Critical Mass: 2007-2008 in Review

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THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY

2007–2008 IN REVIEW

“The Wexner Center is committed to truly groundbreaking programming. Ohio State students and faculty, as well as members of the community both local and global, are exposed to innovation, boldness, excellence, and risktaking in contemporary culture. It is a place that values the imagination and allows artists and audiences alike to try out new ideas, to experiment, and to test the limits. At its core the center exemplifies the ideals of public education.”

Leslie H. Wexner

chair, wexner center foundation board of trustees chair, limited brands

Director’s Message The Year in Pictures Exceptional Artistry Reaches Critical Mass Research and Education Outreach and Engagement What’s New—What’s Better Wexner Center Programs 2007–08 A Critical Mass of Philanthropy— Our Donors Our Volunteers Wexner Center Staff and Board

Artist William Wegman and Wexner Center Director Sherri Geldin chatted with guests at the center’s annual Welcome Week Party for Ohio State Students.

Director’s Message From the moment early last fall that an enormous image of one of William Wegman’s beloved Weimaraners unfurled on a prominent building façade in downtown Columbus, the Wexner Center was launched on a banner year. Indeed, as I look back on all that happened in our 2007–08 season, “critical mass” is the phrase that keeps coming to mind, simultaneously evoking heightened levels of artistic achievement, institutional visibility, public outreach, critical prominence, and patron support.

And what makes critical mass so distinct at the Wexner Center is the sheer variety of our program mix, in addition to its density. A number of popular, high profile events helped draw many new visitors to the center, while more frequent patrons found the quirky and unique programs that they have come to relish amidst our calendar of offerings. Fall concerts with rockers Wilco and singer-songwriter Feist packed Mershon Auditorium with sell-out crowds, as fans of indie music in all guises continued to discover the Wexner Center as perhaps the most exhilarating venue around. In fact, quite a few of our Next@Wex music performances, jazz shows, dance and theater presentations, film screenings, and just about every summer workshop offered for

young people also sold out over the course of the year.

The Wex Drive-In film series drew swarms of fans to the Wexner Center plaza on several occasions during the summer of 2007, with as many as 700 avid filmgoers sprawled on blankets, in beach chairs, or on the lawn— well fed by such local purveyors as Jeni’s Ice Creams. A new Columbus cultural tradition has clearly been born!

Also tapping into our public’s fascination with film, Wexner Prize recipient Spike Lee challenged and enthralled a capacity crowd of 2,500 in the center’s Mershon Auditorium in February, as he discussed his work with author James McBride and offered our patrons a sneak peek at the trailer for his next film, Miracle at Saint Anna (scheduled to reach theaters this fall). Even a blizzard couldn’t dampen the spirits of the guests who gathered the previous evening, when Lee accepted the prize from Ohio State University President E. Gordon Gee and Wexner Center Trustee Abigail Wexner. And who could have predicted that our fall exhibition, William Wegman: Funney/Strange, would prove as captivating for its inclusion of the artist’s eccentric videos as for its elaborate paintings and signature photographs of those famously witty and winsome Weimaraners. Accompanying events like the fall Family

Day and Dog Day at the Wex brought related treats to even broader audiences—including both our two-legged and four-pawed visitors. Even the Wexner Center Store had a banner year: named an Apple Authorized Campus Store, it welcomed lots of savvy shoppers for iPods, iTunes, and Mac computers—all available with the special education discount.

Of course, sheer numbers don’t in themselves make for the sort of critical mass we aspire to, no matter how impressive the head counts. Critical thinking about contemporary culture and society, innovative approaches to artistic practice and interpretation, forward-looking public programs, and thoughtful strategies for outreach and engagement are essential to enhancing institutional profile and reputation. I am immensely proud of the Wexner Center’s longstanding and recent accomplishments in those arenas as well.

One outstanding example was our residency project with artist Kerry James Marshall, which the center’s education department shepherded to completion in February. After traveling to Japan last summer to investigate the traditions of Bunraku puppetry, Marshall spent the fall and early winter working closely with some twenty area teenagers (from an initial pool of nearly 200) as they came together to bring a segment of his expansive Rythm Mastr narrative to life, performing in our galleries with puppets and sets designed by the artist. The themes of Marshall’s exhibition and performance, both titled Every Beat of My Heart, addressed issues of urban violence and the power his protagonists find in knowledge of themselves and their African heritage. Such lessons were also very much part of this project’s legacy for all the young people who participated.

The remarkable number—and even more notable range—of visiting filmmakers at the Wexner Center is certainly another signal of critical mass, a testament both to the stature the program has attained in the cinematic world and the breadth of our staff’s interests and expertise. Indie master Gus Van Sant introduced Malas Noches, his rarely screened first feature, in August. Two-time Oscar-winner Milos Forman thrilled an enthusiastic April gathering with his personal and cinematic memories—and a screening of his first “American” film, Taking Off. Producer Christine Vachon offered our audience a “behind-the-scenes” perspective on I’m Not There, Todd Haynes’s remarkable Bob Dylan bio-pic. Pineapple Express director David Gordon Green, Portuguese filmmaker Pedro Costa, queer cinema pioneer Tom Kalin, experimental film artist Jennifer Reeves, Israeli author and filmmaker Etgar Keret, and first-time director Christopher Zalla also shared insights on their work. Jennifer Reeder, a Wexner Center residency artist and Ohio State alumna, not

only introduced her film Accidents at Home and How They Happen, at its world premiere at the Wexner Center, she shot it in Columbus and environs with support from the center’s media arts program and edited it in our Art & Technology postproduction suite. Reeder’s film project, the most extensive yet undertaken by the Art & Tech area, also signaled the expanding potential of our film residency program.

In the realms of dance and theater, 2007–2008 was a year of several U.S. premieres, courtesy of the Wexner Center. Japanese dancer/choreographer Hiroaki Umeda, Irish theater company Pan Pan, and Italian spectacle maker Romeo Castelluci all showed their work here for the first time ever in the United States. Brazilian ensemble Grupo Corpo introduced a dynamic new composition titled Breu. Meg Stuart and her Damaged Goods dance company premiered MAYBE FOREVER, a collaboration with Austrian choreographer Philipp Gehmacher. Innovative international jazz was also a focus of our performing arts program, with concerts such as that of the Dakshina Ensemble featuring Kadri Gopalnath and Rudresh Mahanthappa in an East-West fusion of North American and South Asian influences.

Two shows that the Wexner Center helped commission and produce—Akram Khan’s Zero Degrees and Bill Frisell’s Musical Portraits from Heber Springs— premiered here in the 2006–2007 season and continued to earn accolades as they toured to venues across the country. Reviewing the Frisell piece when it was performed in Minneapolis, the Pioneer Press noted that Frisell used his guitar “like a paintbrush, producing gentle swells of sound that wash over the audience and effectively create various moods.”

The exhibition Solitaire: Lee Lozano, Sylvia Plimack Mangold, and Joan Semmel, followed by the retrospective Mary Heilmann: To Be Someone, focused on significant but under-recognized artists who have pursued strikingly individual paths in painting since the 1960s and 1970s.

These exhibitions have brought the artists new or renewed attention from the art world and the public alike. Heilmann’s brilliantly colored canvases, seen here during one of only a handful of stops on the exhibition’s tour, landed on the covers of Art in America and Artforum simultaneously in November 2007: a remarkable coup for any artist but perhaps especially when that artist is experiencing a retrospective exhibition for the first time while in her sixties. The Solitaire catalogue, distributed by Yale University Press, continues to provide fresh insights to scholars and viewers alike. Opportunities to hear directly from Plimack Mangold, Semmel, and Heilmann gave our audiences further exposure to their experiences and processes. Our focus on truly pioneering women in the arts coalesced in this year’s Director’s Dialogue on Art and Social Change, which brought its own “critical

Visitors filled the Wexner Center for the opening of our spring exhibitions: Jeff Smith: Bone and Beyond, Jane Hammond: Fallen, and Mary Heilmann: To Be Someone.

Smith created an expansive mural of a scene from his epic Bone comic book series for the lower lobby wall.

Filmmaker Spike Lee participated in events with university students, Wexner Center members, and the public while in Columbus to receive the Wexner Prize. Pictured from top: he received the hammer that symbolizes the prize from Trustee Abigail Wexner, Ohio State University President E. Gordon Gee, and Director Sherri Geldin (far right), at a special ceremony; visited with fans including Ohio Governor Ted Strickland and Donor Circles

member Lucy Soares-Demelo and her family; and greeted special guests William Perry and Harrison Dillard, World War II veterans from the African American army unit whose service in Italy provides the framework for Lee’s next movie, Miracle at St. Anna, based on a novel by James McBride (far left). Opposite: Lee and McBride talked about the film and many other aspects of Lee’s work at a public conversation in Mershon Auditorium.

mass” of thinkers together to focus on women working in the arts, their achievements and the persistent inequities they face.

As always, the Wexner Center brought artists and projects from around the world to Columbus, in keeping with the international initiatives that fulfill our own mission and that of the university as well. The exquisitely moving images of Adi Nes’s Biblical Stories explored Old Testament themes through the lives of contemporary Israeli citizens, particularly those stigmatized by poverty, sexual identity, or homelessness. The exhibition was one of several Wexner Center programs marking the sixtieth anniversary of the state of Israel in 2008, along with documentary films such as 9 Star Hotel and Goal Dreams, as well as select musical performances that continue into the fall. The New Turkish Cinema and Cinema Latino series added to the international mix, along with a host of individual films from every corner of the globe. Diverse world cultures were also celebrated in our ever more successful Columbus International Children’s Film Festival and our International Performing Arts Series for Families. Outstanding artists from this region were also prominently featured in our programs. Cartoon artist and author Jeff Smith, whose drawings are the heart of the exhibition Jeff Smith: Bone and Beyond, has attained fame around the world while making his home in Columbus, and his Wexner Center exhibition was recently showcased on a nationally broadcast Newshour with Jim Lehrer.

Among the multiple facets of the Wexner Center’s mandate is to meaningfully engage our audiences with those who creatively and sensitively take on the most compelling issues of our time. A variety of public programs in the past year have addressed issues of social justice—ranging from racial, sexual, and ethnic intolerance in all its forms to the seemingly intractable cycles of poverty and violence that plague so many places on the planet. Environmental sustainability emerged as another thematic cluster, highlighted by our 2007 Glimcher Lecture featuring visionary designer Bruce Mau expounding on a number of provocative ideas to improve our shared global ecosystem. A few weeks later, Toni Dove’s Spectropia, a multimedia performance that melds theater, video, and interactive-

computer elements, approached environmental dangers from a different direction, through a cautionary sci-fi tale about a garbage-laden future. High school students in the center’s Pages program, which promotes literacy with writing activities based on encounters with artwork, responded to Dove’s piece with reviews, poetry, and stories of their own. And the center’s annual Art & Environment class engaged a fresh group of high school students working intensively over sixteen weeks with environmental scientists at Ohio State and worldrenowned artists to grapple with crucial ecological and environmental issues.

