WEXNER CENTER FOR THE ARTS | THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY | 1871 NORTH HIGH STREET | COLUMBUS, OHIO 43210-1393
03+04 2016
NON-PROFIT ORG U S POSTAGE P A I D COLUMBUS OHIO PERMIT NO 711
M A RC H + A P R I L 2 01 6 E V E N T S
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THROUGH APRIL 10
Don’t miss your chance to explore the fascinating career of American artist Noah Purifoy (1917–2004) in this first major retrospective of his work in almost 20 years, which makes its only stop outside of LA at the Wex. Earning praise in Artforum and New York Times “best of” lists, the exhibition offers “the perfect moment to rediscover Purifoy,” writes Vogue.com, “an African American artist who believed in art as a tool for social change.”
Noah Purifoy: Junk Dada was organized by the Los Angeles County Museum of Art and made possible by the National Endowment for the Arts. Support for Noah Purifoy: Junk Dada at the Wexner Center is provided by Cardinal Health Foundation. Additional support is provided by Puffin Foundation West, Ltd, Donna and Larry James, and Alex and Renée Shumate.
ABOVE: Portrait of Noah Purifoy, c. 1960s Photo © Harry Drinkwater RIGHT: NOAH PURIFOY For Lady Bird, 1987-89 Mixed media 73 x 29 x 6 in. Private collection; courtesy of Tilton Gallery, New York © Noah Purifoy Foundation Photo courtesy of Tilton Gallery, New York
SUPPORT FOR NOAH PURIFOY: JUNK DADA AT THE WEXNER CENTER
ADDITIONAL SUPPORT
DONNA AND L ARRY JAMES
SUPPORT FOR FREE AND LOW-COST PROGRAMS
ALEX AND RENÉE SHUMATE
FREE RELATED EVENTS Visit wexarts.org for a complete schedule and event details.
Super Sunday: Trash to Treasure with MINT SUN, MAR 6 | noon–4 pm GALLERIES AND MERSHON LOBBY Explore Noah Purifoy: Junk Dada through a variety of fun, interactive activities for all ages—from brief gallery tours to hands-on creativity with local artists from MINT. Bring the entire family to enjoy Purifoy’s inspiring sculptures and socially engaged career. All activities and gallery admission are free. See the inSight pages for details.
Walk-In Tours THU, MAR 17 | 5 pm SAT, APR 2 | 1 pm SAT, APR 9 | 1 pm MEET AT THE GALLERY ENTRANCE
Purifoy used the modest materials of everyday life to produce assemblage sculptures and mixed-media constructions of dazzling visual invention. Capturing the full range of his aesthetic, Noah Purifoy: Junk Dada collects over 50 of his vibrant works dating from the late 1950s to the early 2000s and includes photographs and ephemera that illuminate his profound impact on California’s post-WWII art scene and beyond. The first African American to graduate from what is now CalArts, Purifoy was a founding director of the Watts Towers Arts Center in Los Angeles and a founding member of the California Arts Council, where he developed pioneering programs that brought art to underserved youth and prison inmates. After retiring from social work in 1987, Purifoy moved to Joshua Tree and produced dozens of astonishing outdoor sculptures that are still standing today. Curated by Franklin Sirmans and Yael Lipschutz for the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Noah Purifoy: Junk Dada offers a significant and welcome look at Purifoy’s distinctive contribution to the development of contemporary art.
Make the most of your visit to the galleries with a guided walk-in tour. Tours are free with gallery admission, which is free on Thursday evenings. No registration is required; just meet us at the entrance to the galleries. Extend your tour with a visit to the Billy Ireland Cartoon Library & Museum led by Wexner Center docents. Contact (614) 292-6493 or edweb@wexarts.org for details.
In the Store Purchase your copy of the Noah Purifoy: Junk Dada exhibition catalogue in the Wexner Center Store and online at store.wexarts.org.
Expand your Experience Explore selected works in Noah Purifoy: Junk Dada using our special augmented reality app! The interactive program accesses photos, videos, and other content to help put you into the mind of the artist. It’s free—just pick up an iPad mini from the stations located in our galleries.
EXHIBITIONS TICKET INFO
FREE members, college students (with valid ID), under 18 $8
general public
$6
senior citizens (65 and older)
Ohio State faculty and staff (with BuckID)
FREE ADMISSION DAYS
Every Thursday 4–8 pm and on the first Sunday of each month. Admission to the galleries is free with the purchase of a same-day film or performing arts ticket. PHOTO POLICY
The Wexner Center invites visitors to its exhibition spaces to take still photographs without a flash for personal, noncommercial use, except where restrictions are indicated. Include #theWex with your photos, and follow us on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram @wexarts. For the complete photography policy, visit wexarts.org. BAG INSPECTION
Backpacks, regardless of size, must be placed at coat check before entering the galleries. All other bags (including purses and diaper bags) will be inspected before being allowed into the galleries. Those exceeding 11 x 15 x 5 in. in size must be placed at coat check. The Wexner Center for the Arts is not responsible for lost or stolen items. See a full list of policies, including items prohibited in the galleries, at wexarts.org/exhibitions.
FROM TOP: NOAH PURIFOY Hanging Tree, 1990 Mixed media 52 x 40 in. Collection of Sue A. Welsh, Tara’s Hall © Noah Purifoy Foundation, www.noahpurifoy.com Photo © Museum Associates/LACMA Installation views of Noah Purifoy: Junk Dada at the Wexner Center. Photos from top: Brooke LaValley, Stephen Takacs.
onStage Company Wang Ramirez Monchichi TUE, MAR 1 | 8 pm CAPITOL THEATRE AT THE RIFFE CENTER 77 SOUTH HIGH STREET $21.50 members $26.50 general public $16.50 students (each ticket includes $1.50 CAPA preservation fee)
Ballet-trained Honji Wang and former hip-hop B-boy Sébastien Ramirez, together known as Company Wang Ramirez, offer a boundary-transcending work that dazzles with virtuosity and kaleidoscopic new forms. In Monchichi, the dancers draw on their own backstories to inform its dynamic movement vocabulary and evocative themes of identity, love, and bridging cultural divides.
