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September 2017

Congratulations!

Class of 2017

Jourdan Barnes, Jolissa Brown,

Kara Crowley, Leah Labat,

Shonn Milton, & Meredith Williams...

Newly Appointed Department Head

MaPo Kinnord, Associate Professor of Art coordinates

“Art Departmental Freshmen Orientation” Ron Bechet, Professor of Art and Shayna Blum,

Assistant Professor of Graphic Design assists with registration...

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Departmental Newsletter

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Photos courtesy of MaPo Kinnord, Art Department Head

Photo courtesy of Joan Ulmer, Administrative Assistant

*Attention Art Majors! Mark your calendars: September 19th— Mandatory Art Departmental Meeting

The Art Village, Building 43—Lecture Room 112

Welcome

to

XULA Art!

Art Majors: Stephen Chinn, Barriane Franks,

Kotey Thomas, Kaitlyn T. Nguyen

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XULA Art Alumni “Passing It On”...

Kara Crowley ’17, “Art Exhibitions: “White Linen Night” at the Ogden Museum,

Long Vue House of Gardens, Art Has a Home Event, People Health Jazz Market, Xavier’s Department of Art End of the Year Art Exhibitions, Build the Fire, Axiom Gallery, Pass It On (Solo Exhibit,) Katrina 10 Anniversary (Pop Up Market), The Palette Project (Fundraiser), etc. Kara has also organized past art exhibitions: Among the Cosmos (Fall 2015) & Above the Clouds (Spring 2016) to expose the talent of young creatives. Kara artwork displays unity of different mediums, unique portraits, im-

pasto technique, and monochromatic backgrounds. Kara hopes her accomplishments will motivate her to becoming a successful artist, but also an Art Teacher. Ms. Crowley plans

to spread her knowledge gain through undergraduate studies to the youth in hoping they will continue the legacy and share the importance of the arts.” Below are photos of artwork selected for event showcase “White Linen Night” 2017, Ogden Museum of Southern Art, and the Contemporary Arts Center:

Congratulations Kara! “So its official Mrs. Joan, I’ve accepted the position of Art Teacher

at St. Katherine Drexel Prep, my Alma Mater, and I also teach Art at the New Orleans Museum of Art.”

The Department of Art Student’s “Year End Art Exhibition”

XULA Library Gallery May—July 2017

Xavier University of Louisiana Department of Art www.xula.edu/art

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Photos and narrative courtesy of Kara Crowley ‘17, Artist

Photo courtesy of Joan Ulmer, Administrative Assistant

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September 2017

Xavier University of Louisiana Department of Art www.xula.edu/art

“Cycles: The Art of Steve Prince”

Opening September 1 | 5PM

August 29 — October 28, 2017

www.georgeohr.org

386 Beach Boulevard • Biloxi, Mississippi 39530 t:: 228.374.5547 | f:: 228.436.3641

This exhibition is funded by the Mississippi Arts Commission

and the National Endowment for the Arts

“Steve A. Prince ’93 is a native of New Orleans, LA

and resides in Meadville, Pennsylvania. He received

his BFA from Xavier University of Louisiana and his MFA from

Michigan State University. Prince is an educator and has taught

privately, middle school, college, and is currently an Artist in

Resident at Allegheny College. He has shown his art internationally

in various solo, group, and juried exhibitions, at

the Contemporary Art Center of Virginia,

the National Gallery of the Bahamas, the Museum of Cultural Arts Center in Santa Catarina,

Brazil, the Grand Rapids Museum of Art, the Portsmouth Courthouse Museum,

Hampton University Museum, the Museum of African American Culture in New Orleans,

Xavier University of Louisiana Gallery, Charles H. Taylor Art Center in Hampton,

and the Peninsula Fine Arts Center, to name a few.

Prince has created a number of public artworks, including a life-size bronze bust

of 1967 Medal of Honor recipient Ruppert Leon Sargent titled “In his Hands,” in Hampton,

Virginia, a 6′ x 6′ x 10′ aluminum sculpture titled “Open Expressions” in Richmond, Virginia,

a 4′ x 24′ woodcut entitled “Alexandria” in Alexandria, Virginia, a 3′ x 30′ woodcut titled “All That Jazz . . . Making

New Connections” in Richmond, Virginia, and a 15′ stainless-steel kinetic sculpture titled, “Song for John” in the

Coliseum Central district in Hampton, Virginia. Prince is the recipient of numerous awards and honors, including

the 2010 Teacher of the Year for the City of Hampton Virginia, 2008 Best in Show Award

at the Charles H. Taylor Art Center “Artists Who Teach Juried Show,” 2007 Best in Show

at the Southeastern Virginia Arts Association Juried Art Show, the 2007 Partners of the Americas

Artist in Residence in Santa Catarina, Brazil, a 2006, 2007, and 2013 Trawick Prize semi-finalist,

the 2001 and 2004 Best in Show at the Contemporary Art Center of Virginia Beach,

and the 2004 Award of Achievement at the Peninsula Fine Arts Center Biennial.”

