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Collage including detail of Julian Stanczak’s Untitled #2 and gear-bulb. Source: infogr.am/Creativity-Statistics. Icons: www.freepik.com
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Editor: Sherri Krazl Contributors: Art Museum Staff Tracy Featherstone Jacqueline Gazda Jeanne Harmeyer John Humphries Kelly Osborne Murali Paranandi Ann Taulbee
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Directions 3 Collections News 4 Upcoming Exhibitions 5 McGuffey Moments 6 Staff Spotlight ~ Debbie Caudill 7 Art Museum Exhibitions / Programs 8-10 Year in Review 11-14 Volunteer Spotlight ~ Sue Jones 15 Collectors as Donors 16 In the Cage 16-17 Hiestand Happenings 18-19 Contemporary Artist Forum 20-21 Events & Exhibitions @ a Glance 23-24
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is a publication of the Miami University Art Museum (MUAM) showcasing visual arts at Miami University for members and the Art Museum community.
Distributed in the Oxford Press prior to the Fall and Spring semesters, visual arts @ miami also serves as a unified resource for visual arts and culture within the College of Creative Arts at Miami University. MUAM, Cage Gallery, Hiestand Galleries and McGuffey Museum are FREE and OPEN to all. Check the back cover for a map detail, contact information, a complete list of current exhibitions and hours.
brings you...
THE YEAR OF CREATIVITY+INNOVATION
95% of second graders believe they are creative and only 5% of high school graduates feel they are still
creative individuals.
Source: infogr.am/Creativity-Statistics. Icons: www.freepik.com
Join us to change this statistic! How might we empower a creative and innovative culture throughout the Miami community?
CONTACT US TO PARTICIPATE • • • •
Participate in our subcommittees focusing on People, Programs, and Spaces. Attend the events and activities that will be happening throughout the year. Be a part of initiatives that will form a more creative future for our community. Contact Co-Chairs: peg.faimon@miamioh.edu, glenn.platt@miamioh.edu
Inspiring Creativity + Innovation Email: Miamideas@MiamiOH.edu • Web: MiamiOH.edu/Miamideas Facebook: Miamideas • Twitter: @miamideas • Instagram: miamideas
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Art that Moves BY DR. ROBERT S. WICKS
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e’re excited to kick off a year of exhibitions and programming as part of Miami’s Year of Creativity and Innovation. For me, “art that moves” has a double meaning reflective of our mission as an art museum. One sense of the phrase implies transformation. We hope that by the time you leave our galleries you have learned something new, experienced something in a different way and been prompted to see, do, and learn even more.
Another meaning of the term has to do with artistic process and intent. As a conceptual basis for artistic creativity and innovation, “art that moves” has a venerable history, from ancient and Renaissance periods, to animated clock chimes and music boxes of the Baroque and early modern periods, to the kinetic art of the mid-20th century and today.
Robotic automata, mechanical devices apparently “self-moving,” have long fascinated onlookers by their apparent lack of human involvement in their operation, if not design and construction. The incredible letterwriting automaton, in the form of a young man composing a letter, created by French watchmaker Pierre Jacquet-Droz (1721-1790), was exhibited throughout the royal courts of Europe and Asia and contained an early mechanical form of programmable memory capable of writing any text up to 40 characters in length. Jacquet-Droz’s innovative work in miniaturization and programming was eclipsed by the discovery of electricity, which soon came to replace mechanical switches in many applications.
The term “kinetic art” was first used by the Russian sculptors Naum Gabo and Antoine Pevsner in their Realistic Manifesto of 1920, referring to art having the characteristic of actual or apparent motion. Kinetic art came into its own by the mid-1950s, exemplified by the brightly colored mobiles of Alexander Calder. “Just as one can compose colors, or forms, so one can compose motions,” Calder noted. Motion doesn’t have to be mechanical; it can also be our brain’s response to particular visual stimuli suggested by visual patterns on a flat or dimensional surface. The term Op Art which frequently refers to two-dimensional kinetic art, was a critic’s response to the mathematically precise curvilinear paintings of Julian Stanczak completed in the early 1960s (see cover image).
For more on #ArtThatMoves at Miami University visit www.MiamiOH.edu/ArtThatMoves
Compared to paintings and sculpture which encourage the appreciation of their aesthetic or symbolic content, art that moves prompts a different reaction to the created object. While the aesthetic component is certainly present, the most common response is that of amazement, a “how did they do that?” sort of inquiry. How did the artist “trick” me into believing I am seeing motion when I’m viewing a flat painted surface? In the best of circumstances, the experience will prompt us to figure out what principles stand behind the mechanical or visual presentation, where physics and physiology combine to give us yet another perspective on the art and the lived experience. How will “art that moves” change you?
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collections HIGHLIGHTS
The Bronzes are Back By Collections Manager/Registrar, Laura Stewart
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ifty-eight ancient bronze objects from Central Asia have recently returned to Oxford. Originally comprising two-thirds of the objects loaned to the Art Museum for the Fall 2012 exhibition, Grass Routes: Pathways to Eurasian Cultures, they will become part of the museum’s permanent collection thanks to a very generous donation from The Arthur M. Sackler Foundation.
Cast anywhere from the 13th to the first century BCE, the oldest bronzes in the group are about three thousand years old. During this time, the large area of grassland connecting Europe and Asia supported cultures that were transitioning from primarily hunter-gathers to peoples who relied on herding domestic animals like sheep, goats and horses. Around 900 BCE, the Eurasian steppe communities began to supply horses to empires in both eastern and western Asia.
Steppe inhabitants possessed great prowess at breeding and riding horses, and skill at navigating the bordering mountains and vast grasslands. Their knowledge of trade routes and seasonal changes made possible the spread of goods and information across the entire Eurasian continent. Upon viewing the intricate detail present in many of the utilitarian bronze objects created by the ancient Steppe peoples, the skill of their metal workers is readily apparent. Decorative motifs include animals such as boar, cats and deer; these creatures often appear together and in multiples, intertwining or undulating to form complex, flowing patterns. Such visual delights are highlighted in the Eurasian bronze items such as buckle plaques, garment ornaments, and needle or awl cases.
Other small bronze objects coming to the Art Museum from The Arthur M. Sackler Foundation include a cauldron and spoon, ritual implements, knives, axes and swords, among others. Although these types of objects may perhaps be considered rather mundane, the notion that ancient Central Asian cultures wished to infuse art and artistry into their daily lives is quite inspiring. In fact, a visit to the Art Museum to see the bronzes may cause one to stop and consider whether metal objects from the twenty-first century (smartphones, for example) will be considered as fascinating three thousand years from now. Selections from the recent acquisition of ancient Eurasian bronzes will be on view in the galleries during fall semester, 2016. In the meantime and thereafter, interested faculty and students may contact Collections Manager/Registrar Laura Stewart at stewarle@miamioh.edu to schedule a viewing appointment. Background images feature several of the bronzes from the Fall 2012 exhibition now a part of the art museum’s collection. Photo by Scott Kissell.
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Girl Scouts at the Art Museum Art in 3-D Junior Program Saturday, November 21, 10 a.m.-noon
Colors & Shapes Brownie Program Saturday, October 24, 10 a.m.-noon Saturday, November 7, 10 a.m.-noon
To register, contact Cynthia Collins, Curator of Education, at Collinc5@miamioh.edu or by phone at (513) 529-2243. Visit our web site at www.MiamiOH.edu/ArtMuseum
A free program including storytime led by the Lane Public Library children’s department, paired with a related craft. For children ages 3-5, accompanied by an adult. Held at the Art Museum ~ an early childhood arts and reading partnership with The Lane Library. Thursdays, September 24, October 22 and November 19, 10 a.m.-noon
Upcoming Exhibitions Spring 2016 january 26 - may 14 Creativity & Innovation: A Student Response Exhibition (Douglass Gallery) For the third consecutive year, Miami University students have the opportunity to display new and original works of art based on a predetermined theme. The topic of this juried exhibition is in response to MU President David Hodge’s proclamation that the 2015-2016 academic period will be the Year of Creativity & Innovation. We anticipate a diverse body of work that will explore multiple perspectives on the merging of aesthetics and ingenuity.