This award-winning duo has electrified the European scene with their bewitching fusions of dance, music, film, fashion, and contemporary art. Hip-hop meets contemporary dance in this emotionally sophisticated performance that will thrill Columbus dance lovers. COMPANY WANG RAMIREZ Monchichi Photo: Nika Kramer
“Their pieces are not only beautiful, they are socially, politically involved and exceed the borders of each performer’s personal history.”—LE MONDE (FRANCE)
Guillermo Klein y Los Guachos “Rightly heralded in postmodern jazz circles for the flexibility, urgency and otherworldly vision of his music.”—NEW YORK TIMES FRI, MAR 18 | 8 pm PERFORMANCE SPACE $17 members $20 general public $13 students
GUILLERMO KLEIN Y LOS GUACHOS Photo courtesy of the artist
Argentine jazz composer and pianist Guillermo Klein returns to the Wex with his stellar 11-piece band that features standout artists from the New York and Latin American scenes. Known for weaving traces of classical and Latin influences into the unique textures of his “folkloric futurism,” Klein’s nimble approach to writing for his large jazz ensemble displays orchestral and melodic prowess, lush harmonic
layering, and rhythmic subtlety. Featuring Miguel Zenón, Chris Cheek, Bill McHenry, and Diego Urcola, the ensemble’s sold-out Wex debut in 2012 was a major treat for local jazz fans. Get your tickets early for this concert, a showcase for Klein’s vibrant, intricate compositions and this special group of gifted musicians. Major support for this event is provided by Cardinal Health Foundation.
Carrie Rodriguez The Sacred Heart Tour featuring Carrie Rodriguez and Luke Jacobs
FRI, MAR 25 | 8 pm PERFORMANCE SPACE $18 all audiences With her new release Lola, Austin-based Chicana singer/ songwriter Carrie Rodriguez realizes her dream of presenting her deeply personal take on Tex-Mex music. The fan-funded project, which features an all-star band that includes Bill Frisell, Viktor Krauss, and Raul Malo among others, pairs her rancherainspired original tunes sung in English and “Spanglish” alongside contemporary interpretations of songs by her favorite Mexican composers delivered in Spanish. The result is heartfelt music that evokes, in her own words, “the rich landscape of blended cultures that I call home.” Rodriguez and Luke Jacobs, both accomplished singers and multi-instrumentalists, bring their soulful sound to our intimate Performance Space—set up cabaret style with wine and beer service—with these stirring songs summoned from deep within.
“Fits together like honey and smoke in a warm but vibrant Texas breeze.”—ALLMUSIC CARRIE RODRIGUEZ Photo courtesy of the artist
Bedroom Community 10th Anniversary Tour
Valgeir Sigurðsson · Nico Muhly Sam Amidon · Ben Frost FRI, APR 1 | 8 pm LINCOLN THEATRE 769 EAST LONG STREET $18.50 members $22.50 general public $13.50 students (each ticket includes $1.50 CAPA preservation fee)
In 2006, visionary Icelandic composer Valgeir Sigurðsson, acclaimed American composer Nico Muhly, and Australian electronic artist Ben Frost launched the arts collective and record label Bedroom Community. Later adding American neo-folk sensation Sam Amidon to the roster, the tight-knit group orbits around Greenhouse Studios—an inconspicuous building on the outskirts of Reykjavík, where
they meet, collaborate, and record their own work, as well as lend their talents to projects by Damon Albarn, Björk, Bonnie “Prince” Billy, Sigur Rós, and many others. For its 10th anniversary Whale Watching Tour, the collective brings its adventurous music to you. In true Bedroom Community fashion, all of the artists will contribute to each other’s music on stage, with the set flowing between Muhly’s intricate
“The influential Bedroom Community label: a lightning rod at the juncture where the ambition of classical music meets the aesthetics of indie music.”—PITCHFORK
modern chamber music compositions, Sigurðsson’s precise electroacoustic pieces, Frost’s haunting soundscapes, and Amidon’s delightful future-folk songs. Nadia Sirota (viola), Una Sveinbjarnardóttir (violin), Borgar Magnason (doublebass), and Helgi Hrafn Jónsson (trombone and vocals) join them on stage, making for a unique gathering of important international players converging right here in Columbus.
BEDROOM COMMUNITY Left to right: Sam Amidon, Ben Frost, Valgeir Sigurðsson, and Nico Muhly Photo courtesy of Bedroom Community
onStage Faye Driscoll Thank You for Coming: Attendance THU–SAT, APR 14–16 | 8 pm SUN, APR 17 | 2 pm
Choreographer Faye Driscoll’s witty and charming Thank You for Coming: Attendance is designed to draw you ever deeper into its vortex. Performers pass through perpetually morphing states of physical entanglement and madcap scenes of distorted familiarity, with Driscoll’s choreography building new bodies, new stories, and new ways of reimagining group experience. Staged in the round, the work presents a heightened sense of observation, invitation, and interdependence that is a joy to join in as it unfolds around you.
PERFORMANCE SPACE $17 members $20 general public $10 students All tickets held at the Patron Services Desk for pick up night of show
“Driscoll is fascinating in that she makes such utterly original work. It doesn’t look like anything you’ve ever seen before, nor can you imagine thinking it up.” —NEW YORK TIMES
The first installment in Driscoll’s projected Thank You for Coming trilogy aims to open up new relationships between performers and their audiences. This begins with greeting you in person when you pick up your tickets and continues in fresh and fun ways throughout the performance. One of the breakout hits of the New York dance season last year, Attendance will leave you “never quite knowing what you’ll encounter, where you’ll end up,” in a dance experience the Brooklyn Rail called “exhilarating, uninhibited, and adventurous.” Major support for this event is provided by Cardinal Health Foundation. The Wexner Center for the Arts is a NPN Partner of the National Performance Network (NPN). This project is made possible in part by support from the NPN Performance Residency Program. Major contributors of NPN include the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation, Ford Foundation, the National Endowment for the Arts (a federal agency), the MetLife Foundation, and the Nathan Cummings Foundation.
TICKETS.WEXARTS.ORG
The Wex’s online ticketing platform is easy and convenient to use, and you can even print your tickets at home whenever you like. TICKETS FOR OFF-SITE EVENTS
General public tickets for events at Capitol Theatre and Lincoln Theatre are available online through Ticketmaster.com, in person at Ticketmaster outlets, from the CAPA Ticket Office at 39 East State Street or by calling (614) 469-0939, and at the venue on the night of the show.
