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Apr 1, 2014 • JoLynne Bremmer
Melissa E. Feldman, curator for the Arcadia University Art Gallery’s latest exhibition, Free Play, will present “Playing in the Expanded Field: Art, Activism, and Games” on Thursday, April 3, at 5 p.m. The event will be held in the Commons Great Room. Offering insight into the interactive works...
Feb 21, 2014 • Purnell Cropper
Arcadia University’s Art Research Collaboration (ARC) Exhibition Program is pleased to announce a one-night engagement of a new performance work, The Black Tongue Lexicon, by visual artist Gary Setzer. The performance is scheduled for Monday, Feb. 24, at 7 p.m. in the Commons Art Gallery, and is...
Jan 28, 2014 • Purnell Cropper
Photographs, oil paintings, metal jewelry and sculpture, and other student works are on display at the 2014 Student Biennial Juried Exhibition at Arcadia University. The show, which runs through Feb. 23, is on display in the Commons Art Gallery, and is sponsored by the Arcadia University Art...
Sep 3, 2013 • Purnell Cropper
Arts and culture reporter Peter Crimmins wrote about No Bingo for Felons for WHYY’s Newsworks.com. The exhibition, on view at Arcadia University Art Gallery through Nov. 3, examines the nature of crime and its relationship to art making. Co-curated by Julian Hoeber and Alix Lambert, it includes...
Jun 11, 2013 • Donna Whitlock
Richard Torchia, director of the Arcadia University Art Gallery, received the 2013 Martha Washington Award at the annual end-of-year awards luncheon last month. As director of Arcadia University’s Art Gallery, since 1997, Torchia has organized solo exhibitions for a host of renowned artists,...
Mar 15, 2013 • Purnell Cropper
Dr. Shekhar Deshpande, Professor and Chair of Media and Communication at Arcadia University, presents “Tacita Dean, Celluloid, and the Soul of the Film: Analog and Its Other”on Wednesday, March 20. The free lecture is scheduled for 7 p.m. in the Commons Great Room, with a reception at 6 p.m....
Mar 7, 2013 • Sarah Schwartz
Anticipation for the arrival of Tacita Dean had been building for months. By sunset on Feb. 7, it reached a new high. The British-born, Berlin-based artist finally was on campus to debut JG, her new film project, in the Arcadia University Art Gallery. Before the first public viewing, more than 400...
Mar 6, 2013 • Sarah Schwartz
On March 3, The Art Blog reviewed JG: a film project by Tacita Dean currently on view at Arcadia University’s Art Gallery. The article, titled “Primordial and meditative—Tacita Dean’s film JG at Arcadia University Art Gallery,” explores the synthesis of inspiration, medium and technique which led...
Mar 4, 2013 • Sarah Schwartz
[box border="full"]Upcoming Event: Arcadia University Gallery Director Richard Torchia will give a lecture addressing the underpinnings of JG as they relate to Robert Smithson’s earthwork and film Spiral Jetty on Wednesday, March 6, at 7 p.m. in the Commons Great Room. Find out more.[/box] On...
Jan 31, 2013 • Sarah Schwartz
On Jan. 31, Art Newspaper featured Arcadia University Art Gallery’s upcoming exhibition, JG: a film project by Tacita Dean. The article, “Tacita Dean takes on Spiral Jetty—again,” addresses the artist’s intentions for the film, which was inspired by a challenge from British novelist J.G. Ballard....
Jan 21, 2013 • Purnell Cropper
Arcadia University Art Gallery is pleased to announce the presentation of JG, a film by internationally acclaimed British-born, Berlin-based artist Tacita Dean. Commissioned by and made for the Gallery, JG is funded by The Pew Center for Arts & Heritage and will be on view from Feb. 7 through...
Jan 14, 2013 • Purnell Cropper
Arcadia University Art Gallery has a reputation for bringing the work of internationally acclaimed visual artists to Glenside. In fact, two artists featured in Complex magazine’s “The 50 Most Iconic Artworks of the Past Five Years” have held solo exhibitions on campus. Olafur Eliasson, whose...