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FEATURED EXHIBITIONS: POTTERY, CAPSTONE AND COLLECTIONS HIGHLIGHTS PAGE 13-16
PEOPLE OF MUAM: ART EDUCATION STUDENTS PAGE 5
HIESTAND GALLERIES AND EVENTS PAGE 20-21
CAPSTONE MILESTONE AND MORE PAGES 6-7
From the Editor You know the old saying, time flies when you're having fun? There is a lot of truth to that saying, and the last six months at MUAM has flown! We've been busy–busy in a good way with lots of stories, activities, class visits, class activities, virtual and in-person programs, and lots of guests. With that comes more interesting and cool stories to share with you all. As I prepared this issue of the Visual Arts at Miami magazine, I kept thinking of story after story that should be included. But, if we included everything in these pages then it would quickly become a book! That said, I am pleased to remind you of the many ways that you can learn about the visual arts at Miami year-round! ~News Stories, Exhibitions and Events on our web site ~Blog Posts on Moments @ MUAM ~Social Media (Facebook, Twitter and Instagram) ~Videos (YouTube Channel) ~Enewsletters (Subscribe to get yours) For quick and easy access to all of these resources, please visit our Linktree at linktr.ee/miamiohartmuseum and if you don’t already, please, like, follow, subscribe and share. And while you're online, consider providing your feedback on these communications media including this magazine via our Winter Content Survey also accessible through the Linktree or by snapping the QR code below with your phone’s camera. We would love to hear from you to help us decide what you want to hear about and what you would like to see more of in 2022 as we create more content and revamp the Visual Arts at Miami magazine. If email is easier for you please feel free to send your comments and suggestions to me at krazlsa@MiamiOh.edu. Please get out and experience the Arts at Miami. They're plentiful, engaging, inspiring and everywhere you look!
IN THIS ISSUE From the Director About the Art Museum People of MUAM: Students Capstone Milestone and more Collection News: Find Your Muse Fall 2022 Exhibitions Preview McGuffey Moments Engage and Connect Donor Spotlight: Jeffery Horrell & Rodney Rose Exhibition: From the Ground Up Exhibition: Reflections: Visual Constructions of Race Exhibition: Collections Highlights People of MUAM: Krazl Celebrates 10 On the Grounds: Sculpture News Spring A+ID Programs Contemporary Art Lecture Series Exhibitions & Programs at a Glance
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About the Magazine Visual Arts at Miami (VAAM) is a bi-annual publication of the Miami University Art Museum (MUAM) showcasing visual arts at Miami University for members and the arts community. Distributed to the sustaining members of the Art Museum, Visual Arts at Miami is available digitally through the companion blog at blogs.MiamiOH.edu/VisualArts. Check the back cover for a detailed map, contact information and hours. On the cover: Robert Motherwell
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(American, 1915-1991) Red Samurai (from Three Poems by Octavio Paz) [detail], 1987-88 Lithograph, Gift of Carol Kane; 2020.2
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From the Director In this past year of changes, challenges and positive impacts, there are so many things that we are thankful for. We particularly value the ability to receive visitors safely in person, to support teaching, and to invite new audiences into our spaces and to our public programs. We are grateful to our staff, student workers, interns, members, docents and volunteers, who support our wide range of activities and programs. We welcomed over twenty different University classes into our museum to connect with our gallery spaces and collections and saw positive engagement across a wide range of disciplines, from the well-established Art and Architecture History classes, to Human Robot Interaction and even Choreography! It has been a great pleasure to see so many students and faculty engaged with the collections and the museum spaces in person. I’ve had the pleasure to meet many people from Miami University and our wider community of Oxford and the Southwest Ohio region in my first five months at the Art Museum, and look forward to meeting many more in the year ahead! Our Fall 2021 exhibition, The Department of Art Faculty and Alumni Exhibition, was a great success and engaged a wide range of audiences. We very much look forward to this Spring’s offerings - with three new exhibitions: Reflections: Visual Constructions of Race, which is the annual Art History Capstone Exhibition celebrating its 11th iteration this year, as well as From the Ground Up, which focuses on the making of ceramics across time and space, and Collections Highlights: Recent Acquisitions. All these exhibitions are accompanied by wide-ranging programs. We encourage you to visit us in person and engage with us online this Spring. An important and moving event took place at the Art Museum’s Sculpture Park this past Fall. On October 11, a Day of Reflection marked the 175 anniversary of the removal of the Myaamia Tribe from these lands. Over 400 people, including many members of the Miami Tribe and the Myaamia Center, participated in this ceremony. People walked in silence from the location of Eugene Brown’s sculpture “A Tribe Named Miami, A Surveyor’s Stake, A Town Named Oxford” to the Myaamia Center at Bonham House, passing along the way colored ribbons tied to trees, each representing an individual of the Miami Tribe forced from these lands. The Miami University Focus Theme of 2022, held in conjunction with the Myaamia Center, is on the theme of Volume 10, Issue 2 | Spring 2022
Director meets automaton during Human Robot Interaction class demo at MUAM in December
Sovereignty. With the Myaamia Center, we look forward to a student art exhibition and programs in Fall 2022 on this theme. At the core of our mission, MUAM recognizes and celebrates global artistic and cultural diversity through display, study, publication and programs. This contributes to our approach in preserving and growing collections and teaching about visual culture. As part of the College of Creative Arts within Miami University, the Art Museum remains committed to social justice. We encourage audiences to engage in dialogue and understanding of challenging topics through our exhibitions and programs. Art in all its forms can help bring people together so we can consider different ways of thinking about the world and what it means to be human.
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John (Jack) D.M. Green Jeffrey Horrell ‘75 and Rodney Rose Director and Chief Curator of the Miami University Art Museum 3
The Miami University Art Museum, completed in 1978, was designed by Walter Netsch of Skidmore, Owings and Merrill in Chicago, and is situated on three acres of scenic sculpture park grounds. It houses five galleries of changing exhibitions and a growing permanent collection of more than 17,000 artworks. MUAM is accredited by the American Alliance of Museums (AAM) and is a proud member of the North American Reciprocal Museum Association (NARM).
Where is the Art Museum on Campus? For starters, you can’t miss the large, industrial red sculpture by Mark di Suvero on the front lawn. MUAM is also just a 7-minute walk from the Armstrong Student Center, diagonally across from Tappan Hall, at the intersection of S. Patterson Ave. and Chestnut St., right when you enter Oxford off of State Route 27.
What can the Art Museum do for Students? Lots of things! MUAM is a great place to see diverse exhibitions and explore outstanding works of art. You can also work, intern, volunteer, join the Art Museum Student Organization (AMSO) and attend lectures and social events.
