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Throughout the year, The Artist's Eye is on the first Sunday of each month (except talks held on the second Sunday of April and July, due to the Easter and Independence Day holidays). A Texas artist talks about works in the Menil Collection from the permanent collection or in a temporary exhibition that has special meaning to him or her. The public is invited to these free, informal gallery discussions, which can be held in any Menil gallery, the library, or building (or outdoor space) of the artist’s choosing and begin at 3 p.m.

The Artist’s Eye is generously underwritten by Charles Butt

The Artist's Eye

The Artist's Eye:
Steffani Jemison on the exhibition "Leaps into the Void"

Sunday, August 1, 2010, 3:00 p.m.


Steffani Jemison is an artist, writer, and curator. Her installations and videos have been exhibited at Eel Space and Scott Projects (both in Chicago), the UCLA Wight Biennial, the Institute of Contemporary Art, and UnionDocs. She is also active as a writer and a curator: her writing has recently been published in ART LIES and I Like Your Work: Art & Etiquette, and she has curated exhibitions and time-based programs for Light Industry, The Museum of Arts and Design, and Lower Manhattan Cultural Council.

Steffani was a 2008 resident at the Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture and is currently a Core Fellow at the Museum of Fine Arts Houston. Steffani received her BA from Columbia University and her MFA from The School of the Art Institute of Chicago.

 

The Artist's Eye:
Howard Sherman on Cy Twombly Gallery

Sunday, September 5, 2010, 3:00 p.m.


Howard Sherman received his BA in Studio Art from the University of Texas, and his MFA from the University of North Texas in Denton. his work has been featured in New American Painting, Volume 60 and Volume 72, and was included in a two-year traveling exhibition titled New American Talent, which was organized by Arthouse in Austin, Texas, and selected by Aimee Chang, formerly of the Hammer Museum in Los Angeles.

He has also completed a three-month residency at the McColl Center for Visual Art in Charlotte, North Carolina, with a recent solo exhibition at Artspace in Raleigh, NC. The artist was selected for 2010 Vermont Studio Center and Jentel artist residencies. Mr. Sherman's work can be seen at McMurtrey Gallery as well as Pan American Art Projects and Flanders Gallery.