South Texas Ceramic Showdown: Constants & Variables

Library Art Gallery, Pecan Campus, Previous Exhibits

South Texas College gears up for its tenth annual RGV Ceramics Summer Showdown

Summer Postcard frontThursday, June 16, 2016—
6:00pm –8:00pm Opening Receptions at the STC Library Art Gallery and STC Building B Gallery.

Friday, June 17, 2016—
9:00am – 12:00pm Clay Demonstrations at STC’s Ceramic Studios
1:30pm – 4:30pm Clay Demonstrations at STC’s Ceramic Studios

Saturday, June 18, 2016—
9:00am – 12:00pm Clay Demonstrations at Ceramic Studios
1:30pm – 3:30pm Ceramics Art Talks w Pat Johnson and Jim Bob Salazar, STC Building B, Room 129.

South Texas College’s Library Art Gallery, together with the college’s Visual and Performing Arts Department, brings the Rio Grande Valley its tenth annual ceramics exhibition and workshop, “Constants and Variables: A South Texas Ceramic Showdown.” All activities are free and open to the public. The exhibit will be on view from June 16 to July 25, 2016, at the college’s Pecan Campus Library Art Gallery and at the Art Building B Gallery, located at 3201 West Pecan Blvd. in McAllen. The event includes a full display of ceramic work by distinguished Texas ceramicists Jim Bob Salazar and Pat Johnson as well as ceramic works by students and professors from 13 regional universities and community colleges.

A three-day ceramics conference will begin with an opening reception on June 16 at the Pecan Campus Library Art Gallery and the Art Building B Gallery from 6-8 p.m. The conference will continue with Ceramic Demonstrations on June 17 from 9 a.m. – 12 p.m. and 1:30 – 4:30 p.m., and June 18 at 9 a.m. – 12 p.m. at STC’s Pecan Campus Art Building (Bldg. B) Ceramics Lab, Room 115. Art talks will be held on Saturday, June 18 from 1:30 – 3:30 p.m. at the same location.

“We are delighted to have the opportunity to continue with our annual Ceramic Showdown that began informally in 2007 at South Texas College,” said Chris Leonard, STC ceramics instructor and exhibit/conference organizer. “This year we are fortunate to have a pair of Texas based artists with Pat Johnson returning with her politically powerful work and paired with extraordinarily talented thrower, Jim Bob Salazar. This should be an informative event in terms of content, top flight form and process, as well as viewers being able to see the connections that artists decide to make in and outside of the studio.”

Jim Bob Salazar received his Master of Fine Arts degree from the University of North Texas in Denton. In 1998, he moved to Alpine, Texas where he taught ceramics, along with sculpture, photography and design, for nearly fifteen years near Big Bend National Park at Sul Ross State University. In 2013, he decided to retire from teaching and pursue pottery full time. Salazar creates highly skilled, functional pottery and is an active exhibitor in Texas, participating in over 25 art festivals a year.

Pat Johnson has been working in clay for over 40 years. About her work, Johnson says, “Creating art helps me clarify what I feel and believe. Be it a social, political statement or a personal one.” Her work has been featured in many solo and group shows in Texas including the McNay Art Museum in San Antonio, D. Berman Gallery in Austin and Hooks-Epstein Gallery in Houston as well as during numerous ceramic annual conferences. In addition to her extensive studio practice and exhibit history, Johnson has been commissioned for ceramic tile murals for the College Station Public Library, Monument Hill State Park, Sacred Heart Catholic Church and other murals in Longview, Waco and Austin. She has won awards from the Texas Clay Artist Association and her work is included in the book 500 Tiles: An Inspiring Collection of International Work.

Participating institutions include Baylor University, Clarion University of Pennsylvania, Mesa Community College, McLennan Community College, Northwest Vista College, Ouachita Baptist University, Old Dominion University, South Texas College, Southeast Missouri State University, Texas A&M University-Kingsville, University of Central Missouri, University of North Texas, University of Texas Rio Grande, and University of Texas San Antonio.
STC’s Library Art Gallery exhibits regional, national and international artwork, explores new visions and theories of creativity, and introduces innovative artistic expressions to the South Texas region.

For more information contact Gina Otvos at (956) 872-3488, or via email at gotvos@southtexascollege.edu or visit http://library.southtexascollege.edu/lag.