What can the Art Museum do for the Public? The Art Museum and Sculpture Park is FREE & OPEN to ALL and is an excellent venue for exploring arts and culture from around the world. Membership in support of programs and exhibitions is available at varying levels. Each one offers a higher level of engagement with the museum via special-invitation-only events and special programs. More information on the member program is available on our website via the Members link.
Hours Tuesday–Friday: 10 AM–5 PM Saturday: 12–5 PM Second Wednesdays 10 AM–8 PM Closed: Sunday, Monday, national holidays, university closures, and during installation (more info on website.)
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Next Stop, Student Teaching
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Art Education Students gain experience at MUAM
Lucy Osborne
Mitch Meikle
Katrina Shafor
Each semester, students from a variety of study areas and interests can be found interning or working at the Art Museum. On average, the museum student team is 10-12, or more. The museum offers Front Desk Student worker positions as well as internships in curation, collections, education, exhibition prep, arts management, marketing and communications. This past semester, three of the students—all in their Senior year in art education at Miami—worked with us. All three did different work as part of their experiences and all three are headed on to the final step in their degree programs—student teaching. We are thrilled to be a stop on their experiential learning path leading them to their destinations. Best of luck student teaching this Spring! Lucy Osborne is a Senior majoring in Art Education and Arts Therapy from Cincinnati. She stepped in to educational programming this past semester at the Art Museum with a focus on Art Explorers, our signature partnership with Lane Library aimed at children ages 3-5. Lucy helped create art projects related to the exhibition and the stories shared by Lane Library. “Participating in Art Explorers was personally such a meaningful way to volunteer and connect with young community members, and I had so much fun doing it!” shared Lucy. This Spring she will be student teaching at Lakota East High School in Liberty Township. Upon graduation she will be pursuing a Master's in Fine Arts, concentrating in drawing and painting.
From Granville, Ohio, Mitch Meikle is a Senior Art Education major with minors in Art and Architecture History and Museums and Society—who began interning at the museum this past summer. During his time at MUAM he helped with Art Explorers as well, but also focused on creating an online exhibition of works by Sacha Kolin. Mitch shared, “Spending time sorting through like 40 racks of our broad collection of paintings or searching for a tiny sculpture among drawers and drawers full of them showed me how every object has a place to be protected, studied, and displayed.” He is headed to Wilson Middle School for his student teaching and hopes to work in a museum, library, school, or anywhere where he can keep learning about art and history.
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Katrina Shafor is a Senior Art Education and Community Arts major from Lebanon, Ohio, who started working at the museum in the Summer. Her focus was assisting Preparator David Dotson on tasks related to exhibition prep. Her most meaningful experience was “getting to explore the art, recognize and find artists that inspire me within the collections as well as talking about art." She shared the excitement of working alongside the work of Sonia Delaunay hung on the wall next to a Picasso, and spotting a painting by Joan Mitchell, one of her favorite artists, while working around the painting racks. Katrina plans to go to Grad School to earn an MFA in Painting. She begins her student teaching in the Spring at Centerville High School and Berry Intermediate in Lebanon.
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Capstone Milestone & Reflections The Spring 2022 Capstone Exhibition, Reflections: Visual Constructions of Race marks a major milestone for one of the museum's signature programs, the eleventh of its kind. The capstone exhibition program is unique in many ways. The exhibition is a collaboration between the Art & Architecture History program. Capstone students engage with the museum to learn all aspects of curating a major exhibition. Each year in rotation, Art & Architecture History faculty teach the Capstone class most often themed in alignment with their area of specialty. Unlike most senior capstones generally offered in the final semester of one's senior year, this one is in the Fall so that students will be around to see their work in person the subsequent Spring semester and participate in special programming and receptions. The MUAM/Art History Capstone program began in 2012 when Curator of Exhibitions, Jason Shaiman, and Art History Associate Professor Pepper Stettler began discussing this concept in 2011. In May 2012, The 1970s: An Eclectic Art Invasion, became the first Capstone exhibition. It only took one time to see that this was a fantastic concept and so it began. Since then the capstone class shifted to being a Fall offering. More than 100 students have participated, and over 400 works from MUAM's collection have been displayed.
Featured Program Reflections on 10 years of the Capstone Exhibition WED, MAR 9, 5-6:30 PM Join Art History Professors, Capstone Students and Alumni and staff of MUAM in this engaging panel discussion about an amazing 10 years of creating exhibitions collaboratively, showcasing collections and providing Capstone participants invaluable experiences learning how to curate an exhibition.
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Kate Hanley Subjective Objectivity (Spring 2018) I loved my capstone class (Go Dr. Stetler!). I appreciated the breadth of the class from curation to research to even helping with the marketing materials. After my capstone, I wanted to learn more about how larger curatorial teams operate, so I interned at the Contemporary Arts Center in Cincinnati for a year in their education and curatorial departments. The CAC showed me how many ways you can work for and support the arts, but I also felt like I needed a Master's degree to be competitive. So I went straight into grad school in Chicago for arts administration, and now I'm working at an art museum. Reflecting back, I think my capstone was a crucial stepping stone to working in the arts, so I am so excited to hear that the program is continuing. I am currently working as the Special Events Coordinator for the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, which includes the De Young Museum and the Legion of Honor. I support the special events team put on fundraisers, membership events, and exhibition openings.
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Faith Walker Desire, Conflict, Exchange (Spring 2020)
Sydney Herrick Confronting Greatness (Spring 2021)
My biggest takeaway was how important teamwork and coordination was for accomplishing this project. Everybody had a different role and perspective, and what I remember most from the classes are the debates (sometimes heated) spurred by these different perspectives. I think the multitude of voices, interests, and abilities was essential for making the exhibit as great as it was. It had a huge impact on where I am today. I’m currently running a small local history museum in West Virginia. Without hands-on experiences like the capstone providing practical experience in museum work (particularly curation), I wouldn’t be in the position I am today. It also got me interested in an aspect of art history that I wouldn’t otherwise know that much about. I’m very interested in the art of colonial encounters, but had not looked at Eastern/ Western interactions as much yet. The topics I studied in the capstone inspired my later Honors Thesis and Geoffrion Fellowship research project on the role of the environment in early American expansion and decorative arts.
