Wide Open: 2005-2006 in Review

wide open 2005–2006 IN REVIEW

wexner center for the arts THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY

Contents

Director’s Message The Year in Pictures Wex Wide Open Exceptional Artistry Research and Education Outreach and Engagement What’s New—What’s Better Wexner Center Programs 2005–06 Thanks to You—Our Donors Wexner Center Staff

The Wexner Center glowed on the evenings of the Wex Wide Open reopening celebrations, October 29–30, 2005.

Director’s Message

Throughout the reopening season, trustees, staff, and volunteers nurtured the “wide open” spirit, seeking to ensure that the Wexner Center would always be welcoming and engaging to diverse communities. For example, after careful deliberation, we initiated a policy of free gallery admission for all visitors, beginning with the enormously popular Wex Wide Open House

The Wex… Wide Open

celebration on October 30. In addition, we’re partnering with corporate sponsors, university colleagues, and educational and cultural organizations around Columbus to introduce the center to new audiences.

Twelve months ago, red and white tenting

As part of The Ohio State University, the

swaddled the Wexner Center in a protective

center is deeply invested in our capacity to

cocoon. Hardhat crews swarmed through

support both research and education. Our artist

the scaffolding and trouped through the

residencies and commissions play an essential

halls. Meanwhile, visitors to Wexner Center

role in advancing contemporary culture, helping

exhibitions headed downtown to The Belmont

artists develop new work and push their ideas

Building, and film fans spent “a summer abroad,”

in new directions. Josiah McElheny’s sculpture

watching international movie classics in Mershon

An End to Modernity, Bebe Miller’s dance work

Auditorium. The center’s board and staff worked

Landing/Place, and SUPER VISION, the multilayered

feverishly, with all efforts focused on two paired

theater production by The Builders Association

goals: bringing three years of renovation to a

and dbox, all benefited from work space, financial

successful conclusion and devising reopening

and technical support, professional expertise, and

celebrations and ongoing programs that would

intellectual resources made available through

amply reward our members, friends, and patrons

the center and the university. At the same time,

for their patience and commitment.

our audiences—including Ohio State students—

Fall 2005 brought a groundswell of

continue to enjoy front row seats for the creative

exhilaration. The center was “Wex Wide Open” at

process across all artistic disciplines. The Box,

last, and with quite a flourish. From the Wexner

the center’s new exhibition space for video, also

Prize performance with Bill T. Jones to the Part

supports this part of our mission. Many of the

Object Part Sculpture exhibition to Candice Bergen’s

works shown in The Box were produced with

moving introduction of Louis Malle’s Au revoir

the assistance of the center’s Art & Tech studio,

les enfants, we celebrated the reunion of all the

a postproduction facility that accommodates a

arts under our newly designed and engineered

continuous stream of film- and videomakers from

roof. And those events were just the beginning

throughout the world. Allowing visitors to see the

of a season packed with outstanding premieres,

results of these artists’ efforts on a regular basis

previews, and presentations on view, on stage,

opens a window on a unique and once nearly

and on screen.

invisible program.

Arts patrons Leonard Nimoy (yes, that Leonard Nimoy) and Susan Bay-Nimoy toured the Wexner Center with Director Sherri Geldin in May. The Nimoys, founders of the Nimoy Foundation, recognize the center‘s unusual mix of multidisciplinary presentations and creative residencies for artists. “This is unlike anything we have in L.A.,” Bay-Nimoy told Dispatch reporter Bill Mayr.

Embracing our mission of education at

These and so many other remarkable

every level, from preschool to postgraduate to

endeavors are made possible by the generosity of

life-long learning, is a year-round priority for

individual donors, corporate sponsors, foundations,

the center. Our innovative education programs

and public and private agencies. Among the

like Art & Environment support teachers and

development highlights of the past year was

schools in attaining crucial benchmarks across

receiving the center’s third grant from the Nimoy

the curriculum. The pilot Pages program, another

Foundation, founded by arts patrons Leonard

initiative in 2005–06, offers high school students

Nimoy and Susan Bay-Nimoy, who share our

an integrated approach to developing writing and

commitment to providing support for individual

literacy skills while experiencing contemporary art,

artists. The center’s grant for 2006, the Nimoy

performance, and film.

Foundation’s largest this year, supports upcoming

Exceptional artistry is something our

residencies by artist Kerry James Marshall and

audiences expect to find at the Wexner Center

filmmaker Deborah Stratman. (Past grants from

every day. But we are equally dedicated to

the Nimoy Foundation have supported residencies

creating a hub of cultural debate, discussion,

by Zoe Leonard, Josiah McElheny, and Phil Collins.)

and discovery. This year the Director’s Dialogue

Another highlight is the selection of the

on Art and Social Change—a new annual event

Wexner Center and da da kamera to receive one

made possible in part by a lead endowment

of only 12 grants awarded nationwide through a

gift from an anonymous donor—enhanced our

pilot program of the Association of Performing

commitment to those programs that focus on the

Arts Presenters specifically targeted to encourage

intersections of contemporary art and social issues

the creation of new theatrical work. We are proud

encompassing gender, race, cultural identity, and

to have attracted the trust of these prestigious

the environment.

organizations and all the partners recognized later

The premiere screening of filmmaker Steven Bognar and Julia Reichert’s new documentary

in this publication.

It’s been a truly amazing year at the Wexner

A Lion in the House, a sensitive exploration of

Center, made even more memorable by the

childhood cancer, prompted a wide-ranging

participation of members, volunteers, colleagues,

panel discussion with distinguished medical

and friends from all around the world. This is

professionals and film participants. Performances

our opportunity to share a snapshot of what we

for school groups and families of Gale LaJoye’s

have experienced together. It comes to you with

silent yet deeply poignant Snowflake provided

my abiding thanks for your avid enthusiasm and

the occasion for a panel discussion on issues

generous support.

of homelessness raised in the play. Snowflake was presented as part of the center’s new International Performing Arts Series for Families, which (like the center’s ongoing Columbus International Children’s Film Festival) brings audiences of all ages fresh perspectives on the world we share, along with the sheer delight of outstanding arts and entertainment.

Sherri Geldin

June 2006

Wex Wide Open

In fall 2005, the Wexner Center was once again wide open...

Visitors explored the Part Object Part Sculpture exhibition and the Wexner Center’s freshly renovated galleries at the Wex Wide Open House during the reopening weekend. Artforum hailed the show as “a tour de force of selection and juxtaposition” and “a brilliant success.”

Members, special guests, and the Columbus community celebrated the Wexner Center’s reopening, and the reunion of all our programs under one roof, at a weekend of festivities in October 2005. Exhibition previews, architecture tours, “behind-thescenes” tours for members, and the 16th Anniversary Wexner Center Gala—a black-tie celebration honoring our major donors—were among the highlights of the reopening weekend.

Audiences were enthralled by the Wexner Prize Performance of As I Was Saying...An Evening of Dance, Text, and Music with Bill T. Jones and Friends. Visionary dancer/ choreographer Bill T. Jones received the Wexner Prize as part of the Wex Wide Open celebration. Leslie H. Wexner addressed guests at the festivities and presented the prize to Jones.

This institution was founded on the conviction that a democratic society thrives on free expression in all quarters, and that the intersection of the arts with science, humanities, and other academic disciplines would enrich the university experience for everyone, while enhancing the cultural community in Columbus and beyond. We believe that independent creative thinking in all fields is enhanced by opportunities for interdisciplinary interaction.

When the center opened, this idea was but a conjecture; over the last 16 years it has been affirmed.

Leslie H. Wexner Chair, Wexner Center Foundation Chairman, Limited Brands

In Mabou Mines DollHouse, the legendary theater company gave Ibsen’s proto-feminist classic a vanguard makeover with funhouse twists, visual magic, and barbed satire.

Renowned architect Peter Eisenman talked about his work and visited with students at a lecture in the building that helped launch his career. Eisenman created the Wexner Center‘s innovative design along with Richard Trott.

“When the Wexner Center opened on November 17, 1989, the building was hailed as a major cultural happening...since then it has helped turn Columbus into a cultural destination.”

—NEW YORK TIMES

Created by The Builders Association, a multimedia theater ensemble, and dbox, a digital imaging studio, SUPER VISION offered an amazing mix of sophisticated computer graphics and video effects, striking lighting and set design, electronic soundscapes, and sharp acting.

“If the definition of multidisciplinary is ‘a whole lot of things going on at the same time,’ then surely the Wexner Center for the Arts is a synonym.”

—BILL MAYR, COLUMBUS DISPATCH

Celebrated actress Candice Bergen shared memorable stories about film director Louis Malle, her late husband, with Media Arts Director Bill Horrigan and a packed house in Mershon Auditorium.

She introduced Au revoir les enfants, one of Malle’s most personal and moving films, as part of a month-long retrospective series.

Exceptional Artistry

Our programs are unique in our city and region, and unparalleled anywhere in the world.

Viewers discover rare treasures and beloved favorites in the Wexner Center’s classic film screenings. Last year they saw Jean Renoir’s The River, one of the most gorgeous color movies ever made, in a newly restored print, and Japanese director Mikio Naruse’s exquisite blackand-white Floating Clouds, in a series devoted to a filmmaker revered in his home country but barely familiar to American audiences.

