Tuesday, June 6, 2017

UNIVERSITY OF DAYTON EXHIBIT TO EXPLORE MARIAN ART OF ASIA

A new art exhibit at the University of Dayton will explore how the Virgin Mary is perceived and represented in some Asian countries. "Ex Oriente Lux: Marian Art in Asia" runs June 26 to Sept. 8 in the Marian Library Gallery on the seventh floor of Roesch Library. It is free and open to the public 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday to Friday. "The exhibit is an attempt to open our horizons to the originality of Asian Marian paintings and statuary," said the Rev. Johann Roten, S.M., director of research, art and special projects for the Marian Library/International Marian Research Institute. More information is available online here (https://www.udayton.edu/news/articles/2017/06/marian_art_of_asia.php)For interviews or a photo, contact Meagan Pan at 937-229-3256 or mpant1@udayton.edu

Curator Jo-ey Tang to lead CCAD's Beeler Gallery

Columbus College of Art & Design is pleased to announce that curator, artist, and art critic Jo-ey Tang will head the college’s Beeler Gallery.

Tang was curator at Palais de Tokyo, Paris, from 2014 to 2015, and arts editor of literary magazine n+1 from 2009 to 2014. He will start at Beeler Gallery on June 15.

Read more at: https://www.ccad.edu/press-releases/curator-and-artist-jo-ey-tang-lead-ccads-beeler-gallery
for the attached press release.