FAYE DRISCOLL Thank You for Coming: Attendance Photo: Maria Baranova
Wexner Center member tickets are available online through Ticketmaster.com (watch your email for a member price purchase code), from the Wexner Center Patron Services Desk in person or by phone at (614) 292-3535 until 10 days before the event with member ID, and at the venue on the night of the show with member ID. Student tickets are available with a valid student ID at Ticketmaster outlets and at the venue on the night of the show. ACCESSIBILITY
MAJOR SEASON SUPPORT FOR PERFORMING ARTS
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Please contact houseweb@wexarts.org with questions about accessibility and ADA-related accommodations for any event. N O L AT E S E AT I N G
Late seating is not permitted at select dance and theater events. Please check event listings on wexarts.org for details.
onScreen RETROSPECTIVE:
WHIT STILLMAN With the critical success of his first feature, Metropolitan, in 1990, Whit Stillman quickly became an art-house favorite, garnering an Academy Award nomination for Best Screenplay and Independent Spirit Award for Best Feature. Along with Barcelona (1994) and The Last Days of Disco (1998), Stillman created a trilogy that cemented his reputation as an astute observer of social structure and chronicler of the lives and concerns of the UHB (or “upper haute bourgeoisie,” as coined in Metropolitan). With the recent rerelease of Metropolitan and on the occasion of his new Jane Austen adaptation Love & Friendship, we present this retrospective of one of the key figures in the American independent film movement since the early Sundance era.
Metropolitan (1990) FRI, MAR 4 | 7 pm
whit stillman in person A group of rich preppies gathers in New York for debutante ball season during their first winter break from college. The group’s dynamic is stirred with the introduction of middle-class Tom (Edward Clements), who questions their decadent, aimless way of life structured around parties, bridge, and booze-fueled discussions about social mobility. Costarring Chris Eigeman, Taylor Nichols, and Carolyn Farina. (98 mins., DCP)
The Last Days of Disco (1998)
Damsels in Distress (2011)
SAT, MAR 5 | 4 pm
FRI, MAR 11 | 7 pm
Recent college grads Alice (Chloë Sevigny) and Charlotte (Kate Beckinsale) temper low-level publishing jobs with frequent excursions into the New York nightclub scene of the early 1980s. Stillman’s trademark wit is in abundance as the two women navigate friendship, romance, and the status markers that suggest their respective paths. Costarring Chris Eigeman, Mackenzie Astin, and Robert Sean Leonard. (116 mins., 35mm)
Determined do-gooder Violet (Greta Gerwig) leads her girlfriends in a quest to improve campus life at eastern Seven Oaks College—and by extension, the world. What starts with managing the campus suicide prevention center turns into a series of offbeat enterprises, including dating inferior men to boost their confidence and launching the next international dance sensation. (99 mins., 35mm)
TOP DAMSELS IN DISTRESS Image courtesy of Sony Pictures Classics BOTTOM LOVE AND FRIENDSHIP Image courtesy Amazon Studios and Roadside Attractions INSET FROM LEFT METROPOLITAN Image courtesy of New Line Cinema THE LAST DAYS OF DISCO Image courtesy of Warner Bros. DAMSELS IN DISTRESS Image courtesy of Sony Pictures Classics BARCELONA Image courtesy of Warner Bros.
Barcelona (1994) SAT, MAR 19 | 7 pm Salesman Ted (Taylor Nichols) and naval officer Fred (Chris Eigeman) meet up in the Catalonian capital during the final years of the Cold War. The cousins, who have enjoyed a volatile history with one another, pursue relationships with various women while coping with antiAmerican sentiment among locals uneasy with Spain’s preparations to accede to NATO. (101 mins., 35mm)
FILM/VIDEO FREE SNEAK PREVIEW only for Wex Members and Ohio State Students Love & Friendship (2016) SAT, MAR 5 | 7 pm
whit stillman in person
FREE members and Ohio State students (tickets required)
“A supremely elegant and delicately filigreed adaptation.”—VARIETY Fresh off its Sundance Film Festival debut, Love & Friendship is Stillman’s long-awaited adaptation of Jane Austen’s subversive early novella Lady Susan. Kate Beckinsale stars as the unscrupulous Lady Susan Vernon, who deftly navigates British high society while trying to arrange marriages for herself and her daughter with the help of scheming American exile Alicia Johnson (Chloë Sevigny). Early reviews are praising the film’s meticulous period detail and whip-smart delivery of Austen’s dialogue, with Variety calling Beckinsale’s performance “irresistibly devious.” (92 mins., DCP) special ticketing: Beginning February 26 at 10 am and while supplies last, members can reserve tickets for this free event online at tickets.wexarts.org, by phone at (614) 292-3535, or in person at the Wex (limit two per member, please bring member ID). Student tickets available at the Patron Services Desk (limit one per student with BuckID). Not a member? Visit wexarts.org/join.
TICKET INFO
$6 members, students, senior citizens $8 general public $3 children under 12 Film/Video tickets are on sale at tickets.wexarts.org and the Patron Services Desk on the entrance level of the building. In-person ticket sales continue until a half-hour after show times or until the start of the second film of double features. SCREENINGS
All events are in the Film/Video Theater, unless otherwise indicated. Non-English language films have English subtitles, unless otherwise indicated. All programs are subject to change. SEASON SUPPORT FOR FILM/VIDEO
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Super Sunday: Trash to Treasure with MINT
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Noah Purifoy: Junk Dada
Galleries and Mershon Lobby noon–4 pm
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Experimental Treasures from the Academy Film Archive introduced by Mark Toscano Film/Video Theater | 7 pm
PA DANCE
Company Wang Ramirez Monchichi
Capitol Theatre at the Riffe Center | 8 pm 77 South High Street
8 PP ARTIST’S TALK
Jill Magid
Film/Video Theater | 4:30 pm
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Colliding Dreams Oren Rudavsky in person Film/Video Theater | 1 pm
The Box MARCH
Gabriel Mascaro The Adventures of Paulo Bruscky APRIL
Melissa Vogley-Woods Boxed
Store Perk up your personal style with fresh picks for spring from the Wexner Center Store: from brightly colored Alessi wristwatches that’ll keep you on time, fun-but-functional wallets from mywalit that’ll keep you organized, to cheery patterned stationery that’ll help you keep in touch. Members receive discounts in store and online at store.wexarts.org. Your purchases help support all the Wexner Center’s programs.
