FEATURED EXHIBITION: FACULTY & ALUMNI EXHIBITION PAGE 13-16
PEOPLE OF MUAM: RETIREMENTS & AWARDS PAGE 5-7
HIESTAND GALLERIES PAGE 18-19
CONTEMPORARY ART FORUM PAGES 20-21
From the Editor This semester I celebrate a milestone anniversary at the Art Museum, TEN years! And this is the 20th Visual Arts at Miami magazine that I have created! The months leading up to this issue have been exciting as well as a lot different. In these 10 years I have been blessed to work with the same group of wonderful people with the exception of the Laura swap in 2012, when Collections Manager Laura Henderson retired and Laura Stewart stepped into the role. But since May, we’ve said “congratulations and best wishes in your retirement” not once, not twice, but THREE times and in the last eighteen months two other colleagues retired! That’s a lot of change! So here I am approaching this personal milestone, excited about this new semester, a terrific exhibition, and a new chapter having spent the last few months getting used to the new MUAM team! Thinking to myself (sharing with you all), I realize how lucky I am to enjoy working with these new folks in support of our mission as a teaching museum! Over the Summer we spent some time team-building, we visited some arts venues (Cincinnati Art Museum and Pyramid Hill Sculpture Park) and went horseback riding, and now we are knee deep into writing the next chapter as a new team looking forward to even more great years ahead! Thank you Debbie Caudill, Sue Gambrell, Mark DeGennaro, Cynthia Collins and Bob Wicks for many great years, and for showing me the ropes! So glad you’re all close by and can stop by regularly! As I prepare this 20th issue and we work on our plans for the next chapter of MUAM, I have begun thinking about the next generation of VAAM. Thank you to our members and readers. Be on the lookout for a revamp in the next year based on your feedback (send comments and suggestions to me at krazlsa@ MiamiOh.edu). And until then, please get out and experience the Arts at Miami. They're plentiful, engaging, inspiring and everywhere you look!
IN THIS ISSUE From the Director 3 About the Art Museum 4 People of MUAM 5 Recognitions 6 Collection News: Love and Honor 8 Spring 2022 Exhibitions Preview 9 McGuffey Moments 10 Engage and Connect 11 Donor Spotlight: Walter I. Farmer 12 Exhibition: Department of Art Faculty & Alumni Exhibition 13 Myaamia Featured Work 17 Museums Miami Center 17 Hiestand Happenings: Hiestand Galleries 18 Contemporary Art Lecture Series 20 Exhibitions & Programs at a Glance 22
About the Magazine Visual Arts at Miami (VAAM) is a bi-annual publication of the Miami University Art Museum (MUAM) showcasing visual arts at Miami University for members and the arts community. Distributed to the sustaining members of the Art Museum, Visual Arts at Miami is available digitally through the companion blog at blogs.MiamiOH.edu/VisualArts. Check the back cover for a detailed map, contact information and hours.
On the cover: Collage detail of varied works featured in the Department of Art Faculty & Alumni Exhibition.
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From the Director It is with great honor and privilege that I take up the role of the Jeffrey Horrell ‘75 and Rodney Rose Director and Chief Curator of the Miami University Art Museum (MUAM). Having recently joined as of August 1, I follow in the footsteps of Dr. Robert Wicks, who steered the museum on a steady keel for the past two decades, while forging new pathways towards exhibitions and programs promoting social justice on topics of race and gender, as well as growing relationships with the Myaamia Tribe through community curation. Bob, thank you for your dedication and years of service! I greatly look forward to applying my prior experience as a professional in museums and cultural heritage to this important role. I’ve lived and worked in the country of my birth, the United Kingdom at the British Museum, London, and Ashmolean Museum, University of Oxford, and in the United States at the Oriental Institute Museum, University of Chicago, and the Corning Museum of Glass, NY. Most recently, I served as Associate Director of the American Center of Research, in Amman, Jordan, carrying out archaeological, research and preservation initiatives. The common thread to my diverse career has been my love of art, history and connecting art and objects with people whether in the past or present! At the core of our mission, MUAM recognizes and celebrates global artistic and cultural diversity through display, study, publication and programs. This contributes to our approach in preserving and expanding our collections, and teaching about visual culture. Alongside the College of Creative Arts and Miami University as a whole, the Art Museum is also strongly committed to social justice and anti-racism. There are great opportunities ahead. Future priorities include raising support to expand the museum to better preserve and grow our collections, as well as improve space for visitors, staff, faculty and students in teaching. We will seek support for new endowments for key museum staff, following the generosity of Jeffrey Horrell (‘75) and Rodney Rose in endowing the Director and Chief Curator position. More and more of our collections will be accessible online, an effort taking place alongside other museums across campus through the Museums Miami Center.
recognize the contributions of Curator of Education, Cynthia Collins, and Preparator/Building Manager, Mark DeGennaro who both recently retired from the museum after 17 and 27 years of service respectively to the university and local community. We welcome David Dotson, our new Preparator/Building Manager, who joined the museum staff this summer. I know that challenges we faced during the pandemic will remain with us for some time to come, yet we are resilient and can return stronger than ever. The pandemic provided a creative catalyst within education, museums, and the art world, as well as time and space for reflection. We have seen the emergence of new ideas and technological advances. As we enter this new era, we remain positive and focused on teaching, learning, and sharing in innovative ways with our visitors, including students, faculty and staff, and members of the local community of Oxford and the surrounding area. I am so excited about our Faculty and Alumni Exhibition and related programs, which occurs once every four years – so don’t miss it! I warmly invite you to visit in person as well as engage with our in-person and virtual programs, and to be inspired and share your experience with others. I look forward to getting to know and learning from you all!
