Tuesday, December 6, 2016

WAVE Festival is accepting Artist Applications

In honor of National Women’s History Month, Lourdes University is hosting the 10th annual W.A.V.E. (Women, Artists, Visionaries, Entrepreneurs) Festival, a juried exhibition and sale of fine arts and crafts. The event will be held in the Franciscan Center, 6832 Convent Blvd., Sylvania, on Saturday, March 18 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. W.A.V.E. is currently accepting artist submissions. Deadline for submissions is Wednesday, January 11, 2017. 

Requirements: All arts/crafts displayed must be created and handmade by the exhibitor. Women entrepreneurs are welcome to present services, products or affiliations that are generated by women. To ensure the integrity of the show, kits, imports or commercial items are not to be displayed or sold. The festival committee reserves the right to disallow any exhibitor not conforming to requirements, art or craft that does not meet the selective criteria or that is considered physically hazardous or offensive. 
           
Jurying and Fee: The W.A.V.E. Committee will jury the entries and each artist will receive a notification of acceptance shortly after the week of January 23. Upon acceptance, the fee of $40 per table must be submitted by Friday, February 10 at 4 p.m. to reserve a spot. Payment may be made by check or PayPal link.  Receipt of fees will be sent to the entrant’s e-mail address. 

Exhibit Space: One 8-foot table will be provided. An additional table may be requested for a deposit of $40. (The Committee reserves the right to reject additional table requests if necessary.) Power cords must be provided by the exhibitor.

The 2017 W.A.V.E. artist submission form is available online at www.lourdes.edu/wave. Click “artist application.” For questions or additional information, e-mail wave@lourdes.edu or contact Kelly Dilworth, Advancement Events Coordinator, at 419-824-3751 orkdilworth@lourdes.edu.

Wednesday, November 30, 2016

Artist’s talk with Molly Shanahan ’90


GRANVILLE, Ohio — The Department of Dance welcomes Vail guest artist-in-residence Molly Shanahan ’90 presenting an artist’s talk at 5 p.m. on Friday, Dec. 2, at the Knapp Performance Lab (300 Ridge Road). This event is free and open to the public. For more information, contact Beth White at 740-587-6712 or visit Denison.edu.

Showing excerpts from her performance and choreography and highlighting the projects that have most changed and challenged her as a person, an artist and a teacher, Shanahan will discuss the trajectory of her work in dance over the last decade. She is the artistic director of Molly Shanahan/Mad Shak, the Chicago-based company she founded in 1994 to support her research in choreography, performance and collaboration.

Wednesday, November 9, 2016

University of Dayton 'At the Manger' Exhibit of Nativities to Open Nov. 26th

www.udayton.edu



DAYTON, Ohio — The University of Dayton will showcase the Latin flavor of the Nativity as part of the annual exhibit “At the Manger: World Nativity Traditions.”

Free and open to the public, the display begins Saturday, Nov. 26, with a family-friendly grand opening celebration from 1 to 5 p.m. in Roesch Library featuring children’s activities, family photo opportunities, light refreshments, entertainment by the International Festival Singers and a college football viewing area.

Nativities from Mexico, also known as Nacimientos, on display in the first-floor gallery will show the influence of indigenous peoples; traditional materials, such as straw or clay; the miniature Nativity tradition; and the contrast between contemporary and traditional pieces, Roten said. Some scenes also include Our Lady of Guadalupe.

“We want to highlight in a special way a country that is close to us, not just for reasons of geography but because they have a very rich Nativity culture,” said the Rev. Johann Roten, S.M., Marian Library director of research and special projects.

Drawing from the University's collection of more than 3,000 Nativities, this year’s exhibit also will highlight the romantic Nativity culture of the Ore Mountains in eastern Germany, which displays figures on spinning cases called pyramids, lit by candles.

Additionally, for the first time, a 12-foot metal mobile of the Nativity made by local artists Michele Devitt and Matt Burgy will hang in the library atrium. And for the last time, the exhibit will include the Provençal Village and the model train on the seventh floor. The village is made of 151 Santons, or figures, gathered around the manger. The model train travels through an 18-by-12 foot display with 10 stations that depict the events surrounding Jesus’ birth and childhood.

At the Manger will be open from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday to Friday, and 1 to 4 p.m. Saturday and Sunday through Jan. 8 inside Roesch Library. It will be closed for holidays on Dec. 8, 23-26 and 30-31; and Jan. 1-2. The annual free exhibit is the University's gift to the community.

For more information on exhibits, hours, directions and parking, visit go.udayton.edu/manger or call937-229-4265

Guided group tours for six or more are available on request by calling 937-229-4214. World Nativity lesson plans prepared by education majors from the University's School of Education and Health Sciences are available for download on the exhibit’s website. The lessons are free and suitable for pre-K through 8th grades.

Nativities from Latin America will also be on display Nov. 23 through Jan 1 at the Gallery St. John, 4400 Shakertown Road in Beavercreek. The exhibit is open noon to 4 p.m. Wednesday, Saturday and Sunday, and by appointment. A special Advent Posada will be held at 2 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 11, at Mount St. John. More information is available online at dayton-gallery-saintjohn.org.

The Nativity collection is a part of the University of Dayton's Marian Library/International Marian Research Institute (IMRI), which holds the world's largest repository of books, artwork and artifacts devoted to Mary, the mother of Christ. A pontifical center of research and scholarship with a vast presence in cyberspace, its All About Mary website, at udayton.edu/imri/mary, makes knowledge on Virgin Mary available worldwide.