Thankfully, these ambitious initiatives attracted an array of generous gifts and grants from private and public funding sources—corporations, foundations, and individuals from this region, across the country, and even internationally. We proudly celebrate this “critical mass” of patrons later in these pages, and we express our utmost respect and gratitude for their support. They, along with the leadership of The Ohio State University and the trustees of the Wexner Center Foundation, allow us to pursue our multifaceted cultural and educational mandate with enormous confidence and conviction.

And now, I invite you to peruse but a few pictorial highlights from the last year that reflect the myriad facets of “critical mass” achieved by the Wexner Center in our 2007–08 season. We are gratified to share these moments with you even as we look to achieve new heights in the season just ahead.

Sherri Geldin JUNE 2008

Exceptional Artistry Reaches Critical Mass

Innovation and excellence reached critical mass in the performances, exhibitions, films, and education programs at the Wexner Center.

An attentive crowd listened to visionary designer Bruce Mau discuss innovative responses to ecological challenges in the 2007 DeeDee and Herb Glimcher Lecture.

After the lecture Mau talked with members of the Glimcher family (above right).

Visual arts residency award recipient Kerry James Marshall worked closely with Columbusarea teens to interpret his graphic narrative Rythm Mastr with Japanese Bunrakustyle puppetry as part of his exhibition Every Beat of My Heart.

“I’ve never felt more welcomed nor been assisted more ably by a group of people who were as committed as I was to seeing the project that we were developing come to fruition.”

Kerry James Marshall wexner center residency award artist, 2006–2008

“The art, the people, the mission, and the leadership at the Wexner Center are all compelling and unique in Columbus.... My involvement with the Wexner Center has made Columbus infinitely more livable.”

—kevin walker, chief information officer, american electric power

Singer/songwriter Feist performed to a packed house in Mershon Auditorium as part of the Next@Wex music series.

News about Wexner Center exhibitions, film programs, performances, publications, education and outreach efforts, and the Wexner Center Store reached far-flung audiences through extensive media coverage in 2007–2008. Film curator Dave Filipi, co-curator of Jeff Smith: Bone and Beyond, spoke with correspondent Jeffrey Brown for a segment about the artist and exhibition for PBS’s NewsHour with James Lehrer.

The Chris Marker: Starring Back exhibition and catalogue were widely and favorably reviewed as that exhibition traveled to New York and Zurich (and continues to Antwerp in fall 2008).

Robert Storr, the first American to serve as director of the Venice Biennale, discussed his selections for the exhibition in the annual Lambert Family Lecture (top left). He visited with Bill Lambert, Wexner Center director Sherri

Geldin, and Sheila Lambert (top right) and greeted arts enthusiasts, including Columbus-based artists and Ohio State faculty members Ann Hamilton and Michael Mercil, in the Wexner Center Store (bottom) after his talk.

“The Wexner Center is one of our defining institutions of contemporary culture.

Don’t ever stop.”—joel wachs, president, andy warhol foundation for the visual arts

“I cannot believe that the Wexner Center has cultivated such a strong relationship with the world of film and makes such tremendous ‘up-close and personal’ opportunities available to audiences in Columbus. Other people have to travel far to get similar experiences.”—java kitrick, donor circles member

Acclaimed director Milos Forman visited the Wexner Center in April as part of a retrospective that included his early Czech films such as The Fireman’s Ball and his Academy Award winners, One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest and Amadeus. Forman introduced his first American film, Taking Off, to a packed house—and chuckled that its reception was far warmer than on its premiere in 1971.

The gorgeous and moving Times and Winds (directed

by Reha Erdem) opened a November series devoted to New Turkish Cinema.

Other series and individual screenings featured films from Israel, Japan, Australia, Mexico, Argentina, and throughout Europe.

Presentations by distinguished visitors, award-winning documentaries, and classics combined to fill our schedule with films and people audiences could find nowhere else in Columbus. Portuguese director Pedro Costa—admired by many cinephiles but virtually unknown to the public—came to the center as part of a series devoted to his work, including Casa de Lava (far left and lower center).

The documentary The Devil Came on Horseback (top left) offered a firsthand account of the harrowing violence former U.S.

A surprise hit in The Box, our video screening space, was experimental filmmaker Michael Robinson’s Light Is Waiting, a short piece constructed of altered images from an episode of the sitcom Full House. Eileen Botsford’s Cycle was screened in FirstPerson Video, an anthology of pieces made from the first person perspective. The Box also featured several works made with support from the center’s Art & Tech residency program.

Marine captain Brian Steidle observed in the Darfur region of Sudan. Tom Kalin introduced his Savage Grace, starring Julianne Moore (top center), at the Out @ Wex festival of queer filmmaking.

Indie producer Christine Vachon (with Bill Horrigan, Dave Filipi, and Chris Stults of the Wexner Center staff) visited to introduce Todd Haynes’s unconventional Bob Dylan bio-pic, I’m Not There.

Jean-Luc Godard’s classic film Pierrot le fou screened in a new 35mm print.

“I can honestly say that the Wex dance programming has been one of my chief delights over the years as a reviewer.…It always gave me a chance to think out loud.” —barbara zuck, critic

U.S. premieres, regional debuts, and return visits all characterized the season in performing arts.

Brazilian dance troupe Grupo Corpo captivated audiences with the U.S. premiere of Breu (far left).

Performances by New York’s Nature Theater of Oklahoma (left) and Dublin’s Pan Pan (above) introduced area audiences to the creative antics of two of the most talkedabout theater companies working today.

The Bad Plus (left) and Dakshina Ensemble (right) were among the international groups that brought varied styles of contemporary jazz to the center.

Nature Theater’s marathon performance No Dice went on to win an Obie Award. Pan Pan’s Oedipus Loves You mixed punk rock sensibility with humor in an updated look on the original dysfunctional family.

Our Next @ Wex series has become an essential stop for rising stars and high-profile acts of the indie music scene, among them (clockwise from top left) Wilco, Caribou, Jens Lekman, and Man Man.

“Plenty of acts who would have ordinarily passed up Columbus without a second thought have done well at the Wexner Center, proving a lot of local promoters wrong in the process…”—jordan gentile, the other paper

Mary Heilmann: To Be Someone filled the Wexner Center galleries with glorious color in spring and summer 2008.

This touring retrospective, the 67-year-old artist’s first, garnered considerable recognition for Heilmann

and scored the remarkable coup of landing on the cover of the November 2007 issues of both Artforum and Art in America.

The “painter’s painter” lectured about her work as part of the spring exhibitions opening celebration.

Jeff Smith’s Bone comic books have become an international sensation, but the artist himself lives in Columbus and nurtured his love for his field at Ohio State’s Cartoon Research Library, which collaborated with the Wexner Center on the Jeff Smith: Bone and Beyond exhibition.

“The Wexner Center is a force, a field, a provocation, a marvel. I have never known exactly what I would see there, but I have always known that having seen it—be it a Trisha Brown dance or a photograph— my vision would not be the same again.”

—catharine r. stimpson dean, graduate school of the arts and science, new york university board chair, creative capital

A critical mass of visitors of all ages enjoyed the William Wegman: Funney/ Strange exhibition.

In Fallen (left), New York–based artist Jane Hammond offers a poignant, ongoing memorial to soldiers killed in the war in Iraq.

The series of photographs Biblical Stories (center) by Israeli artist Adi Nes transposes scenes suggestive of the Old Testament into contemporary Tel Aviv.

Nes (right) spoke to audiences about his artistic method.

”The Japanese Garden performance forced us to be in the present moment and anticipate the next with great joy and simplicity. The students and teachers are still talking about it. It was just what we all needed.”

—teacher, duxberry park alternative elementary school

Outstanding arts experiences delighted audiences of all ages last year at the Wexner Center. The Japanese Garden by Italian theater company Teatro d’Piazza o d’Occasione (left background) and Post Comedy Theatre by popular Columbusbased performer Robert Post (top inset) brought stimulating live art presentations to school groups and the public as part of an ongoing series.

Hands-on workshops (insets, far left and above) introduced young people to a wide range of art-making practices, including drawing comics and making videos.

High school students in the Art & Environment class showed their work in an annual exhibition (insets, near left).

Research and Educationand Research Education

Scholarly research was made accessible to the public, artistic researchat produced newCenter works, and Community initiatives the Wexner visitors of all ages becameinstudents in our climate involve diverse audiences spirited discussions of lifelong learning. and fresh cultural discoveries.

This year’s Director’s Dialogue on Art and Social Change brought the authors of After the Revolution: Women Who Transformed Contemporary Art together to discuss the progress achieved by women in the arts and the barriers they still face. Sue Scott, Eleanor Heartney, Nancy Princenthal, and Helaine Posner (inset: front row, left to right) engaged in a panel discussion, joined by Ann Hamilton (top left), one of the artists featured in the book. Also pictured: business woman and philanthropist Barbara Fergus, who inspired the annual Director’s Dialogue series, and Wexner Center Director Sherri Geldin.

“The award-winning Wexner Center is not only a nexus of creative life on campus, but it is also a true cultural gem. By combining the talents of internationally known artists with students, faculty, and members of the local community, the center plays a powerful role in challenging our thinking and nourishing our spirits.”

E. Gordon Gee president, the ohio state university

Possibilities for learning at the center spanned multiple generations. Grownups and kids enjoyed participating in the many hands-on education programs offered throughout the year (above).

At the center’s annual Welcome Week Party in September, Ohio State students picked up free T-shirts and found out about all the Wexner Center can offer them (below).

Filmmaker Jennifer Reeder, an Ohio State alumna who is now on the faculty at the University of Illinois, Chicago, completed her first feature film as a Wexner Center Residency Award artist in 2007–08. Accidents at Home and How They Happen stars Tatiana Suarez-Pico (below) as a young woman facing the aftermath of her sister’s suicide. Reeder

worked closely with and received extensive support from the center’s Art & Tech program and staff, including Studio Editor Mike Olenick and Associate Curator Jennifer Lange (pictured flanking Reeder, top left). The film was shot in Columbus and premiered at the center in March.

April Martin (top left), also a residency award recipient in media arts, worked in the Art & Tech studio on her own project, a study of the history of police brutality and race riots in her hometown of Cincinnati, and traveled to the National Archives in Washington, D.C., with Studio Editor Paul Hill to look for relevant archival footage. In addition, Martin documented the development process,

rehearsals, and performances of Kerry James Marshall’s Every Beat of My Heart. That documentary and photographs from Marshall’s residency were on view throughout the exhibition, and they captured the avid attention of two young visitors (top right).

Marshall’s exhibition also engaged high school students from the Pages program, who responded to it with their own comics (below).

“These workshops are life changing, because you can learn about what you want, learn about yourself, and carry the information with you into the future.”—a teenarts fusion student

Outreach and Engagement

Family groups enjoyed William Wegman: Funney/Strange together on a September Family Day inspired by the show (above) and throughout the run of the exhibition. During an October community day, four-legged friends were welcome too, at least outside the building.

Community initiatives welcomed new and diverse visitors in 2007–08. Programs that tackled complex issues thoughtfully and thoroughly kept audiences coming back.

Drum major Stewart Kitchen and Dudley (in wagon) led a “pooch parade” around the building.

Dudley was selected for this honor from more 200 dogs after his owner, Anouschka Bergmann, submitted his picture to a photo contest on the center’s web site.

