Arts Activated: 2017-2018 in Review

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Director’s Message The Year in REVIEW Exceptional Artistry Research and Education Outreach and Engagement Wexner Center Programs 2017–2018 Thanks to You—Our Donors Wexner Center Staff and Volunteers

Director’s Message

Taking the measure of a year in the life of the Wexner Center is always something of a challenge, but the realization that this will be my final such dispatch as director summons an especially reflective mood. How to do justice to a single season in the context of a quarter century over which the Wex has become a singular cultural force—on the campus of The Ohio State University, throughout the Columbus community, across the country, and internationally.

As I think back on so many extraordinary occasions— in our galleries, on stage, on screen, or everywhere at once—it’s the resolute, mission-driven porosity of our program across artistic and intellectual pursuits that’s been the vital quotient. When both celebrated and emerging artists regularly intersect with renowned thinkers and scholars, culture-shaping provocateurs, eager students, an avid public, and one another, there’s bound to be creative combustion.

Encouraging, accommodating, and sometimes even conjuring such encounters and experiences thrives at the heart of what we do.

Over the past year alone, the Wex cocommissioned and presented the premiere of a riveting, boundary-crossing collaboration between legendary string ensemble Kronos Quartet and “live documentary” producer Sam Green. We welcomed Charles Burnett, one of the distinctive voices in American independent cinema, to present the 40thanniversary screening of his still-powerful drama Killer of Sheep. Famed Argentinian director Lucrecia Martel chose the Wex as one of just several stops on her US tour to present her latest feature film, Zama.

Our fall 2017 exhibition Cindy Sherman: Imitation of Life concluded a calendar year of all women artists in our galleries. That deliberate gender-based focus was likewise trained on our selection of illustrious speakers throughout the season, including such women artists, art historians, and literary figures as Carrie Mae Weems, Rita Dove, Hito Steyerl, Susan Meiselas, Margaret Koerner, Suzanne Bocanegra, Lili Taylor, Julia Reichert, Elisabeth Subrin, Rebecca Morris, Laura Owens, and Ruth Root, to name just a few.

The Wexner Center has always recognized its dual mandate to bring the most compelling artists from throughout the world to Columbus and to the university, even while advancing those local and regional artists whose work deserves wider visibility on the world stage. This year was no exception as nationally acclaimed, Columbus-based choreographer Bebe Miller premiered In a Rhythm, the culmination of a Wex Artist Residency Award in which she partnered with fellow choreographer Susan Rethorst to create a new piece inspired by noted writers Toni Morrison, Gertrude Stein, and David Foster Wallace. We were equally proud to present a performance by Counterfeit Madison, the musical moniker for versatile artist and Columbus resident Sharon Udoh. Likewise, area filmmaker Chris Bournea introduced his new documentary Lady Wrestler, telling the untold stories of African

American women in Columbus who faced systemic challenges to pursue careers in the world of wrestling through the 1950s, 60s, and 70s. And we were gratified to join forces with venerable Columbus dance company BalletMet and Ohio State’s Department of Dance in celebration of BalletMet’s 40th anniversary with a program featuring work by Wexner Prize recipients Merce Cunningham and William Forsythe, as well as Ohad Naharin of Batsheva Dance Company.

The Wexner Center is not alone among cultural institutions nationally and beyond in recognizing the power of art to spark crucial conversations that advance awareness and activism across multiple sectors. But we were certainly among the early advocates. Our annual Director’s Dialogue on Art and Social Change was inaugurated in 2006 and over the years has addressed such persistent issues as gender bias, racial discrimination, climate change,

health-care inequality, police brutality, and mass incarceration. This year’s program took as its focus Pens to Pictures: Empowering Incarcerated Women from Script to Screen, a unique project undertaken by filmmaker and then Wright State Professor Chinonye Chukwu to work with a group of women incarcerated at the Dayton Correctional Institution.

What began as a short-story writing course soon evolved to cover scriptwriting and ultimately led to the production of short films that were postproduced in the Wexner Center’s Film/Video Studio. Given the complexity of the project and the tangle of issues surrounding incarceration, we decided to expand this year’s Director’s Dialogue into a three-part program that unfolded over the course of an afternoon and evening. First, four of the five Pens to Pictures filmmakers appeared with Chukwu at the Wex to screen and discuss their works (with the fifth present via video feed). Next, we orchestrated Take Action: Networking and Resources Session, in which over a dozen nonprofit and advocacy organizations joined us to share their work on behalf of women, whether prior to, during, or emerging from incarceration.

And finally we convened a panel of academics and professionals to address the dramatically increasing rate of women being imprisoned in this country.

On the pages that follow you will find images portraying these and other highlights of the past season—but a partial summation of so many remarkable moments across the year. As I write my final annual report introduction for the Wex, I remain every bit as passionate about the underlying vision and values of this extraordinary institution as when I arrived 25 years ago. I couldn’t then have imagined that the singular ethos of this place would captivate, propel, and replenish me for so long. Still today, I am moved by the powerful and capacious potential of the center’s founding mandate: that an art center situated at the threshold of a major research university could and should be a generative and inspiring habitat where the arts not only illuminate and reflect the complexities of contemporary life, but also encourage cross-cultural connections and fuel social change. I remain convinced that by fostering creative

inquiry, new and experimental arts practices, and candid but civil discourse among diverse audiences, arts institutions play an absolutely essential role in democratic society by connecting artists and audiences through provocative and inspiring productions, programs, and personal experiences.

It’s been an uncommon privilege to coax and guide this unique institution from what many considered an unlikely experiment in the heartland into what is now among the foremost platforms for contemporary art anywhere. And I consider it a fair claim that, over nearly three decades, the Wex has been a vital cultural and educational resource for the university and the city, helping to spark the evolution of Columbus as a more open, progressive, and sophisticated place to live, work, and play. But it’s never been a solo journey. I’ll be forever grateful for the wise counsel, generosity, and encouragement of my truly remarkable trustees—especially the board’s founding benefactors Leslie and Abigail Wexner. I’ve been blessed by the partnership and expertise of a phenomenally talented staff, a legion of dedicated volunteers, and the unwavering commitment of university leaders and close academic cohorts. And I will long treasure the many incredible relationships forged with artists, cultural figures, patrons, and advocates worldwide. Thank you with all my heart for a truly remarkable quarter century!

Sherri Geldin

JULY 2018

Exceptional Artistry

The Wexner Center is the region’s leading destination for contemporary art and a conduit for bringing world-class visual art, film, dance, theater, and music to Columbus.

“One of the most celebrated, influential and enigmatic artists of the 21st century.”

—COLUMBUS DISPATCH ON CINDY SHERMAN

“A deeply enthralling exhibition ... delves into that creative moment—one of the most important cultural transfer points in American history.”

—PL AIN DEALER ON LEAP BEFORE YOU LOOK

Patrons filled the galleries for the opening of our fall exhibition Cindy Sherman: Imitation of Life, a comprehensive, career-spanning survey of the acclaimed artist that made its only stop outside of Los Angeles at the Wex. Exhibition curator Philipp Kaiser joined Wex Curator at Large Bill Horrigan onstage (middle left, seated right to left) for an engaging discussion on the impact and significance of Sherman’s work. Our series of Super Sunday events invite all members of the community to experience our exhibitions free of cost. Above, visitors take in one of Sherman’s many works in which she presents herself as generic B-movie and art-house stars—here transformed into a wallsized visual landscape for our presentation.

“A joyous exhibition....

Just about every piece in the show contains a stunning detail, surprise, or secret told.”

—WALL STREET JOURNAL ON ALL OF EVERY THING

American fashion icon Todd Oldham conversed with patrons (opposite, top left) at the opening for All of Everything: Todd Oldham Fashion. Making its only Midwest stop at the Wex, the first major museum retrospective of Oldham’s work featured more than 70 of the designer’s meticulously crafted and extravagantly embellished fashions from the 1990s. Organized by the Rhode Island School of Design’s RISD Museum, the presentation featured RISD Ensemble (2015/16, opposite, top right), which Oldham created in collaboration with students there—his first new couture dress in years.

An immersive, thought-provoking installation by acclaimed South African artist William Kentridge, The Refusal of Time (above) evolved out of discussions with Harvard professor Peter Galison. Combining projections of Kentridge’s evocative, hand-drawn animations and liveaction sequences with sculpture and music, the work examined revolutions in our conception of time that emerged in the early 20th century. Austrian artist Anita Witek made her Wex debut with Clip (right), a monumental, site-specific photomontage installation in our lower lobby, the first she has realized in the United States.

“Viewers can study the concepts of these works in depth … or simply glide through the galleries and appreciate the visual splendor.”

—COLUMBUS DISPATCH

Vibrant works from a multigenerational group of 16 artists filled our galleries with Inherent Structure (opposite and above), curated by Wexner Center Senior Curator of Exhibitions Michael Goodson. The more than 60 captivating works on view revealed the deliberate structures embedded in abstraction, illustrating how contemporary practices emerge not just from formal conventions exclusive to painting, but also from the artists’ particular material, psychological, and sociopolitical concerns.

Several works in the exhibition also tested assumptions about what constitutes a painting,

draping canvases without frames or wrapping fabric around Plexiglas supports.

The well-attended exhibition preview featured an engaging conversation with artists Ruth Root, Laura Owens, and Rebecca Morris (above, seated left to right) that was moderated by George Rush, associate professor in Ohio State’s Department of Art. Several other Inherent Structure artists were also in attendance, including Zachary Armstrong (at left, center, standing in front of his installation Noah), Ohio State alum Richard Aldrich, Arturo Herrera, Carrie Moyer, Sam Moyer, and Angel Otero.

“Delivered its own kind of beauty: subtle, enthralling, and ever so sensually satisfying.”

—DANCE MAGAZINE ON BEBE MILLER COMPANY

Acclaimed choreographer and Ohio State professor emerita Bebe Miller (above) wowed dance fans with the world premiere of In a Rhythm (top, left), developed with the support of a Wexner Center Artist Residency Award. Inspired by writers such as Gertrude Stein and conversations with fellow choreographer Susan Rethorst, the project explored the syntax of movement and how we absorb its meaning. Leading European company Rosas returned with A Love Supreme (top, right), a dance set to John Coltrane’s ode to divine love by choreographers Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker and Salva Sanchis. The Wex presented Rule of Three, its second US premiere of new work by inventive Flemish choreographer Jan Martens. Parallel Connections (right), presented in association with BalletMet and Ohio State’s Department of Dance, celebrated Columbus’s vibrant dance community with a spectrum of stunning, contemporary works, including pieces by Wexner Prize winners William Forsythe and Merce Cunningham.

“For decades, The Wex has been our cultural mentor, curating some of the finest art, music and film that the world has to offer.”

—614 MAGAZINE

Counterfeit Madison, the musical manifestation of versatile artist and Columbus resident Sharon Udoh (below), belted out tunes at the release party for her second full-length album, Opposable Thumbs.

Singer, songwriter, bandleader, producer, and electrifying bassist Meshell Ndegeocello (top) made her spectacular Wex debut this season to a sold-out crowd. Named Best

New Artist in a recent JazzTimes critics’ poll, trumpeter Jonathan Finlayson (left) and his band Sicilian Defense heated up our Performance Space to rave reviews. Columbus was one of only four cities nationwide to host a special collaboration that brought together jazz luminaries The Bad Plus (lower left) and Bill Frisell, both repeat guests and long-standing favorites of Wex audiences.

“Opening Skinner’s Box at @wexarts was so interesting. #Columbus people definitely go! #theatre” —@REPRESSEDPAUPER VIA TWIT TER

Versatile actress Lili Taylor (top, left) starred in Farmhouse/ Whorehouse, the third in a series of hybrid performance-lectures by visual artist Suzanne Bocanegra, and also joined us for an evening featuring two of her 1990s films. A veteran of New York’s experimental theater scene, Andrew Schneider (top, right) performed his high-tech, Obie

Award–winning solo theater work YOUARENOWHERE. Innovative British theater ensemble Improbable (bottom) returned with Opening Skinner’s Box—a guided tour of 10 famous 20th-century psychological experiments that was supported by the group’s third Wexner Center Artist Residency Award.