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The Miami University Art Museum, completed in 1978, was designed by Walter Netsch of Skidmore, Owings and Merrill in Chicago, and is situated on three acres of scenic sculpture park grounds. It houses five galleries of changing exhibitions and a growing permanent collection of more than 17,000 artworks. MUAM is accredited by the American Alliance of Museums (AAM) and is a proud member of the North American Reciprocal Museum Association (NARM).
Where is the Art Museum on Campus? For starters, you can’t miss the large, industrial red sculpture by Mark di Suvero on the front lawn. MUAM is also just a 7-minute walk from the Armstrong Student Center, diagonally across from Tappan Hall, at the intersection of S. Patterson Ave. and Chestnut St., right when you enter Oxford off of State Route 27.
What can the Art Museum do for Students? Lots of things! MUAM is a great place to see diverse exhibitions and explore outstanding works of art. You can also work, intern, volunteer, join the Art Museum Student Organization (AMSO) and attend lectures and social events.
What can the Art Museum do for the Public? The Art Museum and Sculpture Park is FREE & OPEN to ALL and is an excellent venue for exploring arts and culture from around the world. Membership in support of programs and exhibitions is available at varying levels. Each one offers a higher level of engagement with the museum via special-invitation-only events and special programs. More information on the member program is available on our website via the Members link.
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Congratulations on your retirements Cynthia, Mark and Bob!
A Passion for Arts Education
Cynthia Collins served as the Art Museum’s Curator of Education for 17 years before retiring at the end of June. Beloved by all those who had the opportunity to work with her–especially the Art Museum’s docent corp–Cynthia came to Miami from the Ohio State University’s Wexner Center for the Arts. As part of her time with the museum, she developed programs for young audiences such as Adventures in Art and Art Explorers as well as facilitated the Art Museum Student Organization (AMSO), among many other duties. The Art Museum staff will miss in particular Cynthia’s event planning skills. She was truly “the hostess with the mostess.” Best wishes, Cynthia!
Preparator Extraordinaire
Before retiring in June, Mark DeGennaro was the longest-serving staff member at MUAM, having been the Preparator for 27 years as well as Building Manager. Known among other things for his wry sense of humor, Mark did everything from installing artwork to serving wine. With his institutional memory, ability to “find a way” with displays, mounts, storage solutions, security and building maintenance, Mark’s skills were always in demand. A gifted conversationalist, Mark often gave museum visitors informative and impromptu tours as well as suggestions about what to do in Oxford. We will miss seeing you at the museum, Mark, but look forward to running into you at Kroger!
Dedicated to Social Justice
For 20 years, Robert S. Wicks was at the helm of the Miami University Art Museum. He came to MUAM following nearly 20 years as Professor of Art History, specializing in South Asian art, as well as an Assistant Dean for the then School of Fine Arts. Wicks’ tenure at MUAM was highlighted by his commitment to promoting social justice and his dedication to promoting the artistic traditions of the Myaamia Tribe of Oklahoma. Not just a scholar, Wicks was an advocate for museums and placing museums at the center of education at Miami through the creation of Museums Miami. Congratulations Bob, best wishes!
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This past April, Dr. Michael Hatch, Assistant Professor of Art History received the Faculty Leader Award at the virtual MUAM annual member meeting. One of the many contributions Mike has made to MUAM during his time at Miami include his insightful instruction and expertise teaching Art420D, “Art and Its Markets.” He developed this unique course to offer students the opportunity to learn about the exciting world of auction houses and galleries and their place in the artworld. Mike forged a relationship with Akron-based Thomas French Fine Art Galleries and during each of the past three spring semesters, students have studied, in-depth, commissioned prints and then made proposals for additions to the collection. With partial funding from the University’s Center for Career Exploration and Success and his guidance, this collaboration has enhanced not only the acquisitions program, but also benefited the entire College of Creative Arts.
This year, the Art Museum presented two students with the 20202021 Student Leader Award, in recognition of, and appreciation for, their leadership and ongoing contributions. The awards this year went to Grace Bihl (‘21) and Faith Walker (‘21). Grace began working at the museum in the second semester of her freshman year as the Graphics Student Assistant. During her time at MUAM, she designed exhibition graphics for a dozen different exhibitions including text panels and exhibition title logos, as well as supporting exhibition catalog sheets, fliers, posters and more. As a Curatorial Intern in the Spring 2019 semester, Faith worked on the development of the Fall 2019 exhibition, Life Cycles: Death. Graduating in May 2021, Walker was a double major in Anthropology and Art History with minors in Archaeology and Museums & Society. Her academic background was instrumental for selecting works to include in the exhibition, and in bridging anthropological and art historical perspectives for the interpretation of objects. Rounding out her museum experience, Faith also helped with collections installation during the Spring 2020 semester, when she assisted Preparator Mark DeGennaro with the Art History Capstone exhibition she co-curated with her peers, Desire, Conflict and Exchange.
