Miami University Art Museum - Fall 2017 - Visual Arts at Miami Magazine

FALL 2017 | VOLUME 6 | ISSUE 1

FEATURED EXHIBITION: FACULTY & ALUMNI EXHIBITION PAGE 13

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PEOPLE OF MUAM: LARRY BEER PAGE 7

DOCENT FEATURE: PRIS BERRY PAGE 9

UPCOMING: SPRING EXHIBITION PAGE 10

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From the Editor Hello August! Yet another exciting academic year is upon us! Though our galleries were closed over the summer, tons of work was literally being done, by both staff and a roof construction crew. An estimated 15 tons of roofing was replaced over the 24,000 square foot building—a much needed and appreciated update for the museum. Much of the interior of the building was draped with plastic to protect the collection and our work spaces. Amidst the plastic and noise above our heads, the team worked to prepare for two fantastic upcoming exhibitions. Inside this issue of Visual Arts at Miami, learn about the lineup for the whole year.

You will love the exhibitions and programs!

We also reflect in this issue on some other big news items like the return of our “Leader-on-Loan” to the Music Department (Welcome Back, Bob!), the feature on the Travel Channel from this Spring as well as three new resources for you to enjoy: WWI online exhibition, Edna Kelly Collection online and an online version of this magazine (see page 6).

I hope you enjoy learning about our exhibitions and programs, meeting one of our many incredible docents and getting to know one of our Miami colleagues.

As with each issue, we are happy to provide an at-a-glance picture of the wide range of visual arts exhibitions, programs and events at Miami University. I encourage you to use the schedule to plan on attending something once a week, or more. Plenty of opportunities exist—ENJOY the Visual Arts at Miami and welcome to our new academic year!

Sincerely,

IN THIS ISSUE From the Director About the Art Museum Mysteries at the Museum From the Collection: Virtually People of MUAM: Larry Beer MUAM Connections Docent Feature: Pris Berry Spring 2018 Exhibition Preview Fall 2017 Art Museum Exhibition

and Programming Hiestand Happenings: Hiestand Galleries In the Cage: Cage Gallery Contemporary Art Lecture Series McGuffey Moments 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 in print inside the Journal News and Oxford Press prior to the Fall and Spring semesters, Visual Arts at Miami also is available digitally through the Art Museum’s website at www.MiamiOH.edu/ArtMuseum/Publications.

Check the back cover for a map detail, contact information and hours.

Editor, Sherri Krazl Printed by Cox Media Group

SHERRI KRAZL, EDITOR MARKETING/COMMUNICATIONS

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On the cover: Collage of works (details) from the Department of Art Faculty & Alumni Exhibition

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From the Director From the Art Museum to Music and Back A beige metal shelf in my temporary office in Presser Hall was filled with old accreditation reports and nearly a dozen stacks of CDs with recordings by music faculty and campus performing organizations. At the bottom of one of the piles was Bringing Music to Life, a book by Barry Green.

The double meaning intrigued me. Green had two audiences in mind when he wrote it, the professional musician who is constantly challenged by how to take the music from the page and present it to the world, and the layperson who enjoys musical performances but wants to incorporate music more fully into their own lives.

This past semester I served as Acting Chair of the Music Department. At times I felt as though I was experiencing a discordant reality. What was I—a visually attuned museum professional and art historian—doing in the rarified world of professional musicians, music educators, composers and ethnomusicologists? My musical training was limited to singing in the church choir and studying accordion as a young teen in Venezuela. My wife and children are all incredibly musical—they play the piano, organ, jazz saxophone, classical guitar, cello and voice, all at extremely high levels. As I took on this unexpected challenge I could only hope that some of their ability and musical insight had rubbed off on me.

The first few weeks on the job were like climbing to the top of a mountain ridge and seeing before me a nearly endless expanse of unexplored territory. At times I felt like a White-tailed deer in the middle of the road frozen in place by the blinding lights of an oncoming car. A potential life-or-death decision has to be made but which one is the right one? Go left, go right, or just stand still?

Each choice had its consequences, both intended and not.

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Needless to say, I successfully made it through the semester, in no small part due to an incredibly supportive administrative staff, associate chair, chief departmental advisor and sympathetic and encouraging faculty members.

Their commitment to their disciplines, not to mention their incredible talent, as performers, teachers and scholars, was inspirational to me.

Now that I’m back at the Art Museum I’m able to reflect on what I learned from my experiences.

