VISUAL ARTS CALENDAR ART MUSEUM McGUFFEY MUSEUM
HIESTAND GALLERIES CAGE GALLERY 2011 Fall Calendar
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Cover Image: Dixie Selden (American, 1868-1935), Venice, 1910; oil on canvas; 12” x 16”; gift of Marietta Miller in memory of her mother, Clara E. Miller, 1983.72
Miami University Art Museum 801 South Patterson Avenue Oxford, OH 45056 General Information: (513) 529-2232 artmuseum@muohio.edu Website: http://www.muohio.edu/artmuseum Museum Gallery Hours: Tuesday - Friday 10 a.m. - 5 p.m. Saturday 12 p.m. - 5 p.m. Sunday - Monday CLOSED Construction of the Miami University Art Museum in 1978 was made possible by private contributions to Miami University’s Goals for Enrichment capital campaign in the mid1970s. A major gift for the building came as a bequest from Miami alumnus Fred C. Yager, class of 1914. Walter Netsch, the museum’s architect, Walter I. Farmer, class of 1935, and Orpha B. Webster generously donated extensive art collections and were instrumental in developing early support for the museum.
From the Director The Miami University Art Museum is excited to be part of the Year of the Arts at Miami University. The exhibitions and programs highlighted in this Visual Arts Calendar are just the beginning. Come and enjoy our dramatic building, designed by signature architect Walter Netsch, visit us online, or take a walk through our Sculpture Park. Sweet sixteen! Thanks to a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts, we have just completed a series of 16 video commentaries on selected artworks from the museum collections. Topics range from a dress worn by First Lady Caroline Scott Harrison, to a 17th century Japanese Buddhist shrine, to an abstract expressionist painting by Hans Hofmann. Miami art historians Sara Butler, Andrew Casper, Clive Getty, Pepper Stetler and Ann Wicks teamed with their students and videographer Denise Spranger to present their insights. Commentaries on the Collection can be viewed in our galleries and on our website. Thanks to all who contributed their time, energy and considerable talent to this project, including our museum staff, Rod Northcutt, Lindsay Grace and Jessica Rea. Without their combined efforts we could not have accomplished our goal. After viewing Out of the Shadows: the Rise of Women in Art, opening August 23 in the museum, pick up a free detailed guide and continue to the Sculpture Park grounds. You can also access the Sculpture Park as a new Google walking tour on our website—click on Collections. If you arrive at the museum after hours, just point your smart phone at the QR code on the sign at the entrance and connect to the walking tour. Twitter us to let us know your favorite artwork. You have an opportunity to make a difference in the direction of the arts at Miami by participating in the Visual Culture Working Group. The first meeting will be on October 5. (see page 6 for details) See you in the galleries!
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Art Museum Staff: Robert S. Wicks, Ph.D., Director Jason Shaiman, Curator of Exhibitions Cynthia Collins, Curator of Education Laura Henderson, Collections Mgr/Registrar Mark DeGennaro, Preparator/Operations Mgr Kelly Wilson, Audience Development Sue Gambrell, Program Coordinator Debbie Caudill, Program Assistant Brooke Hess, Curatorial Intern Chloe Hines, Curatorial Intern McGuffey Museum Staff: Stephen C. Gordon, Administrator
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Collection News In the Spring 2011 Visual Arts Calendar I reported on the new acquisitions for 2010 in detail, but again, we would like to thank all the donors who supported us during the year with their generous gifts. Both the art museum and McGuffey Museum benefited from significant additions to the collections, and in the process many new friends and contacts were made. The engraved silver cutlery from Charles McGuffey Hepburn and Fred A. Peters was displayed at McGuffey Museum in time for the Reunion Weekend in June along with some of the other gifts, including the Staffordshire style ironstone coffee pot from Marcia and William Herrmannsfeldt and some recently restored works of art by Adrian Beaugureau (details below) which were a gift from the Oxford Museum Association. The exquisite portraits of Elizabeth and Thomas McCullough, painted in 1878 by De Scott Evans and a gift in 2005 from Barry, Jan and Jason Weller in memory of their parents, Harry and Mollie Weller, are also currently on display in the parlor at McGuffey Museum. The paintings were formerly part of the Robert E. White, Jr., collection and were on loan from McGuffey Museum to the Smith Library of Regional History until December, 2010. Among the many permanent collection objects exhibited this semester at the art museum are some of the new 2010 museum purchases. Fitting in nicely with the concept of Out of the Shadows: The Rise of Women in Art, the digital print by Ann Hamilton, titled book weight tt (human carriage), 2009, will be featured, as well as the lithograph print by Hélène Clementine Dufau, Société des Miniaturistes et Enlumineurs de France, circa 1890. Also included is a lithograph by Käthe Kollwitz, Ruf des Todes (The Call of Death), 1937, purchased through the Commemorative Fund with a gift from Clive Getty. The art museum is grateful to the W. E. Smith Family Charitable Trust for awarding us two grants for art conservation. Last year a grant enabled us to restore artwork by Adrian Beaugureau (1845-1908), who lived in the McGuffey House during the 1890s, taught art at Oxford Female College and operated The Art Emporium on High Street in Oxford. Beaugureau also taught French at Miami University, and more details of his life can be found in To Dwell with Fond Reflection, by Dr. Elizabeth Johnson. The artwork restored includes a landscape oil painting on canvas, oval portraits of Beaugureau’s parents, Jean Baptiste and Solange Beaugureau, and a drawing on paper of a moonlit lake scene. This year a Smith Charitable Trust grant was received for the restoration and reframing of a portrait by Ginevra Kennedy of her sister, Emmazetta (Zetti) Kennedy Bonnelle, dressed as Katie Pemberton in the light opera, When Johnny Comes Marching Home. The Kennedys lived in Oxford and College Corner, and later Liberty, Indiana, and Ginevra attended Oxford College in 1878. The painting is part of a collection of Ginevra’s work bequeathed to the art museum by Emmazetta and is exhibited in Gallery One with other works by Ginevra Kennedy. The restoration work and reframing was done by Old World Restorations, Inc., in Cincinnati. Doug Eisele, president of the company, presented an interesting overview of the restoration process to art museum members at the annual meeting in 2009. There are several significant gifts already received or promised to the art museum this year and we look forward to sharing the details in the Spring of 2012.