Due to renovation plans for the libraries, the At the Manger grand opening event will not be held in 2017 and 2018, and exhibits will only be shown in the Marian Library on the seventh floor of Roesch.

Tuesday, November 1, 2016

Red Bird Art Walk and Lourdes Partner for Lecture Series

A new Artists Lecture Series debuts in Sylvania beginning Thursday, November 3 from 6 to 7 p.m. at the Canticle Center, 5335 Silica Drive. The lecture series features visiting artists on the first Thursday of the month in November, December, February, March and April. The lecture series is free and open to the public.

Co-presented by the Lourdes University Department of Art, the Orbis Ars student organization and the Sylvania Community Arts Commission’s (SCAC) Red Bird Art Walk, the artists will also have their work on exhibit the following day as part of SCAC’s Friday Red Bird Art Walk.

Gunyoung Kim
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 3

Born and raised in Seoul, South Korea, Ms. Kim received her Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in ceramics from Kook-Min University in Korea and her Master of Fine Arts degree from The Ohio State University. After graduate school, Ms. Kim served as the long-term ceramic artist-in-residence at Lawrence Art Center in Lawrence, KS. She recently completed a short-term residency at the Archie Bray Foundation in Helena, MT.

Forrest Sincoff Gard
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 1

Forrest Sincoff Gard is based in Columbus, Ohio. He is the associate editor for Ceramics Monthly and Pottery Making Illustrated. Mr. Sincoff Gard received his Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from Ohio University and his Master of Fine Arts degree from Louisiana State University. In between undergraduate and graduate school, he competed a short-term artist residency at Red Lodge Clay Center and attended the University of Florida as a post-baccalaureate student. Mr. Sincoff Gard has exhibited his interactive artworks at the Gyeonggi International Ceramic Biennale in South Korea, The American Museum of Ceramic Art, The Clay Studio of Philadelphia, The Archie Bray Foundation for the Ceramic Arts and many other prestigious institutions.

Tuesday, October 25, 2016

Denison Art Space in Newark Celebrates Grand Opening

GRANVILLE, Ohio — Denison Art Space in Newark welcomes members of the community to an open house to celebrate their grand opening at 5:30 p.m., on Wednesday, Nov. 2, at Denison Art Space in Newark (23 West Church, Newark, Ohio). This event is free and open to the public. For more information, contact Jonathan Vega at 740-587- 6325 or visit denison.edu/series/Denison-art-space-in-newark.

The evening’s program, titled “Knocking on all the Doors: The Craft Campaign,” will feature a panel discussion with artists-in-residence Jeni Hansen Gard, Joanna Powell, Kelly O’Briant and panel moderator Anna Walker, a Windgate Foundation Curatorial Fellow for Contemporary Craft at The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston. Following the panel discussion, there will be a reception for Kelly O’Briant’s exhibition “Dark Matter . . . and all the space between.”

Located in the newly renovated Thirty-One West development, the Denison Art Space in Newark consists of a flexible gallery area, two music teaching studios, and an artist-in- residence studio that welcomes artists who are looking to take advantage of the rich history of downtown Newark. Denison Art Space in Newark will highlight local artists as well as artists from all around the world, working in new innovative ways across a wide range of mediums. The space will provide free events such as exhibitions, artist talks, hands-on workshops, “lunch and learns” across a variety of subjects and much more, with the goal of bringing together individuals of all generations, disciplines, and backgrounds to stimulate learning about, from, and with one another.  

“Denison Art Space in Newark is a gateway to the arts and to connecting surrounding communities by providing a collaborative environment centered on culture, arts and creative expression,” said Michael Morris, director of fine arts at Denison.

Denison Art Space in Newark is made possible in part by state tax dollars allocated by the Ohio Legislature to the Ohio Arts Council (OAC). The OAC is a state agency that funds and supports quality arts experiences to strengthen Ohio communities culturally, educationally, and economically.


Tuesday, October 18, 2016

Lourdes Art Faculty Exhibition Scheduled

The Lourdes University Department of Art is pleased to announce a Faculty Art Exhibition at the Canticle Center Gallery, 5335 Silica Drive, in Sylvania. The exhibition will feature 2D and 3D work from past and present art faculty members.

Faculty Artists Exhibition
Opening Reception: Friday, November 18 from 7 to 9 p.m.
Exhibition runs November 14 through December 9, 2016 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Mondays through Fridays and 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Saturdays.

Featured Artists
·         Leslie Adams
·         Patrick DuBreuil
·         Sister Sharon Havelak, OSF
·         Thomas Hilty
·         Margaret Lockwood-Lass
·         Peggy Halbig Martinez
·         Todd A. Matteson
·         Tamara Monk
·         Robert Schira
·         Kevin Schroeder
·         Lindsay Scypta
·         Sister Jane Mary Sorosiak, OSF
·         Monica Edgerton-Sperry
·         Erin Palmer Szavuly

Department of Art
The Lourdes Department of Art offers two- and four-year degrees in Art and Art History. Students can also choose to pursue a concentration in Pre-Art Therapy. Art majors are encouraged to join one or both of the art-related student organizations – Orbis Ars and the Pre-Art Therapy Association. Other opportunities include auditing art classes, participating in the Sr. Jane Mary Sorosiak Lecture Series, working with visiting artists, competing for art department scholarships, taking courses at the Student Art Centers International (SACI) in Florence, Italy or even experiencing a community art class.

