Visiting Artist: Carroll Dunham

Carroll Dunham, a painter whose work revolves around human sexuality, will be speaking about his work on Tuesday February 26 at 5:00 pm in Classroom I of the Art Building. His work can be quite explicit in its imagery. Stylistically his non-realistic images extrapolate the direct essence of intimate human interactions that have come to focus very explicitly on genitalia. The work is very direct and expressionist in its manner of execution and the drawing style reflected seems to be intentionally cartoon-like. His work appears to relate more to the world of underground comic books than to the work of the Abstract Expressionist Willem DeKooning. There is a childlike freshness to the work that contradicts the mature content His paintings tend to be very large and they are both visually and conceptually challenging.

This lecture is sponsored by the Ellen Johnson Fund and accompanies a show of Dunham’s prints that runs in the Allen Memorial Art Museum from February 5 to March 23.

Need money for your exhibition?

Funding is available to students on a competitive basis through The PoGo Family Foundation for student-curated exhibitions of 2-D or 3-D art. The grants are intended to cover the costs of materials to mount the exhibit, documentation and related marketing materials for a gallery and/or Internet-based exhibit. The exhibition requires faculty sponsorship and should be developed either in conjunction with an existing course or an approved independent study program. Questions about the program and possible grant applications should be addressed to Professor Johnny Coleman, Associate Professor of African American Studies and Art (johnny.coleman [at] oberlin.edu or x56908).

Full guidelines and application form are available through the Grants Opportunities link or on the Student Grants tab of the Sponsored Programs Blackboard site.

Michael Trigilio of Neighborhood Public Radio visits Oberlin

As part of the Margin Release new media lecture series at Oberlin this spring, Michael Trigilio of Neighborhood Public Radio will be speaking at the Cat in the Cream on Monday, February 25 at 12 noon. NPR is an activist/artist group based out of Oakland and San Fransisco that presents shows created by and intended for the people in the place it happens to be broadcasting from. Check out their website: http://www.neighborhoodpublicradio.org/

In conjunction with the talk, the studio art class "Margin Release" and TIMARA class "Digital Art and Public Performance" will be presenting FMemory Sunday, February 24 at 2 PM in the art building. Anyone is welcome to come or just tune in. Bring your portable radio player (boombox, walkman, etc), if you have one.

Crave excellent websites?

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We've selected hundreds of art web sites and imagebases and categorized them for easy browsing.  

Architecture and temporal transformation

February 13: 5:00 PM, Art Building, Classroom I

Felicity Scott, Columbia University: Groovin’ on Time

Clarence Ward Spring 2008 Lecture Series

NEW APPROACHES TO MODERN ARCHITECTURE

The psychedelic experience of a spatial expansion of “consciousness” and sense of an interconnected “planetary culture” was widespread among the late-sixties counterculture. This identification with a global community and its concern for the entire Earth’s ecosphere was largely a postindustrial phenomenon, a reflection upon new technological potentials that, while apparently euphoric, were haunted by a politics of survival. In addition to this spatial sensation was an equally symptomatic sense of temporal transformation. The psychedelic experience of the “trip” involved an “expanded time phenomenon”, a sense of one’s ability to “dwell exponentially” in time, or to experience not the sequential passing of time but accelerating rates of change.

It was within this historical condition that Ant Farm was founded in 1968 on a platform of educational reform, one intending to bring architectural pedagogy into alignment with these radically transformed space-time relations and in so doing to offer a “turned-on” counterpart to normative models of pedagogy.

from Documenta 12

Architectural Design Studio Exhibition

on behalf of jesse lecavalier (ETH zuerich) and the students enrolled in the winter term course "PRIMER: Introductory Architectural Design  Studio," i would like to invite you to a closing show of the students' work on friday, february 8 at 7pm in the gallery between the two domes.

i will give a very brief presentation on the structure and method of the course, and then the students will present their projects and answer your questions.  afterwards, please join us for a reception in the gallery.

any and all are welcome;  we hope to see you there!

john

John Harwood

Assistant Professor of Modern Architectural History

Dept. of Art

Oberlin College

Call for Papers: Museum Tuesday Tea Series

Open To All Oberlin College seniors 

Date of Presentation:  Tuesday, May 13 at 2:30pm

The Allen Memorial Art Museum is seeking submissions from Oberlin College 

seniors for a lecture to be presented during the last Tuesday Tea of the spring  

semester, May 13, 2008 at 2:30 pm.  With this opportunity, the AMAM hopes 

to celebrate the achievements of a graduating Oberlin student.  

Tuesday Teas are part of a popular adult lecture series that occur on the second Tuesday of each month during the academic year.  Past speakers have included AMAM staff, Oberlin College professors, outside scholars, and other art  professionals.  Tuesday Teas are held in the galleries and generally last about 30 - 45 minutes, followed by a question and answer period.  Light refreshments are then served in the East Gallery. 