29 GALLERIES, STORE, AND HEIRLOOM CAFÉ OPEN UNTIL 7 PM FV SPECIAL EVENTS
Banff Mountain Film Festival
Film/Video Theater | 7 pm SOLD OUT!
Heirloom Café Enjoy the fresh taste of spring with Heirloom’s salads and wraps, featuring locally grown vegetables and herbs, along with their all-day breakfast fare, sandwiches, baked goods, and more. Come early for dinner and drinks prior to enjoying the Banff Mountain Film Festival as Heirloom will stay open until 7 pm March 29–30.
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Noah Purifoy: Junk Dada
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Faye Driscoll Thank You for Coming: Attendance Performance Space | 2 pm
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No Home Movie
Film/Video Theater | 7 pm
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Experimental Treasures from the Academy Film Archive introduced by Mark Toscano Film/Video Theater | 7 pm
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Company Wang Ramirez Monchichi Capitol Theatre at the Riffe Center | 8 pm
FV/PP OHIO SHORTS AUGUST WINDS Image courtesy of FiGa Films
Entries due today at wexarts.org/ohioshorts
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Fri 4
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Harlan County USA Barbara Kopple in person
Metropolitan Whit Stillman in person
Film/Video Theater | 7 pm
Film/Video Theater | 7 pm
Sat 5
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The Last Days of Disco | 4 pm Love & Friendship | 7 pm Whit Stillman in person free sneak preview only for wex members and ohio state students! Film/Video Theater
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Censored Voices
Film/Video Theater | 7 pm
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Eva Hesse
Film/Video Theater | 7 pm
11 FV RETROSPECTIVE: WHIT STILLMAN
Damsels in Distress Film/Video Theater | 7 pm
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In Jackson Heights
Film/Video Theater | 7 pm PA JAZZ
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Off the Grid
VIP preparty | 8–9 pm General admission | 9 pm–1:30am Everywhere at the Wex
19 FV RETROSPECTIVE: WHIT STILLMAN
Barcelona Film/Video Theater | 7 pm
Guillermo Klein y Los Guachos Performance Space | 8 pm
25 FV CONTEMPORARY SCREEN
Cemetery of Splendor
Film/Video Theater | 7 pm
26 FV CONTEMPORARY SCREEN
Cemetery of Splendor
Film/Video Theater | 7 pm
PA MUSIC
Carrie Rodriguez The Sacred Heart Tour Performance Space | 8 pm
30 GALLERIES, STORE, AND HEIRLOOM CAFÉ OPEN UNTIL 7 PM FV SPECIAL EVENTS
31 FV GABRIEL MASCARO X 2
August Winds
Film/Video Theater | 7 pm
Banff Mountain Film Festival
1 PP COSPONSORED EVENT
THIS IS A TEST: Landscape as Site for Research Film/Video Theater | 9 am–5 pm
FV GABRIEL MASCARO X 2
Film/Video Theater | 7 pm SOLD OUT!
Neon Bull
Film/Video Theater | 7 pm PA MUSIC
Bedroom Community 10th Anniversary Tour
Lincoln Theatre | 8 pm 769 East Long Street
2 PP COSPONSORED EVENT
THIS IS A TEST: Landscape as Site for Research Knowlton Hall’s Gui Auditorium 9 am–5 pm 275 West Woodruff Avenue
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Omarthan Clarke
Dress for Success | 6 pm 1204 North High Street FV NEW DOCUMENTARY
Troublemakers: The Story of Land Art Film/Video Theater | 7 pm
6 FV DOUBLE VISIONS
Jia Zhangke: A Guy from Fenyang Film/Video Theater | 7 pm
13 FV DOUBLE VISIONS
I Don’t Belong Anywhere: The Cinema of Chantal Akerman
Film/Video Theater | 7 pm
7 FV VISITING FILMMAKERS
Bella Vista Vera Brunner-Sung in person
8 FV DOUBLE VISIONS
Mountains May Depart Film/Video Theater | 7 pm
9 FV CONTEMPORARY SCREEN
River of Fundament
Film/Video Theater | 1 pm
Film/Video Theater | 7 pm
14 FV DOUBLE VISIONS
Sembène! Black Girl
Film/Video Theater | 7 pm PA DANCE
Faye Driscoll Thank You for Coming: Attendance Performance Space | 8 pm
15 FV DOUBLE VISIONS
Sembène! Black Girl
Film/Video Theater | 7 pm PA DANCE
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Faye Driscoll Thank You for Coming: Attendance Performance Space | 8 pm
Faye Driscoll Thank You for Coming: Attendance Performance Space | 8 pm
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No Home Movie
Theory of Obscurity: A Film about The Residents
Film/Video Theater | 7 pm
Film/Video Theater | 7 pm
28 FV NEW DOCUMENTARY
Ingrid Bergman: In Her Own Words
Film/Video Theater | 7 pm
29 FV NEW DOCUMENTARY
Ingrid Bergman: In Her Own Words
Film/Video Theater | 7 pm
30 FV SPECIAL EVENTS
Ohio Shorts
Film/Video Theater | 7 pm
onScreen VISITING FILMMAKERS
Barbara Kopple in person Harlan County USA
Oren Rudavsky in person Colliding Dreams
Vera Brunner-Sung in person Bella Vista
WED, MAR 2 | 7 pm
SUN, MAR 6 | 1 pm
THU, APR 7 | 7 pm
Two-time Academy Award–winner Barbara Kopple returns to the Wex for a special presentation of her landmark documentary Harlan County USA. The film chronicles a 1973 coal miners’ strike in Kentucky and the fierce standoffs that ensued between the miners and strikebreakers, company thugs, and local police. Although it turns 40 this year, the film remains vital and gripping, as does its haunting country and bluegrass soundtrack featuring such legendary artists as Hazel Dickens and Merle Travis.
