Machine Studios I thought I’d run a word or two about the BFA show I saw at Tyler Hall a few weeks back. Our student, Alan Prazniak was in that show. Postcard for BFA show at Tyler. Alan’s work is on the right, and Kati’s is bottom left and Paul’s is top left. The show, with works by Kati Gegenheimer, Paul DeMuro and Alan Prazniak paired two makers of abstract art (Kati and Paul) with someone who’s working figuratively and mining literary sources. Apart from the show’s setting ...
Swapmeet at the Icebox: Coooool
The idea for Swapmeet, a painting show at the Icebox Project Space, came about when two friends, one an MFA student at Tyler School of Art and the other an MFA student at RISD, thought it would be cool do do an exchange show between the two programs. Well it is a very cool idea. And the RISD component of the swap, now on view until March 23 in the city’s most glam art spot, is a cool show. The works by the 20 RISD students (both first and second year MFA’s) look pretty great. All the works are aware ...