Art History Capstone (McKie Gallery) Under the guidance of Professor Pepper Stetler (Art History) and Art Museum staff, senior Art History majors in the Fall 2015 Capstone class will curate an exhibition of photographs from the Art Museum’s permanent collection. The focus of the upcoming exhibition is the role of photography as document. Images capture people, time, places and events that stand as a visual record for posterity, whether personal or collective. The Capstone students will have the opportunity to select the works, contextualize relationships, and present a study of how photography moves beyond pure aesthetics.
Seldom Seen: Fun & Quirky SPRING 2016
(Farmer Gallery) All museums have collections that are rarely on view due to issues of space and preservation. There are also works of art that are so unique that it is difficult to show them alongside other pieces with any unifying contextualization. Fun & Quirky is the first in a series of exhibitions devoted to the theme of “Seldom Seen.” Works on display this spring will range from whimsical and comical to quirky and original. Gregory Gorby (American, 1933-2010) The Trickster, 1989; Sandler; 1993.68 Polychromed wood; 54 x 18 x 21 inches Gift of Mr. & Mrs. Randy Sandler
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@ McGuffey ~ The McGuffey Parlor: Order & Culture in Early Oxford
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magine a time when families gathered together after evening suppers and Sunday church services, held weddings, recitals and funerals in the home, and relied on face-to-face conversation as the primary means of communication. Life indoors, often cramped and rarely private, required a formal space where entertaining, lounging, and occasional domestic extravagance could be held. Often called the drawing room or sitting room, the parlor was an essential part of the well-arranged home. The McGuffey House, like many American homes between 1750 and 1870, had a formal reception room to which a guest would be first shown. As described by Elizabeth Garret in her seminal book, At Home, the parlor “was strategically located on the main floor, frequently at the front of the house, just off the entry hall....[where] the intent was to impress through a display of fine possessions....” These possessions featured mahogany tables and chairs, sofas, fine artwork and tasteful fabrics. While daily life may have been harsh, efforts were made to temper it with affordable creature comforts, such as they were in early Oxford. During the ownership of Joseph and Catherine McCord, the McGuffey house parlor and stairhall were modified to enhance the space for the family’s frequent entertaining. Their piano and small organ were likely housed in the parlor where the windows were enlarged and a new Brussels carpet was installed. Research conducted by Elizabeth Johnson notes three weddings were performed in the McGuffey house parlor, as were four funerals, the last being held for Wallace P. “Pat” Roudebush in 1935. In small towns, including Oxford, almost the entire community participated in the remembrance of the dead. Although funeral homes had begun to appear in the 1880s, the vast majority of Americans resisted removing the wake from the home. “Americans,” writes David Sloane in his book The Last Great Necessity, “ resisted professionalizing the process of death,” and were reluctant to hand over the dead to strangers. Today, the parlor strikes many as anachronistic in our informal, loosely structured and externally centered life. Entertainment in the house has moved from the confines of the parlor to the casual, open setting of the kitchen. The island has taken the place of the center table, and the Jenn Air has replaced the parlor fire crackling on a cold winter night.
By Museum Administrator Stephen C. Gordon
Year in Review This past June marked fifty-five years since McGuffey Museum moved from its two-room alcove in Alumni Library to the McGuffey House. Since that warm day in June 1960, countless students, faculty, staff and guests have toured the National Historic Landmark house. The museum’s mission of exploring Miami University’s heritage through education, research and public programs continues, thanks to the ongoing support of the College of Creative Arts, a dedicated corps of volunteers, and proceeds from the Emma Gould Blocker Endowment.
During the past fiscal year, museum staff, students and volunteers welcomed 1,468 visitors, including school groups from St. James, Brookville and Weigel Elementaries, and Miami classes. Staff from University Advancement, Student Activities, and Western College Alumnae toured the museum, along with groups from Forest Park Women’s Club, the League of Women Voters of Oxford, and the University Antique Club. Volunteers gave over 500 hours of donated time to the museum and hosted monthly public programs on a wide range of topics. Outreach saw participation in the annual Walkabout, a guided tour for Midwest Living staff, and an ILR tour of historic barns.
A visit from three generations of McGuffey descendants was among the year’s high points. Museum outreach saw collaboration with the Smith Library of Regional History and the League of Women Voters of Oxford in submission of an application for an Ohio Historical Marker for the Stanton-Bonham House on the University campus. Gifts to the museum include a large collection of McGuffey memorabilia from Donna Price, collected by her grandmother, Emma Price. Other gifts include cups and saucers donated by Sarah Michael, a handsome 19th century epergne from Harriet Sneed Schmitt, and McGuffey Readers from Don Taylor.
McGuffey Museum 401 E. Spring St. | Oxford, OH 45056 (513) 529-8380 Stephen C. Gordon, Administrator McGuffeyMuseum@MiamiOH.edu www.MiamiOH.edu/ McGuffeyMuseum Hours: Thursday-Saturday, 1-5 p.m. Photo by Scott Kissell
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efore Program Assistant Debbie Caudill began her work at the Miami University Art Museum, she had dipped her feet in almost every other area on campus. Starting with the campus bookstore in 1989, Debbie worked her way through jobs in dorm cleaning, on-campus cooking and building services before finding herself as the front desk manager of the Art Museum. Just this year she’s celebrated 25 years at Miami University. Pictures of Debbie’s eight grandchildren form a mosaic of smiling faces on the back wall of her desk. “All my time outside of work is spent with them and my husband Tom,” Debbie said, noting that her oldest grandchild is 17 and the youngest was just born in mid-June. She has two children, Nate and Arika, one stepdaughter Nesha, two sons-in-law and one daughter-in-law spread throughout the southern Ohio and Indiana area. The family enjoys spending time with each other, often going on quiet camping trips and vacations to the ocean. When she’s not putting the family’s new camper to use, Debbie attends her grandchildren’s baseball games, gymnastics meets, dance recitals and other activities. She’s also got a bit of a green thumb. On her own time, Debbie enjoys flower and vegetable gardening, and shares her crop with colleagues at the Art Museum.
Photo by Scott Kissell
Art Museum Staff Spotlight By intern jacqUeline gazda
Debbie’s responsibilities at the front desk are more than just providing a friendly face to visitors. She plans events, trains student volunteers, keeps track of staff scheduling, helps preparator Mark DeGennaro with exhibitions, and walks the galleries to ensure the safety of the artwork. This last duty is one that Debbie feels is often misunderstood by guests. For example, Debbie asks visitors to carry pencils because “something as simple as taking ink into the galleries-- a pen can explode” and cause damage to the collections. Large bags are also prohibited, but not primarily for fear of theft. If someone turns around too quickly while carrying a bag, they could knock over a display. Proactive thinking like this means that some of the rules of the museum may seem odd to guests, but are actually crucial to safety. When asked about her favorite part of her job, Debbie responded immediately that she loves all the different people that come through the museum. Not only their different personalities, but the different ways that they respond to the artwork. There’s something for everyone at the Art Museum; Debbie’s “grandson is only seven years old and will spend three hours in the galleries really looking at the art.” She says some of the best kept secrets of the Art Museum are the size of the collection, the number of younger school groups it hosts, and the challenges of the unique building design.