Music fans of all persuasions value the center’s wideranging, forward-looking lineup. Jazz, art rock, neofolk, electronica, and world music are all in the mix. Who’s been here recently? The Bad Plus, Seu Jorge, Fiery Furnaces, Jeff Tweedy, Fe-Mail, Boris, Prefuse 73, and Miguel Zenón among many others.

Exhibitions at the center sparked visitors’ imaginations and won praise from critics. Dipytch introduced viewers to works by Jockum Nordström and Mindy Shapero, two artists who are attracting increasing attention in this country and abroad. The New Yorker called Extreme Textiles, “thrilling...quick

to stoke imagination and amazement.“ Part Object Part Sculpture “bristles with ideas and energy,” a Cleveland Plain Dealer critic wrote. The film installations of acclaimed South African artist William Kentridge’s 7 Fragments for Georges Méliès meshed perfectly with the Wexner Center’s multidisciplinary programs.

Film enthusiasts come to the center for conversations with filmmakers and the latest works by major international filmmakers.

Independent producer Christine Vachon discussed her recent and upcoming projects with Media Arts Director Bill Horrigan as part of a retrospective series.

Hong Sang-soo’s Tale of Cinema and Gus Van Sant’s Manderlay had their first—and only—area presentations here.

Audiences at Secret Cinema take a chance on an unannounced feature and discover the pleasures of rarely shown classics or new films that haven’t been seen in Columbus. Michael

Winterbottom’s 9 Songs was one of the films shown this year. Alive newspaper, a Columbus weekly, called Secret Cinema the city’s “Best Surprise Package.”

Japanese dance theater ensemble Pappa Tarahumara creates captivating, atmospheric spectacles in entrancing shows such as Ship in a View.

The Wexner Center joined forces with BalletMet Columbus to promote the show to local dance fans, as part of a long-standing marketing partnership that encourages each organization’s patrons to sample the other’s programs.

“Everything a big city contemporary arts center should be: thought-provoking, daring and cool.…

This is the kind of place you could take your date to every week and never be bored.“ —AMBER STEPHENS AND JENNIFER POLEON, KISSING IN COLUMBUS

Theater fans in Columbus were the first anywhere to see A Beautiful View, a creative look at a modern love from Toronto-based da da kamera. A Wexner Center residency in 2001 launched work on the piece; artistic director Daniel MacIvor and his colleagues put on the finishing touches during another residency leading up to the work’s premiere.

Cynthia Hopkins belts outs the tunes like a young Patsy Cline in her Obiewinning autobiographical performance Accidental Nostalgia: An Operetta About the Pros and Cons of Amnesia.

Bebe Miller’s Landing/ Place (above), Mabou Mines DollHouse, The Bad Plus jazz concert, and the Wexner Prize performance of Bill T. Jones‘s As I Was Saying…. were all cited as among the best performing arts events of 2005 by the Columbus Dispatch.

Rachid Ouramdane, a French born choreographer of Algerian descent and a leader among younger European dance thinkers and performers, brought Les morts pudiques, his signature solo, to the center. Columbus Dispatch critic Barbara Zuck called the piece “mesmerizing, powerful, enigmatic...It’s Hamlet’s soliloquy for the 21st century.”

Research and Education

Wexner Center residencies give artists access to resources and expertise at Ohio State, supporting the artist’s own creative research and offering our audiences revealing insights into the creative process. David Weinberg (right), a professor of astronomy at Ohio State, consulted with artist Josiah McElheny on An End to Modernity (cover), which translates scientific theories of the Big Bang into a chandelier-like glass sculpture and an accompanying film. The two discussed their work together during the Part Object Part Sculpture symposium.

President Karen A. Holbrook participated in a panel discussion in association with The Gender Chip Project at the Wexner Center.

Essential research in the arts comes out of the Wexner Center’s creative laboratory, while education for all ages is integral to everything we do.

The Wexner Center for the Arts is one of Ohio State’s major assets. We have committed ourselves to providing distinctive educational experiences and opportunities for our students, to investing in cuttingedge interdisciplinary research for short- and long-term societal benefits, and to pursuing a variety of outreach and engagement initiatives that connect Ohio State’s areas of academic excellence with community needs and objectives. As a hub of cultural experimentation, a haven for free expression, and a crossroads where diversity is the norm rather than the exception, the Wexner Center perfectly exemplifies the university’s fundamental values.

Karen A. Holbrook Vice Chair, Wexner Center Foundation President, The Ohio State University

SUPER VISION was launched with a creative residency jointly sponsored by the Wexner Center and Ohio State’s Advanced Computing Center for the Arts and Design (ACCAD). The Builders Association and dbox utilized the motion-capture studio at ACCAD to realize the multilayered digital imagery for the theater spectacle.

High School students in the Art & Environment course visited the Wexner Center, Ohio State science labs, and the city’s waste facility— then created artworks that reflected their own perspectives on such issues as global warming and recycling.

Center audiences, including Ohio State students, have many opportunities to interact with artists, critics, and scholars. Wexner Prize winner Bill T. Jones spoke candidly to students about his experiences as a dancer and choreographer.

Dutch designer Petra Blaisse discussed her work and answered questions in the 2006 Glimcher Lecture. Famed critic

and philosopher Arthur Danto signed books after talking about artist William Kentridge in the 2006 Lambert Family Lecture. He also joined Chief Curator Helen Molesworth in a community forum titled “Everything You Wanted to Know About Contemporary Art But Were Afraid to Ask� at the Columbus Metropolitan Club.

A distinguished roster of art historians, artists, and critics gathered for a symposium presented in conjunction with the Part Object Part Sculpture exhibition. Ohio State scholars joined international colleagues in the audience and on stage.

All speakers gathered with Chief Curator of Exhibitions Helen Molesworth (center) for the concluding session of the two-day event.

Education staff collaborate with teachers to make sure our school programs help students meet key curriculum benchmarks.

We also support teachers in their own professional development. At the Teaching Architecture workshop, teachers explored ways to develop interdisciplinary connections from the concepts of architecture and design. Students in the Pages project learned about and wrote about carnival arts in a session developed with Ohio State’s theater department.

“In the Pages project, many of my students were exposed to the ‘world’ of visual art for the first time....

It’s one of the most valuable programs that Columbus Public Schools could have right now.”

—REBEKAH REEVES, TEACHER, AFRICENTRIC ALTERNATIVE SCHOOL

Outreach and Engagement

What are some of the challenges that women face when entering the traditionally maledominated fields of science, technology, mathematics, and engineering? The premiere of Helen De Michiel’s documentary The Gender Chip Project (commissioned by the Wexner Center and set at

The Wexner Center strives to be a hub of cultural debate, discussion, and discovery for diverse audiences.

Ohio State) provided the occasion for two panel discussions of these topics, as part of the inaugural Director’s Dialogue on Art and Social Change.

Ohio State students who participated in the film took part in a panel especially for middle school, high school, and college students.

The Wexner Center is a forum where audiences and artists like can examine such crucial topics as race, gender, education, health-care, globalization, and the environment. Eve Ensler’s The Good Body—the playwright, performer, and activist’s followup to The Vagina Monologues— sparked dialogue about identity and self-image among

women. Filmmakers Steven Bognar and Julia Reichert’s powerful documentary A Lion in the House offered a deeply moving examination of families facing childhood cancer. A discussion with the filmmakers and health-care professionals was filmed and broadcast by WOSU.TV.

“Such a site is rare in this country, and it’s the only one of its kind at a major research university. For central Ohioans unfamiliar with this fascinating place, this would be the time to visit.”

El Carro (The Car) from Colombia was shown as part of the ongoing Cinema Tropical film series, which gives Columbus audiences access to many of Latin America’s most exciting new cinematic voices and movements.

—COLUMBUS DISPATCH

Annual presentations of films from the Baseball Hall of Fame are entertaining and informative for film fans and sports fans alike, and help introduce new audiences to the center.

Workingman’s Death— Austrian filmmaker Michael Glawogger’s examination of six of the world’s most dangerous and grueling occupations— offered viewers a thoughtprovoking study of labor, globalization, and heroism.

Audiences of all ages and backgrounds discover and explore the arts and their own creativity at the Wexner Center. Opportunities for children and teenagers in 2005–06 included one- and two-week summer courses, after-school and weekend workshops, and drop-in activities for families.

An Art after Hours party in Columbus’s Short North neighborhood took the energy and message of the Wexner Center into the community. Media arts residency artist Phil Collins (right) chatted with guests at the event.

At the Columbus International Children’s Film Festival families discovered classics and new films from around the globe. Young fans chatted with Chris Strompolos (right) and Eric Zala, who made a homemade adaptation of Raiders of the Lost Ark as teenagers.

What’s New— What’s Better

Key components of the Wexner Center’s renovation were the redesign and replacement of the skylight and glass curtain wall along the galleries and upgrades to the entire HVAC system.

These improvements significantly enhance light,

The changes don’t stop with the gallery walls.

temperature, and humidity controls to meet the highest current museum standards while preserving the architectural integrity of the building and restoring the original luminosity of the galleries.

A system of digital and video signage has replaced more traditional signs in the Wexner Center’s lobby. The system features promotions for upcoming events and donor recognition, as well as directories of current programs. In-kind gifts from Verizon Business and Mills James Productions make the signage system possible.

The Wexner Center Store has a fresh mix of merchandise and a completely redesigned space, creating an even more popular destination for art lovers and avid shoppers.

In the Film/Video Theater, the renovation brought comfy new seats and a reconfigured layout that puts seats in all the best viewing spots. Updates and upgrades to the projection and sound equipment make this one of the best screening rooms in the region.