It reaffirmed for me the importance of open communication, of teamwork, of a willingness to take a great idea and make it even better through consultation, consensus building and compromise.

Even more important, perhaps, is a growing awareness that although we approach our disciplines from very different perspectives, we each face the dual challenge of a rapidly changing landscape of higher education in the twenty-first century coupled with the devaluing of the role of the arts in our society. Our test will be to see how we, as professional educators, are able to maintain relevance of the arts for all Americans, regardless of background, so that we can continue Bringing the Arts to Life for even more generations of Miami students.

We look forward to seeing you this Fall! Feel free to call (513) 529-2232, email ArtMuseum@MiamiOH. edu and/or sign our comments book in the entryway.

Sincerely, Robert S. Wicks, Director

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The Miami University Art Museum, completed in 1978, was designed by Walter Netsch of Skidmore, Owings and Merrill, 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 on the front lawn. MUAM is also just an 8-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 also can 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 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

Museum Staff

Tuesday–Friday: 10 AM–5 PM Saturday: 12–5 PM Closed: Sunday, Monday, national holidays, university closures, and during installation (more info on website.)

Closures: March 17 & 24

Dr. Robert S. Wicks, Director

FREE & OPEN TO ALL!

Mark DeGennaro, Preparator/ Operations Manager

Website MiamiOH.edu/ArtMuseum Location & Contact 801 S. Patterson Ave. Oxford, OH 45056 (513) 529-2232 ArtMuseum@MiamiOH.edu

Debbie Caudill, Senior Program Assistant/Security Cynthia Collins, Curator of Education

Sue Gambrell, Program Associate Sherri Krazl, Marketing/Communications Jason E. Shaiman, Curator of Exhibitions Laura Stewart, Collections Manager/ Registrar

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TRAVEL CHANNEL FEATURE SHERRI KRAZL, MARKETING/COMMUNICATIONS On a cold day in December, a film crew doing work for the Travel Channel arrived at the Miami University Art Museum to shoot a segment for one of the channel’s signature shows, Mysteries at the Museum.

The series, for those who haven’t watched it, takes artifacts and works in museum collections and delves deep into some significant surprise or mystery about the story behind the piece.

The featured work in this particular segment was James Montgomery Flagg’s iconic World War I poster of Uncle Sam. The story the segment reveals is the origins of the real Uncle Sam from 100 years earlier. The show, close to an hour in length, tells 3-4 such stories per episode. The crew spent an entire day in Oxford filming hours of footage which was then sent to the studio for editing. During planning conversations I learned from the shoot coordinator that our segment would end up being around six minutes. They would establish our location in Oxford and our building, briefly talk about the Art Museum, highlight a few additional significant pieces, zoom in on pieces of the featured work, interview Curator of Exhibitions, Jason E. Shaiman, as the subject matter expert, and lastly reveal the whole piece. Once edited, the piece also featured the shows’ narrator/ host, additional footage to tell the story and his voice over pieces of the footage.

It took a great team effort with the majority of the museum’s staff involved in some aspect of making the shoot a success, from completing legal agreements, identifying the additional featured pieces, to hanging the featured piece on the wall and assisting the crew to attain perfect lighting.

The publicity value of the feature on Mysteries at the Museum was well over $400,000. “We were thrilled with the whole experience,” Director Bob Wicks said, “and pleased that the segment aired during our spring exhibition commemorating the 100th Anniversary of the United States’ entrance into WWI.” The segment is available for viewing online for a small fee. If you wish to see it at the museum, contact me at krazlsa@miamioh.edu to schedule.

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Hands-on Virtually FROM THE COLLECTION LAURA STEWART, COLLECTIONS MANAGER/ REGISTRAR

Last academic year, Anthropology major and Interactive Media Studies minor Brandi McConahay (‘17) served as the Miami University Art Museum (MUAM) Collections Intern. McConahay completed two exciting projects during her stint, both of which involved bolstering the Collections page on the museum’s website. She added two new content areas: the first allows visitors to visually sample highlights from the Art Museum’s “Breverman Collection” of ancient oil lamps, vessels, and figurative pieces; the second features Native American pottery and textiles from the “Edna M. Kelly Collection.”

Harvey and Deborah Breverman donated more than 120 ancient artifacts from their personal collection to expand MUAM’s offerings for student and faculty research at Miami University. The collection of ancient artifacts includes simple, “pinched” style objects, wheel-thrown vessels, and oil lamps made from molds. Already, several classes and individual students have benefited from the opportunity to experience upclose, material culture from the Middle East, Greece and Rome, dating from 1200 BCE to 1400 CE. McConahay selected 12 pieces to showcase on the new pages. In addition to providing context for the objects, she created rotating images of each so that visitors could virtually experience them from all sides.