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Recognitions MUAM LEADERS HONOR ROLL FACULTY LEADERS ELLEN PRICE (2018) PEPPER STETLER (2019) SCOTT SANDER (2020) MICHAEL HATCH (2021) STUDENT LEADERS CAROLINE BASTIAN (2018) BERENICE ACEVADO (2019) ETHAN CLEARFIELD (2019) BREANNA COLE (2020) DIANE KATE KARSANOW (2020) GRACE BIHL (2021) FAITH WALKER (2021) COMMUNITY PARTNER LANE PUBLIC LIBRARY-OXFORD (2021)
Community Partner This year, MUAM presented its first Community Partner Award to our longtime presenting sponsor of the Art Explorers program, Lane Public Library. Designed for children ages 3-5 and their caregivers, it offers participants opportunities to engage not only with art, but also storytime and song. Selections from its children’s illustrated literature collection, along with live music performed by the library’s storyteller, (pictured below, Akiko Urayama) set the stage for concepts reinforced by museum exhibitions and complementary art making activity. A bedrock institution in the Oxford community, Lane provides high quality programming that is both educational and engaging, and the Art Museum is deeply appreciative of its support.
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Larry W. Collins Retires After 16 years of teaching Drawing and Foundations in the Department of Art, Larry Winston Collins retired in 2021. Originally from Cincinnati, Collins pursued fine arts degrees after working as a graphic designer. His former career is often evident in his striking compositions in which bold forms, engaging color theory and contrasts in positive and negative space create vivid imagery. Collins is well-known in Cincinnati and Columbus through many exhibitions of his work, including several important series that highlight African-American personages, and more recently, racial injustice in America. He was also an important partner in developing the 2018 exhibition, Telling A People’s Story: African-American Children’s Illustrated Literature. In 2021, Collins created Homage to John Lewis (now part of the permanent collection) in honor of longtime MUAM Director Bob Wicks’ recent retirement.
Welcome David! Please join us in welcoming David Dotson ('99 / MFA '06) to the Art Museum team. Preparator/Building Manager and artist David lives in Darrtown with his wife, also an artist, and daughter. David received his MFA in sculpture from Miami, and was a member of the museum staff for ten years post-graduation. In addition to his Art Museum responsibilities, David is a volunteer firefighter. He also brings a wealth of knowledge about installation practices and displays, among other things, having worked for a time at the Cincinnati Zoo and Botanical Gardens. Welcome David, we are thrilled to have you!
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Collections Love and Honor
COLLECTIONS NEWS
BY LAURA STEWART, COLLECTIONS MANAGER/REGISTRAR
Despite the past pandemic year’s challenges, a great portion of the art and artifacts housed at MUAM remains available to students, scholars and community members either through exhibition display or by viewing appointment. MUAM has also been actively adding to the collection. For example, a recent commission from retiring art faculty Larry Winston Collins honors former MUAM director Bob Wicks’ commitment to social justice. Titled Homage to John Lewis, the stunning painted portrait with three-dimensional, found-object frame graced the museum lobby throughout the late spring and summer of 2021. Collins’ commissioned artwork will be on display Spring 2022 in the regularly offered Recent Acquisitions: Collection Highlights exhibition, and his Department of Art Faculty and Alumni Exhibition submission–a series of four prints created about and during the pandemic–is on view now. Part of the sculptural frame for Homage to John Lewis consists of relief scenes from Lewis’s long record of Civil Rights activism. Collins created both the vignettes and Lewis’ likeness by building up layers of a plaster-like material and then painting the forms, alluding to classical friezes while at the same time commemorating the life and deeds of the U.S. Congressman. As chairman of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) from 1963-1966, Lewis was instrumental in leading the 1963 “March on Washington” and the 1965 marches to Selma from Montgomery, Alabama. During 1964’s Freedom Summer, Lewis encouraged college students to join with SNCC to help
Larry W. Collins (American, b.1955); Homage to John Lewis, 2021; Mixed media painting/wall sculpture, 36" x 36" x 7"; MUAM Commission in Honor of Director Robert S. Wicks and his commitment to social justice on the occasion of his retirement
register black voters in Mississippi. Around 800 activists gathered for Freedom Summer training right here at Oxford’s Western College for Women, now a part of Miami University. Lewis was awarded the Freedom Summer award from Miami in 2018. Collins’ Homage to John Lewis honors the legacy of Lewis, celebrates the altruism of Dr. Wicks, and evinces the “Love and Honor” sentiments upon which Miami University prides itself. MUAM is thrilled to have this talented Miami University Art Faculty Emeriti’s remarkable tribute become part of its permanent collection.
Learn more about our collection of over 17,000 works on our web site at www.MiamiOH.edu/ ArtMuseum. Make arrangements to study works not on view by contacting Collections Manager/ Registrar Laura Stewart at stewarle@MiamiOH.edu.