For more information, contact Erin Palmer Szavuly, chair of the Art Department, at 419-824-3685 or email eszavuly@lourdes.edu

Wednesday, October 12, 2016

Studio San Giuseppe Exhibition Announcement

(Cincinnati, OH) – The Studio San Giuseppe Art Gallery, at Mount St. Joseph University, is pleased to present an exhibition featuring the teacher as artist.  The eleventh biennial Parallel Visions XI, October 30 – December 2, 2016 showcases recent artworks from a talented group of regional art educators, highlighting their ongoing commitment to the visual arts in the classroom and from their own studios.  We anticipate over fifty Tri-State primary, middle, and secondary art teachers will be represented in this multi-media exhibition.  The example set by these educators is a valuable teaching tool and motivation for all artists/teachers, as well as their students.  A Gallery Reception will be held on Sunday, October 30, from 2:00 – 4:00 p.m.  The public is cordially invited to meet these artists/teachers and enjoy the opening festivities.
                
Regarding Parallel Visions, Sylvia Dick, Co-Director of Art Education at MSJ, states, "Parallel Visions is a unique opportunity to view the work of the people who inspire and are inspired by young beginning artists. These teachers have found their own creative voices while helping others find theirs. The art works expose the teaching artists’ passion, introspection and dedication to visual expression.”

Co-Director of Art Education at MSJ, Susan Lawrence adds, "I am thrilled that Studio San Giuseppe is recognizing and celebrating the artistic achievements of area art educators in its exhibit Parallel Visions.  It is truly their vision, knowledge, and skills that shape the next generation by effectively engaging their students, colleagues, and school communities in learning experiences in, through and about the arts. Parallel to that vision, these dedicated art educators also have the passion to grow as professional artists in their own right, as witness by the quality and diversity of artwork presented in this exhibit."  

Exhibition discussion with environmental studies professor Abram Kaplan

GRANVILLE, Ohio — The Denison Museum welcomes Abram Kaplan, associate professor of environmental studies at Denison University, to discuss his exhibition entitled “Lumen” at 7 p.m. on Thursday, Oct. 27, at the Denison Museum (240 West Broadway). Sponsored by the Environmental Studies program, this event is free and open to the public. For more information, contact the museum at 740-587-6255 or visit Denison.edu.

Part of a photographic project that interrogates the idea of transition, the “Lumen” images are the result of many hours spent at the Conesville Power Plant near Coshocton, Ohio. The plant is a coal-fired facility providing electricity to approximately one million central Ohio consumers. The title "Lumen" is derived from the unit of measurement for light emitted by a source - a typical light bulb might produce about 500 lumens.

The exhibition focuses attention on the spatial, temporal, and conceptual dimensions of transition. A suite of images examine the conversion of potential to kinetic energy, stillness to motion, focusing on the massive industrial architecture of Conesville in relation to the forms of power it produces. A single large-scale work comprised of 81 unique portraits showcases hard hats worn by the plant's workers. This piece explores anonymity and regulation in relation to personal identity and agency. “Lumen” thus sheds light on the people, processes, and machinery of a largely invisible world that nonetheless delivers the fundamental lifeblood of modern society.

The exhibition runs from Monday, Oct. 24 until Friday, Dec. 16, at the Denison Museum. The museum is open Monday through Friday from noon to 5 p.m.


Wednesday, October 5, 2016

Studio San Giuseppe Exhibition Announcement

(Cincinnati, OH) – Studio San Giuseppe Art Gallery at Mount St. Joseph University is honored to present “DESIGN LINEAGE” (September 18 – October 21, 2016).  DESIGN LINEAGE is a retrospective of Kathy Salchow’s multimedia work, and Kelly Salchow MacArthur’s recent work in dimensional and graphic design.  The public is cordially invited to meet and talk with Kathy and Kelly during the opening reception, which will be held Sunday, September 18, 2016, 2:00 – 4:00 pm.  Digital images of works in the exhibition will be made available upon request.

KATHY SALCHOW

                biography

Kathy Salchow has a BFA degree in Graphic Design from the Kansas City Art Institute (1967) and earned graduate credits in ceramics and metals from the University of Cincinnati.  She experienced local notoriety as a ceramic artist in the 1970's before redirecting her energy toward raising her two daughters, designing jewelry and part-time teaching for thirty-eight consecutive years at the college level.  Kathy taught design fundamentals as an Adjunct Assistant Professor, from 1971 to 2007, in the University of Cincinnati's College of Design, Architecture, Art, and Planning. She taught design foundation and graphic design as an Adjunct, from 1982 to 2009, in Mount St. Joseph University's Department of Art & Design. In 2004 she received the MSJ University's Excellence in Teaching Award.  Kathy has exhibited and freelanced as a designer, photographer and artist. She lives in the Clifton community. Her husband and both adult daughters are also design professionals.  

artist's statement

My artistic sensibilities and interest in nature were, I believe, fostered by my upbringing in the great outdoors of Nebraska. My work is built on a selective, playful and thoughtful aesthetic exploration of the elements of color, shape, line and space but, importantly, along with unexpected content insights. I am challenged by integrating common and often discarded items made interesting by conceptual and visual interactions that I discover and reveal. Most recently, I have incorporated the three-dimensional qualities of shadow, light and movement that may have been seeded by my early work in ceramics and jewelry.  I hope to create a personal brand of visual poetry that marries traditional drawing, my personal photography, found items and assemblage, all orchestrated with a designer's hands-on acumen and artistry.  I greatly value this retrospective opportunity to exhibit with my daughter, Kelly, at the Institution where I shared so many satisfying years with amiable colleagues and students. 