The Edna M. Kelly Collection of Native American Art includes fine selections of basketry, textiles, jewelry, and, above all, ceramics. Edna Kelly generously shared her love of the arts of the Southwest by making her collection available to interested scholars and students through a bequest to the Art Museum. McConahay designed an online exhibition to make the Kelly Collection more accessible to MUAM constituents.

MUAM stewards some 17,000 objects, and like many museums, only a fraction of the permanent collection can be displayed. However, an ongoing digitization project has allowed many of these objects to be photographically documented. With McConahay’s expertise, digital images, catalog and contextual information are now available online.

Look for additional objects and featured exhibitions to be added to the “Virtual Museum” link in the near future.

Beginning Fall of 2017, McConahay will be attending Cambridge University in England to continue her studies in Anthropology. MUAM can boast that through its collections and internship opportunities, it was able to assist this remarkable young woman embark upon what is sure to be a very successful career.

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Signs of the Times: Larry Beer PEOPLE OF MUAM SHERRI KRAZL, MARKETING/COMMUNICATIONS

Artist, Woodworker, Craftsman, Outdoorsman, Designer, Signmaker, Husband, Gardner, Father are all words that describe 1979 Miami Alumnus and Master Sign Specialist Larry Beer. But there is more to Larry, a staple in the Sign Shop since before they began using computers and digital printers, who joined the Miami team in 1990.

Larry and his colleague Paula Beherns produce and manage over a thousand annual requests for signage ranging from small plaques to huge banners and everything in between. This includes 175 boulevard banners across campus and the printing and installation of the signage throughout the galleries of the Art Museum.

One of his favorite aspects of the job is working to help Miami people meet their signage needs. “I like when I am able to do a job for somebody and it turns out right and they really like it and appreciate it. And I like going around and meeting with people and helping them solve their signage needs,” shared Larry.

When he graduated and got his first job in the field, computers were for typography; everything else was pen and ink. He did draft ads for magazines with marker renderings - it was all done with pen and ink. He also worked in photography and ran an enlarging camera that was 20 feet long, producing huge negatives. Larry recalls also working for a company in Dayton cutting and pasting copy for telephone books.

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Two of his favorite exhibitions at the Art Museum include Dennis Angel’s Metalpoint Drawings and the Buck Rogers Comic Book exhibition - the graphics were huge and high up - it was unusual and fun to do.

He creates his sign designs on the computer these days. However, he still goes back to the drawing board using colored pencils, charcoal and graphite to create his own drawings. Larry enjoys nature and animals, mostly birds—owls are his specialty. He creates his drawings from photos that he takes and uses to help craft the details.

When asked if any particular artists’ work inspires him, he thought of Albrecht DÜrer a German artist from the early 1500s who’s work includes intricately detailed etchings and drawings of animals.

Dürer was known by many as Natures Artist.

When he was a student at Miami, Larry started studying forestry but then switched to Advertising Graphics studying under Professor Joe Cox.

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He joined Miami in 1990 when he and Sue Ann, his wife of 31 years, started a family. When their son Jonathan was born, Larry was seeking a job with benefits as he was in construction at the time.

When not working at Miami, Larry enjoys touring historic sites and hanging out at home with his wife. He and Sue Ann love working in their garden, canning and preserving their crops. “We didn’t even plant green beans this year because we had so many from last year’s crop!”

Larry considers himself old fashioned and enjoys being self-sufficient growing a lot of his food, and recycling and reclaiming things. He appreciates woodworking, milling the wood himself. Larry is collecting logs for his retirement when he plans to make furniture.

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Engage & Connect with YOUR Art Museum A multitude of options in addition to our social media channels are available for you to connect, keep informed and engage with the Miami University Art Museum in addition to visiting the museum and attending programs.

JOIN | As a community member or Miami Faculty

or Staff you could become a member. Membership has various levels from individual and family up to a reciprocol membership which also grants you access to over 600 museums in the North America Reciprocal Museum Association. As a member you receive member e-news and invitations to special VIP opening receptions and events throughout the year.

VOLUNTEER | Consider joining our volunteer

docent program which meets weekly during the academic year to study the current exhibitions and offer tours and programming assistance to visitors of the museum and local educators.