Papers should focus on a single work of art in the permanent collection or a special exhibition, preferably on display.  Proposals will be in part assessed on the work's suitability for discussion in situ before a large audience.  A one-page abstract should be submitted, along with a resume and letter of interest, to Jason Trimmer, Curator of Education, at the address below by Tuesday, March 4, 2008, no later than 5:00pm.  An Art History or Studio major is not required, but the student’s academic background and familiarity with his or her subject will be taken into consideration. 

Abstracts will be juried by AMAM curatorial staff and the selection announced 

by March 17, 2008. 

 

For more information or questions, contact: 

Jason Trimmer 

Curator of Education 

Allen Memorial Art Museum 

(440) 775-8671 

jason.trimmer@oberlin.edu 

Clarifying clerestories

Did you ever notice the unusual "clerestory" screens covering the windows in the Weltzheimer-Johnson (W-J) House? We are proud of our Frank Lloyd Wright Usonian home, but this feature has always seemed out-of-place.

Perforated wood clerestory window screen

currently on the W-J House

In fact the current clerestory screens are not specified in the original Frank Lloyd Wright plans; they were designed by the Taliesin apprentice supervising construction, Ted Bower, in consultation with the Weltzheimers. Presumably this alternate design was approved by FLWright, but to even the untrained eye its aesthetic differs noticeably from the rest of the house.

Now visitors can envision the W-J House with the original Usonian screens. Thanks to Michael Holubar (Preparator, Allen Memorial Art Museum and experienced in Frank Lloyd Wright restoration and reproduction), the FLWright's design has come to life. Michael fabricated a full-size replica of the original perforated clerestory screens; the replica is backlit and on display in the House workshop.

Taliesin design now featured as interior light screen

The original screens delineated a geometric and directional motif which would have drawn the eye around the upper circumference and down the length of the house. With Michael's replica in place W-J House we can envision the different effect of the original screens.

Fresh new hassocks
In February three newly constructed hassocks will join the others at
the House. Freshman David Field spent his Winter Term researching
FLWright hassock designs and then building three in the Art Department
woodshop. Special thanks to Ed Fuquay, Art Department Woodshop
Technician, for assisting David.

Come visit!
The W-J House offers "Conversational Tours" the 1st & 3rd Sundays every month, 12:00-5:00 PM

This year we are also open last Saturdays.   The monthly "Focus Saturdays" will feature conversational tours emphasizing a specific topic (such as decorative arts, landscape design, etc.).  Watch for each month's topic in the Oberlin college on-line calendar.

Oberlin College students are admitted free Others are $5/person.

Palli Davis Holubar
W-J House: 775-5999 email-wjhouse@oberlin.edu

Diary of a Victorian Dandy

Candidate Lecture:
"The Twentieth-Century Dandy as Cultural Provocateur: Yinka Shonibare,
MBE and the Diary of a Victorian Dandy."

Courtney Martin, Yale University
Monday January 28th, Noon, Art Building, Classroom II

On Monday January 28th the Art Department is hosting Courtney Martin.
Ms. Martin, an Oberlin graduate (class of '96), is currently a
doctoral candidate at Yale University, where she is writing her
dissertation on the black British arts movement of the 1970s and 80s.
Some of you may have met her already, as she was a guest professor for
Professors Mathews and Cara in last spring's London program. She is
visiting Oberlin as a candidate for a Dissertation Fellowship from the
Consortium for Faculty Diversity in Liberal Arts Colleges; if she
receives it, she will be here next year, writing her dissertation and
teaching one course in the fall. At noon on Monday she will give a
lecture titled "The Twentieth-Century Dandy as Cultural Provocateur:
Yinka Shonibare, MBE and the Diary of a Victorian Dandy." The lecture
will take place in classroom II of the Art Building. To see some of
Shonibare's work, see
http://www.yinka-shonibare.co.uk/
http://www.stephenfriedman.com
http://www.tate.org.uk/britain/turnerprize/2004/shonibare.shtm

Students will also have the the chance to speak with her at 2:30 in
the Art Department's Seminar room.

Songs from My Mother's Sky

Check out the YouTube video of Johnny Coleman describing his work and the influence behind his latest piece "Songs from My Mother's Sky" exhibited January 20 – April 1, 2007 at the Fort Wayne Museum of Art:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-JLb4Q5YB2I

A masterful storyteller and poet, Johnny Coleman creates site-specific multi-sensory environments. This installation is a part of a personal, ongoing series of works in memory of the artist’s mother, Florence McCoy. Following her passing in 2003, Coleman began constructing physical spaces that sought to simultaneously reflect something of her spirit, and to function as a “prayer.” Within each of the prayers, the presence of birds has been central. Coleman writes, “For my mother, and for myself, birds are evocative of a kind of freedom that is chosen and actively pursued. Birds are music. Flight.”