KELLY SALCHOW MACARTHUR
                biography

Kelly Salchow MacArthur is Associate Professor and Co-Coordinator of Graphic Design at Michigan State University. She received her MFA in Graphic Design from the Rhode Island School of Design, and BS in Graphic Design from the University of Cincinnati’s College of Design, Architecture, Art and Planning. Her concepts and design work have been disseminated through publication, international conference presentation, and university guest lectures. Her work has been exhibited internationally, and included in IIID, Graphis, Print, Creative Quarterly, United Designs, and AIGA Detroit and Kansas City competitions. She develops design solutions through elevate design—her independent company—for clients across the United States.  She serves as a Regional Director (USA) of the international United Designs Alliance, and previously served as President of the Detroit Chapter of AIGA, which followed five years as Education Director for the Detroit and Kansas City Chapters.  A retired two-time Olympian, she balances her passion for design and education with rowing.  Kelly is grateful that her parents shared their unwavering passion for design and art with her throughout her childhood.

                artist's statement

I explore volume as a means to emphasize a message, uniting two-dimensional surface design with three-dimensional form. Inspired by industrial design and architecture, I have pursued this direction over the past ten years. Generally, type and image are actively investigated as opportunities in graphic design on screen or in print, while volume is overlooked as an expressive element. Yet tactile, material and spatial experimentation holds great potential—for the maker and the viewer.  Hinged surfaces instigate flexible interaction with space, enabling a poster to appear disjointed from a wall, nestle in the corner of a room, or curl in on itself to balance delicately on one point. Planes of paper create a message through depth without reliance on ink or pixel. Voids in a surface embrace alteration of material. Such projects ensure an awareness of a material’s qualities and structure throughout the creative process. In viewing the work, new considerations become very important—such as one’s direction of approach towards the piece, opportunities to tangibly interact, and the reliance on a period of time to fully absorb the elements and messages within the dimensionality. Environmentalism is a recurring subject, as I confront this critical issue with the tools of a graphic designer.  Such dimensional experimentation informs my ongoing professional practice for clients.

Tuesday, October 4, 2016

Senegalese artist and filmmaker Fatou Kandé Senghor gives talk

GRANVILLE, Ohio — The Denison Department of Art History and Visual Culture welcomes Senegalese artist and filmmaker Fatou Kandé Senghor for a talk at 6 p.m. on Wednesday, Oct. 12, at the Knapp Performance Lab in Blair Knapp Hall (300 Ridge Road). This event is free and open to the public. For more information, contact Dyan Couden at 740-587-6596 or visit Denison.edu.

A graduate in film studies from the Université Charles de Gaulle Lille III in France, Senghor is the founder of the Waru Studio in Dakar, Senegal. Conceived as a platform for artistic research through the use of new technologies, the studio serves as a laboratory for experimentation in art, science and technology, ecology and the politics of change. Convinced that art is a very effective weapon to solve the problems of Africans, Senghor encourages young people coming from very diverse backgrounds to use the possibilities Waru Studio offers to sharpen their artistic and technical intuition for the benefit of the Senegalese and Africans.

CALENDAR LISTING, Denison University, Granville— Senegalese Artist and Filmmaker Fatou Kandé Senghor at 6 p.m. on Wednesday, Oct. 12, at the Knapp Performance Lab in Blair Knapp Hall (300 Ridge Road). Free and open to the public. For more information, contact Dyan Couden at 740-587-6596 or visit Denison.edu.


Tuesday, September 27, 2016

Newark Art Space Holds Community Open House Events

GRANVILLE, Ohio — Denison University’s Newark Art Space welcomes members of the community to open house events this fall at the Newark Art Space (23 West Church, Newark). The open houses provide an opportunity for guests to meet the artists-in-residence, participate in workshops and gather with community members. These events are free and open to the public. For more information, contact Jonathan Vega at 740-587-6325 or visit Denison.edu.

Supported in part by a grant from the Ohio Arts Council, the Newark Art Space is a large, open, multi-use space in Newark’s Crystal Ballroom Building that is open to the Newark, Granville and Denison communities as a venue to experience art as an observer or audience member, and as a place to learn, perform and exhibit. Events include:

·      Thursday, Sept. 29, from 9:30 a.m. until noon: Ceramic demonstration with Denison artists-in-residence Jennifer Hansen Gard and Lauren Karle.

·      Friday, Sept. 30, from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m.: Open House with artist-in-residence Jeni Hansen Gard. Enjoy an evening of hands-on art making, refreshments and community gathering. Guests will have the opportunity to make cups for the “Cups of Conversation” gallery exhibit on October 11.

·      Tuesday, Oct. 11, from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m.: “Cups of Conversation,” exhibition of cups created during the open house on Sept. 30.

·      Wednesday, Nov. 2, from 5:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m.: Newark Art Space Grand Opening featuring a panel discussion with artists Jeni Hansen Gard, Peter Clouse, Joanna Powell and panel moderator Anna Walker, Windgate Foundation Curatorial Fellow for Contemporary Craft.

·      Wednesday, Nov. 2, from 6:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.: Open House with artist-in-residence Peter Clouse, a fiber artist whose work fuses the concepts of consumption, waste, and recycling with textile traditions and landscape.

·      Wednesday, Nov. 30, from 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.: Open House with artist-in-residence Joanna Powell, vessel maker and painter.

·       Friday, Dec. 2, at noon: Artist’s Talk with vessel maker and painter Joanna Powell, artist-in-residence.