“We have met an incredible roster of artists through our involvement with the Wexner Center over the years—and our children are growing up with an appreciation of the arts as a vital part of our world.”—nancy gill, donor circles member

Aficionados of comic books, comic strips, cartoons, and graphic novels—including quite a number of young fans—turned out in force for the exhibition Jeff Smith: Bone and Beyond and a series of related lectures and discussions. Cartoonist Scott

McCloud joined Jeff Smith for a public conversation and book signing that drew audiences from across the country (above).

Many Bone enthusiasts had the opportunity to greet Smith at the exhibition’s opening celebration (below).

“What an important film and what a great turnout. It was so good to see the community come out for this.” —adam leddy, on the wexblog

The examination of faith and homosexuality in the film For the Bible Tells Me So sparked intense discussion among filmgoers and local media and continued for weeks on the Wexner Center’s blog. The center and several cosponsors hosted the November Network Columbus meeting before one screening, and a panel discussion with film participants and local gay and religious leaders followed another one.

Artists Sylvia Plimack Mangold (background) and Joan Semmel (second from left in inset) talked about their experiences as painters and as women working in the art world in the 1960s and 1970s in a March discussion presented in connection with

the Solitaire exhibition. That show and its catalogue examined the work of three intensely individual artists and the sometimes messy and contradictory connections that have been found between their work and the feminist movement.

Guitarist Vieux Farka Touré thrilled listeners with a hypnotic band that built on the musical legacy of his late father, Malian guitar legend Ali Farka Touré, while also charting new directions. Programs with artists from around the world helped the Wexner Center connect with international audiences on campus and in the communtiy.

“This was my family’s first time at the festival. It was wonderful! We’ll be back next year.”

—COLUMBUS INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL COMMENT BOOK

Muppet performer Dave Goelz and Gonzo, a character Goelz created, answered questions from a rapt audience as part of the Columbus International Children’s Film Festival.

What’s New— What’s Better

GenWex programs developed by and for young professionals included a conversation with entrepreneurs Jeni Britton of Jeni’s Ice Creams (top image, second from right) and Pete Scantland (top right) of Orange Barrel Media, a Trivial Pursuits championship (bottom right), and opportunities for both relaxed conversation and networking.

Authorized Campus Store The Wexner Center Store became an Apple Authorized Campus Store and had a banner year of its own. Its Chris Marker boutique became the exclusive retailer for a variety of DVDs and other merchandise related to the French artist and filmmaker, a development noted in both the New York Times and the New Yorker. Meanwhile, the exhibition catalogue Chris Marker: Silent Movie, published by the Wexner Center and distributed by MIT Press, went into a second printing.

A supportive partnership with Orange Barrel Media brought enormous visibility to Wexner Center programs, with seven wallscape banners for Funney/ Strange and a recurring presence on the electronic billboard at Broad and High Streets.

Watch for more Wexner Center wallscapes in 2008–09.

Exhibitions

Programs from July 1, 2007 to June 30, 2008

Chris Marker Staring Back May 12–August 12 Catalogue published by the Wexner Center and distributed by MIT Press. Exhibition tour: Peter Blum Gallery, New York (September 8–November 3, 2007); Museum für Gestaltung (Museum of Design), Zurich (March 5–June 22, 2008); Museum van Hedendaagse Kunst (MuHKA; Museum of Contemporary Art), Antwerp (September 25, 2008–January 4, 2009).

Robert Beck dust May 12–August 12 Catalogue published by the Wexner Center.

State Fare: Three Ohio Artists Tracy Featherstone Mark Harris Rain Harris May 12–August 12 Catalogue brochure published by the Wexner Center. The Ohio Arts Council helped fund this program with state tax dollars to encourage economic growth, educational excellence, and cultural enrichment for all Ohioans.

Zoe Leonard Analogue May 12–August 12

Catalogue published by the Wexner Center and distributed by MIT Press. Analogue project made possible by the Wexner Center Residency Award program and by funding from Creative Capital Foundation. Additional support for the Wexner Center residency and exhibition provided by the National Endowment for the Arts, Nimoy Foundation, and the Greater Columbus Arts Council.

Adi Nes: Biblical Stories February 2–April 13 Brochure published by the Wexner Center.

Presented in conjunction with Israel@60 programs in Columbus and funded in part by the Lenore Schottenstein Jewish Arts Endowment of the Columbus Jewish Foundation and the Consulate General of Israel in Philadelphia.

Solitaire: Lee Lozano, Sylvia Plimack Mangold, Joan Semmel February 2–April 13 Catalogue published by the Wexner Center and distributed by Yale University Press.

Jeff Smith: Bone and Beyond May 10–August 3 Organized by the Wexner Center and the Cartoon Research Library, The Ohio State University. Catalogue published by the Wexner Center. Major support from Scholastic Inc. Preferred airline for spring exhibitions: American Airlines/American Eagle. Accommodations for spring exhibitions: The Blackwell Inn.

Jane Hammond: Fallen May 10–August 3 Brochure published by the Wexner Center.

Organized by the Whitney Museum of American Art, New York.

Mary Heilmann: To Be Someone May 10–August 3 Organized by the Orange County Museum of Art, Newport Beach, California. Major support provided by The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Inc., and Altria Group.

Significant funding was provided by the National Endowment for the Arts.

William Wegman: Funney/Strange September 20–December 30

WEXNER CENTER RESIDENCY AWARD ARTIST 2007–2008

Organized by the Addison Gallery of American Art, Phillips Academy, Andover, Massachusetts, with generous support from the Henry Luce Foundation. Presented at the Wexner Center with lead sponsorship from American Electric Power Foundation. Major support: National City, Univar USA, and Wolfe Associates.

Significant contributions: The Trueman Family and AT&T. Promotional support: Columbus Dispatch, Experience Columbus, NBC 4, Ohio Magazine, Orange Barrel Media, Time Warner Cable, and WBNS FM Mix 97.1.

Kerry James Marshall

Kerry James Marshall: Every Beat of My Heart February 2–April 13 Performances: February 2–3 Brochure published by the Wexner Center.

Made possible through the Wexner Center Residency Award program with major support from the Nimoy Foundation, Toby Devan Lewis, Nancy and Dave Gill, and the Crane Group.

Additional support: Greater Columbus Arts Council, Peter Norton Family Foundation, Donna and Larry James, and the National Endowment for the Arts.

Performing Arts

Dave Douglas Quintet September 30 S20 Hiroaki Umeda October 4–6 Jason Lindner Ab Aeterno Trio October 19 Vieux Farka Touré October 29 Toni Dove Spectropia November 1–3 The Old Trout Puppet Workshop Famous Puppet Death Scenes November 7–10 Dakshina Ensemble Featuring Kadri Gopalnath and Rudresh Mahanthappa November 11 Jérôme Bel Pichet Klunchun and myself November 12 New Velocity Ramblers + The Holy Modal Rounders: Bound to Lose November 17 Steven Bernstein Millennial Territory Orchestra December 2 Romeo Castellucci/ Socìetas Raffaello Sanzio Hey Girl!

January 15–16

Programs from July 1, 2007 to June 30, 2008

Pan Pan Oedipus Loves You May 15–17 U.S. premiere.

NEXT@WEX Mirah with Laura Veirs July 15 The Besnard Lakes with Dirty on Purpose July 20 Akron/Family with Greg Davis and Megafaun September 21 The Blow with Saturday Looks Good To Me and High Places October 2

Grupo Corpo Breu and Benguelê March 22 U.S. premiere of Breu. Pre-performance Talk with Lúcia Costigan. Presented by the Wexner Center in association with BalletMet.

Prezens = Torn/Berne/Taborn/ Rainey March 29 The Bad Plus May 12

WEXNER CENTER RESIDENCY AWARD ARTIST 2007–2008 Improbable COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIP

World premiere. Presented by BalletMet in association with the Wexner Center.

Grizzly Bear with Beach House October 11 Wilco with Andrew Bird October 16

Feist with Jason Collett November 18

Nik Bärtsch’s Ronin March 4

Motorpsycho with Grails and Nadja June 20

Over the Rhine with Griffin House October 6

Meg Stuart and Philipp Gehmacher MAYBE FOREVER January 24–26

Lone Twin Nine Years February 21–23

These New Puritans with El Jesus de Magico June 13

BalletMet Columbus 30 X 30 Showcases and Performances August 6–10 and August 23–26

U.S. premiere.

U.S. premiere.

Earth with Sword Heaven April 26

BORIS and Damon & Naomi with Kurihara October 5

My Brightest Diamond with Tim Fite November 13

Nature Theater of Oklahoma Poetics: a ballet brut February 6–8 No Dice February 9–10

Peter Morén with Tobias Froberg April 25

José González with Neva Geoffrey November 30 Times New Viking with The Ponys and The Feelers January 25 Vampire Weekend with Sam Rosen February 14 St. Vincent with Foreign Born February 24 Jens Lekman with The Honeydrips April 1 Caribou with Fuck Buttons and Sinkane April 9 Man Man with Yeasayer April 15

VOLUNTEER PERFORMERS Nature Theater of Oklahoma’s Poetics: a ballet brut

Romeo Castellucci/ Socìetas Raffaello Sanzio’s Hey Girl!

Matt Barnes Mindy Bowers Audra Brandt Amy Dalrymple Erin Davis Sarah Drake Sarah Dryer Bob Eckhart Alexandra Gallo Kaitlyn Geiger Melanie Gnosa Elizabethan Francis Gupta Dave Hetzler HGF Kevin Howard Beth Josephson Nancy Kangas Pat Larson Elissa Marcus Latosha Matthews Amanda McNutt Yekaterina Melomed Susann Moeller Lori E. Myers Suzanne Myers Robert Paschen Casey Velker Mark Webster Samantha Werner Loretta Zedella Mark Zedella Sina Fastabend

Richard Ades Ryan Agnew Leni Anderson Matt Barnes Samuel Beavers Chris Castillo Steve Cohen Patrick Copeland Dave Covey Jack Davis Kevin Davison Peter Dully Bob Eckhart Le Gao Adrian Gorzitze Kevin Howard Bora “Max” Koknar Stephen J. Kolb Martin Kellogg Alex Lefeld Bill Long Brian Murphy Robert Paschen Robert Pham Ian Pugh Darien Robinson Frank Rodriguez Galen Roth Devin Shin Rich Stadler Michael Trask Alan Woods

Media Arts and Film/Video

SERIES Summer Abroad: A Tribute to Janus Films Rules of the Game (Jean Renoir, 1939) Lola (Rainer Werner Fassbinder, 1981) Flowers of St. Francis (Roberto Rossellini, 1950) Monika (Ingmar Bergman, 1956) Cleo from 5 to 7 (Agnès Varda, 1962) The Cranes are Flying (Mikhail Kalatozov, 1957) The 400 Blows (François Truffaut, 1959) Zero for Conduct (Jean Vigo, 1933) The Earrings of Madame de…

(Max Ophuls, 1953) Autumn Sonata (Ingmar Bergman, 1978) Cría Cuervos (Carlos Saura, 1976) Death of a Cyclist (Juan Antonio Bardem, 1955) WR: Mysteries of the Organism (Dusan Makavejev, 1971) Vengeance Is Mine (Shohei Imamura, 1979) July 6–August 23 Wex Drive-in Kiss Me, Stupid (Billy Wilder, 1964) The General (Buster Keaton and Clyde Bruckman, 1927) + The High Sign (Edward Cline and Buster Keaton, 1921) Dave Chappelle’s Block Party (Michel Gondry, 2005) The Mummy (Karl Freund, 1932) July 19, August 16, and September 18, 2007; June 19, 2008 Cinematheque: Lech Majewski Garden of Earthly Delights (2004) Wojaczek (1999) Gospel According to Harry (1992) September 5–26 New Turkish Cinema Times and Winds (Reha Erdem, 2006) + Reception

Ice Cream, I Scream (Yuksel Aksu, 2006) The International (Sirri Sureyya Onder, Muharrem Gulmez, 2006) The Magician (Cem Yilmaz & Ali Taner Baltaci, 2006) Destiny (Zeki Demirkubuz, 2006) Home Coming (Omer Ugur, 2006) November 1–20 Cosponsored by the Turkish American Association of Central Ohio, with special thanks to Ozlem Dogan Ekici.

