WSU Shift Space

WIRED III

This Final Friday from 6-10pm! Don't miss it!

April and May Update

April and May are going to be very exciting months at WSU SHIFTSPACE.  Here is what we have in store for you:

This Friday, April 18th, is the closing reception for Happy Trails, a show of North Texas ceramicists. The reception is from 7pm to 10pm.

Final Friday, April 25th brings the CRATEL group to WSU SHIFTSPACE with the show Wired III: Please Wait.  The reception is 6pm-10pm.
Here is an excerpt from their show statement:
In Wired III: Please Wait, students in WSU's Technology: Art and Sound by Design course explore the symbiotic relationship between people and machines. Engineering and audio art students explore sound, light, familiar and unfamiliar imagery to envelop participants in an exploration of machines and machinery in our lives.

Friday, May 2nd is the reception for Kevin Kelly's MFA show.  More information is forthcoming.

Friday the 9th and the 16th will each feature graduating Wichita State BFA and BA students.  The receptions will be from 5pm-7pm. More information is forthcoming.

On Final Friday, May 30th, WSU SHIFTSPACE presents the student section of the River City Biennale highlighting a sampling of Wichita State University students. More information is forthcoming.

We hope you find the time to make it to all of these exciting events at WSU SHIFTSPACE, and as more specific information becomes available we will pass it on to you.


WSU SHIFTSPACE is a the corner of 3rd and Mead, 803 E. 3rd St. in Old Town.

Please direct any questions to shiftspacepr@gmail.com

Locution

Annie Strader's Alternative Materials and Processes class brings us LOCUTION presented by WSU SHIFTSPACE,
with artists: Amy Baptista, Melody Bevier, Matthew Clagg, Gina Cumberland, Bridget Elpers, Melissa Friday, Brady Hatter. Michelle Mattingly .Mason Monigold, Jacob Seymour, Libby Baumgartner, Fred Bohn, Christopher Crabtree, Anna Downing, Aaron Englund, Susan Gassert, Ngoc Lee, Mike Miller, and Erin Raux

Come experience the work of these up and coming artists who are surpassing the cutting edge of artistic practice!

Opening Reception is FINAL FRIDAY March 28 from 6pm to 11pm.
Normal Hours are Wed/Thu/Fri 4-7pm and Sat 11am-2pm

Final Friday, Leap Day 2008!

WSU ShiftSpace presents SWAP/MEET, 803 E. 3rd St. in Old Town, February 29-March 21, 2008. 

In response to PERMANENT CONNECTIONS, a show of WSU School of Art and Design graduate students organized by KU MFA candidate and WSU alum Sarah Kephart, WSU Shift Space presents SWAP/MEET, an exciting and eclectic exhibition of work being made by KU school of Art and Design graduate students. 

Final Friday Opening: February 29, 2008 from 6:00-10:00
Regular gallery hours, Wednesday-Friday 4-7pm and Saturday 11am-2pm

Contact shiftspacepr@gmail.com with any questions.

Encore!

Tomorrow, February 15th, 2008, Shift Space will have an encore presentation of most of the performances from last Final Friday's exhibition, Making Sense: A Colloquium. 

Check it out!

Photos Finally!

Hey everyone, sorry for the wait on the photos from the last two openings; things have been...well...busy isn't really the right word for it, maybe hectic...yeah things have been hectic.  But the photos are up now, so take a look.

Thanks!

Tonight!

WSU Shift Space presents, Making Sense: A Colloquium, an exhibition of recent directions in performance and video art by students in the WSU School of Art & Design. With exhibiting artists Melody Bevier, Fred Bohn, Braden Brown, Shannon Johnston, Paul D McKee, Mason Monigold, and A P Vague. Live individual as well as collaborative performances will be presented during opening in addition to display of previously recorded performances. Opening reception will be held on Final Friday, January 25, 2008, from 6-10 pm at 803 E. 3rd St. in Old Town.

Regular gallery hours, Wednesday-Friday 4-7pm and Saturday 11am-2pm. Making Sense: A Colloquium will be exhibited through February 22, 2008.

For more information, call the WSU School of Art & Design at 978-3555

P.S. Sorry for the late update; I swear I posted this earlier but I guess it didn't take or something.

Gallery Management Course, Spring '08

Kristin Beal-DeGrandmont
Gallery Management Course
Spring 08

Course description:  Students will experience all aspects of running a nonprofit gallery, including scheduling, curating and programming of future exhibits, advertising techniques, maintaining mailing lists, hanging and striking shows, hosting openings and fundraising.

Course objectives:
Students will assist in lay out and design of a variety of exhibitions and events.

Students will assist in preparation of all levels of advertising including publications for exhibitions, newsletters, catalogues, showcards and posters using both hardcopy and digital formats for gallery announcements.

Students will assist in fundraising including the solicitation of sponsorship and grant writing.

Students will work to form a gallery board; this will include the solicitation of additional student members. First, the board will be responsible for writing and voting in a working mission statement and gallery “bylaws” that will govern the operations of the gallery.

SPRING 2008
1.25   PERFORMANCE. Will include live performances by WSU fine arts students throughout the month as well as video performances shown daily.
2.29   SWAP/MEET Grad student exchange show with KU. WSU alum/KU grad student Sara Kephart will act as liaison in order to facilitate this show.
3.29  Annie Strader’s materials class
4.11   North Texas students
4.25   Wired III. C.R.A.T.E.L. Art & Technology Exhibition
5.02   MFA
5.09   BFA EXIT SHOW
5.16   BFA EXIT SHOW
5.30   RIVER CITY BIENALLE-STUDENT EDITION

Students will assist in programming directives that encompass community outreach and cultural enrichment. i.e develop classes and curriculum through The Fine Arts Institute, that would allow students to offer classes to the community through ShiftSpace. The School of Fine Arts is the only school in the college that does not utilize the institute.

To The Stars Through Difficulties

WSU Shift Space: To The Stars Through Difficulties; November 30, 2007-January 11, 2008

WSU Shift Space presents: To The Stars Through Difficulties, an exhibition of work by fine arts faculty from universities in the state of Kansas curated by Dr. Royce Smith, Wichita State University. The exhibiting artists will be Ricky Allman, Shawn Bitters, Matthew Burke, Eric Conrad, Nancy Morrow, Yoonmi Nam, Larry Schward, Jason Scuilla, Annie Strader, and Larry Thomas.

The opening reception will take place on Final Friday, November 30, 2007, from 6-10 pm 803 E. 3rd, in Old Town and will be open Wednesday, Thursday, Friday 4:00-7:00pm and Saturday 11:00am-2:00pm January 11, 2008.

For more information, call the WSU School of Art & Design at 978-3555.

 

And the winners are...

...just in case you hadn't heard...the winners of Best in Category at the RUNaWAY event were:

Good Eats - Jessy McKay
Arte Povera - Meghan Hayes
Most Poshumously - Hallie Smith
Futurama - Natalie Johnson & Amanda Bosch
Splendid Appendage - Nick Meyer-Hessler

Best in category artists will receive a group show at Shift Space in the Fall '08.

Nick Meyer-Hessler won Best in Show and will recieve the following prize pack:

20$ gift certificate from the Yard Store
25$ gift certificate from the Riverside Perk
40$ gift certificate from Lucinda's
Tool box and tools from Westlake Ace Hardware, College Hill
And a solo exhibition with Trish Higgins Fine Art

Congratulations to all of the winners, and thanks again to everyone that participated.  I've said it before, and I'll say it again, you're all beautiful people.

Rock!