Mon • Jan 29 • 8:15


Loveseat 1, 2004
Wood, waxed string
32" x 32" x 20"

Loren Schwerd • PSU MFA Monday Night Lecture Series
5th Avenue Cinema • Room 92 • 510 SW Hall St

Loren Schwerd was born in NYC. She received her BFA in Studio Art from Tulane University, and her MFA in Sculpture from Syracuse University. Her research includes sculpture, site-related installation, video, and wearable art. Loren's diverse body of work reveals an inclination for paradoxical and metaphorical representations, a love of craft, and a sense of humor and empathy. Her recent work has been exhibited at the Southeastern Contemporary Art Center, NC, the Mobile Museum of Art, the Columbus Museum of Art, GA, the State Museum, SC, Grounds for Sculpture, NJ, the Owensboro Museum of Art, KY, the Car Art Museum in TX, and the Spaces Gallery, OH. She has received fellowships from the Southeastern College Art Conference, the Vermont Studio Center, and the Millay Colony for the Arts. Loren taught at the College of Charleston, SC for several years before joining the LSU faculty as an Assistant Professor in 2005. (press release)

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Today marks the start the opening of the application process for Creative Capital Grant. You can start your intial application today with everything due March 5. This is just the first phase with notifications for the advance stages of the application coming out June 1.

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Sat • Feb 10 • 2p


Zen Parry
Engagement - AIDS - The Final Death (detail), 2006
Borasilicate glass, commerical pressed glass beads, asphelt, fiber and mixed media
Photo: Dan Kvika

Zen Parry Lecture • "Installed Environments"
Contemporary Crafts Museum and Gallery
Feb 10 • 2p • 3934 SW Corbett Avenue

Zen Parry will present a lecture on how to create opportunities for your artwork, deliver on the promise and make the work go out and work for you at the Contemporary Crafts Museum and Gallery.(press release)

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Also, if you don't know about this resource on RACC's website, make sure to check in with their Workshops/Conferences/Lectures page. There are a lot of exciting opportunities to be engaged.