I was so lucky to have such an opportunity. It’s very rare to have that kind of hands-on experience at the undergraduate level. It has — without a doubt — set me apart from the crowd when it comes to academic and professional applications. Prior to the capstone, I was going back and forth between wanting to pursue a career in academia or in curation. Following the capstone, I had no doubt I wanted to work in curation. The experience was so positive and engaging, I immediately knew it was the field for me. Currently, I work for The Austin Contemporary (in-person) and the Cincinnati Contemporary Arts Center (virtually). I am also actively applying to art history and curatorial grad programs for Fall 2022.
Follow this story and learn about related programs as well as hear from faculty and alumni who have been a part of the capstone program on Moments @ MUAM - the Art Museum's blog. tinyurl.com/MUAMcapstone-reflections
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COLLECTIONS NEWS
Find your Collections Muse BY LAURA STEWART, COLLECTIONS MANAGER/REGISTRAR
Academic year 2021-22 has gotten off to a great start at the Art Museum. Already many faculty and students have walked through the galleries and marveled at the variety of artwork and artifacts on view and the number of corresponding artists and cultures represented. And, collection objects not currently on display can still be made available to scholars year ‘round. A number of faculty took advantage of this opportunity. Professor of Art Tracy Featherstone and Visiting Assistant Professor of Theatre, Ashley Goos, recently brought their classes to engage with MUAM objects in personally meaningful and exciting ways. Professor Featherstone brought both her lithography and etching students to study, up close, prints from the museum’s significant print collection. Etching examples by artists such as Rembrandt and Manet captivated the students’ imagination for their own projects as did lithographs by the likes of Jim Dine and June Wayne, just to name a few. Choreography students in Professor Goos’ class focused on Department of Art Faculty and Alumni exhibition objects as well Sculpture Park collection objects to create and perform original dance numbers in response to the visual artworks available to them. These performances were videoed and photographed. Check out the results on our YouTube channel or snap the QR code at right. Furthermore, this type of interdisciplinary collaboration is a hallmark of the Art Museum’s educational offerings which use collection objects as “jumping off” points for deeper dives into creativity and understanding. For additional inspiration from MUAM collection objects, be sure to check out the Collections Highlights: Recent Acquisitions exhibition this Spring 2022. Which one(s) will be your muse?
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Learn more about our collection of over 17,000 works on our web site at www.MiamiOH.edu/ArtMuseum. Make arrangements to study works not on view by contacting Collections Manager/Registrar Laura Stewart at (513) 529-2235 or stewarle@MiamiOH.edu.
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Miami University Art Museum Exhibitions Aug 23-Dec 10, 2022
COMING Fall 2022
PhotOH Miami Interconnected: Land | Identity | Community (A Student Response) (Douglass Gallery) In this eighth juried Student Response Exhibition (SRE), Miami University students are called upon to creatively respond to the Miami University 2022-2023 FOCUS theme of Sovereignty. This exhibition is developed in collaboration with the Myaamia Center. In the context of the 50th anniversary of the relationship between the Miami Tribe of Oklahoma and Miami University, we are reflecting on the often unseen reality of tribal sovereignty in North America. Here, sovereignty includes inherent and retained political rights and cultural integrity. Three key factors in maintaining sovereignty are land, identity, and community. For more information visit www.tinyurl. com/fa22sre.
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A Lens For Freedom: Civil Rights Photographs by Steve Schapiro (McKie Gallery) During the turbulent 1960s, Steve Schapiro was there with his camera capturing some of the most iconic moments of the Civil Rights Movement. Schapiro was also one of the leading photographers to document the historic 1964 Freedom Summer campaign, and this is the focus of the exhibition in association with the 2022 Cincinnati-based FotoFocus Biennial theme, "World Record". Schapiro’s photographs documented the activities, training, meetings, and so much more that developed as part of the Freedom Summer efforts to help register Black voters in the deep South. This exhibition is supported with a grant from FotoFocus as part of the FotoFocus Biennial 2022.
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PhotOH: Photographers in the Heartland (Farmer Gallery) This exhibition of work by Ohio-based photographers is co-curated with William Messer, a Cincinnati based Independent Curator. Approximately 50 photographs will explore contemporary images that reflect the 2020 FotoFocus theme of "World Record". This exhibition is also developed in conjunction with Oracle, the annual international conference for photography curators, which will take place in Ohio in October 2022. It is the goal of PhotOH to expose to the Miami community, the broader FotoFocus audience, and the Oracle curators the best work obtainable from a geographically diverse group of photographers working in the state. This exhibition is supported with a grant from FotoFocus as part of the FotoFocus Biennial 2022.
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McGuffey Moments Bishop, McGuffey and the Scottish Enlightenment BY STEVE GORDON, ADMINISTRATOR
The philosophies of Robert Hamilton Bishop and William Holmes McGuffey were integral during Miami’s formative years. Both individuals fulfilled significant roles in establishing Miami as a leading institution of higher learning on the American frontier. Bishop, a native of Scotland and Miami’s first president, guided the university for seventeen years. McGuffey, a first-generation American born to Scots/Scots-Irish parents, was professor of ancient languages and Moral Philosophy, and most famously, author of the McGuffey Readers, the most widely published school textbooks of the 19th century. Both men were ordained Presbyterian ministers and both were disciples of the 18th century Scottish Enlightenment. The Scottish Enlightenment’s influence on Miami, and by extension through Bishop and McGuffey, was recently examined by Dr. Stephen Millett, Miami Class of 1969. According to Millett, the Scottish Enlightenment marked a great awakening of intellectual, technical, and
artistic fervor. It encouraged intellectual curiosity, critical thinking, politeness, sociability, and toleration. As espoused by David Hume and other prominent Scottish thinkers, humans by nature share an innate common sense with which they understand the world around them. Actions that accomplish the greatest happiness for the greatest numbers of people can be emphasized through benevolence and sympathy. Understanding the world through the lens of observation and human behavior, combined with reason, forms the basis of knowledge. According to Millett, “McGuffey’s courses on mental philosophy adhered to Scottish Common-Sense Realism. He advocated literacy for all social classes (and both genders) with an emphasis on correct (American) English language spelling and pronunciation. McGuffey took a pragmatic approach by relating words with illustrated objects that a child on the frontier could easily recognize.” Bishop and McGuffey adapted Enlightenment thinking to the realities of the American frontier, which
resulted in pragmatic applications of academic teaching. As such, McGuffey fully supported public education, where virtues such as enterprise, selfdiscipline, industry, honesty and piety could be taught. Character and knowledge were inseparable. Bishop, noted Millett, saw Miami as combining the highest standards of morality with secular knowledge. Bishop and McGuffey’s adaptations of the Scottish Enlightenment to education on the American frontier were manifested in the University’s seal and motto, Prodesse Quam Conspici [to be useful rather than conspicuous] as well as practical learning through everyday living as depicted in the McGuffey Readers. Rather than the moniker “Yale of the West,” Millett suggests Miami more accurately might be better known as “Edinburgh on the Frontier.” Below left to right: Horace Harding (American, 1794-1857) Robert Hamilton Bishop (1777-1855), 1829-1830; Oil on canvas, Commissioned by the Miami Union Literary Society; 1829.P.1.1 Hiram Powers (American, 1805-1873); Bust of Robert Hamilton Bishop, 1924; Bronze, Gift of the family of Robert Hamilton Bishop, class of 1903, 1987.42 W. H. McGuffey, daguerreotype [MG.1989.25] W. A. Retzer, Charlottesville, VA, ca. 1847
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DONOR SPOTLIGHT
Jeffrey Horrell & Rodney Rose Visit the Museum Jeffrey Horrell (‘75) and Rodney Rose were warmly welcomed during a visit to the Art Museum in September. Jeffrey and Rodney have established generous and significant support for the Art Museum, which includes the endowed and named position of Director and Chief Curator of the Art Museum, as well as the Jeffrey Horrell (‘75) and Rodney Rose Art Museum Fund. Their visit was particularly special as this gave an opportunity for Jeff and Rodney to meet in person with Jack Green for the first time, who is honored to hold the position of Director and Chief Curator in their name. Elizabeth Mullenix, the Dean of the College of Creative Arts, and all members of the MUAM team, joined in welcoming Jeff and Rodney. We are immensely grateful for their support which helps MUAM to achieve its mission and to celebrate artistic diversity. Thank you Jeff and Rodney! Jeffrey Horrell (center) and Rodney Rose (right) with Jack Green outside the Art Museum. Photo by Sherri Krazl.