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COMING Spring 2022
Theme: Race & Visual Representation (McKie Gallery) From the Ground Up (Douglass Gallery) Pottery exhibitions typically examine how ceramics are painted, carved, or glazed and what they say about the culture in which they were created. While these attributes are important, they commonly overlook how the maker/artist constructed the object. By looking at the materials, technology, and methods of pottery-making across different cultures, it is possible to demonstrate the complexity and diversity of pottery processes that are tied to culture, technology, ecology and form.
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Students in the Capstone Seminar will engage with the collection of the Miami University Art Museum to curate an exhibition on the visual representation of race. Development of the exhibition will be informed by an exploration of theories and conceptions of race and racial difference from a variety of cultures and time periods. Students will become museum curators by developing the title and scope of the show, selecting and researching pieces for the exhibition, writing all didactic labels and materials, planning the layout of the gallery space, and designing an exhibition catalog with help from Professor Pepper Stetler and the Museum staff.
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Recent Acquisitions (2018-2021) (Farmer Gallery) Each year the Miami University Art Museum adds to the growing permanent collection through gifts and bequests from alumni and other donors who support the visual arts. The holdings are also enhanced by select purchases from auctions and galleries. The Miami University Art Museum celebrates and recognizes its commitment to global, artistic, and cultural diversity through the acquisition of works that represent a range of times, cultures, styles, and artists.
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A Look Back - Mid-20th Century Faculty Artists STEVE GORDON, ADMINISTRATOR
This fall, the artwork of Miami faculty and alumni are being showcased in three art museum galleries. Their works serve as visual reminders that Miami is enriched and enlivened by a diverse, robust and talented arts community. Whether conventional, contemplative, or at times provocative, Miami’s museums seek to collect and conserve a wide range of works produced by active faculty and alumni. During the mid-20th century, Robert Bryce Butler, Edwin Fulwider and Marston Hodgin were three of the university’s most productive and widely recognized faculty artists. The 1950s marked a period of great expansion for the University as new buildings dotted the Oxford campus during the post war years. Two buildings, the Fine Arts Building – now Hiestand Hall (1957) and Herron Gym – now Phillips Hall
(1962), were highlighted by striking allegorical limestone panels carved by Butler (1923-1998). Butler began teaching sculpture at Miami in 1955 and was chair of the Art Department from 1968-1992. Among Butler’s most familiar works was his Sesquicentennial Medallion used as a symbol of the University’s 150th celebration in 1959. The bronze medallion donated to the McGuffey Museum in 2019 by John (’70) and Sue Clover (’71), was originally presented to President John D. Millett. Marston Hodgin (1903-2003) professor, prolific artist and founder of Miami’s Department of Art, enjoyed an artistic career that spanned seven decades. His works depicted local landscapes and landmarks, whether oils on canvas or watercolors on paper. McGuffey Museum has five Hodgins, including Hueston Woods (1940), the most recent example donated to the museum by Bonnie Myers Busboom.
Above left to right: Sesquicentennial Medallion (1959) by Robert Bryce Butler, Hueston Woods (1940) by Marston Hodgin and Harrison Hall (ca. 1955) by Edwin Fulwider.
Edwin Fulwider (1913-2003), like Hodgin, was drawn to sylvan landscapes and rustic structures, especially old growth beech woods. A native of Bloomington and a graduate of the Herron Art School in Indianapolis, Fulwider taught drawing and painting at Miami in 1940, returning to Miami in 1949 where he was Professor of Art until 1973 and also served as Chair (19631968). Inspired by Walter Havighurst’s The Miami Years, Fulwider’s Miami Mural (1960) once covered the west wall of the Heritage Room until it was removed in the 1980s. Butler, Fulwider and Hodgin were in a real sense, artists in residence. Their extensive body of work continues to resonate. McGuffey Museum and the Miami University Art Museum are pleased to exhibit and conserve the works of these and many other of Miami’s talented faculty artists.
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Paintings, Politics and the Monuments Men Celebrating “Safekeeper” Walter I. Farmer. BY JACK GREEN, JEFFREY HORRELL ‘75 & RODNEY ROSE DIRECTOR & CHIEF CURATOR
An exhibition at the Cincinnati Art Museum tells the story of an important group of paintings, the “Berlin 202,” and focuses on the legacy of “Monuments Man” and MUAM founding donor, Walter I. Farmer (1911–1997, Miami ‘35). The exhibition highlights the protection of and restitution of artworks in Europe during and after World War II. Farmer was a Captain in the US Army Corps of Engineers and a member of the Monuments, Fine Arts, and Archives program. At the close of the war, he directed the Wiesbaden Central Collecting Point, safeguarding artworks from German museums and private collections. When faced with a directive to select two-hundred paintings intended for a traveling exhibit to the United States, Farmer, alongside others, was concerned they might be treated as “spoils of war,” thus setting a dangerous precedent. Robert Edsel, founder of the Monuments Men Foundation spoke at the exhibition opening, paying tribute to Farmer’s strong ethics. Farmer, with support of others, wrote the “Wiesbaden Manifesto,” which impacted decisions leading to the return of the paintings to Germany. Alongside loans of some of the paintings of the “Berlin 202,” the exhibition also presents artworks Farmer gifted to the Cincinnati Art Museum. Paintings, Politics and the Monuments Men: The Berlin Masterpieces in America, is open through October 3, 2021 at the Cincinnati Art Museum. A volume of the same title by co-curators Peter J. Bell and Kristi A. Nelson (GILES, 2020) accompanies the exhibition. Farmer’s memoirs are published in the book The Safekeepers: A Memoir of the Arts at the End of World War II (de Gruyter, 2000).