Ann Hamilton (American, b. 1956), book weight tt (human carriage), 2009; archival ink jet print, edition of 10 + 2 artist proofs; image size 36” x 25 ¾”; Miami University Art Museum Purchase, 2010.94
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Art Museum Exhibitions
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Art Museum Calendar Art Museum Student Researchers
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McGuffey Museum Hiestand Galleries Exhibitions & Calendar Cage Gallery Exhibitions & Calendar
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Art Museum Members Laura Henderson Collections Manager/Registrar
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Art Museum Exhibitions
Out of the
Shadows
The Rise of Women in Art
“Mary Cassatt was the only female artist I was taught about in Art History. She made prints, so when male print students said there were no women artists, I would always bring up Mary Cassatt. Now art history is so populated with women artists. Amazing! The women artists were always there, just not recognized. ” April Foster, Artist and Professor Art Academy of Cincinnati
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August 23 - December 10, 2011 This presentation of women in art is a multifaceted exploration that goes beyond a highlight tour of notable women artists. Out of the Shadows examines women as the subject of art, explores the role of women as artists, and looks at the struggles women endured in an effort to be recognized for their talents. Women have been the subjects of art for more than 30,000 years. Anthropologists, archaeologists and art historians have studied the function and purpose of female figures in art. However, there is no record as to who the first female artists were, or where and when they worked. In addition, it was not until the mid-20th century that historians took a serious look at the impact women have had on the visual arts. Allan Ramsay (Scottish, 1713-1784), Portrait of a Lady, late 18th century; oil on canvas; 28 1/4” x 23 1/2”; gift of Mrs. William Hiestand in memory of Harvey H. Hiestand, 1956.P.1.5
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In Part I, the exhibits will explore the topics of figurative, nature and non-representational art. In each of these themes, women have played a pivotal part in telling her/history. A number of artists represented in the exhibitions have local connections to Oxford, Oxford College for Women, Western College for Women and Miami University.
Art Museum Exhibitions From Subject to Creator Gallery I Until the late 19th century, men dominated the visual arts with depictions of women first as generalized fertility figures, and later as idealized divine goddesses of great beauty and symbols of virtue. Beginning in the Middle Ages, women artists achieved some status but were severely limited by the male-established guild system. By the turn of the 20th century, women were successfully fighting against social norms and gender bias, finally gaining recognition for their creative talents. A curator’s talk on the topic of women and portraiture will be held on Wednesday, October 12.
A Flowering Spirit Gallery II When women were permitted to draw and paint, they were commonly restricted to genre scenes, still lifes, portraiture and their environment. The greatest liberty afforded to women artists was the depiction of nature. Thus, by the end of the 19th century, women began a long-standing tradition as landscape painters. Many female artists continue to portray the landscape with passion and reverence for the majestic beauty of the natural world. On Wednesday, November 2, there will be a curator’s talk on the subject of women and landscape painting.
The Modern Woman Gallery III Following the 1913 Armory Show in New York City, where Americans were first exposed to the avant-garde European art world, the concept of modern art enabled artists to break out of the structure of academic art. By the end of the 1920s, artists were taking a dramatic new approach to depict the world around them. However, significant contributions by women artists did not become apparent until the 1940s. The attention to abstraction, often devoid of figural representation, opened the door for women to express themselves through a visual vocabulary no longer restricted by male-dominated art academies. The curator will discuss the topic of women and modern art on Thursday, December 1.