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Portraits of Summer: Paintings by R. Andes

Library Art Gallery, Pecan Campus, Previous Exhibits

 

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Portraits of Summer

 

Featuring Artwork by Robert Andes

June 1 – July 25, 2016

Art Talk & Reception: June 16, 6-8pm

On Display at the Pecan Campus Library  (McAllen) (First Floor)

Impressionistic paintings bring summer to life at the STC Pecan Campus

The South Texas College Pecan Campus Library Art Gallery is proud to present “Portraits of Summer”, an exhibit of paintings by Robert Andes. The exhibit will be on view from June 1st to July 25th, 2016, on the first floor of the STC Pecan Campus Library. On Thursday, June 16th there will be an art talk and exhibit reception from 6-8 p.m. where Robert Andes will discuss his work, inspiration, and process. The exhibit will run in conjunction with the 10th Annual South Texas Ceramic Showdown which will also have its opening reception on the same day and place. The South Texas College Pecan Campus Library Art Gallery is located at 3201 West Pecan Boulevard, Bldg. F, in McAllen. All exhibitions are free and open to the public.

Robert Andes holds his M.F.A. in Painting from the University of Arkansas in Fayetteville. Rich in light, his body of work parallels the figurative work explored by late 19th century impressionist painters which he applies to casual contemporary scenes: a South Texas beach, a market in New Mexico, or a lunch date in Paris.  The paintings in this exhibit excel at capturing and radiating the warm light of the summer that directly appeal to the viewer’s senses and imagination. Of his work, Andes says, “I seek to convey a sense of silent contemplation, emotion without words.” Andes is a native of New Hampshire and a painting instructor at Texas Southmost College in Brownsville, Texas.

“Robert Andes’ skill of capturing everyday moments and his keen attention to light in his composition is superb.” Said Gina Otvos, Art Gallery Associate at South Texas College. “His work is sure to inspire both aspiring and professional artists as well as bring a warm, refreshing summer sensation to the South Texas College Library.”

STC’s Library Art Gallery Program exhibits regional, national and international artwork, explores new visions and theories of creativity, and introduces innovative artistic expressions to the South Texas region.

 

For more information contact Gina Otvos, Library Art Gallery Associate, at 956-872-3488, gotvos@southtexascollege.edu or visit http://library.southtexascollege.edu/lag.

 

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Roma High School Art Exhibit

Library Art Gallery, Previous Exhibits, Starr County Campus

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Roma High School Art Exhibit

June 6 –August 12, 2016

Reception: June 13, 1pm.

On display at the Starr Co. Campus Library (Rio Grande City)

Starr County Campus presents the eighth annual Roma High School Art Exhibition

South Texas College’s Starr County Campus Library Art Gallery partners with Roma High School to present its annual Roma High School Art Exhibition from June 6 to August 12, 2016 with an exhibit reception on June 13th at 1 p.m. The display features works of art by students, who have studied under the tutelage of Roma High School art instructors Gabriela Gonzalez, department head; Mario Godinez, teacher; and Abilene Vargas, teacher.

The exhibit will be on display at STC’s Starr County Campus Library (Bldg. F), located at 142 FM 3167 in Rio Grande City. Admission is free and open to the public.

“The STC Library Art Gallery’s collaboration with Roma High School is still going strong and is now entering into its eighth year,” said Gina Otvos, South Texas College Art Gallery Associate. “Every year’s submissions are always different from the last, reinforcing Roma’s reputation as an incubator for highly inventive art students.”
The exhibit features mixed media artwork by Roma High School students of all grade levels.

STC’s Library Art Gallery exhibits regional, national and international artwork, explores new visions and theories of creativity, and introduces innovative artistic expressions to the South Texas region.

For more information, contact Terri Rosalez at mtrosalez@southtexascollege.edu or
(956) 488-5822. For a complete listing of events visit: http://library.southtexascollege.edu/lag.

 

New Database: Naxos Music Library

Databases, Our Collections

New Database: Naxos Music Library

 

May 4, 2016

The Library has added Naxos Music Library to its online database collection.  Naxos Music Library offers streaming access to more than 124,500 CDs with more than 1,800,000 tracks of fine arts music. Over 800 new CDs are added to the library every month. Naxos Music Library provides several options for searching and browsing the collection.

Use Naxos Music Library to look up and listen to music you read about or hear about in class. Naxos Music Library sound recordings may not be downloaded, copied, or used for commercial purposes. Naxos Music Library can be accessed from the Library’s Online Library page at http://library.southtexascollege.edu/resources/databases/

 

 

Contributed by Jesús Campos, Director of Technical Services.

Permanent Art Collection Exhibit

Library Art Gallery, Previous Exhibits

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Permanent Art Collection

June 13-August 12, 2016

On display at the Technology Campus Library (McAllen)

The South Texas College (STC) Library Art Gallery celebrates its history with an exhibit from the Permanent Art Collection

STC’s Library Art Gallery celebrates eight years of building the college’s Permanent Art Collection with an exhibit at the Technology Campus. The exhibit opens Monday, June 13, 2016, and will be on view through Friday, Aug. 12, 2016. The STC Technology Campus Library Art Gallery is located at 3700 W. Military Highway in McAllen. Admission is free and open to the public.