Colliding Dreams examines the history of perhaps the most controversial and relevant political ideology of our time: Zionism. Using rare archival footage and the voices of Jews and Palestinians living in the Middle East past and present, the filmmakers explore the Zionist dream of Jews for a homeland and the years of conflict that followed the 1917 Balfour Declaration and the 1948 founding of Israel—from the Nakba, the displacement of hundreds of thousands of Palestinians during the Independence War, and beyond. Codirector Oren Rudavsky joins us to introduce the film, which deftly captures the collision of ideas and desires among Jews, and between Jews and Palestinians, up until the present day. (135 mins., DCP)
Set against the stunning landscapes of Montana’s Big Sky country, the carefully observed Bella Vista follows the day-to-day life of Doris (Kathleen Wise), a college professor who teaches English to international students in Missoula. As her students seek out community and stability through their cohorts, Doris struggles to find connection in her otherwise-isolated environment. Director Brunner-Sung, assistant professor in Ohio State’s Department of Theatre, introduces the screening. (88 mins., HDCAM)
(Barbara Kopple, 1976)
Kopple will introduce the film. After the screening, she’ll be joined onstage by Appalachian singer David Morris, along with his son Jack Ballengee Morris, for a short performance of music created for the film’s original soundtrack. (103 mins., 35mm) This event is organized by The Appalachian Project, Ohio (a collaboration between Ohio State’s Center for Folklore Studies; Department of Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies; and Student Life’s Department of Social Change) and cosponsored by Ohio State’s Departments of Arts Administration, Education, and Policy; Comparative Studies; Film Studies; English; and the Barnett Center for Integrated Arts and Enterprise.
(Joseph Dorman and Oren Rudavsky, 2015)
This presentation of Colliding Dreams is supported by the Lenore Schottenstein and Community Arts Fund and the Adrienne and Sidney Chafetz Wexner Center for the Arts Endowment Fund of the Columbus Jewish Foundation. Cosponsored by the Melton Center for Jewish Studies, Wexner Center for the Arts, and the Columbus Jewish Film Festival.
(Vera Brunner-Sung, 2014)
BELLA VISTA Image courtesy of Slowtale
SPECIAL EVENTS
COLLIDING DREAMS Images courtesy of the filmmaker
HARLAN COUNTY USA Image courtesy of Janus Films
GABRIEL MASCARO X 2
Photo: Cedar Wright
Discover one of the most exciting new voices in international cinema during this spotlight on the young Brazilian filmmaker Gabriel Mascaro, whose bold documentaries were highlights of our 2014 series Cruzamentos: Contemporary Brazilian Documentary. These screenings showcase Mascaro’s exciting transition into narrative feature films, in conjunction with his ongoing residency in our Film/Video Studio Program and the US release of his latest film, Neon Bull. Mascaro’s short The Adventures of Paulo Bruscky (2010) also features this March in The Box, our free screening space for video.
Banff Mountain Film Festival TUE–WED, MAR 29–30 | 7 pm
sold out Wex members enjoy priority access to tickets. Join now at wexarts.org/join Each year, the Banff Mountain Film Festival presents the world’s most creative and inspiring outdoor adventure films. See award-winning showcases of snowboarding, skiing, mountain biking, climbing, BASE jumping, and other high-altitude experiences. (approx. 150 mins., video) Our galleries, store, and Heirloom Café will stay open until 7 pm both nights so you can grab dinner before the films. Visit wexarts. org closer to the event date for a detailed lineup for each evening. Cosponsored by Ohio State’s Department of Recreational Sports Outdoor Adventure Center.
Image courtesy of FiGa Films
Image courtesy of Memento Films International
August Winds (2014)
Neon Bull (2015)
THU, MAR 31 | 7 pm
FRI, APR 1 | 7 pm
Gabriel Mascaro’s debut narrative feature August Winds instantly announced him as one of the most exquisite chroniclers of ineffable moments of sensuality, beauty, and longing. A city girl is forced to live in a remote seaside town to care for her elderly grandmother and work at a coconut plantation. The sleepy natural splendors there are disrupted when a body washes ashore, and the ebb and flow of the waters and the titular winds reveal cycles of death, decay, and new life. (77 mins., DCP) EVENT SUPPORT
ADRIENNE AND SIDNEY CHAFETZ WEXNER CENTER FOR THE ARTS ENDOWMENT FUND OF THE COLUMBUS JEWISH FOUNDATION LENORE SCHOTTENSTEIN AND COMMUNIT Y ARTS FUND OF THE COLUMBUS JEWISH FOUNDATION
“Lyrically involving and deeply sensual, Neon Bull showcases a full-bodied artist in command of his form.”—INDIEWIRE Winning prestigious festival prizes at Venice, Toronto, Rio, and Warsaw, Neon Bull further refines Mascaro’s examinations of how characters’ desires are formed by—and rebel against— natural environments. Diego García’s beautiful, memorable cinematography brings all of the tumultuous desire and repression out of the natural landscape and its inhabitants, including Iremar, a handsome cowboy in the rural, arid backlands of the Brazilian northeast with dreams of becoming a fashion designer. The result is a surprising, erotic, and loving portrait of changing 21st-century masculinity. (101 mins., DCP)
Ohio Shorts SAT, APR 30 | 7 pm RECEPTION FOLLOWS Celebrate the vibrant culture of local filmmaking with our annual festival of Ohio-made short films. All entries are produced in the Buckeye State and span documentary, animation, dramatic narrative, and everything in-between. The festival includes jury- and audienceawarded cash prizes, which will be announced at a public reception in our lower lobby following the screening. The reception features a free Dirty Franks hot dog bar (complete with vegan and glutenfree options, tater tots, and more) and a cash bar for you to enjoy.
DOUBLE DOUBLEVISIONS VISIONS
Encounter the work of three vital international filmmakers through their most recent film or the latest restoration of their work—plus an acclaimed documentary look at their careers.