Annette Covington (American, 1872-1964), Mary Covington, 1902; charcoal on paper; 16 1/2” x 10 1/2”; gift of John Covington Williams, Isabella R. Williams and Laura Williams Brown, 1985.8
Carolyn Zimmerman (American, b. 1903-1999), Woodland Scene, n.d.; watercolor on paper; 7 ½” x 5 ½”; bequest of Thomas J. Cobbe, 2000.25
Selections from the Permanent Collection Galleries IV and V: Ongoing
Sonia Delaunay (French, 1885-1979), Untitled, 1950; gouache on paper; 26” x 21 1/2”; gift of Dr. and Mrs. James E. Bever, 1999.25
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Art Museum Events Visual Culture Working Group A discussion forum open to faculty, staff, students and community members interested in visual culture studies. Bring your lunch and your ideas! 12:20 - 1:20 p.m. Wednesday, October 5 Wednesday, November 2 Wednesday, December 1
SEPTEMBER Wednesday, August 31 Members Preview, 5 - 7 p.m. Thursday, September 1 Opening Reception, 5 - 8 p.m. Wandering Moon Puppeteers, 6 p.m. Thursday, September 8, 4 p.m. Earthkind-Humankind: The Conflict of Natural and Human Events As Artistic Inspiration Artist Talk, Anna VanMatre Cincinnati artist Anna VanMatre will discuss her experience as a woman artist in the art world, both in the United States and her native country Poland. In addition, she will describe the treatment of nature and societal themes in her art. VanMatre’s work is in the current exhibition Out of the Shadows. Thursday, September 15, 6 - 7:30 p.m. Critical Engagements: Negotiating Intercultural Sight/Site Specificities Anthony Torres, Independent Art Critic, San Francisco This talk will focus on work of specific Latina artists in relation to the exhibition The Question is Known: (W)here is Latin American/Latino Art? The exhibition, curated by Anthony Torres, featured 30 artists whose work reflects a range of aesthetic and conceptual frameworks and material approaches. The exhibition is thus concerned with positing Latino art as an ambiguous area of inquiry that raises issues, poses questions, and interrogates curatorial perspectives and institutional politics. The exhibition was presented at the Mission Cultural Center for Latino Arts, in San Francisco. Co-sponsored by Center for American and World Cultures
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Tuesday, September 20, 7:30 - 9 p.m. Dress Boots of the Roman Emperors Dr. Connie Rodriguez, Associate Professor of Languages and Cultures, Loyola University, New Orleans A great deal of scholarship has been devoted to military statues and their armor, but little has been done regarding the stylistic variations of the imperial military footwear. Dr. Rodriquez will discuss her research on the dress boots worn by the emperors illustrated on portrait statues and imperial reliefs, using examples from the Julio-Claudian period through the Antonine period to demonstrate that each emperor had his own distinctive style. Her discoveries help determine a chronology for dating objects and relate useful information about the emperors, their plans of succession and their eventual elevation to divinity. Co-sponsored by the Archaeological Institute of America
Thursday, September 22, 5 p.m. In Shadow and Light: The Artist and the World Dr. Mary Frederickson, Professor, Department of History, Miami University Women artists during the late 19th and early 20th centuries witnessed the massive changes brought by industrialization and urban growth. The interplay of shadow and light on their canvases captured these transformations. The trajectory of their lives re-defined the role of the artist. Thursday, September 29, 7 p.m. Femme Fatale Film Series Double Indemnity (1944) Runtime: 107 minutes An insurance representative lets himself be talked into a murder/insurance fraud scheme that arouses an insurance investigator’s suspicions. The film will be introduced by Dr. Ronald Scott, Professor of Mass Communication and Associate Vice President of Institutional Diversity. The discussion will be moderated by English Department graduate student Tory Lowe. (Extended museum hours)
Art Museum Events
OCTOBER Saturday, October 1, 2 - 3 p.m. Cho, A-Ra, a traditional Pansuri singer and storyteller from the Korean National University of Arts, will create a new performance for children and premier two new short Pansuri pieces. One is based on Chevrefoil, by the medieval poet Marie de France, and the other is based on the last book of Homer’s Iliad. As a wonderful bonus, A-Ra’s percussion accompanist is Kim, Ji-hye, one of the talented Janggo drummers who visited us last year. Ji-hye will also be performing the traditional farmers’ dance. For those of you who missed Ji-hye’s performances last January, you may see her on video at http://vimeo.com/20714984 Co-sponsored by Miami University Theatre Department Thursday, October 6, 6 - 7:30 p.m. Creating Their Own Image: the History of African American Women Artists Dr. Lisa Farrington, Chair, Department of Art and Music, John Jay College, New York Dr. Farrington will discuss the struggles and triumphs of black women artists from slavery to the present and examine the ways in which they counteracted black female stereotypes such as the Mammy, the Matriarch, and the Jezebel. Co-sponsored by Center for American and World Cultures and Department of Black World Studies Wednesday, October 12, 5:30 p.m. From Subject to Creator Jason Shaiman, Curator of Exhibitions, Miami University Art Museum Explore the evolution of women in art. This first segment begins with a study of the female figure as the subject of artworks created by men and concludes with an examination of figurative works produced by women. The talk will also include a look at the trials and tribulations women artists have endured throughout the centuries in an effort to be recognized for their talents.
