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John Havens Thornton: Vertical / Horizontal / Diagonal
- Location: Star Store, New Bedford
, Purchase Street, New Bedford
- Cost: FREE
- Contact: University Art Gallery
- Description: Reception: Thursday, AHA! Night, October 13, 5-8 pm
Abstract geometric paintings by New Bedford artist John Havens Thornton (b. 1933). Thornton has exhibited since the early 1960s, notably at the ICA, Boston (1967), the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (1970), the Whitney Museum of American Art (1967), the Rose Art Museum, Waltham, MA (1979), the De Cordova Museum, Lincoln, MA (1987), and the New Bedford Art Museum, MA (2004).
University Art Gallery, Star Store Campus, 715 Purchase Street, New Bedford, MA 02740
Contact: Viera Levitt, Gallery Director
508.999.8555
gallery@umassd.edu
www.umassd.edu/cvpa/galleries
www.facebook.com/UMassDartmouthGalleries
The gallery is open daily from 9 am - 6 pm
Closed on major holidays. All events are free and open to the public.
- Link: http://www.umassd.edu/cvpa/galleries
- Topical Areas: Faculty, General Public, Staff and Administrators, Students, Students, Graduate, Students, Undergraduate, University Community, College of Visual and Performing Arts, Exhibits, Visual Arts
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BMEBT Seminar by Dr. Xiaofei Jia
- Location: Textiles Building 101E
- Contact: BMEBT Seminar Series
- Description: TITLE:MISTRAFFICKING OF MEMBRANE-EMBEDDED HOST IMMUNE MOLECULES BY HIV-1
Abstract: Human immunodeficiency virus-1 (HIV-1) remains a major health threat to mankind. The virus inserts its genetic material into the genome of the host cells and establish life-long infections in patients. To ensure proper viral replication and transmission, HIV-1 has developed various mechanisms to evade the host immune attack. One unique strategy of such is that the virus mistraffics and thus subverts membrane-embedded host immune molecules. This is achieved by HIV-1 hijacking the host clathrin membrane trafficking machineries using dedicated viral proteins. My research has focused on elucidating the molecular mechanisms of these virally induced mistrafficking events using structural biology and biochemistry. High-resolution structural information gained in these systems not only enabled a greater understanding of the viral life cycle, but also paved the ways for developing novel antivirals to combat HIV.
Bio:
Xiaofei Jia is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry. He is a biochemist and structural biologist in training. His research focuses on the molecular mechanisms that viruses, such as HIV, use to evade the host immune attack and establish infection. He earned his Ph.D. in Chemistry from Michigan State University under the guidance of Drs. James Geiger and Babak Borhan. Prior to joining UMass Dartmouth, he completed his postdoctoral training in Dr. Yong Xiong's lab in the Department of Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry at Yale University.
- Topical Areas: University Community, Biology, Chemistry and Biochemistry, Bioengineering, College of Engineering
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Bill Plympton Animator; Crowned King of Indie Animation: Drawings from Cheatin'
- Location: CVPA: College of Visual and Performing Arts
, 285 Old Westport Road, Dartmouth, MA
- Cost: FREE
- Contact: University Art Gallery
- Description: Opening Reception: CVPA Campus Gallery, Sept 29 at 4-6 pm.
Artist Talk to follow at Claire T. Carney Library Grand Reading Room: 6-7:30 pm
(RSVP required on Eventbrite.com - under "Bill Plympton Talk at UMass Dartmouth").
Link: www.eventbrite.com/e/bill-plympton-talk-at-umass-dartmouth-tickets-27607014323
Gallery will remain open until 9 pm for the reception.
UMass Dartmouth College of Visual and Performing Arts (CVPA) proudly presents Bill Plympton
Animator; Crowned King of Indie Animation: Drawings from Cheatin'. This exhibition is a showcase of original drawings and production art of animator, cartoonist, and filmmaker Bill Plympton. Nearly 100 original graphite drawings from the artist's recent film Cheatin' will be on display along with other essential production materials and related media to reveal a "behind the scenes" look at Plympton's artistic process. Accompanying the art will be a continuous screening of the feature film Cheatin' in its entirety in the gallery. Video tutorials, produced by the artist himself, further the educational experience of "handmade" animation. This special exhibition curated for UMass Dartmouth can be seen at the CVPA Campus Gallery (UMass Dartmouth Main Campus) from September 29 through November 2, 2016.
Bill Plympton, who has been called The King of Indie Animation, is the first person to independently hand-draw an entire animated feature film. He has created over 40 animated short films and seven animated features. Plympton received Oscar nominations for various animated shorts along with winning the Cannes Palme d'Or and the Canal+ Award for short films at Cannes Critics' Week. Bill Plympton will speak about his work and provide insight into the wild world of cartooning and independent animation. While the event is free and open to the public, reservations for the talk are required and can be made through this link:
www.eventbrite.com/e/bill-plympton-talk-at-umass-dartmouth-tickets-27607014323
Excerpts from Artist's Statement
"Why is it that animation is stereotyped as being only aimed at children and created by computer graphics? Why can't adults see stories for themselves, created in the fantastically free style of a hand-drawn animator? The look of this film is very special to me. When I started my career as an illustrator, I developed a style that I loved, watercolor with a pen and ink crosshatch overlay. But because of the limits of technology, I was never able to recreate my favorite style in animation. However, with the new digital technology available now, I've been able to exactly replicate that beautiful watercolor look."
Biography
Bill Plympton moved to New York City in 1968 and began his career creating cartoons for publications such as The New York Times, Playboy, National Lampoon, and Screw. In 1987, he was nominated for an Oscar for his animated short Your Face. In 2005, Plympton received another Oscar nomination, this time for his short Guard Dog. Push Comes to Shove won the prestigious Cannes 1991 Palme d'Or; and in 2001, another short film, Eat, won the Grand Prize for Short Films in Cannes Critics' Week. After producing many shorts that appeared on MTV, Spike, and Mike's, he turned his talent to feature films. Since 1991, he has made ten feature films. Seven of them, The Tune, Mondo Plympton, I Married a Strange Person, Mutant Aliens, Hair High, Idiots and Angels, and Cheatin', are all animated features. Bill Plympton has also collaborated with Madonna, Kanye West, Terry Gilliam, and "Weird Al" Yankovic in a number of music videos, animated films, and book projects. In 2006, Plympton received the Winsor McCay Lifetime Achievement Award from The Annie Awards.
This event made possible through the generous support of Allan and Priscilla Ditchfield.
Personnel: Prof. Jean-FranÒ«ois Allaux (Illustration): Producer
Prof. James Edwards (Illustration): Curator
Prof. Michael Swartz (Digital Media): Co-Curator, Graphic Design
Viera Levitt: Gallery Director
Contacts: James Edwards, Curator: jedwards@umassd.edu, Viera Levitt, Gallery Director: vlevitt@umassd.edu
- Link: jedwards@umassd.edu
- Topical Areas: Faculty, General Public, Staff and Administrators, Students, Students, Graduate, Students, Undergraduate, University Community, College of Visual and Performing Arts, Visual Design, Exhibits, Visual Arts
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