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Alumnus Walter I. Farmer (Miami '35) with the bust of Queen Nefertiti when he served as a one of America's Monuments Men during World War II.
Interested in learning more about Walter I. Farmer and his contributions to the Miami University Art Museum? Visit tinyurl.com/wfarmer
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Museum; and Laura Stewart, Miami University Art Museum. Combined, this exhibition presents 64 works of art created by 13 current faculty, 4 emeriti faculty and 39 alumni. Special appreciation is extended to Rob Robbins, for his collaboration. Additional recognition goes out to Logan Bowers, Curatorial Intern (Spring 2021), for her work in the planning and designing of the exhibition. We also offer sincere gratitude to Cassidy Gebhart, undergraduate Communication Design major, Department of Art, for designing the title logo and catalog for the exhibition.
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Featured Artists Current and emeriti faculty of the Department of Art, along with selected alumni, are reunited again in this exhibition. The body of work presented features a diverse exploration of art forms including sculpture, painting, ceramics, photography, video, printmaking, collage, mixed media works and scholarly publications. FACULTY Stephanie Baer Larry Collins* Stephanie Danker Susan Ewing* Tracy Featherstone Jeannie Langan Heins* Della Reams Geoffrey Riggle Robert Robbins Dana Saulnier Michael Stilion Todd Stuart Roscoe Wilson Robert Wolfe* Jennifer Yamashiro Jon Yamashiro *Emeritus
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ALUMNI Lorene Anderson Andrea Barone Erin Beckloff Gary Beeber Jeremy Blair Jan Boone Eric England Katherine Fries Ann Gorbett William Greene Lucille Hautau Tara Hayes Pamela Hignite David Johnson Sarojini Johnson Kirsten Ledbetter Travis Linville Susan Mahan Thomas Maltbie Michael May Kim McAninch Robert Lee Mejer Marjorie Morrow Todd Mosley Tim Parsley
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Carrie Pate Joseph Paushel Julie Pawlowski Jill Sarver Michael Seeley Billy Simms Allison Smith Sherry Rogers Stoffer Nicole Trimble Jean Brandow Vance Austin Wieland Mark Williams Ben Willis Stephen Wolochowicz
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Related Programs Honoring Myaamia Community through Letterpress Printing STEPHANIE DANKER, ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR (ART EDUCATION) & ERIN BECKLOFF, ALUMNA (LETTERPRESS PRINTING) WED, SEP 8, 6PM Inspired by experiential learning opportunities with Miami Tribe citizens and educators, this talk traces how Dr. Danker and her art education students worked with Erin Beckloff to create letterpress posters to honor and celebrate the Myaamia community.
Creating Exquisite Corpse Comic BILLY SIMMS, ALUMNUS (PRINTMAKING) WED, SEP 29, 6PM Artist Billy Simms and Miami alumnus (MFA ‘17) will share his creative process as he guides participants in the creations of an original oneto two-page comic. Participants will have the opportunity to select characters, setting, plot and genre. No previous experience necessary to attend this workshop.
Revealing Inspirations TODD STUART, ASSOCIATE TEACHING PROFESSOR (ARTS MANAGEMENT) & TARA HAYES, ALUMNA (PAINTING & ART ED)
The Passion of Jewelry Making LUCILLE HAUTAU, ALUMNA (JEWELRY)
TUE, OCT 5, NOON [Virtual ] TUE, SEP 14, NOON [Virtual ] A master jeweler and Miami Alumna (BFA '72, MFA '78), Lucille A. Hautau, creates fine jewelry that is intriguing, exquisitely designed and meticulously crafted. Join her in the studio to learn about the tools and techniques used to create a tapestry of patterns in metals.
Join photographer Todd Stuart and artist Tara Hayes (BS & BFA '17) for an informative hour of revelations about their personal sources of inspiration. Each artist will guide viewers through an examination of their works on display in the current exhibition.
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Reflections
Designer and Artist Fashion Collaboration
ROBERT WOLFE, PROFESSOR EMERITUS (PAINTING & PRINTMAKING) AND SAROJINI JOHNSON, ALUMNA (PRINTMAKING)
DELLA REAMS, ASSISTANT PROFESSOR (FASHION) WED, NOV 10, 6PM
THU, OCT 14, 6PM Robert Wolfe and past student Sarojini Johnson (MFA ‘84) will reflect on their relationship as student and mentor. They will also talk about their past and present artistic practices. Ann Taulbee (BFA ‘81), Director of Hiestand Galleries, will serve as the moderator for this conversation. This event is planned in conjunction with the Contemporary Art Forum, a seminar course highlighting contemporary art practices.