Femme Fatale Film Series Co-sponsors: Art Museum The Department of Communication The Film Studies Program The Department of English Women’s, Gender, & Sexuality Studies Film start time 7 p.m. After each film there will be a 30-minute discussion period. Thursday, October 20, 7 p.m. Femme Fatale Film Series Miss Sadie Thompson (1953) Runtime: 91 minutes Quarantined on a ship outside the Samoan islands, Sadie Thompson, a hooker with a heart of gold, is confronted by her past when a clergyman seeks to bring her to justice. But the tropics soon heat up his own desires and redemption is washed away. This film showcases Rita Hayworth’s sizzling film performance in 1953 of Miss Sadie Thompson in a role that not only embodies the quintessential femme fatale, but which also unmistakably shows that “The Heat Is On.” The film will be introduced and moderated by Dr. Kathleen Johnson, Associate Professor of English, Miami University (Extended museum hours)
The Femme Fatale Film Series is being offered in conjunction with the Miami University Art Museum’s 2011-2012 exhibit, Out of The Shadows: The Rise of Women in Art. The series pulls from the classic era of film noir style (1940s-1950s) when the roles of women had begun to shift dramatically in film, in large part due to the changing status of women in American society after World War II. These femmes fatale literally emerge “out of the shadows” of the deep expressionist lighting and seedy backdrops offered in the films of this era, profoundly changing the kinds of roles and narratives offered to women in cinema—both nationally and internationally. Each of the films in this series offers a different kind of femme fatale: some sultry, some duplicitous, some sincere, some homicidal and some just downright insane.
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Art Museum Events
NOVEMBER
DECEMBER
Wednesday, November 2, 5:30 p.m. A Flowering Spirit Jason Shaiman, Curator of Exhibitions, Miami University Art Museum Restrictions placed on women by the male establishment limited them in the subject matter they could paint professionally. The most accessible and permitted themes in painting were nature studies, typically from the viewpoint of their own homes. Women who came from families of substantial means were afforded the opportunity to travel and explore diverse regions with a variety of landscapes and fauna.
Wednesday, December 1, 5:30 p.m. The Modern Woman Jason Shaiman, Curator of Exhibitions, Miami University Art Museum Although the male-dominant contingent of the art world deemed women to be inferior in skill and intellect, women proved to be strong conceptual artists and advocates for non-representational, or abstract, art. Women were breaking new ground in the field of modern art and were no longer limited to certain subjects or forms imposed upon them during previous centuries.
Thursday, November 3, 7 p.m. Femme Fatale Film Series Detour (1945) Runtime: 67 minutes Al Roberts is a piano player who decides to join his fiancée in California and starts a journey hitchhiking westwards. Fearing he would be accused of murder if he went to the police when he discovers that his driver is dead, he decides to get rid of the body and take the man’s identity. However, Al picks up another hitchhiker, Vera, who sees through him and tries to blackmail him into going along with her schemes, getting him deeper and deeper into trouble. This film will be introduced and moderated by Dr. Shira Chess, Visiting Assistant Professor of Mass Communication, Miami University. See page 7 for film series details. Wednesday, November 9, 5 p.m. Creating a Way Out of No Way: Motion, Migration, and Identity in the Narratives of African American Female Centenarians Dr. Gwendolyn Etter-Lewis, Professor, Department of English and Women’s, Gender, & Sexuality Studies Program, Miami University This presentation is based on preliminary findings from a study of African American female centenarians in the Midwest ranging in age from 100 to 105. The focus of our discussion is the art of living a life in motion (e.g., the great migration from the north to the south) as well as the imagination involved in (re)creating a new identity in the context of physical and mental displacement.
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Bessie Hoover Wessel (American, 1889-1973), Landscape, ca. 1920; oil on canvas; 8” x 10”; bequest of Thomas J. Cobbe, 2000.14
Helen V. Worrall (American, 1915-1998), Trompe L’oeil, ca. 1970; enamel; 27 ¼” x 22”; gift of the artist, 1992.359
Thursday, November 17, 7 p.m. Femme Fatale Film Series Kiss Me Deadly (1955) Runtime: 106 minutes A female hitchhiker who escaped from a mental institution pulls private detective Mike Hammer into a deadly whirlpool of intrigue revolving around a mysterious “great whatsit,” which contains a dangerous, glowing substance. The film, considered a classic in the film noir genre, evolves from the 1950s Cold War and the fear of nuclear weapons. This film will be introduced and moderated by Dr. Shira Chess, Visiting Assistant Professor of Mass Communication, Miami University. (Extended museum hours) See page 7 for film series details.
ART EXPLORERS Bring your children ages 3-5 to the museum for storytime, led by the Lane Public Library Children’s Department, followed by a related craft. 10 a.m. - 12 p.m. Thursday, September 29 Thursday, October 27 Thursday, November 17
Art Museum Student Researchers Chloe Hines, a senior year art history intern, assisted in the research and development of an interactive exhibition of Leica cameras and accessories from the Charles M. Messer Leica Camera Collection, one of the largest privately assembled collections in the world. The original exhibition was recently disassembled for documentation and photography, and a major portion of the collection will be reinstalled in Gallery 3 with new interpretive information to illustrate the evolution of the Leica brand.
