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The Watkins Film School at Watkins College of Art, Design & Film is sponsoring a film industry forum and mixer from 6:00pm to 9:00pm in room 500 (the school’s large theater) on Friday April 16, 2010. The event is designed to raise the level of awareness among those in the local film industry about the student film program at Watkins and the work that is being produced by the young filmmakers enrolled in the program. It is also intended to serve as a forum wherein local semi-pro and professional stage & film actors, student filmmakers and local film industry professionals (including talent agents, casting directors, theatrical union representatives (Screen Actors Guild), and executives from local studios and production houses can discuss issues related to producing, auditioning for, casting and working in Watkins’ student-produced films.

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Watkins College of Art, Design & Film’s Artist Lecture Series is proud to present:

Wayne White

Friday, March 26th

Watkins Campus

Reception at 5:30 pm Lecture at 6:00 pm

Wayne White is a three-time Emmy winner for his set and puppet designs for Pee-wee’s Playhouse. The L.A. based artist directed two seminal music videos; Peter Gabriel’s "Big Time" and Smashing Pumpkins "Tonight, Tonight," and has exhibited paintings and sculptures internationally.

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Watkins College of Art, Design and Flim presents an exhibition curated by Patrick DeGuira. EXHIBITION RUNS March 5- 26, 2010 Opening Reception: March 5, from 6 pm-8 pm Brownlee O. Currey Jr. Gallery on Watkins Campus

Including works by- Harmony Korine, Leigh Ledare, Angela Messina, Laurie Nye, Chris Scarborogh, Rob Smith, Brent Stewart, Terry Rowlett and Kurt Wagner. Aftermath is an exhibition that reads like a poem, recognizing each individual work such as line, phrase, or moment. Through the use of photography, painting and sculpture, the included works comment on the notions of disorder, identity, rebirth and the landscape.

The Fall 2009 Film Screenings will be held Wednesday, December 16, beginning at 10am at the Regal Cinema 16 in Green Hills. For more information, contact Steve Womack at swomack@watkins.edu.

Save the Date!

An Alumni career event will be held Saturday, November 7, 2-4:30pm at the College. Join fellow alumni for a general session to find out what Watkins does for you.

Afterwards, join one of three round-table breakout sessions, led by College and community experts, on the following topics:

1. Graduate school: How to select a program, get in and most importantly, get out, whether you’re attending full time, part time, while working, etc.
2. Business: Tips to start your own business or run a successful freelance practice, along with networking tips and how to sell yourself.
3. Galleries: Interested in showing your work in galleries? Learn more from exhibitors, curators and directors of residency programs

Learn more or RSVP today by contact Christy Bell at cbell@watkins.edu.

On Friday, October 9 at 7pm, film students from Nashville’s sister city of Magdeburg, Germany will premiere their documentary “Gewendete Leben”, which both commemorates and reflects on life 20 years after the fall of the Berlin wall. The screening will be held in the theater and is free and open to the public. Presented in partnership with Sister Cities of Nashville. For more information on Sister Cities, click here. For more information on the Watkins Film School, click here.

Opening Reception, Split & Twisted, 5:30-8pm, Friday, October 9. Runs through November 13. Juried by Karinne Caulkins from The Buntin Group (also the American Advertising Federation of Nashville’s 2009 Art Director of the Year).

  

 

Alumni Toi Johnson and Michael Cain recently had films selected to screen at the International Black Film Festival in Nashville. Toi Johnson’s "Happy Thanksgiving" and Michael Cain’s "Mother Daughter" will both screen on Saturday, Oct 3, at noon at Regal Opry Mills #20.

For more information about the International Black Film Festival or these screenings, click here.

For more information about the Watkins Film School, click here.

This artist panel follows the Tennessee Abstract Painters exhibition at Cheekwood, which closes September 20. The panelists will present ideas supporting and/or critiquing the discursive nature of abstract painting in our culture, in this day and time.

Panelists include:

• Gregg Horowitz, Associate Professor of Philosophy, Vanderbilt University. Horowitz’s work focuses on the philosophy of art and art history, political philosophy and psychoanalysis. He has special research interests in the relation of aesthetics and cultural theory to critical social theory.
• Hans Schmitt-Matzen, Artist and associate exhibitions designer at the Frist Center for The Visual Arts
• Jered Sprecher, University of Tennessee – Knoxville Art Professor and 2009 John Simon Guggenheim Fellow
• Terry Thacker, Artist and Chair of the Fine Arts Department, Watkins College of Art, Design & Film

Nashville Native and Graphic Design pioneer Jane Davis Doggett will teach a "Master Class" at Watkins on Friday, September 18, at 5pm in Room 205. Free. This event is in partnership with her exhibition at the Tennessee State Museum, which opens September 17 and runs through October 25. Read more about Doggett and her exhibition at the State Museum by clicking here.