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XULA Art Alumni “Passing It On”...

“The Dreamer” Linocut - Edition of 87 | 16" x 14"

This image was inspired by the Dr. King

quote, "Rarely do we find men who willingly

engage in hard solid thinking, there is an

almost universal quest for easy answers and

half-baked solutions, nothing pains some

people more than having to think."

Photos and narrative courtesy of Steve A. Prince ‘93

Xavier University of Louisiana Department of Art www.xula.edu/art

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“Ayo Scott ‘03, after earning a BA

from Xavier in the Fall 2002

and graduating Summer 2003,

I moved to Chicago to attend the

I n s t i t u t e o f D e s i g n

(formerly the American Bauhaus)

to study Human Centered Communi-

cation Design. During my stay I took

some time off to build a body of

work inspired by and dedicated

to those who lost their lives in the

Tsunami of 2004. After this time off, I returned to begin my last

year of graduate school the same day that Katrina hit New Orleans.

By the end of that week I had withdrawn from the program and

made plans to return to new Orleans as soon as I could. I helped

my childhood friend to gut/mold treat/and rebuild a good portion

of the neighborhood we grew up in. While working with the

contracting company I started freelancing as a Designer, my clothing line (NOYO) which

is a combination of New Orleans and my name as the clothing line was an expression of ME

and MY city. In 2007 my father passed away after almost two years of recovery in a hospital

following two bilateral lung transplants.

After my father's passing, I found myself increasingly focused on my clothing line and my

own artwork (and less on freelancing for other clients). In 2013 my best friend and business

partner in NOYO passed away from an unexpected heart attack. After his passing I lost my de-

sire to run the clothing line and found myself pushing further towards my art. The following

year I received a residency from the Joan Mitchell Center that allowed me time to experiment

and pump out some work helping me to build relationships and land my first gallery show on

Julia Street for “White Linen Night.” I have been creating work between the digital and analog

worlds for a while and enjoy trying to use them in combinations that may confuse the viewer

and challenge them to investigate the work further. The content of my work has shifted often

from being very personal to being more universal and in some cases even social commentary.

I find myself most often being driven by the processes that allow the work to come to life and

enjoy experimenting with media /tools/and techniques of design and painting.”

Lil Warrior Nick is a 24 x 48 inch

acrylic on wood

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Photos and narrative courtesy of Ayo Scott ’03

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Broken Time: Sculpture by Martin Payton ’73 features 30 steel sculptures by

local sculptor Martin Payton. The exhibition focuses on Payton's recent work: his sculpture created in the last twenty years represents his most sophisticated improvised compositions. Inspired by New Orleans jazz musicians who maintain African heritage in the form of polyrhythms, chants, and improvisation, Payton maintains the record of use and wear in his material—scrap metal. Payton welds these materials as found, improvising his sparse, lyrical steel sculptures, which are deeply rooted in the modernist tradition. Striking lines,

curves and planes are deepened with nuanced layers of meaning rooted in African symbolism, the African American experience, and jazz.

The project will be accompanied by a fully-illustrated catalog with essays by LSU MOA Curator Courtney Taylor; LSU Professor and Director, African & African American Studies Program, Dr. Joyce Jackson, Southern University retired art historian Eloise Johnson, and New Orleans poet, editor, and music producer Kalamu ya Salaam.

Born in New Orleans in 1948, Martin Payton currently lives and maintains a studio in Baton Rouge. Payton was a professor of art at Southern University from 1990 until retirement in 2010. He received his BFA from Xavier University and his MFA from Otis Art Institute in Los Angeles. Payton’s work is held in the permanent collections of NOMA, the Amistad Research Center, the William King Regional Arts Center, and the Rosekrans Runnymede Sculpture Garden. In 2002, as part of a collaboration with friend and colleague John T. Scott, Payton constructed the Spirit House, a public art project that celebrated African American contributions to New Orleans by incorporating drawings of area school children into the project.