Portraits and Perfume: Women in the Ancient World was the research topic of 2011 Undergraduate Summer Scholar recipient Natalia Bogatschow. She studied women portrait coinage of Imperial Rome and ancient glass in the collection of the Miami University Art Museum and curated an installation in Gallery 5 documenting her work.
William Holmes McGuffey Museum The William Holmes McGuffey Museum received a number of significant gifts last year, many of which are currently on exhibit. Included are four works by Adrian Beaugureau (1835-1908), a French-born artist who for three decades operated The Art Emporium in uptown Oxford and taught art and French at Oxford Female College. The Beaugureau artworks, a gift from the Oxford Museum Association, were recently restored by Old World Restoration, Inc. through a grant from the Smith Family Charitable Trust. Also on display are 19th century monogrammed McGuffey family silverware donated by Charles McGuffey Hepburn and Fred A. Peters, and Polyhistor, an 18th century bound Latin text once owned and inscribed by Andrew Dousa Hepburn (1830-1921), the last president to lead “Old Miami” and son-inlaw of William and Harriet S. McGuffey.
De Scott Evans (American, 1847-1898), Portrait of Thomas McCullough, MG.2005.1 (left) and Portrait of Elizabeth McCullough, MG.2005.2 (right), 1878; oil on canvas; 42 ½” x 36 ¼”; gift of Barry, Jan and Jason Weller in memory of their parents, Dr. Harry and Mollie Golub Weller
Currently on display in the front parlor at McGuffey Museum are these portraits of Thomas and Elizabeth McCullough, painted in 1878 by renowned genre and portrait artist De Scott Evans (1847-1898). Evans lived in Oxford in the mid-1860s and studied art in Cincinnati. He later moved to Cleveland and then New York. In 1877, in Paris, he studied with the academic artist, William-Adolphe Bouguereau (18251905), establishing himself as a portrait painter. Thomas McCullough (1818-1901), reputed to be the first white male child born in Oxford, amassed a considerable fortune through his many business enterprises. His second wife, Elizabeth Girton McCullough, (1827-1904) was the daughter of a wealthy Oxford Township farmer and miller. With a joint bequest from their daughters, the McCullough Memorial Hospital was erected on one of the former McCullough properties in Oxford. The portraits were purchased in 2005 through a donation to the Webster Fund in memory of Dr. Harry and Mollie Golub Weller by their sons Barry, Jan and Jason Weller. A gift to the McGuffey Museum collection, they were on loan to the Smith Library of Regional History and exhibited there from 2006 until 2010.
Daniel Georg Morhof, Polyhistor, Literarius, Philosophicus et Practicus, 1714. Latin text, Lübeck, Second Edition. Gift of Charles McGuffey Hepburn, MG.2010.1.1
Mailing Address: McGuffey Museum 401 East Spring Street Oxford, Ohio 45056
Museum Hours: Thursday – Saturday 1 p.m. – 5 p.m. Open and free to the public
For more information: mcguffeymuseum@muohio.edu 513.529.8380
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Hiestand Galleries North Gallery
2011 Miami University Young Sculptors Competition for the William and Dorothy Yeck Award September 2 - October 15 Juror: Dann Nardi, Sculptor Juror Lecture: Thursday, September 15, 7 p.m. Room 100 ART Reception: Friday, September 16, 5:15 - 6:30 p.m. Award ceremony: 5:45 p.m.
Miami University Young Sculptors Competition Exhibition view, 2009
Traci Molloy, Prototype: Killed/Killer, 2010, digital print on paper, 44 1/2� x 30 1/2�
Traci Molloy: Today I Remember October 22 - November 12 Reception: Thursday, October 27, 4:30 - 5:30 p.m. Lecture: Thursday, October 27, 7 p.m. Room 100 ART The work of Traci Molloy explores themes of celebrity and infamy in relation to adolescent violence, with an emphasis on youth who have murdered their peers. Molloy examines the role the American media plays in vilifying perpetrators, as well as canonizing individuals who are victims of school shootings, physical bullying and cyber harassment. Her work also depicts the aftermath of violence and how we as a society process trauma and grief. B.F.A. Capstone Exhibition November 18 - December 2 Reception: Monday, November 29, 5:30 - 6:30 p.m. Department of Art senior studio majors participating in the semester long Capstone course feature their latest visual investigations. 2012 Miami University Young Painters Competition for the William and Dorothy Yeck Award December 14, 2011 - February 8, 2012 Juror: Irene Hofmann, Director, SITE Santa Fe, New Mexico Juror Lecture: Thursday, January 19, 7 p.m. Room 100 ART Reception: Friday, January 20, 4:30 - 6 p.m. Award Ceremony: 5:15 p.m.