The exhibit features works of art that have been donated to STC, from 2008 to 2016, by various artists who have exhibited at one of the college’s five library art galleries in Hidalgo and Starr counties.

“It’s always interesting to be able to bring together our donated works of art into one exhibit,” said Max Garcia, South Texas College Librarian. “It creates a type of visual timeline of what we have exhibited over the years. We are always grateful for all of our amazing donations and are happy to share them with all of STC’s campuses so that everyone has a chance to enjoy them.”

STC’s Library Art Gallery exhibits regional, national and international artwork, explores new visions and theories of creativity, and introduces innovative artistic expressions to the South Texas region.

For more information, contact Gina Otvos at gotvos@southtexascollege.edu or (956) 872-3488. For a complete listing of events, visit: http://library.southtexascollege.edu/libraryartgallery

 

Earth Day – A Video Display

Databases, Our Collections

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Earth Day will be celebrated around the world on April 22nd. Join in the celebration by visiting the library and checking out one of our many videos on the topic. Here are a few titles to get started:

#1) Years of living dangerously: the complete series / Cameron, James

Call Number: QC 902.9 .Y437 2014 DVD

Also found online in Films on Demand database.*

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

#2) Tapped / Soechtig, Stephanie

Call Number: HD 9349 .M542 T36 2010 DVD

Tapped

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

#3) The 11th hour / Conners, Nadia.

Call Number: GF 75 .A13 2008 DVD

The 11th hour

#4) Plastic paradise : the great Pacific garbage patch / Sun, Angela

Call Number: TD 427 .P62 P53 2014 DVD

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#5) Vanishing of the bees [videorecording] / Langworthy, George

Call Number: SF 538.5 .C65 V36 2010 DVD

Vanishing of the bees

#6) Dirt! : the movie [videorecording] / Benenson, Bill

Call Number: S 591 .D57 2009 DVD

dirt! the movie

#7) Gasland : Can you light your water on fire? / Fox, Josh

Call Number: TN 881 .A1 G373 2010 DVD & ( Part II: TD 195 .G3 .G37 2014 DVD)

Gasland Can you light your water on fire?

#8) Food, Inc / Kenner, Robert

Call Number: TP 370.2 .F66 2009 DVD

Food, Inc

#9)Unacceptable levels / Author Brown

Call Number: RA 1226 .U533 2013 DVD

Also found online in Films on Demand. *

Unacceptable Levels dvd

#10) GMO trilogy / Smith, Jeffrey M.

Call Number: TP 248.65 .F66 G66 2006 DVD

Additionally, many related titles can be found in the Films on Demand database by searching Earth Day or Environmental Science. Check out the online videos, Blue Gold: World Water Wars or Flow: For Love of Water to get started.    The Green Interview films and Green Planet Films also have many related titles of interest.*

* Please note: If you are off campus, you will need to enter your JagNet username and password to access library databases.

Contributed by Librarian, Maureen Mitchell

Earth Day image from www.rinconeducativo.org with changes under creative common: CC BY-NC 2.5

National Library Week @ STC 2016 Open House

Library Events, Mid-Valley Campus, NAH Campus, Pecan Campus, Previous Events, Starr County Campus, Technology Campus

NLW 2016

The South Texas College Library joins libraries nationwide in celebrating National Library Week, a time to highlight the value of libraries, librarians and library workers.

 

Libraries today are more than repositories for books and other resources. Often the heart of their communities, libraries are deeply committed to the places where their patrons live, work and study. Libraries are trusted places where everyone in the community can gather to reconnect and reengage with each other to enrich and shape the community and address local issues.

 

“Service to the South Texas College community has always been the focus of the library,” said Cody Gregg, Dean of Library and Learning Support Services. “While this aspect has never changed, libraries have grown and evolved in how they provide for the needs of every member of their community.”

The South Texas College Library is celebrating National Library Week by hosting Open House events at each campus library. The events are free and open to the public.

On April 13 from11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. at STC’s Technology Campus Library located at 3700 W. Military Highway in McAllen, attendees will enjoy a screening of the movie The 33, as well as games, drawings, popcorn and snacks.

On April 13 from 10:00 a.m. to 1: 00 p.m. at the college’s Mid-Valley Campus Library located at 400 N. Border in Weslaco, events will include a screening of the movie The Good Dinosaur, pictures with college mascot Jerry the Jaguar, popcorn and snacks, a photo booth, a contest, and a “Pursuing Education” Fair.