Jia Zhangke Jia Zhangke: A Guy from Fenyang (Walter Salles, 2015)
WED, APR 6 | 7 pm Enjoy an intimate, arresting walk down memory lane, as Academy Award–nominee Walter Salles has renowned Chinese filmmaker Jia Zhangke revisit his hometown and other locations that feature prominently in his filmmaking. Along the way they encounter Jia’s family, friends, and former colleagues, providing not only an affectionate tribute to the artist but an exploration of his themes about the everyday effects of social, political, and economic change on ordinary people. (98 mins., DCP)
Chantal Akerman I Don’t Belong Anywhere: The Cinema of Chantal Akerman (Marianne Lambert, 2015)
WED, APR 13 | 7 pm Best known for her masterpiece Jeanne Dielman (1975) and her uncompromisingly formal and feminist approach to filmmaking, Chantal Akerman (1950–2015) produced a distinctive 2016has intrigued and confounded body of work that audiences around the globe. This documentary by Akerman’s longtime colleague portrays the artist as a nomad in search of an emotional home, focusing on her aimlessness after the death of her mother, a relationship explored at length in No Home Movie. (115 mins., DCP)
No Home Movie (Chantal Akerman, 2015)
TUE–WED, APR 19–20 | 7 pm Chantal Akerman’s final film, which premiered mere weeks before her death, is one of her most intimate and personal. Akerman’s mother, a Holocaust survivor who raised a family in Brussels, has always been central to her daughter’s work. No Home Movie is a portrait by Akerman the daughter of Akerman the mother in the last years of the latter’s life. The result is a rigorous and fitting farewell from this troubling, demanding, and essential artist. (115 mins., DCP)
Jia Zhangke Mountains May Depart (Jia Zhangke, 2015)
FRI, APR 8 | 7 pm
“Jia is modern cinema’s greatest poet of drift and the uncanny, slowmotion feeling of massive and inexorable change.”—NEW YORK FILM FESTIVAL A new film from Jia Zhangke is always an event. Mountains May Depart sees him working on his most ambitious scale yet in this penetrating dissection of modern China that takes place over two continents and three time periods. A young woman (played by Jia’s muse Zhao Tao) chooses to marry a wealthy capitalist over a coal miner, leading to a broken family’s quest for a success that remains heartbreakingly out of reach. (125 mins., DCP)
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MARCH Gabriel Mascaro
The Adventures of Paulo Bruscky (2010) Award-winning Brazilian filmmaker and current Film/Video Studio residency artist Gabriel Mascaro plays himself in The Adventures of Paulo Bruscky. In this short work, he agrees to document the virtual world of Second Life as explored by the very real Brazilian visual artist Paulo Bruscky, a major figure in the international mail art movement known for working with innovative techniques and materials. Along the way, Bruscky discusses his life and work and the possibilities of this new technology. (20 mins., video)
Ousmane Sembène Sembène!
(Samba Gadjigo and Jason Silverman, 2015)
Black Girl
(Ousmane Sembène, 1966)
NEW RESTORATION!
THU–FRI, APR 14–15 | 7 pm
“Whether it’s DeMille, Hitchcock, the Senegalese filmmaker Sembène… we’re all walking in their footsteps every day.”—MARTIN SCORSESE Though the son of a fisherman and fifth-grade dropout, trailblazing filmmaker and novelist Ousmane Sembène (1923–2007) is generally considered the “father of African cinema.” Using rare archival footage and exclusive materials, Samba Gadjigo, the man who knew Sembène best, tells the story of one of the most monumental filmmakers of our time. (86 mins., DCP) A young woman leaves Senegal to live out her dreams in France, only to become gradually deadened by her work as a nanny. Sembène’s first film, Black Girl, remains one of the most significant achievements in film history. The great film critic Manny Farber declared it “a perfect short story that is unlike anything in the film library.” (65 mins., DCP)
Photo: Christian Faur
APRIL Melissa Vogley-Woods Boxed (2016)
Columbus artist Melissa Vogley-Woods jumps feet first into The Box with a new work commissioned for the space. A continuation of Polychrome Suite, a series of performative videos set in exhibition spaces that explore the influence of the body on space and institutions, Boxed inverts the scale of the iconic architecture of the Wexner Center in relation to the human body in a playful and thought-provoking manner. Vogley-Woods’s work was featured in last year’s Ohio Shorts, our annual celebration of local filmmaking. Join us for this year’s event on April 30 at 7 pm. (work in progress, video)
FROM TOP MOUNTAINS MAY DEPART Image courtesy of Kino Lorber JIA ZHANGKE: A GUY FROM FENYANG Image courtesy of Kino Lorber MOUNTAINS MAY DEPART Image courtesy of Kino Lorber
I DON’T BELONG ANYWHERE: THE CINEMA OF CHANTAL AKERMAN Image courtesy of Icarus Films BLACK GIRL Image courtesy of Janus Films
onScreen NEW DOCUMENTARY Censored Voices
Theory of Obscurity: A Film about The Residents
(Mor Loushy, 2015)
WED, MAR 9 | 7 pm The Six-Day War of 1967 ended with a conclusive victory for Israeli military forces against Egypt, Syria, and Jordan. Yet Avraham Shapira and Amos Oz’s interviews with Israeli soldiers returning from the battlefield painted anything but a glorious portrait of war. Censored for nearly five decades, these recordings are brought to light in this compelling new documentary, capturing the contemporary reactions of living soldiers to their past testimony about leaving the arena of war. (87 mins., DCP) Support for this screening provided by the Adrienne and Sidney Chafetz Wexner Center for the Arts Endowment Fund of the Columbus Jewish Foundation.