The “film/performance combination called A Thousand Thoughts … [is] as magical an amalgamation as anything you can imagine.”—KEVIN TURAN, L A TIMES The Wexner Center was proud to present the world premiere of A Thousand Thoughts: A Live Documentary by Sam Green and Kronos Quartet, commissioned through our Artist Residency Award program. Screened with Green narrating onstage as Kronos plays beside him (cover), the thrilling project charts the legendary string quartet’s 45year history. Before the event, these collaborators convened for a champagne toast with a special mix of donors and friends that included Ohio State faculty Ann Hamilton (talking with Kronos’ Hank Dutt, middle left)

and Richard Fletcher (with Sam Green, middle right).

Kronos’ David Harrington (top) played his violin for a curious student during a free performance of the piece for area high school students.

A Thousand Thoughts was one of several works this season that mixed music and cinema with audience-pleasing results. Noted director Jim Jarmusch returned to the Wex with bandmate Carter Logan as the post-rock duo SQÜRL (bottom right), performing live scores for surreal silent films by artist Man Ray.

“I can think of no other program that matches the Wexner Center’s ability to not only show work, but to develop it and actually produce it.”—BARBARA KRUGER

This year the Wex debuted Unorthodocs., a new festival celebrating the inspiring, illuminating, and intriguing possibilities of nonfiction filmmaking. Dayton-based filmmakers Julia Reichert and Steven Bognar (top, seated left to right) kicked off the inaugural edition with a masterclass that shed light on their working process and provided a glimpse into their next documentary. Unorthodocs. visiting filmmakers pose with the center’s film/video team: Bognar, Jonathan Olshefski,

Lindsay Utz, Director David Filipi, Curator Jennifer Lange, Jeff Malmberg, Associate Curator Chris Stults, Reichert, Chris Shellen, and Tony Buba. Projects featured in The Box, the center’s free exhibition space for video, included works from visiting filmmakers like Buba (Washing Walls with Mrs. G, bottom left) and past Artist Residency Award recipient Barbara Kruger, whose Public Service Announcements (bottom, center) was supported by the center’s prolific Film/Video Studio Program.

Director of Film/Video David Filipi talks with esteemed filmmaker Charles Burnett (top, left to right) at a 40th-anniversary screening of Burnett’s Killer of Sheep, a key work in the LA Black Rebellion movement of independent filmmakers. Acclaimed Argentinian director Lucrecia Martel (below) visited to introduce her new feature, Zama, as part our seven-film retrospective of her work. Other visiting filmmaker presentations featured Elaine McMillion Sheldon (bottom left), who discussed her Academy Award–nominated doc Heroin(e) and Chris Bournea, who joined us to screen Lady Wrestler: The Amazing, Untold Story of AfricanAmerican Women in the Ring (bottom middle). Actress Lili Taylor stayed after her performance of Farmhouse/ Whorehouse for screenings highlighting two of her key film performances of the 1990s—I Shot Andy Warhol and Dogfight—as well as a public reception (bottom right).

“So fortunate to spend the evening watching @chrisbournea film Lady Wrestler... Extraordinary story and clearly labor of love.”

—@NICOLE_KRAFT VIA TWIT TER

Research and Education

“Carrie Mae Weems talk @wexarts was so moving, smart, and thought provoking. A gift.”

—@ANGEL AMELECAGALLERY VIA INSTAGRAM The Wex was thrilled to welcome a series of visionary artists and authors as featured speakers this year: Carrie Mae Weems (above) whose 35-year practice incorporates photography, film, video, performance, text, and textiles to investigate cultural identity, politics, and the social consequences of power; Pulitzer Prize–winning author Rita Dove (at right, seated) who shared the story behind her theatrical masterpiece The Darker Face of the Earth before a staged campus reading in March; photographer Susan Meiselas (bottom inset), widely acclaimed for her ethical approach to documenting social and political turmoil and widely exhibited at venues like the Whitney Museum of American Art; and multidisciplinary conceptual artist Adam Pendleton (far right, standing), who has quickly established himself as one of today’s foremost emerging artists.

The Wexner Center actively supports the creation of new work across disciplines through artist residencies, develops illuminating public programs, and offers a forum for diverse audiences to engage with the art and ideas of our time.

“If Columbus isn’t on every art lover’s list, it should be. The Wexner Center for the Arts has one of the most dynamic contemporary programs in the country.”—WASHINGTON POST

Continuing a season packed with leading figures in the contemporary art world, influential scholar, author, and curator Douglas Crimp (top, at podium) delivered this year’s Lambert Family Lecture, discussing nine artists—including Cindy Sherman—who explore femininity as a construct. Art historian and curator Margaret K. Koerner (middle, left) spoke about William Kentridge’s installation The Refusal of Time and its connections to other works in the artist’s fascinating multimedia practice. Known for her astute explorations of contemporary capitalism—and ranked at the top of ArtReview’s 2017 Power 100 list—Berlinbased artist, filmmaker, and writer Hito Steyerl (middle, right) addressed a packed Film/Video Theater. The Wex recently expanded its internship program to offer professional development opportunities as well as compensation via academic credit or wages; participants in its first class (lower right) jumped for joy.

“We were always throwing curveballs. I felt I had something new to say in this medium.”

—TODD OLDHAM

Design legend Todd Oldham and former Express CEO Michael Weiss talked with Wexner Center Director Sherri Geldin (top, left to right) during a conversation celebrating disruptive creativity and the exhibition All of Everything: Todd Oldham Fashion. Columbus artists Bobby T. Luck and Dora Rodriguez (middle, left to right) conducted a free Super Sunday art studio inspired by Oldham’s whimsical fashions, and participants of all ages (middle, right) enjoyed an afternoon of creative exploration. Amee BellWanzo and Project Runway alum Kelli Martin of the Columbus-based Alternative Fashion Mob (at left, standing center) partnered with the Wex at several events this year, including our annual fundraiser Off the Grid.

Influential visual artist and queer cinema pioneer Barbara Hammer has been a frequent guest of the center’s Film/Video Studio Program over the years. Hammer and longtime studio editor Paul Hill (left) are currently working on a new project supported by a multiyear Wexner Center Artist Residency Award. Seven of Hammer’s recently restored short works were featured in this year’s Cinema Revival: A Festival of Film Restoration.

The Wex was proud to again participate in the citywide Cartoon Crossroads Columbus festival, hosting a lineup of esteemed artists and animators that included John “Derf” Backderf (below, top left), whose graphic novel My Friend Dahmer was recently adapted into a film (below, top middle); Ann Marie Fleming (below, right), creator of Window Horses (bottom, left); and Alexander Stewart and Lilli Carré (bottom, middle).

“Paul Hill … seemed to love working with my imagery, my concerns, my complexities. What could make a moving image maker happier? Not much!”

—BARBARA HAMMER

Our education programs consistently offer Columbus youth meaningful opportunities to explore their lives and think critically about the world through the lens of art. Students in grades 8–12 attend half-day WorldView seminars (left, middle left and right) where artists whose work engages cultural, political, social, and economic themes offer a broad context for critical and creative thinking and help students gain global literacy.

The Expanded Classroom program (bottom left and right) offers younger students the chance to tour an exhibition or watch a film at the Wexner Center, then work directly with an artist to expand their knowledge of a specific art form.

“By far the best educational experience I have ever observed.”

—PRINCIPAL ANDY JADOS, BIG WALNUT HIGH SCHOOL, ON PAGES

“Pages is an interactive, engaging, creative, exploratory experience.”

—PAGES STUDENT

Our Pages program for high school students supports the development of participants’ writing skills through the exploration of contemporary art, film, music, dance, and theater. Led by Wex educator Dionne Custer Edwards (bottom, in red) Pages pairs artists and Wex educators with teachers from across central Ohio in the planning of writingbased, experiential learning opportunities, which this

year included Cindy Sherman: Imitation of Life; A Thousand Thoughts: A Live Documentary by Sam Green and Kronos Quartet; and Raoul Peck’s documentary I Am Not Your Negro. The yearlong program culminates with the publication of the Pages anthology—a beautiful compilation of student writing and visual art—and an Open Mic event (left) where students read their own work before an audience of family and friends.

Outreach and Engagement

More than ever the Wex serves as a cultural and civic hub, welcoming all audiences and communities with programs that provoke discussion, encourage debate, and spur engagement with today’s pressing issues.

This year’s Director’s Dialogue on Art and Social Change centered on the pioneering program Pens to Pictures: Empowering Incarcerated Women from Script to Screen. The day’s events included an afternoon conversation and screening with program participants, who learned the craft of screenwriting and developed their scripts into short films. Above, Vivian Covington, a warden’s assistant at Dayton Correctional Institution, stands with directors Kamisha Thomas, Aimee Wissman, Beverly Fears, Jamie Ochs, and the program’s founder, Chinonye Chukwu (left to right).

“With an art institution this world-renowned right here on this campus for students, faculty, staff, and visitors to enjoy, we can change the world.”

—DR. JAVAUNE ADAMS-GASTON, OHIO STATE’S SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT FOR STUDENT LIFE

Pens to Pictures directors Aimee Wissman, Beverly Fears, and Jamie Ochs (top, left to right) take part in a panel about their experiences with the program. That conversation was followed by a networking session with regional nonprofits whose work addresses the impact of mass incarceration. The evening Director’s Dialogue event featured a screening of participants’ short films, a Wexsupported Pens to Pictures documentary, and a panel discussion with Chukwu, community activist Tammy FournierAlsaada, Ohio State College of Social Work Professor Audrey Begun (middle, seated left to right), and Townsand Price-Spratlen, associate professor in Ohio State’s Department of Sociology (at podium). Below, Chukwu holds a session with the local teens enrolled in the Wex-organized workshop 10 Girls/10 Weeks: A Pens to Pictures Screenwriting Boot Camp.

“It got me back up thinking in ways I don’t normally think and seeing in different ways.”

—ART ON THE BRAIN PARTICIPANT AND STROKE SURVIVOR

Wex Manager for Gallery Teaching and Engagement Tracie McCambridge (top, right) appeared on WOSU’s All Sides with Ann Fisher to discuss Art on the Brain, a program that leverages the unique qualities of contemporary art to create gallery-based rehabilitation for individuals recuperating from brain/mind injuries. In a similar vein, a new program launched this summer, On Pause (center), provides a therapeutic hour of art and meditation in the Wexner Center’s galleries. At left, McCambridge facilitates a session of Vets at the Wex, a version of Art on the Brain offered for military veterans.

A thank-you event for our most generous donors, the Wex’s 28th Anniversary Party (below) was a huge success. Special guests included Ohio State President Michael V. Drake, MD, and Brenda J. Drake (left), and Cristina Ceresoli, Jessica Burton, Janice Roth, and Joyce Shenk (top, left to right).

Our annual alternative Other Prom, copresented with Kaleidoscope Youth Center, invited LGBTQIA+ youth from across the region for an evening of fun.

For over a decade, Zoom: Family Film Festival has offered Columbus affordable family entertainment along with free activities. This year, we rolled out the red carpet for the premiere of local creative Nancy Kangas’s Preschool Poets, which transformed eight poems written by young writers (standing with Kangas, top left) into vibrant animations.

Our 22nd-annual Ohio Shorts competition attracted another crop of outstanding filmmakers from the Buckeye State (far right), including Audience Choice Award winners Drew Johnson and Noah Dixon (right).

“It’s not every day that Reggie Watts—a musician, beatboxer, stand-up comedian and current bandleader/announcer on The Late Late Show with James Corden—visits Columbus.”

—COLUMBUS ALIVE

Organized by GenWex, the center’s young patrons’ group, this year’s Off the Grid fundraiser featured indemand musician/comedian Reggie Watts (above).

Hosted by cochairs Amy Fleenor and Lindsay Acker (middle, far right), the event benefited the Wexner Center’s programs for children and youth.

Our annual Wex Drive-In delighted local crowds with free screenings of vintage Hollywood hits from the 1980s and 90s, including Rob Reiner’s adaptation of Stephen King’s Misery.

The Wex partnered with The Flyover Fest— a local celebration of creativity—to present Columbus-based musician Jacoti Sommes (featured on the cover of Columbus Alive above) and filmmaker Guy Maddin (who introduced The Green Fog, his delirious found-footage reconstruction of Hitchcock’s Vertigo), among other talents.