Arts at Miami publication all semester long with some added extras, visit the online version. There you can subscribe to updates so you will receive an email when we post something new. A link to the online magazine is available from the main menu of our website’s home page or directly via www.blogs.MiamiOH.edu/visualarts.

STUDENT BLOG | Enjoy articles and updates from Miami

University student perspectives on the Art Museum’s student blog called Moments at MUAM. Posts run regularly during the academic year. A link is also on our website or you can go directly at www.blogs.MiamiOH.edu/art-museum EXPLORE COLLECTIONS | Check our virtual museum

space created by a recent intern, Brandi McConahay(see the full story on page 6). Access the pages created in Omeka from our website under the collections link.

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Berry Artsy Though she has enjoyed all of her CraftSummer courses, she especially enjoyed glass blowing, and making beads and lampwork beading.

A world traveler, Pris has traveled around Europe including France, England and Italy. She recalls train trips, many museum visits and seeing the Leaning Tower of Pisa.

Since her husband and his brother didn’t like to travel much, she and her sister-in-law traveled together and had a lot of fun embarking on destinations such as Germany, Scotland, Bahamas, and Hawaii to name a few. “Paris is one of my favorite destinations because I visited multiple times and there was so much art!” she declared.

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Western College alumna Pris Berry, class of 1954, was in the first docent class at the Art Museum in 1981. She has been active in the arts and has served on the Western College, ILR and Oxford Country Club boards. Pris has also volunteered at the hospital and for CraftSummer.

Pris was born and raised in Sleepy Hollow, New York along the Hudson River. She remembers taking an overnight train trip to get to Oxford and to go home for visits. After graduating in Psychology, she married Robert E. Berry, a professor of economics and statistics at Miami University who also taught at Western College. They settled in Oxford and raised their two children, Roger and Betsey. Her husband passed away in 2012. She is proud of their five grandchildren who live throughout the U.S., with one in Australia.

During her last year of college, she remembers taking her first art appreciation class and enjoyed it so much that the arts became an important part of her life from then on. Her hobbies, volunteer work and travels all involve the arts, including docenting at the Art Museum and either volunteering for or participating in many CraftSummer offerings.

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Some of the highlights of her docent experiences include meeting and socializing with her fellow docents, and her time with the museum’s Adventures in Art programs where they visit schools taking arts programs into the classrooms.

One of her favorite exhibitions was Faith Ringgold.

Pris especially enjoys meeting the artists. In fact, she always tries to attend the many Art Museum programs, especially when the artists come.

One of her favorite works in the museum’s collection is a popular one, Blue Spell by Hans Hofmann. She appreciates its depth and variety of color as well as its size!

“I was in California once and went to see some of his other significant works and feel ours is by far the best!”

Beyond the arts, Pris also enjoys reading historical novels, non-fiction and collecting recipes. Pris has always enjoyed cooking, mainly baking, and is known for her cheesecakes.

A resident of the Knolls, Pris recently transitioned to assisted living. She remains active in the community and is grateful for opportunities like the docent program and activities at the Knolls that keep her moving.

Her life advice to others is to visit museums, volunteer, explore the arts, and “to thine own self be true.”

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COMING SPRING 2018

JASON E. SHAIMAN, CURATOR OF EXHIBITIONS

Telling A People’s Story: African-American Children’s Illustrated Literature is a complex exhibition that through various components addresses the need for a greater understanding of African-American cultural and historical identity. The subject is explored through the lens of children’s illustrated literature, with particular emphasis on the illustrations as visual interpretations of literary representations of a people. This is the first exhibition that celebrates the individual and collective contributions of African-American illustrators in the world of children’s illustrated books.

Telling A People’s Story will be on display January 30-June 30, 2018.

The exhibition will draw attention to this largely under-represented literary genre. Collectively, the many treasures produced by authors and illustrators since the late 19th century contribute to the understanding of an African-American cultural and historical identity through two perspectives. First, and foremost, is an internal look into the developing need for validation of the AfricanAmerican experience, and the need to construct positive images of self and the enhancement of self-esteem. The second purpose is to introduce those outside of an African-American experience to the cultural, historical and social makeup of African-American cultural identity. Through both perspectives, the themes of family, heritage, history, and a sense of place and time will be explored.

The majority of the books are intended for children between the ages of 5 and 11, representing grades Pre-K through 5th grade.

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With the assistance of parents, older siblings, teachers and other adults guiding the reading of the books, children are encouraged to explore the cultural and historical framework of an African-American experience.