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BY JASON E. SHAIMAN, CURATOR OF EXHIBITIONS
Pottery is one of the oldest forms of art-making with works dating as far back as 28,000 BCE. While pottery exhibitions typically focus on imagery, function and what can be understood about a culture, something deeper is generally overlooked. What about the fundamentals of how these objects were made? Most museum visitors have not experienced what it is like to throw a pot, or make a coil-built vase. Lesser known is when the various processes came into use. By understanding the primary methods of ceramic creation, within their respective historical and cultural contexts, viewers can appreciate ceramics in a new way. The idea for this exhibition arose out of a simple question. How was it made? To this end, the exhibition introduces the five principle processes for pottery making: hand-formed, mold-formed, slab-built, coil-formed and wheel-thrown. Mostly featuring historical materials, From the Ground Up includes works from the Art Museum’s permanent collection. Additional pieces are presented as interactive elements provided by Richard James, Miami University Assistant Professor of Ceramics. James provided important support with newly made ceramic pieces and assisted with videography of ceramic processes to demonstrate the primary methods of pottery production featured in this exhibition.
Featured Program From the Ground Up: Insights into Ancient Societies from Material Culture PROF. STEVEN TUCK (HISTORY), DR. JACK GREEN (MUAM) AND DR. DARLENE BROOKS HEDSTROM (PHD '01) (BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY). MODERATED BY PROF. MATTHEW GORDON (HISTORY) WED, MAR 16, 5-7 PM In tandem with the exhibition From the Ground Up, a panel of speakers present case studies from the ancient world which illustrate how material culture can be used to reconstruct an understanding of society. Jointly coordinated by MUAM and the History Department.
Right: Workshop of Patera Painter (attributed), Apulian, Greece Loutrophorus, ca. 330 BCE Red figure, glazed terracotta 18 3/4 x 7 1/4 (diam.) inches Gift of Walter I. Farmer; 1978.C.2.129 Below: Mayan, El Salvador Monkey Effigy Mold, 800-1200 CE Ceramic; 6 x 6 1/4 x 2 1/8 inches Gift of Theodore T. Foley; 1976.S.7.37
The exhibition is curated with the assistance of Curatorial Interns, Jillian Cofskey (Fall 2020) and Mary Visco (Fall 2021). Our interns contributed to the selection of works, conducted research, and the development of context and content in this exhibition. Exhibition graphics designed by Macey Chamberlin, Communication Design student. Volume 10, Issue 2 | Spring 2022
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BY THE ART498 CAPSTONE SEMINAR CLASS: ISOBELLA DALE, ANDREW HAHN, ETHAN HAMMERSCHMIDT, CATHERINE LAMMERSEN, KAYLA LYNSKEY, ISABELLA MARINO, MITCHELL MEIKLE, ZOË NEUBIG, ISABELLA REARDON RAMOS, BRITTON SHERMAN, ABIGAIL SOLON AND WENYUN WANG
The Miami University Art Museum presents Reflections: Visual Constructions of Race, an exhibition focused on the artistic representations of identity within various cultures. The exhibition explores the differences between personal perceptions of self and the so-called “other,” while also exploring works of art as results of cultural hybridity. Reflections is designed to provoke thought regarding personal identity and how we see others through the lens of race. By organizing the sub-themes of The Self, “The Other”, and Hybridity, the exhibition frames the artworks with respect to how racial and cultural identities interact with themselves and each other. The exhibition asks its viewers to reflect on their own personal racial and cultural identities and encourages its audience to use that reflection to relate to the pieces included in the exhibition.
Above: The Fall 2021 Art & Architecture History Senior Capstone students and faculty include: Front Row (L-R): Wenyun Wang, Mitchell Meikle, Isabella Marino, Isabella Reardon Ramos, Kayla Lynskey, Isobella Dale, Zoë Neubig and Dr. Pepper Stetler. Back Row (L-R): Catherine Lammersen, Ethan Hammerschmidt, Abigail Solon, Andrew Hahn and Britton Sherman (not pictured). Below: One of the featured works in the exhibition. Michael Mau (German, b. 1937) Beauty Queen, 1972; Acrylic on canvas; 47 x 70 1/2 inches. Gift of Debra and Robert Mayer from the Robert B. Mayer Memorial Loan Collection, 1984.5
Reflections: Visual Constructions of Race is organized by Art and Architecture History students in conjunction with the Senior Art and Architecture History Capstone Seminar. There will be an opening reception on Wednesday, February 9 from 5-7 PM, where the Capstone students will present their research, followed by a reception and presentation of the exhibition. 14
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Related Programs Art History Capstone Exhibition Reception and Student Gallery Talks WED, FEB 9, 5-7 PM Join Professor Pepper Stetler and students in the Senior Art History Capstone class celebrating the 11th annual Art History Capstone, Reflections: Visual Constructions of Race. Reception at 5 PM. Student gallery talks from 6 PM.