Columbus International Children’s Film Festival Offside (Jafar Panahi, 2006, Iran) Third Monday in October (Vanessa Roth, 2006, USA) Saturday Morning Cartoons Go to the Dogs (various directors, USA) Opal Dream (Peter Caettano, 2005, Australia) Darius Goes West: The Roll of His Life (Logan Smalley, 2007, USA) City Lights (Charles Chaplin, 1931, USA) Emmet Otter’s Jug-Band Christmas (Jim Henson, 1977, USA) + Introduced by Muppet performer Dave Goelz

The Way Things Go (Peter Fischli and David Weiss, 1988, Switzerland) Kirikou and the Wild Beasts (Michel Ocelot, 2005, France) + Family tours of William Wegman: Funney/Strange, hands-on art projects, a Saturday morning cereal and pajama party, and a Sunday afternoon ice-cream social

Colossal Youth (2006) + Director introduction

In Vanda’s Room (2000) Casa de Lava (1994) + Ne Change Rien (2005) & Tarrafal (2007) Where Does Your Hidden Smile Lie? (2001) + 6 Bagatelas (2001) February 7–28 Cosponsored by Ohio State’s Department of Spanish and Portuguese.

Wexner Prize: Spike Lee Do the Right Thing (1989) 25th Hour (2002) Malcolm X (1992) She’s Gotta Have It (1986) He Got Game (1998) Crooklyn (1994) A Conversation with Spike Lee: Interviewed by James McBride (February 16) February 9–29

November 29–December 2

Out @ Wex

Cinema Latino

Savage Grace (Tom Kalin, 2007)

Under the Same Moon (La Misma Luna) (Patricia Riggen, Mexico/USA, 2007) Drama/Mex (Gerardo Naranjo, Mexico, 2006) Duck Season (Temporada de patos) (Fernando Eimbcke, Mexico, 2004) Chronicle of an Escape (Crónica de una fuga) (Israel Adrián Caetano, Argentina, 2006) Salvador Allende (Patricio Guzmán, Chile, 2004) The Violin (El Violín) (Francisco Vargas, Mexico, 2005) The Sugar Curtain (El Telón de azúcar) (Camila Guzmán Urzúa, Cuba, 2005) January 4–25

Promotional support provided by Fronteras de la Noticia and Midwest Latino. Community partner: Hispanic Chamber of Columbus.

Cinematheque: The Western The Searchers (John Ford, 1956) The Tall T (Budd Boetticher, 1957) The Gunfighter (Henry King, 1950) The Plainsman (Cecil B. Demille, 1936) Little Big Man (Arthur Penn, 1970) Broken Arrow (Delmer Daves, 1950) Rio Bravo (Howard Hawks, 1959) The Naked Spur (Anthony Mann, 1953) Trail of the Vigilantes (Allan Dwan, 1940) January 10–31 Still Lives: The Films of Pedro Costa O Sangue (1989) Ossos (1997)

+ Director introduction

Water Lilies (Celine Sciamma, 2007) Bikini (Claudia Morgado Escanilla, 2007) Before I Forget (Jacques Nolot, 2007) Lagerfeld Confidential (Rodolphe Marconi, 2007) Itty Bitty Titty Committee (Jamie Babbit, 2007) March 6–7 and 30

+ No

Support provided by Michael Council.

Promotional support provided by Outlook Weekly and Out in Columbus. Community partners: BRAVO, Human Rights Campaign, and Stonewall Columbus.

Milos Forman: A Retrospective Loves of a Blonde (1965) Taking Off (1971) + Director introduction

The Firemen’s Ball (1967) Audition (1963) One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest (1975) Amadeus (1984) Black Peter (1964) April 3–24 Touring retrospective organized by Jytte Jensen, curator in the department of film at the Museum of Modern Art, New York, with the kind collaboration of the Czech Center New York; The National Film Archive, Prague; and Irena Kovarova, independent film curator and tour manager.

Cinematheque: Nikkatsu Studios: 1960s Japanese Action Cinema A Colt Is My Passport (Takashi Nomura, 1967)

Programs from July 1, 2007 to June 30, 2008

Red Handkerchief (Toshio Masuda, 1964) Velvet Hustler (Toshio Masuda, 1967) Roughneck (Yasuharu Hasebe, 1969) May 2–16 VISITING FILMMAKERS AND ARTISTS Gus Van Sant Mala Noche (1985) August 1 Esther B. Robinson A Walk into the Sea: Danny Williams and the Warhol Factory (2007) October 11 Oren Rudavsky The Treatment (2006) + Reception

October 14

Cosponsored by Ohio State’s Melton Center for Jewish Studies.

Jennifer Reeves The Communal Dreamstate (program selected and introduced

by Jennifer Reeves) October 16 Light Work Mood Disorder / He Walked Away

Performed by Jennifer Reeves and Anthony Burr

October 18 Bruce McClure Projection Performance November 9 Christine Vachon (producer) I’m Not There (Todd Haynes, 2007) December 3 Mark McElhatten Presents…

The Walking Picture Palace: Crooked Fireworks (program of shorts) The Intimate Distance: A Tribute to Mark LaPore (1952–2005) February 26–27 Jennifer Reeder Accidents at Home and How They Happen (2008) March 1

World premiere. Made possible through the Wexner Center Residency Award program.

Tom Kalin Savage Grace (2007) March 6 David Gordon Green Snow Angels (2007) March 28 Michael Robinson Things Sinkin’ with a Melody (program of shorts) April 2

Ondjaki and Kiluanje Liberdade Hope the Pitanga Cherries Grow (2006) Introduced by Ondjaki

April 2 4 Etgar Keret Jellyfish (Etgar Keret and Shira Geffen, 2007) Introduction by Keret, Writer’s Reading, and book signing on May 6

May 6–7

Copresented with the Columbus Jewish Federation.

Christopher Zalla Area Premiere Sangre de mi sangre (2007) May 13 CONTEMPORARY SCREEN Private Fears in Public Places (Alain Resnais, 2006) July 13–14 Day Night Day Night (Julia Loktev, 2006) + Presto–Perfect Sound (Manon de Boer, 2006) July 20–21 Czech Dream (Vit Klusak and Filip Remunda, 2004) + he who laughs last laughs longest (Phil Collins, 2006) July 27–28 Bamako (Abderrahmane Sissako, 2006) + The Anthem (Apichatpong Weerasethakul, 2006) August 10–11 Lady Chatterley (Pascale Ferran, 2006) + Special Afflictions by Ray Harryhozen (Bonnie Camplin, 2006) August 17–18 The Boss of It All (Lars von Trier, 2006) + Guest of Honor (Miguel Calderón, 2006) August 24–25 Ten Canoes (Rolf de Heer, 2006) September 6–7 Brand Upon the Brain!

(Guy Maddin, 2006) + Manuelle Labor (Marie Losier, 2007) September 13–14 Zoo (Robinson Devor, 2007) September 13–14 Half Moon (Bahman Ghobadi, 2006) September 20–21 Strange Culture (Lynn Hershman, 2007) October 5 Caveman: V. T. Hamlin & Alley Oop (Max Allan Collins, 2005) October 10 Cosponsored by Ohio State’s Cartoon Research Library.

Seasons of MacDowell (Michael Almereyda, George Griffin, Elisabeth Subrin, and David Petersen, 2007) October 24 The Witnesses (André Techiné, 2007) October 25–26 Still Life (Jia Zhang-ke, 2006) March 21–22 Note by Note: The Making of Steinway L1037 (Ben Niles, 2006) + Pre-performance talk by Christopher Purdy and piano performance by Stephanie Frakes and Jane Johnson

April 18–19 Chop Shop (Ramin Bahrani, 2007) April 25–26 Boarding Gate (Olivier Assayas, 2007) May 31 The Silence Before Bach (Pere Portabella, 2007) June 6–7 Woman on the Beach (Hong Sang-soo, 2006) June 13–14 The Duchess of Langeais (Jacques Rivette, 2007) June 20–21 CLASSICS Killer of Sheep (Charles Burnett, 1977) September 27–29 The Open Road (Claude Friese-Greene, 1926) + Live music by Sue Harshe

October 4 Santa (Antonio Moreno, 1932) October 19 Halloween Horror Hush…Hush, Sweet Charlotte (Robert Aldrich, 1964) Spider (David Cronenberg, 2002) October 31 Belmondo X 2 Pierrot le fou (Jean-Luc Godard, 1965) Le Doulos (Jean-Pierre Melville, 1963) December 7–8 and 14–15 Valentine’s Day Classic Vertigo (Alfred Hitchcock, 1958, 70mm print) February 14 Monsieur Verdoux (Charles Chaplin, 1947) March 14–15

Programs from July 1, 2007 to June 30, 2008

Finest Hour: Films by Humphrey Jennings

The Unforeseen (Laura Dunn, 2007) May 17

Four Shorts (1939–1943) Fires Were Started (1943) March 27–29

Leila Khaled: Hijacker (Lina Makboul, 2006) May 29

Network (Sidney Lumet, 1976)

Goal Dreams (Maya Sanbar and Jeffrey Saunders, 2006) May 30

The Rock and Roll Picture Show (program of shorts) May 8

Silent Stars: The Talmadge Sisters

SPECIAL EVENTS

Lessons in Love (Chet Withey, 1921) The Sign on the Door (Herbert Brenon, 1921)

Ohio Short Film & Video Showcase May 10

Member-Only Screening In the Shadow of the Moon (David Sington THE BOX and Christopher Riley, 2006) August 22 *Drunk on Virtue (Hope Tucker, 2007) July Columbus in Focus (Karl Baumann and Aaron Covington, 2007) La Nuit (from L’Atalante) September 25 (Karen Yasinsky, 2007) Cosponsored by Ohio State’s Department August

Organized by the British Film Institute.

+ GenWex Reel Cinema reception

May 1

+ Live music by Larry Marotta

May 22

Presented in conjunction with Cinevent, Columbus’s annual gathering of cinephiles over Memorial Day weekend.

A Looney Tunes Evening with Jeff Smith (selected Warner Bros cartoon shorts) June 5 Presented in conjunction with the exhibition Jeff Smith: Bone and Beyond.

of Theatre.