“Between the Shadow and the Light” Art from Africa, North America on Display at Schnormeier Gallery

MOUNT VERNON, Ohio — “Between the Shadow and the Light” art exhibit will be on display at Mount Vernon Nazarene University’s Schnormeier Gallery Nov. 7 to Dec. 16, 2016. A reception for the show will be held on Friday, Nov. 18, 2016, from 6-9 p.m.  
    
    In June 2013, a team of 10 North American and 10 African artists gathered for a two-week “R5” seminar and studio in South Africa. This resulting exhibition presents the artist as both piercing prophet and hopeful seer, and pushes viewers to consider the resonance of South Africa for North America and beyond. The title “R5” evokes a common symbol in South Africa, the five-rand coin, and provides a way of remembering five critical issues with which South African artists struggle: Remembrance, Resistance, Reconciliation, Representation, and Re-visioning.
    
    The exhibition includes painting, sculpture, photography, collage, textile and book arts, installation, assemblage, new media, and video. These works range from narrative to conceptual in a variety of styles and approaches, and together they create a vibrant visual conversation on issues relevant to us all, no matter our nationality or circumstance.
    
    The show will be on display at Schnormeier Gallery weekdays from noon to 4:30 p.m.
    

Tuesday, September 20, 2016

Screenings of ART21’s series ‘Art in the Twenty-First Century Season 8’

GRANVILLE, Ohio — The Denison Museum and the Department of Studio Art present screenings of ART21’s new season of “Art in the Twenty-First Century Season 8.” Airing on PBS, the new season will debut with four one-hour episodes featuring portraits of 16 innovative artists who live and work in the dynamic cities of Chicago, Mexico City, Los Angeles and Vancouver.The screenings will open with a faculty introduction and follow with a discussion panel. The events are free and open to the public. For more information, contact Megan Hancock at 740-587-6255 or visit Denison.edu.

These events are part of ART21 Screening Society 2016, a worldwide initiative providing unprecedented access to contemporary artists through preview screenings of ART21’s “Art in the Twenty-First Century Season 8.” ART21 is a nonprofit organization dedicated to making the world a more creative place through the work and words of living artists.

·      Thursday, Sept. 22, at 6:30 p.m.: “Art in the Twenty-First Century: Chicago” in the Auditorium of Herrick Hall (600 West Loop.)

·      Thursday, Oct. 13, at 6:30 p.m.: “Art in the Twenty-First Century: Mexico City” in the Auditorium of Higley Hall (100 Ridge Road).

·      Wednesday, Oct. 26, at 11:30 a.m.: “Art in the Twenty-First Century: Los Angeles” in the Atrium of Bryant Arts Center (210 West College Street).

·      Thursday, Nov.10, at 6:30 p.m.: “Art in the Twenty-First Century: Vancouver” at the Newark Art Space (23 West Church Street, Newark).

Thursday, September 15, 2016

September studio art events at Denison

CALENDAR LISTING, Denison University, Granville— Artist's talk with sculptor Chris Domenick at 6:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Sept. 21, at the Knapp Performance Lab in Blair Knapp Hall (300 Ridge Road). Free and open to the public. For more information, contact Dyan Couden at 740-587-6596 or visit denison.edu/events.

CALENDAR LISTING, Denison University, Granville— Summer Scholars in the fine arts present their research at 11:30 a.m. on Thursday, Sept. 22, at the Bryant Art Gallery in the Bryant Arts Center (210 West College Street). Free and open to the public. For more information, contact Dyan Couden at 740-587-6596 or visit denison.edu/events.

CALENDAR LISTING, Denison University, Granville— Artist's talk with potter and social artist Lauren Karle at 5:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Sept. 28, at the Knapp Performance Lab in Blair Knapp Hall (300 Ridge Road). Free and open to the public. For more information, contact Dyan Couden at 740-587-6596 or visit denison.edu/events.

CALENDAR LISTING, Denison University, Granville— Gallery Hop Night featuring the solo exhibitions of Matt Dumon ’17 and Ivy Distler ’18 at 6 p.m. on Thursday, Sept. 29, at the Bryant Art Gallery in the Bryant Arts Center (210 West College Street) and the MIX Gallery at Mulberry House (202 North Mulberry Street). Free and open to the public. For more information, contact Dyan Couden at 740-587-6596 or visit denison.edu/events.

Tuesday, August 30, 2016

The Denison Museum Opens Exhibitions

GRANVILLE, Ohio – The Denison Museum unveils a series of exhibitions for the 2016 fall semester. All exhibits are located at the museum (240 West Broadway), which is open from noon to 5 p.m. on Monday through Friday. The exhibits are free and open to the public. For more information, contact Megan Hancock at 740-587-6255 or visit Denison.edu.

·       Sept. 5 to Oct. 14: The photographs of Rowland Sherman, whose work captured the cultural and political events of the 1960s, including the March on Washington, the 1963 Newport Music Festival and Bobby Kennedy’s campaign. This exhibit is co-sponsored by the Black Studies Program.

·      Sept. 5 to Dec.16: “The Liberal Arts Today,” an exhibit exploring the intangible aspects of a liberal arts education and its value in the world today.

·      Sept. 5 to Dec. 16: “Cuttingly Clever: 20th-century Political Cartoons,” an exhibition of political cartoons spanning the early 20th century from notable artists who have been featured in magazines such as Puck, Philadelphia Public Ledger, Life Magazine, and The New York Post.  Each image tells its own unique story, but together they depict the broader scope of contemporary conflicts of their day.

