The Contemporary Arts Center proudly presents a special
Panel Discussion
September 9th, 7PM
Sci-Fi Center 900 E. Karen Ave. Suite D-202
Las Vegas NV, 89109
This
dialogue will present and expand on the relationship and overlaps between two
consecutive CAC exhibitions that explore ideas particularly relevant to the Las
Vegas community. The exhibitions are “America’s
#1 Foreclosed City: Las Vegas” by Emily Kennerk (August 3 through September 18,
2010) and the previous installation “Reign of Glass” by Erin Stellmon.
Seating is limited. Registration is recommended but not required. Admission
is free and open to the public, donations to the CAC a 501c3 non-profit are
always appreciated.
About
the Panelists:
Robert Dorgan:
Dorgan received a Bachelor of Arts and a Master of
Architecture from the University of Minnesota, and a Graduate Design Diploma
from the Architectural Association in London, England. An award winning
designer and educator, he has taught at the University of Minnesota, University
of Maryland, Virginia Tech, Georgia Tech and UNLV. Professor Dorgan is the
founding Director of the educational non-profit organization, the Institute for
Small Town Studies, where he continues his role as editor of their quarterly
journal, fishwrap. He currently
serves as the Director of UNLV’s Downtown Design Center located in the Historic
Fifth Street School.
Emily Kennerk:
Kennerk is interested in the transitional state of current
modernity, the departure from a solid plausibility structure to a liquid one,
and how seemingly discarded ideologies operate within current modes of
thought. Emily Kennerk completed her
undergraduate work at the Herron School of Art in Indianapolis, Indiana, and
received her master’s degree with merit honors at Cranbrook Academy of Fine Art
in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan. She taught at the Herron School of Art, DePauw
University in Greencastle, Indiana, and most recently at Trinity Christian
College before joining the UNLV faculty this fall.
Erin Stellmon:
Stellmon
is a visual artist that employs multiple mediums in her work including collage,
photography, drawing and sculpture. Erin
Stellmon holds a BFA in fine art from Parsons School of Design in New York and
an MFA in visual arts from University of Nevada Las Vegas. Born and raised in Portland, Oregon, she
currently lives and works in Las Vegas, NV.
Stellmon is employed as the Media Coordinator for The Las Vegas Neon
Museum and Boneyard
Kirsten Swenson:
Swenson teaches courses in contemporary art history,
criticism, and theory. Her scholarship and critical writing focus on minimal
and conceptual art and their legacies. Prior to arriving at UNLV in the fall of
2007, Professor Swenson taught at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland,
New York University, and the State University of New York. She has held
fellowships at the Smithsonian American Art Museum and the Whitney Museum of
American Art.
Swenson teaches courses in contemporary
art history, criticism,
About the Contemporary Arts Center
The
Contemporary Arts Center was founded in 1989 and is a recipient of the 30th
annual Governor's Arts Award for Leadership in Organizations. The Nevada Arts
Council and the Governor's Office presented these honors in March 2010 for
outstanding and enduring contributions to Nevada through artistic achievement
and service to the arts.