The Short Films of the Quay Brothers (1979–2003) November 6

Last Year at Marienbad (Alain Resnais, 1961) June 27–28

The Worst Cartoons Ever Introduced by Jerry Beck

NEW DOCUMENTARY

Lillian Schwartz: Selected Works November 13

For the Bible Tells Me So (Daniel Karslake, 2007)

+ Reception

November 14–15

Community partners: Equality Ohio and Human Rights Campaign—Columbus Steering Committee.

The Devil Came on Horseback (Annie Sundberg, Ricki Stern, 2007) November 27–28

Screened in conjunction with the conference Toward a Transformative Agenda around Race, presented by Ohio State’s Kirwan Institute for the Study of Race and Ethnicity.

+ Book signing

November 8

Copresented by Ohio State’s Rare Books and Manuscripts Library.

The Best of the Ottawa International Animation Festival November 15 Experimental Animation since 1933 November 16 The Holy Modal Rounders…Bound to Lose (Sam Wainwright Douglas & Paul Lovelace, 2006) + Introduction by Paul Loveface + Velocity Ramblers in Concert

November 17

Black White + Gray: A Portrait of Sam Wagstaff and Robert Mapplethorpe (James Crump, 2007) December 6

Secret Cinema In Between Days (So Young Kim, 2006) December 13

9 Star Hotel (Ido Haar, 2006) January 17

Reel Buckeye Shorts January 30

Lake of Fire (Tony Kaye, 2006) January 22

Banff Mountain Film Festival

The Rape of Europa (Richard Berge, Bonni Cohen, Nicole Newnham, 2007) + Introduction by Bonni Cohen

January 26–27 Dummy Hoy: A Deaf Hero (David Risotto, 2007)

+ Director introduction

April 16

Copresented with Ohio State’s Department of Recreational Sports and Outdoor Adventure Center. Community partners: Outdoor Source, STA Travel, and River Expeditions.

April 1 Rare Films from the Baseball Hall of Fame

+ Introduction by film/video curator Dave Filipi

April 11–12

Film Studies Lecture Jared Gardner Serial Pleasures April 22 Cosponsored by Ohio State’s Film Studies Program.

Artists Respond to Hurricane Katrina September Paper Tiger Read Paper Tiger Television October Erasers (Anna Gaskell, 2005) November Making Things Go (Fischli+ Weiss, 1984/2006) December *The Rotten Riotous West (Margo Victor, 2006) January When the Levees Broke: A Requiem in Four Acts (Spike Lee, 2006) Parts 1 and 2: February 1–14 Parts 3 and 4: February 15–29 Light Is Waiting (Michael Robinson, 2007) March *Forest Park Forest Zoo (Amy O’Neill, 2008) April I-BE AREA (Ryan Trecartin, 2007) May First Person Video (Curated by Robert Ladislas Derr and Marcy B. Freedman, 1998–2006) * Projects supported through the Art & Technology program

Education and Public Programs

ARTISTS WHO WORKED IN ART & TECHNOLOGY Deborah Stratman (various projects)

SCHOOL PROGRAMS Tours for school groups (Grades K–12)

Alex Juhasz (Scale: Measuring Might in the Media Age)

Expanded Classroom: Contemporary Art in Practice (Grades K–8)

Jennifer Reeder (Accidents at Home and How They Happen)

Art Happens: Creative Encounters in the Galleries (Grades K–8)

April Martin (Color of Justice (working title))

World View: Cultural Intersections in Contemporary Art (Grades 9–12)

Pouran Esrafily (Louise Bourgeois Sunday Salons)

Pages: An Art & Writing Program (Grades 9–12)

Lucy Raven (China Town) William Jones (Science in Business) Laura Larson (Electric Girls and the Invisible World) Amy O’Neill (Forest Park Forest Zoo) Ann Lauterbach and Ann Hamilton Amy Yoes (untitled in progress) Leilah Weinraub, Pilar Wiley, Ashland Miles (Shakedown) WEXNER CENTER RESIDENCY AWARD ARTISTS 2007–2008 April Martin and Jennifer Reeder

Presented with support from the Ingram-White Castle Foundation, Harry C. Moores Foundation, Ohio Arts Council, and Puffin Foundation.

Art & Environment (Grades 11–12) January 23–June 4 Interventions: Students Respond to the Environment (exhibition) May 29–June 3 Presented with support from the Martha Holden Jennings Foundation and the Milton & Sally Avery Arts Foundation.

Puppets in the Classroom With Jennifer Stoessner March 6 Technology Tunes: Science and Art Make Beautiful Music With Beatrix*Jar April 2 Artful Thinking: Using the Power of Art to Deepen Student Learning across the Curriculum June 17 A partnership with the Columbus Museum of Art.

FAMILY AND YOUTH PROGRAMS Summer Youth Workshops 2007 Funney/Strange Family Day September 23 Columbus International Children’s Film Festival November 29–December 3 (see complete list on the film pages)

International Performances for School Groups (Grades K–12; adult learning programs)

Young Arts: Noisy Toys With Beatrix*Jar April 5

Arcosm Company (France) Echoa October 22–23

International Performing Arts for Families

Robert Post Post Comedy Theatre February 27–28 Compagnia T.P.O. (Italy) The Japanese Garden The CCC (Children Cheering Carpet) Project May 20–23 International Films for School Groups (Grades K–12; adult learning programs) Cartoons Go to the Dogs (collection of shorts), Offside (Iran), Darius Goes West: The Roll of His Life (USA), Third Monday in October (USA), The Way Things Go (Switzerland)

November 27–30; December 3 WORKSHOPS FOR EDUCATORS Learning to Look—Looking to Learn July 10 and 17 Teacher Open House September 26 Moving into Awareness With Sy Kleinman October 21 Teacher Tour Night February 7 Hip-Hop in the Classroom With Kofi Charu Nat Turner February 16

Arcosm Company (France) Echoa October 21 Robert Post Post Comedy Theatre February 29–March 1 Compagnia T.P.O. (Italy) The Japanese Garden The CCC (Children Cheering Carpet) Project May 23–25 TeenArts Fusion 2007 TeenArts Fusion 2008 TeenArts Fusion Fest 2007 July 13 Open Mic Performance and Involvement Fair February 16 A collaboration with TransitArts and Godman Guild T.E.E.N.

wexLab: Toy Tones With Beatrix*Jar April 5 Ohio Short Film & Video Showcase Youth Division May 10

Programs from July 1, 2007 to June 30, 2008

SELECTED ADULT PUBLIC PROGRAMS Group exhibition tours Walk-in exhibition tours Endowed Lectures/Programs Bruce Mau DeeDee and Herb Glimcher Lecture November 7 Presented with support from the DeeDee and Herb Glimcher Program Fund. Cosponsored by Ohio State’s Department of Industrial, Interior, and Visual Communication Design and the Knowlton School of Architecture.

Robert Storr Lambert Family Lecture April 8 Made possible by generous support from the Lambert Family Lecture Series Endowment Fund.

Dog Day @ the Wex: 2007 Community Day October 7 Sneak Preview: Art21: Season Four October 9 Presented in collaboration with Art21 (www.art21. org), a nonprofit contemporary art organization serving artists, students, teachers, and the general public.

James Serpell Why We Like Dogs (and They Like Us) November 1 Cosponsored by Ohio State’s College of Veterinary Medicine.

James Thurber and William Wegman: Two American Originals November 15 Presented in collaboration with Thurber House.

After the Revolution Director’s Dialogue on Art and Social Change May 21

Toby Devan Lewis Book Signing of ArtWorks: The Progressive Collection February 2

Panel discussion with the authors of the 2007 book After the Revolution: Women Who Transformed Contemporary Art—Eleanor Heartney, Helaine Posner, Nancy Princenthal, and Sue Scott— and artist and Ohio State professor of art Ann Hamilton. Made possible in part by a lead endowment gift from an anonymous donor.

Gallery Talks

Artists’ Talks and Conversations A Conversation with Spike Lee Interviewed by James McBride Wexner Prize Event February 12 Kerry James Marshall February 26 Adi Nes March 25 Cosponsored by Ohio State’s Melton Center for Jewish Studies.

Double Solitaire With artists Sylvia Plimack Mangold and Joan Semmel and exhibition curator Helen Molesworth.

Sherri Geldin (William Wegman: Funney/Strange) October 18 Rebecca Wanzo (Kerry James Marshall: Every Beat of My Heart) February 19 Sam Meier (Adi Nes: Biblical Stories) February 28 Okechukwu Odita (Kerry James Marshall: Every Beat of My Heart) April 4 Ann Bremner (Solitaire) April 11 Dave Filipi and Lucy Shelton Caswell (Jeff Smith: Bone and Beyond) May 14 Amanda Potter (Jane Hammond: Fallen) May 27

March 26

GenWex Presents

Mary Heilmann May 9

Slideluck Potshow August 3

Jeff Smith and Scott McCloud May 10

Upstarts With Pete Scantland and Jeni Britton November 28

Terry Moore May 15 Paul Pope May 20 Lectures and Special Events Lisa S. Roberts Antiques of the Future September 25 Cosponsored by Ohio State’s Department of Industrial, Interior, and Visual Communication Design.

Trivia Night/Mixtape Exchange March 12 Circuit Benders with Beatrix*Jar April 4 Reel Politics May 1

SELECTED COSPONSORED PROGRAMS Repertorio Espanol Cronica de una muerte anunciada (Chronicle of a Death Foretold)

By Gabriel García Márquez October 12 Presented by the Hispanic/Latino Community at The Ohio State University.

Music Drama of the Holocaust October 28 Cosponsored by Ohio State’s Melton Center for Jewish Studies.

BeansTalk/Stalking Beans Lewis Hyde and Michael Mercil in Conversation November 13 Cosponsored by Ohio State’s Department of Comparative Studies, the Living Culture Initiative in the Department of Art, and the Institute for Collaborative Research and Public Humanities.

Lucy Shelton Caswell Billy Ireland: Columbus’s Most Famous Cartoonist January 24 Cosponsored by Ohio State’s Cartoon Research Library.

Writer’s Readings With Rosanna Warren, Tom Perrotta, Dave Roche, David Treuer, and Ann Elizabeth Moore.

Cosponsored by Ohio State’s Creative Writing Program in the Department of English.

Artists’ Talks With Matt Mullican, Laetitia Sonami, Meredith Monk, Ali Pretty, Ann Lauterbach, Chris Sperandio, and William Anastasi.

Cosponsored by Ohio State’s College of the Arts; Departments of Art, Comparative Studies, Dance, and Theatre; Cartoon Research Library; Creative Writing Program in the Department of English; Project Narrative; and the Mershon Center for International Security Studies.

Read Aloud Programs held weekly during academic quarters and cosponsored by The Ohio State University Libraries.

PROGRAMS FOR OHIO STATE STUDENTS Office of International Affairs (OIA) Student Party September 12 Welcome Week Student Party September 18

A Critical Mass of Philanthropy—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. Endowed funds may be created through direct donations or as part of your estate plan.

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 The Anita and Michael Goldberg— Rite Rug Company and its founder, Duke Goldberg Endowment for Wexner Center Children and Family Programs 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 John McKitrick Family Fund for Mershon Auditorium 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 2007–08 The following donors have made gifts or grants to support specific Wexner Center programs.

