2021 Design Lecture Series

Sadie Red Wing  09-14-2021, 5PM EST
Elizabeth Guffey 09-21-2021, 5PM EST
Fiona Raby 09-28-2021, 5PM EST
Louise Sandhaus 10-05-2021, 5PM EST
Forensic Architecture 10-12-2021, 5PM EST
Schessa Garbutt 10-19-2021, 5PM EST
Shiraz Gallab 10-26-2021, 6:30PM EST
Cybele Grandjean 11-02-2021, 5PM EST
Nika Simovich Fisher 11-09-2021, 5PM EST
Channel Studio 11-16-2021, 5PM EST
Nontsikelelo Mutiti 11-23-2021, 5PM EST
Tega Brain 11-30-2021, 5PM EST

Click this link to reserve your spot

Art and Design Equipment Cage Fall 2021

 

The Art and Design Equipment Cage (CSB Room 217) will be back to full operation starting on September 1, 2021.

Our anticipated schedule for the Fall 2021 Semester is:

Mondays-Thursdays 11-6
Fridays 12-3:30

All equipment reservations and transactions will be carried out via Cheqroom, our online equipment management system. If you are in a Media , Photo, Design, Drawing Animation course or are a grad student, you should be receiving a Cheqroom invite and documentation.

If you did not receive an invite, please contact Damian Catera at catera@mgsa.rutgers.edu

Some Guidelines for Reserving, Checking Out Equipment

1-Generally, equipment is signed out for 2-day intervals. 

2- Please do not show up to the Equipment Cage without a confirmed reservation.Your reservation is confirmed when you receive email notification from Cheqroom, it will appear in the comments thread of your reservation. Keep an eye on your emails!!

3-Make sure to install the Cheqroom app on your phone. This will expedite the process greatly when you come in to pick up your equipment.

4-Students are not allowed to physically enter the Equipment Cage.

5- You cannot self renew equipment. You must contact the Cage via the comments field of your checkout record to request a renewal. This should be done well in advance of your renewal request.

6-Fees apply for late returns of equipment

7-All CDC and Rutgers Covid-19 safety guidelines apply when visiting the cage. 

For Cheqroom Video Documentation, please go to http://art.rutgers.edu/cheqroom

 

Computer Lab Changes for Fall 2021

Welcome back everyone! Below is an outline of some of the changes relating to the computer labs this year.

 

  • Only NETIDS will be used log into lab computers. Internal A & D accounts are no longer avalible.

 

 

 

Art and Design Equipment Cage: Spring 2021 Dates

Dear Art and Design Cheqroom Users,

We will be offering contactless pickup of equipment for the Spring Semester in the CSB Lobby on the following dates. Please note that all visits require a reservation and confirmation from Art and Design Staff as well as approval from our Mason Gross Facilities Director. These are not drop in-hours and there will be no equipment loans without a reservation.

If you are in a Media, Design or Photo course, or if you are a thesis or grad student, you should have received your invite.  If you need access to Cheqroom please contact Damian Catera at catera@mgsa.rutgers.edu . 

 All reservations must be confirmed 2 business days in advance. This is a complex, multilayered process. It is strongly encouraged for students to start the reservation process 1 week before your intended appointment.

Equipment ‘Cage’ CSB Lobby Dates for Spring  2021:

Wednesday January 20:  10am-6pm
Thursday January 21: 10am-6pm
Wednesday January 27: 9am-12pm
Monday February 1:  9am-12pm
Friday February 12:  9am-12pm
Tuesday February 16: 10am-6pm
Wednesday February 17: 10am-6pm
Monday February 22:  9am-12pm
Wednesday March 3: 9am-12pm
Monday March 8:  9am-12pm

SPRING BREAK: CLOSED

Thursday March 25: 10am-6pm
Friday March 26:  10am-6pm
Wednesday March 31: 10am-6pm 
Monday April 5: 9am-12pm
Wednesday April 14: 9am-12pm
Wednesday April 21: 10am-6pm 
Thursday April 22: 10am-6pm 
Mon April 26:  9am-12pm 
Tuesday May 4: 10am-6pm 
Wednesday May 5: 10am-6pm 
Wednesday May 12: 9am-12pm

Equipment Reservation/ Pickup Procedure

1-Reserve your equipment via our Cheqroom application. A confirmation will be sent with  the specific date and time of your pickup appointment.

2-Reserve your access to the building by emailing our facilities Director Kevin Viscarello

kevinv@mgsa.rutgers.edu. Make sure to list the reason for your visit, the specific date, time, 

and location of your visit as well as the intended duration of your visit. Signouts should not take more than 5-10 minutes. This needs to be done 2 business days prior to your visit.

