Graphic Design Objects+Methods
December 1, 2008 at 4:30pm
Grace Street Theatre
930 West Grace Street
 Richmond, VA

McArthur has worked in design and communications for fifteen years and loves to create smart blends of aesthetics and effective ideas. Along the way she has fundraised, organized, and developed on behalf of hundreds of non-profits and favorite causes. At Free Range, she managed the organizational growth from a small, two-person design studio to a highly prestigious, 25-person strategic communications firm with offices in two cities. Currently, as one of the firm’s partners, McArthur leads Free Range’s business development and client relations team. Her communications background, business acumen and non-profit experience combine to make her a valuable asset to any communications project and a sought-after consultant and speaker. Among other venues, she has spoken at American University’s “Filmmakers for Conservation” event on new media and environmental issues, AIGA’s Design Unbound, University of Michigan’s Penny W. Stamp’s Distinguished Visitors Program, and The BYU Marriott School of Management. Driven by her passion for real world change, McArthur continues to push Free Range’s level of service and commitment to quality.
www.freerangestudios.com

The Department of Sculpture + Extended Media Visiting Guest Artist
Nov. 18, 4:00 pm, Sculpture Crit room 3
1000 W. Broad Street, 1st floor

Andy Holtin creates meticulous objects that serve to investigate the cartography of our perception and experience. Intangible qualities such as distance, sound, and memory have become media. What results is not new information or experiences but an awareness or translation of old ones.  Holtin received his MFA from Virginia Commonwealth University in 2002. His has exhibited at Kim Foster Gallery in New York, The Borowsky Gallery in Philadelphia, and Fe Gallery in Pittsburgh. He is the recipient of the International Sculpture Center Outstanding Student Achievement in Contemporary Sculpture Award. Currently, Holtin is an Assistant Professor of Sculpture at the University of North Texas.
 www.andyholtin.com

Craft/Material Studies Visiting Artist Lecture
Monday, November 17th, 5:00pm
Bowe Street Bldg, Room 535
609 Bowe Street

Andy Cooperman is a metalsmith, writer, and teacher who lives in Seattle, WA. His work is featured in galleries nationwide. He is a past recipient of a WESTAF/NEA Fellowship, and has taught as a visiting lecturer at the University of Washington. In addition to one -of -a -kind objects, Andy also works with clients as a custom jeweler and commission metalsmith. His work can be found in the permanent collection of the Victoria and Albert Museum, Central College, Pella Iowa and appeared most recently in the exhibitions The Art Of Gold, Metalisms and Metalsmiths Linking. Publications include the books Art Jewelry Today, 1000 Rings, 500 Brooches, The Craft Of Silversmithing, The Penland Book of Jewelry.
Andy Cooperman’s website: http://www.andycooperman.com/

Craft/Material Studies Visiting Artist Lecture
Tuesday, November 18th, 5:00pm
Bowe Street Bldg, Room 535
609 Bowe Street

Zirpel’s work explores a convergence between art and science. He has had numerous national exhibitions. In 2006, he produced a large sculptural work titled “Water Organ”. Exhibited at the Museum of Glass in Tacoma, it consisted of a 1000lb assemblage of glass, water and steel designed to utilize the siphoning action of water to pump air to activate reeds in a sound installation. Last year during a two-month fellowship at the Australian National University he produced blown forms related to the human cochlea and the perception of hearing.

Painting and Printmaking Artist Lecture
Thursday, November 20, 11:30 am.
Student Commons Theater
907 Floyd Ave.

Peter Saul’s incredible exhibition record includes solo shows at Leo Koenig Inc, New York, Musee Paul Valery, Sete, France and  Galerie Charlotte Moser, Geneve, Switzerland.  Solo exhibits include Museum of Modern Art, NY, Georges Pompidou Center, Paris France, Weatherspoon Art Museum, Greensboro, NC.  For more information please visit:
http://www.artnet.com/artist/14929/peter-saul.html

Kinetic Imaging Visiting Guest Artist Robin Rimbaud
Wednesday, November 19, 4pm
Shafer St Playhouse
221 N. Shafer St

British Artist Robin Rimbaud (www.scannerdot.com) traverses the experimental terrain between sound, space, image and form, creating absorbing, multi-layered sound pieces that twist technology in unconventional ways.

Graphic Design Visiting Lecturer Series Alumni Lecture: Claude Skelton, Elizabeth Sprouls, and Kevin Sprouls

November 10, 2008 at 4:30pm
Grace Street Theater
930 West Grace Street
Richmond, VA

Located in Baltimore, Maryland, Claude Skelton Design is a graphic design and branding firm with clients primarily in the fields of higher education and the arts. Specialties include comprehensive branding programs, graphic identities, magazine design, annual reports, and admissions recruitment and development programs. CSD clients range from large universities such as Tufts and George Washington Universities to small private colleges like St. John’s College and Le Moyne College. Our work in the arts includes a visual identity for the Walters Art Museum in Baltimore and magazine design for The Phillips Collection in Washington, DC.

President, creative director, and VCU graduate Claude Skelton has headed Claude Skelton Design for over two decades. Claude has received numerous awards for his work, including recognition by the New York Art Director’s Club, the Society of Publication Designers, Communication Arts, CASE, the Type Director’s Club, Print Magazine, and the Washington Art Directors Club.

Art directors and VCU graduates Elizabeth and Kevin Sprouls joined the company in 2007 after working in Boston for six years. In Boston, Elizabeth advanced to senior graphic designer at Christopher Chadbourne and Associates, managing and art directing the creation of nationally recognized museum exhibitions such as the National Museum of the Marine Corps. From there, she went to Harvard University as a senior graphic designer in Communications, Alumni Affairs and Development. Kevin was a designer at Main Street Design in Boston where he originated exhibition designs for the National Park System and natural history museums. He has also freelanced with many of the top design firms in the Boston area and worked as a designer at Barrett Communications.

Painting and Printmaking Artist Lecture
Tuesday, November 4, 12:15 pm,
“Fishbowl” rm 301 School of the Arts Building
1000 West Broad Street

Matt Fisher’s exhibition record includes solo shows at RARE Gallery, NY, ADA Gallery, Richmond, VA and Spector Gallery.  Group shows include Heskin Contemporary, Elizabeth Dee Gallery and Lennon Weinberg Inc.  For more information please visit:
 http://matthewffisher.com/

Craft/Material Studies Visiting Artist Lecture
November 4th at 10:00am
Fine Arts Bldg., Room 238

Sharif Bey spent his formative years as an apprentice, in ceramics, at the Manchester Craftsmen’s Guild’s in Pittsburgh. He holds a B.F.A from Slippery Rock University, an M.F.A from The University of North Carolina at Greensboro and a Ph. D in Art Education from Penn State University. Bey is a Fulbright scholar and has been a visiting artist at the McColl Center for Visual Arts, The Academy of Fine Arts and Design and the University of Kentucky. His ceramic/mixed-media works explore traditional and contemporary notions of function, ritual and identity. Currently Bey is an assistant professor of Art Education at Winston Salem State University in North Carolina.