Visting Artist Lecture

Sam Gould

Sgt. Kroll and Other Stories from Red76 & Beyond Repair: An Artist talk by Sam Gould

Thursday, November 3, 6-8pm
UMKC Gallery of Art

Sam Gould is the co-founder and editor of Red76, an experimental publication platform. Established in Portland, Oregon in January of 2000, Red76 often works towards forming publics through print and other methods like meals and public projects that open space to discuss social, educational, and political life in America today.

Gould has taught within the graduate department for Social Practice at the California College of the Arts and the School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. He has written, as well as lectured extensively within the United States and abroad.

As a Red76 project, Gould currently runs the bookstore and publishing site, Beyond Repair, in the 9th Ward of Minneapolis, MN. The project will be in operation from 2016 – 2019 and holds space to help formulate publics and publications to amplify the questions and desires of neighbors in proximity to the shop, located in the Midtown Global Market.

Ingrid Bachmann & Jennifer Poole

Visiting Artist Lecture: Ingrid Bachmann & Jennifer Poole – Hybrid Bodies

Tuesday, March 22, 6:00-7:00pm
UMKC Gallery of Art

What transpires when a heart is transplanted from one person to another? A team of scientists, medical researchers, and artists sought to uncover the psychological and ontological effects of heart transplantation from the perspective of organ recipients. The result is Hybrid Bodies, an interdisciplinary research study and series of artworks that connects organ recipients’ experiences and cultural views about transplantation to the notion of embodiment.

Join Montreal-based artist Ingrid Bachmann and Toronto-based social scientist Jennifer Poole for a discussion of their collaborative process and discoveries, as well as their preliminary research for Hybrid Bodies II, now underway, which approaches issues of transplantation from the perspective of donor families.

Visitor parking is available on the UMKC campus at coin meters in lot 4OS, and dollar/coin meters in lot 43, and on level 5 of the Cherry Street Garage at an hourly rate of $1.25.

This is a Spencer Museum At Large program, organized in partnership with the UMKC Department of Art and Art History. Support for this program is generously provided by the Richard J. Stern Foundation for the Arts-Commerce Bank, Trustee.

Image: Ingrid Bachmann, The Gift, multi-channel video installation for Hybrid Bodies

Body-Mind Entente

Body-Mind Entente: Exhibition and Panel Discussion

Curated by the Graduate Art History Association

Exhibition Dates: January 21 – February 26, 2016
Opening Reception: Thursday, January 21, 5:00 – 7:00 pm
Panel Discussion: Thursday, February 11, 6:00 – 7:30 pm

UMKC Gallery of Art, Fine Arts Building 203
5015 Holmes St, KCMO 64110
Free parking in the Cherry Street garage, levels 5 & 6

Body-Mind Entente features multimedia artworks that explore the relationship between body and mind, perception and cognition, consciousness and spirituality. It looks into the biological and cultural factors that shape our existence, enabling us to develop singular identities while simultaneously sharing many features and modes of behavior with others. This exhibition opens a dialogue between art and cognitive sciences by unveiling significant crossovers between artists and scientists’ objects of inquiry. The contemporary artists whose work is included in Body-Mind Entente approach pivotal questions about how people perceive, think, and build a sense of identity in relation to others. The exhibition shows that aesthetics play an important role in heightening self-consciousness and triggering reflection on the interdependence between body and mind.

This exhibition was curated by the members of the Graduate Art History Association (GAHA), which is a student-driven organization through the UMKC Art & Art History Department. It dedicates itself to fostering professional development in art scholarship. GAHA works with local museums, galleries, and educational institutions to enable students to enter into dialogue with established art professionals.

Panel Discussion: Exploring Body-Mind Connections

Thursday, February 11, 2016 from 6:00—7:30 pm at the UMKC Gallery of Art

Featured speakers: New York City artist Nene Humphrey, art historian and UMKC faculty member Dr. Cristina Albu, neuroscientist and UMKC faculty member Dr. Nash Boutros, and art history graduate student Tara Karaim as moderator. The discussion will address how the neural basis of perception, along with cultural affiliations, influences aesthetic experience. The program aims to expand the traditional understanding of neuroscience and art by fostering a broader comprehension and appreciation of the qualities of both.

This exhibition and panel discussion was made possible through the generous support of the Department of Art & Art History, the UMKC Gallery of Art, the UMKC Office of Student Involvement, and the Missouri Arts Council.