The exhibition will feature more than 130 works of original book illustrations, including paintings, pastels, prints, sketches, drawings and mixed media works. In some instances, these works will be paired with the published books so that audiences can more clearly see the relationship between image and text. Themes and time periods explored include as far back as African storytelling, through the dark periods of the Middle Passage and slavery, the rise of emancipation, the political period of Reconstruction, the richness of the Harlem Renaissance, and the darker years of segregation, and the struggles of the Civil Rights Movement, and conclude with contemporary perspectives. Other themes include major historical figures in politics, music, sports and entertainment.

More than 30 African-American illustrators will be represented. The 130+ works of art are a small percentage of the more than 14,000 possible works of art identified in early research for this project. Featured illustrators include many of the most important names in the field, including Ashley Bryan, Jerry Pinkney, Elizabeth Zunon, Javaka Steptoe, Leo and Diane Dillon, E.B. Lewis, Kadir Nelson, Shadra Strickland and James Ransome. Many of these illustrators are also accomplished fine artists who produce high quality paintings that independently capture diverse aspects of African Americans.

In conjunction with this exhibition, the Art Museum is organizing a two-day conference in April 2018. This opportunity will bring together many illustrators, authors and scholars of African-American illustrated children’s literature.

Programmatic offerings also under development include bringing several illustrators to campus for talks and workshops throughout the duration of the exhibition. These programs are created in partnership with Miami University’s King Library, Lane Library (Oxford branch) and Kramer Elementary School.

The organization of the project involves a number of key individuals, handselected for their expertise and involvement in relevant areas. Eight people from Miami University who contributed include Jason E. Shaiman, Curator of Exhibitions; Cynthia Collins, Curator of Education; Brenda Dales, Lecturer, Teacher Education; Larry W. Collins, Associate Professor, Department of Art; Anita Wilson, Associate Professor, English; Nishani Frazier, Associate Professor, History and Affiliate in Black World Studies; Stephanie Baer, Assistant Professor, Art Education; Stephanie Danker, Assistant Professor, Art Education. From outside Miami University, major contributors to the project and the field of African-American children’s literature include Rudine Sims Bishop, Professor Emeritus, Education, The Ohio State University; Darwin Henderson, Professor Emeritus, Teacher Education, University of Cincinnati; Sam Bloom, Children’s Librarian, Public Library of Cincinnati and Hamilton County, Blue Ash Branch; Gratia Banta, Youth Services Manager, Lane Library System; and Arnold Adoff, Author of children’s books and widow of acclaimed African-American author Virginia Hamilton.

Exhibition

January 30-June 30, 2018 Miami University Art Museum

Conference April 20-21, 2018 The Marcum Hotel & Conference Center

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TUES, AUG 29 | 10 AM–7 PM

NEW ONLINE EXHIBITION | Revisit or experience

the recent WWI anniversary exhibition Over Here! Over Here! via its online site created by Arts Management Intern Ethan Clearfield.

It is accessable via our exhibitions link on our website or directly at www.blogs. miamioh.edu/wwiposters.

MeMbership has never b e e n M o r e r e wa r d i n g . . .

Become part of the Art Museum today!

Saturday, Jan. Jan. 14, 2017 SAVE THE DATE | Saturday, 20 1-5 p.m.

Oxford Community Arts Center 10 South College Avenue, Oxford, OH

DistinguishedALecturer creatively delicious fundraiser and friend-raiser to help support the Oxford Community Arts Center in Art Education and the Miami University Art Museum. for the John A. and Children’s Activities | Chocolate Tastings & Sales | Educational Information Betty J. Michael Bake Contest | ArtLiveExhibit Auction | FUN FOR ALL AGES! Autobiographical TICKETS: $7 in advance | $10 at door Lecture Series

» Reciprocal members gain free/discounted access to over 600 museums in North America » MUAM memberships support programs, exhibitions and member activities

(Ticket includes admission plus 5 coupons for sample tastings.)

Children 12 & under are admitted free

(Coupons for sample tastings are required for children 12 & under.)

Mon., Oct 9 Tickets are available online, at the Oxford Community Art Museum Arts Center (info@oxarts.org, 513-524-8506), and at the Miami University Art Museum.