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art museum FALL exhibition ~ august 25 – december 12 ~ DOUGLASS gallery
Margaret Bourke-White's Photographs of
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By Curator of Exhibitions, Jason E. Shaiman
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or the first time, in its entirety, Margaret Bourke-White’s Photographs of U.S.S.R. portfolio of photogravures will be on display at the Art Museum. Bourke-White traveled to the Soviet Union during three consecutive summers (1930-1932) to document the first Five-Year Plan initiated by Joseph Stalin, whereby the nation began transitioning from an agricultural society to an industrial center. Though she took thousands of photographs during her trips, Bourke-White selected only 24 for Photographs of U.S.S.R. This exhibition is made possible through the generous gift of the portfolio from devoted patron, Mrs. Frances McClure. The exhibition is dedicated to the memory of Helen C. Ball, the first Curator of the Walter Havighurst Special Collections at Miami University. Helen visited Russia in the 1960s. Margaret Bourke-White achieved great acclaim as the first female American war correspondent and is widely recognized as the pioneer of photojournalism. Her photoset from Russia made for a successful propaganda machine: how progress is gained through a liberal society. Bourke-White’s photography exposed the modest and harsh lives of many of Russia’s poor peasants, and the principles of hard work that linked cultural and political boundaries between the Soviet Union and the United States. By discovering and presenting these shared values, her prints contributed to an American sympathy for the Russian people. Funding for the programming associated with this exhibition is provided by the Walter Havighurst Center for Russian and Post-Soviet Studies at Miami University. Support from the Havighurst Center also sponsored the translation of the text included in the exhibition from English to Russian to serve both Miami University students and Russian-speaking public audiences. The translation work is provided by Alexandra Dobryanskaya and Ivan Ninenko. The exhibition is co-curated by Kimberly Blake, a Curatorial Intern at the Art Museum during the Fall 2014 semester. Meghan Canfield, a Graphic Design Intern at the Art Museum during the Spring 2015 semester, is responsible for all of the graphic materials for this exhibition.
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Programs Tuesday, September 15 – Lecture: Eyes on Stalinism: Looking at the First Five-Year Plan, 1929-1933 ~ Steve Norris, Ph.D., Professor of History, Assistant Director, Havighurst Center for Russian & Post-Soviet Studies. (Art Museum) 5:30 – 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, October 6 – Lecture: Bourke-White on Red ~ Jason E. Shaiman, Curator of Exhibitions, Miami University Art Museum. (Art Museum) 5:30 – 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, October 21 – Lecture: The New Janus: Russia’s Visual Identity in the 21st Century ~ Helena Goscilo, Professor, Department of Slavic & East European Languages and Literature, The Ohio State University. (Art Museum) 6 – 7 p.m. Co-sponsored by the Walter Havighurst Center for Russian and Post-Soviet Studies.
ART museum fall exhibition ~ august 25 – december 12 walter i. farmer gallery
metalpoint Drawings by dennis angel By Curator of Exhibitions, Jason E. Shaiman
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ringing art from the past into the present is a risky endeavor. Can an artist successfully reintroduce a historic drawing method into a contemporary work of art without simply replicating the past? What about the use of a medium that is largely unexplored and relatively unknown to today’s audiences? Contemporary draughtsman and painter Dennis Angel took a gamble, and the results have paid off. His hyper-realistic still lifes are in fact an innovative melding of three worlds: 14th-16th century metal point drawing, Dutch 17th century still lifes, and modern PVC, glass, eggs, metal pipes and cinder blocks. To heighten the viewing experience, visitors to The Past is Present: Metalpoint Drawings by Dennis Angel will see 15 pairings of metalpoint drawing and the corresponding preparatory drawing. In several examples, Angel’s still life arrangements will be recreated to offer a complete look at how the artist developed his compositions and faithfully rendered the assemblages in metalpoint. Join us this fall when Dennis Angel comes to Oxford from Las Vegas, Nevada, as part of the Contemporary Art Forum. Angel will speak about his work and provide a glimpse into the world of metalpoint drawing. He will also speak with several classes in the Department of Art and will share his experiences as an artist looking to the past in order to move forward in the present.
PROGRAM Thursday, November 5 – Lecture: Echoes from the Past: An Ongoing Dialogue with Art History ~ Dennis Angel, Artist Las Vegas, NV. (Art Museum) 5:30 – 6:45 p.m. Co-sponsored by the Contemporary Art Forum.
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art museum FALL exhibition ~ august 25 – December 12 DOUGLASS gallery By Curator of Exhibitions, Jason E. Shaiman
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n the fall of 2014, Miami University President David Hodge proclaimed Creativity and Innovation as the theme for the 2015-2016 academic year. In support of Dr. Hodge’s announcement, the Art Museum has embraced the university-wide theme with the exhibition, Art That Moves.
Scientifically, kineticism refers to objects that possess energy due to their motion. In art, kinetic works include pictorial or sculptural objects that change with time by mechanical, magnetic, electromechanical, electronic systems, optical or chemical reactions. Optical art, or Op Art, popular in the mid-to-late 1960s, provides the impression of kinetic movement even though nothing is actually in motion. Due to excessive stimuli on the eye’s retina, the artwork produces images that fascinate or confuse the brain and sometimes gives the impression that something appears to be moving.
Featuring works from Miami University Art Museum’s permanent collection, as well as a selection of contemporary kinetic art created by local artists, Art That Moves is an exhibition with energy all its own. In conjunction with the exhibition, Rod Northcutt, Associate Professor of Art and a contributor to Art That Moves, will discuss kinetic art on Thursday, November 12th at the Miami University Art Museum. To round out the year, the third annual Student Response Exhibition, on display during the Spring 2016 semester, will offer Miami students an opportunity to create new works that comment on, or respond to, the theme of Creativity and Innovation.
PROGRAM Thursday, November 12 – Lecture: Kinetic Art & Beyond: Why sculpture can no longer be what you think it is ~ Rod Northcutt, Associate Professor, Department of Art, Miami University. (Art Museum) 5:30 – 6:45 p.m. Co-sponsored by the Contemporary Art Forum.
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2014-15 in review W
ith so much of our time spent anticipating upcoming events and exhibitions once again we would like to take a look back over the past year in images and numbers. It is also another way of saying “thank you” to the many individuals who made our year a success. The lists of names are long, a wonderful testament to your support for the arts, even in the midst of campus construction —
thank you!
Museum Attendance July 2014-June 2015
Meetings 927 10% Groups 3324 40%
Programs 388 5%
Walk-ins 2742 33% Events 997 12%
Total 8,378
financial snapshot July 1, 2014 - June 30, 2015 Education & General*
Income Expenses
Endowment Income
$ 352,275.00 $ 157,425.00
Annual Membership
$ 23,245.28 $ 17,951.60
Gifts and Memorials
$
TOTAL
$ 640,121.30 $ 635,938.98