Abercrombie & Fitch AEP Ohio American Airlines/American Eagle Arts Midwest Milton and Sally Avery Arts Foundation Battelle The Blackwell Inn Bob Evans Farms British Council Cardinal Health Coca-Cola The Columbus Dispatch Consulate General of Israel in Philadelphia Crane Group Doris Duke Charitable Foundation Nancy and Dave Gill Greater Columbus Arts Council Agnes Gund and Daniel Shapiro Honda of America Manufacturing, Inc. Bob Howard Huntington Bank Ingram-White Castle Foundation Istituto Italiano di Cultura di Chicago Donna and Larry James Jeni’s Splendid Ice Creams Martha Holden Jennings Foundation Mary G. and C. Robert Kidder John S. Kobacker and Catherine Chapin Kobacker Bill and Sheila Lambert Toby Devan Lewis Dorothy Lichtenstein Limited Brands The McGraw-Hill Companies The Harry C. Moores Foundation National City National Endowment for the Arts National Performance Network Nationwide Foundation New England Foundation for the Arts / National Dance Project Nimoy Foundation Peter Norton Family Foundation Ohio Arts Council The Ohio State University College of Engineering Austin E. Knowlton School of Architecture Uniprint Olentangy Village Apartments Orange Barrel Media Ron and Ann Pizzuti

The Puffin Foundation Resource Interactive Rohauer Collection Foundation, Inc. The Judith Rothschild Foundation Scholastic, Inc. Lenore Schottenstein Jewish Arts Endowment of the Columbus Jewish Foundation Joyce and Charles Shenk Time Warner Cable The Trueman Family Univar USA The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts Abigail and Leslie Wexner Wolfe Associates, Inc. Promotional Support CD101, The Alternative Station The Columbus Dispatch Columbus Parent NBC 4 Ohio Magazine Orange Barrel Media The Other Paper Out in Columbus Outlook Weekly ThisWeek Community Newspapers Time Warner Cable WBNS FM Mix 97.1 WOSU Public Media

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 Ohio State University 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

National Council Capgemini Colucci & Umans The Columbus Foundation Vada Beetler Memorial Fund William C. and Naoma W. Denison Fund Florence E. K. Hurd Fund Robert B. Hurst Fund Fred R. Place Fund William O. Queen Fund Janet Leonard Reading Fund Mills/James Productions Triumph International Spiesshofer & Braun Kommanditgesellschaft Valco Associates, Inc. Vorys Sater Seymour and Pease LLP Trustees Council Alliance Data Bank of America Commercial Contractors Inc. Concept Creator Fashion Ltd. Corna/Kokosing Construction Company Davis Polk & Wardwell The Forbes Company Forest City Enterprises General Growth Properties, Inc. The Georgetown Company Glimcher Global Lead Management Consulting Live Technologies LT Custom Furnishings Inc. Mall Properties MANCHU MBH Architects Microsoft Corporation M/I Homes National City Bank Nationwide Foundation

NCR Oakleaf Waste Management PREIT Quad/Graphics Simon Property Group Sogeti USA The Taubman Company Tri Tech Laboratories, Inc. Vee Pak, Inc. Benefactors Council Ace Style American Airlines/American Eagle American Electric Power Arent Fox Aronov Realty Artistic Carton Company AT&T Ohio Avery Dennison/RIS Brandix Apparel Catterton Partners CB Richard Ellis New York Central City Title Agency, Ltd. Citigroup Clover Garment Factory, Ltd. Continental Real Estate Companies Cosmetic Essence, Inc. Deloitte Consulting, LLP Diversified Distribution Systems, Inc. Elite Retail Services, Inc. Elkus/Manfredi Architects Evans Mechwart Hambleton & Tilton Inc. Express Financo, Inc. Firmenich Fitch Fontheim Partners Ford Motor Company Garlock Printing and Converting Corporation General Catalyst Gregory Greenfield and Assoc., Ltd. Guest Supply, LLC Hansoll Textile Ltd. Hing Shing Looping Mfg. Co. Ltd. Jeffrey R. Anderson Real Estate Jeyes International Jim Wilson and Associates The Kraft Group Makalot Industrial Co., Ltd. MAS Holdings Matrix Psychological Services McKinsey & Company M/D Management Merit Tat International, Ltd The M. G. Herring Group Mor Plastics Industries, Ltd. Namyang Int’l Co., Ltd. New England Development Northstar Realty LLC O & S Holdings, LLC Parawin Industries Limited Pioneer

Plaza Packaging Corp.

Poag & McEwan Lifestyle Centers RED Development, LLC Regina Miracle International Limited Squire, Sanders & Dempsey, L.L.P. Steiner + Associates Stephen Gould Corporation Sun Capital Partners, Inc. Tainan Enterprises Co., Ltd. Time Warner Cable Trademark Triangle Transportation The Trotman Company, Inc. Verizon Business Vornado Realty Trust Chairman’s Council ABM Janitorial Services Abreon Accel Inc. Acloché Adriana Limia ADT APL Logistics/APL Lines Asia Master International Ltd. AutoDesSys Berglass Grayson The Brickman Group Bureau Veritas Consumer Products Services, Inc. Carmen’s Distribution Systems CASTO CB Richard Ellis Columbus Centrum Properties, Inc. Cisco Systems, Inc. C. J. Segerstrom & Sons Cochran Group, Inc. Colonial Properties Trust Color Carton Corp.

Comosoft Consumer Insights Cordano Capital Company Cosmetic Labs Cousins Properties Incorporated Dancor, Inc. Davaco David Berndt Interests, Ltd. David Hocker and Associates, Inc. Davis Street Land Co. DEBS Corporation Deloitte & Touche USA LLP Doris International, Inc. Drinker Biddle Eckinger Construction Co. E. C. Provini Company, Inc. Equal-Plus, Inc. E. R. Ochsendorf Co. Esquel Apparel Essential Ribbons, Inc. Expolanka Freight FedEx Fenwick & West LLP Fifth Third Foundation

Franklin, Weinrib, Rudell & Vassallo, P. C. Fred Olivieri Construction George J. Igel & Company, Inc. Glavan Fehér Architects Hanin Garment Manufactory Heinz Glas USA, Inc. HSBC Information Works, Inc. International Flavors & Fragrances, Inc. International Trimmings & Labels, Inc Jones Day Jones Lang LaSalle Retail Group Joseph Freed and Associates LLC Kurimoto Lambert Sheet Metal, Inc. Law Offices of John T. O’Rourke Lee Hecht Harrison Lehigh Direct Luen Thai Mane U.S.A. McCaffery Interests McCall Design Group M. C. Packaging Corporation Meacham & Apel Architects Medicia Corporation M-Engineering MJB Electric MOL (America) Inc. Nelson’s Seasonal Décor NFI-Quick Pak Noyon N.A. Inc. Oakland Mall, LLC Oldcastle Engineered Products Ontario Potato Distribution Logistics Onyx Packaging Corporation Opus West Perez & Morris LLC Pinaccle Construction Porter, Wright, Morris & Arthur LLP Precise Packaging Prime Retail, LLP Project Control Systems Robert B. Aikens & Associates, Inc. Robin Enterprises Ronis Brothers Russco, Inc. Salans Sancoa International San Mar Laboratories, Inc. SEA, Ltd. Senn-Delaney Shanghai HuaZiang Woolen Dressing Co., Ltd. Sharpstown Mall ShopperTrak Mr. and Mrs. Michael Silverstein Smoot Construction of Ohio Speer Mechanical Star Global (North America), Ltd. Stingray Studios, Inc. Strategen Creative Partners

The Superior Group Symrise, Inc. Transco Plastic Industries Troutman Sanders LLP T. W. Ruff Ulmer & Berne LLP United Parcel Service Univar USA Valley Lane Industries Vestar Development Co. W/S Development Associates, LLC Waste Management of Ohio Whittmanhart, Inc. Wilmorite Management Group, LLC Xerox Investors Council Bell Container Corp.

Ben Carter Properties Commercial Cutting & Graphics Coyote Management, L.P. Dove Building Services DowIndustries Duke Realty Corp.

FRCH Design Worldwide Innovative Marble & Tile Interior Crafts, Inc. Jefferson Wells Lee Smith & Associates Co. LPA Seaquist Closures Standwill Packaging, Inc. Thomas Electronics, Inc. Unimix Limited Corporate Partners Council Alessandra Ambrosio Allegiance Development Ann Arbor Distribution, Inc. Belmay The Breard Company Capital City Awning Cottingham Paper Co. Crosland Crown Metal Mfg. Co. Cypress Equities De Jager Construction, Inc. Empire Wave Limited Fiber Seal of Central Ohio Fullcharm Knitters GK Development High Style Fashion Intimark Jackel, Inc. Kingmax Industrial, Ltd. Mainline Information Systems Michael Wheeler Pacific Textiles Limited Page Partners Permit Resources, Inc. Pete Miller, Inc Regency Centers UCR Urban VFP Fire Systems Whelan’s International

DONOR CIRCLES MEMBERS Donor Circles members belong to our highest categories of individual annual giving. They provide essential funding for all Wexner Center programs, while enjoying special member privileges year round.

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 Bill and Sheila Lambert Mark A. Morrow and Jeffrey D. Chaddock The Pizzuti Family Foundation Marshall Rose and Candice Bergen Joyce and Charles Shenk A. Alfred Taubman Trueman Family Foundation Abigail and Leslie Wexner Ann and John F. Wolfe Benefactors Circle Carol and David Aronowitz Loann W. Crane Barbara K. Fergus Nancy and Dave Gill Linda I. Heasley and Stephen F. Coady John S. Kobacker and Catherine Chapin Kobacker Nancy Kramer and Christopher Celeste Judy and Dick Ruhl Armory Circle Stacy and Dennis Armstrong Michael and Denise Glimcher Donna and Larry James Merilynn and Tom Kaplin Mary and Tom Katzenmeyer Elizabeth Kessler and Gregory Henchel Nancy Wolfe Lane Bob and Bonnie Larson Ben Maiden Lynne and John Muskoff Diane Neal Michael A. Petrecca and Dr. Heather Grant Lou Ann Moritz Ransom and H. R. Ransom Lynne and Martyn Redgrave Kaira Sturdivant Rouda and Harley Rouda, Jr. George A. Skestos Joy and Bruce Soll

