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DEBORAH MERSKY
Lecture / Tuesday / 6pm / February 12

Seattle artist Deborah Mersky’s public and studio works are informed by the
natural world, with natural elements removed from their original contexts and
rearranged to create patterns. As a public artist, Mersky creates elaborate, large-scale installations executed in such materials as glass and metal and integrated into buildings. Deborah will lecture about the relationship between her private studio practice and its translation into public art projects.

Minnehaha Station, Minneapolis Light Rail, Minneapolis, MN

links:
studio work
http://www.deborahmersky.com/studio.htm

public art projects
http://www.deborahmersky.com/public.htm
http://www.4culture.org/publicart/registry/sites/sites_artist.asp?ArtistID=53

2.
DAVID STARK
Lecture / Tuesday / 6pm / February 26

An art historian and educator with a specialty in Belgian painting, David Stark is the principal author of European Painting in the Tweed Museum of Art (2000), and is currently conducting research on other aspects of European art at the Tweed Museum and Glensheen.

3.
DAVE LYNAS
Lecture / Tuesday / 6pm / March 11
Exhibit / Ceramics and Drawings / March 11 – June 15, 2008

Minnesota native Dave Lynas is the ceramics studio manager for the Duluth Art Institute but he has had a distinguished career as an illustrator and as a freelance graphic designer. This exhibit brings to light several aspects of his work in a variety of media, with a special focus in his personal art passion – the craft of ceramics, both functional and playful.

4.
MICHAEL MARTIN
Lecture / Tuesday / 6pm / March 25

Michael Martin (Photographer, Director, Curator) was born in West Virginia, and raised in the Ozarks of Missouri. He received his BFA in Film and Photography from Kansas City Art Institute and continued his graduate education at University of California San Diego. Martin currently lives and works in San Francisco, California. Martin is most known for his innovative cutting edge photography which has been featured in exhibitions around the world, including Vertigo at San Francisco Modern Art Museum. In the recent years, Martin has been working on his first feature documentary film MASH with Gabe Morford. MASH uncovers the beauty and the hardship surrounding San Francisco based bicycle messengers who have invented new and highly aestheticized way of riding a fixed–gear bicycle.

Photo: http://michaelmartin.com/
Film: http://www.mashsf.com/

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5.
ROBIN MURPHY
Lecture /Thursday / 10am / April 3

Robin Murphy (MFA, Cranbrook Academy of Art) creates functional and sculptural ceramics in her Bayfield Wisconsin studio. Robin is recognized for her exquisitely crafted clayworks, three-dimensional animal forms richly embellished with colorful surface decoration. Robin will be the juror for studio artworks in the annual student exhibit.

link:
http://home.centurytel.net/robinmurphyceramics/

6.
JEFF JOHNSON,
Lecture /Thursday / 2pm / April 3

Founder and owner of the innovative Spunk Design Machine in Minneapolis, Jeff Johnson will select the graphic design works for the annual student exhibition. SPUNK provides design solutions for identity, branding, and packaging for a range of clients from large corporations like Target and Best Buy to entreprenurial products like Chowgirls and Q-BA-MAZE.

link:
http://spkdm.com/

7.
OLIVIA GUDE
Lecture / Tuesday / 6pm / April 22

Founding Director of Spiral Workshop and Art Education Professor at
the University of Illinois at Chicago, award-winning artist Olivia Gude collaborates with communities. Olivia Gude has worked in the field of community public art for 20 years and has created over 30 large-scale mural and mosaic projects, working with inter-generational groups, teens, elders, and children. She has created major works in Los Angeles; Madison, Wisconsin; DeKalb, Illinois as well as in the Chicago area.

links:
http://www.uic.edu/classes/ad/ad382/index.html
http://www.uic.edu/classes/ad/ad382/sites/Olivia/OG_01.html

The 2007-08 Art + Design Lecture Series is funded
in part by: University of Minnesota Duluth, School
of Fine Arts, John and Mary Gonska Cultural Fund,
The Arrowhead Regional Arts Council, The
Department of Art + Design, The Tweed Museum
of Art, The Minnesota State Arts Board. Lodging
provided by Duluth Bestwestern Edgewater Motel.

The Tweed Museum of Art is one of six units in
the School of Fine Arts, UMD. The University of
Minnesota Duluth is an equal opportunity
educator and employer.

Disability accommodations will be provided upon
request. This information is available in alternative
formats; please contact Penny Cragun in the Access
Center 218-726-8727