Tuesday, May 26, 2015

Artists' Talk

Columbus - This Saturday, May 30th, ROY G BIV Gallery in the Short North will host an Artists' Talk for our six 2015 Award Finalist. The event will begin at 2:30 pm and you can RSVP here.

Our six finalists, from left to right, Audrey Nation, Catherine Stanley, Lauren Hector, Lauryn Olivia King, Sarah Rose Lejeune, and Justine Neuberger. 

Artists and recent graduates from various independent Ohio colleges and universities will talk about their pieces in a walkthrough of the exhibition. This will be the last chance their artwork will be available for viewing at the gallery.

It is encouraged to bring questions! This is a great way to engage with the artists directly about their work and learn more about their creative process.

Here are some sample questions to ask the emerging artists:
  1. Is there a piece here that you are particularly proud of? And why?
  2. What inspires you? What inspired this piece/idea?
  3. What is your most important artist tool? Is there something you can't live without in your space?
  4. How did you start making art?
  5. Why do you make art?
  6. Is there an element of art you enjoy working with most? And why?
  7. What message were you hoping for with this piece/idea?



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Tuesday, May 19, 2015

University of Dayton to Display First Edition, Salvador Dali's Illustrations

150th Anniversary of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland


DAYTON, Ohio — A special University of Dayton Libraries exhibit will mark the 150th anniversary of Lewis Carroll's Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and celebrate a local book collector's gift of a colorful, whimsical special edition illustrated by Salvador Dali. 

The exhibit will feature all 12 colorful, whimsical illustrations from the 1969 Dali folio as well as an 1866 first American edition illustrated by John Tenniel, both from the library's collections. The display will run May 30–Aug. 2 in Roesch Library's first-floor gallery during regular library hours, found at http://udayton.co/CFj.

"The pairing of a 19th-century logician's tale with a master of 20th-century modern art might seem, by turns, shocking and a stroke of genius," said Margaret M. Strain, professor of English at the University. "That is precisely what makes this rare collaboration so remarkable. 

"What links Carroll and Dali in the 1969 edition is their shared fascination with the fantastic, the dream world, and their respective cultures' reliance on space and time to order human experience. What better way to turn staid convention topsy-turvy than envision the world through the imagination of a child? And who better than a surrealist to express the world of unconscious desire, counter-logics and alternate realities that Alice encounters on her journey?"

Dali's illustrations, which all depict Alice as a girl skipping rope, contain many of the Spanish surrealist's signature touches — a melting watch, butterflies and objects out of proportion to one another. They were printed using the heliogravure process, in which the image is etched upon a copper plate and then placed on a hand-turned press, where special inks transfer to dampened etching paper to produce the image. Printed by hand in limited quantities, each print is considered an original.

The University displayed two of the Dali illustrations last year in the "Imprints and Impressions" rare books exhibit, which featured 50 books from the collection of Dayton-area businessman and rare-book collector Stuart Rose. Rose donated the Dali edition to the University. View the book’s commentary and a selection of images at http://ecommons.udayton.edu/rosebk_commentary/6.

The idea for Alice's Adventures in Wonderland is said to have come about in July 1862 on a picnic the author took with a friend's three daughters, one of whom was 10-year-old Alice Liddell. At Alice's request, Carroll, whose given name was Charles Lutwidge Dodgson, compiled the story into a hand-bound, author-illustrated manuscript in 1864 and presented it to her as a gift. It was published the next year with illustrations by Tenniel, an English cartoonist and illustrator.

The display will also include information about:

-Author Lewis Carroll and artist Salvador Dali

-The heliogravure process 

-A brief history of the book, including illustrations used throughout its history

Alice's Adventures in Wonderland continues to be a source of creative inspiration. In honor of the anniversary, the 150Alice project has invited works by 150 noted illustrators from around the world to contribute to an edition marking the anniversary. View the illustrations http://www.150alice.com

Thursday, May 7, 2015

Gallery Hop

Artists listed clockwise beginning top left: Lauryn King, Lori Claricoates,
 Lauren Hector, Jes Moore, and Justine Neuberger

Last Saturday, May 2nd, the Short North hosted the first Gallery Hop of the season. Ten of our student nominees and finalists were featured at five different galleries throughout the evening. 

This was a tremendous opportunity for the students as it is a highly attended event in the Columbus area that gives young artists the exposure needed to kick start a career in the professional art field.

The students had the opportunity to stand with their artwork to answer any questions from the public regarding their work during the event. 

You can check out the following student's work at participating galleries throughout the month of May:

ROY G BIV Gallery- 997 North High Street
Lauren Hector, Ohio Northern University       
Lauryn King, Xavier University       
Sarah Lejeune, Oberlin College       
Justine Neuberger, Oberlin College       
Audrey Nation, Kenyon College       
Catherine Stanley, Cleveland Institute of Art

Sharon Weiss Gallery- 20 East Lincoln Street       
Holly Hamlin, Denison University

PM Gallery- 1190 North High Street       
Wilma Levengood, University of Mount Union

Marcia Evans Gallery- 8 East Lincoln Street       
Lori Claricoates, University of Dayton

The following are the titles of the work in the above collage:

Lauryn King- Obscure
Lori Claicoates- Women's History Month Poster
Lauren Hector- Urban Forest Project
Jes Moore- Sky Goddess
Justine Neuberger- (from left to right) Thanksgiving Hunter, St. Matthew, and Turkey