·       Oct. 24 to Dec. 16: "Lumen,” a photographic project by Denison professor Abram Kaplan that interrogates in visual form the idea of transition and explores the many challenges we confront, such as climate change, economic injustice, racial divides, and gender inequality.


CALENDAR LISTING, Denison University, Granville— Denison Museum Exhibition: The photographs of Rowland Sherman, opens at noon on Monday, Sept. 5 through Friday, Oct. 14, at the Denison Museum (240 West Broadway). Free and open to the public. For more information, contact Megan Hancock at 740-587-6255 or visit Denison.edu.

CALENDAR LISTING, Denison University, Granville— Denison Museum Exhibition: “The Liberal Arts Today,” opens at noon on Monday, Sept. 5 through Friday, Dec. 16, at the Denison Museum (240 West Broadway). Free and open to the public. For more information, contact Megan Hancock at 740-587-6255 or visit Denison.edu.

CALENDAR LISTING, Denison University, Granville— Denison Museum Exhibition: “Cuttingly Clever: 20thCentury Political Cartoons, opens at noon on Monday, Sept. 5 through Friday, Dec. 16, at the Denison Museum (240 West Broadway). Free and open to the public. For more information, contact Megan Hancock at 740-587-6255 or visit Denison.edu.

CALENDAR LISTING, Denison University, Granville— Denison Museum Exhibition: "Lumen,” a photographic project by the Denison professor Abram Kaplan, opens at noon on Monday, Oct. 24 through Friday, Dec. 16, at Denison Museum (240 West Broadway). Free and open to the public. For more information, contact Megan Hancock at 740-587-6255 or visit Denison.edu.

Tuesday, August 23, 2016

ODU Announces 2016-17 Wehrle Gallery Art Exhibitions


Columbus, OH – Ohio Dominican University’s (ODU’s) Wehrle Art Gallery will feature exhibitions during the 2016-17 academic year that are inspired by a quote from Thomas Merton. In No Man is an Island, Merton wrote, “Art enables us to find ourselves and lose ourselves at the same time.” The exhibitions will focus on artists who lose themselves in the physicality of their materials in the hope of sharing and creating an experience with the viewer.

The Wehrle Art Gallery is open from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Friday. Admission is free. The gallery is located on ODU’s main campus at 1216 Sunbury Road, Columbus, 43219.

A Tree’s Voice: Matt Bliss and the Art of Wood
Nov. 4 – Oct. 23, 2016
Opening reception: 5-7 p.m., Friday, Aug. 26
The title of this exhibition comes from Thomas Hardy’s Under the Greenwood Tree, To dwellers in a wood, almost every species of tree has its voice as well as its feature.” ODU’s Fine Art alumnus and master woodworker, Matt Bliss ’07, finds the voice of reclaimed and found wood to create beautiful and elegiac sculptures and wall pieces that defy traditional categorization.

Todd Camp: New Works in Mixed Media 
Nov. 4, 2016 – Jan. 8, 2017
Opening reception: 5-7 p.m., Friday, Nov. 4
Todd Camp’s curiosity and sensitivity to a material’s specific attributes gave rise to his newest works in mixed media.

Editions and Experiences:  Eliana Calle-Saari and the Art of the Print
Jan. 20 – March 26, 2017
Opening reception: 5-7 p.m., Friday, Jan. 20
Colombian transplant Eliana Calle-Saari has spent the last two decades translating life experiences into exquisite prints that exploit the specific expressive tendencies of the chosen technique; be it etching or woodcut.

From the Halls of Wehrle: 2017 Senior Exhibition
April 30 – June 30, 2017
Opening reception: 1-3:30 p.m., Sunday, April 24
This exhibition features the work of ODU’s graduating seniors. It is the capstone of Art, Art Education and Graphic Design students, and features a range of content and media.

Ohio Dominican University is a comprehensive, four-year, private, liberal arts and master’s institution, founded in 1911 in the Catholic and Dominican tradition by the Dominican Sisters of Peace. The University has approximately 2,550 students and offers undergraduate degrees in 40 majors and nine graduate degree programs. At ODU, students connect their passion with a purpose.

Newark Arts Space and Billboard Project receive OAC grants

GRANIVLLE, Ohio—The Ohio Arts Council (OAC) has awarded close to $14,000 to two projects being shepherded by Denison University. The Newark Art Space, at 23 West Church St, is a large, open, multi-use space in Newark’s Crystal Ballroom Building that is open to the Newark, Granville and Denison communities as a venue to experience art as an observer or audience member, and as a place to learn, perform and exhibit. It was awarded $9,695 to “create the Newark Art Space, which will provide opportunities for Denison students, faculty and visiting artists to practice and showcase their art and interact with the Licking County and central Ohio communities.” The Newark Art Space was launched April 2015 with an art show by Denison senior studio art students, and in April 2016, hosted in the senior art show ‘EPOCH.’
In addition, The Billboard Project, spearheaded by Sheilah Wilson, associate professor of studio art at Denison University, was awarded $3,989. In this past spring, The Billboard Project brought Yoko Ono’s iconic “Imagine Peace” billboard to two Newark locations. The next iteration will include McGuffey Elementary schoolchildren, who will be asked “If you could change the world, what would it look like?” Denison art students will work with the children to help them to create their own “billboards” to reflect their ideas.

“We are very grateful to the Ohio Arts Council and the state legislature for its grants to these two deserving projects,” said Michael Morris, Denison’s director of fine arts programming. “Art is such a powerful instrument. Art can connect people, bring insight and healing to difficult situations, celebrate events and express emotions. We hope to do all these things through the Newark Art Space and the Billboard Project.”