Exhibitions

*Gray Matters May 20–July 30, 2017

Organized by the Wexner Center for the Arts and curated by Michael Goodson, Senior Curator of Exhibitions. Gallery guide published by the Wexner Center.

*Cindy Sherman: Imitation of Life September 16–December 31, 2017 Organized by The Broad, Los Angeles, and curated by Philipp Kaiser.

WEXNER CENTER ARTIST RESIDENCY AWARD RECIPIENT Mickalene Thomas *Featured artists, curators, or other creative professionals associated with these exhibitions participated in artists’ talks, discussion sessions, and other events for Ohio State students and the public.

*All of Everything: Todd Oldham Fashion February 3–April 15, 2018

Originally organized by and exhibited at the RISD Museum, Providence, Rhode Island, and curated

by Kate Irvin, Curator, RISD Museum.

*William Kentridge: The Refusal of Time Created in collaboration with Peter Galison, Philip Miller, Catherine Meyburgh, and Dada Masilo February 3–April 15, 2018

Gallery guide published by the Wexner Center.

Anita Witek: Clip February 3–May 6, 2018

Organized by the Wexner Center for the Arts and curated by Lucy I. Zimmerman, Curatorial Assistant.

*Inherent Structure May 19–August 12, 2018

Organized by the Wexner Center for the Arts and curated by Michael Goodson, Senior Curator of Exhibitions. Gallery guide published by the Wexner Center.

Programs from July 1, 2017 to June 30, 2018

Performing Arts

*Bebe Miller In a Rhythm: Work-in-Progress Showing and Discussion July 13

Wexner Center Artist Residency Award project.

In a Rhythm was a National Performance Network (NPN) Creation Fund/Forth Fund Project co-commissioned by the Wexner Center for the Arts.

*Suzanne Bocanegra Farmhouse/Whorehouse: An Artist Lecture

by Suzanne Bocanegra Starring Lili Taylor September 30–October 1

Presented by the Wexner Center for the Arts and The Ohio State University Department of Art Living Culture Initiative.

Rosas A Love Supreme October 3 The Bad Plus Bill Frisell ’85–’95 October 8

Presented in collaboration with Krannert Center for the Performing Arts, Urbana, Illinois, and Walker Art Center, Minneapolis.

Mivos Quartet October 10

Presented by Central Ohio Composers Alliance in association with the Wexner Center for the Arts.

Arto Lindsay with Beauty Pill October 19 Parallel Connections October 20–21

Presented by BalletMet and The Ohio State University Department of Dance (supported

by Ohio State’s College of Arts and Sciences) in association with the Wexner Center for the Arts.

This special collaborative program was presented in conjunction with BalletMet’s 40th anniversary season and the Congress on Research in Dance/ Society of Dance History Scholars hosted by Ohio State’s Department of Dance.

Allison Miller’s Boom Tic Boom October 24 SQÜRL featuring Carter Logan and Jim Jarmusch with films by Man Ray November 3

Coorganized by the Wexner Center’s Departments of Film/Video and Performing Arts.

Jonathan Finlayson & Sicilian Defense November 17

*Bebe Miller Company In a Rhythm

+ Dress rehearsal for Ohio State students in Department of Dance

November 30–December 3

Wexner Center Artist Residency Award project.

World premiere. In a Rhythm was a National Performance Network (NPN) Creation Fund/ Forth Fund Project co-commissioned by the Wexner Center for the Arts.

*Andrew Schneider YOUARENOWHERE January 18–21 *A Thousand Thoughts: A Live Documentary by Sam Green and Kronos Quartet

+ Free performance for high school groups

January 25

Wexner Center Artist Residency Award Project.

World premiere. A Thousand Thoughts: A Live Documentary by Sam Green & Kronos Quartet was co-commissioned by the Wexner Center and coorganized by its Departments of Performing Arts and Film/Video.

*Kimberly Bartosik/daela Étroits sont les vaisseaux Joanna Kotze It Happened It Had Happened It Is Happening It Will Happen February 15–18 Neil Goldberg Inhibited Bites

+ Happy hour at Land Grant

February 21

Presented by the Wexner Center for the Arts, Columbus College of Art & Design, and the Idea Foundry.

Adam O’Farrill’s Stranger Days February 24 *Jan Martens Rule of Three March 1–4 US premiere.

Mary Halvorson Code Girl March 8 *Improbable Opening Skinner’s Box March 29–April 1

Wexner Center Artist Residency Award project.

The Wexner Center for the Arts was lead commissioner of this project.

The Flyover Fest x Black Box with Hanif Abdurraqib, Milo, Jacoti Sommes, and Kaveh Akbar May 12

Presented in conjunction with The Flyover Fest, a three-day arts festival featuring literature, film, music, and panel discussions.

Wex at the Fest with Hugs and Kisses, Future Nuns, Tigue, and Mark Lomax II June 9 NEXT@WEX Counterfeit Madison Vinyl Release Party with Mary Lynn, Correy Parks, and Corbezzolo November 21 An Evening with Meshell Ndegeocello March 23 WEXNER CENTER ARTIST RESIDENCY AWARD RECIPIENTS Faye Driscoll Improbable Bebe Miller *The featured artists or representatives of these companies participated in discussion sessions, masterclasses, or other programs with Ohio State students.

Film/Video

SERIES The New Hollywood: Deep Cuts 1967–78 Leadbelly (Gordon Parks, 1976) Reflections in a Golden Eye (John Huston, 1967) The Sugarland Express (Steven Spielberg, 1974) The Beguiled (Don Siegel, 1971) Girlfriends (Claudia Weill, 1978) Model Shop (Jacques Demy, 1969) Juggernaut (Richard Lester, 1974) The Driver (Walter Hill, 1978) Inserts (John Byrum, 1975) A New Leaf (Elaine May, 1971) The Fortune (Mike Nichols, 1975)

Unorthodocs.

Documentary Filmmaking Masterclass with Steven Bognar and Julia Reichert Faces Places (Visages villages, Agnès Varda and JR, 2017) Midwest premiere

The Road Movie (Дopora, Dmitri Kalashnikov, 2016) Ohio premiere

Shorts The Force (Peter Nicks, 2017) Columbus premiere

Sisters (Brian De Palma, 1973) July 6–August 24 Free Tuesday Matinees The Day the Earth Stood Still (Robert Wise, 1951)

Med Hondo & West African Cinema

Spettacolo (Jeff Malmberg and Chris Shellen, 2017)

Soleil Ô (Oh, Sun, Med Hondo, 1967)

+ Tony Buba in person

Quest (Jonathan Olshefski, 2017)

+ Jonathan Olshefski and editor Lindsay Utz in person Columbus premiere

Cousin Bobby (Jonathan Demme, 1992) New restoration

Brimstone & Glory (Viktor Jakovleski, 2017) Ohio premiere

78/52: Hitchcock’s Shower Scene (Alexandre O. Phillipe, 2016) Midwest premiere

New restoration

October 19–22

The Learning Tree (Gordon Parks, 1969)

Zoom: Family Film Festival

The Fly (Kurt Neumann, 1958)

Sleeping Beauty (Clyde Geronimi, 1959, US)

The Poseidon Adventure (Ronald Neame, 1972) Inferno (Roy Ward Baker, 1953) New restoration

July 11–August 8 Wex Drive-In Wattstax (Mel Stuart, 1973)

+ Opening band The Liquid Crystal Project

July 20

Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars (D. A. Pennebaker, 1973) August 17 Misery (Rob Reiner, 1990) June 14 All 35mm prints

December 1–3

Lightning Over Braddock: A Rustbowl Fantasy (Tony Buba, 1988)

Filmmakers’ Reception

Assault on Precinct 13 (John Carpenter, 1976)

New restoration + Live music by Derek DiCenzo + Cereal and Pajama Party (hosted by Heirloom Café) + Ice Cream Social (featuring Jeni’s Splendid Ice Creams) + Hands-on Crafts and Activities + Member Appreciation Days

Cinema Revival: A Festival of Film Restoration

Emperor of the North (Robert Aldrich, 1973)

New restoration

Snow White (J. Searle Dawley, 1916, US)

Ohio premiere

+ Jeff Malmberg and Chris Shellen in person Columbus premiere

The Swimmer (Frank Perry, 1968)

Ohio premiere

Rat Film (Theo Anthony, 2016)

Scarecrow (Jerry Schatzberg, 1973) New restoration

The Big Bad Fox and Other Tales (Benjamin Renner, Patrick Imbert, 2017, France)

Rare 70mm screening + Part of Classics + Zoom kick-off

November 24 & 26 The Preschool Poets: An Animated Film Series (Nancy Kangas and Joshua Kun, 2017, US) Advance preview screening + Nancy Kangas and Joshua Kun in person

Kid Flix Mix Ivan Tsarevitch and the Changing Princess: Four Enchanting Tales (Michel Ocelot, 2017, France) Ohio premiere

Party Mix Whale Rider (Niki Caro, 2002, New Zealand) 15th anniversary screening

+ Lecture by Aboubakar Sanogo, Carleton University

+ Introduced by Aboubakar Sanogo, Carleton University Restored by Cineteca di Bologna in collaboration with Med Hondo at L’Immagine Ritrovata laboratory. Restoration funded by the George Lucas Family Foundation and The Film Foundation’s World Cinema Project.

Presented in partnership with Ohio State’s Global Mobility Project, a Humanities and the Arts Discovery Theme pilot project.

Saving Orphan Films: The Amateurs and Others

+ Introduced by Dan Streible, Director, Orphan Film Symposium, and Andy Uhrich, Film Archivist, Indiana University Libraries Moving Image Archive

Restoration at the Criterion Collection Featuring Dead Man (Jim Jarmusch, 1995) + Introduced by Lee Kline, Technical Director, and Cara Shatzman and Russell Smith, Lead Restoration Artists, The Criterion Collection 4K restoration by The Criterion Collection.

The Revolt of Mamie Stover (Raoul Walsh, 1956)

+ Introduced by Schawn Belston, Senior Vice President, Library and Technical Services, 20th Century Fox 4K restoration by 20th Century Fox.

The Crime of Monsieur Lange (Le crime de Monsieur Lange, Jean Renoir, 1936)

+ Postscreening talk The Art of Subtitling by Bruce Goldstein, Founder, Rialto Pictures, and Director, Repertory Programming, Film Forum 4K restoration by Cineteca di Bologna, under the supervision of STUDIOCANAL, with the support of the Centre National du Cinéma.

Monkey Business (Howard Hawks, 1952) + Introduced by Schawn Belston, Senior Vice President, Library and Technical Services, 20th Century Fox 4K restoration by 20th Century Fox.

Dementia 13 (Francis Ford Coppola, 1963) Preceded by Lick the Star (Sofia Coppola, 1998) 4K restoration world premiere Director’s cut of Dementia 13 + Introduced by James Mockoski, Film Archivist, American Zoetrope Dementia 13 and Lick the Star restored by American Zoetrope.

The 7th Voyage of Sinbad (Nathan Juran, 1958)

4K restoration from the original camera negative

by Sony Pictures.

King of Hearts (Le roi de coeur, Philippe de Broca, 1966)

+ Introduced by Tim Lanza, Vice President and Archivist, Cohen Film Collection 4K restoration by Technicolor for Alex Productions represented by Marina GirardMuttelet; the restoration and the color grading work was done in 4K using the original Techniscope negative under the supervision of Pierre Lhomme AFC.

Tom Jones (Tony Richardson, 1963)

4K restoration by The Criterion Collection.

The Passion of Joan of Arc (La passion de Jeanne d’Arc, Carl Theodor Dreyer, 1928) New restoration by Gaumont.

Barbara Hammer x 7: New Restorations

Films preserved by Electronic Arts Intermix and the Academy Film Archive, through the National Film Preservation Foundation’s Avant-Garde Masters Grant program and The Film Foundation, and by BB Optics with the Academy Film Archive.

