HIESTAND GALLERIES

NORTH GALLERY | SPRING 2023

APR 7–16 [BOTH GALLERIES] BFA CAPSTONE EXHIBITION

Department of Art senior studio majors participating in the semester long Capstone course feature their latest visual investigations in ceramics, printmaking, painting, metals and jewelry, photography, sculpture and digital media.

APR 11 | ARTISTS RECEPTION | 4:30–5:30 PM

JAN 30–MAR 10

2023 MIAMI UNIVERSITY

YOUNG PAINTERS COMPETITION

FOR THE $10,000 WILLIAM AND DOROTHY YECK

AWARD; 2023 JUROR: JOHN YAU, CRITIC AND POET, NEW YORK CITY

2023 Finalisits: Davis Arney, Brooklyn, New York; Lauren Petrick Brooks, Baltimore, Maryland; Grace Doyle, Parkville, Maryland; Abigail Dudley, Browns Mills, New Jersey; Tyler Griese, Tulsa, Oklahoma; Devan Horton, Bellevue, Kentucky; Kiara Aileen Machado, Los Angeles, California, Marceline Mason, Hamtramck, Michigan, Meghan Murray, Waltham, Massachusetts; Tessa Tallakson, Notasulga, Alabama.

FEB 9 | JUROR TALK

(ART 100) | 5:50 PM

JOHN YAU, 2023 JUROR

FEB 10 | ARTIST RECEPTION & AWARDS | 4:30-5:30 PM

MAY 2-9

APR 20–27

HARRIS MARTINSON | THE FIRE AND THE CHILD, MFA THESIS EXHIBITION

The Fire and The Child is an exhibition of paintings and sculpture that engage the centrality of myth as a force to construct meaning in the present. In this body of work, Martinson draws on thematic references of death, destruction, violence, and innocence to explore concepts of dispossession, deliverance, and renewal.

APR 22 | ARTIST RECEPTION | TBA

GLOVER MARFO | REFLECT-ENGAGE-ACT (DEFENSIVE ADORNMENTS), MFA THESIS EXHIBITION

Glover Marfo is a Ghanaian Artist whose work explores defensive adornments for women and the marginalized in society. His oeuvres are made through the, “ Reflect-Engage -Act” sequence. As a young Ghanaian artist exposed to the harsh realities of his society by living in squatter housing in his formative years, he became fascinated with creating adornments that evokes protective sentiments, remain elegant, and convey a sense of power to both wearer and viewer. Having an opportunity to study in the United States. He draws from his past and creates sculptural jewelry borrowing from both African traditional and contemporary aesthetic languages while entertaining the crosscultural influences of his lived experience. He believes his work is a meditation on our shared struggle for survival, evolution, and pursuit of a better world.

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 | Galleries located on 1st level

ROBERT E. & MARTHA HULL LEE GALLERY | SPRING 2023

APR 20–27

BAYLEE SCHMITT | 306 WEST CHURCH ST | MFA THESIS EXHIBITION

JAN 26–MAR 2

MEENA HASAN | ACANTHUS TIPU

Hasan is the 2022 winner of the Miami University Young Painters Competition $10,000 Yeck

Purchase Award. In Acanthus Tipu, Hasan presents a group of paintings made over the past three years that are part of her ongoing series titled, Repainted Textiles. The artist mines the histories of textile production and global trade to trace the lasting cultural and economic impact of colonialism and also as a method towards learning her own diasporic history.

FEB 9 | ARTIST TALK (ART MUSEUM) | 1:15 PM

FEB 10 | RECEPTION FOR THE ARTIST | 4:30–5:30 PM

MAR 13–27

MIAMI MADE: A COLLECTION OF CERAMIC WORKS BY MIAMI UNIVERSITY ALUMNI

Organized to coincide with CURRENT, the 2023 NCECA Conference in Cincinnati, Ohio. Miami Made features the ceramic artworks of Miami University Alumni and Faculty. Exhibiting alumni include Linda Arbuckle, Peter Beasecker, and Bill Griffith and current Professor of Ceramics, Richard W. James.

MAR 15 | RECEPTION | 4–5:00 PM

MAY 2-9

A challenge posed by herself, Baylee Schmitt uses yarn to recreate the kitchen from her childhood home from memory. Through a commitment to work, both internal and with her hands, she brings form to a familial space that no longer exists, and never will again. Glimpses of a home well lived in merge with accumulated stitches to explore the juncture between memory, self, and our environment.

APR 22 | ARTIST RECEPTION | TBA

AN WANG | THE FOG OF OBLIVION | MFA THESIS EXHIBITION

The Fog of Oblivion is a dialogue between An Wang and the memories of his parents. By reconstructing the image of his mother and his father, the artist is protecting the precious connection to them from the erosion of time and space. All these abstract images were inspired by years of dreams he had about his father and conversations he had with his mother every night on the cell phone screen. He believes this family was never apart.

Hiestand Hall | 401 Maple St., Oxford, OH 45056

Miamioh.edu/hiestand-galleries

ANN TAULBEE, DIRECTOR

(513) 529-1883 | taulbeae@miamioh.edu

Galleries will be closed: During exhibition installation and January 1-26, Mar 20-24, and May 10-Aug 31.