Director: Mailing Address: Gallery Hours: For updated information: Ann Taulbee Hiestand Galleries Monday-Friday, 9 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. www.muohio.edu/hiestandgalleries Department of Art Other hours by appointment 513.529.1883 Miami University Open and free to the public Oxford, Ohio 45056 10
Galleries closed: Sept 5 Oct 14 Nov 23-25 Dec 16-31 Jan 2-5, 2012
Hiestand Galleries
Robert E. & Martha Lee Hull Gallery Shaurya Kumar The Lost Museum: The Fate of World’s Greatest Lost Treasures September 1 - October 13 Reception: Thursday, September 8, 4:30 - 6 p.m. Lecture: Thursday, September 8, 7 p.m. Room 100 ART In The Lost Museum, Shaurya Kumar imagines what would happen if artwork, already lost to war and violence, was archived only digitally and lost again through degradation of the medium - a final loss, for even the lost art has been lost forever. Kumar’s digital prints seek to recreate an archival record of such works, as in a Buddhist mural destroyed by the Taliban and the tapestry by Joan Miró that was inside the World Trade Center.
Shaurya Kumar, The West Pediment of the Parthenon (From a drawing by Jacques Carrey in 1674) Athens, Greece | 5th century B.C.E. SCULPTURES DESTROYED ON SEPTEMBER 28, 1687 DURING AN AMMUNITION EXPLOSION, 27” x 40” Archival inkjet print, 2007
Steve Budington: Un-Blink October 22 - November 12 Reception: Thursday, November 3, 4:30 - 6 p.m. Lecture: Thursday, November 3, 7 p.m. Room 100 ART Steve Budington’s paintings and drawings explore what it is like to be inside a body. This includes cultural extensions of the modes of telecommunication, cosmetic surgery, recreational prostheses such as Gore-Tex and headlamps and the major sensory organs, the genitals, ears, skin, eyes and brain. Bernie Lubell December 16, 2011 - January 27, 2012 Reception: Thursday, January 19, 2012, 4:30 - 6 p.m. Bernie Lubell’s interactive installations and artworks evolve from his studies in psychology and engineering. As participants play with his whimsical wood machines, they become actors in a theater of their own imagining. This exhibition will focus on a group of works onsite for viewer interaction and exploration.
Steve Budington, Un-Blink, 2008, oil on canvas, 24” x 22”
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Cage Gallery Turkey Workshop 2010 August 29 - September 9 Works and photographs by students participating in Turkey Workshop 2010 with Associate Professor Gulen Cevik will be on display. The workshop is composed of two main parts, the tour and studio work, in collaboration with Yeditepe University in Istanbul. The group traveled 2,500 miles in 15 days and visited numerous architectural sites in Anatolia. The three main themes of the workshop can be identified as Historical, including architecture of the ancient Greeks, Romans, Seljuks, and Ottomans; Vernacular Turkish, and Contemporary. ANALYSIS through observation, reading, and discussion DOCUMENTATION through sketching, photography and travel journal SYNTHESIS through designing: a studio charrette with local design students Mobile Italy 2011 September 12 - September 23 In Summer 2011, professors John Humphries and Samantha Perkins led a four-week studio, touring six different environments across Italy, including Rome, Orvieto, Florence, Verona/Venice, Milan and Varenna/Lake Como. Rather than lead the students around each location, they challenged them instead to explore, proposing that sometimes the journey is more important than the ultimate destination and that we can learn more about a place if we allow ourselves to get lost. To do this, they encouraged new stops along hidden paths and further exploration of space, place and context through a series of filters. Students were asked to look at individual elements each day and to use those to help define their understanding of each location and answer questions: What type of city did they experience if only looking at openings? Color? Texture? Signage? How did people change space? The sky? Shadows? Cats? The Mobile Italy Exhibit displays the results of this exploration and challenges visitors to understand how the students defined and redefined Italy through their own eyes. London Workshop September 26 - October 7 Architecture+Interior Design’s summer workshop, Energy Efficient by Design, spent five weeks in London to research and design a mixeduse building for their client, SquareCircle, on a site in Canary Wharf. The studio visited the offices of Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners, Hopkins Architects and WilkinsonEyre.Architects, where each firm gave presentations about and insight into the strategies each uses to create energy efficient buildings. The student teams designed to satisfy the program requirements of their client, to meet the restrictions of the very small site and to find a design that would sacrifice little in an effort to be energy efficient. 12
Cage Gallery KNOWHERE: Finding New Ways to Wayfind October 10 - October 21 Knowhere is an investigation into wayfinding design education that asks how human behavior and the surrounding contexts change the experience of navigation. Wayfinding design, a subset of environmental graphic design primarily concerned with signage, assists people in finding their way within public settings but is frequently overlooked as a major design element within architectural and interior design. This investigation seeks to point out how people read the clues surrounding them, including graphics and spatial design, to move through spaces to their desired locations. Summer Scholars October 24 - November 4 Undergraduate Summer Scholars is a program allowing students to research a subject of their choice. This exhibition will feature the summer 2011 research work of three Architecture students. Advising students during their research were faculty members Sergio Sanabria, Murali Paranandi and Tom Dutton. The students and their project titles are: Ellen Crawford Between Light and Dark: The historical implications of the sketch and its use in today’s architectural practices Zhouran Xu A Study of Parametric Design in a Cultural Context Ziling Yan The Study of Actuality and Potential of Urban Villages in Shenzhen Image provided by Zhouran Xu In Cortés’ Shadow: From Veracruz to Mexico City November 8 - November 22 Reception: Wednesday, November 9, 4 - 6 p.m. The exhibition combines ethnographic interviews of people living along the route today, murals and codices of the conquest, and documentary photography of 21st century Mexican culture to help viewers understand the historical significance of this route of conquest. The multimedia exhibition also provides a glimpse of the vitality produced by the blending of European and indigenous elements (mestizaje). This layering of historical periods and ethnic groups is fundamental to understanding Mexico and Mexican identity. Department of Architecture + Interior Design 101 Alumni Hall, Miami University Oxford, Ohio 45056
Gallery Hours: Monday - Friday 9 a.m. - 5 p.m.