Reflections on 10 years of the Capstone Exhibition WED, MAR 9, 5-6:30 PM Join Art History Professors, Capstone Students and Alumni and staff of MUAM in this engaging panel discussion about an amazing 10 years of creating exhibitions collaboratively, showcasing collections and providing Capstone participants invaluable experiences learning how to curate an exhibition. Reception to follow.
Humanities Coffee @ MUAM ALTMAN PROGRAM SPEAKER | AUTHOR/PHOTOGRAPHER BRENDA WILLIS MON, APR 4, 2-3 PM Prior to her presentation in the Heritage Room at Shriver Center at 5 PM, Brenda Willis will be visiting the Art Museum to chat over coffee and answer questions. Willis is University Professor and Chair of Photography and Imaging at the Tisch School of the Arts at New York University. She is the recipient of a MacArthur Fellowship, a Guggenheim Fellowship, an NCAA Image Award and numerous other artistic and scholarly honors. She has published more than 20 books, including The Black Civil War Soldier: A Visual History of Conflict and Citizenship and Posing Beauty: African American Images from the 1890s to the Present.
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BY JASON E. SHAIMAN, CURATOR OF EXHIBITIONS
Each year the Miami University Art Museum (MUAM) adds to its growing permanent collection of more than 17,000 objects. The collection is enhanced through gifts and bequests from alumni and other donors who support the arts, and purchases from auctions, galleries and artists. More than 300 objects were accessioned between 2018 and 2020. Featured in the exhibition are nearly 50 examples of painting, printmaking, photography, textiles and sculpture from internationally recognized artists, including Joyce Tenneson, Steve Schapiro, Jasper Johns and Utagawa Kunisada. Also highlighted are regional standouts Alice Schille, Ellen Price (MU Professor Emerita), Thom Shaw, Annette Covington, Michelle Red Elk, Scott Shoemaker and Larry Winston Collins (MU Professor Emerita).
An Activist's Lens: Donna Ferrato on Domestic Violence
Collections Highlights: Recent Acquisitions not only showcases recent additions to the collection, but also acknowledges the generosity of the benefactors who directly contribute to the growth of the Miami University Art Museum. Special appreciation to the Miami University Center for Career Exploration & Success for its support of Dr. Michael Hatch’s Art and Its Markets class held each Spring semester which assisted with purchasing several additions to the collections.
WED, APR 13, 6 PM Prof. Michael Hatch discusses Art and Its Markets and the role that students play in selecting acquisitions for museums.
The exhibition is curated with the assistance of Curatorial Interns, Hannah Martin and Aspen Stein, Spring 2021. These interns helped to select the works, conduct research, and write the text panels and object labels for this exhibition. 16
THU, FEB 24, 5:50-7:05 PM See flier on page 19
Noontime Chatter: Girl Power COLLECTIONS MANAGER/REGISTRAR, LAURA STEWART WED, MAR 2, 12PM [Virtual ] Join Collections Manager & Registrar Laura Stewart for her talk sharing insights on women artists in this exhibition.
Art and its Markets PROFESSOR MICHAEL HATCH
Noontime Chatter: Museums Miami: Diverse Collections, Common Goals JEFFREY HORRELL ‘75 AND RODNEY ROSE DIRECTOR & CHIEF CURATOR, JACK GREEN & HEFNER MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY DIRECTOR, STEVE SULLIVAN WED, MAY 4, 12 PM [Virtual ] Join MUAM Director Jack Green & Hefner Museum of Natural History Director, Steve Sullivan as they discuss the mission and vision of Museums Miami.
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Krazl Celebrates 10 years at MUAM
BY DIRECTOR OF MARKETING AND
COMMUNICATIONS FOR COLLEGE OF CREATIVE ARTS, JENI BARTON
The Marketing and Communications Coordinator for the Miami University Art Museum (MUAM), Sherri Krazl, celebrated her 10th Anniversary in November 2021. Her impact can be seen across campus from the redesign and distribution of this magazine to the annual museum Lawn Parties to the banners fluttering with the current exhibition promotions. Her impact also reaches beyond campus when her students put the skills and lessons they gained from working with her to use in their museum or marketing professions. The Jeffrey Horrell '75 and Rodney Rose Director and Chief Curator Jack Green joined the MUAM in June 2021. Since taking the leadership role at the museum he noted that "Sherri is such a talented content creator and loves working with students I'm continually impressed with our communications and marketing outputs." The former director of MUAM, Robert S. Wicks, said that during his leadership “she displayed a willingness to learn all she could about art, museums and the university. MUAM's visibility wouldn't be where it is today without her. Her enthusiasm for trying new approaches to outreach was unbounded.” Wicks served as Director of the Miami University Art Museum from 2001 to 2021. The admiration for Sherri goes beyond leadership, the Curator of Exhibitions Jason E. Shaiman said that she has “elevated the presence of MUAM on campus and throughout Oxford with her robust marketing strategies. Her creation of the student lawn parties greatly increased student engagement outside of the classroom.”
Visit tinyurl.com/Krazltakes10 for the rest of the interview.
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Photo by Scott Kissell
I sat down with Sherri to learn more about her work and what it is like to go to work next to a Picasso every day. JB: What has been your favorite story to tell about the MUAM?
amazing space on campus. And I truly learn something new every day!
SK: I love talking about student success stories, my favorite exhibition(s), our fall lawn party and the many ways that we offer students engaged learning experiences.
JB: What show has moved you most during your time at MUAM, and why?
