UNK Art News

Graphic designer, Art Chantry, will speak at the University of Nebraska Kearney’s Fine Art Building Recital Hall at 7:00pm on Wednesday, March 7th. His presentation is FREE! Sponsors: UNK Art Department, UNK Faculty Senate Artist & Lecture’s Committee, DPI GRAPHICS, AIGA-UNK AND SCORR Marketing. Chantry’s iconic “low-tech” designs are found on album covers for rock bands like Nirvana and Hole, to theater posters, to hand-spun identities. He has exhibited in major museums, including the Smithsonian and the Louvre.His exuberant “punk” remix of big vivid colors and quirky retro elements are informed by the history of design, but engage with a raucous, “roughed-up,” energy. Be there on Wednesday.

Art Scholarships to assist entering freshman with supplemental financial resources are offerd each Spring. The scholarship committee will select scholarship recipients based on applicants performance in three areas: academic status, letter of reference, and the student portfolios, but they are primarily talent based scholarships. Scholarships are also offered for current art students.
Application are due on March 4, 2012.

The annual Student Art Association exhibition is on display in the Walker Art Gallery. The juried exhibition, which is open to all UNK students, began on Monday, February 21st, and will be on display until March 16, 2012. Artwork categories include printmaking, photography, drawing, sculpture, glass, painting, graphic design, and ceramics. A reception will be held between 4:30 and 6 p.m. on February 23. Winners in each category, and a best of show prize will be announced at that time.

UNK Graphic Design Major, Amanda Olson has been accepted as a design team member at Bailey Lauerman in Lincoln. Bailey Lauerman looks “for students with a passion for advertising, who are smart, have a strong work ethic, a collaborative spirit, leadership potential and outstanding communication skills.”

UNK Art’s Student Art Association and AIGA student art organizations will hold the 3rd Annual Valentine s Day Card and Flower sale. Find them in Fine Arts Building hall between Theater and Art, from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m., on February 14th. Proceeds to the Food Bank. View Cards.

UNK Visual Communication and Design students won five gold awards, thirteen silver awards, and a Best of Show award.Braeden Tyma’s 16th Steet clothing tags won the “Best of Show” for student work. Tyma also received a gold award for the tags. Other UNK gold award winners were Alice Berryman for Drip Coffee packaging, Gold Amanda Olson for The Next Step poster, Liz White, for Soda Can Updo illustration and Kyle Sayler for The VCD Gang exhibition promotion.Silver award winners included Lacie Wiese (2) Braeden Tyma, (2) Kristin White, Liz Hudec, Kyle Hauer, logo Kyle Sayler, logo Logan Bartels, and Alice Berryman. View more

Guest reviewers Echo Chernik and alumni Casey Stokes (2006) of Daake design in Omaha, will review portfolios, and speak to VCD students this month. Internationally acclaimed Illustrator, Echo Chernik, will present a program for students and the public on Thursday evening, (see information below), and Daake Senior Designer, Casey Stokes will speak at 2 – 3 p.m. on Friday, December 2, in FAB room 312. A reception for VCD seniors with works in the Walker Art Gallery Senior Show will be held from 4 – 6 p.m. on December 2, 2011. Exhibitors are Nick Bartels, Caleb Chvatal, Mardi Engels, Allison Kuklis, Aranea Push, Kyle Sayler, and Leigh Sukraw. Their works have been on display since November 15th.

Three UNK VCD students received honorable mentions at the 2011 Annual Flux Student Design Competition. Dan Dunbar won a mention for his poster Malcontent. Kyle Sayler received mention for the poster
Justice, and Amanda Olson won a mention award for her Seity clothing tags.
The national Flux competition is sponsored by AIGA Blue Ridge.