The Box is a new exhibition space and screening room for video. Created as part of the renovations, The Box brings viewers works by a wide range of contemporary media artists. The programs often highlight projects by artists who have worked in the center’s Art & Tech studio.

The Wexner Center launched a redesigned and updated web site to coincide with the Wex Wide Open celebrations.

The site, developed by Resource Interactive as an in-kind gift to the center, is easier to navigate, more visually appealing, and more adaptable to a frequently changing mix of information.

Exhibitions

Vanishing Point May 21–August 14, 2005 Wexner Center Galleries at The Belmont Building Catalogue published by the Wexner Center.

Part Object Part Sculpture October 30, 2005–February 26, 2006 Wexner Center Galleries This exhibition included Josiah McElheny’s An End to Modernity and Conceptual drawings for a chandelier, projects commissioned by the Wexner Center. Josiah McElheny was a Wexner Center Residency Award recipient for 2004–05 and 2005–06.

Catalogue copublished by Penn State University Press. Notes for a Sculpture and a Film, by Josiah McElheny, published by the Wexner Center.

Monique van Genderen: Within the same breath...

October 2005–July 2006 Wexner Center Lower Level

Education and Public Programs EXHIBITIONS ON TOUR

SCHOOL PROGRAMS

Landscape Confection July 23–September 11, 2005 Contemporary Arts Museum Houston Houston, Texas

Tours for school groups

February 5–May 7, 2006 Orange County Museum of Art Newport Beach, California

Art & Environment

Phil Collins: They Shoot Horses September 9–November 15, 2005 Tyler School of Art / Temple Gallery Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (as part of phil collins: assume freedom)

January 24–April 14, 2006 University Art Museum California State University Long Beach Long Beach, California (as part of phil collins: assume freedom)

Diptych: Jockum Nordstrom and Mindy Shapero April 7–August 6, 2006 Wexner Center Galleries Catalogue brochure published by the Wexner Center.

Extreme Textiles: Designing for High Performance April 7–August 6, 2006 Wexner Center Galleries Organized by Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum, Smithsonian Institution. The exhibition was made possible by Target. Generous support was provided by Maharam. Additional funding was provided by The Coby Foundation, Ltd., Stephen McKay, Inc., Furthermore: a program of the J. M. Kaplan Fund, Elise Jaffe + Jeffrey Brown, and Foster-Miller, Inc.

William Kentridge: 7 Fragments for Georges Méliès April 7–August 6, 2006 Wexner Center Galleries

Art Ventures Pages pilot program Media Connections Children’s International Film Festival, school screenings The Happy Prince school performance Blue Hair school performance Snowflake school performance TEACHER WORKSHOPS Ohio Arts Council curriculum development project In-Service workshops Teaching Architecture Columbus Public Schools Capital Day October 21 Welcome to the Wexner Center Open House November 8 Five Art Educators Look at POPS: Working with Contemporary Art in the Classroom January 14 Teaching Design April 25 FAMILY AND YOUTH PROGRAMS Summer Youth Workshops 2005 Summer Youth Workshops 2006 Exhibition-Related Programs for Families Family Tours of Vanishing Point: July 17 and August 14 Young Arts: From the Familiar to the Fantastic: January 22 Young Arts: Extreme Movement: April 9 Columbus International Children’s Film Festival December 1–4 (see complete film list in Film/Video section)

Programs from July 1, 2005 to June 30, 2006

International Performing Arts Series for Families The Happy Prince (recommended for ages 4–9)

Annie Wood Productions February 12 Blue Hair (recommended for ages 8–12)

Created and Performed by Peter Cutts March 18 Snowflake (recommended for ages 5–12)

Created and performed by Gale LaJoye April 29

Art & Ideas Gallery Talks / POPS Stephen Melville: November 3 Helen Molesworth: November 10 Carmel Buckley: November 16 Maruta Vitols: January 13 Amy Kitchell: January 20 Eliza Ho: February 3 Extreme Textiles Lecture Series Tour with Matilda McQuaid: April 6 (exhibition opening) Sheila Kennedy: April 27

TeenArts Fusion 2005

Maggie Orth: May 11

TeenArts Fusion 2006

Kathryn A. Jakes: May 18

TeenArts FusionFest 2005 August 12

Series cosponsored by Ohio State’s Knowlton School of Architecture.

wexLab_ImageBeat with Liv Gjestvang and Julia Applegate January 14 wexLab_VideoSlam January 14 wexLab_FilmFactory February 25 Young Film Critic Night at the Wex April 1 wexLab_ExtremeFormations April 22 Ohio Short Film & Video Showcase Youth Division May 13 SELECTED ADULT PUBLIC PROGRAMS Group exhibition tours Walk-in exhibition tours Part Object Part Sculpture Symposium November 18–19 Speakers: David Deitcher, Briony Fer, Hal Foster, Rachel Haidu, David Joselit, Stephen Melville, Molly Nesbit, Mignon Nixon, Peggy Phelan.

Gallery Talks: Louise Neri with Allan McCollum; Louise Neri with Josiah McElheny and David Weinberg. Moderators: Lisa Florman, Michael Mercil, and Helen Molesworth.

Artist’s Talk Harriet Korman October 19 Presented by Ohio State’s Department of Art. Cosponsored by the Wexner Center.

Artist’s Talk Sanford Biggers February 1 Presented by Ohio State’s Department of Art. Cosponsored by the Wexner Center.

Writers Reading Kathryn Harrison February 21 Presented by Ohio State’s Department of English.

Cosponsored by the Wexner Center.

Douglas Kahn Radio Was Discovered Before It Was Invented May 3

Endowed Lectures/Programs

Cosponsored with Ohio State’s Department of Comparative Studies.

Director’s Dialogue on Art and Social Change The Gender Chip Project March 1

Writer’s Reading Bob Greene And You Know You Should Be Glad May 7

Two film screenings introduced by director Helen De Michiel; two panel discussions. Morning panel: Celeste Chavis, Amanda Graf, Anna Han, Elizabeth Neiderman, Heather Smith. Moderator: Lisa M. Chambers. Evening panel: Lisa M. Chambers, Helen De Michiel, Diane L. Foster, Karen A. Holbrook, Kay Bea Jones. Moderator: Lisa S. Courtice.

Lambert Family Lecture Arthur Danto April 25 Deedee and Herb Glimcher Lecture Petra Blaisse (also part of the Extreme Textiles Lecture series) May 2 Selected Artist’s Talks, Writer’s Readings, and Cosponsored Programs Writer’s Reading Nick Flynn September 22 Peter Eisenman November 1 Presented by Ohio State’s Knowlton School of Architecture. Cosponsored by the Wexner Center.

Margaret Carney and Sylvia Korn Rosen Interpreting Ceramics History October 18 Presented by Ohio State’s Department of Art. Cosponsored by the Wexner Center.

Writer’s Reading Ellen Bryant Voigt May 8 Presented by Ohio State’s Department of English.

Cosponsored by the Wexner Center.

Artist’s Talk Paul Chan May 9 Paul Chan was a Wexner Center Residency Award recipient in media arts for 2005–06.

Artist’s Talk Mel Chin May 10 Presented by Ohio State’s Department of Art. Cosponsored by the Wexner Center.

Performing Arts

Masters of Nuevo Tango featuring Lisandro Adrover and Cuartetango September 29 Bebe Miller Company Landing/Place September 30–October 1 + Postperformance Talks after each show Coproduced by the Wexner Center.

Wexner Prize Performance As I Was Saying…

An Evening of Dance, Text, and Music with Bill T. Jones and Friends October 29 The Builders Association & dbox SUPER VISION November 2–6 The Builders Association & dbox were Wexner Center Residency Award recipients in performing arts for 2004–05.

The Bad Plus November 6 + 12¼ Circle Art after Hours Party

James Carter Organ Trio November 11 Mabou Mines DollHouse November 16–20 Eve Ensler The Good Body January 10–15 + Talk Backs: January 10 and 12

Boyzie Cekwana/The Floating Outfit Project January 21–22 Superamas Big 2nd episode show/business January 26–29 Kassys Kommer February 1–4 Miguel Zenón Quartet February 11 Vijay Iyer Quartet February 22 Pappa Tarahumara Ship in a View February 25 + Preperformance Talk with John Giffin Presented in association with BalletMet Columbus.

World Premiere da da kamera A Beautiful View March 1–5 Da da kamera were Wexner Center Residency Award recipients in performing arts for 2005–06.

Dave Holland Octet With special guest Trilok Gurtu March 25 Stan Won’t Dance Sinner March 28 Marc Bamuthi Joseph Word Becomes Flesh April 8 Presented by the King Arts Complex in association with the Wexner Center (King Arts Complex Theater).

BalletMet Columbus and the Columbus Jazz Orchestra Jazz Moves April 26–30 Presented by BalletMet Columbus in association with the Wexner Center (Ohio Theatre).