Eva Hesse
(Marcie Begleiter, 2015)
THU, MAR 10 | 7 pm Although her life was cut short by cancer in 1970, acclaimed artist Eva Hesse battled through anxiety and loss to become one of the most influential artists of her generation. Brought to America from Nazi Germany at the age of two, Hesse helped to establish the postminimalist movement through her pioneering use of unconventional materials such as latex and fiberglass. This moving new documentary portrait relies heavily on her voluminous journals, many of which are archived at Oberlin College, as well as archival and contemporary interviews with such artists as Richard Serra, Sylvia Plimack Mangold, and Dan Graham. (108 mins., DCP)
(Don Hardy, Jr., 2015)
SAT, APR 23 | 7 pm
In Jackson Heights
(Frederick Wiseman, 2015)
FRI, MAR 18 | 7 pm An incisive chronicler of American cultural and social institutions, Wex favorite Frederick Wiseman’s latest award-winning documentary examines one of New York City’s most racially, ethnically, and culturally diverse neighborhoods. As the community deals with the inevitable onslaught of economic “development,” Wiseman nimbly moves among local support groups and classrooms to create a lively, vast, and dynamic mosaic of New York—and America—as it looks and sounds in 2015. (190 mins., DCP)
Troublemakers: The Story of Land Art (James Crump, 2015)
SAT, APR 2 | 7 pm
The Residents are the most famous anonymous rock stars in history, going from an underground San Francisco band to darlings of the music video era. This absorbing documentary does not lift the veil on the masked members’ identities, but it does provide the most comprehensive look at the band yet, including interviews with some of its ardent fans: Matt Groening, Penn Jillette, Gary Panter, MoMA curator Barbara London, and musicians Jerry Harrison and Les Claypool. (87 mins., DCP)
Ingrid Bergman: In Her Own Words
(Stig Björkman, 2015)
Meticulously constructed out of interviews, photos, and footage of artists such as Walter De Maria, Michael Heizer, Nancy Holt, and Robert Smithson, Troublemakers rediscovers the New York–based land artists of the 1960s and 70s who sought to transcend the limitations of reproducible art by producing earthworks on a monumental scale in the American southwest. The film is a beautiful tribute to the artists who established this more-relevant-than-ever genre and stand in marked contrast to the hyperspeculative contemporary art world of today. (72 mins., DCP)
THU–FRI, APR 28–29 | 7 pm One of cinema’s most luminous and enchanting presences gets a worthy tribute that focuses more on Ingrid Bergman the woman and mother than a movie star. Orphaned at 13, drawn to acting, and then leaving it all behind for a new life with Roberto Rossellini, Ingrid Bergman’s electrifying journey is retold through her letters and diaries, the memories of her children, and the home movies that Bergman herself shot over the years. (114 mins., DCP) FROM TOP TROUBLEMAKERS: THE STORY OF LAND ART Pictured: Robert Smithson’s Spiral Jetty, 1970 First Run Features release Photo © David Maisel; art © Holt Smithson Foundation/Licensed by VAGA, New York. Courtesy Institute, Venice, CA
IN JACKSON HEIGHTS Image courtesy of Zipporah Films INGRID BERGMAN: IN HER OWN WORDS Image courtesy of Rialto Pictures EVA HESSE Image © Barbara Brown
CONTEMPORARY SCREEN
NEW FILMS BY MATTHEW BARNEY AND APICHATPONG WEERASETHAKUL
Image courtesy of Strand Releasing
Image courtesy of International Film Circuit
Cemetery of Splendor
River of Fundament
FRI–SAT, MAR 25–26 | 7 pm
SAT, APR 9 | 1 pm
(Apichatpong Weerasethakul, 2015)
“Few filmmakers this side of David Lynch are as adept as Apichatpong Weerasethakul when it comes to appropriating the language of dreams.”—VARIETY Wexner Center favorite and Artist Residency Award recipient Apichatpong Weerasethakul returns to his home in Thailand’s troubled northeastern region to follow a young medium and a middle-aged hospital volunteer as they investigate a case of mass sleeping sickness that may have supernatural roots. Cemetery of Splendor creates an inimitably sublime and subtly subversive tone that fuses the past and the present, the spiritual and the mundane, and dreams and reality. (122 mins., DCP)
(Matthew Barney, 2015)
Special ticket price $12 members, students, seniors $18 general public Loosely based on the 1983 Norman Mailer novel Ancient Evenings, Wex favorite Matthew Barney’s latest monumental achievement follows an ancient Egyptian protagonist who seeks reincarnation in the hope of achieving immortality. Three operatic acts filmed live in Los Angeles, Detroit, and New York intersect with an imagined dinner party wake for the author, set in a meticulous recreation of Mailer’s Brooklyn brownstone apartment and attended by luminaries of the literary and cultural scene. (319 mins. + two 20 min. intermissions; Act I: 115 mins.; Act II: 108 mins.; Act III: 96 mins., 4K DCP)
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JILL MAGID I Can Burn Your Face, 2008. Test neon 8 mm. Installation view at Yvonne Lambert, Paris.
ARTIST’S TALK
Jill Magid TUE, MAR 8 | 4:30 pm FILM/VIDEO THEATER FREE (no tickets required) American artist Jill Magid forms intimate relationships with systems of power—from police, military, and corporate organizations to CCTV surveillance technology. For Magid, power is not a remote condition to contest, but rather something to infiltrate and manipulate: drawing it closer, exploiting its loopholes, engaging it in dialogue, repeating its logic.
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THIS IS A TEST: Landscape as Site for Research
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Noah Purifoy: Junk Dada in the galleries
Cosponsored by Ohio State’s Art & Technology Student Organization and The Temporary Collective.
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Magid’s work has been featured in solo exhibitions at institutions around the world, including the Tate Modern, London; Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; and the Stedelijk Museum Bureau Amsterdam, and her works are included in the collections of the Whitney, Fundación Jumex Arte Contemporáneo, and the Walker Art Center, among others. Hear from this invigorating artist working at the intersection of politics and art.
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FILM/VIDEO THEATER
SAT, APR 2 | 9 am–5 pm KNOWLTON HALL’S GUI AUDITORIUM 275 WEST WOODRUFF AVE FREE (registration required at knowlton.osu.edu/TEST) During this two-day symposium, designers, scholars, and artists from around the world convene at Ohio State to discuss the role of experimentation in landscape architecture. These experiments draw from the methodology of agronomists, foresters, and horticulturists, as well as from contemporary artists. Collectively they highlight the status of today’s profession while celebrating the legacy of landscape architecture at our land grant institution, with its vital connections to agriculture and empirical research. Visit knowlton.osu.edu/TEST to register and for a complete list of speakers. Organized by Ohio State’s Knowlton School of Architecture. Cosponsored by the Graham Foundation, Ohio State’s College of Engineering, and the Wexner Center for the Arts.
ARTIST’S TALK
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Omarthan Clarke SAT, APR 2 | 6 pm DRESS FOR SUCCESS 1204 NORTH HIGH STREET FREE (no tickets required) LEAD SUPPORT
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Meet Omarthan Clarke, Ohio State graduate student, painter, and community educator at his Weinland Park–inspired mural located at the corner of High Street and Fifth Avenue on the Dress for Success building. Clarke was one of the local artistsin-residence who worked with the R.I.S.E. Youth Program as part of 2015’s Weinland Park Billboard Project. Cosponsored by the Short North Alliance.
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EXHIBITION-RELATED EVENT
Super Sunday: Trash to Treasure with MINT SUN, MAR 6 | noon–4 pm GALLERIES AND MERSHON LOBBY FREE for all audiences
Explore the concepts and techniques featured in Noah Purifoy: Junk Dada through a variety of fun, interactive activities for all ages—from brief gallery tours to hands-on creativity with local artists. New for this Super Sunday: an open-ended, collaborative art-making studio in Mershon Lobby featuring members of MINT, an emerging multidisciplinary artist’s collective. Bring the entire family to get a closer look at Purifoy’s inspiring sculptures and socially engaged career. All activities and gallery admission are free. See the onView pages for more about the exhibition. Visit mint-collective.org for more about MINT.