JB: You work with a lot of students, what do you hope students gain from their time with you? SK: I love to challenge the students to create a very personalized learning experience that helps them identify what they want to do, learn new skills and walk away with solid work for their portfolio. JB: What is it like to work surrounded by renowned artwork every day? SK: Unreal! I try to schedule time each week to just take a walk back and sometimes sit for a change of scenery and to take it all in. I feel truly blessed to work at such an ART MUSEUM
SK: Telling A People's Story! Not only was it one of the largest audience draws during my time here but it was the most fun, meaningful and powerful exhibitions that I've had the pleasure to promote. It was sad, happy, inspiring and eye-opening. JB: What has surprised you the most about your time at MUAM? SK: I remember being so surprised at how few students and faculty knew about the museum. Where ten years ago we might have 2-3 class visits a month, we now experience 2-3 class visits a week! A more pleasant surprise was the fact that the people I have gotten to work with are amazing! I am looking forward to the next 10 years and seeing what happens next! 17
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Marcia Perry, Docent Shortly after moving to Oxford in 2017, retired education test developer Marcia Perry added art museum docent to her activities in retirement. Born in Florida but raised in Georgia, Marcia was an only child. Her mother painted china and canvases and later owned a ceramics studio; her dad was self-employed. After graduating from Georgia College, she earned her MS in Mathematics Education from Florida State University and a PhD in Measurement, Statistics and Evaluation from University of Georgia. She started out teaching mathematics in high school and transitioned into college teaching. For much of her career, however, she developed testing for private companies and state education departments, including in Georgia and Virginia. In 2010, she retired after 15 years with the Virginia Department of Education. A lifelong learner with an appreciation for the arts, Marcia explored painting and stained glass, and eventually focused her creative energies on photography. As with anything, she took a course and her love for this form of art blossomed. A Minolta 35mm film camera was where she started. She played around with capturing micro shots mainly of mushrooms using her camera and binoculars. Photography for her is "grace", meaning that beauty is always in your sphere and you just have to capture it. She's even had her photographs in multiple shows throughout her lifetime and continues in her retirement to show her work in the Oxford area. She now shoots with a Nikon 750. Some of the highlights of her time as a docent include the Telling A People's Story exhibition, getting to go behind the scenes into our collections area, the ongoing learning opportunities that each new set of exhibitions creates and working with kids when they visit the museum. She especially enjoyed the book about young John Lewis, Preaching to the Chickens by author Jabari Asimand and illustrator E. B. Lewis as part of her favorite exhibition. The recently acquired portrait at right of John Lewis on display this semester is her favorite piece in our collection. As a docent she has enjoyed the friendships and comradery gained by being a part of a great group of people dedicated to supporting the educational mission of the art museum.
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Above: Marcia also shares her photography work through her Facebook page and the Oxford Visual Arts Connection group. These black and white images were from a post challenge: B&W photography depicting my life. No people, no explanation. Below l-r: Image from Telling A People's Story Spring 2018 Exhibition along side Homage to John Lewis, by Larry W. Collins on view this semester in the Collections Highlights Exhibition.
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An Activist’s Lens: Donna Ferrato on Domestic Violence THU, FEB 24, 5:50 PM Donna Ferrato is an internationally acclaimed photojournalist, known best for her documentation of the hidden world of domestic violence captured in her book Living with the Enemy. Ferrato began using her photography to document domestic violence and its effects more than 20 years ago. Her work brings this issue to the forefront of society and presents it as a bold, undeniable problem.
photo by Steven Mastroanni
Presented by: Miami University Art Museum, Contemporary Artist Forum College of Creative Arts Dean’s Fund Women’s, Gender & Sexuality Studies Margo left her abusive husband with her daughters so they wouldn't grow up thinking abuse was normal. Marin County, CA 2011, 2011; Becca Jean Hughes Served Decades in Prison for killing her Husband in Self-Defense Because his History as a Batterer was not Allowed to be Admitted as Evidence, Renz Correctional Facility, Jefferson City, Missouri, 1991, 1991. Both gifts of Bradley Griffin and Betsy McCormick
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HIESTAND GALLERIES NORTH GALLERY | SPRING 2022 MAR 17–30 STACY OLITA KAWAMURA Advanced Studio Art Program Exhibition
JAN 26–MAR 11 2022 MIAMI UNIVERSITY YOUNG PAINTERS COMPETITION FOR THE $10,000 WILLIAM AND DOROTHY YECK AWARD 2022 Juror: José Diaz, Chief Curator, The Andy Warhol Museum, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Through the generous gift from William ('36) and Dorothy Yeck of Dayton, Ohio, Miami has a unique opportunity to provide students and the community at large to develop a critical understanding of painting in the 21st century. The competition winner's painting will become part of Miami’s permanent collection. This year’s competition focuses on non-representational painting. Finalists for the 2022 Miami University Young Painters Competition: Marvin Brown, Ithaca, New, York; Nick Doty, Stamford, Connecticut; Meena Hasan, Brooklyn, New York; Todd Jones, Athens, Ohio; Max Manning, Spring, Texas; Hannah Parrett, Columbus, Ohio; Nathan Prebonick, Akron, Ohio; Eric Manuel Santoscoy-Mckillip, Brooklyn, New York; Lydia Smith, Columbus, Ohio; and Loring Taoka, Fayetteville, Arkansas. FEB 3 | JUROR TALK (ART100) | 5:50 PM FEB 4 | RECEPTION & AWARDS | 4:30 PM
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In the yellow wallpaper, originally inspired by the 1892 short story by Charlotte Perkins Gilman, Kawamura has created five individual layers of silk organza, a thin, sheer, plainwoven fabric made from silk, and reclaimed cotton that hang loose from a combination of chopsticks and dried vines within a steel frame. The images of three botanical seed pods—magnolia, Chinese lantern, and Japanese iris—represent different parts of the artist’s ethnicity and suggest constant growth, birth, decay, and regeneration. Throughout each scrim, these images repeat in multiple iterations, the transparency of the fabric allowing the viewer partially obscured glimpses into the interior. The last layer, a single magnolia printed onto a damaged, partially mended cotton bedsheet, allows only limited light to come through the disintegrating fabric. Because they hang free, the pieces catch air currents giving the work a sense of life, cohesion, and movement. MAY 5–13 NOAH DIRUZZA | MFA THESIS EXHIBITION Noah DiRuzza aims to displace the human as the central figure within the world and instead allows for equal representation of all things like animals, plants and technology as agentic forces. By revealing and challenging history, language, and other ways in which the human perception is formed, DiRuzza’s use of live cameras within his sculptural pieces activates the space between the sculptures and positions the viewers as part of the work disrupting the traditional subject/ object orientation.
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GALLERY HOURS: MON-FRI, 9 AM-4:30 PM, HOURS MAY VARY WITH RESTRICTIONS; OTHER HOURS AVAILABLE BY APPOINTMENT. (513) 529-1883 ALL RECEPTIONS ARE IN THE LOBBY OF HIESTAND GALLERIES
ROBERT E. & MARTHA HULL LEE GALLERY | SPRING 2022 JAN 26–MAR 2 KIRK MAYNARD | THE THINGS THEY CARRIED Kirk Maynard is the 2021 winner of the Miami University Young Painters Competition $10,000 Yeck Purchase Award. In the comprehensive exhibition, The Things They Carried, Kirk Maynard explores the nature of body politics through the lens of portraiture. The works in this series examine this theme through dress, appropriation and storytelling. FEB 4 | ARTIST TALK 1:15 PM | HIESTAND
APR 8–26 (BOTH GALLERIES) BFA CAPSTONE EXHIBITION Department of Art senior studio majors participating in the semester long Capstone course feature their latest visual investigations in ceramics, printmaking, painting, metals and jewelry, photography, sculpture and digital media. MAY 5–13 CLAIR MOREY | MFA THESIS EXHIBITION
MAR 10–APR 1 RICHARD W. JAMES | DETRITUS Joining the Miami University Department of Art in the Fall of 2021, Richard W. James showcases a collection of works spanning six years in the exhibition, Detritus. The selected works span his time as a resident artist at Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts, Gatlinburg, Tennessee, at The Archie Bray Foundation, Helena, Montana, his time as Assistant Professor at Texas A&M University - Corpus Christi, and his first year at Miami University.