Reflections of the Lens GARY BEEBER, ALUMNUS (PHOTOGRAPHY) & JEREMY BLAIR, ALUMNUS (PHOTOGRAPHY & ART ED) MODERATED BY JON YAMASHIRO
Influences & Evolutions ARTISTS DAVID JOHNSON, ALUMNUS (PAINTING) & MIKE MAY, ALUMNUS (PAINTING)
WED, NOV 17, 6PM [Virtual ]
TUE, OCT 26, NOON [Virtual ] Artists David Johnson (MFA '86) and Mike May (MFA '10) will share personal stories about their evolving careers as painters and practicing artists. Looking back, Johnson and May will also discuss the sphere of influence teachers can have on students’ creative aspirations. Jason E. Shaiman, Curator of Exhibitions, Miami University Art Museum, will serve as moderator for the discussion.
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Lead Fashion faculty and textile designer Della Reams talks about her ongoing collaboration with Larry Rushing, an African-American painter based in New York City. Using Rushing's paintings as inspiration, Reams designs repeat fabric prints that are printed on Miami Fashion Program's digital fabric printer. Print-focused dresses are then designed and made by Reams for competitions and exhibitions.
Join alumni photographers Gary Beeber (‘71) and Jeremy Blair (‘07), as they reflect on their experiences as undergraduate students and discuss the changes in the field of photography during the last decade. Jon Yamsashiro, Associate Professor, Photography, Miami University, will serve as the moderator for this discussion.
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Global Perspectives Exhibition Addition Myaamia objects now on view In addition to the installation of new exhibitions this semester, staff also worked to enhance the Global Perspectives exhibition with new additions. Two Myaamia objects are now featured for the first time in this semi-permanent installation. Eugene Brown’s original A Tribe Named Miami, A Surveyor’s Stake, A Town Named Oxford (2003) is on loan to MUAM by Dr. Joseph Leonard, the son of the late Myaamia Chief Floyd Leonard. In 2008, Brown’s work was enlarged as a cast bronze piece located in MUAM’s Sculpture Park. The second piece is a pair of mahkisina (moccasins) created in 2019 by Myaamia artist and scholar Scott Shoemaker. The mahkisina were commissioned by MUAM for the Spring 2020 exhibition, Myaamia Ribbonwork.
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HIESTAND GALLERIES MFA SHOWCASE: PETRICHOR
NORTH GALLERY | FALL 2021
SEP 2–OCT 7 2021 MIAMI UNIVERSITY YOUNG SCULPTORS COMPETITION FOR THE $10,000 WILLIAM AND DOROTHY YECK AWARD Through the generous gift from William (’36) and Dorothy Yeck of Dayton, Ohio, Miami provides students and the community at large a unique opportunity to develop a critical understanding of sculpture in the 21st century. The competition winner will be awarded the $10,000 William and Dorothy Yeck Award and the sculpture will become part of Miami's permanent collection. 2021 JUROR: MARK DION SEP 16 | JUROR TALK: 5:50 PM | ART 100 SEP 17 | ARTISTS RECEPTION | 4:30-5:30 PM AWARDS: 5 PM Mark Dion received his BFA from Hartford Art School, Hartford, CT, attended the Whitney Museum of American Art's Independent Study Program, and in 2003 received an honorary doctorate from the University of Hartford, Hartford Art School. Dion’s work examines the ways in which dominant ideologies and public institutions shape our understanding of history, knowledge, and the natural world.
OCT 19–NOV 18 PETRICHOR Recent artworks by 2nd and 3rd year MFA students in the Department of Art. Exhibiting Artists (works from top to bottom at right): Noah DiRuzza, Glover Marfo, Harris Martinson, Clair Morey (no image), Baylee Schmidt and An Wang. ARTISTS RECEPTION OCT 21, 4-5 PM
2021 Young Sculptors Finalists: Jasmine Baetz, Hartsville, SC; Shauna Fahley, Renton, WA, Amy Hoagland, Boulder, CO, Monroe Isenberg, Philadelphia, PA; Kevin Kao, St. Louis, MO, Rachel Linnemann, Cincinnati, OH, Sam Mack, St. Louis, MO, Spencer Tinkham, Norfolk, VA; Sara Torgison, Cincinnati, OH; and Chase Travaille, Helena, MT
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GALLERY HOURS: MON-FRI, 9 AM-4:30 PM, HOURS MAY VARY WITH RESTRICTIONS; OTHER HOURS AVAILABLE BY APPOINTMENT. (513) 529-1883 ALL RECEPTIONS ARE IN THE LOBBY OF HIESTAND GALLERIES
ROBERT E. & MARTHA HULL LEE GALLERY | FALL 2021 OCT 2–NOV 22 LOGAN DANDRIDGE | SUSPENDED ANIMATION
SEP 9–OCT 13 KAHLIL ROBERT IRVING (TIMELINES) Irving is the 2019 Young Sculptors Competition Yeck Purchase Award winner as chosen by 2019 juror, Don Desmett. In the exhibition, (Timelines), the work interpolates the artist's archive of digital images and how the reality of the use of technology has continued to interfere with understanding of signs, symbols, and narrative. Politically the work touches on a range of content. Pushing back on the perpetrator of violent crimes against Black Americans, Irving highlights power structures that are unevenly balanced in this country and uses the work to give multiple avenues into deciphering why that may be. [kahlilirving.com]