Cynthia Hopkins Accidental Nostalgia: An Operetta about the Pros and Cons of Amnesia May 4–7 Rachid Ouramdane/Association Fin Novembre Les morts pudiques May 18–20 Richard Galliano New York Trio June 25

NEXT @ WEX Wolf Eyes and Fe-Mail September 16 Seu Jorge and Celso Fonseca September 17 The Fiery Furnaces October 8 Cat Power October 25 Jeff Tweedy with special guest Glenn Kotche November 9 (Southern Theatre) Konono No. 1 November 12 Andrew Bird with Head of Femur November 20 The Juan Maclean with Tim Sweeney February 7 Mogwai with Growing March 2 The Books with Death Vessel March 6 Table of the Elements Tour featuring Tony Conrad, Rhys Chatham, and Jonathan Kane March 11 The Bell Orchestre with Snailhouse April 29 Prefuse 73 with Edan and Mind.Blaze.Body May 10 Sunn O))) and Boris May 27 Glenn Jones and James Blackshaw June 24 Boredoms June 27

Media Arts and Film/Video SERIES A Summer Abroad The Umbrellas of Cherbourg (Jacques Demy, 1964) Passport to Pimlico (Henry Cornelius, 1949) The Man in the White Suit (Alexander Mackendrick, 1951) Los Olvidados (Luis Buñuel, 1950) Diary of a Lost Girl (G. W. Pabst, 1929) + Live musical accompaniment by Sue Harshe

M (Fritz Lang, 1931) Donkey Skin (Jacques Demy, 1970) The Hidden Fortress (Akira Kurosawa, 1958) Good Morning (Yasujiro Ozu, 1959) I Vitelloni (Federico Fellini, 1953) Smiles of a Summer Night (Ingmar Bergman, 1955) Wild Strawberries (Ingmar Bergman, 1957) Investigation of a Citizen above Suspicion (Elio Petri, 1970) Umberto D. (Vittorio de Sica, 1952) Solaris (Andrei Tarkovsky, 1972) July 6–August 17 Gus Van Sant X 3 Gerry (2002) Elephant (2003) Last Days (2005) July 11–12 New Czech Cinema: Rare Bohemians Year of the Devil (Petr Zelenka, 2002) Wild Bees (Bohdan Slama, 2001) One Hand Can’t Clap (David Ondricek, 2003) Return of the Idiot (Sasa Gedeon, 1999) Loners (David Ondricek, 2000) Brats (Zdenek Tyc, 2002) October 7–18 Reverence: The Films of Owen Land Two programs of shorts October 6, 20 Asian Cinevision Maya (Digvijay Singh, 2001) Just One Look (Riley Ip, 2002) October 11, November 22 A Tribute to Louis Malle Le souffle au coeur (Murmur of the Heart, 1971) Zazie dans le métro (1960) Les amants (The Lovers, 1958) Le feu follet (The Fire Within, 1963) Au revoir les enfants (1987) + Introduction and Conversation with Candice Bergen

My Dinner with Andre (1981) God’s Country (1986) Nov 2–17

Columbus International Children’s Film Festival Genesis (Claude Nuridsany, Marie Pérennou, 2004) Raiders of the Lost Ark: The Adaptation (Eric Zala, 1982–1989) + Introduction and Conversation with Eric Zala and Chris Strompolos (12/2)

The Red Balloon (Albert Lamorisse, 1956) Bim, the Little Donkey (Albert Lamorisse, 1950) Pelicanman (Liisa Helminen, 2004) Mondo (Tony Gatlif, 1996) Jambo Kenya! (Lalita Krishna, 2005) The Secret of Roan Inish (John Sayles, 1995) Peter Pan (Herbert Brenon, 1924) December 1–4 The Films of Mikio Naruse Floating Clouds (1955) Wife! Be Like a Rose! (1935) Late Chrysanthemums (1954) When a Woman Ascends the Stairs (1960) Flowing (1956) Sound of the Mountain (1954) Scattered Clouds (1967) The Whole Family Works (1939) Repast (1951) Mother (1952) January 12–28 Retrospective: Christine Vachon and Killer Films Far from Heaven (Todd Haynes, 2002) Poison (Todd Haynes, 1991) The Notorious Bettie Page (Mary Harron, 2005) + Introduction and Conversation with Christine Vachon (1/20)

Boys Don’t Cry (Kimberley Peirce, 1999) Series 7: The Contenders (Daniel Minahan, 2001) Go Fish (Rose Troche, 1994) Office Killer (Cindy Sherman, 1997) Swoon (Tom Kalin, 1992) Postcards from America (Steve McLean, 1994) January 13–27 Retrospective: Hong Sang-soo Turning Gate (2002) The Power of Kangwon Province (1998) The Day a Pig Fell into the Well (1996) Woman Is the Future of Man (2004) Virgin Stripped Bare by Her Bachelors (2000) Tale of Cinema (2005) February 2–24

Oscar Docs: Academy Award– Winning Documentaries Churchill’s Island (1941) Battle of Midway (1942) Hitler Lives? (1945) The Fighting Lady (1944) So Much for So Little (1949) The True Glory (1945) A Chance to Live (1949) The Secret Land (1948) The Sea Around Us (1952) Neighbors (1952) The Living Desert (1953) White Wilderness (1958) February 3–17 Isabelle Huppert X 6 Every Man for Himself (Jean-Luc Godard, 1980) La séparation (Christian Vincent, 1994) Entre nous (Diane Kurys, 1983) A Life of Acting (Serge Toubiana, 2001) Coup de torchon (Bertrand Tavernier, 1981) The Lacemaker (Claude Goretta, 1977) La cérémonie (Claude Chabrol, 1995) March 2–30 Retrospective: Frederick Wiseman Titicut Follies (1967) Law & Order (1969) High School (1968) + Introduction and Conversation with Frederick Wiseman

Juvenile Court (1973) The Store (1983) Public Housing (1997) Missile (1987) Basic Training (1971) Domestic Violence (2001) March 31–April 27 Heroic Grace 2: The Chinese Martial Arts Film Once Upon a Time in China (Tsui Hark, 1991) King Boxer (Chung Chang-wha, 1972) The Jade Tiger (Chu Yuan, 1977) The Five Venoms (Zhang Che, 1978) The Boxer from Shantung (Zhang Che & Bao Xueli, 1972) My Young Auntie (Lau Kar-leung, 1980) The New One-Armed Swordsman (Zhang Che, 1971) May 5–18

Cinema Tropical Felicidades (Lucho Bender, 2000) I Am Cuba (Mikhail Kalotosov, 1964) I Am Cuba, the Siberian Mammoth (Vincente Ferraz, 2004) Ana and the Others (Celina Murga, 2003) Uyuni (Andrés Denegri, 2005) La Sierra (Scott Dalton, Margarita Martinez, 2005) Days of Santiago (Josué Méndez, 2004) El Carro (The Car) (Luis Orjuela, 2003) State of Fear: The Truth about Terrorism (Pamela Yates, Paco de Onís, Peter Kinoy, 2005) The Montesinos Media Buy (Skylight Pictures, 2005) To the Other Side (Luis Orjuela, 2003) Birdkillers (Kyzza Terrazas, 2005) Toro Negro (Pedro González Rubio and Carlos Armella, 2005) October 4–June 6 (monthly) VISITING FILMMAKERS Lodge Kerrigan Clean, Shaven (1993) Claire Dolan (1997) Keane (2004) + Conversation with Lodge Kerrigan and Kent Jones

October 14, 21 Guy Maddin My Dad Is 100 Years Old (Guy Maddin, 2005) The Saddest Music in the World (Guy Maddin, 2003) + Introduction by Guy Maddin (3/24) + Open City (Roberto Rossellini, 1945) + Blue Velvet (David Lynch, 1986)

March 24–25 Ira Sachs Forty Shades of Blue (2005) December 9–10 (filmmaker introduction 12/9)

Ayse Polat Tour Abroad (Auslandstournee, 1999) En Garde (2004) April 4, 5 Steven Bognar and Julia Reichert A Lion in the House (2005) May 16–17, 21 Two screenings introduced by the filmmakers; panel discussion. Panelists: Steven Bognar, Cheryl Boyce, Rob Emrich, Dr. Thomas Gross, Dr. William Hicks, Lois Hall, Pauline King, Jeff Lycan, E. Quincy McLaughlin, Julia Reichert. Moderator: Mike Thompson. Panel cosponsored by WOSU.TV and filmed for broadcast June 25.

CONTEMPORARY INTERNATIONAL FILMS The Story of Marie and Julien (Jacques Rivette, 2003) July 8–9 Cinevardaphoto (Agnès Varda, 2004) August 12–13 The Ninth Day (Volker Schlondörff, 2004) September 25 Kings and Queen (Arnaud Desplechin, 2004) September 22–23 3-Iron (Kim Ki-duk, 2004) September 29–30 The Ister (David Barison & Daniel Ross, 2004) October 1 The World (Jia Zhangke, 2004) November 18–19 Copresented by the Ohio State’s Office of International Education in conjunction with International Education Week.

De Lama Lâmina (Matthew Barney, 2004) November 9 We Jam Econo: The Story of the Minutemen (Tim Irwin, 2005) December 15

Daniel MacIvor Wilby Wonderful (2004) February 15

The Syrian Bride (Eran Riklis, 2004) January 17

Helen De Michiel The Gender Chip Project (2005) March 1

The Weeping Meadow (Theo Angelopoulos, 2004) March 10–11

(See also Director’s Dialogue on Art and Social Change in public program listings.)

