Review

Gallery of Art & Design
University of Central Missouri
217 Clark Street, Art Center Building
Warrensburg, Missouri
660-543-4498
Monday-Friday, 9 a.m.-5 p.m. (until 8 p.m. on Thursdays), Saturday, noon-4 p.m., and by appointment

A&D Thursdays: extended gallery hours starting in fall semester 2009 and featuring lectures, receptions, films, fashion shows, and other gallery-sponsored events, free and open to all

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3 spaces. 3 ideas. 3 exhibitions:
The Long Winter: Davin Watne
A new project contained in two phases; the first being a performance or "party" opening night, and phase two consisting of the its residue. Utilizing sculpture, sound, performance, painting, fashion, animation and drawing, the installation will encompass and present a multi-sensory experience for the viewer and challenge their cognitive understanding of visceral empiricism.
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“ain’t no grave gonna hold me down”
New work by Lisa Iglesias
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“undercrowded”
Curated by Christopher Lowrance, Co-editor of MW Capacity
Opening reception: March 11, 5-7 p.m., with special performance by Davin Watne
Additional artists' lectures: March 11, noon, Lisa Iglesia; April 8, noon, Joey Borovicka
March 11 — April 10

March 9, 6 p.m. The Deep Structure of the Arts: Revealing Their Biological Nature Ellen Dissanayake, affiliate professor in the School of Music at the University of Washington and author of Art and Intimacy: How the Arts Began and Homo Aestheticus: Where Art Comes From and Why, and What Is Art For? will present a lecture in Morris Auditorium (Morris Science Building). "Describing two sources for the underlying aesthetic principles, Dissanayake explains how our prehistoric past and our lives as infants face the same existential problems that formed universal emotional needs and artistic proclivities, affecting who we are as individuals and as a species." Free and open to the public.

Opposites Attract
new work by Kimberly LaVonne Luther and Joseph Wullner
(in Gallery 115)
February 11 — March 5

42nd Annual Citation Awards Exhibition
A juried exhibition open to art majors and minors in the Department of Art & Design that distributes over 30 awards and scholarships of achievement funded by the Department of Art & Design, UCM Foundation, and Mid-Missouri Artists group. Scholarships and awards are determined by the department’s scholarship committee as well as an outside juror; this year's juror is painter Grant Miller
Awards reception: March 4, 3 - 5 p.m., in the gallery
Juror lecture: March 2, 1 p.m., in Art Center 214
February 26 — March 6