On April 13 from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Starr County Campus Library located at 142 FM 3167 in Rio Grande City, activities include the movie showing of Un Gallo con Muchos Huevos, popcorn and snacks, games, Jerry the Jaguar, a photo both and information tables.

On April 13 from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. at STC’s Nursing and Allied Health Campus Library located at 1101 E. Vermont in McAllen, attendees will be treated to the movie showing of The Hunger Games Mockingjay Part 2, giveaways, popcorn and snacks, games, scavenger hunt, and information tables.

On April 14 from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. at STC’s Pecan Campus Library located at 3201 West Pecan Boulevard in McAllen, festivities will include an information fair, a scavenger hunt with prizes, and the showing of Star Wars the Force Awakens, as well as popcorn and snacks, games, and a photo-booth.

First sponsored in 1958, National Library Week is a national observance sponsored by the American Library Association (ALA) and libraries across the country each April.

For more information visit http://library.southtexascollege.edu or call 872-8330.

 

National Poetry Month Speaker Series

Author / Scholar Visit, Library Events, Mid-Valley Campus, Pecan Campus, Previous Events

 

The South Texas College Library and English Department would like to invite you to join us to attend the month of April’s speaker series. We will have award-winning poets Laurie Ann Guerrero and Rossy Lima here to speak to our students and community on their works. Please spread the word. Laurie Ann Guerrero Monday, April 18, 2016 Mid Valley Campus: G191 at 1:00 p.m.  Pecan Campus: Library’s Rainbow Room at 6:00 p.m.  Laurie Ann Guerrero is a Poet Laureate and award-winning author. She has written the collection A Crown for Gumecindo and A Tongue in the Mouth of the Dying, which was the winner of the Andrés Montoya Poetry Prize. In addition, Guerrero’s chapbook, Babies Under the Skin, won the Panhandler Publishing Award. Her poetry and critical works have also appeared in various journals and magazines.

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Rossy Lima Tuesday, April 19, 2016  Mid Valley Campus: G191 at 1:00 p.m.  Pecan Campus: Library’s Rainbow Room at 6:00 p.m. Rossy Lima is an international award-winning Mexican poet who has published in various journals, magazines, and anthologies. She was a featured poet in the Smithsonian Latino Virtual Museum in 2015 and was invited to speak at TEDxMcallen about her experience as an immigrant writer in the U.S.

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For more information about these events, please contact Richard Coronado at (956) 447-6651 or via email at coronado@southtexascollege.edu

National Poetry Month Events at Starr Campus Library

Author / Scholar Visit, Library Events, Previous Events, Starr County Campus

Please join us Wednesday, April 6 at 10:00 am for a special book/author talk

Cantos del alma y del corazón—Poesía Original a collection of 50 Spanish poems will be presented by Dr. María Alma González Pérez. The poems express feelings and emotions from personal experience and provides the reader with a sensitive, yet realistic perspective of love, the family, and culture among other topics.

Dr. Pérez is a former bilingual education professor and director for UT PANAM Starr County campus, poet and writer. She writes Spanish poetry, children’s bilingual and local South Texas history books as well as teacher training material.

Her poetry book will be available for purchase at the event.

 

Please join us Thursday, April  14 at 1:00 pm for a special book/author talk

Gabriel H. Sanchez is a writer and poet from the Rio Grande Valley. He is the author of “The Fluid Chicano: Poems by Gabriel H. Sanchez,” by Slough Press, 2015. He is also co-author of “Nuevas Voces Poeticas: A Dialogue About New Chicana/o Identities,” published by Slough Press, 2015. Sanchez has publications in scientific journals, scholarly publications, several anthologies, and has served as a transcriptionist and translator for a Rio Grande Valley newspaper. He is a graduate of the University of Texas Pan American with a Master of Science in Rehabilitation Counseling. Alongside writing, Gabriel is also a film maker, director, and an actor, having had starring roles in productions such as the play “Pat and Lyndon” by Archer Crosely;  the movie “Blood for the Sun” by Mar Motion Media; and the digital series “Who Shot Me,” by Fluid Chicano Films which he also writes and directs. Recently he has accepted a lead role in another film by MQV Media.  He writes a blog titled “Cross Sections” for The Raving Press website, www.thervaingpress.com and Chicano Blogabout on his website www.thefluidchicano.com.

“The Fluid Chicano” is a book of poetry that encompasses four different aspects of life: 1) A societal/historical poetry; 2) An intimate look into internal questions about love; 3) The exploration of love loss; 4) A philosophical view of identity as a non-static, fluid construct of the self by the self and by others.

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