Introducing the Fall/Winter 2024–25 SVA Visual Arts Journal

The latest issue of SVA’s magazine includes a portfolio of work by artist Willie Cole (BFA 1976 Media Arts), in addition to campus news, alumni notes, and the latest publications, products, and other ventures by SVA community members.

Willie Cole, Red Spirit Light, 2013, plastic bottles, galvanized steel, and cellophane.

The fall/winter 2024–25 issue of the Visual Arts Journal, the biannual magazine of the School of Visual Arts, is now available for free in-person and in digital on Issuu, which is also home to back issues of the magazine dating to 2012.

The Visual Arts Journal is produced in the fall and spring by SVA External Relations and the Visual Arts Press, SVA’s in-house design studio.

JazzBird Sweepstakes

The American Jazz Museum is proud to honor the legendary Charlie "Bird" Parker, a Kansas City native and one of the most influential figures in the history of jazz. American Jazz Museum Executive Director Dr. Dina Bennett will present a free Piano Side Chat on October 23rd that delves into Charlie Parker, as a saxophonist and composer who revolutionized the genre with his pioneering bebop style, which changed the landscape of modern jazz forever. A Q&A will follow Dr. Bennett's presentation.

To highlight the Piano Side Chat, AARP Kansas City is holding a JazzBird Sweepstakes. Entries will be accepted beginning October 1st until 7:30 PM on October 23, 2024.

To enter, complete the entry form for your chance to win:

• Grand Prize is a limited edition graphite JazzBird desktop sculpture by Willie Cole signed by the artist.

• Second prize is two (2) tickets to The Blue Room Jazz Club on a Friday or Saturday night of the prizewinner's choice.

• Third prize is a blue, XL Charlie Parker t-shirt.

Enter now for your chance to win your own JazzBird! (You do not need to be present to win.)

Arlington Museum of Art displays Tarrant County-traveling giant water bottle sculpture

This jolly giant gives a new meaning to “green.”

A year ago, he was nothing but an assortment of plastic water bottles scattered across Tarrant County — likely destined for a landfill or roadside. Now, he’s a 30-foot sculpture on display at the Arlington Museum of Art.

Composed of about 24,000 water bottles, visitors can view “The Giant Water Bottle Sculpture Project with Artist Willie Cole” for free until Oct. 15.

The Tarrant County Education Foundation commissioned the sculpture project to artist Willie Cole in 2023. The foundation wanted Cole to introduce his “Artcycling” philosophy — the repurposing of discarded materials into art — to Fort Worth public schools and community stakeholders.

Over the next few months, more than 1,000 families in Tarrant County helped gather materials for the sculpture, which was then assembled by about 300 students, teachers and community partners.

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What: The Arlington Museum of Art’s showing of “The Giant Water Bottle Sculpture Project with Artist Willie Cole”

Where: 1200 Ballpark Way, Arlington

When: Aug. 17-Oct. 15

• 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Tuesday-Saturday; 1 p.m.-5 p.m. Sunday

Price: Free, with tickets for other exhibitions available for purchase