1,200.00 $
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$1,016,841.58 $811,315.58
*University provides salaries, water, electricity, heat/air conditioning, general maintenance
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Major Donors (April 2015) Major Benefactor
James Hunter and Frances Roudebush Allen Rosalie H. and Hubert A. Douglass Walter I. Farmer Edna M. Kelly Stanley G. and Agnes McKie Charles M. Messer Ruder – Bever Family John Schaal Norman A. Schoelles Thomas W. Smith Harry M. and Lucy A. Williams Fred C. Yager
Benefactor
James E. and Anne R. Bever Gregory M. Bishop Jeffrey B. Bishop Ralph E. and Barbara D. Bresler Harvey and Deborah Breverman Thomas J. Cobbe Richard and Carole Cocks Ruth Work Evans Audrey Flack Phyllis B. Goodyear Robert E. Gregg Eva Hexter Larry Huston Frank Jordan, Jr. Gene R. McHam Walter and Dawn Clark Netsch Elma Pratt Procter and Gamble Company Ronnie and John Shore Western College Alumnae Association Milton White Robert E. White Kevin D. Willsey Joseph and Patricia Wenzel Wolf
Major Patron
John A. and Linda S. Adams Linda and James Alexander John W. Altman William T. and Dorothy R. Amos Anonymous Mary and William D. Baskett Ashlie Benton Fletcher Benton Fletcher Benton III Jonathan S. Bishop
Family of Robert Hamilton Bishop Emmazetta Kennedy Bonnelle Eleanor M. Brown Harley P. and Laura W. Brown Gregoire and Kathleen Calegari Christopher Campbell Mary Louise Charles Class of 1955 Jane E. Coleman Sterling Cook Dorothy C. Dexter Paul and Mona Doepper David and Joan M. Eagleson Donald R. Edmundson Derwin W. Edwards Mary M. Emery Memorial Alan and Sondra Engel Charles Burton Fahs and Jamie Fahs H. Clay Flynn Mary Birney Foley Theodore T. Foley Eva Frankel Barbara Friedman Sanford Z. Friedman Richard A. and Judith Paetow George Nicholas P. and Bernice Georgiady Clive F. Getty June and Art Goldner Greater Cincinnati Foundation John W. and Carole L. H. Green Mary D. Gruskin W. A. Hammond Deborah S. Hawley Charles and Luanne Hazelrigg Jeffrey L. Horrell and Rodney F. Rose Miriam W. Howard Cynde Huston ICI Acrylics Institute of Museum Services Eileen McLellan Jeck Robert and Carol Kane Edward and Isabel Kezur Martha Williams King Helen Kingseed Memorial Eva LandĂŠ Elizabeth Lane Maxine G. Levin Dr. and Mrs. Sidney Lieberman Barbara Hatch Lore Peggy C. Madden
Mrs. Robert B. Mayer Debra E. Weese-Mayer and Robert N. Mayer Robert and Ferne McGinnis Louis K. and Susan P. Meisel Robert and Jerri Miller Philip and Mary Ann Morsberger Milton and Margaret Myers National Endowment for the Arts Ohio Arts Council Ohio Humanities Council Oxford Arts Club Michael and Kathleen Pittman Dr. and Mrs. Gary Podolny Richard Polsky Henry W. Purcell Roy H. and Elizabeth W. Reinhart Peter R. and Mildred Rentschler Michael Roby Elizabeth S. Rogers Peggy Rogers Rogers Michele and Randy Sandler George T. and Harriet Schmitt Becky Schnelker Douglas C. Schwing Scioto County Area Foundation Louise Taft Semple Foundation Daniel A. Sigg Robert B. Sinclair W. E. Smith Family Charitable Trust Helen Kuller and Delbert A. Snider John D. Sommer Family Jack and Sally Southard Patrick A. Spensley Memorial Mortimer and Harriet Spiller Elizabeth Howard Stacy Woodrow W. Stroud, Jr. John Y. Taggart Kitty Unger Sherman E. Unger Dr. and Mrs. Charles M. Vaughn George and Liliana Waissbluth H. Franklin and Janet H. Waltz David and Anne Weaver Orpha Webster John A. Weigel Joseph and Kate Wespiser III Isabella Riggs Williams John Covington Williams and Mary L. Williams Roger L. Williams Helen Worrall David W. and Cora Zemsky
2014-2 Art Museum Staff
Dr. Robert S. Wicks, Director Debbie Caudill, Program Assistan Cynthia Collins, Curator of Educa Mark DeGennaro, Preparator/Ope Sue Gambrell, Program Associate Steve Gordon, McGuffey Museum Scott Kissell, Photographer Sherri Krazl, Marketing/Commun Jason E. Shaiman, Curator of Exhib Laura Stewart, Collections Manag
Docents Priscilla Berry Marjorie Bowers Ann M. Dunlevy Lee Hamill Sue Jones Carol Kane Sarah Michael Susan Momeyer Ruth Overly Elaine Rauckhorst Wendy M. Richardson Barbara Serraino Marilyn E. Sherman Maria S. Vazquez Linda Williams Gail Williamson
Student Workers Ben Fritz Trayli Monroe Morgan Murray Miles Senior
Art M Stude Organ (AMS
Cynthi Advi Maggi Presid Bridge Marke Kimbe Secret Sruthi Trea Alex C Mac D Kirste Allison Mahal Katrin Jacob Mered Nick K Scott M
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Membership Steering Committee Elaine Rauckhorst, President Sarah Michael, Secretary Alan Straus, Treasurer Heather Kogge Sherri Krazl, at large Rachel Pfeiffer Sue Momeyer Robert Mullenix Robert S. Wicks, ex-officio
Collections Development Committee Sara Butler Diane Fishbein Nancy Koehler Bonnie Mason Ellen Price Laura Stewart, ex-officio Dennis Tobin Robert S. Wicks, ex-officio Jay Zumeta
Museum Interns
Jonathan Beer (Summer’14) Kimberly J. Blake (Fall ‘14) Ashae Burgess (Spring ‘15) Alexander Butterfield (Spring ‘15) Meghan Canfield (Spring ‘15) Kevin Carrabine (Summer ‘14) Caroline Cox (Spring ‘15) Kristianna Cstatari (Summer ‘14) Mackenzie Egan (Spring ‘15) Mahaley Evans (Fall ‘ 14) Courtney Freeland (Fall ‘14) Naren Gao (Fall ‘14) Allison Koscianski (Fall ‘14) Julia Lampson (Winter ‘15) Camryn Longworth (Spring ‘15) Maren Madigan (Spring ‘15) Jonathan Moritz (Winter ‘15) Allie Roseman (Fall ‘14) Anna Wold (Spring ‘15)
Miami University Art Museum Commemorative Fund May 2014 - April 2015
In Memory of Jane Hollingsworth Art Museum Docents In Memory of Robert Gump Dixie and Luke Utter William and Anne Pratt Robert and Ann Wicks Ronald Kern Nancy S. Gump Patricia Gump and children David, Tim and Laurie
In Memory of Arthur R. Thieme Diane H. and Thomas Q. Carpenter Harry and J. Libby Delbert A. Snider Commemmorative Fund In Memory of Robert Kane Helen Kuller Snider In Memory of Robert Gump Helen Kuller Snider
Commemorative funds are used to purchase works of art for the permanent collection.
Gifts-in-Kind in 2014 Leslye Sherman Gift-in-Kind Margarette Beckwith Muriel Blaisdell John Blocher Peter and Kathleen Carels Nelly Bly Cogan Barbara Cox Don Daiker Gail Della Piana Ann Geddes Cheryl Johnson Cynthia Kelley Sue and James Killy Gil and Tad Liechty Astrid Mast Susan Maxfield James and Kathy McMahon Klosterman Kim Medley Edward Montgomery Wendy Richardson Jim and Pam Robinson Asher Seidel Edna Southard Josette and Jerome Stanley Judith Trent Robert and Ann Wicks
Gifts-in-Kind James H. and Frances R. Allen Linda and James Alexander Gregory M. Bishop Jeffrey B. Bishop David and Myrna Bryan Elaine DeMore Laura Henderson and Roy Johnston Jeffrey L. Horrell and Rodney F. Rose in honor of Jack Barlow Frank Jordan, Jr. Martha Williams King Frances McClure Joan Moynagh Daniel H. Sigg Morris Tenner Estate Dixie and Luke Utter Roger Lea Williams Kevin D. Willsey
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Miami University Annual Art Museum Membership (January 2014 - April 2015) EXHIBITOR
Carol Kane Dr. Elizabeth S. Rogers Jamee Thieme
DIRECTOR’S CIRCLE Richard Cocks Barbara Cox Jim and Barbara Demetrion Dr. John W. and Mrs. Carol Green Jeffrey L. Horrell and Rodney Rose James Rubenstein and Bernadette Unger Thomas R. Schiff Douglas C. Schwing Arthur R. Thieme Joseph and Patricia Wenzel Wolf
DISTINGUISHED
Jeanne Jamison Cahill Craig and Kerstin Erickson Mrs. Frances McClure Jim and Sarah Michael Dick and Kathy Sollmann Sara and Michelle Waddell Dr. & Mrs. David Weaver
RECIPROCAL FAMILY
Jim and Fran Allen Steven Aronson Steve and Barbara Barre Muriel Blaisdell and Cynthia Kelley Barbara and Ralph Bresler Mr. and Mrs. John L. Burneson Dave and Sara Butler Andrew and Mary Cayton Michael and Bonnie Dirr Dr. and Mrs. Hardy Eshbaugh Susan R. Ewing and Paul W. Decou Sally Andrews Fennell Family Sheryl and John Fiegel Jane Flueckiger Vicente C. and Maureen Gallardo