February 22–27 Retrospective: Lucrecia Martel The Headless Woman (La mujer sin cabeza, 2008) Zama (2017)

+ Lucrecia Martel in person + Reception featuring Barroluco Argentine Food Truck

Dani (Leventhal) Restack and Sheilah (Wilson) Restack + Dani and Sheilah Restack in person

September 19

Dani Kouyaté While We Live (Medan vi lever, 2016) + Dani Kouyaté in person

September 26

Cosponsored by Ohio State’s School of Music; Department of African American and African Studies; Department of French and Italian; Global Mobility Project, a Humanities and the Arts Discovery Theme pilot project; Office of International Affairs; and the Ethnomusicology Program.

Fallen Star: Finding Home (Vera BrunnerSung and Valerie Stadler, 2016) + Vera Brunner-Sung and artist Do Ho Suh in person

March 19

The Exploding Digital Inevitable (2017) Featuring Crossroads (Bruce Conner, 1976)

Charles Burnett

March 27

To Sleep with Anger (1990) Nat Turner: A Troublesome Property (2003) October 26 Killer of Sheep (1977)

40th anniversary screening + Charles Burnett in person + Reception

October 27

Al “Blueprint” Shepard King No Crown (2017) + Blueprint in person

November 1

Lynne Sachs Tip of My Tongue (2016) + Lynne Sachs in person

Mr. Gaga (Tomer Heymann, 2015)

September 14

Vera Brunner-Sung

October 2

The Holy Girl (La niña santa, 2004) April 17–21

+ Elisabeth Subrin in person

Copresented with Ohio State’s Center for Folklore Studies and Appalachian Studies Network.

Ross Lipman

+ Lili Taylor in person + Reception

Barak Heymann

A Woman, A Part (2016)

March 7

Dogfight (Nancy Savoca, 1991)

Short works (2010–15)

Elisabeth Subrin

+ Elaine McMillion Sheldon in person

I Shot Andy Warhol (Mary Harron, 1996)

Lili Taylor x 2

November 8

VISITING FILMMAKERS

Heroin(e) (2017)

Presented in partnership with Ohio State’s Global Mobility Project, a Humanities and the Arts Discovery Theme pilot project, and cosponsored by the Department of Art, Knowlton School of Architecture, and Department of Civil, Environmental and Geodetic Engineering.

La ciénaga (2001)

Special thanks to Marcus Hu of Strand Releasing for his assistance with this series.

Elaine McMillion Sheldon

+ Ross Lipman in person

Crossroads was digitally remastered, reconstructed, and restored by The Conner Family Trust and the Michael Kohn Gallery in collaboration with the UCLA Film & Television Archive. Laboratory work

by Cinetech and NT Picture and Sound. Sound restoration by Audio Mechanics.

Chris Bournea Lady Wrestler: The Amazing, Untold Story of African-American Women in the Ring (2017) + Chris Bournea in person

March 29

Kimi Takesue 95 and 6 to Go (2017)

+ Kimi Takesue in person

April 11

Stanya Kahn Stand in the Stream (2011–17) + Stanya Kahn in person

April 12

Columbus Jewish Film Festival + Barak Heymann in person

Guy Maddin

Chris Landreth: Animator + Chris Landreth in person

+ Guy Maddin in person + Presented in conjunction with The Flyover Fest.

January 18

May 11

Roger Beebe

Matt Porterfield

November 14

+ Roger Beebe in person

January 30

The Green Fog (Guy Maddin, codirected

by Galen and Evan Johnson, 2017)

Sollers Point (2017)

Wexner Center Artist Residency Award Project + Matt Porterfield in person + Reception cosponsored by Film Columbus.

June 8–9

CONTEMPORARY SCREEN Afterimage (Powidoki, Andrzej Wajda, 2016) July 14–15 The Columbus Black International Film Festival + Reception

August 4

Cosponsored by the Wexner Center, Greater Columbus Arts Council, Greater Columbus Film Commission, Exalted Events, Stonewall Columbus, Columbus College of Art & Design, Equitas Health, Ohio State’s Film Studies Program, and TransOhio.

The Death of Louis XIV (Albert Serra, 2016) August 5 Nocturama (Bertrand Bonello, 2016) August 15 Sundance Shorts 2017 August 29 Hermia & Helena (Matías Piñeiro, 2016) September 8 The Square (Ruben Östlund, 2017) November 15, 17, & 19 4 Days in France ( Jours de France, Jérôme Reybaud, 2017) December 7 Tom of Finland (Dome Karukoski, 2017) + After-party at AWOL

January 5–6

The Other Side of Hope (Toivon tuolla puolen, Aki Kaurismäki, 2017) 35mm print + Postscreening discussion with Vera Brunner-Sung and Johanna Sellman

January 19–20

Presented in partnership with Ohio State’s Global Mobility Project, a Humanities and the Arts Discovery Theme pilot project.

The Best of Dance@30FPS February 8 The Insult (Ziad Doueiri, 2017) February 9–10 24 Frames (Abbas Kiarostami, 2017) March 2–3 Western (Valeska Grisebach, 2017) March 8–9

DigiEYE March 21

Beuys (Andres Veiel, 2017) February 15

Her (Spike Jonze, 2013)

In the Intense Now (No intenso agora, João Moreira Salles, 2017) February 16

Curated by Janet Parrott, associate professor in Ohio State’s Department of Theatre.

+ Postscreening discussion

April 7

Cosponsored by Ohio State’s Center for Cognitive and Brain Sciences as part of the 2018 CogFest.

Tehran Taboo (Ali Soozandeh, 2017) April 26 Godard, mon amour (Le redoubtable, Michel Hazanavicius, 2017) May 4–5 Double Lover (L’amant double, François Ozon, 2017) May 17 & 19 The Day After (Geu-hu, Hong Sang-soo, 2017) June 22–23 NEW DOCUMENTARY Dawson City: Frozen Time (Bill Morrison, 2016) July 21–22 Bronx Gothic (Andrew Rossi, 2017) July 28–29 An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth to Power (Bonni Cohen and Jon Shenk, 2017) + Postscreening discussion via Skype with codirector Jon Shenk

August 2

Escapes (Michael Almereyda, 2017) August 18–19 Whose Streets? (Sabaah Folayan, 2017)

+ Postscreening discussion on Aug 25 moderated

by Rhiannon Childs, Executive Director, Women’s March Ohio, and Wexner Center educator Dionne Custer Edwards.

August 25–26

Ex Libris: New York Public Library (Frederick Wiseman, 2017) September 21 & 24 Bill Frisell, A Portrait (Emma Franz, 2017) October 10 Bombshell: The Hedy Lamarr Story (Alexandra Dean, 2017) November 29–30

Leaning into the Wind: Andy Goldsworthy (Thomas Riedelsheimer, 2017) March 30–31 12 Days (12 jours, Raymond Depardon, 2017) April 13 ACORN and the Firestorm (Reuben Atlas and Samuel D. Pollard, 2017) May 1 Grace Jones: Bloodlight and Bami (Sophie Fiennes, 2017) May 24–25 Boom for Real: The Late Teenage Years of Jean-Michel Basquiat (Sara Driver, 2017) June 1–2 Filmworker (Tony Zierra, 2017) June 15–16 CLASSICS Kill, Baby...Kill (Operazione paura, Mario Bava, 1966) August 11 Toshio Matsumoto x 2 Funeral Parade of Roses (Bara no sôretsu, 1969) New 4K restoration

September 1–2

Toshio Matsumoto: Experimental Films September 5 Imitation of Life (Douglas Sirk, 1959) September 17 Moustapha Alassane: A Retrospective 1962–2001 Program 1 October 4 Program 2 October 11 Program 3 October 25

Organized by the Cultural Services of the French Embassy and The Museum of Modern Art in New York with support from the Cinémathèque Afrique of the Institut Français.

Desert Hearts (Donna Deitch, 1985)

Robert Frank x 3

SPECIAL EVENTS

October 12

February 1

A Page of Madness (Teinosuke Kinugasa, 1926)

New restoration

October (Ten Days that Shook the World) (Oktyabr, Sergei Eisenstein and Grigori Aleksandrov, 1928) October 24

Cosponsored by Ohio State’s Center for Historical Research, Department of History, Department of Slavic and East European Languages and Cultures, and Film Studies Program. DCP courtesy the Munich Filmmuseum.

Halloween Horror The Old Dark House (James Whale, 1932) New 4K restoration

Vampir-Cuadecuc (Pere Portabella, 1971) October 31 Jiří Brdečka x 2 Jiří Brdečka Animation Shorts November 2 Lemonade Joe (Limonádový Joe, Oldřich Lipský, 1964) November 5

Program organized by Limonádový Joe s.r.o. in partnership with Czech Centres, produced by Comeback Company. Courtesy of the Czech National Film Archive, Krátký Film Praha a.s., and Rembrandt Films.

+ Introduced by author RJ Smith

Paris Is Burning (Jennie Livingston, 1990) + Symposium Topics in Black Masculinity: The Fierceness of Black Sexuality, Black Gay Identity, and Black Sexual Freedom

February 6

Digitally remastered version of Paris Is Burning courtesy of the UCLA Film & Television Archive in conjunction with Sundance Institute and the Outfest UCLA Legacy Project.

Venom and Eternity (Traité de bave et d’éternité, Isidore Isou, 1951)

May 12 3D x 2

The Maze (William Cameron Menzies, 1953) Gog (Herbert L. Strock, 1954) May 23 Presented in conjunction with the 50th annual Cinevent.

November 9

June 5

Sleeping Beauty (Clyde Geronimi, 1959)

Cold Water (L’eau froide, Olivier Assayas, 1994)

New 2K restorations

December 15–16

Night of the Living Dead (George A. Romero, 1968)

4K restoration + Introduced by Katie Trainor, Film Collections Manager, The Museum of Modern Art, on January 12

January 11–12

Artist’s Talk: Hito Steyerl January 26

Writer’s Reading: RJ Smith American Witness: The Art and Life of Robert Frank

New restoration + Presented in conjunction with The Flyover Fest

New restoration

No Maps on My Taps (George Nierenberg, 1979) Followed by About Tap (George Nierenberg, 1985)

Coorganized by the Wexner Center’s Departments of Film/Video and Performing Arts.

Edward II (Derek Jarman, 1991)

New 2K restoration

Il Boom (Vittorio De Sica, 1963) December 8–9

SQÜRL featuring Carter Logan and Jim Jarmusch with films by Man Ray November 3

Copresented with Ohio State’s Department of History of Art.

May 3

Chronicle of Anna Magdalena Bach (Chronik der Anna Magdalena Bach, JeanMarie Straub and Danièle Huillet, 1968)

November 24 & 26

October 5

Rare 35mm print

Time to Die (Tiempo de morir, Arturo Ripstein, 1965)

Rare 70mm screening + Zoom kick-off

+ Live music by Alloy Orchestra

4K restoration

June 29–30

CARTOON CROSSROADS COLUMBUS Experimental Animation

+ Lilli Carré and Alexander Stewart in person

+ Book signing

February 1

Presented in conjunction with Robert Frank x 3 in Classics.

Expanding the Field: Sports and Culture + Reception

March 22

Part of “A Non-Zero-Sum Game,” a series of launch events for the “Sports” issue of INCITE: Journal of Experimental Media.

The Nation’s Finest

+ Introduced by program curators Astria Suparak and Brett Kashmere, editors of the “Sports” issue of INCITE: Journal of Experimental Media.

March 22

Rare Baseball Films: The Newsreels March 23–24

Special thanks to Scott Allen and Benjamin Singleton, University of South Carolina Moving Image Research Collections. Program also presented at Film Forum in New York (April 2018) and the Cleveland Museum of Art (May 2018), with both screenings introduced by Director of Film/Video David Filipi.

Window Horses (Ann Marie Fleming, 2016) + Ann Marie Fleming in person

Banff Mountain Film Festival April 3–5

My Friend Dahmer (Marc Meyers, 2017)

Ohio Shorts

Special advance screening + John “Derf” Backderf in person

September 28–29

Cosponsored by Ohio State’s Billy Ireland Cartoon Library & Museum. Other participating organizations in this year’s Cartoon Crossroads Columbus include Columbus College of Art & Design, Columbus Museum of Art, and Columbus Metropolitan Library.