For updated information: arts.muohio.edu/architecture-interior-design
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Miami University Art Museum Donors and Annual Membership
DONORS Major Benefactor James Hunter & Frances Roudebush Allen Ernst J. Bever Rosalie H. & Hubert A. Douglass Walter I. Farmer Stanley G. & Agnes McKie Charles M. Messer John Schaal Norman A. Schoelles Thomas W. Smith Harry M. & Lucy A. Williams Fred C. Yager Benefactor James E. & Anne R. Bever Thomas J. Cobbe Richard & Carole Cocks Ruth Work Evans Audrey Flack Phyllis B. Goodyear Robert E. Gregg Eva Hexter Larry & Cynde Huston Gene McHam Walter & Dawn Clark Netsch Elma Pratt Procter & Gamble Co. Western College Alumnae Association Milton White Robert E. White Joseph & Patricia Wenzel Wolf Major Patron John A. & Linda S. Adams John W. Altman William & Dorothy R. Amos Mary & William D. Baskett Fletcher Benton Jonathan S. Bishop Family of Robert Hamilton Bishop Emmazetta Kennedy Bonnelle Ralph E. & Barbara D. Bresler Eleanor M. Brown Harley P. & Laura W. Brown Gregoire & Kathleen Calegari Mary Louise Charles Class of 1955 Sterling Cook Dorothy C. Dexter Paul & Mona Doepper David & Joan M. Eagleson Mary M. Emery Memorial Alan & Sondra Engel
Charles Burton Fahs & Jamie Fahs H. Clay Flynn Theodore T. Foley Eva Frankel Sanford Z. Friedman Mrs. Barbara Friedman Richard A. & Judith Paetow George Nicholas P. & Bernice Georgiady June & Art Goldner Greater Cincinnati Foundation John W. & Carol L. H. Green Mary D. Gruskin W. A. Hammond Charles & Luanne Hazelrigg Jeffrey L. Horrell & Rodney F. Rose Mrs. Edwin J. Howard ICI Acrylics Institute of Museum Services Eileen McLellan Jeck Frank Jordan, Jr. Robert & Carol Kane Edna M. Kelly Edward & Isabel Kezur Helen Kingseed Memorial Eva LandĂŠ Elizabeth Lane Maxine G. Levin Dr. & Mrs. Sidney Lieberman Barbara Hatch Lore Mrs. Robert B. Mayer Debra E. Weese-Mayer & Robert N. Mayer Louis K. & Susan P. Meisel Robert & Frances McGinnis Philip Morsberger Milton & Margaret Myers National Endowment for the Arts Ohio Arts Council Ohio Humanities Council Oxford Arts Club Jane Coleman Pittman Michael & Kathleen Pittman Dr. & Mrs. Gary Podolny Richard & Rachel Polsky Henry W. Purcell Roy H. & Elizabeth W. Reinhart Peter & Mildred Rentschler Michele & Randy Sandler George T. & Harriet Schmitt Rebecca Schnelker Douglas C. Schwing Scioto County Area Foundation Louise Taft Semple Foundation Robert B. Sinclair W. E. Smith Family Charitable Trust Jack & Sally Southard Patrick A. Spensley Memorial
Mortimer & Harriet Spiller Woodrow W. Stroud, Jr. John Y. Taggart Kitty Unger Sherman E. Unger Dr. & Mrs. Charles M. Vaughn Dr. George & Mrs. Liliana Waissbluth H. Franklin & Janet H. Waltz David & Anne Weaver Orpha Webster John A. Weigel Isabella Riggs Williams John Covington Williams & Mary L. Williams Helen Worrall David W. & Cora Zemsky Patron Dr. John W. & Mrs. Carol Green Jeffrey L. Horrell & Rodney F. Rose Dr. Elizabeth S. Rogers Thomas R. Schiff Douglas C. Schwing Arthur R. Thieme Joseph & Patricia Wenzel Wolf Sustaining Mr. & Mrs. Joseph Cox III Eileen M. Jeck Dawn Clark Netsch Sallie & Randolph Wadsworth ANNUAL MEMBERSHIP April 2010 - July 2011 Sponsor Steven Aronson Miss Elsa Jane Baer Mrs. Marjory Mathews Baer Michele & Brad Bates Priscilla & Robert Berry Muriel Blaisdell & Cynthia Kelley Howard Blanning Ralph & Barbara Bresler Mrs. Anne A. Brown Bonne Knight Brown Bobbe I. Burke Mr. & Mrs. John L. Burneson Jane & Robert Cantoni Andrew & Mary Cayton Nancy Saylor Crell Peter Dahoda Delta Theta Tau Sorority Judith DeLuce Jim & Barbara Demetrion Edward & Mary Jo Devillez Byron Craig & Kerstin Erickson