Morey’s paintings use appropriated film stills most from horror, psychological and Sci-Fi to reformulate narrative cinema and the disillusioned image of the past within the immediate moment. Visions of the perceived future intuitively lead to the comparison of the futile contexts of current experience, causing the image to become a place of confrontation. Concealed forms of violence are emphasized through their endurance within the present. The layering of paper and photo transparencies, the surface builds into a disorientation of the originally intended film sequence – evolving fantasies of individualized expulsion into the cinema’s pictorial, attempting to escape the uncertainties of the future by lingering within the foreboding past.
Hiestand Hall | 401 Maple St., Galleries will be closed: During exhibition installation and Oxford, OH 45056 Jan 1–24, Feb 17, Mar 21–25 and May 16–Aug 31. Galleries located on 1st level Miamioh.edu/hiestand-galleries (513) 529-1883 Hiestand Galleries encourages all guests to wear masks HIESTAND GALLERIES Volume 10, Issue 2 | Spring 2022 DIRECTOR ANN TAULBEE, 21 and practice social distancing in alignment with Miami’s taulbeae@miamioh.edu Healthy Together plan.
APR 6 | 12 PM [Virtual] Noontime Chatter: On the Grounds/Sculpture. Preparator/Building Manager David Dotson TINYURL.COM/MUAMEVENTS
ON THE GROUNDS
For Kepler Gets a Makeover BY DAVID DOTSON, PREPARATOR / BUILDING MANAGER
Photo by David Dotson
You may have noticed a “naked” di Suvero sculpture in front of the Art Museum in September. A signature piece of the Art Museum Sculpture Park, Mark di Suvero's For Kepler, was the recipient of some much needed maintenance this fall. Created in 1995 and donated by class of 1950 Miami alumnus, Thomas W. Smith, the monumental, steel, abstract expressionist work refers to the 17th century astronomer, Johannes Kepler (1571-1630). Kepler studied a supernova (a violent stellar explosion) that he was able to observe with the naked eye for about 17 months beginning in 1604. Di Suvero's sculpture embodies this eruption of energy with its radiating lines and off-set center of gravity. In recent years, the painted surface of For Kepler had become chipped and faded, and had begun to delaminate from the steel. We wanted to correct this problem by stripping the sculpture down to the bare metal and repainting from scratch with a high quality industrial paint that closely matched the color and gloss of the original surface treatment. Before starting, we consulted with di Suvero's studio, Space-time C.C. Inc., out of New York to ensure our plan and choice of materials was appropriate for his work. After a day of sandblasting and three days of painting For Kepler was back to its former glory and ready for many more memorable years as a fixture of Miami University.
Photo by David Dotson
Photo by David Dotson
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I would like to thank Andy's Mobile Sandblasting, Evans Painting, and our own Student Assistant, Katrina Shafor for all of their great work on this project. This project was supported through a fund from Thomas W. Smith used to maintain and conserve our outdoor sculptures.
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Spring Programs 2022 Architecture + Interior Design Our lineup this semester includes: • • • • • •
V. Mitch McEwan, Assistant Professor of Architecture & Director of Black Box, Princeton University and Principal, Atelier Office, NYC Fred Scharmen, Associate Professor, Morgan State University Michael Grove, Principal Landscape Architect, Sasaki, Boston Joseph Altschuler, Assistant Professor, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, and Cofounder, Could Be Architecture, Chicago Ramune Bartuskaite, Project Coordinator, JKRP Architects, Philadelphia Laura Fink, Founder, Finch Modern, New York
Learn more about these programs by visiting tinyurl.com/sp22-aid-progs
The CCA Combines Classic Art Foundations with Emerging Technology to Create the #ThrivingArtists of Tomorrow! Volume 10, Issue 2 | Spring 2022
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FEB 3 | JOSÉ CARLOS DIAZ, 2022 JUROR, MIAMI UNIVERSITY YOUNG PAINTERS COMPETITION José Carlos Diaz is the Chief Curator at The Andy Warhol Museum. Prior Diaz was the Curator of Exhibitions at The Bass in Miami Beach. Diaz has worked at Tate Liverpool and at the Liverpool Biennial. Diaz received a MA in Cultural History from the University of Liverpool, and a BA in Art History from San Francisco State University. He serves on the Board for the Association of Art Museum Curators (AAMC); chaired the Curatorial Leadership Summit at The Armory Show in 2020; and was a 2018 fellow at the Center for Curatorial Leadership (CCL). 24
FEB 24 | DONNA FERRATO | LENS ON WOMEN'S RIGHTS Ferrato is an internationally acclaimed photojournalist, known best for her documentation of the hidden world of domestic violence as captured in her 1991 book Living with the Enemy. She used her photography to document domestic violence and its effects more than 20 years ago to bring this issue to the forefront of society and present it as an undeniable problem. Ferrato will be discussing the early days of photographing violence against women, where we are today, abortion rights, and why it's gone so wrong. [donnaferrato.com]
MAR 3 | JOE HEDGES | CLOUD CONTROL Hedges is an intermedia artist living and working in the inland northwest. Hedges creates art that mashes up representational oil on canvas painting with new media elements and consumer objects to create unique combinatorial works that defy easy categorization. Hedges' work implicitly explores the status of painting in art history while celebrating the unique potential of various materials and approaches. Hedges was born and raised in Trenton, Ohio. [joehedges.com]
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MAR 10 | KOURTNEY STONE | LIVING QUESTIONS The assemblage sculptures are meditations on the nature of memory and how we construct stories about our lived experiences. Originally from central Pennsylvania, Kourtney attended Maryland Institute College of Art, earning her BFA in Ceramics and MA in Teaching. After seven years in Baltimore working as an art teacher and grade dean, Kourtney went on to earn her MFA in Studio Art with specialization in Ceramics at Georgia State University in Atlanta. [kourtneystone.com]
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LECTURE SERIESFall 2021 ART 281: CONTEMPORARY ART FORUM
MAR 31 | MARK COWARDIN | DRIFTING [Virtual ] Mark Cowardin is a father, a husband, an artist, and an educator. Mark’s sculptural work examines the complicated, sometimes troubling, and always compelling intersection between humans and the natural world. Mark received an MFA in sculpture from the University of Arizona and a BFA from the University of Kansas, and currently resides with his family in Lawrence, Kansas. In this talk, Mark will discuss the observational nature of his work and how it seeks out the beauty that ironically exists in some of humankinds' most damaging examples of consumption. [markcowardin.com] Volume 10, Issue 2 | Spring 2022
APR 7 | TIFFANY CALVERT | MACHINES VISION Calvert has exhibited her work in the US and abroad including Lawrimore Project in Seattle, E.TAY Gallery in New York, the Speed Museum in Louisville, Susquehanna Art Museum in Pennsylvania, and Cadogan Contemporary in London. Calvert’s current paintings investigate the relationship between digital media and the reception and perception of images, and utilizes diverse technologies such as fresco, 3D modeling and data manipulation through code. She is Associate Professor of Art and Graduate Director at the Hite Art Institute, University of Louisville and is a member of Tiger Strikes Asteroid - Greenville.