Please make sure to look at the hours of availability for that specific date (listed above) when making your request. 

3-Once you receive confirmation from Kevin, you can schedule and plan your visit. 

4-About 30-90 minutes before your arrival, you will need to go to this website and check in answering all of the questions: https://go.rutgers.edu/mgsa-checklist.

5-Also, you must go to my.rutgers.edu and apply for your campus pass.

6-Make sure to install the Cheqroom app on your phone so that you can digitally sign your checkout agreement when you come to pick up your gear. 

7-You will not be allowed into CSB unless you are wearing a face mask!

8-Upon arrival for your confirmed and approved appointment, someone will be in the CSB lobby to hand you your equipment. Please note that you cannot make any last minute changes or additions once your reservation is confirmed. 

9-When returning equipment, you must go through all of these confirmations and approvals again.

Failure to adhere to any of these guidelines will result in you not being allowed into the building for equipment check outs!

Day With(out) Art 2020

Mason Gross School of the Arts is proud to be partnering with the Zimmerli Art Museum, Rutgers Global, and the Rutgers School of Public Health to present special programming throughout the day on Tuesday, Dec. 1 for Visual AIDS’ Day With(out) Art 2020 (full schedule below). Art & Design will be presenting TRANSMISSIONS, a program of six new videos considering the impact of HIV and AIDS beyond the United States on a continuous loop from 10am-7pm on art.rutgers.edu bringing together artists working across the world: Jorge Bordello (Mexico), Gevi Dimitrakopoulou (Greece), Las Indetectables (Chile), George Stanley Nsamba (Uganda), Lucía Egaña Rojas (Chile/Spain), and Charan Singh (India/UK).

As the world continues to adapt to living with a new virus, COVID-19, these videos offer an opportunity to reflect on the resonances and differences between the two epidemics and their uneven distribution across geography, race, and gender.

TUES: December 1, all day schedule
Join us for live virtual programming during Art Before/After Hours on December 1 to mark Day With(out) Art/World AIDS Day and celebrate Thomas Sokolowski, the Zimmerli’s late director, who passed away in May. Since 1989, Day With(out)Art has served as a national day of action and mourning in response to the HIV/AIDS crisis initiated by Visual AIDS, an organization that Sokolowski helped found.
§ 9:00am – The Zimmerli is hosting a live Zoom screening of TRANSMISSIONS Please note: the video program contains explicit content.
§ Throughout the Day – Look for special content on the Zimmerli’s online platforms honoring Tom Sokolowski.
§ 7:00pm – A live Zoom panel on the historical and contemporary intersections of HIV/AIDS advocacy and the arts, with a special emphasis on the role Tom Sokolowski played in founding Visual AIDS. Visual artist and Mason Gross professor Jeanine Oleson will moderate a conversation between Nelson Santos, an artist, curator, and former director of Visual AIDS; Allen Frame, a photographer and writer who has long worked with Visual AIDS; Dr. Perry N. Halkitis, Dean of the Rutgers School of Public Health, and Donna Gustafson, the Zimmerli’s Curator of American and Modern Art, Mellon Director of Academic Programs, and currently the museum’s interim director.

Click here for details and registration links

This program is presented in lead collaboration with Rutgers Global, Mason Gross School of the Arts, and Rutgers School of Public Health, with the additional support of Rutgers Student Health, Rutgers Global Health Institute, Rutgers Center for Social Justice Education and LGBT Communities, and the Office of the Chancellor, Rutgers – New Brunswick.

OPEN CALL: Anti-matters


OPEN CALL: Anti-matters
Antimatter is matter composed of the antiparticles (or “partners”) of the corresponding particles of “ordinary” matter. Anti-matters features works loosely related to science fiction, that are de-materialized, unfinished, craft, idea, belief, or cultural object from the future. This show will bring opposition to the fetishization of “fine art” and asks “What matters most to us that is left out of the art gallery capitalist bargain but most important to our current society?” The gallery will make space for the futures projects, and to bring artists together within the Mason Gross community who imagine imminent worlds that expand out of our current political system. Sci-fi and themes of futurism opens possibilities based in the future that embodies art for culture’s sake. Art for belief.

Submissions are limited to 5 images per artist. Images should be sized at 2000px on the long side, 72 DPI. If selected and necessary, artists will be asked to provide higher resolution images. Please create a zip file with your image files, and a list of works including your name, title, date, and size. Be sure to include your name in the title of the zip file as well.
Upload your materials to: https://masongrossgalleries.rutgers.edu/upload/

Submissions are due Monday, November 30 at 11:59pm.

Due to the size of the exhibition, we will try our best to take all artist who apply.

Any questions, please email Gabe Sacco
gabrielsacco13@gmail.com