TU School of Art Features Red Heat Competition Eclectic Line up of Artists in October

Monday, October 01, 2007

The University of Tulsa’s School of Art will host three artists in October along with its annual ceramics juried exhibit: "Red Heat: Contemporary Works in Clay."

This is the fourth time TU has hosted the national ceramics competition, which will run Oct. 4-26 in the Alexandre Hogue Gallery on the TU campus. The exhibited works come from artists across the United States, and they vary from functional and decorative ceramic dishware to sculptural ceramic work.

Judy Onofrio will open the Red Heat exhibit with a lecture at 4 p.m. Oct. 4, in Room 211 of Phillips Hall and will also serve as the exhibit’s juror. Onofrio’s fanciful mixed media sculptures have been exhibited nationally and internationally in the United States, Germany, Belgium, the Netherlands, Algeria, Morocco, Pakistan and Egypt.

In addition to the activities surrounding Red Heat, the School of Art will host artists Deborah Kahn at 4 p.m., Oct. 11 in Phillips Hall, Room 211 and Oliver Herring at 7 p.m., Oct. 18 in the Lorton Lecture Hall.

Kahn’s oil paintings contain layer after layer of rich, earthy colors entangling human and animal figures. Kahn’s work is on display in the Bowery Gallery in New York and Les Yeux du Monde in Charlottesville, Va. Kahn, who is a professor at American University, is also a 2004 Guggenheim Fellow in the Visual Arts.

Herring’s varied style has captured the attention of the contemporary art world. His unconventional use of models and materials is featured in the third season of "Art: 21," the PBS series on contemporary art practices. He has had numerous solo exhibitions in New York, including at the Museum of Modern Art, the Guggenheim Museum and the Museum of Contemporary Art.

The public lectures and Red Heat exhibit are free and open to the public. For more information, contact the TU School of Art at (918) 631-2739.