RECIPROCAL FAMILY (Continued) Charles V. Ganelin and Patricia Klingenberg Dr. and Mrs. Ken Glass Louise Griffing Pat Gump Jack and Marsha Haffey Lee and Jim Hamill Dave Hedrick Dr. and Mrs. David C. Hodge Dan and Jan Jacobs Eileen M. Jeck Robert and Marilyn Johnson Ed and Sue Jones Dr. Frank Jordan, Jr. Barbara and Walter Kautz Heather and John Kogge Kim R. Kolb Mr. Stephen Michael Krumm Joseph and Etsuko Leonard Patti and Steven Liberatore Dr. and Mrs. Orie Loucks Mr. and Mrs. Paul Martin Warren and Bonnie Mason Harvard and Elaine McLean Richard and Susan Momeyer Philip and Mary Ann Morsberger Chris and Sharon Peterson Mr. and Mrs. William Pratt Ellen Price and Tom Featherstone Family Bill and Elaine Rauckhorst Brent and Noriko Reider Bill and Joyce Rouse, Jr. Bill and Barbara Serraino Nathine and Willard Smith Mr. and Mrs. Jack F. Southard Roseanne and Stephen Starnes Ann Taulbee and Jay Johnson Paul and Marion Thoms P. S. and Marta C. Wendt
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RECIPROCAL FAMILY (Continued) James and Opal Wespiser Joseph and Kate Wespiser III C. G. and Barbara Whelpton Mary E. Woodworth
RECIPROCAL INDIVIDUAL
Miss Elsa Jane Baer Priscilla Berry Mrs. Marcha Johnson Botje Miss Cindy Lou Callaway Donald and Victoria Daiker Adele Flower Arthur H. Frederick Robert M. Gatta Clive F. Getty Nancy Howell Koehler Phyllis Mendenhall Oxford Visitors Bureau Diane F. Perlmutter Mary Jean Priest David Scotford Sara Speh Alan C. Straus
FAMILY
Mr. and Mrs. Mark Ehlert Doug and Joan Hoover Dorothy and Arthur Lippmann Margaret and Stanley Planton
MIAMI FAMILY
Mr. and Mrs. Ferdinand Bach III Mary Ben Bonham Marjorie Bowers Judi Cettel and Jim Raphael Bob and Susan Dahlstrom Prue and Steve Dana Kate and Al de Medeiros Lisa Ellram and Jeff Siferd Alan and Sondra Engel Adolph and Sandy Greenberg Claudia and David Grayson
MIAMI FAMILY (Continued) Mary Sue and Dean Kallander Robert and Nancy Keller Hayden and Cynthia May Cathy McVey and Family Bob and Jeri Miller Nicholas Money and Diana Davis Liz and Robert Mullenix Jerry Olson Mrs. Yerevan Peterson Mr. and Mrs. John K. Pope Leslye and Larry Sherman Alex and Bonnie Thomas Drs. Robert Thurston and Margaret Ziolkowski William and Dixie Utter Gene and Patricia Willeke Jack and Linda Williams Jim and Carol Wilson Alan Winkler and Sara Penhale
INDIVIDUAL
Peter Dahoda John A. Davis Anita Douthat and Cal Cowal Donald Dunaway Paul Filipkowski Diane Fishbein Sanford Friedman Stephen Gordon Dorothy B. Gustafson Terry Haynes-Toney Roy Johnston Elizabeth W. Lane Marjorie Morrow Gitzene R. Myers Mrs. Judith Oravec O’Shea Matthew Obrebski Ruth Overly Winifred Pearson Susan Porcano Alice J. Schuette Carolyn Shine John D. Sommer Dennis Tobin Jay Zumeta
MIAMI INDIVIDUAL Keith Lawrence Arian Amy Bartter Anne W. Baxter Ann and Ed Bell Bonne K. Brown Cornelia Browne Brookville Elementary Nelly Bly Cogan Debra A. Cole Ann M. Dunlevy Peg Faimon Diane Fishbein Kathleen Fox Gary Gaffney June E. Goldner JoAnne Hagerman Brett Harper Lucille Hautau Leslie T. Hefner Jason W. Jackson Jackie Johnson Shamika Johnson Dr. Susan Kay Jack Keegan Alice Kettler Jude Killy Judith Kolbas Edith Lehman Elizabeth Lokon Astrid Mast Susan Maxfield Constance McCarthy Beverly McClure Bonni and David Neff Caryn Neumann Barbara Pontius Elizabeth Reinhart Wendy M. Richardson Diana Royer Amy Shaiman Marilyn Sherman Benjamin Smolder Jan Southern Frances Ucci Mrs. Maria S. Vazquez Lynne Wagner J. Andrew Zeisler
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VOLUNTEER SPOTLIGHT
Caught by the Allure of Art By communications intern, jacqueline gazda
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efore becoming a docent, Sue Jones knew next to nothing about art. Having received a Ph.D. in Supervision & Improvement of Instruction from Kansas State, she moved to Oxford with her husband to teach early childhood education in the McGuffey Laboratory School. Jones then spent 21 years of her professional career hiring teachers for the Northwest Local School District in Cincinnati before retiring. And then, on a fateful trip to Great Britain, Sue happened to meet Barbara Serraino. A Miami Art Museum docent herself, Serraino convinced Jones to try out the program. “I thought, well, I’m retired, I should be learning new stuff,” said Jones. She joined in January 2006, believing that her experience in the classroom might help her transition to this new field.
Now, not only does Jones go into classrooms on behalf of the Art Museum, she leads tours and talks about the art she once knew nothing about. Jones praises Curator of Exhibitions Jason Shaiman and Curator of Education Cynthia Collins for teaching the docents so thoroughly about each new exhibition. She calls the entire staff “phenomenal people” who have made her experience at the museum “fantastic.” Sue’s love for learning is clear in her other hobbies. In addition to being a docent for the Art Museum, Jones is also the volunteer chairperson for the McGuffey Museum as well as part of a women’s group that hosts yearly research projects among its members. Sue’s favorite past exhibition was Grass Routes:
Sue Jones is pictured with “Around the World” Quilt, circa 1925; Handmade in Missouri, 70” x 66”; Gift of Joseph and Etsuko Leonard; 2012.30. Photo by Scott Kissell
Pathways to Eurasian Cultures (Fall 2012) because of its interdisciplinary nature. The exhibition brought in elements of geography and history so that visitors would have a better feel for how the art worked in context. Retired Miami botany professor Dick Munson even came to the museum dressed in authentic Mongolian clothing and talked about the experiences he had visiting his daughter, who lives in Mongolia.
Sue has two children, both Miami Mergers, and many grandchildren, one who is a recent Miami graduate. “What can I say, we’re a Miami family,” she laughs. When they’re not residing in Oxford, Sue and her husband love fly fishing. Besides belonging to a private trout club in Sandusky, the two also travel all over the country to catch and release fish. One memorable location for Jones was on top of a mountain in Montana at a place called Storys Lake. “You can quote me on this,” she said, “trout do not live in ugly places.” Jones also reads, sews and quilts. Jones’ advice for anyone visiting the art museum would be to “have an open mind.” When she began volunteering with the museum, she thought that only paintings qualified as art. In an effort to expand her knowledge and understanding of more modern pieces, Jones did research on Robert Indiana and his now famous Love sculpture. By presenting her findings to the rest of the docents, Jones was able to wrestle with how even block letters can be considered art. “What you may think of as art may be very limited,” she notes. “Art comes in many forms.”
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Collectors as Donors By DR. ROBERT S. WICKS
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hile preparing my syllabus for the new course “Museums and Collections: Beyond the Curio Cabinet,” I have been constantly reminded that in many ways it is the collectors who make a museum distinctive. World War II Monuments Man Walter I. Farmer (1911-1997) wanted his extensive collection to become the core of a teaching museum at Miami. His interests were wide-ranging, from ancient Greek and Roman antiquities to Pre-Columbian ceramics. Farmer’s foundational gift of several thousand objects was instrumental in setting the stage for other donors to the Art Museum. In addition to designing the distinctive structure in which to display Farmer’s collection, architect Walter Netsch (1920-2008) and his wife Dawn Clark Netsch (1926-2013) donated a number of seminal works which further strengthened MUAM’s permanent collections, including paintings by abstract expressionist Hans Hofmann (1880-1966), pop artist Robert Indiana (b. 1928), and earth art by environmental artist Nancy Holt (1938-2014).
