I just glanced at the Oberlin in the news page and found a remarkable number of stories relating to the work we do, from alum Andre Emmerich, to Art Rental, to press coverage of Pipo's show in LA, to Archeology Major Sarah Arriaga. I've pasted in the synopses below; to find the articles they summarize go to:
http://www.oberlin.edu/news-info/oberlin_in_news/
all the best,
Erik
New York Times Reports Death of Andre Emmerich '44 September 26, 2007 - André Emmerich, the renowned Manhattan art dealer,died yesterday at his home in Manhattan. He was 82. The Times described Emmerich, who graduated from Oberlin in 1944 at the age of 19, as "an early champion of the 1950s and '60s school of Color Field painting." He also represented, among others, David Hockney and Anthony Caro. His much-photographed 150-acre sculpture park in Pawling, New York,displayed large-scale works by Caro, Alexander Liberman, Alexander Calder, Mark di Suvero, George Rickey, Keith Haring, and Hockney.
Oberlin Students Discuss Art Rental Program on CNN September 21, 2007 – CNN aired a feature on the College's art rental program that was broadcast the previous day on Cleveland's NBC affiliate WKYC. "I think it's pretty amazing that this program exists here and that it's continued so long successfully," said Natasha '09, at the Allen Memorial Art Museum on art rental day. "It's not a privilege the students take lightly," commented the WKYC reporter Jacque Smith. "People ask what happens when college students spill beer on their Picassos," said Raphael '09. "The only answer is: They don't."
Archeology Major Sarah Arriaga '07 Values Multiple Internships, reports
Plain Dealer
September 21, 2007 - Students, such as archeology major Sarah Arriaga '07, find that doing two or more internships helps them zero in on a specific occupation in a broad field, reports the Cleveland Plain Dealer. In the article, Arriaga cites several reasons why her internship was important to her [career] goals. Also interviewed for the article was Oberlin Career Services Director Leo Charette, who explained why internships have to be "meaty." "We want it to be a broader experience than just something employers might need done in the month of January."
Los Angeles Times Reviews Exhibition by Pipo Nguyen-duy
September 21, 2007 – In its review of Associate Professor of Art Pipo Nguyen-duy's East of Eden exhibition at the Sam Lee Gallery, the Los Angeles Times says, "Pipo's pictures read as allegorical tableaux, slightly stilted scenes orchestrated to emblematize a particular condition. The Vietnamese-born photographer, a refugee at 13 and now a professor at Oberlin College, started this East of Eden series in the summer after Sept. 11, 2001." Hosts of KPFK Pacifica Radio's Sound Exchange also interviewed the artist in a walk+talk through the Chinatown gallery.
Erik Inglis
Associate Professor of Art
Co-Chair for Art History
Art Dept
Oberlin College
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