APR 21 | MFA CANDIDATE PANEL DISCUSSION: CLAIR MOREY AND NOAH DIRUZZA MFA candidates Clair Morey (artwork above) and Noah DiRuzza (artwork below) will discuss their recent work in preparation for the MFA thesis exhibitions.
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APR 28 | BRUCE BENNETT [Virtual ] In this day and age, we, artists and American’s, carefully try to avoid stereotypes, circumventing issues of gender, sexuality, race, etc. In conclusion we often end up sounding more offensive and simpleminded. Interaction with a subject so strongly, makes me think of outrageous events and activities that came upon my life while being an African American male, living on the South Side of Chicago. AfricanAmerican individuals, cultural background, and experiences that take place throughout lower class environments all suggest a representation that's brought to the table to progress a lethal message that is represented throughout my work and aesthetic.
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VISUAL ARTS SPRING 2022 AT A GLANCE JAN JAN 25-JUN 11 From the Ground Up Reflections: Visual Constructions of Race Collections Highlights: Recent Acquisistions ART MUSEUM JAN 25-JUN 11 Art History at Glance ART MUSEUM JAN 25-JUN 11 Global Perspectives ART MUSEUM JAN 26 | 4.30 PM [Virtual] Art Museum Exhibitions Opening TINYURL.COM/MUAMSP22-VOPEN JAN 26-MAR 2 Kirk Maynard: The Things They Carried HIESTAND JAN 26-MAR 11 2022 Miami University Young Painters Competition for the $10,000 William and Dorothy Yeck Award HIESTAND
IN-PERSON SESSIONS Feb 24 | Mar 31 | Apr 28 | 10 AM-Noon Miami University Art Museum
FEB FEB 2 | 12 PM [Virtual] Noontime Chatter: Take a Walk With Me. Curator of Exhibitions, Jason E. Shaiman TINYURL.COM/MUAMEVENTS FEB 3 | 5:50 PM José Carlos Diaz, 2022 juror, Miami University Young Painters Competition ART 100
FEB 4 | 1:15 PM Kirk Maynard: Artist Talk HIESTAND FEB 4 | 4:30 PM Miami University Young Painters Competition Artist Awards and Reception HIESTAND
MAR MAR 2 | 12 PM [Virtual] Noontime Chatter: Girl Power | Laura Stewart, Collections Manager/ Registrar TINYURL.COM/ MUAMEVENTS MAR 3 | 5:50 PM Joe Hedges: Cloud Control ART 100 MAR 9 | 5 PM Reflections on 10 years of Capstone Exhibitions ART MUSEUM MAR 10 | 5:50 PM Kourtney Stone: Living Questions ART 100 MAR 10-APR 1 Richard W. James: Detritus HIESTAND
MAR 16 | 5 PM From the Ground Up: Insights into Ancient Societies from Material Culture Steven Tuck (History), Jack Green (MUAM) and Darlene Brooks Hedstrom (Brandeis University). Moderated by Matthew Gordon (History) ART MUSEUM MAR 17-30 Stacy Olita Kawamura HIESTAND MAR 31 | 10 AM-NOON Art Explorers ART MUSEUM MAR 31 | 5:50 PM [Virtual] Mark Cowardin: Drifting ART 100
Under current COVID Ops - we recommend that you double check each event and exhibition before coming to campus to determine for sure if it is virtual or in person!
FEB 9 | 5 PM Art History Capstone Exhibition Reception and Student Gallery Talks ART MUSEUM FEB 24 | 5:50 PM Donna Ferrato: Lens on Women's Rights ART MUSEUM FEB 24 | 10 AM-NOON Art Explorers ART MUSEUM
MAY MAY 4 | 12 PM [Virtual] Noontime Chatter: Museums Miami: Diverse Collections, Common Goals, Jack Green, Jeffrey Horrell ‘75 and Rodney Rose Director and Chief Curator, & Steve Sullivan, Hefner Museum of Natural History Director TINYURL.COM/MUAMEVENTS MAY 5-13 Noah DiRuzza: MFA Thesis Exhibition HIESTAND MAY 5-13 Clair Morey: MFA Thesis Exhibition HIESTAND
APR APR 4 | 2 PM Humanities Coffee Altman Program Speaker/ Author/ Photographer Brenda Willis ART MUSEUM APR 6 | 12 PM [Virtual] Noontime Chatter: On the Grounds/Sculpture. Preparator/Building Manager David Dotson TINYURL.COM/ MUAMEVENTS APR 7 | 5:50 PM Tiffany Calvert: Machines Vision ART 100
APR 8-26 BFA Capstone Exhibition HIESTAND APR 13 | 6 PM Art and Its Markets, Professor Michael Hatch ART MUSEUM APR 21 | 5:50 PM MFA Candidate Panel discussion: Clair Morey and Noah DiRuzza ART 100
JUN JUN 1, 12 PM [Virtual] Noontime Chatter: MUAM Engagement 101 Marketing and Communications Coordinator Sherri Krazl TINYURL.COM/MUAMEVENTS JUN 11 | 12-5 PM Exhibition Final Viewing Day Closing Reception 2-4 PM ART MUSEUM
APR 28 | 10 AM-NOON Art Explorers ART MUSEUM APR 28 | 5:50 PM [Virtual] Bruce Bennett ART 100
For more information visit: miamioh.edu/sca/events
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