Sarah Kabot - covert agent?

So, as many of you know, Ms. Kabot went mysteriously missing last spring around mid-term. It had all the earmarks of a CIA covert operation. Rumors were rampant that she was actually part of the team that took out Bin Laden. On her return no additional info was forthcoming which merely confirmed everyone’s suspicions that she was the U.S. equivalent of 007 … a highly trained special agent living undercover as a mild-mannered artist … no doubt working for CIA was a merry ruse designed to throw operatives off the track who might suspect her connections to THE CIA.

Finally though, the truth is revealed … and I’m just saying it doesn’t disprove my long-held suspicion that she’s a covert operative … but now we know … OMG!!! Sarah was a contestant on Season 2 of “Work of Art”!

So now new suspense … DOES SHE TAKE IT ALL???? Tune in to find out.

(yay! Sarah! -- really, really exciting!)
Sarah Kabot's Bio on Work-of-Art

Brent Green at Lunch on Tuesday and then Cinematheque!

Brent Green - Sept. 21

Brent Green
Nervous Films
Tuesday,
September 21
12:15
JMC M323
(IME Video Lab)

Brent Green’s lunchtime talk is co-sponsored by the Visual Arts and Technologies and Integrated Media Environments pizza will be served.

On Tuesday, September 21, at 12:15, students will have a rare opportunity to attend an intimate artist’s talk with one of the most innovative artists working today, Brent Green.

Later that evening through Cinematheque there will a full screening of his film “Gravity Was Everywhere Back Then” with a more formal talk from the artist. Presented by Cinematheque at 7 pm in Aitken. CIA ID holders and Cinematheque members get in for $7. Cinematheque Schedule


Green is a self-taught filmmaker and animator whose work spans a variety of disciplines including music, drawing, sculpture, animation and film. His presence on the art scene has become increasingly prominent with exhibitions, screenings and live performances through such venues as: Sundance Film Festival; the Andy Warhol Museum; Bellwether Gallery in New York; the London-based Parasol Unit for Contemporary Art; Santa Barbara Contemporary Arts Forum; Houston-based Aurora Picture Show; and New York MoMA.

2009 BFAs at CIA rocked...

BFA week is always my favorite time of year at school. I love walking around to all the exhibits, seeing and hearing what students have been working on and having frankly interesting conversations with my colleagues about my favorite topics... art, philosophy, etc.

It's interesting to me to see as well how students grapple, really for the first time, with those issues which confront us throughout our careers as artists...

What are we doing?
How should we do it?
Who are we doing it for?
How do I get an audience (without being a complete and total ass or maybe how do I become a complete and total ass so I don't have to worry about this part any more?)
How do I talk about my work?

I sometimes find student work particularly interesting because students (not always) but sometimes are less self-conscious about the work itself. Some, unfortunately, can't turn the voices off and end up making or defending work for some imagined, mental Frankenstein of another... Oh well... that's a creature I know as well.

I think the BFA defense is an incredible experience for these young artists. What a confidence builder to be able to take on your faculty and remain aware. It's a thrill to see them accomplish this.

The images are from Matthew Palmer's BFA defense.

Cleveland Institute of Art - March 27 and more... New Orleans Biennial

(*Please note that Wednesday, March 25's Hella Hybrid Series talk with Andrew Lynn has been cancelled. TIME's Hella Hybrid will return Wednesday, April 1, 3:30 pm in Kulas with Jesse Stiles -- see below for further details.)

This Friday - Lunch on Fridays Presents -
Report from New Orleans: the Prospect 1 Biennial

Friday, March 27
12:15 pm
Aitken Auditorium - Gund (*NOTE - Location Change)
11141 East Blvd
Cleveland, OH

Students sponsored by money from the Motto Chair Award (given to painting head Julie Langsam) visited the historic Biennial and give their report. There should be lots of images and lots of witty banter to go along with the presentation. If you weren't able to actually go to New Orleans in November, or if you just want a refresher, this is definitely the talk for you.

http://www.prospectneworleans.org/

Sponsored by the Foundation and Liberal Arts Environments, Lunch on Fridays is free and open to the public. Pizza is served for the audience. Venues unless otherwise noted are located in CIA’s Gund building at 11141 East Blvd., Cleveland, OH 44106.

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Hella Hybrid Series
TIME-Digital Arts
Jesse Stiles
Wednesday, April 1
3:30 PM
Kulas Auditorium

Jesse Stiles (a.k.a. The Jesse Stiles 3000, a.k.a. jts3k, a.k.a. Face Removal Services) is a musician and digital artist living in upstate New York.

Stiles was born in 1978 in Boston, MA and adopted the computer as his primary compositional/performance instrument at the age of 12. By the age of 17 Stiles had begun doing computer-based performances before large crowds as well as televised audiences and national conferences. Stiles received a B.A.from Vassar College in Cognitive Science, writing his thesis on Music Perception. Upon graduating from Vassar in 2000, Stiles was awarded a Fellowship from the Thomas J. Watson Foundation to travel around the world for one year while creating electronic music. This fellowship culminated in a “backpack record” by The Jesse Stiles 3000 (Stiles beat-oriented performance/recording project), titled “Watson Songs”.

Free and Open to the Public!

CIA JMC Building, 11610 Euclid Ave., Cleveland, OH 44106