Joan and Press Southworth III Ric Wanetik and David Hagans Janice and Herbert Wolman Producers Circle Teresa and Brian Biernat Trish and John Cadwallader Ann and Ari Deshe Sherri Geldin DeeDee and Herb Glimcher Linda and Bob Gorman Lisal and Don Gorman James Henderson and Katherine Kuck Scott Henningsen and Kelly Mooney Huguette and Dennis Hersch Ian Hinz and Celeste Cosentino Una and Ken Hunter Charlotte and Jack Kessler Java and Mark Kitrick Ellen and Edward Klopfer Mary and Robert Lazarus Robert Meister Terry and John Morgan Karen and Neil Moss Helene and Rick Paul James E. Phillips Janet A. Radakovich and Paul Michael Schmucker Jane and Rich Ramsey Janice Roth Susan and Jerome Scott Heidi and Stefan Selig Thekla and Donald Shackelford Donna Smith, Molly Parker Smith, and Richard Smith IV Linda B. and J. Scott Taylor Judy and Steve Tuckerman Arlene and Michael Weiss Ms. Sandra West and Dr. Stephen Hasley David J. White Bea Wolper and Dick Emens Kathy and Fred Yaffe Sarah Ziegler Director’s Circle Jakki and Jerry Allen Drs. Jamie and Steve Allen Jill and Kerry Beraud Jackie and Wendy Berkowitz Ashley and Jamie Bersani Janis and Michael Bloch Sally G. Blue Ms. Louise Bourgeois Mrs. Andrew Broekema Jeffrey and Michelle Byars Andrea and Brett Cambern Kelly and John Carter Tina and Augie Cenname Sheila A. Clark and Elizabeth A. Boster Sharon K. Cohodes Marjie and Jeffrey Coopersmith Deborah Countiss

Steven Cox and Kerry Thompson Shannon and Rob Crane Richard P. and Carole Crystal Foundation Roxana and Bill Deadman Kathy and Phil Fankhauser Mollie Fankhauser-Cavanaugh and Kelly Cavanaugh-Fankhauser Jim and Gail Ferber Pia Ferrario Gigi and Sam Fried Dareth Gerlach Marcie and Ivan Gilbert Teresa and Mark Giresi Senator and Mrs. John Glenn Ellen Glimcher Roy Gottlieb, DDS Dedrea and Paul Gray Lori and David Greeley J. Ronald Green and Louisa Bertch Green Tom Grote and Rick Neal Dr. Robert and Marcia Hershfield Cindy and Larry Hilsheimer Charleen Hinson Lisa and Alan Hinson Celeste and John Holschuh Kim Holzer David G. Horn and Victoria E. Powers Susan and David Hostetler Sue and Ford Huffman Una Tsou Hunter Rebecca and Sebastian Ibel Marci and Bill Ingram Jack Jackson and Robert Storbeck Penny and Rick Jackson Susan and Michael Jeffries Amy and Matt Kallner Katrina Kantner Suzanne Karpus Morgan Kauffman Reneé and Ron Kauffman Keesha and Tom Keiser Robert F. Klaffky Connie J. Klema and Sherri Stephenson Linda Knapp and Bill Rogers Victor Krupman Denise Landman and Walter Palawsky Dr. and Mrs. Mark B. Landon Sharon A. Lessard Katherine S. LeVeque Elaine Lewin Fran Luckoff and Elliott Luckoff Nancy and Tom Lurie Mary and James Lyski Andy Magisano Peg Mativi and Donald Dick Gloria and Bill May Molly McArdle Valerie Merone Mary Beth and David R. Meuse Amy and Bob Milbourne

Richard L. Miller Craig S. Myers Jacob Neal A. Mark Neuman The Nitzberg Magic Fund of the Merrill Lynch Community Charitable Fund of The Chicago Community Foundation Cicely Wylde-Oubrerie and José Oubrerie Floradelle A. Pfahl Dr. Joseph and Mrs. Lisa Pinzone Ellen and Art Pollack Mr. Douglas J. Preisse Sara Purcell and John Reagan 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 Tasi and Kent Rigsby Mr. and Mrs. Jaquelin T. Robertson Cordelia W. Robinson and Dr. Grant Morrow Neil Rosenberg Charlotte and Bob Ross Betsy and Bryan Ross Ann and L. Jack Ruscilli Ellen and David Ryan J. Daniel Schmidt and Beverly Bethge Suzanne Scrutton and M. Reneé Bostick Mark J. Shafer Lucy Soares-Demelo and Euclides Demelo Susan Tomasky and Ron Ungvarsky Ginny Trethewey Audrey and Brian Tuckerman Sharen and Charles Turney Susan and Matthew Ungar Anne Valentine and Kent Thompson Karen and Kirk Wade Mr. and Mrs. Paul Watkins Pamela White Douglas L. Williams Jennie and Mark Wilson Vanguard Circle Pamela and Jack Beeler Todd Blumenthal Carol L. Campbell David Charlowe Paige and Michael Crane Gerald and Jill Dannemiller Dr. William and Sara Jane DeHoff Mary L. and Richard Gray Gerald M. McCue Tibor and Gyongyi Nadasdy The Ohio State University College of the Arts Mr. and Mrs. Charles R. Saxbe Lenore Schottenstein Sheila and Martin Torch

Joan Wallick Angela Westwater and David Meitus Shirle Nesbitt Westwater F. Leon Wilson Bob Wood GENERAL MEMBERSHIP Members are critical 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+), Household ($75+) and Friend ($50+) levels.

Fellows: $500–$999 Sponsors: $250–$499 Fellows Dana and Brent Adler Dr. Joseph Alutto and Carol Newcomb Randy Arndt and Jeff Baker John Behal and Jim Elliott AnneMarie Blaire Frank M. Byers, Jr. Dr. Julian Caldwell Bunny Clark Sally Crane Dr. L. Mark Dean and Ms. Malinda Susalla Michael Flamm and Jennifer McNally Susan and Frank Franano Babette T. Gorman Marty Greenberg and Lois Ungar Anne and Robert H. Jeffrey II Lisa and Daniel Jones Audrey W. Kaiser Jeffrey and Kathy Lipps Jean Mervis Valerie and Jeff Milgrom Pierluigi Porcu Susan and Mark Real Tadd and Nancy Seitz Ray and Beth Silverstein Brian Usher Alexandra and Chris Yessios Sponsors Shannon K. Abel Dale Abrams and Elliot Fishman Peggy Alexander Beth and Chris Assif James P. Bach Mary Beth and Ron Berggren Gwen Berlekamp Ife and Justin Blount Haley Boehning Barbara and David Brandt Michael and Elizabeth Burns Hon. and Mrs. Donald Calhoun, Jr. Sidney Chafetz and Adrienne Bosworth

Josh A. Coldwell Beth Crane Bette and Jerry Dare Nicholas and Betsy DeFusco Dr. Johanna S. DeStefano William and Anita Donaldson Patricia Escobar Carl Faller and Mary Finnegan Mr. and Mrs. Brad Feinknopf David Filipi Kristine A. Flaherty and Thomas E. Delach Ann and John Fowble Domenico Franano Miriam Freimer and Edward Levine Jerry Friedman and Julie Robbins Judy and Jules L. Garel Gladys Geanekopulos Mr. and Mrs. Michael Gonsiorowski Nathan Gordon Lenore and Bernard Greenberg Louise B. Guthman Nedra Hadley Beth and Bob Hamilton Donald and Marilyn Harris Ann Heineman Christopher J. Henneforth Christopher and Pamela Hill Paul S. Hinders Richard A. Hollingsworth and Elsie M. Sanchez Paul H. and Elizabeth K. Hysell Robert and Anita Jennings Ira and Debora Kane Charles Kleibacker Robin M. Kumin Steven Landau and Katherine J. Adler Robert and Michele Leibengood Marlene and Fred Levinson Kimberly S. Lightle Michael and Jacqueline Loughry James I. Luck Jack R. Marchbanks Douglas Martin Jane and Richard Mattlin Carol McGuire William and Julia McLemore Shereen Midkiff Cynthia Miller Marta L. Morris Craig Morrison Patricia T. Mueller Gloria Noel Rhea Opiniano and Stuart Arkin Xenia Palus Davies Julie Parsons and Roger Fox Sandy Pfening Jason Poling and L. Paige Turner Jordanne Renner Thomas Rosol William B. Roth Yoaz and Julie Saar Robert Salmen

Jeffrey W. Schneider Jennifer Schroeter Sharon and John Seiling Barry Shank, Shari Speer, and Claire Shank Dr. and Mrs. Stephen D. Shell Dr. W. Michael Sherman and Dr. Betty L. Rider Susan Simms and Bob Palmer Kazimierz M. Slomczynski and Jerzyna Slomczynska Jeff Smith and Vijaya Iyer Philip and Ellen Smith Mark Spurgeon Richard and Vicki Stoddard Sandra J. Tanenbaum Craig and Connie Tuckerman Donn F. Vickers Jeffrey Taylor Vincent Randall Walters and Cynthia Mushrush Amy and Mike Weisbach Amy Wharton Mr. and Mrs. Tom Winters Lorraine C. Wright Edith Yamasaki Bernard and Miriam Yenkin and anonymous donors

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 June 30, 2008.

Our Volunteers

COMMUNITY DOCENTS Ellen Bazzoli Dolores Blankenship Anja Bruggemann Carole Dale Monica Dunn Joan Folpe Susie Gerald Herb Gross Chris Hill Gisela Josenhans Sue Levin Rebecca Lowther Jean Mervis Judith Nevai Pat Pound Stephen Rigden Ellen Sheffield Jeri Sutton Joan Tallan Irene Tesfai Susan Underwood Debbie Verona Gisela Vitt DONOR CIRCLES COUNCIL Judy Tuckerman, Chair Joyce Shenk, Vice Chair Jamie Keller Allen Sally Blue Trish Cadwallader Nancy Gill Jeffrey Glavan Lisa Hinson Rebecca Ibel Morgan Kauffman Mark Morrow Michael Reese Diane Reynolds Janice Roth Kaira Sturdivant Rouda Bobbie Ruch Mark Shafer Sandy West Fred and Kathy Yaffe

VOLUNTEER USHERS Emily Ach LaDonna Adams Florence Adegboye Amy Alwood Lisa Anfang Frances Beasley Brieanne Billman Dolores Blankenship Brad Block Kyla Booher Shelley Bowden Derek Bower Diane Brant Whitney Brooks Monica Brown Monica Cantu Constance Carroll Beverly Carter Don M. Catlett Vicki Chay-Wilkins Chu Young Chon Jessica Coleman Angela Collard Esther Connors Patrick Copeland Sally Crandall Emily Current Jo Ann Damon Charlotte D’Augustine Galia Davidovitch Doris Davis Jack Davis Jason Dembski Samantha Desilva Greg Dew Pauline Dickey Jessica Dolle Laura Dolle Mary Beth Donaldson Catherine Doran Jim Dorsey Nancy Dorsey Adam Dowell Joan Droughton Nick Droughton Angelo Pleze Edwards Sarah Esposito Monique Ganucheau Diana Gerber Katie Gibson Jaqueline Godsey Marina Goldshteyn Rob Greathouse Deborah Guy Joo Yeon Ha Timothy Hing Nick Holtkamp Kirsten Houck Carolyn Inamura Joe Inglis Naomi Jacobs Mila Jaroniec Matt Jepsen Rachael John