From the exhibition description, Fort Wayne Museum of Art

Reverberation

Dan Tranberg of the Plain Dealer offers an insightful review of Audra's solo exhibition "Audra Skuodas: Reverberation." The show was originally scheduled to run through Friday, Dec. 21, but has been extended through Sunday, Jan. 13.

1point618 Gallery (6421 Detroit Ave. on Cleveland's West Side) is open by appointment only. Call 216-281-1618 or go to www.1point618gallery.com.

ART WALK: Saturday December 15th from 7:00-9:00 PM

Come and see the art produced in various classes this year. Students are exhibiting their artwork in various buildings throughout the campus so you can walk from one to the other. Refreshments will be served!

EVENTS WILL BE HELD IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS:

+ THE ALLEN ART BUILDING INCLUDING THE ART LIBRARY:
Featuring the work of our Drawing, Sculpture, Artist Books and Painting Students.

+ THE "DOMES"
Featuring the work of our drawing and color theory students

+ THE CLARENCE WARD ADDITION
Featuring the work of our Painting Students.

+ FISHER HALL GALLERY
Featuring the work of our Senior Studio and Thesis Students.

+ HALES GYMNASIUM
Featuring the Work of the Advanced Individual Projects Class

ALSO! NOT TO BE MISSED!
Digital Art And Public Space: “Everything But The Hall Auditorium”
Thursday, December 13 @ 5PM, Hall Auditorium

Students in Digital Art and Public Space have created site-specific installations for Hall Auditorium, with one catch: they are not allowed to use the theater. We can expect sound installations in bathrooms and projections on the façade, amongst many other wonders of site-specific digital art and public space!

Creative Resistance Book Launch

WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 12 @ 5:30 PM
AZARIAH'S CAFÉ, MUDD LIBRARY

The students in Creative Resistance have made completed an amazing book project that has digital, analog, and hybrid components. We will be displaying the book, in all its parts (via book, projectors, speakers, analog circuits, and computers), at the new Azariah Café in Mudd Library. Please join us!

18th c. digital

John Hugens, OC '08, has created a 21st century 3-D model of an 18th
century English Palace, Blenheim Palace originally designed by Sir
John Vanbrugh and Nicholas Hawksmoor. John used Cinema 4D, a 3D
package used by many architectural firms to digitally reconstruct the
complex palace with the measured drawings published in Vitruvius
Britannicus (Art Library Special Collections ), a multi-volume
collection of engravings by Colen Campbell, the first volume of which
was published in 1717. Vitruvius Britannicus contains nearly every
important work of contemporary architecture in England starting with
Inigo Jones as well as many original designs by Campbell himself.


Blenheim was constructed between 1705 and 1722 after the First Duke
of Marlborough won victories against the French and Bavarians
during the Second War of Spanish Succession. Blenheim Palace is the
birthplace of Sir Winston Churchill - his birth room is now a tourist
attraction. John's virtual Blenheim can be explored from many angles
and provides an understanding of the architects' play of depth and
light. Traveling through the model provides a feeling of envelopment,
which Vanbrugh's architecture is known for.

The Creativity Fund: Get funding for your brilliant idea!

Announcement, Posted Nov. 14
Deadline: December 4th
Sponsored by the Creativity & Leadership: Entrepreneurship at Oberlin Project, The Creativity Fund offers awards of $500 to $1,500 to support a range of student ventures. Open to students of any year and major (including graduating seniors), these awards are ideal for students who have developed entrepreneurial ideas and are poised to take the next step toward realizing their projects. Strong candidates will have demonstrated leadership and project management skills, as well as a compelling commitment to their proposed idea/venture.

Full description, application, and FAQs are available from the Creativity & Leadership website at www.oberlin.edu/creativity/opportunities.html

Posted by Creativity

Earth Water Air Fire

Tomorrow [Fri. 16 Nov.] @ 5:30 in the evening, the students in my Digital Art and Public Space class will be showing video projections they have made for the courtyard of the art building. Their assignment was to figure out how to make multiple projections appear simultaneously using only one projector, no peripheral equipment. They have to project on to a "found" surface (no screens!), and were to create video that worked with the surface. They are allowed two speakers for sound. There are four groups of students, and each group was given one word, Earth, Water, Air, or Fire. That word is the impulse point to drive the projection pieces.

Come by! We will be there for an hour or so!

Best wishes,
Julia

from Julia Christensen
date Nov 14, 2007 10:03 PM

Funding for student exhibits

From Susan Morse:
Please share information about this opportunity with your students and advisees.