Reception | 6:30 PM Dr. Mary Ann Lecture | 7:30 PM Stankiewicz ChocolateMeltdown.com

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To join or learn more, visit www.Miamioh.edu/artMuseum, call (513) 529-1887, or stop in the MUaM at 801 s. patterson ave

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FACULTY & ALUMNI EXHIBITION AUG 29–DEC 16, 2017

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FALL 2017 EXHIBITION JASON E. SHAIMAN, CURATOR OF EXHIBITIONS

Former and current Department of Art faculty and Alumni are reunited in a joint exhibition at the Miami University Art Museum. Held every four years, this display of recent work gives both groups an opportunity to showcase work developed outside of the classroom and independent of curricular responsibilities. The unique part for viewers is to explore new creations by familiar artists as well as discover diverse expressions produced by faculty who joined the department since 2013.

The art faculty at Miami University are first recognized as educators. At a university or college, this is how students and colleagues know them. However, we rarely have an opportunity to see their personal artistic explorations since most show their creations in galleries and museums at other universities as part of the tenure and promotion process. It is for this reason that hosting a regular exhibition of recent work brings awareness of the art faculty’s creative energies to local audiences. Too often Department of Art exhibitions at universities and colleges are dedicated solely to the presentation of artforms and negate the contributions of scholars to the art world. In order to present art in its greater context, this exhibition includes published journal articles written by Art Historians in the Department of Art. Bringing in another element to the mix is the work of Department of Art alumni.

This blending of emeritus and current faculty alongside former students is a presentation of generations and styles united in a quest for creative expression. There is no separation or grouping of works to distinguish them from one another. Many of the alumni are now educators, following in the footsteps of their mentors. This is a special opportunity to see parallels between artists, two, even three generations side-by-side. The alumni were elected by current and emeritus faculty and invited to participate. Alumni works were juried for this exhibition by Annie Dell’Aria, Assistant Professor of Art History, Miami University (Oxford) and Roscoe Wilson, Studio Art Professor and Chair of the Department of Humanities and Creative Arts, Miami University (Hamilton). Combined, this exhibition presents 89 works of art created by 20 current faculty, 5 emeritus faculty and 48 alumni.

As with past iterations of this quadrennial exhibition, the body of work presented in this presentation features a diverse exploration of art forms including sculpture, painting, ceramics, photography, video, printmaking, collage, mixed media works and scholarly publications. Visitors to the Art Museum will explore the vast array of art making practices at Miami University.

Special appreciation goes out to Peg Faimon, former Chair, and Tom Effler, Interim Chair, of the Department of Art, and Ann Taulbee, Director of the Hiestand Galleries, for their collaboration and continued support of this quadrennial exhibition. Gratitude is extended to professors Annie Dell’Aria and Roscoe Wilson for their insight and dedication to excellence in the arts. The Miami University Art Museum is pleased to present this exhibition and to be a partner in the presentation of Miami University’s art faculty and alumni, on the Oxford, Hamilton and Middletown campuses.

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EXHIBITION PROGRAMS Dialogue with The Makers

Completion: the Last 20%

This panel discussion explores the creative practices employed by faculty in Miami University’s Department of Art. Panelists will include Joomi Chung, Larry W. Collins, Tracy Featherstone, Ellen Price and Michael Stillion. Art Historian Annie Dell ‘Aria will serve as the moderator for what promises to be a stimulating conversation about art making.

Making is only the beginning. Moorhead will discuss the difficulties in finishing an artwork.

Through the lens of museum practices, public art installation, and mediation, she will work through strategies for pushing past the struggle to make well-rounded and exhibitable pieces.

Making An Impression

A Secret Society’s Raffia Costume: Understanding the Art of West African Masquerade

TUES, SEP 19 | 6 P.M. RECEPTION | 7 P.M. PANEL DISCUSSION

THURS, OCT 26 | 5:50 P.M.-7:05 P.M. EMILY MOORHEAD, ARTIST & MIAMI ALUMNA

THURS, SEP 28 | 3 P.M. ERIN BECKLOFF, ASSISTANT PROFESSOR, COMMUNICATION DESIGN, DEPARTMENT OF ART

Co-sponsored with the Contemporary Art Forum

TUES, OCT 31 | 3 P.M. JORDAN A. FENTON, ASSISTANT PROFESSOR, ART HISTORY, DEPARTMENT OF ART

This informal talk, led by design educator and filmmaker Erin Beckloff, will explore the reemerging role of letterpress printing as a form of art, craft and design. In addition, Beckloff will share behind the scenes stories about the making of her recent documentary film Pressing On: The Letterpress.

Audience participants will have the opportunity to use a vintage printing press to pull a print following the talk.