+ Reception

April 28

Education and Public Programs THE BOX Bom Bom’s Dream (Jeremy Deller and Cecilia Bengolea, 2016) July Corridory (Matt Meindl, 2017) August Public Service Announcements (Barbara Kruger, 1996) September Washing Walls with Mrs. G (Tony Buba, 1980) October Sanctus (Barbara Hammer, 1990) November Symphony No. 42 (Réka Bucsi, 2014) December Parallel (Jiwon Choi, 2017) January

FILM/VIDEO STUDIO PROGRAM ARTISTS Melika Bass, The Latest Sun is Sinking Fast (in progress) Aggie Ebrahimi Bazaz (work-in-progress) Mary Jo Bole, Family White Elephant (in progress) S.A. Burks (work-in-progress) Chinonye Chukwu, Pens to Pictures: A Journey Beyond Walls (2017) Pens to Pictures projects: Beverly Fears, The Devastating Game (2017) Jamie Ochs, TransParent (2017) Tyra Patterson, Love or Loyalty (2017) Kamisha Thomas, BANG! (2017) Aimee Wissman, For They Know Not (2017) Pilar Mata Dupont, Undesirable Bodies (2018) Barbara Hammer, Evidentiary Bodies (2018)

PROGRAMS FOR SCHOOLS Expanded Classroom: Contemporary Art in Practice (Grades 4–12) Open Door (Call & Response) (Grades 7–12) September 25–May 21 WorldView: Cultural Intersections with Image and Identity (Grades 8–12) Featured Event: Free to Ride screening and discussion (Jamaal Bell, 2016) December 7 Free Performance for High School Groups A Thousand Thoughts: A Live Documentary

by Sam Green and Kronos Quartet January 26 Pages: An Arts, Literacy, and Writing Program (Grades 9–12) Open Mic Reading and Reception May 8

I KNOW IT WHEN I SEE IT (DEFINE IRONY) (Eileen Maxson, 2015) February

William E. Jones, Rejected (2017) and Killed 3000 (2017) Penny Lane, Normal Appearances (2018)

Art & Ecology (Grades 10–12) Fall 2017

How Great You Are O Son of the Desert!, Part I (Haig Aivazian, 2013) March

Natasha Maidoff, The Motherboard (in progress)

Interventions: Students Respond to the Environment

Presented in conjunction with our March 22 programs Expanding the Field: Sports and Culture and The Nation’s Finest.

Stand in the Stream (Stanya Kahn, 2011–17) April

Kahn also introduced the project and participated in a Q&A about her practice in a Visiting Filmmakers presentation April 12.

lip sync 2015 (Julia Scher, 2016) May Take What You Can Carry (Matt Porterfield, 2015) June WEXNER CENTER ARTIST RESIDENCY AWARD RECIPIENTS Kevin Jerome Everson Barbara Hammer Penny Lane Jennifer Reeder

Julia Pello, Infinite Approach (in progress)

+ Reception: December 14 + Exhibition: December 14–31

Dani (Leventhal) Restack and Sheilah (Wilson) Restack, Strangely Ordinary This Devotion (SOTD) (2018)

PROGRAMS FOR EDUCATORS AND DOCENTS

Carrie Schneider (work-in-progress) Am Schmidt, Dirty Dancing (2018)

Docent brainstorming sessions

Tom Snelgrove, The Sacred Union (2018)

Docent appreciation event

Bárbara Wagner and Benjamin de Burca, RISE (2018)

Docent gallery learning

Barbara Hammer’s Evidentiary Bodies premiered at the 68th Berlinale. Bárbara Wagner and Benjamin de Burca’s RISE premiered at FRONT International: Cleveland Triennial for Contemporary Art. Pilar Mata Dupont’s Undesirable Bodies premiered at the Perth International Arts Festival in Australia.

Dani and Sheilah Restack’s Strangely Ordinary This Devotion (SOTD) premiered at the 2017 Whitney Biennial and went on to screen at the Toronto International Film Festival as well as the Bucharest International Film Festival.

Penny Lane’s Normal Appearances screened at the 22nd-annual Rooftop Films Summer Series and the SF DocFest in San Francisco.

Docent training course In-service programs and networking/outreach with educators and teachers in training Art & Ecology Online Teacher Course June 1–August 31

PROGRAMS FOR FAMILY, YOUTH, AND TEENS

SELECTED ADULT PUBLIC PROGRAMS

Outreach programs with youth and families citywide, in partnerships with Ohio History Center and Dublin High Schools’ Media Advisory Group.

Exhibition and Artist’s Talks, Panel Discussions, and Endowed Programs

New Albany Classic September 24

Director’s Dialogue on Art and Social Change: Pens to Pictures A Conversation with Pens to Pictures Directors

10 Girls/10 Weeks: A Pens to Pictures Screenwriting Boot Camp for Emerging Women Writers with Chinonye Chukwu September 24–November 19

Take Action: Networking and Resource Session

WexLab Workshops Drop-in Studio for Youth November 4, December 16, January 27, April 7 Zoom: Family Film Festival (see complete program list in the film/video section) November 24 & 26, December 1–3 Sewing Circle Studio for Youth Ages 14–18 with Emily Westenhouser March 11–April 15 Ohio Shorts Included Adult and Youth Divisions + Reception

+ Panelists included Vivian Covington; directors Beverly Fears, Jamie Ochs, Tyra Patterson, Kamisha Thomas, Aimee Wissman; and Wright State Assistant Professor of Motion Pictures Chinonye Chukwu.

Participating organizations included Alvis House, Buckeye REACH, CASA (Court Appointed Special Advocates) of Franklin County, CATCH Court, Columbus State Community College Enrollment Review Team, Franklin County Reentry Coalition, Freedom a la Cart, Healing Broken Circles, Juvenile Justice Coalition, Ohio Justice and Policy Center, Ohio Innocence Project, Ohio State’s Student Life Social Change, Ohio State’s College of Social Work, PassGo, and Redbird Books to Prisoners.

Pens to Pictures: Empowering Incarcerated Women from Script to Screen Featuring the premiere of the Pens to Pictures documentary

+ Panelists included Chinonye Chukwu; Ohio State Associate Professor of Sociology Townsand Price-Spratlen; Ohio State College of Social Work Professor Audrey Begun; and author and community organizer Tammy Fournier-Alsaada.

Inherent Structure Artists’ Talk: Rebecca Morris, Laura Owens, and Ruth Root in conversation

+ Moderated by George Rush, Associate Professor in Ohio State’s Department of Art

May 18

Gallery Events Art & Resilience A series of art-based programs designed to support people recovering from brain injuries, PTSD, and other trauma including substance abuse, human trafficking, and incarceration.

Art on the Brain

+ CATCH Court Partnership in July–August

September–November Vets at the Wex September–November On Pause May–June Faculty Gallery Talks

Cindy Sherman: Imitation of Life Sheilah (Wilson) Restack, Cindy Sherman as Feminist Question Mark October 10 All of Everything: Todd Oldham Fashion Gayle Strege on Todd Oldham February 14 Walk-In Tours

September 6

Selected Cosponsored Events

Rafael Rosado: Sketchbook Review and Pizza Social May 6

Lambert Family Lecture: Douglas Crimp on Archives of Femininity

Lecture: James Voorhies You Just Have to Experience It

November 16

September 18

Other Prom May 26

Screening and Discussion Resilience (James Redford, 2016)

April 28

In collaboration with Kaleidoscope Youth Center.

+ Book signing

+ Panelists included Cheryl L. Ward, PCC–S, Director of Student and Family Engagement, Columbus City Schools; Karen S. Days, President, The Center for Family Safety and Healing; and Jo Dee Davis, Founder of Healing Broken Circles.

January 24

Todd Oldham and Michael Weiss in Conversation + Moderated by Sherri Geldin, Director, Wexner Center for the Arts

March 6

Margaret K. Koerner William Kentridge / Smoke, Ashes, Fable March 8 Rafael Rosado: Comics Reading and Demonstration + Book signing

May 6

+ Book signing

Cosponsored by Ohio State’s Department of History of Art.

Artist’s Talk: Marc Pally September 26

Cosponsored by Designing Local, Ltd.

Film Studies Talk: Alan O’Leary Protesting Stereotypes from The Battle of Algiers to Beyoncé Knowles November 1

Cosponsored by Ohio State’s Film Studies Program.

Artist’s Talk: Adam Pendleton Inside, Outside, The Space of the Work November 2

Cosponsored by Ohio State’s Graduate Student Painting Club, Undergraduate Student Painting and Drawing Clubs, Department of Art Visiting Artist Program, and the Humanities and the Arts Discovery Theme, Contemporary Art and its Publics: Working Through Reproduction.

Selected Community, University, and Member Events Lecture: Jeffrey Kipnis Reflections on Sherman and Koolhaas, or how to see through a mirror clearly, face to face November 8

Writer’s Reading: Rita Dove Between the Playwright and the Play March 23

Cosponsored by Ohio State’s Knowlton School of Architecture.

Cosponsored by Ohio State’s Departments of Theatre and African American and African Studies and the Ronald and Deborah Ratner Distinguished Teaching Award program.

Curator’s Talk: Jens Hoffmann Back to the Future: Histories of Exhibitions November 27

Artist’s Talk: Brandon Ballengée Praeter Naturam: Beyond Nature April 4

Cosponsored by Ohio State’s Department of History of Art. This talk was made possible by a grant from the College of Arts and Sciences Humanities and the Arts Discovery Theme project in support of the working group on Contemporary Art and Its Publics.

Artist’s Talk: Jen Bervin December 8

Cosponsored by Ohio State’s Department of Art, The Living Culture Initiative, and Science and Technology Studies Project, a Humanities and the Arts Discovery Theme.

Screening and Panel Discussion: Paris Is Burning Topics in Black Masculinity: The Fierceness of Black Sexuality, Black Gay Identity, and Black Sexual Freedom

+ Panelists included author Terrance Dean, visiting scholar in Ohio State’s Department of African American and African Studies; Townsand Price-Spratlen, Associate Professor, Ohio State’s Department of Sociology; and Shannon Winnubst, Professor and Chair, Ohio State’s Department of Women’s, Gender and Sexuality Studies.

February 6

Cosponsored by Ohio State’s Department of African American and African Studies and Department of Women’s, Gender and Sexuality Studies. Supported by the Humanities and the Arts Discovery Theme initiative Transnational Black Citizenship Project.

Panel Discussion: Black Panther February 12

Cosponsored by Creative Control Fest and the John Mercer Langston Bar Association.

Artist’s Talk: Susan Meiselas February 13

Cosponsored by Ohio State’s Department of Art Living Culture Initiative and Visiting Artist Program; The Global Mobility Project, a Humanities and the Arts Discovery Theme pilot project; and Migration Studies Working Group.

Cosponsored by Ohio State’s Humanities and the Arts Discovery Themes: Environmental Humanities, Human Rights in Transit, Collaboration for Humane Technologies, and Science and Technology Studies.

Artist’s Talk: Carrie Mae Weems April 5

Cosponsored by Ohio State’s Humanities and the Arts Discovery Theme pilot project Contemporary Art and Its Publics and the Department of Art’s Living Culture Initiative and Visiting Artist Program.

Screening and Discussion Her (Spike Jonze, 2013)

+ Panelists included David Staley, Interim Director, Ohio State’s Humanities Institute, and Director, Ohio State’s Center for the Humanities in Practice (CHiP); Wei Xu, Assistant Professor, Ohio State’s Department of Computer Science and Engineering; and Richard Samuels, Ohio State’s Center for Cognitive and Brain Sciences.

April 7

Cosponsored by Ohio State’s Center for Cognitive and Brain Sciences as part of the 2018 CogFest.

Symposium: Medical Humanities: From Campus to Communities April 13–14

First Sundays Free Thursdays (after 4 pm) Featuring free gallery admission

Super Sundays Art Studio for All with Bobby T. Luck and Friends September 17 Art Studio with Madeline Conway and Dora Rodriguez March 18 Exhibition Previews and Receptions Cindy Sherman: Imitation of Life

+ Curators’ Talk: Philipp Kaiser and Bill Horrigan + Reception

September 15

All of Everything: Todd Oldham Fashion William Kentridge: The Refusal of Time Anita Witek: Clip February 2 Inherent Structure

+ Artists’ Talk: Rebecca Morris, Laura Owens, and Ruth Root in conversation

May 18

Fall Student Party

+ Screening of Get Out (Jordan Peele, 2017)

September 22

Anniversary Party November 10 Member Appreciation Days December 1–3

Cosponsored by Ohio State’s Humanities and the Arts Discovery Themes; Project Narrative; Departments of English, French and Italian, History, and Comparative Studies; Popular Culture Studies program; and Wexner Center for the Arts.