The President’s Last Bang (Im Sangsoo, 2005) March 15

Justin Zimmerman Fireland (2006) March 28

The Intruder (Claire Denis, 2004) March 17–18 + Introduction by Judith Mayne (3/17)

Iron Island (Mohammad Rasoulof, 2005) June 9–10 Gilles’ Wife (Frédéric Fonteyne, 2004) June 23–24 Manderlay (Lars von Trier, 2005) June 15 A Scanner Darkly (Richard Linklater, 2006) June 27 CLASSIC FILMS Major Dundee (Sam Peckinpah, 1965) September 16, 18 Five Easy Pieces (Bob Rafelson, 1970) Repulsion (Roman Polanski, 1965) September 27–28 The River (Jean Renoir, 1951) October 8–9 Edvard Munch (Peter Watkins, 1974) October 22–23 Village of the Damned (Wolf Rilla, 1960) The Witchfinder General (Michael Reeves, 1968) October 31 Winter Soldier (Winterfilm Collective, 1972) November 29–30 Beyond the Rocks (Sam Wood, 1922) Neighbors (Buster Keaton, Eddie Cline, 1920) December 16–17 Two for the Road (Stanley Donen, 1967) February 14 Symbiopsychotaxiplasm: Take One (William Greaves, 1968) March 3–4 Party Wire (Erle C. Kenton, 1935) Man’s Castle (Frank Borzage, 1933) May 25–26 Spirit of the Beehive (Víctor Erice, 1973) June 16–17 The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes (Billy Wilder, 1970) June 22 NEW DOCUMENTARIES Tell Them Who You Are (Mark Wexler, 2004) + Bound for Glory (Hal Ashby, 1976) +The Loved One (Tony Richardson, 1965) +Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (Mike Nichols, 1966)

September 19–21

Zizek! (Astra Taylor, 2005) January 24

The Banff Mountain Film Festival April 20

ARTISTS WHO WORKED IN ART & TECHNOLOGY

Darwin’s Nightmare (Hubert Sauper, 2004) February 11

William Kentridge: 7 Films (1994–2003) May 3

Martin Beck

William Eggleston in the Real World (Michael Almereyda, 2005) February 18

The Ohio Short Film & Video Showcase May 13

Ballets Russes (Dan Geller, Dayna Goldfine, 2005) February 23, 25

THE BOX

Henri Langlois: Phantom of the Cinémathèque (Jacques Richard, 2004)

Art:21—Memory September

+ Pickpocket (Robert Bresson, 1959)

One Minute Film & Video Festival October

April 14–15 The Goebbels Experiment (Lutz Hachmeister and Michael Kloft, 2004) May 4 Workingman’s Death (Michael Glawogger, 2005) May 19–20 The Grace Lee Project (Grace Lee, 2005) May 31 Who Gets to Call It Art? (Peter Rosen, 2005) June 2–3 Our Brand Is Crisis (Rachel Boynton, 2005) June 30–July 1 SPECIAL EVENTS Secret Cinema 5X2 (François Ozon, 2004) November 8 Burn! (Gillo Pontecorvo, 1969) December 8 The Fortune (Mike Nichols, 1975) April 28 9 Songs (Michael Winterbottom, 2004) April 29 Histoire(s) du cinéma (Jean-Luc Godard, 1994) November 4, 11 Member-Only Screening Bubble (Steven Soderbergh, 2005) February 1 Rare Films from the Baseball Hall of Fame April 7–8 Organized by the Wexner Center. Also presented at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston; Mary and Leigh Block Museum at Northwestern University; and the Cleveland Museum of Art.

Sadie Benning Jem Cohen Hannah Collins Phil Collins Rene Daalder Katrina Fullman Barbara Hammer William Jones Sowon Kwon

Kelly Reichardt: Travis (2004) Jem Cohen: Blessed are the dreams of men (2006) November

April Martin

Susan Hiller The J. Street Project (2002–05) December

Jennifer Reeves

Bruce Checefsky IN NI (Others) (2005) January Joe Sola Studio Visit (2005) and Army Ranger Reaching for New Spirit Warrior (from the Mankind Project) Near Mulholland Drive, Los Angeles (2005) February Phil Collins el mundo no escuchará (the world won’t listen) (2004) March Phil Collins was a Wexner Center Residency Award recipient in media arts for 2005–06.

Mike Rogers Cross Country (2002) April Ohio Made Mark Van Fleet: Don’t Touch the Ground (2002) Gary Setzer: Recorder 2 (2002) Mike Olenick: For a Blonde... For a Brunette... For Someone... For Her... For You... (2005) Will Foster: Freeing the Foster (2003) May Hermine Freed Art Herstory (1974) June

Josiah McElheny Lucy Raven Hope Tucker Seth Thompson Margo Victor

Thanks to You— Our Donors The Wexner Center thanks all our contributors and members for their generosity. We are proud to receive support from The Ohio State University and from individuals, foundations, corporations, and public agencies in this community, across the nation, and around the world. This public/private collaboration enables the center to pursue and strengthen our mission to serve as a creative laboratory, a place where diverse audiences can discover the arts of our time and where artists can realize and share their work and vision.

CAPITAL AND ENDOWMENT GIFTS The following donors have established endowed or capital gifts to support the Wexner Center and our programs.

The Wexner Center for the Arts Building Fund Leslie H. Wexner in memory of Harry L. Wexner Permanent Endowment Su Au Arnold Preservation and Maintenance Fund for the Wexner Center and Mershon Auditorium The Director’s Dialogue on Art and Social Change Endowment The Doris Duke Endowment Fund for the Performing Arts William Fung Family Endowment Fund DeeDee and Herb Glimcher Program Fund Carl E. Haas Trust The Lambert Family Lecture Series Endowment Limited Brands Real Estate Division Fund for Architecture and Design Programs Ethel Manley Long Fund The Ohio State University Class of 1934 Endowment Fund The Ohio State University Class of 1985 Endowment Fund The Jean E. Parish Endowment The Mark T. Tappen Fund Tuckerman Family Endowment for Children’s Programs Harrison Koppel Wexner Endowment for Children’s Programs Wexner Center Education Endowment Fund Wexner Center Foundation Trustees Endowment Fund SPECIAL PROJECT CONTRIBUTORS 2005–06 The following donors have made special gifts to support specific programs at the Wexner Center.

Abercrombie & Fitch Altria Group, Inc. American Airlines / American Eagle American Electric Power Art Alliance for Contemporary Glass Arts Midwest / Heartland Arts Fund Association of Performing Arts Presenters Milton and Sally Avery Arts Foundation Beck Foundation The Blackwell Inn British Council Constance R. Caplan Cardinal Health CitySpace Coca-Cola

The Columbus Dispatch Loann W. Crane Doris Duke Charitable Foundation Express Barbara Fergus Fifth Third Foundation Dareth Gerlach Nancy and Dave Gill Glavan Fehér Architects DeeDee and Herb Glimcher Elizabeth Firestone Graham Foundation Greater Columbus Arts Council Agnes Gund and Daniel Shapiro Honda of America Manufacturing, Inc. Huntington Bank Infiniti of Columbus Martha Holden Jennings Foundation JP Morgan Chase Mary G. and C. Robert Kidder John S. Kobacker and Catherine Chapin Kobacker Bill and Sheila Lambert Limited Brands The McGraw-Hill Companies MCI MetLife Foundation The Harry C. Moores Foundation National Endowment for the Arts National Performance Network New England Foundation for the Arts / National Dance Project Nimoy Foundation Nordstrom Ochsendorf Co. Promotions Ohio Arts Council Ohio Humanities Council The Ohio State University College of Engineering Austin E. Knowlton School of Architecture Olentangy Village Apartments OM Workspace Ron and Ann Pizzuti The Puffin Foundation Janet A. Radakovich and Paul Michael Schmucker Resource Interactive Rohauer Collection Foundation, Inc. The Judith Rothschild Foundation The Scotts Company Joyce and Charles Shenk Starbucks TIAA–CREF Target Time Warner Cable Triumph International Spiesshofer & Braun Kommanditgesellschaft The Trueman Family 121/4 Circle, an active group of Wexner Center members T. W. Ruff Univar USA Vorys, Sater, Seymour and Pease LLP The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts Abigail and Leslie Wexner Wolfe Associates, Inc. Bea Wolper and Dick Emens WWCD, CD101 Zen Cha Tea Salon

Promotional Support C-Bus Magazine The Columbus Dispatch Columbus Post FOX-28 The Other Paper Outlook News Time Warner Cable WBNS 10TV WOSU Public Media WWCD, CD101 CORPORATE COUNCIL The following corporations have made unrestricted gifts to the Wexner Center for the Arts and/or the Wexner Center Foundation. The foundation is a private, nonprofit partner of the university’s Board of Trustees, established to provide trustee guidance and financial support for the Wexner Center.

International Council: $100,000+ National Council: $50,000–$99,999 Trustees Council: $25,000–$49,999 Benefactors Council: $10,000–$24,999 Chairman’s Council: $5,000–$9,999 Investors Council:$2,500–$4,999 Corporate Partners Council: $1,000–$2,499 International Council Limited Brands PKT National Council Berglass Grayson The Columbus Foundation Eileen M. and Josiah Brooks Heckert Fund Jean C. Huntington Fund Florence E. K. Hurd Fund Global Lead Management Consulting Microsoft Corporation Mills James Productions NCR (Retail & Teradata Division) Triumph International Spiesshofer & Braun Kommanditgesellschaft Valco Associates, Inc. Vee Pak, Inc. Vorys Sater Seymour and Pease LLP Ward & Olivo Trustees Council Alliance Data Systems Banc of America Securities LLC Best International/Luen Thai Garment Co. The Boston Consulting Group Camelot Management Corp./Infinity Management Corp.