This talk explores the Art Museum’s recently acquired raffia masquerade costume from Nigeria. The costume is a rare example belonging to the renowned Ekpe secret society of southeast Nigeria and West Cameroon. The talk will address the costume’s manufacture, meaning and changing performance arenas that define its historical and contemporary context.

Co-sponsored with the Art Museum Student Organization

Sculpture: From the Representational to the Experiential TUES, OCT 10 | 6 P.M. RECEPTION | 7 P.M. LECTURE RINA KUNDU LITTLE, PH.D., ASSISTANT PROFESSOR, UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS, AUSTIN What happens to sculpture as art moves away from its representational, interpretive and narrative function to one that is social, durational, and performative? This talk will highlight some of the purposes of sculpture and how its form is changing in relation to contemporary ideas in art.

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THURS, NOV 9 | 6 P.M. RECEPTION | 7 P.M. LECTURE MATT DISTEL, EXHIBITIONS COORDINATOR, THE CARNEGIE, COVINGTON, KY Focusing on objects created throughout the region, including works in the current Faculty and Alumni exhibition, Distel will investigate contemporary studio practices and how the concept of regionalism manifests in the contemporary art world.

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FEATURED ARTISTS CURRENT FACULTY Bernard Andrew Au Stephanie Baer Erin Beckloff ’06 Matthew Board Joomi Chung Ray Claxton Larry Winston Collins Stephanie Danker Tracy Featherstone Jordan A. Fenton John Hankiewicz Michael Hatch Mark Harald Jensen Ellen Jean Price Jennifer Purdum Geoff Riggle ’10 Michael Stillion Ann E. Taulbee ’81 Roscoe Wilson Jon Masuo Yamashiro

EMERITUS FACULTY Susan Ewing Jeannie Langan Heins dele jegede Philip Morsberger Robert Wolfe ’55

ALUMNI

Andrea Barone ’08 Nathan Bennett ’01 Catherine Chauvin ’88 Joy Christiansen Erb ’01 Taimur (Tim) Cleary ’03 Valerie Escobedo ’05 Sabre Esler ’87 Katherine Fries ’14 Amy Holmes George ’97 Sandra Gross ’91, ’04

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Julie Harris ’94 Vincent Inconiglios ’67 David Johnson ’86 Sarojini Jha Johnson ’84 Sarah Lucia Jones ’09 Leah Kandel ’10 Anna Kell ’05 Travis Linville ’99 Joseph Madrigal ’05 Emily Moorhead ’04 Marjorie Morrow ’67 Bridget Murphy Milligan ’97 Danica Oudeans ’06 Tim Parsley ’13 Alan Pocaro ’09 Jerome Pouwels ’04 Derek Reeverts ’09 Whitney Sage ’08 Nicholas Scrimenti ’09 Michael Seeley ’14 Ashley Shellhause ’10 Alison A. Smith ’06 Rachel Smith ’12 Steve Snell ’06 Alfred Steiner ’95 Nicole Trimble ’11 Kelly Urquhart ’07 Richard Vaux ’63 Kim Vito ’86 Casey Vogt ’09 Lesley Wamsley ’04 Roger Welch ’69 Austin Wieland ’11 Ben Willis ’05 Joshua Willis ’03 Stephen Wolochowicz ’05 Dukno Yoon ’03 Adam Yungbluth ’05

801 S. PATTERSON AVE. OXFORD, OH

MIAMIOH.EDU/ARTMUSEUM | (513) 529-2232

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In Memoriam: Thomas A. Dutton 1952–2017 Miami Professor of Architecture and founder of Miami’s Center for Community Engagement

“Seek out those whose lives are oppressed and downand-out so that you may learn how to live, and start from there.”

Tom Dutton was a caring and passionate person whose life’s work was to serve the underserved and the poor, and to fight for basic human rights for all. Tom channeled his life’s work into creating the Miami University Center for Community Engagement in Over-the-Rhine. Through continuing collaboration with university colleagues and community members, he established the OTR Residency Program, an interdisciplinary program with students living, learning, and serving in the Over-the-Rhine neighborhood in Cincinnati, Ohio.

A special event to honor his legacy is still being planned for sometime during the fall semester.

A memorial fund is being established in his name.