GenWex Presents Set in Motion: a movementbased workshop February 17

Writer’s Reading: Anna Soter April 29

+ Performances by Reggie Watts and Jacques Greene

Cosponsored by Ohio State’s College of Education and Human Ecology and Emeritus Academy.

Off the Grid March 10

Private exhibition and building tours Private receptions before or after selected events

Thanks to You— Our Donors The Wexner Center for the Arts 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.

If you are interested in supporting the work of the Wexner Center, please call the development office at (614) 292-3096 or send an email to cschoedinger@wexarts.org.

ENDOWMENT GIFTS The following endowments have been established 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 Louise and David A. Braver Fund for the Arts The Director’s Dialogue on Art and Social Change Endowment The Doris Duke Endowment Fund for the Performing Arts William Fung Family Endowment Fund Sherri Geldin Innovation 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 Ali Hagedorn Fund for the Performing Arts The Lambert Family Lecture Series Endowment L Brands Real Estate Division Fund for Architecture and Design Programs Ethel Manley Long Fund The John McKitrick Family Fund for Mershon Auditorium The Lawrence and Jean Mervis Education Endowment Fund The Ohio State University Class of 1985 Endowment Fund The Jean E. Parish Endowment Shumate Family Endowment Fund The Mark T. Tappen Fund Tuckerman Family Endowment for Children’s Programs Wexner Center Foundation Trustees Endowment Fund Wexner Center Program Endowment Fund Harrison Koppel Wexner Endowment for Children’s Programs

PLANNED GIFTS The following donors have made contributions through bequests or other types of deferred gifts.

Adrienne and Sidney Chafetz Patricia Howard Jean Parish Ric Wanetik and David Hagans OPERATING AND UNRESTRICTED SUPPORT The following donors have supported the Wexner Center with unrestricted gifts and grants for general operations.

Greater Columbus Arts Council Ohio Arts Council The Columbus Foundation Florence E. K. Hurd Fund James W. Overstreet Fund Roy V. and Eloise F. Thomas Fund Nationwide Foundation Christy A. Lorton SPECIAL PROJECT CONTRIBUTORS The following donors have made contributions to support specific Wexner Center programs and/or capital projects.

Dana and Brent Adler American Electric Power Foundation Art4Moore Fund Milton and Sally Avery Arts Foundation Big Lots Foundation The Blackwell Buckeye Funder donors Cameron Mitchell Premier Events Cardinal Health Foundation Chalmers P. Wylie VA Ambulatory Care Center Chamber Music America Columbia Gas of Ohio Mike and Paige Crane Crane Family Foundation Easton Town Center Event Source Express Sam and Gigi Fried DeeDee and Herb Glimcher Denise and Michael Glimcher Greater Columbus Arts Council Agnes Gund Heidelberg Distributing Heirloom Café Hopkins Printing Huntington Bank Ingram-White Castle Foundation Institute of Museum and Library Services Jack Jackson and Robert Storbeck Jeni’s Splendid Ice Creams Martha Holden Jennings Foundation Jerome M. Scott Architects Inc. Kaufman Development

Gale V. King John S. Kobacker and Catherine Chapin Kobacker Megan and Mark Kvamme Bill Lambert, in honor of Jack Jackson L Brands Foundation Mary and Jim Lyski Kurt and Leslie Malkoff The Robert Mapplethorpe Foundation Matrix Psychological Services/Visualopathy Richard M. Mershad National Endowment for the Arts National Performance Network New England Foundation for the Arts Ohio Arts Council The Ohio State University Orange Barrel Media Porter Wright Morris & Arthur LLP Portfolio Creative Puffin Foundation West, Ltd., in honor of Jack Jackson Rohauer Collection Foundation, Inc. Joyce and Charles Shenk Judi and Jim Stillwell Linda and Scott Taylor, in honor of Jack Jackson Susan Tomasky and Ron Ungvarsky United Way of Central Ohio Michael and Arlene Weiss Abigail and Leslie Wexner Anonymous PROMOTIONAL AND MEDIA SUPPORT Dispatch Media Group Experience Columbus Mills James The Ohio State University Orange Barrel Media (614) Magazine WCBE 90.5 FM WOSU Public Media COMMUNITY PARTNERS Ace of Cups Alternative Fashion Mob Alvis House American Institute of Architects-Columbus AWOL Bar BalletMet Bartha Best Food Forward Rebecca Bloom Yvette McGee and Tony Brown Stephen Philip Butt Randy Carr Stan Carr Cartoon Crossroads Columbus The Center for Architecture and Design Center of Science and Industry (COSI) Jeff Chaddock and Mark Morrow City of Columbus CivitasNow Sharon Cohodes

Columbia Gas of Ohio Inc. Columbus Black International Film Festival Columbus City Schools Columbus College of Art & Design Columbus Idea Foundry Columbus International Film + Animation Festival Columbus Landmarks Foundation Columbus Metropolitan Club Columbus Metropolitan Library Columbus Museum of Art Columbus State Community College Columbus Symphony Columbus Urban League Columbus Young Professionals Club Jodi Couley and Jolene Hickman Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASA) of Franklin County Cover My Meds Creative Control Fest The Crest Gastropub Jennifer L. D’Angelo Darista Dips Tom W. Davis Dough Mama Café + Bakery Dublin Arts Council ECLIPSECORP Elizabeth’s Records Equality Ohio Equitas Health Ethyl & Tank Fashion Week Columbus Paul Feeney and Chad Braun Fotofocus 400 West Rich Franklin County CATCH Court Program Franklin County Reentry Coalition Freedom a la Cart Patrick Gallaway Terri and David Gehr Giant Eagle Market District–Kingsdale DeeDee and Herb Glimcher Godman Guild Association Greater Columbus Chinese Chamber of Commerce Hai Poke Ann Hamilton and Michael Mercil Ted Hattemer Healing Broken Circles Hiss Magazine Hopkins Printing Charlotte Horsley Human Rights Campaign Pamela and J. Steel Hutchinson Janet Jackson Jazz Arts Group Jewish Community Center of Greater Columbus Juvenile Justice Coalition John Kerr and Doug Knutson KILN

King Arts Complex Local Matters Rebecca Luck Amy Martin McConnell Arts Center Janet L. McDaniel Mikey’s Late Night Slice Milo Arts 934 Gallery Ohio Art League Ohio Craft Museum Ohio Dance Ohio Designer Craftsmen Ohio Dominican University Ohio History Connection Ohio Justice and Policy Center Ohio Innocence Project The Ohio State University The Ohio State University Alumni Association Miguel Perez and Yianni Vitellas The Pizzuti Collection Jesse D. Pollard ProMusica Chamber Orchestra Pursuit Radio 614 Sue and Mark Real Redbird Books to Prisoners Refigural Replenish Spa Rowe Boutique Seventh Son Brewing Co. Short North Alliance Smartypants Vintage Kimberly Ann Starr Carter Stewart Stonewall Columbus Studio 35 Thurber House Torso Leather and Fetish Transit Arts Union Café and Axis Nightclub Weinland Park Community Civic Association Wild Goose Creative The Women’s Fund of Central Ohio YWCA Columbus CORPORATE COUNCIL The following corporations have made unrestricted gifts to the Wexner Center for the Arts and/or the Wexner Center Foundation and receive benefits as corporate members of the 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 Advocates Council: $1,000–$2,499

International Council L Brands Foundation National Council American Electric Power Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP Mills James Vornado Realty Trust Vorys, Sater, Seymour & Pease LLP Trustees Council Alliance Data Axium Plastics Bocchi Laboratories CBRE Inc. CCL Label Inc. Lumberton FactGem Fenwick & West Firmenich The Forbes Company The Georgetown Co. GGP Hunton & Williams LLP International Flavors & Fragrances Inc. Ivanhoé Cambridge KDC Columbus Live Technologies LLC LT Custom Furnishings Inc. MACERICH M C Packaging Corporation M/I Homes Foundation Onyx Packaging Corporation Paramount Group, Inc. PREIT Regina Miracle International (Group) Ltd. Rouse Properties Simon Property Group Taubman Vee Pak, LLC Benefactors Council Alene Candles, LLC Anomatic Corporation Arent Fox LLP Aromair Fine Fragrance Aronov Realty Management Inc. Bogart Lingerie Ltd. Brandix Lanka Limited Cahill Construction, Inc. CBL & Associates Management, Inc. Clover Group International Ltd. Commercial Contractors, Inc. Cosmetic Laboratories of America (CLA) E.C. Provini Co., Inc. Steven and Marcy Feldman Foundation Fontheim Partners PC Fred Olivieri Construction Company Geometric Results, Inc. Gregory Greenfield & Associates, Ltd. JPMorgan Chase & Co.

The Kraft Group Lombardi Design & Mfg. Matrix Psychological Services New England Development Pacific Textiles Limited Pioneer Elastic (Hong Kong) Ltd. RED Development LLC Rieke Packaging Systems The Fred Sands Family Foundation Schwarz Paper Company/Bunzl Retail Smyth Companies, LLC Starwood Retail Partners Steiner + Associates Toshiba America Business Solutions Triple Five Verizon Vestar Washington Prime Group WS Trading Ltd Chairman’s Council Accel Inc. Acloché LLC Acme Plastics, Inc. Aeron Lifestyle Technology Amcor Rigid Plastics – Diversified Products APL Logistics Autumn Harp, Inc. Aware Products, LLC Balance Inc. Ballard Spahr LLP Bondex Textiles Limited BrightView Landscape B.S.T. Co. Jacolyn and John Bucksbaum Business Furniture Installations The Cafaro Foundation CASTO CBRE Centennial Real Estate Central City Title Agency Complete Management Solutions Crystal Martin (Hong Kong) Limited Cypress Equities Dawson Debs Textile Corporation Decotech, Inc. Delta Galil USA Dicom Transportation Group Eckinger Construction Co. Experian Fortner Upholstering Fuel Transport Inc. Garlock Printing Hanes Erie, Inc. Hansoll Textile Ltd. The Howard Hughes Corporation HudsonYards Studios Innomark Communications Jack Resnick & Sons Jeffrey R. Anderson Real Estate

Jim Wilson & Associates Jones Day Lambert Sheet Metal, Inc. Kevin Parks/Leydig, Voit & Mayer, Ltd. Li & Fung Libbey Management Resource Systems, Inc. Mane USA Mayfield Consumer Products, LLC M-Engineering MJB Electric Morguard Nelson’s Seasonal Decor, LLC NorthPark Development Company Novatech Industries Ltd O’Neil Langan Architects Our Country Home, Inc. Perez & Morris LLC Performance Team Pinnacle Construction Inc. PJ Mechanical Corp.

Precise Packaging LLC ProAmpac Pyramid Controls/Matthews International Robin Enterprises Co. Rochester Malls Royal Laser Mfg Inc. Schimenti Construction Shremshock Architects, Inc. 644 BRDY Realty South Asia Textiles Limited South Coast Plaza Squire Patton Boggs LLP Starr Digital Solutions The Superior Group Symrise Textile Printing Company (dba TPC Printing & Packaging) Trademark Property Co. 20 VIC Management Inc. Vista Packaging & Logistics World Wide Packaging, LLC WS Development Associates Zeiger, Tigges & Little LLP Investors Council Acock Associates Architects, LLC Architectural Systems, Inc. Brant InStore Commercial Cutting & Graphics, LLC Empire Express Inc. Dan Fronk and Dancor Inc. Adam & Stephanie Lewin and Hamilton Parker Company Hellmann Worldwide Logistics Intimark Karen Pearse Global Direct Lee M. Smith & Associates Co. L.P.A. The Loeb Electric Company Maersk Line

Minden Gross LLP Permit Resources, Inc. RCS Logistics Inc. Ruggles Sign Stevens Transport, Inc. Stikeman Elliott Strategic Design Consulting, LLC Trinity Logistics USA Inc. U.S. Xpress Advocates Council Capital City Awning CaribEx Worldwide Continental Office DAVACO Inc. De Jager Construction Inc. DHX-Dependable Hawaiian Express Expeditors Innovations in Wallcoverings, Inc. Kegler Brown Hill & Ritter Kite Realty Group Mock Woodworking Co. Moody Nolan National Delivery Systems, Inc. ODW Logistics, Inc PIPP Mobile Storage Systems Inc. ServiceNational Canada Inc The Shipyard Sovereign Logistics Special Dispatch of California Inc. Thompson Concrete Ltd VFP Fire Systems WESCO Distribution, Inc. Anonymous donor 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 and access year-round, including private donor events with artists in all fields, generous discounts, priority ticket assistance, and more.