Colucci & Umans Commercial Contractors Inc. Concept Creator Fashion Ltd. Corna/Kokosing Construction Company Cultech, Inc. Davis Polk & Wardwell The Forbes Company General Growth Properties, Inc. The Georgetown Company Grunfeld Desiderio Lebowitz Silverman & Klestadt LLP

LT Custom Furnishings Inc. MANCHU MBH Architects The Mills Corporation Morgan Stanley Nationwide Foundation Carole and Morton Olshan Pennsylvania Real Estate Investment Trust P L Industries Quad/Graphics SARK, Inc., (a division of Software Architects, Inc.) Simon Property Group The Taubman Co. Thibiant International, Inc. Tillsonburg Tri Tech Laboratories, Inc. Verizon Business Benefactors Council Ace Style Intimate Apparel Inc. Acloche Alene Candles Amalean Group Joint Ventures American Airlines/American Eagle American Electric Power American Express Company Arent Fox Kintner Plotkin & Kahn, PLLC Aronov Realty Artistic Carton Company Avery Dennison/RVL Barthco International, Inc. Bayer Properties Incorporated Bernardo Mfg. Brandix Lanka Limited Brunet Dentelles Carreman MT Caruso Affiliated Catterton Partners CBL & Associates Properties, Inc. Central City Title Agency, Ltd. Citigroup Clover Garment Manufactory Ltd. C. O. International Inc. Continental Office Interests Cosmetic Essence, Inc. Diversified Distribution Systems, Inc. (DDS) Doral Apparel Group The Dreiseszun Group Elkus/Manfredi Architects Evans Mechwart Hambleton & Tilton Inc. Fifth Third Foundation Financo, Inc. Fitch Folger Levin & Kahn LLP Fontheim International, LLC Ford Motor Company Forest City Ratner Companies Garlock Printing & Converting Corporation George Stuart Ltd. Glimcher Gregory Greenfield & Assoc., Ltd. Guest Supply Inc. Hansoll Textile Ltd. HING SHING International Intimates Inc. International Paper

JDA Software Group, Inc Jeffrey R. Anderson Real Estate Jim Wilson & Associates JP Morgan Chase Kenilworth Creations Live Technologies, Inc. Lloyd Industries Inc. The Macerich Company Madacy Entertainment Mainline Information Systems Makalot Industrial Co., Ltd. Matrix Psychological Services McKinsey & Company, Inc. Merit Tat International Ltd. The MGHerring Group M/I Homes Foundation MOR PLASTICS INDUSTRIES Namyang Int’l Co., Ltd. New England Development Northstar Realty Noyon N.A. Inc. Poag & McEwan Lifestyle Centers Primacy Relocation Prime Art & Jewel Inc Project Control Systems Quebecor World Recruitsoft, Inc. RED Development, LLC Regina Miracle International Limited Anita and Michael Goldberg—Rite Rug Company and its founder, Duke Goldberg Squire, Sanders & Dempsey, L.L.P. Star Trans International, Ltd. Steiner + Associates Tainan Enterprises Co., Ltd., Taiwan Tak Shing (a company of Hing Shing) Tefron Ltd. Triangle Worldwide The Trotman Company, Inc. Turnberry Associates United Peak Ltd. Ventura Enterprise Co. Inc. VF Intimates, L.P. Vornado Realty Trust The Wasserstrom Company Chairman’s Council ABM Janitorial Services Accel Inc. Altria Group, Inc. Ameriprise Retirement Services AMPAC AMR Research APL & APL Logistics Asset Strategies Group, LLC Atlantic Station auto•des•sys, inc.

Aware Products, LLC The Bank of New York Belmay, Inc. The Brickman Group, Ltd. Buckeye Landscape Cameron Mitchell Restaurants Carmen’s Distribution Systems Inc. CASTO CB Richard Ellis

Centrum Properties, Inc. CFL NY, Inc. Chimes, Inc. Christie’s Cisco Systems, Inc. Cochran Group, Inc. Colonial Properties Trust Color Edge Visual/Photobition Commercial Cutting Concept Imaging Group Continuum Partners LLC Cordano Capital Company Cosmetic Labs CTL Engineering CTSI Logistics, Inc. Dancor, Inc. Datavantage Corporation Davaco, Inc. Dave Berndt Interests, Ltd. David Hocker & Associates, Inc. DEBS Corporation Deloitte & Touche USA LLP Doris International, Inc. Eckinger Construction Co. Elite Retail Services, Inc. Experian FedEx Corporation Feil Family Foundation Frederic Fekkai Feldman Mall Properties Fenwick & West LLP Firmenich Forster Rohner AG Fortune Footwear, Inc. Fragrance Resources, Inc. Franklin, Weinrib, Rudell & Vassalo, P. C. Fred Olivieri Construction Company Gardner, Carton & Douglas Gensler Glavan Fehér Architects GlobalTech Industries, Inc. Gordon Group Holdings, LLC Hang Chi Enterprise Co. Ltd./Wah Fung Knitters HDO Productions HSBC Infinity Management Corp.

Intercos America International Flavors & Fragrances, Inc International Trimmings & Labels Jones Day Jones Lang LaSalle Joseph Freed and Associates LLC Kingmax Industrial Limited Kosé America Inc. The Kreisberg Group Ltd. Lambert Sheet Metal, Inc. Law Office of John T. O’Rourke Lee Hecht Harrison Lehigh Direct Liebert Corporation Loeb Electric Mane McCall Design Group Meacham & Apel Architects Merrill Lynch MJB Electric

MOL (America) Inc. Multi-Color Corp—Quick Pak National City Nelson’s Seasonal Decor Next Model Management Oakland Mall, LLC O. Berk Co. Ochsendorf Co. Promotions ontarget 1 Onyx Packaging Corporation O.P.D.I. Logistics Packaging Division Industries, LLC Paramount Group, Inc. Passco Real Estate Perez & Morris LLC Planes Incorporated Platon Graphics Porter, Wright, Morris & Arthur LLP Poster Display Company Prairie Contractors, Inc. Premier Candle Corp.

Premier Properties USA, Inc. Printing Service Company Pyramid Controls Reese & Company, Inc. Robert B. Aikens & Associates, LLC Robert K. Futterman and Associates Robin Enterprises SAJO Salans Sancoa International San Mar Laboratories, Inc. Sara Lee Courtaulds Senn-Delaney Leadership Shanghai HuaXiang Woolen Dressing Co., Ltd. Sizeler Property Investors, Inc. Smith & Hale South Coast Plaza Stephen Gould Corporation Stephens Property Group, LLC Stingray Studios, Inc. The Superior Group Symrise, Inc. Time Warner Cable Transco Plastic Industries Turner Construction Company T. W. Ruff Tyco/ADT Ulmer & Berne LLP UPS The Urban Apparel Group Urban Retail Properties Valley Lane Industries Vestar WAM Industries Ltd. Whittmanhart, Inc. Wilmorite Properties, Inc. Xerox Corporation Investors Council Argix Direct—Source to Store Bell Container Corp.

Carro Printing Corp. DBA: Fine Line Graphics Central National-Gottesman, Inc. Color Carton Corporation Cone Denim

Cousins Properties Incorporated Coyote Management, L.P. DG Builders Inc. Elastic Fabrics of America FRCH Design Worldwide Givaudan Fragrances The Hennegan Company Innovative Stone (Innovative Marble & Tile LLC) Interior Crafts, Inc. Lee Smith & Associates Co. LPA Life Time Fitness Donald and Bonnie Maharam Charitable Foundation The McKinney Partnership Architects P.C. National Hanger Company, Inc. Ruggles Sign Company Seaquist Closures S. R. Weiner and Associates Standwill Packaging, Inc. Thomas Electronics, Inc. Unimix Limited Wachovia Securities, Inc. WR Controls/WESTCO Dist., Inc. Corporate Partners Council Acme Plastics, Inc. Alessandra Ambrosio Andrews Moving Avenue A/Razorfish BarkerBlue Digital Imaging, Inc. Ben Carter Properties, LLC Bravo Development, Inc. (DBA: Bravo!, Brio, Lindey’s Restaurants, & Bon Vie Bistro) Cafaro Foundation CLIENTLOGIC Specialists Marketing Services Cottingham Paper Co. Cypress Equities, an affiliate of Staubach Company Davis Street Land Company Felina Lingerie Fiber Seal of Central Ohio Gallagher Pipino, Inc. geoVue, Inc. High Style Fashion Jackel Inc. Jeff Green Partners Metro National Mokrynski Direct Our Country Home, Inc. Pacific Textiles Limited Permit Resources, Inc. Pete Miller Inc. Picture America Photography Shremshock Architects, Inc. South Pacific Fashions Ltd. Stratix Corporation Takasago International Corp. (USA) Univar USA Vertrue Inc. Westwood Contractors Whelan’s International Co. Inc. Workbrain Inc.

DONOR CIRCLES MEMBERS Members of Donor Circles, our highest categories of individual annual giving, provide essential funding while enjoying special membership privileges.