XULA Art Alumni “Passing It On”...

Broken Time: Sculpture by Martin Payton OPENING October 19! http://www.lsumoa.org/upcoming/

OPENING ‘RESCHEDULED ’

SEPTEMBER 28, 2017 | 6PM

In collaboration with the New Orleans Chapter of The LINKS, Inc., is pleased to present a curated show of works from students attending Dillard University and

Xavier University of Louisiana, two of Louisiana’s Historically Black Colleges and

Universities. June 29 — October 8, 2017 | 925 Camp Street, New Orleans

“Hidden Identities” Inspiration: By taking each half of the face and implementing the best and worst times Blacks have ever seen, I show that you could be a queen or a slave, but no matter what

situation, you will always be the same person. —Keola

Ogden Museum

of Southern Art Presents:

“HBCU Art Showcase”

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John T. Scott ’62 (pictured right) artwork & narrative courtesy of Martin Payton ‘73

Photo (left) courtesy of Meagan Davis & (right) Aleisha Coleman, Art Majors

www.ogdenmuseum.org

“Beauty in Black” In the absence of light there is darkness…

There is the beautiful and mysterious color, black.

Humans have given the color black many roles to play…

The role of elegance, death, fashion, infinity, evil, magic, mystery, skin and hair color.

This event focuses on

the role the color black plays.

Beauty in Black is a visual art show featuring the works

of 3 black female artists:

The Ceramic Works of MaPo Kinnord,

the drawing of Karen Dorene Walker, and multi-medium installation

of performance artist, Cynthia Ishizawa

MaPo Kinnord, Department Head & Associate Professor of Art

“Beauty in Black” Art Exhibition ~ Nishikebukuro, Toshima-ku, Tokyo

Cynthia Ishizawa, Performance Artist

MaPo Kinnord’s sister (left) resides in Tokyo

Sanae Miyasugi, President of Chuo Art School

Photos courtesy of MaPo Kinnord, Department Head and Associate Professor of Art

Xavier University of Louisiana Department of Art www.xula.edu/art

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Professor Kenji Gomi

Art Installation

Kasama College of Ceramic Art

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XULA “Summer Start Institute” 2017 students tour The Art Village with Professor Ron Bechet accompanied by Dr. Wendy A. Gaudin, Director , Freshmen Seminar,

Freshmen Studies & Mr. Ian Devol Scott, Student Academic Success Specialist, “SASO”...

Shayna Blum, Assistant Professor of Graphic Design, awarded a CUR/Mellon Grant

to continue research of “Israeli Typography/Linguistic Landscape”

Ms. Blum traveled to Israel Summer 2017, accompanied by Adam Albrecht, Sr. Art Major and Research Assistant, visits Israeli Museum in Jerusalem...

Photos courtesy of Shayna Blum, Assistant Professor of Graphic Design

Photos courtesy of Joan Ulmer, Administrative Assistant

Summer 2017

Graphics Design Studio display boards for Design students projects

were painted by our very own… Professor Ron Bechet

~ On behalf of XULA Art Students,

Faculty & Staff…

Thank you for your

Outstanding Leadership

& Service

to Xavier & Community Arts...

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Ron Bechet, Associate Professor of Art curated two exhibitions Summer 2017 “About Faces” ~ Chapel Gallery, Administration Building

and “African Fractals” ~ Library Gallery, assisted by Daniele Gair and Dr. Sarah A. Clunis

“Chapel Gallery” photos by Daniele Gair, Art Collections Registrar and Manager

“Library Gallery” photos by Bridget Broadley, Art Collections Assistant

MaPo Kinnord, Department Head and Associate Professor of Art ~ Appreciation Class

& Ron Bechet, Professor of Art ~ Painting Class visits New Orleans Museum of Art

“Pride of Place: The Making of Contemporary Art in New Orleans”

showcases a selection of 20th Century Art donated to NOMA

by Arthur Roger, Gallerist & Art Collector features a hand-press wood cut print

titled “Mayann” (Louis Armstrong’s Mother) by John T. Scott ’62

https://noma.org/exhibitions/

https://noma.org/exhibitions/pride-place-making-contemporary-art-new-orleans/

John T. Scott Mayann

2002 Hand-press wood cut print,

Edition of 4 + AP 79 x 48 inches