The Elma Pratt (1888-1977) International Folk Art Collection includes textiles and children’s toys from around the world. The Charles M. Messer (1908-1980) Leica Camera Collection, reputedly the largest privately assembled collection in the United States, if not the world, is an extensive archive of camera bodies, lenses, accessories and printed literature.
The Edna M. Kelly (1922-2006) collection of American Indian art, contains an incredible range of textiles, ceramics, basketry and jewelry of the American Southwest. The Ralph and Barbara Bresler collection of the arts of Africa, donated over three decades, includes carvings, masks, textiles, baskets and weapons. Robert Hamilton Bishop (1777-1855), Miami’s first president (1824-1841), has been critical in shaping the collections, if only indirectly. The Bishop family has gifted a large number of art works over the years, including some of the few 16th and 17th century European paintings in the permanent collection, as well as the first commissioned work by noted American sculptor Hiram Powers (1805-1873). Other collectors, including Beatrice Cummings Mayer, James and Frances R. Allen, Richard and Carole Cocks, Peggy Rogers Rogers, Harvey and Deborah Breverman, Elizabeth Sackler (highlighted elsewhere in this issue), have each contributed in significant ways toward refining MUAM’s artistic inheritance for present and future generations of students and scholars.
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These collectors, through their personal dedication and remarkable generosity, have made it possible to fulfill Walter Farmer’s vision for MUAM, a place to engage original works of art in order to better understand the marvelous complexity of human cultural expression.
Cage Gallery Jack White ~ Architectural Models
Showcasing Architecture + Interior Design COLLEGE of Creative Arts, Miami University IN the cage
[EXHIBITIONS] [August 21-September 4]
Jack White studied and wrote upon the history of Victorian American travel. Of particular interest are railroads of the past and present. This exhibition will include low relief scaled elevation models of iconic buildings crafted by the artist.
Passive House: Malta 2015
[September 7-18]
[LECTURES]
Chronicles of the summer design studio experience of 14 interior design and architecture students as they traveled to Freiburg, Germany, and throughout the country of Malta. The focus of the studio was energy efficient design using Passive House methodologies. Students also had the opportunity to engage in Maltese history and culture, traditional residential & sacred space interiors, and communal living.
September 9 - Lecture: Eric Jenkins, AIA ~ Architect, Professor and Author of the book Drawn to Design: Analyzing Architecture through Freehand Drawing (Birkhauser, 2013). (Alumni 1) 4 p.m.
Dwelling Symposium: Design+Space [September 21-October 2]
September date tba - Undergraduate Student Scholarship. (Alumni 1) 4 p.m.
This symposium will focus on dwelling: descriptions such as to lead astray, hinder, stun, make giddy, perplex, delay, linger or to make a home, are included in the etymology of the word dwelling. Dwelling also describes a manner of being, existing, residing, or remaining for a time. How can architectural research advance our understanding of dwelling? What qualities in society inform or are able to shift one’s attitude or perceptions of dwelling? How does design impact the character of space in which we dwell? Keynote Speaker: Renata Hejduk
Undergraduate Student Scholarship
[October 12-23]
Summer Scholar Student Research presentations. Past recipient Josh Carson will show how his 2011 summer scholar research work was developed into a marketable product.
Energy Efficient by Design: London Summer Workshop
September 25 - Lecture: Renata Hejduk, PhD ~ Graduate Thesis Respondent/Maxfield Speaker. (Alumni 1) 4 p.m. (In conjunction with Dwelling
Symposium: Design + Space Symposium September 24-26, 2015)
November 4 - Lecture:Carlos Jimenez, AIA ~ Professor, Rice University School of Principal, Carlos Jimenez Studio. (Alumni 1) 4 p.m. (co-sponsored by Dayton AIA)
November 16 - Lecture: Ronald Fergle, AIA, MIA, LEED AP BD+C (President, Solart, Inc. Minneapolis). (Alumni 1) 4 p.m.
[October 26-November 6]
ARChitecture+Interior Design’s summer workshop, Energy Efficient by Design, spent five weeks in London to research and design a mixeduse building for a client on a site in Canary Wharf. The studio visited the offices of Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners and Arup where each firm gave presentations about and insight into the strategies used to create energy efficient and beautiful buildings. Day trips included Cardiff and Kew Gardens to visit examples of RSH+P’s and also WilkinsonEyre’s work. The student teams designed to satisfy the program requirements of their client, and the restrictions of the very small site, with the goal being a building sacrificing nothing aesthetically in its ability to be energy efficient.
Statement? Painting from the other side?
[November 9-20]
This exhibition includes paintings by Professor Sergio Sanabria. These acrylic painting constructions connect emotional imagery and a passion for geometry.
Cage Gallery
Department of Architecture + Interior Design 101 Alumni Hall, Oxford (513) 529-7210 arcid@MiamiOH.edu MiamiOh.edu/cca/academics/ departments/arch-id/ Gallery hours: Monday-Friday, 9 a.m.-5 p.m. *Visit the A+ID web page for updates and details of these and all programs, exhibitions and information.
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Hiestand Galleries Showcasing work by students and visiting artists College of Creative Arts, Miami University
North Gallery September 3 – October 9
Miami University Young Sculptors Competition for the $10,000 William and Dorothy Yeck Award Juror: Anne Barlow, Art In General, New York, New York
Thursday, September 24, Juror Lecture: 5:30 – 6:45 p.m. (Art 100) Friday, September 25, Reception for the Artists and Awards Ceremony: 4:30 – 6 p.m. (Hiestand Galleries)
Through the generous gift from William (‘36) and Dorothy Yeck of Dayton, Ohio, Miami University is able to provide students and the community at large the 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 University’s permanent collection. This year’s competition focuses on non-representational sculpture.
Above: Capstone 2014 Installation; Above top r-l: Young Sculptors; Yvonne Petkus, Aftermath; Marius Valdes, The Secret Species; and Gary Justis, Sun Cells,
October 15 – November 10
Light Play: Variations in Light Producing Objects by Gary Justis
Thursday, October 22, Reception for the Artist: 4 – 5 p.m. Artist lecture: 5:30 – 6:45 p.m. (Art 100) Light Play features a series of works investigating visual representations of fire, water, structure and atmosphere. In the image, Sun Cells, Gary Justis investigates the sun’s cycles throughout a day; with a gradual process of change within Sun Cells illuminated projections. The projected images course towards a promise of narrative and conclusion, but, in turn, deny the viewer the safe haven of a beginning, middle and end. The turbulent processes evident in this work celebrate the expansion of nature, with its distortions and restorative processes, over and again positioning memory over experience. [garyjustis.org]
November 13 – 24
B.F.A. Capstone Exhibition
Thursday, November 19, Reception for the Artists: 4:30 – 5:30 p.m. An exhibition by Department of Art senior studio majors featuring their recent artworks. December 14 – February 10, 2016
2015 Miami University Young Painters Competition for the $10,000 William and Dorothy Yeck Award
Juror: Gracie Mansion, Curator and Gallerist, New York, New York Friday, January 29, 2016, Reception: 4:30 – 6 p.m., Award Ceremony: 5:15 p.m. Through the generous gift from William (‘36) and Dorothy Yeck of Dayton, Ohio, Miami University is able to provide students and the community at large the opportunity to develop a critical understanding of painting in the 21st century. The competition winner will be awarded the $10,000 William and Dorothy Yeck Award and the painting will become part of Miami University’s permanent collection. This year’s competition focuses on non-representational painting.
hiestand happenings
Robert E. & Martha Hull Lee Gallery September 3 – 26
Searching For Meaning ~ Yvonne Petkus
Thursday, September 10 Reception for the Artist: 4 – 5 p.m., Lecture: 5:30 – 6:45 p.m. (Art 100) In an exhibition of paintings and monotypes, Yvonne Petkus explores the residues of struggle and the search for meaning through a shifting female figure and the relationship between that figure and her environment. Searching for Meaning will take the form of a series of square, self-contained paintings and an associated, site-specific installation of works on fragmented layers of plastic banding the walls in a longer stream of ideas and their tangents. [yvonnepetkus.com] October 13 – November 12
The Secret Species Project ~ Marius Valdes
Thursday, October 15 Reception for the Artist: 4 – 5 p.m., Lecture: 5:30 – 6:45 p.m. (Art 100) The Secret Species Project is an ongoing exploration of how character design, illustration, and visual narrative engage with an audience and serve as a teaching tool for social issues. Valdes creates characters that educate, inform, and entertain. In previous components of The Secret Species Project, the message was to encourage audience members to consider the importance of creativity and imagination in their lives. This exhibition will use the Secret Species characters to address the social issue of materialism. As a creative professional and fine artist, Valdes explores the boundaries between graphic design, commercial illustration and fine art. [mariusvaldes.com]
Hiestand Galleries Ann Taulbee, Director taulbeae@miamioh.edu (513) 529-1883
Gallery hours: Monday-Friday 9 a.m. – 4:30 p.m., Other hours available by appointment. Galleries closed: During exhibition installation and Sep 7, Oct 9, Nov 25-27, Dec 18-31 and Jan 1-8, 2016.