In the exhibition, Suspended Animation, “rhythmic gestures are used as a research method to consider how technology is employed for self-fashioning. In making visible both the restrictions and the freedoms of digital culture, I explore how identities and histories are created, transformed, or invented. For some, technology is a means to an end: a memoir, a fictional history, an intimate view of a person’s life. Others interrogate the power relations of these same tools, from "big data" consumer portraits to facial recognition software. The exhibited work manipulates technologies to narrate, alter, augment, or invent new identities and histories–to imagine another world. The idea of individual context, of experiential relativity, threads together the works in this exhibition, and structures its form and its content. The visitor is invited to encounter new virtual environments and travel a branching, non-linear, path through works that explore the convergence of perception, narrativity, and self-expression. [vimeo.com/lrd] OCT 21 | ARTIST RECEPTION | 4-5 PM ARTIST TALK | 5:50-6:30 PM | ART 100
SEP 17 | ARTIST RECEPTION | 4:30–5:30 PM SEP 23 | ARTIST TALK | 5:50 PM | ZOOM
Hiestand Hall | 401 Maple St., Galleries will be closed: During exhibition installation and Oxford, OH 45056 Sep 6, Oct 8, Nov 23-Dec, 31, 2021. Galleries located on 1st level Miamioh.edu/hiestand-galleries (513) 529-1883 Hiestand Galleries encourages all guests to wear masks HIESTAND GALLERIES Volume 10, Issue 1 | Fall 2021 ANN TAULBEE, DIRECTOR 19 and practice social distancing in alignment with Miami’s taulbeae@miamioh.edu Healthy Together plan.
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SEP 2 | LEONARDO KAPLAN: HOW REAL? The artist will be discussing his most current exhibition, Artificial Recognition on view at the Basket Shop Gallery in Cincinnati, OH. He will highlight other shows and works, and installations that contextualize his thematic concerns with aesthetics, ethics, and the politics of artistic production and consumption. Kaplan (b. 1985) is a working artist in Chicago. [leonardokaplan.life]
SEP 16 | MARK DION: YOUNG SCULPTORS JUROR Our 2021 Young Sculptors Competition juror, Mark Dion is an artist of national and international renown. He received a BFA and an Honorary Doctorate from the University of Hartford’s School of Art. Dion’s work examines the ways in which dominant ideologies and public institutions shape our understanding of history, knowledge, and the natural world.
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SEP 23 | KAHLIL IRVING, WINNER YOUNG SCULPTORS AWARD 2020 Timelines interpolates the artist's archive of digital images and how the reality of the use of technology has continued to interfere with understanding. Irving highlights power structures that are unevenly balanced in this country and uses the work to give multiple avenues into deciphering why that may be. [kahlilirving.com]
SEP 30 | JOOMI CHUNG | SURFACES Chung’s work explores the idea of image as a visual field, a physical site, and an indeterminate zone of memory. Joomi Chung is a Korean-American artist based in Ohio. Currently, she is an Associate Professor of Art at Miami. Her work has been exhibited at national and international venues [joomichung.net]
OCT 4 (MONDAY AT 7 PM) | DR. WANDA KNIGHT: JOHN AND BETTY MICHAEL AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL DISTINGUISHED LECTURER IN ART EDUCATION Associate Professor of Art Education and Women’s, Gender & Sexuality Studies and Professor-in-Charge of Art Education, Knight has served as a principal of both elementary and secondary public schools and as registrar and curator of an art museum. She teaches, presents, and leads workshops and seminars that foster diversity and support fair, ethical, and inclusive teaching and learning environments. 20
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LECTURE SERIESFall 2021 ART 281: CONTEMPORARY ART FORUM
OCT 14 | 6 PM | MIAMI UNIVERSITY ART MUSEUM ROBERT WOLFE, PROFESSOR EMERITUS AND SAROJINI JOHNSON, ALUMNA (PRINTMAKING): REFLECTIONS Wolfe and Johnson (MFA ‘84) will reflect on their relationship as mentor and student and about their past and present artistic practices. Ann Taulbee (BFA ‘81), Director of Hiestand galleries, will serve as the moderator for this conversation.
OCT 21 | LOGAN DANDRIDGE Dandridge is a moving image artist from Richmond, Virginia, whose films interrogate various histories through the poetics and aesthetics of experimental cinema. Currently, Dandridge is an Assistant Professor of Film and Video at Syracuse University. [vimeo.com/lrd]
NOV 4 [Virtual ] AUTUMN BLAND: PORTRAITS OF A PANDEMIC Bland, an Akronbased producer and photographer documents the duality of life that the COVID-19 pandemic created among those with essential jobs and those staying home. The series was created to build a community and help its members feel seen, while providing a picture of how others are weathering the pandemic.