Bill Johnson Evelyn Johns-Rivera Kate Kennedy Anand Khurma Katherine Kimmel Kristi Kloss Loribeth Kowalski Natalia Krutovskaya Julie Lapp Tammy Lawlor Angie Lawson Faith Leibowitz Anna Levin Syd Lifshin Roberta Lightfoot Holly C. Longfellow Rachelle Loubon Heather Mackling Cassandra May Michael May Chanelle Mays Richard McClure Anne McGorum Erin McGovern Connie McGrady Renée Michael Katye Miller Joan M. Moore Eleshia Morrison Linda Mosley Benjamin Moss Alex Naegele Stephen Neola Caryn Neumann Lindsay Nichols Charles Nims Jessica Palm Allison Parks Bijal Patel Ryan Pavlovicz Sergio Pierluissi Joe Pimmel Jim Portman Marquita Queeley Takir Rahmanoff Dena Rapoport Aaliyah Rasheed Michael Rex Virginia Reynolds John Roberts Tammy Roberts Teresa Roberts Robin Robinson Susan Roche Rachel Rosson Emily Siemer Jan Spangler Sarah Stralka Bryan Straub Peg Tefft Audra Terrell Pamela Thomas Tracie Tuss Susan Van Ausdal Mariona Vitans

Bastienne Vriesendorp Jackie Wagner Amjad Waheed Collin Ward Richard Warren Jen Washco Mae Wells Sally White Laura Wies Mike Wilkins Christopher Williams Hertha Williams Lisa Wilson Kim Wollam Shawn Wollam Salene Wu Danfeng (Stacy) Xu Sofia Zinkovskaya Niki Zmij INDIVIDUAL VOLUNTEERS Kathleen Allen Megan Anthony Amy Bergen Brad Block Jessica Boggs Benjamin Brooke Alana Brooks Jacob Brown Anja Bruggman John Cairns Mallorie Chase Roberta Cibin Gayle Cohen Danny Connie Ruth Cornell Jessie Crook Amy Delahanty Sara Eilert Brendan Gatens Corey Gerlach Brenda Gertmenian Sarah Gibbons Caitlin Gosnell Mike Greer Katie Guagenti Julia Harrington Scott Hartman Michael Herrington Nicole Hollon Stacy Hunt Akina Ikudo Kristin Inkrott Katie Jablonka Rachael John Adrianna Johnson Brittany Kerr Ashley Klein Kim Knoll Amber Ladd Bernice Lee Justin Mathys Christal Morita Anne Packard

Michelle Patterson Anna Pellechia Vishala Persad Lauren Pifer Michelle Porreca Kaveri Raina Nick Reshan Kathleen Ruffalo Margaret Schmidt Anne Shackleford Pragya Sharma Seth Shaw Kathrine Smith Rachel Smith Jatin Srivatava Jamie Stamm Katie Stevens Steven Sutters Sarah Swinford Kristi Thompson Jane Tuss Natalie Warren Erin Watrous Jennifer Wendt Amanda Zeimer Elenore Zeller

WEXNER CENTER FOUNDATION BOARD OF TRUSTEES Leslie H. Wexner, Chair E. Gordon Gee, Vice Chair C. Robert Kidder, President Trustees David M. Aronowitz Michael J. Canter Carl L. English Sherri Geldin Ann Gilbert Getty Michael P. Glimcher Elizabeth Kessler James E. Kunk Bill Lambert James Lyski Ronald A. Pizzuti Marshall Rose Robert H. Schottenstein Joyce Shenk Alex Shumate A. Alfred Taubman Barbara Trueman Ric Wanetik Abigail S. Wexner John F. Wolfe Ex Officio Joseph A. Alutto Karen A. Bell Bruce A. Soll Mark E. Vannatta

WEXNER CENTER INTERNATIONAL ARTS ADVISORY COUNCIL Kutlug Ataman Petra Blaisse Iwona Blazwick Anne Bogart Ken Brecher Ian Buruma Maria de Corral Peter Gelb Susanne Ghez Yuko Hasegawa Philip Kaufman Barbara Kruger Phillip Lopate Bruce Mau Josiah McElheny Joseph Melillo Bebe Miller Michael Morris Jonathan Sehring Catharine R. Stimpson Lynne Tillman Billie Tsien John Vinci John Waters Lawrence Weschler

WEXNER CENTER STAFF Director/Deputy Director Sherri Geldin, Director Jack Jackson, Deputy Director Jim Petsche, Administrative Associate, Director’s Office Misty Ray, Administrative Associate Computer Services Sherri Trayser, Senior Systems Manager Derrek Ludwig, Systems Specialist Don Nelson, Systems Specialist Development Jeffery Byars, Director Jorie Emory, Graduate Associate Nico Franano, Membership Manager Melissa Keeley, Graduate Associate Lisa Wente, Senior Development Officer, Proposal Services Amy Wharton, Senior Development Officer, Major Gifts Emily Wise, Graduate Associate Jeff Zelli, Program Assistant Design Chris Jones, Director Erica Anderson, Graphic Designer Tim Jacoby, Graduate Associate Todd Timney, Graphic Designer Education Shelly Casto, Director Dionne Custer, Educator for School Programs Michele Fuchs, Graduate Associate Christina Mathison, Graduate Associate Tracie McCambridge, Educator for Teacher and Docent Programs Kendra Meyer, Educator for Youth Programs Betsy Pandora, Education Outreach and Development Coordinator Amanda Potter, Educator for Public and University Programs Teresa Roberts, Graduate Associate Exhibitions Megan Cavanaugh, Head Registrar Jill Davis, Exhibitions Manager Dave Dickas, Preparator Will Fugman, Preparator Mary Klie, Curatorial Assistant Nancy Schindele, Curatorial Assistant Mark Van Fleet, Assistant Registrar Patrick Weber, Chief Preparator Facilities Management and Engineering Jayne Williams, Assistant Director Tonya Shelley, Office Associate Tim Steele, Facilities Support Specialist Finance and Administration Victor Davis, Controller Scott Austin, Design Engineer Bill Barto, Mershon Auditorium Stage Manager Bruce Bartoo, Film/Video Theater Projectionist/Manager Kevin Hathaway, Senior Accountant Andy Hensler, Performance Space Stage Manager Steve Jones, Design Engineer Ben Mamphey, Accountant John Smith, Technical Services Manager Mike Sullivan, Design Engineer

Human Resources Peg Fochtman, Manager Marketing and Communications Jerry Dannemiller, Director Ann Bremner, Editor Joel Diaz, Outreach and Marketing Manager Robert Duffy, Web Editor Stephanie Frakes, Graduate Associate Molly Molenaur, Publications Coordinator Tony Pellerite, Outreach and Marketing Coordinator Erik Pepple, Media Relations Coordinator Molly Reinhoudt, Graduate Associate 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, Art and Technology Mike Olenick, Studio Editor Chris Stults, Assistant Curator, Film and Video Patron Services Michele Mooney, Director Zachary Bodish, Patron Services Coordinator, House Management/Ticketing Claudia Bonham, Patron Services Manager, Event Services/Scheduling/Rentals Helyn Dell, Patron Services Coordinator, House Management/Event Services Johanna Hammer, Patron Services Coordinator, Ticketing/Store Ashley Hrovat, Patron Services Coordinator, Store/House Management Madeline Khurma, Patron Services Manager, Event Services/House Management Matt Reber, Store Manager Mark Spurgeon, Patron Services Manager, Ticketing Performing Arts Chuck Helm, Director Julie Fox, Graduate Associate Barbara Thatcher, Performing Arts Assistant Wexner Center Foundation Elaine Gounaris, Campaign Manager Sherri Leonard, Administration Manager

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

Lists current as of June 2008.

Photo/Image Credits Cover Bill Bullock/Aloha Photography: Wex Drive-In screening of The Mummy (Karl Freund, 1932).

Director’s Message A.J. Zanyk: artist William Wegman and Wexner Center director Sherri Geldin. Jodi Miller: installation view of Bone mural at Spring exhibitions opening. Kevin Fitzsimons: Wexner Prize Ceremony with Spike Lee. AJ Zanyk: A Conversation with Spike Lee and James McBride.

Exceptional Artistry Reaches Critical Mass A.J. Zanyk: 2007 Glimcher lecture. Chet Hay: Kerry James Marshall and the teen puppeteers. Kevin Fitzsimons: Kerry James Marshall artist’s talk.

Kim Rottmayer, picturethesound.com: Feist in concert. Kevin Fitzsimons: 2008 Lambert Family Lecture. A.J. Zanyk: Milos Forman introducing Taking Off. Image Courtesy of Universal Pictures: Taking Off (Milos Forman, 1971).

Image courtesy Kino International: Times and Winds (Reha Erdem, 2006).

The Devil Came on Horseback (Annie Sundberg, Ricki Stern, 2007). Image courtesy of IFC: Savage Grace, (Tom Kalin, 2007). Kevin Fitzsimons: Bill Horrigan, Christine Vachon, Dave Filipi, and Chris Stults at the screening of I’m Not There (Todd Haynes, 2007). Image courtesy of Janus films: Pierrot le fou (Jean-Luc Godard, 1965). Image courtesy of Pedro Costa: Casa de lava (Pedro Costa,1994). A.J. Zanyk: Pedro Costa introducing Colossal Youth.

Image courtesy of Michael Robinson: Light Is Waiting (Michael Robinson, 2007). Cycle (Eileen Botsford, 2005). José Luiz Pederneiras: Grupo Corpo, Breu. Ros Kavanagh: Pan Pan, Oedipus Loves You. Peter Nigrini: Nature Theater of Oklahoma, No Dice. Michael Dvorak: The Bad Plus. © La Frances Hui: Dakshina Ensemble. Kim Rottmayer, picturethesound.com: Caribou and Wilco. Cassie Lewis: Jens Lekman and Man Man. Jodi Miller: Mary Heilmann artist’s talk and Jeff Smith: Bone and Beyond installation view.

Jane Hammond, Fallen, 2004–ongoing, mixed media, dimensions variable, collection of the Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, photo: Sheldan C. Collins. Adi Nes, Untitled (Hagar), 2006, C-print, 56 x 56 in., courtesy of Jack Shainman Gallery. Kevin Fitzsimons: Adi Nes artist’s talk.

Al Zanyk: Funney/Strange Family Day. Teatro d’Piazza o d’Occasione, The Japanese Garden: The Children Cheering Carpet, image courtesy of the artist.

Al Zanyk: Robert Post performing during Funney/Strange Family Day. Research and Education Kevin Fitzsimons: After the Revolution, Director’s Dialogue on Art and Social Change. AJ Zanyk: Funney/Strange Family Day and Welcome Week Student Party. Image courtesy of Jennifer Reeder: Accidents at Home and How They Happen (Jennifer Reeder, 2008).

Outreach and Engagement Al Zanyk: Visitors during Funney/Strange Family Day, OSU drum major Stewart Kitchen, Dudley (in wagon), and his owner Anouschka Bergmann at Dog Day @ the Wex, and Jeff Smith and Scott McCloud book signing and artist’s talk. Jodi Miller: Jeff Smith with guests to the spring exhibitions opening celebration. First Run Features: For the Bible Tells Me So (Daniel Karslake, 2007). Kevin Fitzsimons: Double Solitaire: A Conversation with Sylvia Plimack Mangold and Joan Semmel. Amidou Toure: Vieux Farka Touré.

Al Zanyk: Columbus International Children’s Film Festival, Dave Goelz and Gonzo.

What’s New—What’s Better Al Zanyk: GenWex Upstarts. Jordan Becker and Kelly Wei: GenWex Trivia Night and Mixed Tape Exchange. Al Zanyk: William Wegman exhibition banner.

Additional photos by Wexner Center staff.

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