December 16 – February 3, 2016
Criticism In Time Of Creation ~ Dorielle Caimi
Thursday, January 28, 2016, Lecture, 5:30 – 6:45 p.m., (Art 100) Friday, January 29, Reception for the Artist: 4:30 – 6 p.m. Dorielle Caimi, the 2015 winner of the William and Dorothy Yeck Young Painters Competition shares her latest studio works in the exhibition, Criticism in Times of Creation. “In my work, I seek to illustrate an urgent state of mind. My current paintings explore the relationship between grace and angst that both plague and glorify the private worlds of young women. I am learning how these truths affect both our public perception and self-identity in a modern world.” [dorielle.com]
All receptions are in the lobby of Hiestand Galleries in Hiestand Hall, 401 Maple Ave., Oxford, Ohio. All lectures are in ART 100, unless noted otherwise. For complete details, visit the Hiestand Galleries website: www. MiamiOh.edu/hiestand-galleries/
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Contemporary Art Forum Searching for Meaning ~ Yvonne Petkus September 10, 5:30 – 6:45 p.m. (Art 100) A process-based artist, Petkus explores the residues of struggle through a shifting female figure and the relationship between that figure and her environment. Each piece is formed through an intense, critical questioning expressed as a negotiation between the sculptural back and forth of painting and the imagery that emerges. Originally from northern New Jersey, Petkus earned her BFA (including a year abroad in London at Camberwell College of Art) from Syracuse University. Her graduate work began in New York at Hunter College then led to the University of Washington in Seattle where she received her MFA in Painting. [yvonnepetkus.com] (1)
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Work/Place: Landscape, Memory and the Studio Practice ~ Alice Pixley Young September 17, 5:30 – 6:45 p.m. (Art 100) Professional practice, residencies and workshops and their role for the artist, will be discussed. Young will share her work as it relates to and is informed by place and the structure of memory. Alice Pixley Young was born in Washington, D.C. and attended Ringling College of Art and Design, the New York Studio Residency Program and received an MFA at the University of Maryland. Young’s work has been supported through grants from the City of Cincinnati, the Surdna Foundation and the NEA, her work has been featured in numerous art journals including Sculpture Magazine. [alicepixleyyoung. wordpress.com]
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2015 Young Sculptors Juror ~ Anne Barlow September 25, 5:30 – 6:45 p.m. (Art 100) Anne Barlow is Director of Art in General, New York, where she most recently curated projects with artists Marwa Arsanios, Basim Magdy, Sara Greenberger Rafferty, Jill Magid, Shezad Dawood, Meriç Algün Ringborg, Anetta Mona Chişa and Lucia Tkáčová, and launched Art in General’s annual curatorial conference What Now? Originally from Glasgow, Scotland, Barlow was formerly Curator of Contemporary Art and Design at Glasgow Museum, where she managed its contemporary art collection, exhibitions program, artists’ residencies, and new commissions.
Attachments and Intimacies ~ Matt Morris October 1, 5:30 – 6:45 p.m. (Art 100) Matt Morris will discuss his researchbased creative practice by examining several recent projects, culminating in his current exhibition The Perfect Kiss (QQ)* *questioning, queer at the Contemporary Arts Center. Artworks produced with photography, appropriation and painting, site responsive installation, sewing, and perfume function as various means of establishing and annotating intimacy broadly defined—between artist and institution, artwork and viewer, queer lovers, and less apparent power relations. The discussed works will be contextualized with Morris’ influences that range promiscuously from institutional critique and psychoanalysis, queer and feminist theories, materialism and popular culture. [mattmorrisworks.com] (2) Ryan Kalus and Cate Geiger October 8, 5:30 – 6:45 p.m. (Art 100) Everything I Learned in Art Class I Feared I’d Never Use ~ Cate Geiger Cate is the Home Editor of Good Housekeeping magazine conceptualizing, crafting, and styling photoshoots for the magazine’s covers, home and food content. She has worked in various creative fields, most notably as Home Visual Manager at Anthropologie’s NYC flagship location, creating and directing window displays and visual merchandising that dictated the company’s visual strategies nationally. She received a BFA in painting and photography and a minor in arts management from Miami University. She lives in Brooklyn with her fiancé and dog, Gibson.
What you don’t know your skills can do in the big scary ad agency world ~ Ryan Kalus Ryan is a New York City-based advertising, branding and design professional, creating multi-platform campaigns for international clients in the digital space. He received his BFA in Graphic Design and Interactive Media from Miami University and is currently Senior Designer for a leading digital ad agency. He also currently serves as an Adjunct Lecturer of Design for Advertising at Miami Ad School, and heads creative strategy and branding for a Harvard-backed mental health non-profit campaign.
Fall 2015 Lecture Series The Secret Species ~ Marius Valdes October 1, 5:30 – 6:45 p.m. (Art 100) This project is an ongoing exploration of how character design, illustration, and visual narrative engage with an audience and serves as a teaching tool for social issues. “I create characters that educate, inform, and entertain,” notes Marius Valdes, an illustrator, designer, and artist currently based in Columbia, South Carolina. He is an Associate Professor in graphic design and illustration. Valdes received his BFA in Graphic Design from the University of Georgia in 1998 and his MFA in Visual Communication from Virginia Commonwealth University in 2005. Valdes has won industry recognition for his graphic design and illustration work from renowned design publications such as HOW, Print, Communication Arts, Creative Quarterly, STEP, and industry competitions including The AIGA’s InShow and SEED Awards, and The South Carolina Advertising Federation Addy Awards in Charleston, Columbia and Greenville. (3) Light Play: Variations in Light Producing Objects by Gary Justis ~ Gary Justis October 22, 5:30 – 6:45 p.m. (Art 100) Gary Justis will discuss a series of works investigating visual representations of fire, water, structure and atmosphere. As with the sun’s cycles throughout a day, there is a gradual process of change within Sun Cell’s illuminated projections. Gary Justis earned His Master of Fine Arts degree from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago in 1979. He has exhibited work at the Whitney Museum of American Art at Phillip Morris, NY, The New Museum of Contemporary Art, NY and the Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago.