NOV 11 | LORENA MOLINA: A BALANCING ACT ON HOME, ART, AND ACADEMIA Molina is a Salvadoran multidisciplinary artist and educator. She is an Assistant Professor of Art at the University of Cincinnati. Through the use of photography, video, performance and installation, she explores identity, intimacy, pain, and how we witness the suffering of others. [lorenamolina.com]
NOV 18 [Virtual ] | BREANNE TRAMMELL: SLOW BURN Trammell is an artist, amateur archivist, non-musician, and snack enthusiast. She holds an MFA in printmaking from Rhode Island School of Design. Her work has been exhibited widely in spaces and places that include: cybermesa, Highpoint Center for Printmaking (Minneapolis, MN), Colpa Books & Video (San Francisco, CA), Mrs. (Maspeth, NY), and MGCL International Centre of Graphic Arts (Ljubjana, Slovenia). Originally from California, she currently lives and works in Fayetteville, AR where she is an Assistant Professor of Studio Art at the University of Arkansas. Volume 10, Issue 1 | Fall 2021
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NOW-DEC 11 Department of Art Faculty & Alumni Exhibition ART MUSEUM NOW-DEC 11 Art History at Glance ART MUSEUM NOW-DEC 11 Global Perspectives ART MUSEUM
SEP SEP 2 | 5:50-7:05 PM Leonardo Kaplan: How Real? ART 100 SEP 2-OCT 7 2021 Miami University Young Sculptors Competition for the $10,000 William and Dorothy Yeck Award HIESTAND SEP 2-OCT 13 Kahlil Robert Irving: Timelines HIESTAND
IN-PERSON SESSIONS Sept 23 | Oct 28 | Nov 18 | 10 AM-Noon Miami University Art Museum
For more information visit: miamioh.edu/sca/events
SEP 8 | 6 PM Honoring Myaamia Community through Letterpress Printing Stephanie Danker, Associate Professor (Art Education) & Erin Beckloff, Alumna (Letterpress Printing) ART MUSEUM
SEP 23 | 10 AM-NOON Art Explorers ART MUSEUM
SEP 14 | 12 PM [Virtual] The Passion of Jewelry Making: Lucille Hautau, Alumna (Jewelry) TINYURL.COM/MUAMEVENTS
SEP 25 | NOON-5 PM Arts Day | Select Saturday Opening ART MUSEUM
SEP 16 | 5:50-7:05 PM Mark Dion: Young Sculptors Juror ART 100 SEP 17 | 4:30-5:30 PM 2021 Miami University Young Sculptors Competition Artist Awards and Reception HIESTAND
SEP 23 | 5:50-7:05 PM Kahlil Irving, Winner of the Young Sculptors award 2020: Timelines ART 100
SEP 29 | 6 PM Creating Exquisite Corpse Comic: Billy Simms, Alumnus (Printmaking) ART MUSEUM SEP 30 | 5:50-7:05 PM Joomi Chung: Surfaces ART 100
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Under current COVID Ops - we recommend that you double check each event and exhibition before coming to campus to determine for sure if it is virtual or in person!
OCT OCT 2 | NOON-5 PM Family Weekend | Select Saturday Opening ART MUSEUM OCT 4 | 7 PM Dr. Wanda Knight: Diversity & Inclusion and the Arts ART 100 OCT 5 | 12 PM [Virtual] Revealing Inspirations Todd Stuart, Associate Teaching Professor (Arts Management) & Tara Hayes, Alumna (Painting & Art Ed) TINYURL.COM/ MUAMEVENTS OCT 14 | 6 PM Reflections Robert Wolfe, Professor Emeritus (Painting & Printmaking) and Sarojini Johnson, Alumna (Printmaking) with Ann Taulbee (Moderator) ART MUSEUM OCT 16 | 10 AM-5 PM Homecoming Open House | Select Saturday Opening ART MUSEUM
OCT 19-NOV 18 Petrichor Recent artworks by 2nd and 3rd year MFA students in the Department of Art. HIESTAND OCT 21 | 4-5 PM Reception for the Artists: Petrichor HIESTAND OCT 21 | 5:50-7:05 PM Logan Dandridge: Suspended Animation ART 100 OCT 21-NOV 22 Logan Dandridge| Suspended Animation HIESTAND OCT 26 | 12 PM [Virtual] Influences & Evolutions: Artists David Johnson, Alumnus (Painting) & Mike May, Alumnus (Painting) TINYURL.COM/ MUAMEVENTS
NOV NOV 4 | 5:50-7:05 PM [Virtual] Autumn Bland: Portraits of a Pandemic ART 100 NOV 6 | NOON-5 PM Select Saturday Hours ART MUSEUM NOV 10 | 6 PM Designer and Artist Fashion Collaboration Della Reams, Assistant Professor (Fashion) ART MUSEUM NOV 11 | 5:50-7:05 PM Lorena Molina: A Balancing Act on Home, Art, and Academia: A Reckoning from the Margins ART 100
NOV 17 | 6 PM [Virtual] Reflections of the Lens: Gary Beeber, Alumnus (Photography) & Jeremy Blair, Alumnus (Photography & Art Ed) with Jon Yamashiro (Moderator) TINYURL.COM/ MUAMEVENTS NOV 18 | 10 AM-NOON Art Explorers ART MUSEUM NOV 18 | 5:50-7:05 PM [Virtual] Breanne Trammell: Slow Burn TINYURL.COM/ CONTEMPARTLEC
OCT 28 | 10 AM-NOON Art Explorers ART MUSEUM
DEC DEC 11 | 12-5 PM Exhibition Final Viewing Day Select Saturday Hours ART MUSEUM
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