Funding is available to students on a competitive basis through The PoGo Family Foundation for student-curated exhibitions of 2-D or 3-D art. The grants are intended to cover the costs of materials to mount the exhibit, documentation and related marketing materials for a gallery and/or Internet-based exhibit. The exhibition requires faculty sponsorship and should be developed either in conjunction with an existing course, an approved independent study program or a Winter Term project.

The maximum amount available for each grant is $500. One or two grants will be awarded for projects undertaken during Winter Term, with additional grants awarded for projects undertaken during the spring semester.

Applications for Winter Term projects must be received by November 27, 2007, with awards announced on December 3, 2007. Applications for spring semester projects must be received by February 29, 2008, with awards announced on March 14, 2008.

Full guidelines and the required cover page and budget form are available on the Sponsored Programs Blackboard site, which may be accessed through the Offices & Departments listing of the campus directory online.

Questions about the program and possible grant applications should be addressed to Professor Johnny Coleman, Associate Professor of African American Studies and Art (johnny.coleman@oberlin.edu or x56908).

from Susan Morse Invited
	♫ susan.morse@oberlin.edu

Global Compass brings the art world to Oberlin

To better understand the effect of globalization on contemporary art,
five international curators and critics will discuss their views at
Global Compass, a free public symposium to be held on Friday, November
9, and Saturday, November 10.

Cleveland Plain Dealer art and architecture critic Steven Litt will
moderate the discussions, which will be held in the West Auditorium of
Oberlin College's Science Center, beginning at 1:30 p.m. on Friday.
The event will conclude with a reception at 6 p.m. Saturday at the
College's Allen Memorial Art Museum.

Five distinguished speakers will each speak for one hour, exploring
how "the advent of digital communication, the reduction of
international barriers, and the rise of an international economy have
changed the rules of art forever," says John Pearson, Oberlin's
Young-Hunter Professor of Studio Art, who planned the symposium.

"By the end of the 20th century, contemporary art had truly become
global in scope," says Pearson. "New York could no longer claim its
distinction as the major center of 'new art.' Indeed, the 'new'
contemporary art was proliferating internationally.

"London, Berlin, Leipzig, Beijing, Tokyo, and other cities became
centers of creative explosion. Further, the 'new art' did not appear
to have just one major movement – one set of attitudes – that could
claim center stage. 'New art' had become multicultural, multifaceted,
and multiconceptual.

"The loosening of economic, cultural, political, and social-system
boundaries – globalization – had broadened creative possibilities, or
perhaps the very definition of art, to challenge and inspire artists
everywhere," Pearson says.

riday, November 9
1:30 - 2:30 pm - Hans Ulrich Obrist
2:30 - 3:30 pm - Roger McDonald
3:30 - 4:30 pm - Steve Litt
4:30 - 5:30 pm - Q&A

Saturday, November 10
10:00 - 11:00 am - Roberta Smith
11:00 - Noon - Chrissie Iles
12:15 - 1:30 pm - Lunch
1:45 - 2:45 pm - Kay Heymer
2:45 - 3:30 pm - Q&A
3:45 - 5:45 pm - Panel discussion with further question time
(moderated by Hans Ulrich Obrist)

6:00 - 7:30 pm - Reception, Allen Memorial Art Museum (East Gallery)

[excerpted from Oberlin Online, "News and Features" November 5, 2007 &
www.oberlin.edu/amam/GlobalCompass.htm.]

ARTIST and ALUM Aimee Lee

will be lecturing on her work
MONDAY NOVEMBER 5TH
4:45
CLASSROOM ONE

AIMEE LEE 'OC 99 worked for NYFA (New York Foundation for the Arts) as an arts administrator, finished a masters in Book Arts and Sculpture at Columbia College has been successfully exhibiting her work. In addition she has attended many residencies throughout the us. She has a rich breadth of experience and insight to share with our majors.

from Nanette Yannuzzi-Macias <Nanette.Yannuzzi@oberlin.edu>

LoVid

LoVid will be giving a presentation on their work on
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 16
2PM
KULAS CONCERT HALL, OBERLIN CONSERVATORY

"LoVid is an interdisciplinary artist duo composed of Tali Hinkis and Kyle
Lapidus. Our work includes live video installations, sculptures, digital
prints, patchworks, media projects, performances, and video recordings. We
combine many opposing elements in our work, contrasting hard electronics
with soft patchworks, analog and digital, or handmade and machine produced
objects. This multidirectional approach is also reflected in the content of
our work: romantic and aggressive, wireless and wire-full. We are interested
in the ways in which the human body and mind observe, process, and respond
to both natural and technological environments, and in the preservation of
data, signals, and memory."
http://www.lovid.org/

For questions and more information, please call the office of Julia
Christensen, Visiting Assistant Professor of Emerging Arts @ (440) 775-8519,
or email @ julia.christensen@oberlin.edu