[writing in progress - paper proposal accepted - 2024 SECAC Conference, formerly Southeastern College Art Conference to be held in October 23-26, 2024.] "Chicana Guilt and Visual Pleasure in Paintings and Drawings by Adan Hernandez."
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[awarded May 2024] 2024 LEAP into Action Grant Proposal. “The 2024 Hispanic Heritage Month Art Exhibition: art history meets skills training through experiential learning.”
This project merges art history education with skills training and pioneers a new teaching model. It integrates the acquisition of art historical knowledge with the application of practical skills to create an art exhibition honoring Hispanic Heritage Month. This initiative aims to enhance appreciation and understanding of students of Latin American descent, who make up 16.3% of the total University of North Georgia student population. A key goal is to provide UNG students with a comprehensive educational experience that prepares them for employment upon graduation.
Students will explore well-known traditions and established artists in Mexican, Chicano, and Latino art history alongside unfamiliar artwork entries from the invitational exhibition Roots, and they will be encouraged to draw parallels between them. They will demonstrate their findings through class presentations called “curatorial integrations” and “deep dive integrations,” connecting information from lectures and readings with themes, styles, and contexts detectable in the exhibition entries. Having established these parallels, they will write substantial and well-supported curatorial statements, artwork entries, and speeches to be presented in the exhibition space. Meanwhile, workshop-style class meetings will provide students with the hands-on training necessary to produce an art exhibition.
[project direction - upcoming] Roots - 2024 Hispanic Heritage Month Art Exhibition.
Library and Technology Center, University of North Georgia, October 1-November 21, 2024.
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[project coordination in progress] 2024 Bayeux Tapestry Replica Exhibit, College of Arts and Letters, University of North Georgia, September 14-19, 9 am-3 pm.
2024 Bayeux Tapestry Replica Exhibit, College of Arts and Letters,
University of North Georgia,
September 14-19, 9 am-3 pm.
Learn more: https://ung.edu/visual-arts/exhibitions/bayeux-tapestry.php
A free audio-tour will be available to guide visitors along the 224 feet-long Bayeux Tapestry Replica and its rich historical narrative. An electronic device with internet access and headphones, such as a phone or tablet, is needed to access the audio-tour. For large groups who request it, in-person docents will be available.
Texts for the audio-tour were written by my students in Spring 2024 ART 3500 Visual Literacy and Communication, and will be recorded by Dr. Brian Corrigan, Senior Professor of Renaissance Literature at the University of North Georgia. Students in Fall 2024 ART 3500 Visual Literacy and Communication will serve as in-person docents for visiting groups.
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