Wednesday, November 17, 2010

Resident Assistants for 2011-2012

The Resident Assistant Selection Process for 2011-2012 has begun!

Consider the following perks of becoming a Resident Assistant:
  • Meet new people
  • Develop leadership skills
  • Plan fun events
  • Build your resume with transferable skills in communication, critical thinking, emergency response, conflict resolution, administrative tasks, and more
If you would like to be a Resident Assistant, or if you want to learn more about what the RA job entails, attend one of our upcoming Info Sessions. The Info Session is required in order to pick up an application.
  • Wed. Nov. 17, 9:30pm, Library Conf. Rm.
  • Tues. Nov. 30, 4:30pm, West Hall Classroom
  • If you cannot make it to an Info Session, you can schedule a separate meeting with Katie Knetzer (mccombka@webster.edu).
For more information, go to the main housing website: webster.edu/housing, and click on the link, or contact Katie Knetzer at mccombka@webster.edu or 314-246-2031.

Monday, November 15, 2010

Annual Juried Show: Deadline Thursday, 13 January 2011








ENTER THE ANNUAL

JURIED PHOTOGRAPHY SHOW!

Entries for the 2010 Annual Juried Exhibition are now being accepted. All currently enrolled Webster students in all programs worldwide are eligible. Download this Call for Work as a PDF file here.

The exhibition will run in the May Gallery from 21 January - 18 February 2011, with a reception and awards presentation on Friday, 21 January 2011, from 5-7 p.m.

Any work that involves a photographic process is welcomed, but the work should have been produced during the past year, and while a student at Webster. Work may be matted or mounted, or with sufficient border to be hung under glass. (A border of at least 1½ inches/4 cm is suggested.) Work must be unframed and ready to hang. Outside dimensions should be 8x10", 8½x11", 11x14", 14x17", 13x19", 16x20" or 20x24". Other sizes will only be considered if (a) glass is already available in the May Gallery supply storage, or (b) the student supplies glass for hanging. (Submissions by students from international campuses in metric sizes will be accommodated.) A maximum of four pieces per individual may be submitted. No fees are required.

Work should be left in the Kirk House, or sent to

May Gallery Juried Show Entries
Webster University, Kirk House

Postal service mailing address:
470 East Lockwood Ave.
St. Louis MO 63119

Shipping address for all other carriers (e.g. UPS, DHL, FedEx):
40 North Rock Hill Rd.
St. Louis MO 63119

Deadline for submission is Thursday, 13 January 2011, at 4:30 p.m. Remember, this is a juried show. Work exhibited and awards will be selected by an independent outside jury. There is no guarantee that every piece submitted will be exhibited; enter your very best work.

All work submitted must have student’s name, phone number, email, campus (if not Webster Groves) and title of the piece (if any) legibly written on, or affixed to, the back of each piece. Failure to include this information will disqualify the work from consideration for the show. Work submitted should be protected in a box, case, or suitable envelope with the student's name on the outside of the package.

If you are interested in having your work reproduced in the catalog that accompanies the show, send a file attachment (300 ppi, approximately 4x6 print size) to mgallery@webster.edu. It must be the same image as you submit for the exhibition; be sure your name is part of the file name. Only images selected by the jurors will be considered for publication.

Photos not selected for the show may be picked up in the Kirk House beginning Monday, 17 January. Photos in the show may be picked up in the Kirk House beginning Monday, 21 February. Photos not picked up by Monday, 14 March 2011 (immediately after Spring Break) will be discarded. Entries from outside St. Louis will be returned by mail to the campus of origin., provided that the campus is clearly indicated on the back of the print.

Prizes will be awarded for Best of Show and First, Second and Third Place. In addition, there is a cash purchase award for the Best of Show winner.

The May Gallery phone number is 1-314-246-7673; email is mgallery@webster.edu.

Saturday, November 13, 2010

Upcoming Gallery Talks at the Sheldon Art Galleries

Tuesday, November 16, 2010, 6 -7 p.m. Rick Ege and John Foster

Rick Ege and John Foster will speak on their collecting philosophies and share insights into their objects, featured in the exhibition, Uncommon Objects/Personal Views. Both Ege and Foster are known individually for their exceptional eye for collecting unique and wondrous objects. This exhibit brings together rare works from their collections by American folk and outsider artists like Clarence and Grace Woolsey, Lee Godie, George Widener, Howard Finster and Henry Ray Clark, as well as unique found objects and pieces by anonymous visionary artists. Bellwether Gallery of St. Louis Artists, admission free.

Saturday, November 20, 11 a.m., David Travis

David Travis, recently retired curator of photography at the Art Institute of Chicago, educator and author of many books on photography will speak on the Group f.64, in conjunction with the exhibition Group f.64 & The Modernist Vision: Photographs by Ansel Adams, Edward Weston, Imogen Cunningham, Willard Van Dyke, and Brett Weston. Gallery of Photography, admission free.