Trustees Circle: $25,000+ Benefactors Circle: $10,000–$24,999 Armory Circle: $5,000–$9,999 Producers Circle: $2,500–$4,999 Director’s Circle: $1,500–$2,499 Vanguard Circle: $1,000–$1,499 Trustees Circle Ann and Gordon Getty Foundation Agnes Gund and Daniel Shapiro Mary G. and C. Robert Kidder John S. Kobacker and Catherine Chapin Kobacker Bill and Sheila Lambert The Pizzuti Family Foundation Marshall Rose and Candice Bergen Joyce and Charles Shenk A. Alfred Taubman Barbara Trueman Abigail and Leslie Wexner Ann and John F. Wolfe Benefactors Circle Carol and David Aronowitz Vicki and Michael Canter Loann W. Crane Barbara K. Fergus Thomas F. Havens Linda I. Heasley and Stephen F. Coady Mark A. Morrow and Jeffrey D. Chaddock Judy and Dick Ruhl Frances and Allan Tessler Armory Circle Nancy and Dave Gill Linda and Tom Hellman Donna and Larry James Mary and Tom Katzenmeyer Charlotte and Jack Kessler Nancy Kramer Nancy Wolfe Lane Bob and Bonnie Larson Jan and Ben Maiden Robert Meister Lynne and John Muskoff Michael A. Petrecca and Dr. Heather Grant Janet A. Radakovich and Paul Michael Schmucker Lou Ann Moritz Ransom Kaira Sturdivant Rouda and Harley Rouda, Jr. Joy and Bruce Soll Joan and Press Southworth III Ric Wanetik and David Hagans Producers Circle Frances Angiulo Pamela and Jack Beeler Teresa and Brian Biernat Sandra L. Byers Trish and John Cadwallader Kimberly and Neil Fiske Eydie and Donald Garlikov

Sherri Geldin DeeDee and Herb Glimcher Donald Goldstein Linda and Bob Gorman Lisal and Don Gorman Jackie and Ben Gray Lenore and Bernard Greenberg James Henderson and Katherine Kuck Una and Ken Hunter Merilynn and Tom Kaplin Java and Mark Kitrick Nick LaHowchic and Diane Forrest Mary and Robert Lazarus Donna and Jay Margolis Jamie McFate Charles McGuigan Mr. and Mrs. Shige A. Moroi Karen and Neil Moss Caren and William Petersen James E. Phillips Jane and Rich Ramsey Lynne and Martyn Redgrave Jon Ricker Janice Roth Phyllis and Len Schlesinger Heidi and Stefan Selig Judy and Steve Tuckerman Donna and Charles Turlinski Lynn and Mark Weikel Arlene and Michael Weiss Ms. Sandra West and Dr. Stephen Hasley Kim White and David J. White Janice and Herbert Wolman Kathy and Fred Yaffe Director’s Circle Stacy and Dennis Armstrong Christine Beauchamp Wardley Birkett and Brian Harrison Dr. and Mrs. Allen S. Birrer Janis and Michael Bloch Sally G. Blue Mrs. Andrew Broekema John and Laurie Buell Dr. Norman J. and Donna Burns Jeffrey and Michelle Byars Jeffrey A. Byron and D. Kevin Hurst Debra Camarota Carol L. Campbell Sherry Chris Sheila A. Clark and Elizabeth A. Boster Sharon K. Cohodes Marjie and Jeffrey Coopersmith Michael Council Steven Cox and Kerry Thompson Carole and Richard P. Crystal Ann and Ari Deshe Virginia Gallagher Dickerson C. John and Flo Ann Easton Ginny Elam Lisa and Mark Ermine Mark Feinknopf and Cynthia Moe Pia Ferrario Deborah and Richard Fine Sue and Tom Fitzgerald Gigi and Sam Fried

Kathleen and Edmund Gaydos Dareth Gerlach Marcie and Ivan Gilbert Teresa and Mark Giresi Senator and Mrs. John Glenn Roy Gottlieb, DDS Jill and Richard Granoff Dedrea and Paul Gray Lori and David Greeley Greater Columbus Arts Council Thomas J. Grote V. Ann Hailey and T. Patrick Duggan Dr. Robert and Marcia Hershfield Cindy and Larry Hilsheimer Lisa and Alan Hinson Celeste and John Holschuh David G. Horn and Victoria E. Powers Sue and Ford Huffman Rebecca and Sebastian Ibel Marci and Bill Ingram Jack Jackson and Robert Storbeck Jennifer and John Joseph Amy and Matt Kallner Suzanne Karpus Angel and Morgan Kauffman Reneé and Ron Kauffman Vicki and Barry Kaufman Laith Khalaf Connie J. Klema and Sherri Stephenson Karel and Jerry Kroos Cookie and Victor Krupman Marla Krupman and Lori Schwarz Dr. and Mrs. Mark B. Landon Katherine S. LeVeque Elaine and Milton Lewin Deborah Countiss Lindsay Tony Logan and Mary Duffey Fran Luckoff and Elliott Luckoff Nancy and Tom Lurie Jacqueline Mahan and Adam Otcasek Peg Mativi and Donald Dick James Medsker Valerie Merone Mary Beth and David R. Meuse Amy and Bob Milbourne Bonnie and David Milenthal Richard L. Miller Cynthia and Louis Mitchell Craig S. Myers Jacob Neal A. Mark Neuman Jane and Richard Oman Roberta and Robert O’Neil Cicely Wylde-Oubrerie and José Oubrerie Floradelle A. Pfahl Sara Purcell and John Reagan Kriena and Paul Raffin Janet and Vikram Rajadhyaksha Shyam and Ram Rajadhyaksha Kathy and Fred Ransier Michael Rayden and Diane Nye Edward Razek Michael R. Reese Diane D. Reynolds Cordelia W. Robinson and Dr. Grant Morrow Craig Robinson

Neil Rosenberg Betsy and Bryan Ross Donna Ruch Mr. and Mrs. L. Jack Ruscilli Ellen and David Ryan Marcy and Jonathan Schaffir Jody and Jeff Scheiman H. E. and Dr. Carolyn W. Schmidt J. Daniel Schmidt and Beverly Bethge Joan Schnee and Bill Menke Jeanie and Jay Schottenstein Susan and Jerome Scott Thekla and Donald Shackelford Mark J. Shafer Ellen Siegel and Art Pollack George A. Skestos Edith and Jerry Stritzke Linda B. and J. Scott Taylor Ginny Trethewey Mei and Alex Tsou Audrey and Brian Tuckerman Craig and Connie Tuckerman Sharen and Charles Turney Susan and Matthew Ungar Annick P. Van der Moer Mr. and Mrs. Paul Watkins Susan and David Wechsler Pamela and Edward White Douglas L. Williams Jennie and Mark Wilson Anne-Charlotte Windal and Lionel Le Meur Bea Wolper and Dick Emens Vanguard Circle Maria and John Capano College of the Arts, The Ohio State University Roxana and Bill Deadman Dr. William and Sara Jane DeHoff Liz Elert Mary L. and Richard Gray J. Ronald Green and Louisa Bertch Green Scott Henningsen and Kelly Mooney Susan and David Hostetler Susan and Michael Jeffries Charles Kleibacker Gerald M. McCue Jennifer Myerberg Tibor and Gyongyi Nadasdy Marie and Anthony Rao Mr. and Mrs. Jaquelin Robertson Mark and Rosanne Rosen Pegeen and David Rubinstein Suzanne Scrutton and M. Reneé Bostick Marilyn and Lee Skilken Julie and Paul Springer Joan Wallick Angela Westwater and David Meitus Shirle Nesbitt Westwater

GENERAL MEMBERSHIP Members are essential to the life of the Wexner Center, contributing to the vitality of the contemporary arts while enjoying generous benefits. Memberships are also available at the Patron ($125), Family ($75), Friend ($50), and Educator ($40) levels.

Fellows: $500–$999 Sponsors: $250–$499 Fellows Brent and Dana Adler Randy Arndt and Jeff Baker Ms. Louise Bourgeois Sharon Cameron and Carlo Battaglini Joel Davis and Elizabeth Marschall James Elliott and John Behal Brett Fairbanks Michael Flamm and Jennifer McNally Babette T. Gorman Martin Greenberg and Lois Ungar Charlene Hinson Mr. and Mrs. Robert H. Jeffrey II Audrey W. Kaiser Kara Kostiuk Jeffrey and Kathy Lipps Brian McHale and Esther Gottlieb Jeff and Valerie Milgrom Gerard Nuovo William Roberts Mr. and Mrs. Charles R. Saxbe Tadd and Nancy Seitz Mark Skinner Malinda Susalla and Dr. L. Mark Dean Mr. and Mrs. Elliott Tobias Keith and Joan Wagner Mr. John Wirchanski and Ms. Evelyn Wirchainski Bob Wood Dr. Chris and Alexandra Yessios Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Zimmerman Sponsors Scott M. Adams Thomas and Rosina Bell-Games Ronald and Mary Beth Berggren Anne Marie Blaire Matthew Boone Mrs. David Brandt Judge and Mrs. Donald Calhoun, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Jack Leland Christopher II Bunny Clark Brendan Clarke Jerome and Bette Dare Nick and Betsy DeFusco William and Anita Donaldson J. Patrick Doust and Richard North David G. Filipi and Jennifer Masters Kristine A. Flaherty and Thomas E. Delach John and Ann Fowble Jerome Friedman and Julie Robbins Mr. and Mrs. Jules Garel Gladys Geanekopulos Michael Gong Nathan Gordon Denny Griffith and Sara Beth Fisher Robert and Beth Hamilton

Donald and Marilyn Harris Christopher and Pamela Hill Paul S. Hinders Richard Hollingsworth and Elsie Sanchez Robert and Anita Jennings Ira and Debby Kane N. Gregory Kontras and Paula L. Brooks Robin Kumin Anki Larsson Darnell and Christine Lautt Ronald and Ritchie Laymon Marlene and Fred Levinson Michael and Jacqueline Loughry James I. Luck Jack R. Marchbanks Jane Mattlin Ms. Jean Mervis Shereen Midkiff Steven Niehoff Alexandria Palus Mark and Susan Real Albert and Edith Rosenberg Yoaz and Julie Saar Robert Salmen Michael and Patty Schiff David and Shirley Schmitter Ray and Beth Silverstein Bob Palmer and Susan Simms Mr. and Mrs. Kazimierz Slomczynski Barry and Jeannie Sykes Karen Towslee Gus and Betty Van Sant Donn F. Vickers Thomas and Susan Winters Lorraine Cochran Wright Edith Yamasaki

We have made every effort to recognize all of our generous donors in this listing. If we have failed to acknowledge a gift accurately, please accept our apologies and call (614) 292-2620 so that we may include more accurate information in the future.