The OAC has provided more than $12 million to the arts in Ohio through grants and initiatives to support artists, organizations, students and educators, and public arts programming. This year, the OAC funded 630 successful grant awards. 

“The Ohio legislature's strong investment in arts and culture allows the OAC to continue to support jobs in the creative sector, education in the arts, and cultural endeavors for all Ohioans,” said Donna Collins, OAC executive director. “This year especially, we're proud of the 118 new applicants that received funding and the overall increase in the number of Ohioans to be served through the state’s investment.”

Thursday, August 18, 2016

Studio San Giuseppe Exhibition Announcement

(Cincinnati, OH) – Studio San Giuseppe Art Gallery at Mount St. Joseph University is honored to present “DESIGN LINEAGE” (September 18 – October 21, 2016).  DESIGN LINEAGE is a retrospective of Kathy Salchow’s multimedia work, and Kelly Salchow MacArthur’s recent work in dimensional and graphic design.  The public is cordially invited to meet and talk with Kathy and Kelly during the opening reception, which will be held Sunday, September 18, 2016, 2:00 – 4:00 pm.  Digital images of works in the exhibition will be made available upon request.


KATHY SALCHOW

                biography

Kathy Salchow has a BFA degree in Graphic Design from the Kansas City Art Institute (1967) and earned graduate credits in ceramics and metals from the University of Cincinnati.  She experienced local notoriety as a ceramic artist in the 1970's before redirecting her energy toward raising her two daughters, designing jewelry and part-time teaching for thirty-eight consecutive years at the college level.  Kathy taught design fundamentals as an Adjunct Assistant Professor, from 1971 to 2007, in the University of Cincinnati's College of Design, Architecture, Art, and Planning. She taught design foundation and graphic design as an Adjunct, from 1982 to 2009, in Mount St. Joseph University's Department of Art & Design. In 2004 she received the MSJ University's Excellence in Teaching Award.  Kathy has exhibited and freelanced as a designer, photographer and artist. She lives in the Clifton community. Her husband and both adult daughters are also design professionals.  

artist's statement

My artistic sensibilities and interest in nature were, I believe, fostered by my upbringing in the great outdoors of Nebraska. My work is built on a selective, playful and thoughtful aesthetic exploration of the elements of color, shape, line and space but, importantly, along with unexpected content insights. I am challenged by integrating common and often discarded items made interesting by conceptual and visual interactions that I discover and reveal. Most recently, I have incorporated the three-dimensional qualities of shadow, light and movement that may have been seeded by my early work in ceramics and jewelry.  I hope to create a personal brand of visual poetry that marries traditional drawing, my personal photography, found items and assemblage, all orchestrated with a designer's hands-on acumen and artistry.  I greatly value this retrospective opportunity to exhibit with my daughter, Kelly, at the Institution where I shared so many satisfying years with amiable colleagues and students. 


KELLY SALCHOW MACARTHUR
                biography

Kelly Salchow MacArthur is Associate Professor and Co-Coordinator of Graphic Design at Michigan State University. She received her MFA in Graphic Design from the Rhode Island School of Design, and BS in Graphic Design from the University of Cincinnati’s College of Design, Architecture, Art and Planning. Her concepts and design work have been disseminated through publication, international conference presentation, and university guest lectures. Her work has been exhibited internationally, and included in IIID, Graphis, Print, Creative Quarterly, United Designs, and AIGA Detroit and Kansas City competitions. She develops design solutions through elevate design—her independent company—for clients across the United States.  She serves as a Regional Director (USA) of the international United Designs Alliance, and previously served as President of the Detroit Chapter of AIGA, which followed five years as Education Director for the Detroit and Kansas City Chapters.  A retired two-time Olympian, she balances her passion for design and education with rowing.  Kelly is grateful that her parents shared their unwavering passion for design and art with her throughout her childhood.

                artist's statement

I explore volume as a means to emphasize a message, uniting two-dimensional surface design with three-dimensional form. Inspired by industrial design and architecture, I have pursued this direction over the past ten years. Generally, type and image are actively investigated as opportunities in graphic design on screen or in print, while volume is overlooked as an expressive element. Yet tactile, material and spatial experimentation holds great potential—for the maker and the viewer.  Hinged surfaces instigate flexible interaction with space, enabling a poster to appear disjointed from a wall, nestle in the corner of a room, or curl in on itself to balance delicately on one point. Planes of paper create a message through depth without reliance on ink or pixel. Voids in a surface embrace alteration of material. Such projects ensure an awareness of a material’s qualities and structure throughout the creative process. In viewing the work, new considerations become very important—such as one’s direction of approach towards the piece, opportunities to tangibly interact, and the reliance on a period of time to fully absorb the elements and messages within the dimensionality. Environmentalism is a recurring subject, as I confront this critical issue with the tools of a graphic designer.  Such dimensional experimentation informs my ongoing professional practice for clients.