Trustees Circle: $25,000+ Benefactors Circle: $10,000–$24,999 Armory Circle: $5,000–$9,999 Producers Circle: $3,000–$4,999 Director’s Circle: $1,500–2,999 Trustees Circle David and Beci Campisi Brett and Katie Kaufman Bob and Mary Kidder Megan and Mark Kvamme Bill and Sheila Lambert Ann and Ron Pizzuti Joyce and Charles Shenk Abigail and Leslie Wexner Ann and John F.* Wolfe

Benefactors Circle Loann W. Crane Sherri Geldin Nancy and Dave Gill Nancy Kramer and Christopher Celeste Meara and Matt Scantland Armory Circle David and Carol Aronowitz Julie and Jeffrey Barnes George Barrett Paige and Mike Crane Sam and Gigi Fried DeeDee and Herb Glimcher Michael and Denise Glimcher Jack Jackson and Robert Storbeck Donna and Larry James Liza Kessler and Greg Henchel John S. and Catherine Chapin Kobacker Katherine Kuck and James Henderson James McFate Kelly Mooney and Scott Henningsen Mark A. Morrow and Jeffery D. Chaddock Mr. Douglas J. Preisse Lou Ann and Buss Ransom The Skestos Family Jenny and Tim Smucker Joy and Bruce Soll Michael and Arlene Weiss Producers Circle Jamie Bersani Dr. Brian and Teresa Biernat Shelley Bird and Jerry Wiese Elizabeth Boster and Sheila Clark Trish and John Cadwallader Beth Crane and Richard McKee Liz Dang and David Crane Jerry and Jill Dannemiller Johanna DeStefano Dr. Robert E. Falcone Tracy and David Harrison Beth Jarvis Tom Kaplin Mary and Tom Katzenmeyer Denise Landman and Robert Klaffky Mo and David Meuse A. J. Montero and Amanda Wildman Cynthia Mushrush and Randall Walters John Muskoff Janet and Vikram Rajadhyaksha Ram Rajadhyaksha and Shyam Rajadhyaksha David Renner and Jordanne Renner Susan and Jerome Scott Amber and Jason Shonk Patti and Steve Steinour Susan Tomasky and Ron Ungvarsky Una Yuhua Tsou and Ken Hunter Judy and Steve Tuckerman

Director’s Circle Dana and Brent Adler John G. Alexander Lori Barreras and Alex Fischer Jeni Britton Bauer and Charly Bauer Kate and Ted Bauer Jenni and David Belford The Bersani–d’Aversa Family Katharine Bowman and Kimberly Seibert Mrs. Andrew Broekema Yvette McGee and Anthony L. Brown Casey and Maresa Campbell Alessandro Ciaffoncini J. Briggs Cormier Steven Cox and Kerry Thompson Roxana and Bill Deadman Barbara and Philip Derrow Melanie Dheel and Scott Rhodes Janet and Sidney Druen Dave Filipi and Laura Larson Kate and Scott Gaines Dareth Gerlach Amy Goldstein and Marc Sigal Babette Gorman and Jack Buckingham Linda and Bob Gorman Dedrea and Paul Gray Mary L. and Richard Gray Kim and Todd Helvie Dr. Robert and Marcia Hershfield Cindy and Larry Hilsheimer Char Hinson Lisa and Alan Hinson Celeste Holschuh David G. Horn and Victoria E. Powers Vijaya Iyer and Jeff Smith Jessica and Mac Joseph Ben Justice and Karim Ali Linda and Frank Kass Charlotte and Jack Kessler Jill Kingsley Java and Mark Kitrick Betty Lambert Mark and Jane Landon Mary Lazarus Yung-Chen and Katherine Lu Nancy and Thomas Lurie Cara Mangini and Tom Bauer Lisa Marmon Barb and Doug Martin Melinda McClimans Jennifer McNally and Michael Flamm Angela and David Meleca Chandler Mercer and Robert Podlogar Allison and Andrew Meslow Karen and Neil Moss D. Scott Owens and Kevin J. Kowalski Ishan Patel and Kirstie Flint Julie and Tracy Peters Heidi Popadych and Craig White Cordelia Robinson and Grant Morrow Neil Rosenberg

Janice Roth Leigh Schmid and Karin Lunau Christy Schoedinger and John Coleman Patti Shorr Susan Simms and Robert Palmer Richelle Simonson The Singer Family Catherine Strauss and John Lowe Linda B. and J. Scott Taylor Connie and Craig Tuckerman Doug and Amy Grace Ulman Susan and Matthew Ungar Anne Valentine and Kent Thompson Drs. John Wakelin and Anu Chauhan Donna and Rodney Wasserstrom Dave Whitaker and R. Glenn Barker Margie and Dave Williams Ed Wolf Janice and Herbert Wolman Cicely Wylde-Oubrerie and José Oubrerie Chris and Alex Yessios GENERAL MEMBERSHIP Support from Wexner Center members is crucial to our success; they are an integral part of the center’s vitality and enjoy generous benefits. Becoming a valued part of our member family is easy—just visit wexarts.org/join or call the membership office at (614) 292-1777.

Memberships are also available at the Fellow ($500+), Patron ($250+), Household ($150+), and Friend ($75+) levels.

Vanguard: $1,000–$1,499 Vanguard Randy Arndt and Jeff Baker Dan and Christie Crane Raminder and Amardeep Gill J. Ronald Green and Louisa Bertch Green Jeffrey and Kathy Lipps Noel Mayo Gyongyi and Tibor Nadasdy Jackson Roth Kathi and Craig Stone

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) 688-4129 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 18, 2018. *Deceased

Wexner Center Staff DIRECTOR’S OFFICE Sherri Geldin, Director Jack Jackson, Deputy Director James F. Petsche, Administrative Associate CREATIVE SERVICES Erica Anderson, Director Brandon Ballog, Senior Graphic Designer EJ Josephat, Web Developer Kelly McNicholas, Graphic Designer DEVELOPMENT Sarah Ball, Development Coordinator Lindsey Beetem, Individual Giving Manager Julie Harrison, Development Coordinator Kyle Hatfield, Membership Coordinator Scott Lawski, Membership Coordinator Jamila M.Zawadi, Development Assistant Christy Schoedinger, Director Karen Simonian, Advancement Projects Manager Michelle Sipes, Graduate Associate Lisa Wente, Senior Development Officer, Proposal Services EDUCATION Shelly Casto, Director Dionne Custer Edwards, Educator and Manager, School Partnerships Jo Anne Jenkins, Purchasing Assistant Maria Joranko, Program Assistant Tracie McCambridge, Manager, Gallery Teaching and Engagement Jean Pitman, Manager, Youth and Community Programs Alana Ryder, Manager, Public and University Programs Elizabeth Sandoval, Graduate Associate EXHIBITIONS Allison Buenger, Assistant Registrar Megan Cavanaugh, Director of Exhibitions Management David Dickas, Installation Manager Ambrose DuPree, Administrative Associate Marisa Espe, Curatorial Assistant Michael Goodson, Senior Curator of Exhibitions Bill Horrigan, Curator at Large Kim Kollman, Registrar James-David Mericle, Preparator Nick Stull, Preparator Theresa Touma, Administrative Associate Lucy Zimmerman, Curatorial Assistant FACILITIES MANAGEMENT AND ENGINEERING Holly Brubach, Director Tim Steele, Building Services Coordinator

FILM/VIDEO David Filipi, Director Paul Hill, Studio Editor Jennifer Lange, Curator, Film/Video Studio Program Alexis McCrimmon, Studio Editor Michael Olenick, Studio Editor Ashley Stanton, Administrative Associate Chris Stults, Associate Curator Theresa Touma, Administrative Associate FINANCE AND ADMINISTRATION Peg Fochtman, Human Resources Manager Kevin Hathaway, Senior Accountant Valerie Kohlwey, Business Systems Analyst Maureen Thomas, Director MARKETING AND COMMUNICATIONS Mary Abowd, Associate Editor Sydney Cologie, Social Media Coordinator Kelsey Givens, Digital Content Editor Laura Hooks, Audience Analysis and Advancement Coordinator Sylke Krell, Assistant Director Joshua Leavitt, Graduate Associate Kellie Morgan Lutzko, Community Outreach and Marketing Manager Densil R. R. Porteous II, Director Ryan Shafer, Publications Editor Melissa Starker, Creative Content and Public Relations Manager Matt Wovrosh, Associate Digital Producer PATRON SERVICES Lindsay Acker, House Management Coordinator Claudia Bonham, Special Events Manager Megan Chalfant, Special Events Manager Adam Elliott, House Management Coordinator Joanna Hammer, Patron Services Manager Marlin Hauff, Assistant Store Manager Miranda Inscho, Patron Services Coordinator Katie Laux, Director Helyn Marshall, House Management Manager Michaela Nardo, Assistant Ticketing Manager Matt Reber, Store Manager House Management Part-Time Event Staff Tim Bachelor Crystal Ceballos Aliyah Cohen Anne Courtney Lily Dawn Jennie DeStephano Lindsey Ehrman Amy Flowers Susan Gregorek Dorian Ham

Scott Hartman Susan Hyde Alison Kennedy Kristi Kloss Michelle Meier Constance Mengel Stephanie Poole Jim Prater Jo-Ann Prater Danielle Rennick Samina Shaw Beau Simmons Alli Sweeney Katherine Tedesco Joel Treadway Linda Watts Adrian Willis Armond Wimberly PERFORMING ARTS Lane Czaplinski, Director Ashley Stanton, Administrative Associate Sarah Swinford, Program Manager TECHNICAL SERVICES Scott Austin, Design Engineer Sonia Baidya, Lighting Supervisor Bill Barto, Stage Manager, Mershon Auditorium Bruce Bartoo, Projectionist Andy Hensler, Stage Manager, Performance Space Steve Jones, Design Engineer John Smith, Technical Services Manager Mike Sullivan, Design Engineer PAID INTERNS Brea Berry Isabel Ciminello Alex Getz Amanda Gruenhagen Rachel Howard Aubrey Jenkins Grace Lilash Jordan Matthiass Malu Marzarotto Jack McDermott Ava Morgan Ingrid Raphael Sonia Rayka Juli Sasaki

Wexner Center Volunteers COMMUNITY DOCENTS Mary Bauer Sonia Bazan Joy Benatar Suzanne Cavazos Carol Collier Annamarie Dang Diane Driessen Monica Dunn Jillian Farley Joan Folpe Susie Gerald David Givler Mary Hockenbery Kari Hoyt Andy Hudson Aubrey Jenkins Gisela Josenhans Britta Krell Susan Levin Rebecca Lowther Jamila M.Zawadi Caryn Neumann Patricia Pound Cynthia Puckett Neil Rector Devon Reich Erin Riddiford Jessica Shakesprere Janet Shumaker Kris Skarupa Jo Snyder Debbie Verona Gisela Vitt Jody Wallace Pete Wray DONOR CIRCLES COUNCIL Joyce Shenk, co-chair Judy Tuckerman, co-chair Karim Ali Kate Bauer Ashley Bersani Trish Cadwallader Alessandro Ciaffoncini Sheila Clark Paige Crane Nancy Gill Jessica Joseph