FOR TEACHERS
Pages
An Arts, Literacy, and Writing Program for High School Students APPLICATION DEADLINE: APRIL 15, 2016 Pages is an innovative multidisciplinary program that supports literacy and writing skills through the exploration of contemporary art, film, and performing arts. This free program pairs artists and educators from the Wexner Center with central Ohio high school teachers in planning writingbased, experiential learning opportunities for students. Our curriculum fully engages and supports new core state and national education standards, and bus subsidies are provided for all field trips. Applications for the 2016–17 school year are due by April 15, 2016. Interested applicants also have the option of previewing the program while receiving professional development credit. Visit wexpagesonline.edublogs.org to see the program in action or view the most recent Pages anthology, a beautiful compendium of our participants’ writing and visual art.
FOR TEENS
Art & Environment
A Course for High School Students APPLICATION DEADLINE: MAY 1, 2016 Blending extensive online study and diverse field-trip excursions, this course invites students grades 10–12 to learn about the intersection of art and environmental issues at Ohio State while earning credit through your own high school. Plus you’ll have the opportunity to exhibit your own environmentally informed art at the Wex. The course meets 3–5 pm most Wednesdays, August 24, 2016–January 4, 2017, and it’s free, with supplies provided along with transportation assistance. Students must be enrolled in 10th, 11th, or 12th grade in fall 2016. Visit wexartenvironment.wordpress.com for applications and additional information.
SUPER SUNDAY: FIBERFULL Photo: Brooke LaValley ART & ENVIRONMENT students enjoy diverse field-trip excursions Photos: Shelly Casto, Maria DiFranco, Marisa Espe 2015 PAGES OPEN MIC NIGHT Photo: Katie Spengler
For more information on Pages or the application process, contact Wex educator Dionne Custer Edwards at dcusteredwards@ wexarts.org or (614) 292-7008.
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Art & Environment
A Professional Online Course for Teachers CONTENT OPEN JUNE–AUG 2016 $75 course fee; Ohio State graduate credit available with additional fee Register now at tickets.wexarts.org. The Wexner Center’s Art & Environment onlineonly professional development course for teachers provides an in-depth introduction to Eco Art as well as a basic introduction to environmentalism. With 13+ years of experience teaching Eco Art directly to high school students, Wex Director of Education Shelly Casto has extensive materials and resources to share with teachers around the world. Teachers will leave the course with an online curriculum packet and an array of ideas from fellow participants. Designed primarily for K–12 art teachers, general classroom (grades K–5), humanities (6–12), and science teachers (6–12) exploring interdisciplinary connections will also find the course of interest. Teachers may schedule their time flexibly while content is available. Visit wexartenvironment.wordpress.com for more information.
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Visit wexarts.org/media for photos of recent event highlights, including the opening celebration of Noah Purifoy: Junk Dada and Yo La Tengo’s sold-out performance.
Your Wex
A Nod to Our Partners Kudos to Cardinal Health Chairman and CEO George Barrett, longtime supporter of the Wex and a host of other arts organizations around town, for the news that he’ll be receiving an Ohio Arts Council Governor’s Award for Arts Patron. We are proud to have joined with colleagues at ProMusica Chamber Orchestra, Opera Columbus, CAPA, The Columbus Foundation, and the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum in nominating Barrett for this award, to be presented at a ceremony on May 18 (visit oac.ohio.gov for details). Congratulations as well to Wex partner Harmony Project Columbus, which will receive the Community Development and Participation award. And thank you to The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, which recently announced a two-year, $100,000 grant for our Film/Video Studio Program and residencies. On the heels of our celebration of the studio’s 25th anniversary, we are honored by this recognition from such a respected national funder. Read more Wex and arts-related news on wexarts.org/blog.
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Eco Art at Audubon Congratulations to Dempsey Ewan, a high school senior who was selected to create an eco-art project for the Grange Insurance Audubon Center! Ewan, who is homeschooled and attends Fort Hayes Career Center, is working with a professional mentor (local artist Sam Meador, an MFA candidate at Columbus College of Art & Design) to realize this project, which will be unveiled at a public reception in May and on view at the Audubon center for two years. The project is an outgrowth of our Art & Environment course for area high school students. Donors contributing to our power2give crowdfunding campaign were eligible to vote for a student in the course, based on work on view at the Wex in the exhibition Interventions: Students Respond to the Environment. Ewan says that her work in the show (using photography, acrylic paint, and found objects) explored how our behavior “as consumers ultimately affects our earth and the footprint we leave behind.” Big thanks to the nearly 80 power2give donors whose contributions are supporting this project, as well as to Greater Columbus Arts Council for facilitating and to Puffin Foundation West for matching every dollar! Please join us in May at the Audubon Center to celebrate the installation of the newly commissioned work. Check wexarts.org for event details this spring. THIS PAGE FROM TOP YO LA TENGO Photo: Brooke LaValley NOAH PURIFOY: JUNK DADA EXHIBITION PREVIEW Photos: Brooke LaValley ECO ART AT AUDUBON Winning artist Dempsey Ewan with her work Tread Lightly, 2015. Photo: A.J. Zanyk.
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Wexner Center Foundation Leslie H. Wexner Chair Michael V. Drake, MD Vice Chair Bill Lambert President Trustees David M. Aronowitz Jeni Britton Bauer Shelley Bird Michael J. Canter Adam Flatto Sherri Geldin Ann Gilbert Getty Michael Glimcher Elizabeth P. Kessler C. Robert Kidder Nancy Kramer James E. Kunk Mark D. Kvamme James Lyski Ronald A. Pizzuti Robert P. Powers Janet B. Reid, PhD Joyce Shenk Alex Shumate Abigail S. Wexner John F. Wolfe Ex Officio Peter L. Hahn Bruce A. Soll Bruce A. McPheron Mark E. Vannatta
Senior Programming Staff Sherri Geldin Director Jack Jackson Deputy Director Shelly Casto Director of Education Megan Cavanaugh Director of Exhibitions Management David Filipi Director of Film/Video Charles R. Helm Director of Performing Arts Bill Horrigan Curator at Large Jennifer Lange Curator of Film/Video Studio Program Calendar of Events Staff Erica Anderson Director of Creative Services Arthur Ryel-Lindsey Director of Marketing and Communications Brandon Ballog Senior Graphic Designer Kristen Grayewski Associate Editor Annie Jacobson Graduate Associate Sylke Krell Manger of Production Ryan Shafer Editor