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RUBIN CENTER HOURS: Tuesday–Friday 10:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m. Thursday open until 7:00 p.m. Saturday 12:00 p.m.–5:00 p.m. THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT EL PASO 500 West University Avenue El Paso TX 79968 Phone: 915. 747. 6151 Fax: 915. 747. 6067 rubincenter.utep.edu www.facebook.com/rubincenter
rubin center family workshops ELEMENTARY SCHOOL CHILDREN (AGES 5–12) AND THEIR PARENTS, GRANDPARENTS AND OTHERS Brenda Perry Summer Family Workshops are built around the current exhibitions in the museum galleries. Children will collage their own paper posters and collaborate together as a group to make a large cyanotype poster inspired by Up Against the Wall: Posters of Social Protest. Children will also build small folkloric characters with clay based on SunKoo Yuh: Seasons. Poster Collaging Wednesdays June 16 and 23 Saturdays June 19 and 26
1 p.m.–3 p.m. 1 p.m.–3 p.m.
Cyanotype Group Poster - Making Pictures from Sunlight Wednesday June 30 1 p.m.–3 p.m. Making Miniature Folkloric Characters with Clay Wednesdays July 7 and 14 1 p.m.–3 p.m. Saturdays July 10 and 17 1 p.m.–3 p.m. Workshops are free, but registration is required. To register call 915-747-6151. All workshops meet at the Rubin Center, 3rd Floor. Check in at Registration Desk.
Up Against The Wall: Posters of Social Protest is a powerful exhibition that features thirteen international graphic designers who use posters to engage important contemporary and social issues. The exhibition is on display in the Rubin Center L Gallery through August 7, 2010. POSTER CONTEST AND EXHIBITION FOR AREA YOUTH: In support of Up Against The Wall, the Rubin Center is hosting an area-wide poster competition for high school youth, who were in grades 9–12 during the 2009-2010 academic year. Posters should be on the subject of contemporary issues of concern to the artist. Guidelines and entry forms are available at the Rubin Center or by visiting our Web site rubincenter.utep.edu. A select group of posters will be chosen for display in the Art Takes Action: Young Artists Speak Out exhibition that takes place at El Paso City Hall Community Exhibits Gallery, from Tuesday, July 6 to Friday, July 30. Opening Reception for the artists is Tuesday, July 6 at noon. Awards will be given in a variety of categories. The Rubin Center is offering two workshops in support of the call to entries (see below), to provide students with the opportunity to execute their ideas for posters and to learn both screenprinting and digital media techniques. A third workshop will include high school artists in mounting the exhibition. You do not need to attend a workshop to be eligible for the competition.
All youth workshops will include the opportunity to explore the exhibits Up Against the Wall: Posters of Social Protest and Solidarity and Struggle: The Politics of Graphic Design in Mexico During and After the Revolution at the Rubin Center, providing historic insight into printmaking and graphic design, and looking at the role of design in spreading political and social messages. In addition to seeing the works on display, students will have the opportunity to view and discuss the work of other historic and contemporary designers.
PRINTMAKING Tuesday–Friday June 22–25 / 10:30 a.m.–3 p.m. Fernie Alaniz and Arturo Molinar
DIGITAL DESIGN Tuesday–Friday June 15–18 / 10:30 a.m.– 3 p.m. Fernie Alaniz and Arturo Molinar
CURATORIAL PRACTICES Tuesday–Friday June 29–July 2 / 10:30 a.m.–3 p.m. Arturo Molinar
Using software applications including Photoshop and Illustrator, students will produce high quality imagery for the Art Takes Action: Young Artists Speak Out poster contest. Whether utilizing photos from a digital camera, or scanned original artwork, students will have the opportunity to refine, manipulate and illustrate their visions, culminating in high quality, full-color posters.
Led by artist and educator Art Molinar, students will explore basic curatorial concepts. Participants will design and install the Art Takes Action: Young Artists Speak Out exhibition at El Paso City Hall.
The time to learn the age-old technique of screen printing is NOW! Students will learn how to block out screens, apply ink and layer their images with color, bringing their ideas to life and printing the final product on high-quality printing paper.
All workshops meet at the Rubin Center, 3rd Floor. Check in at Registration Desk.
TO REGISTER ARTURO MOLINAR is in his third year at UTEP and has served on the educational team of the Rubin Center for more than two years, currently in the position of Education Coordinator. He is a painting and drawing major, who blurs, challenges, and questions what painting and drawing can be. Arturo works with multiple mediums from oil on canvas to video, and often combines multiple works to create installations. BRENDA PERRY is a graduate student currently completing a Master of Arts degree in Art Education at UTEP. She holds a Bachelor of Arts in Fine Arts from Columbia College. Brenda is a practicing artist and has exhibited her work in Chicago, London, and New York City. She has taught art and photography at various schools and art programs throughout the nation. FERNANDO ALANIZ is an art educator and photographer. Fernando was born and raised in El Paso, where he derives many inspirations for the pictorial images he creates through photography and video. Fernando's objective as an art educator is to give students the knowledge and skills that are essential to building a strong foundation, allowing for a successful experience both in and outside of the classroom setting.
Contact the Rubin Center: Phone: 915.747.6151 rubincenter@utep.edu The workshops are free of charge, but space is limited and registration is required.