Wednesday, February 22, 2017

Press release rough


FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Becky Lee
Isolation
March 1st- April 25th, 2017

Reception: Thursday, March 2nd from 5:00pm-8:00pm
Northcutt Steel Gallery Billings Montana














Becky Lee, Isolated in open rooms, 2016
Acrylic on panel 18x24

Isolation explores the way modern people are letting technology take over their lives and how it is resulting in an unhealthy relationship with cellphones and less contact with real people. We are living in a world where we would rather stare at our phones while we are out to dinner with friends and family than talk to the people in front of us.

In today’s society we are engrossed with our technological world more than our real one. In 2000 the number of mobile phone subscribers was 500 million. In 2012 that number jumped to 4.5 billion.

The exhibition is Becky Lee’s senior capstone project. Becky is a junior pursuing her bachelor of Fine Arts degree and will graduate in the spring of 2018. Her artwork has been displayed in the outer gallery in MSU Billings several times and currently has works on display.

There will be a catered reception from 5-7pm on Thursday March 2nd at the Student Gallery located in the Liberal Arts building at Montana State University Billings. The exhibition and reception are free and open to the public. On campus parking is free after 5pm. Gallery hours are 8am-4pm, Monday through Friday.

Friday, February 17, 2017

Call for art fall 2017


STEP 2. Answer the following:
What information is found in each of these calls?
each call had: The gallery it was representing, a mission statement, what their exhibition was, what they were looking for, why they were doing it, what content they were after, mediums requested, location of the show, deadlines for submissions, requirements that needed to be met in the submission, and contact information
How is that information organized?
each website had their own format but for the most part the separated each section out with a headliner and highlighted the important information from that section. 
Consider the design choices in each call. Name one positive aspect of each of the call’s organization of information and one negative aspect. How does the design relate to/reflect the content of the call?
1.  Pros: well orginised, clearly hilighted deadline, clear proposal requirements.
Cons : the concept for the art they were calling for was not very clear
2. Pros: very well wrtten mission statement, clear deadline, information about the jurors, clear comunication on the format of submition, submition critereia was very clear and informitive, it didnt leave me with questions. 
3. Pros: provided the nameof the ehibition and what they are hoping to do with the exicution of the flipbooks, information on how the show willl be touring, a spacific guidline on where the contenet is from
cons: the idea of the printed flip book is not clearly communicated, it does not say if the artist has to print the book or if the gallery is going to, it also does not say if the artist has to put their work in a specific format for the gallery to put the flip book together or how the artist would go about doing it independently. I know that it is a call for the art and it wouldn't need to be submitted with the call but knowing the details can be important to the artist.
 

STEP 3.
Montana State University Billings Northcutt Steele Gallery call for art fall 2017

Northcutt Steele Gallery is an institute of art dedicated to exhibiting and supporting art from around the country in hopes of creating important and interesting conversations. We have a strong relationship with artists in the region and we are in high hopes of making more connections nationally and globally.

Northcutt Steele Gallery is currently accepting proposals for the fall of 2017 for exhibitions in its professional gallery space. Artists and curators are invited to submit recent or proposed works that you feel is an interesting or exciting topic to get people talking about. 

Deadline for proposals is Monday May 29, 2017, 11:59 MST

Exhibition proposals will be reviewed and selected by the art professors of MSU Billings and other MSU faculty. We will inform you of our decision by June 20, 2017.

All proposals must be submitted digitally. Send us your proposals via email to leanne.gilbertson@msubillings.edu by the deadline given above.

Guide Lines

1.     Exibition Proposal in a word document or PDF file. These should include:
·  Contact information, email and phone of all artists involved
·  Title decription and consept
·  Any budgetary concerns
2.     Resumes or CVs for all proposed artists involved in its own word document or PDF file
3.     No more than 15 digital images in .jpg format. Numbers should be used in the file names beginning with 01.jpg. each image must be at most 1MB. Any files that don’t meet these requirements will not be viewed when considering your proposal.
·    Videos must be able to play on a computer using QuickTime or have a link to Vimeo or YouTube
4.     Corresponding numbered image list of submitted images and or videos in a Word document or PDF file
5.     Email subject must read “Fall 2017 Exhibition proposal” to leanne.gilbertson@msubillings.edu

If you have any questions or concerns please contact the Northcutt Steele Gallery.

The Northcutt Steele Gallery is located on the first floor of the Liberal Arts on the Montana State University Billings campus. The gallery is open Monday – Friday from 8:00am – 4:00 pm, and by appointment. For more information please visit www.facebook.com/northcuttsteelegallery.

Friday, February 10, 2017

#4 Final Label


Rebecca Lee
Openly Isolated
November 2016
Acrylic on paper
18x24

Today we live in a world that revolves around technology. We are constantly being bombarded with advertisements, messages, news as well as an impersonal connection to our peers through the use of social media. We look into the lives of our peers, but we only look through our personal windows rather then actually going out to spend time with the person. Isolation creeps over those absorbed in social media and it becomes our only access to the outside world.

In the open world we have never felt more alone. We possess so much power and knowledge in the palm of our hands yet our most powerful tool makes us feel the most vulnerable. Our technology has become a safety blanket rather than something to make us stronger.  

Thursday, February 2, 2017

#3



Rebecca Lee
Openly Isolated
November 2016
Acrylic on paper
18x24

Today we live in a world that revolves around technology. We are constantly being bombarded with advertisements, messages, fake and real news as well as a impersonal connection to our peers through the use of social media. We look into the lives of our peers and how we glamour up our lives for the world to see, but we only look through our personal windows rather then actually going out to spend time with real people. Isolation creeps over those absorbed in social media and it becomes our only access to the outside world.

In the open world we have never felt more alone. We posses so much power in the palm of our hands yet our most powerful tool makes us feel the most vulnerable.