Print as Protest in the Classroom
Panel chaired by Raluca Iancu
Description
Our students are increasingly politically active and desire to engender positive and sustainable change. They want their voices to be heard within the classroom as well. Printmaking is particularly well suited for this, stemming from a rich history of protest and distribution. How do we take this impassioned energy and invest it in the classroom? This panel will showcase different strategies for engaging with potentially divisive or controversial topics in the classroom. Panelists will share moments of success as well as moments of failure, or cautionary tales, from a variety of perspectives, including students, emerging, and professional artists.
About the chair
Raluca Iancu is currently an Assistant Professor in Art & Visual Culture, Printmaking, at Iowa State University (ISU). She earned her MFA in Studio Art, Printmaking, from The University of Tennessee, Knoxville (UTK), and her BFA in Printmaking from the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design University, Halifax, Nova Scotia.
Recent awards include a 2022 ISU Early Achievement in Teaching Award, a 2022 UTK Alumni Volunteer 40 under 40 award, the 2021 Foundations in Art: Theory and Education (FATE) Emerging Educator Award, and a 2021 Miller Fellowship from the Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning (ISU).
She has exhibited internationally, at venues including the National Museum Robevci (Macedonia), the Art Museum of Cluj-Napoca (Romania), and the CICA Museum (Korea); and nationally at the International Print Center of New York (NY), the Bradbury Art Museum, (AR), and the Art Institute of Boston (MA).
Panelists
Nancy Ariza is an artist, educator, and arts administrator based in the Twin Cities. She is currently an adjunct professor at Minneapolis College of Art and Design and the Associate Curator of Learning and Engagement at the Minnesota Museum of American Art. Nancy received her BA in Art History and BFA in Printmaking from Minnesota State University, and an MA in Education from Saint Mary’s University of Minnesota.
Mak Bowdren is an artist living and working in Philadelphia, PA. Bowdren is working toward their BFA in Printmaking from the Tyler School of Art and Architecture at Temple University, expected 2022. Currently, Bowdren is working at Tyler School of Art’s Pre-College and Continuing Education program for children and adults.
Kate Horvat is an artist who lives and works in Kansas City, Kansas. Her current work focuses on the social dynamics of mass communication and she is interested in how collective desire impacts political and social change. She is the Art Program Director and an Assistant Professor of Art at the University of Saint Mary in Leavenworth, Kansas.
Johnny Plastini received his BA in Art with a painting emphasis from the University of California, Santa Cruz, and received his MFA in printmaking from the Tyler School of Art and Architecture, Temple University. He is an Assistant Professor and Area Coordinator of Printmaking in the Department of Art and Art History, Colorado State University.
Patrick Vincent is from Minneapolis, Minnesota. He received his B.F.A. from the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities, and his M.F.A. from Arizona State University. He has worked for the design/letterpress workspace Studio on Fire, the Minnesota Center for Book Arts, and Pyracantha Press. Presently, he is the Associate Professor of Printmaking at Austin Peay State University in Clarksville, TN.
Time
3:45-5:15pm Saturday
Location
Kent State University School of Art
Center for Visual Arts (CVA)
Room 251
Wearing face coverings and being up-to-date on Covid-19 vaccinations are strongly recommended at this location.