In-between Spaces ~ Intermedio November 19, 5:30 – 6:45 p.m. (Art 100) Intermedio is a creative studio based in Cincinnati, Ohio. We are a group of artists, designers, musicians, experimenters, and coders that engage audiences through the creation of immersive environments, innovative performances, interactive installations, interdisciplinary exhibits, experiences, and products. We create original work for museums, businesses, and institutions. We work with ensembles and performers to facilitate and design enhanced and expanded performances with digitally processed sound and video. The guys of Intermedio demo and discuss interdisciplinary projects as a medium for exploring technology by creating spaces that invite new participants to listen and interact in new ways. [intermedio.io] (#)
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At the Miami University Art Museum Echoes from the Past: An Ongoing Dialogue with Art History ~ Dennis Angel November 5, 5:30 – 6:45 p.m. (Art Museum) For the past six years, Dennis Angel has investigated the use of metalpoint, a drawing technique commonly employed by artists in the 14th, 15th and 16th centuries. Angel will discuss the events that initially prompted his use of this ancient process, the medium’s unique properties and inherent technical challenges as well as the concepts that continue to inform this ongoing and ever expanding body of work. [DennisAngel.com]
Why sculpture can no longer be what you think it is ~ Rod Northcutt November 12, 5:30 – 6:45 p.m. (Art Museum) The word “sculpture” has lots of baggage. The expanded contemporary field of sculpture (and the people, things, and activities in it) breaks many out-dated assumptions. For example, sculpture does not need to be made by a sole “genius,” it does not need to be a commodity, it does not need to be a tangible thing, and it does not need to live in a “white cube” space. Progressive contemporary sculptors look at what everyone else does, at the materials and formats that everyone else uses, and then they make sure that they sure as hell don’t do the same thing. Northcutt will discuss the current zeitgiest of sculpture (to the best of our knowledge) and how sculptors everywhere are challenging the status quo. He will also survey some of the collaborative social sculpture that he creates through MAKETANK, Inc. and MAKETANK Projects.
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events @ a glance
visual arts @ miami
September September 9 – Lecture: Eric Jenkins, AIA ~ Architect, Professor and Author of the book Drawn to Design: Analyzing Architecture through Freehand Drawing (Alumni 1) 4 p.m.
September 17 – Contemporary Art Forum Lecture: Work/ Place: Landscape, Memory and the Studio Practice ~ Alice Pixley Young. (Art 100) 5:30 – 6:45 p.m.
September 10 – Artist Reception: Yvonne Petkus (Art 100) 4 – 5 p.m.
September date tba – Lecture: Undergraduate Student Scholarship. (Alumni 1) 4 p.m.
September 10 – Contemporary Art Forum Lecture: Searching for Meaning~ Yvonne Petkus. (Art 100) 5:30 – 6:45 p.m.
September 24 – Contemporary Art Forum Lecture: 2015 Young Sculptors Juror Lecture ~ Anne Barlow (Art 100) 5:30 – 6:45 p.m.
September 15 – Lecture: Eyes on Stalinism: Looking at the First Five-Year Plan, 1929-1933 ~ Steve Norris, Ph.D., Professor of History, Assistant Director, Havighurst Center for Russian & Post-Soviet Studies. (Art Museum) 5:30 – 6:30 p.m.
September 25 – Reception: Young Sculptors Reception for the Artists. (Hiestand Galleries) 4:30 – 6 p.m. September 25 – Renata Hejduk, Ph.D. ~ Graduate Thesis Respondent/Maxfield Speaker. (Alumni 1) 4 p.m.
October October 1 – Contemporary Art Forum Lecture: Attachments and Intimacies ~ Matt Morris. (Art 100) 5:30 – 6:45 p.m. October 6 – Lecture: Bourke-White on Red ~ Jason E. Shaiman, Curator of Exhibitions. (Art Museum) 5:30 – 6:30 p.m. October 8 – Contemporary Art Forum Lecture/Panel: Cate Geiger and Ryan Kalus. Everything I Learned in Art Class I Feared I’d Never Use ~ Cate Geiger. What you don’t know your skills can do in the big scary ad agency world ~ Ryan Kalus. (Art 100) 5:30 – 6:45 p.m. October 15 – Student Response Exhibition Submission DEADLINE (www.MiamiOH.edu/ArtMuseum) Midnight
October 15 – Artist Reception: Marius Valdes (Hiestand Galleries) 4 – 5 p.m. October 15 – Contemporary Art Forum Lecture: The Secret Species ~ Marius Valdes. (Art 100) 5:30 – 6:45 p.m. October 21 – Lecture: The New Janus: Russia’s Visual Identity in the 21st Century ~ Helena Goscilo, Professor, Department of Slavic & East European Languages and Literature, The Ohio State University. (Art Museum) 6 – 7 p.m. October 22 – Contemporary Art Forum Lecture: Light Play Variations in Light Producing Objects ~ Gary Justis Reception to follow. (Art 100) 5:30 – 6:45 p.m.
November November 4 – Lecture: Carlos Jimenez, AIA ~ Professor, Rice University School of Principal, Carlos Jimenez Studio. (Alumni 1) 4 p.m.
November 16 – Lecture: Ronald Fergle, AIA, MIA, LEED AP BD+C ~ President, Solart, Inc. Minneapolis. (Alumni 1) 4 p.m.
November 5 – Contemporary Art Forum Lecture: Echoes from the Past: An Ongoing Dialogue with Art History ~ Dennis Angel, Artist, Las Vegas, NV. (Art Museum) 5:30 – 6:45 p.m.
November 19 – Contemporary Art Forum Lecture: In-between Spaces ~ Intermedio (Art 100) 5:30 – 6:45 p.m.
November 12 – Contemporary Art Forum Lecture: Kinetic Art & Beyond: Why sculpture can no longer be what you think it is ~ Rod Northcutt, Associate Professor, Department of Art, Miami University. (Art Museum) 5:30 – 6:45 p.m.
November 19 – Artist Reception: B.F.A. Capstone Exhibition. (Art 100) 4:30 – 5:30 p.m.
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exhibitions @ a glance August 21 – September 4 Jack White ~ Architectural Models (Cage Gallery)
October 12 – 23 Undergraduate Student Scholarship (Cage Gallery)
August 25 – December 12 Margaret Bourke-White: Photographs of U.S.S.R. (Art Museum)
October 13 – November 12 Marius Valdes ~ The Secret Species Project (Hiestand Galleries)
August 25 – December 12 The Past is Present: Metalpoint Drawings by Dennis Angel (Art Museum)
October 15 – November 10 Light Play: Variations in Light Producing Objects by Gary Justis (Hiestand Galleries)
August 25 – December 12 Art that Moves: The Intersection of Creativity and Innovation (Art Museum)
October 26 – November 6 Energy Efficient by Design: London Summer Workshop
September 3 – 26 Yvonne Petkus ~ Searching For Meaning (Hiestand Galleries) September 3 – October 9 Miami University Young Sculptors Competition for the $10,000 William and Dorothy Yeck Award (Hiestand Galleries) September 7 – 18 Passive House: Malta 2015 (Cage Gallery) September 21 – October 2 Renata Hejduk ~ Dwelling Symposium: Design+Space (Cage Gallery)
November 9 – 20 Professor Sergio Sanabria ~ Statement? Painting from the other side? (Cage Gallery) November 13 – 24 B.F.A. Capstone Exhibition (Hiestand Galleries) December 14 – February 10, 2016 2015 Miami University Young Painters Competition for the $10,000 William and Dorothy Yeck Award (Hiestand Galleries) December 16 – February 3, 2016 Dorielle Caimi ~ Criticism In Time Of Creation (Hiestand Galleries)
Art Museum Exhibition Installation Shot ~ The Past is Present: Metalpoint Drawings by Dennis Angel Open August 25-December 12
visual arts @ miami
Miami University Art Museum 801 S. Patterson Ave. | Oxford, OH 45056 (513) 529-2232 ArtMuseum@MiamiOH.edu www.MiamiOH.edu/ArtMuseum Gallery hours: Tuesday-Friday: 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Saturday: Noon-5 p.m. Closed Sunday-Monday Hiestand Galleries 124 Art Building | Oxford, OH 45056 (513) 529-1883 sfagallery@MiamiOH.edu www.MiamiOH.edu/HiestandGalleries Gallery hours: Monday-Friday: 9 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Cage Gallery 101 Alumni Hall | Oxford, OH 45056 (513) 529-7210 archid@MiamiOH.edu www.arts.MiamiOH.edu/architecture-interior-design Gallery hours: Monday-Friday: 9 a.m.-5 p.m. McGuffey Museum 401 E. Spring St. | Oxford, OH 45056 (513) 529-8380 McGuffeyMuseum@MiamiOH.edu www.MiamiOH.edu/McGuffeyMuseum Museum hours: Thursday-Saturday: 1-5 p.m.