Ben Justice Angela Meleca Jordanne Renner Janice Roth Patti Shorr Renée Shumate GENWEX ADVISORY COMMITTEE Lindsay Acker Sonia Baidya Lindsey Beetem Emily Bessell Lauren Brady A. J. Burt Jessica Burton Jessica Cáceres Laura Cianca Sydney Cologie Ambrose DuPree Sandra Enimil Marisa Espe Amy Fleenor Diana Gerber Sarah Grosh Joanna Hammer Julie Harrison Kyle Hatfield Laura Hooks Maria Joranko Haley Kider Valerie Kohlwey Cathy Kujala Katie Laux Jordan Matthiass Elaine McLoughlin-Overholt Kelly McNicholas Rian Medina Kellie Morgan Lutzko Michaela Nardo Mindi Ortiz Michael Paitoo Rue Payne Alana Ryder Yohannan (Yogi) Terrell Adam Vincent Tracey Walterbusch Matt Wovrosh Lucy Zimmerman

OFF THE GRID 2018 HOST COMMITTEE Lindsay Acker James Anderson Mercedes Bender Anne Deis Ambrose DuPree Sandra Enimil Amy Fleenor Diana Gerber Sarah Grosh Julie Harrison Haley Kider Cathy Kujala Jonathon McKay Elaine McLoughlin-Overholt Rian Medina Michaela Nardo Mindi Ortiz Michael Paitoo Nilam Patel Rue Payne Ann Ruege Nate Schott Kathryn Seyerle Kelsey Shankle Marshall Shorts Jennifer Slezak Lavelle Stillwell Yohannan (Yogi) Terrell Kaylyn Thomas Adam Vincent Tracey Walterbusch SHUMATE ENDOWMENT ADVISORY COUNCIL Joni Acuff Jennifer Beard Kim Brazwell Melissa Crum Anita Davis Simone C. Drake Kent Harris Rachel Howard Mark Lomax Ruth Lomax Steven Moore Sherita Roundtree Toni Smith Shorter Maurice Stevens

VOLUNTEER USHERS Leanna Abele Andrew Ameter Lisa Anfang Liz Arndt Rachel Barnes Steve Barrish Rebekah Bass Joachim Bean Timothy Black Gary Brown Jeanne Budde Melissa Carter-Dempsey Vicki Chay-Wilkins Lee Cohen Esther Connors Jim Crowley Mariann Crowley Marya DeBlasi Barb Dittoe Mary Donaldson Diane Drotleff Jennifer Farmer Sam Folmar Sherry Forster Jayce Fryman Sandra Furman Kathryn Goldsmith Marty Goldsmith Bill Gresham Arlene Hendrickson Carol Hines Jessica Jackson Deborah Jones Ellen Joodi Pete Joodi Mary Jane “MJ” Kibby Natalia Krutovskaya Cara Laviola Linda Leviton Siqi Li Yiqiao (Karen) Li Holly Longfellow Jean Lubker Margaret “Marge” Lynd Julia Mains Megan McGlone Erin McGovern Marina Mogilevsky David Nassau

Caryn Neumann Nancy Nixon Marquetta Peavy Molly Rapp Jamie Rhein Connie Riegel Tammy Roberts Ellen Romer Reid Romer Melinda Rosenberg Hilary Sasso-Schleh John Sather Susan Sather Karen Selva Azin Sharifi Blerta Shega Rachel Skwerer Nathan Smith Sarah Spaulding Kirsten Tychonievich Michael Uetrecht Amjad Waheed Richard Warren Mike Wilkins Lisa Wiltshire Sofia Zinkovskaya INDIVIDUAL VOLUNTEERS Clyde Bennett Sama Ben Amir Brea Berry Amin Ebady Kelli Fisher Patti Gehred Amanda Gruenhagen Izzy Johnson Sabrina Kaul Serena Kaul Malu Marzarotto Abby McPherson Mia Miranda Kris Roberts Juli Sasaki Hilary Sasso-Schleh Chris Summers Nigeria Talley Jia Tang Chyna TenĂŠ Emily Westenhouser Ember Zaahir

WEXNER CENTER FOUNDATION BOARD OF TRUSTEES Leslie H. Wexner, Chair Michael V. Drake, MD, Vice Chair Bill Lambert, President Trustees David M. Aronowitz Lisa M. Barton Jeni Britton Bauer Shelley Bird David J. Campisi Brenda J. Drake Adam Flatto Sherri Geldin Russell M. Gertmenian Ann Gilbert Getty Michael Glimcher Brett Kaufman Elizabeth P. Kessler C. Robert Kidder Nancy Kramer Mark D. Kvamme James Lyski Ronald A. Pizzuti Janet B. Reid, PhD Joyce Shenk Alex Shumate Abigail S. Wexner Sue Zazon Ex Officio Peter L. Hahn Bruce A. McPheron Bruce A. Soll Mark E. Vannatta

Photo/Image Credits Cover

Research and Education

A Thousand Thoughts: A Live Documentary by Sam Green and Kronos Quartet, photo: Katie Spengler.

Carrie Mae Weems, photo: Brooke LaValley. Rita Dove book signing, photo: Katie Spengler. Susan Meiselas, photo: Meryl Levin. Adam Pendleton, courtesy of Studio Pendleton. Douglas Crimp delivering this year’s Lambert Family Lecture, photo: Maddie McGarvey. Margaret K. Koerner, photo: Sylke Krell.

Hito Steyerl’s How Not to Be Seen, still courtesy of the artist.

Wexner Center interns, photo: Ahnesti Gaston. Todd Oldham in conversation with Michael Weiss and Sherri Geldin, photo: Maddie McGarvey. Super Sunday activities, photos: Brooke LaValley. Amee BellWanzo and Kelli Martin of Alternative Fashion Mob, photo: Maddie McGarvey. Barbara Hammer with Paul Hill, photo: Florrie Burke. John “Derf” Backderf, photo: Maddie McGarvey. Marc Meyers, My Friend Dahmer, still courtesy of FilmRise. Ann Marie Fleming, Window Horses, still courtesy of the National Film Board of Canada. Lilli Carré and Alexander Stewart, photo: A. J. Zanyk. Ann Marie Fleming, photo: A. J. Zanyk. WorldView, Open Door (Call & Response), Pages experiences, and Pages participants in gallery with Dionne Custer Edwards, photos: Katie Spengler.

Inside Covers Portraits of Pens to Pictures directors and group photo: Will Jones, images courtesy of Wright State University.

Pictured in group photo (clockwise from top left): Shawndra Jones (codirector of Love or Loyalty), Kamisha Thomas, Aimee Wissman, Kara Clare Lynch (codirector of BANG!), Aisha Ford (codirector of The Devastating Game), Jamie Ochs, Chinonye Chukwu, Beverly Fears, and Vivian Covington, Warden’s Assistant at Dayton Correctional Institution. Film and production stills and director portraits courtesy of Pens to Pictures.

Director’s Message Sherri Geldin, photo: Nathan Ward.

Exceptional Artistry Patrons at the exhibition preview for Cindy Sherman: Imitation of Life, photos: Brooke LaValley and Katie Spengler. Exhibition curator Philipp Kaiser in conversation with Wexner Center Curator at Large Bill Horrigan, photo: Katie Spengler.

Installation view of Cindy Sherman: Imitation of Life, photo: Luke Stettner. Todd Oldham talking with Sherri Geldin and a patron at the exhibition preview for All of Everything: Todd Oldham Fashion, photo: Katie Spengler. Installation views of All of Everything: Todd Oldham Fashion, including RISD Ensemble, photo: Katie Spengler. Installation views of William Kentridge’s The Refusal of Time, 2012, made in collaboration with Peter Galison, Philip Miller, Catherine Meyburgh, and Dada Masilo; five-channel video, black-and-white and color, sound, 30 mins.; steel megaphones and breathing machine “elephant”; dimensions variable; jointly owned by the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (purchased, by exchange, through an anonymous gift and the K. Hart Smith Trust) and The Metropolitan Museum of Art (purchased with the Roy R. and Marie S. Neuberger Foundation, Inc., Wendy Fisher Gifts, and The Raymond and Beverly Sackler 21st Century Art Fund); © 2012 William Kentridge, all rights reserved; photo: Luke Stettner. Patrons explore Anita Witek: Clip in lower lobby, photo: Katie Spengler. Installation views of Inherent Structure, photos: Luke Stettner. Patrons and artist Zachary Armstrong at the Inherent Structure exhibition preview, photos: Katie Spengler. Ohio State Associate Professor George Rush in conversation with artists Ruth Root, Laura Owens, and Rebecca Morris, photo: Katie Spengler. Bebe Miller Company’s In a Rhythm, photo: Julia Cervantes. Bebe Miller in the galleries, photo: Ahnesti Gaston. Rosas’ A Love Supreme, photo © Anne Van Aerschot. Jan Martens’s Rule of Three, photo © Phile Deprez. Ohad Naharin’s Minus 16 performed at Parallel Connections, photo: Jennifer Zmuda.

Meshell Ndegeocello, photo courtesy of the artist. Jonathan Finlayson, photo: John Rogers. The Bad Plus, photo: Josh Goleman. Counterfeit Madison, photo: Maddie McGarvey. Lili Taylor in Farmhouse/Whorehouse, photo © Peter Serling. Andrew Schneider in YOUARENOWHERE, photo: Maria Baranova.

Improbable’s Opening Skinner’s Box, photo © Topher McGrillis.

Free performance of A Thousand Thoughts: A Live Documentary

by Sam Green and Kronos Quartet for high school groups, photo: Katie Spengler. Richard Fletcher, Sam Green, Ann Hamilton, and patrons at reception for A Thousand Thoughts, photos: Katie Spengler. SQÜRL, photo: Ryan Muir. Steven Bognar and Julia Reichert, Unorthodocs visiting filmmakers with Wexner Center Department of Film/Video, photos: Maddie McGarvey.

Tony Buba’s Washing Walls with Mrs. G., still courtesy of the artist. Barbara Kruger’s Public Service Announcements, still courtesy of the artist. Charles Burnett onstage with Dave Filipi, photo: Katie Spengler. Zama promotional poster, art by Diego Berakha. Lucrecia Martel at the Wexner Center, photo: Brooke LaValley. Elaine McMillion Sheldon, photo: Sylke Krell. Chris Bournea’s Lady Wrestler, still courtesy of the artist. Lili Taylor with patrons, photo: Maddie McGarvey.

Outreach and Engagement Director’s Dialogue events featuring Pens to Pictures, photos: Katie Spengler. 10 Girls/10 Weeks, photo: Sylke Krell. Patrons at an On Pause workshop meditate in front of Sam Moyer’s Cherry blossoms fall on half eaten bun, 2017; marble, stone, and hand-painted canvas mounted to MDF panel; 133 1/2 x 222 1/8 x 3/4 in.; © Sam Moyer, courtesy of the artist and Sean Kelly, New York; photo: Brandon Ballog. Art & Resilience: Vets at the Wex, photo: Sylke Krell. Wexner Center Anniversary Party 2017, photos: Greg Miller. Other Prom participants, photos: Jennie Key Photography. Nancy Kangas and the children of Preschool Poets, photo: Nathan Ward. Zoom: Family Film Festival, photos: Katie Spengler. Ohio Shorts, photos: Ahnesti Gaston. Off the Grid 2018, photos: Katie Spengler. Wex Drive-In, photo: Brandon Ballog. Jacoti Sommes, image courtesy of Columbus Alive. Guy Maddin, photo: Katie Spengler.

COVER One of this year’s highlights was the world premiere of A Thousand Thoughts: A Live Documentary by Sam Green and Kronos Quartet.

The Wex-commissioned project told the remarkable 45-year history of the string ensemble through live music by Kronos (back cover) and live narration by filmmaker Green (front), as well as archival footage and filmed interviews with Kronos collaborators like composer Philip Glass (pictured onscreen).

INSIDE COVERS This year’s Director’s Dialogue on Art and Social Change centered on Pens to Pictures: Empowering Incarcerated Women from Script to Screen, a pioneering project that teaches incarcerated women how to make short films.

Pictured on the inside front cover (clockwise from top left): director Aimee Wissman and a still from her film For They Know Not; Pens to Pictures participants with program founder Chinonye Chukwu (lower right); an image from the set of For They Know Not; director Kamisha Thomas and her film BANG!; and an image from the set of Tyra Patterson’s Love or Loyalty. Pictured on the inside back cover (clockwise from top left): a still from The Devastating Game; the film’s director, Beverly Fears; an image from the set of Love or Loyalty; Jamie Ochs’s TransParent and an image from the film’s production; the set of For They Know Not; director Jamie Ochs; and a production still from BANG!