All lists reflect gifts in the past year and are current as of April 30, 2006.

Wexner Center Staff

DIRECTOR/DEPUTY DIRECTOR

FINANCE AND ADMINISTRATION

Sherri Geldin, Director Jack Jackson, Deputy Director Jim Petsche, Administrative Associate, Director’s Office Misty Ray, Office Associate

Ken Luke, Controller Scott Austin, Design Engineer Bill Barto, Mershon Auditorium Stage Manager Bruce Bartoo, Film/Video Theater Projectionist/ Manager Claudia Bonham, Contracts and Rental Facility Manager Kevin Hathaway, Senior Accountant Andy Hensler, Performance Space Manager Steve Jones, Design Engineer Ben Mamphey, Accountant John Smith, Technical Services Manager Mike Sullivan, Design Engineer

COMPUTER SERVICES Sherri Trayser, Senior Systems Manager Derrek Ludwig, Systems Specialist Don Nelson, Systems Specialist DEVELOPMENT Jeffery Byars, Director Michael Estanich, Graduate Associate Kris Flaherty, Special Events Manager Adam Leddy, Graduate Associate Nick Orosan, Membership Manager Lisa Scheiring, Program Assistant Sankalp Shah, Graduate Associate Lisa Wente, Senior Development Officer, Proposal Services Amy Wharton, Senior Development Officer, Major Gifts DESIGN Chris Jones, Director Erica Anderson, Graphic Designer Aileen Aquino, Graphic Designer Tim Jacoby, Graduate Associate EDUCATION Shelly Casto, Director Dionne Custer, Educator for School Programs Adelia Gregory, Graduate Associate Shantay Hawkins, Education Assistant Eliza Ho, Graduate Associate Kendra Meyer, Educator for Youth Programs Stef Stahl, Educator for Teacher Programs and Museum Education Studies Jaclyn Thompson, Graduate Associate EXHIBITIONS Helen Molesworth, Chief Curator Jill Davis, Exhibitions Manager Will Fugman, Preparator Pug Heller, Senior Preparator Megan Novak, Head Registrar Nancy Schindele, Exhibitions Assistant Noelle Stiles, Graduate Associate Maruta Vitols, Graduate Associate Patrick Weber, Preparator FACILITIES MANAGEMENT AND ENGINEERING Tracy Willcoxon, Assistant Director Megan Moore, Office Associate Tim Steele, Facility Foreman

HUMAN RESOURCES Peg Fochtman, Manager MARKETING AND COMMUNICATIONS Jerry Dannemiller, Director Jessica Beshore, Graduate Associate Ann Bremner, Editor Joel Diaz, Outreach and Marketing Manager Kathryn Padberg, Graduate Associate Tony Pellerite, Outreach and Marketing Assistant Erik Pepple, Media Relations Coordinator Ryan Shafer, Associate Editor Karen Simonian, Director of Media and Public Relations MEDIA ARTS Bill Horrigan, Director Dave Filipi, Curator, Film and Video Paul Hill, Studio Editor Jennifer Lange, Associate Curator, Media Arts Mike Olenick, Studio Editor Chris Stults, Assistant Curator, Film and Video PATRON SERVICES Natalie Hirniak, Director Zachary Bodish, Assistant House Manager Chris Conti, Store Manager Helyn Dell, Assistant House Manager William Hidalgo, Assistant Store Manager Jennifer Scarbrough, Manager of Ticketing and Patron Services Mark Spurgeon, Assistant Manager of Ticketing and Patron Services Madeline Wimmer, House Manager PERFORMING ARTS Chuck Helm, Director Robin Anderson, Graduate Associate Barbara Thatcher, Performing Arts Assistant WEXNER CENTER FOUNDATION Elaine Gounaris, Campaign Manager Kim Anthony, Foundation Associate Sherri Leonard, Administration Manager

Special thanks also to all the Wexner Center’s student employees, part-time staff, and volunteers, as well as to the officers and staff of University Security Services.

On the cover

Photo/Image Credits

Josiah McElheny’s An End to Modernity evokes both the Big Bang theory of the birth of the universe and the legacy of 20th-century design in a chandelier-like glass sculpture. McElheny developed the project through the Wexner Center Residency Award program. First exhibited in the center’s Part Object Part Sculpture exhibition, the sculpure was later shown in the artist’s first solo exhibition at the Andrea Rosen Gallery in New York.

Cover Sven Kahns Director’s Message Picture America: Wexner Center exterior (inside cover). Al Zanyk: Nimoys’ tour.

Wex Wide Open © Brad Feinknopf: Wexner Center exteriors and gallery interior.

Kevin Fitzsimons: Wex Wide Open House, architecture tour, Candice Bergen. Richard Jermine: Mabou Mines DollHouse.

Picture America: Part Object Part Sculpture preview party, Leslie H. Wexner. Courtesy of Nouvelles Editions de Films S.L: Au revoir les enfants. Al Zanyk: member tour, Bill T. Jones, Peter Eisenman, SUPER VISION. Exceptional Artistry Doug Clinch: Jeff Tweedy. Paula Court: Accidental Nostalgia. Kevin Fitzsimons: installation view of Extreme Textiles, Christine Vachon and Bill Horrigan. Lois Greenfield: Landing/Place. Courtesy of IFC Films: Manderlay. Patrick Imbert: Les morts pudiques. Courtesy of Janus Films: The River. Sven Kahns: Prefuse 73, installation views of Diptych and William Kentridge: 7 Fragments for Georges Méliès.

Phil Knot: The Bad Plus. Guntar Kravis, photo direction by Lisa Kiss: A Beautiful View. Courtesy of MK2: Tale of Cinema. Courtesy of Pappa Tarahumara: Ship in a View. Courtesy of Sanctuary Group: Fiery Furnaces. Shiva-Erij, © Fangs Anal Satan: Boris. Courtesy of Tartan Films: 9 Songs. Courtesy of Toho Col, Ltd.: Floating Clouds.

Courtesy the Windish Agency: Seu Jorge. Nada Zcank: Fe-Mail.

Research and Education Courtesy of dbox: SUPER VISION graphic. Kevin Fitzsimons: Karen A. Holbrook, Bill T. Jones at student conversation, Teaching Architecture workshop. Wexner Center education department: Pages project. Al Zanyk: Josiah McElheny and David Weinberg, SUPER VISION photograph, Art & Environment exhibition, Petra Blaisse, Arthur Danto, and Part Object Part Sculpture symposium.

Outreach and Engagement © G. M. B. Akash, courtesy of Seventh Art Releasing: Workingman’s Death. Steven Bognar/ITVS: A Lion in the House. Courtesy of Cinema Tropical: El Carro. Kevin Fitzsimons: The Gender Chip Project panel. Joan Marcus: The Good Body. Wexner Center education department: Summer Youth Workshop, teenArts fusion workshop, wexLab workshop. Al Zanyk: family tour, Art after Hours, Columbus International Children’s Film Festival.

What’s New—What’s Better Noopur Agarwal: digital signage system, Wexner Center Store, The Box. © Brad Feinknopf: Wexner Center gallery interior.

Al Zanyk: Film/Video Theater.

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WEXNER CENTER FOUNDATION BOARD OF TRUSTEES

WEXNER CENTER INTERNATIONAL ARTS ADVISORY COUNCIL

Leslie H. Wexner, Chair Karen A. Holbrook, Vice Chair C. Robert Kidder, President

Laurie Anderson Iwona Blazwick Anne Bogart Ken Brecher Ian Buruma Arthur C. Danto Maria de Corral Frank O. Gehry Susanne Ghez Yuko Hasegawa Arata Isozaki Isaac Julien Richard Koshalek Barbara Kruger Sarat Maharaj Bruce Mau Bebe Miller Michael Morris Nigel Redden Jonathan Sehring Catharine R. Stimpson Lynne Tillman Billie Tsien John Vinci John Waters Peter Wollen Tomรกs Ybarra-Frausto

Trustees David M. Aronowitz Michael J. Canter Sherri Geldin Ann Gilbert Getty Agnes Gund Brian K. Hicks Charlotte P. Kessler John S. Kobacker James E. Kunk Bill Lambert Ronald A. Pizzuti Marshall Rose Joyce Shenk Alex Shumate A. Alfred Taubman Barbara Trueman Kevin E. Walker Ric Wanetik Abigail S. Wexner John F. Wolfe Ex Officio Karen A. Bell Barbara R. Snyder Bruce A. Soll Mark E. Vannatta