Dr. & Mrs. Hardy Eshbaugh Susan R. Ewing & Paul W. Decou Sheryl & John Fiegel Jane Flueckiger Arthur H. Frederick Dr. Clive F. Getty Thomas & Kathleen Glynn June Goldner David & Louise Griffing Jack & Marsha Haffey Linnea & Dave Hedrick Dan & Jan Jacobs Carl & Anne Jantzen Robert & Marilyn Johnson Frank Jordan Robert & Carol Kane Barbara & Walter Kautz Karl & Nancy Koehler Heather & John Kogge Kim R. Kolb Judith & Richard Kolbas Mr. Stephen Michael Krumm Mrs. Virginia R. Lee Patti Liberatore Dr. & Mrs. Orie Loucks Mr. & Mrs. Paul Martin Frances McClure William & Barbara McKinstry Harvard & Elaine McLean Phyllis Mendenhall Robert Joseph Meyo James & Sarah Michael Richard & Susan Momeyer Philip & Mary Ann Morsberger Joann Olson Chris & Sharon Peterson Mary Jean Priest Bill & Elaine Rauckhorst Brent & Noriko Reider David M. Sauter Family William & Barbara Serraino Dick & Kathy Sollmann John & Nancy Sommer Jack & Sally Southard Roseanne & Stephen Starnes Ann Taulbee The Art Group Luke & Dixie Utter Wayne & Jane Vincent Weavers Guild of Greater Cincinnati James & Opal Wespiser Joseph & Kate Wespiser III Jim & Carol Wilson Mary E. Woodworth Family Bill & Debbie Albin Mr. & Mrs. Ferdinand Bach III
Charles & Marjorie Bowers Tom & Debbie Caudill Prue & Steve Dana Judith Delzell Mr. Donald Dunaway Alan & Sondra Engel R. Eileen Fitzgerald Vincente C. & Maureen Gallardo Rose & Ken Glass Claudia & David Grayson Adolph & Sandy Greenberg Pat & Bob Gump Lee & James Hamill Doug & Joan Hoover Mary Sue & Dean Kallander James & Dana Lentini Joseph & Etsuko Leonard Margaret M. Luongo & William S. Simms Hayden & Cynthia May Cathy McVey Winifred Pearson John & Barbara Pontius John & Gracia Pope Anne & Bill Pratt Elizabeth, Jo & Jan Reinhart Bill & Joyce Rouse, Jr. Diana & Carl Royer James Rubenstein & Bernadette Unger Leslye & Larry Sherman Stephen & Deborah Snyder Jan & Tom Southern Alex & Bonnie Thomas Paul & Marion Thoms Drs. Robert Thurston & Margaret Ziolkowski Jack & Linda Williams Kelly & Ian Wilson Allan Winkler & Sara Penhale Individual Keith Lawrence Arian Gisela E. Bahr Betty Barnhart Carol Bowers Mr. Harvey Breverman Ann M. Dunlevy Diana Durr Helen Erickson Judith Fairburn Diane Fishbein Adele S. Flower Robert M. Gatta Stephen C. Gordon Dorothy B. Gustafson JoAnne Hagerman Brett Harper
Leslie T. Hefner Mrs. Allen Hiestand Sue Jones Patricia Kaufman Dr. Susan Kay Jack Keegan Charlotte Krauss Elizabeth W. Lane David Macejko Beverly McClure Tim McGowan Carolyn B. Metcalf Hugh Morgan Gitzene Myers Mrs. Judith Oravec O’Shea Mrs. Yerevan Peterson Susan Porcano Wendy M. Richardson Alice J. Schuette David Scotford Marilyn E. Sherman Helen Kuller Snider Maria S. Vazquez C. G. Whelpton Gene Willeke Gail Williamson Barb Wingenfeld Faculty/Staff Anne W. Baxter Mary Jane Berman Debra A. Cole Richard E. Edelman J. Elliott Charles V. Ganelin Amy Greenbaum Sharon Gilmore Kimberly A. Hamlin Dr. & Mrs. David C. Hodge Shamika Johnson Jude Killy Beverly McClure Nicholas Money Gerald A. Olson David G. Pennock Ellen Phelps Jenny Presnell Ellen Price Helen Sheumaker Emeritae Beverly Bach Bonnie Mason Dr. Edna Southard
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