Industrial Design class project featured in the Star Tribune

The Star Tribune recently featured DesignWise Medical and UW Stout Industrial Design students who worked on a class project with the company. The project involved developing pediatric medical devices and the difficulties of designing for children.

The whole article can be found at the Star Tribune.

FACULTY ART EXHIBITION AT THE FURLONG GALLERY

Twenty-four faculty members from UW-Stout’s Department of Art and Design will display their work at the department’s Furlong Gallery. The exhibition runs from December 10, 2009 – February 5, 2010.

The show will feature pieces in many different media including: painting, printmaking, sculpture, metals and ceramics. In addition works, from various design areas – including Industrial Design, Interior Design, Graphic Design, Multimedia Design and Foundations will be on view.

Art and Design Student Sean Larson has artwork accepted into multiple shows.

UW Stout student Sean Larson is one of 19 undergraduate students to have work accepted into the 2010 NCECA (National Conference for Education in Ceramics Arts) Juried Student National. The work has also been accepted into Objects of Virtue: A National Exhibit of Contemporary Pottery at the Bedford Gallery in Walnut Creek, California.

"Stemming from the most prehistoric of levels, man as maker has an inherent need to be involved in a tactile experience. It is this primal need to create and manipulate material that impels me to work within my chosen medium. As my work is used, it is my hope that the user will be pulled from their fast paced life and appreciate a moment of reflection."

"My investigation in porcelain has produced forms that allude to organic and biological forms; vibrant colors penetrate through somber tones. Flesh like undulations roll over and conceal hidden parts, asking for further examination. Forms that were once soft and inviting have now transformed into tactile, biomorphic pots that conceivably 'bite back'." -Sean Larson.

UW-STOUT ASSISTANT ART PROFESSOR FEATURED AT MINNEAPOLIS ART SHOW

Tim Tozer, Assistant Professor of Foundations for UW-Stout’s Department of Art and Design, will have his artwork featured at the Groveland Gallery in Minneapolis. The show runs from December 4, 2009 – January 16, 2010. Titled, “Face, Form, Figure,” the exhibition features three Minneapolis artists whose styles vary, but whose paintings and drawings share a common thread: the human figure.

Tozer, who hails from the UK, is a past recipient of the prestigious Andy Warhol Scholarship at the New York Academy of Art. He has taught at both Indiana University in Bloomington and, later, at the Minneapolis College of Art and Design.

For more information about the show and Groveland Gallery, visit the gallery's website here.

Illuminate Your Space

"Illuminate Your Space" will showcase custom light fixtures designed by UW-Stout Lighting Design Students instructed by Dr. Julie Peterson. Each fixture is inspired by an object from nature and based on the new design philosophy of biomimicry. Show dates: November 24 - 30, 2009 at the Mabel Tainter Center for the Arts (lower level studio).

Student reflects on Hildesheim Exchange Program

Allison Meshnick on Hildesheim

Though it may sound incredibly cliché, studying abroad in Germany was truly a life-changing experience for me. By staying the entire year, and not just studying a single semester abroad, I was able to truly immerse myself in German culture. Germany literally became home, and over time I felt less and less like a visitor or outsider and began to feel at home in my surroundings.

While there I lived with three German students. Living with natives allowed for a lot of exposure to interesting mindsets and different views of politics and cultures and opened the door for many conversations. One of my favorite memories is having long and leisurely breakfasts on the weekends while discussing the current topics in the newspaper that had been delivered that morning. Living with Germans also allowed me to learn the language much quicker than I believe I would have, had I been living alone or with other exchange students.

I was fortunate to be one of the students who went to Hildesheim during the 20th year of the program being in existence. This meant that shortly after I returned to the States, there was a reunion conference held in the end of September at UW-Stout. This was a great way to network with fellow colleagues that had previously completed the program and the perfect compliment to returning from Germany. Although virtually strangers at first, it was remarkable to witness the ease and comfort in which we could all communicate and discuss our experiences, regardless of how far apart we were in age, or when we completed the program. It was so interesting for me to hear different perspectives from those who had completed the program long before me, and to see where they were currently and how it had affected their lives.