Quilt art by Betsy Bauman on exhibit at Hiram College, Sept. 9-Oct. 6

“Goose Girl” is one of several pieces, by quilt artist Betsy Bauman, that will be on exhibit at Hiram College Sept. 9 to Oct. 6.
Bauman says her love of fabric, drama and history led her to the theatre and a career as a costume designer.  She brings her knowledge of fashion history and sewing construction together with her sense of color, line and shape to help the actors tell a story that will express something universal about what it means to be human.  These are the same things that draw her to working as a quilt artist.
“I am inspired by the history and tradition of quilting, and I collect antique quilts to study and to enjoy.  This respect for the past is the springboard for the quilts I make. Although I use the same basic structure as quilters from the past, I am not trying to decorate a bed or provide warmth, but rather I seek to tell a story or express an idea,” says Bauman. “My quilts are playful and whimsical, and I think viewers will see my theatrical background in them, as well.”
Bauman was on sabbatical this past spring, studying textiles and quilt history and creating new work.
“I am drawn to the medium of fabric. I love the tactile qualities, the way light is reflected, the range of colors and textures available.  Fabric is essential to human life; it surrounds us from birth through death, and appeals to our senses of sight and touch. Even when we are not touching it, symbolically it feels warm and inviting,” she says.
Bauman began making quilts in 2000, and since then her quilts have been juried into national exhibitions such as the American Quilter’s Society shows at Paducah, Lancaster, and Grand Rapids, Quilt Odyssey in Hershey, Pa., as well as shows in Vermont and Indiana, and locally at Lake Farm Park, the Rocky River Reflections of Nature Shows and Mutton Hill in Akron.   She also lectures on quilt history and other quilt-related topics.
Bauman began teaching at Hiram in 1998.  She holds an M.F.A. in Design from Kent State University, an M.A. in Theatre from The University of Akron, and a B.A. in Theatre from SUNY Brockport.

Tuesday, August 16, 2016

Otterbein University Announces Exhibition Schedule for 2016-2017 Academic Year

Leslie H. and Ethyl Rose Miller Gallery
Art and Communication Building, 33 Collegeview Rd., Westerville, OH 43081
Gallery hours are 8 a.m.-4 p.m. Monday through Friday and 1-4 p.m. Saturdays and Sundays. Closed on holidays and University breaks. For information call (614) 823-1792.

Low Season
Aug. 22-Oct. 5, 2016
Reception: Thursday, Sept. 1, 4-6 p.m.; Artist Remarks begin at 5 p.m.
Artist: Jonathan Johnson, Sabbatical Exhibition
       Associate Professor Jonathan Johnson’s sabbatical exhibition project consists of an experimental film installation and lyrical narrative photo series about place, centering on his travel and cultural experiences in Thailand and the American Midwest.

Urban Reflections:  Contemporary Thai Photography
Oct. 12-Dec. 9, 2016
Artists: Lek Kiatsirikajorn and Miti Ruangkritya
       This exhibition features work by emerging Thai photographers Lek Kiatsirikajorn and Miti Ruangkritya, whose exquisite imagery gives unique voice to the 2011 floods in Bangkok, along the Chao Phraya River. The show questions notions of progress and our contemporary relationship with natural forces.

Keep on Doing
Jan. 9-Feb. 10, 2017
Reception: Friday, Jan. 13, 4-7 p.m., Artist remarks begin at 5:30 p.m.
Artist: Louise Captein
       Otterbein Associate Professor Louise Captein’s sabbatical exhibition brings together pattern design, collage and painting by blending art and traditional craft with vigorous form and color.

20th Annual Juried Student Exhibition
Feb. 17-March 3, 2017
Receptions: Friday, Feb. 17, 4-6 p.m.
Juror: David Stichweh, Emeritus Professor of Art, Otterbein

Senior Art Exhibitions
March 6-April 28, 2017
Weekly exhibition and receptions by graduating art majors.


Fisher Gallery
Roush Hall, 27 S. Grove St., Westerville, OH 43081
Gallery hours are 9 a.m.-9 p.m. daily. Closed on holidays and University breaks. For information call (614) 823-1792.

Sonabai: Another Way of Seeing
Aug. 24-Dec. 22, 2016
Reception and Diwali Celebration: Friday, Oct. 28, time TBA
Public talk with curator: Thursday, Aug. 25, 12 p.m., Roush Hall 114
Curator: Stephen P. Huyler, Ph.D.
       Self-taught artist Sonabai Rajawar lived in enforced isolation for 15 years in a remote India village, creating her own joyous sculptural environment. Through needing to express a personal vision in the face of tremendous adversity, she developed an innovative art form that she later taught to other artists.

Water and Ink Revisited: Contemporary Chinese Art from the Academy
Jan. 11-April 30
       A special exhibition of works on paper by faculty at Shanghai Printing and Publishing College and the University of Shanghai for Science and Technology, two of Otterbein’s partner schools in China.


The Frank Museum of Art
39 S. Vine Street, Westerville, OH 43081
Museum hours are 11 a.m.-3 p.m. Wednesday-Saturday during the University’s academic year. Closed on holidays and University breaks. For information call (614) 818-9716.

On Being Gandhi: The Art and Politics of Seeing
Aug. 24-Dec. 2, 2016
Reception and Diwali Celebration: Friday, Oct. 28, time TBA
Guest Curator: Chaya Chandrasekhar, Ph.D.
       Named one of India’s top 15 rising artists by India Art Fair, photographer Shivaraju B.S. (a.k.a. Cop Shiva) captures masquerade and impersonation on the streets of Bengaluru, India. The exhibition features his images of a celebrated Gandhi impersonator, Bagadehalli Basavaraju.

BETWEEN US: Relationship and Identity in Tibetan Contemporary Art
Jan. 25-April 22, 2017
Artists: Tsherin Sherpa and Tulku Jamyang (TJ)
Guest Curator: Ariana Maki, Ph.D.
       An exhibition featuring work by traditionally trained and internationally recognized Tibetan artists and brothers, Tsherin Sherpa and Tulku Jamyang (TJ). Working in contemporary modes, they explore emergent identity at the relational edge of tradition and modernity.