Juniors Art in 3D Oct 28 | Dec 2

SEP 28 | OCT 26 | NOV 30

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HIESTAND HAPPENINGS NORTH GALLERY | FALL 2017

SEP 6–OCT 9 MIAMI UNIVERSITY YOUNG SCULPTORS COMPETITION FOR THE $10,000 WILLIAM AND DOROTHY YECK AWARD Juror: Dan Cameron, Curator & Critic, New York, New York Through the generous gift from William (’36) and Dorothy Yeck of Dayton, Ohio, Miami University has a unique opportunity to provide students and the community at large an opportunity to develop a critical understanding of sculpture in the 21st century. The competition winner will be awarded the $10,000 William and Dorothy Yeck Award and the sculpture will become part of Miami University’s permanent collection.

This year’s competition focuses on representational sculpture.

JUROR LECTURE THURS, SEP 7 | 5:50 P.M., ART 100

OCT 17–NOV 6 GARY FREEBURG: LIVING AMONG ALASKA’S VOLCANOES: MY KIND OF WILDERNESS The exhibition contains photographic images, pigment prints, from the Valley of 10,000 Smokes, Katmai National Park and Preserve, Alaska and Aniakchak National Monument, Alaska.

In addition, there are graphite drawings to supplement the photographs. The photographs and drawings reflect views of a post-eruption, new earth surface environment in a remote location on the Alaska Peninsula.

RECEPTION FOR THE ARTIST THURS, OCT 19 | 4–5 P.M. ARTIST LECTURE: 5:50 P.M., ART 100

NOV 14–20 B.F.A. CAPSTONE EXHIBITION

RECEPTION FOR THE ARTISTS FRI, SEP 8 | 4:30–5:30 P.M. AWARD CEREMONY FRI, SEP 8 | 5 P.M.

NOV 27–DEC 2 GARRETT GOBEN: THE HISTORY OF HOOPLA Growing up in a small town with little to do, I was forced to create my own fun. My practice as an artist is a playful exploration of our everyday surroundings.

Through the act of playing within the landscape, I seek to redefine the places we assume we already know, activating them and celebrating their significance.

Games and tools are hastily constructed around the existing parameters of a given location, allowing players to step outside of daily routines and experience something more profound.

These games, played in parking lots, garages and driveways, are both frivolous and immature, but provide the mentality necessary for understanding our surroundings on an intimate level.

RECEPTION FOR THE ARTIST

An exhibition by Department of Art senior studio majors featuring their recent artworks.

SAT, DEC 2 | 4:30–7 P.M.

RECEPTION FOR THE ARTISTS TUES, NOV 14 | 4:30–5:30 P.M.

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HIESTAND GALLERIES

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GALLERY HOURS: MON–FRI: 9 A.M.–4:30 P.M. Other hours available by appointment GALLERY CLOSURES: DURING INSTALLATION & SEP 4, OCT 13, NOV 21-24, DEC 15, 20-31 & JAN 1-5, 2018.

ROBERT E. AND MARTHA HULL LEE GALLERY | SPRING 2017

AUG 28–SEP 1 SARAH RODRIGUEZ: LANDLOCKED: EXPLORATIONS IN PAINT AND PAPER Sarah Rodriguez’s recent body of work focuses on interior and exterior places, the sensations we experience within them, and the altered or fragmented images that become our memories.

The process and how she conceptualizes memory run parallel; leaving and returning to places that creates a history of sensations, building onto itself and merging what existed before with what is now, present.

RECEPTION THURS, AUG 31 | 4:30–7 P.M.

SEP 7–OCT 10 RAUL GONZALEZ: CAN YOU FEEL THAT?

OCT 17–NOV 16 MOLLIE OBLINGER: RESURFACE AGAIN

For his solo exhibition, Can You Feel That?, multi-faceted artist Raul Gonzalez explores his life experiences through a combination of painting, drawing, sculpture, and video performances. Gonzalez’s work uses bright, vivid colors across a wide selection of materials, ranging from paper to concrete to clothing. This recent work tells the story of a stay-at-homefather/artist who takes inspiration from his Mexican immigrant father and the pain of losing his mother. His selection of medium and color gives each work a sense of warmth and energy, feelings he hopes to impart on the viewer.

Mollie Oblinger uses abstraction to cull from diverse sources and relate them back to the environmental themes in her work. The result references the original sources, but is also changed by the process to refer to more than just that source; and that parallels the alterations that have occurred to the environment.

RECEPTION FOR THE ARTIST THURS, NOV 2 | 4–5 P.M. LECTURE THURS, NOV 2 | 5:50 P.M., ART 100

RECEPTION FOR THE ARTIST THURS, SEP 21 | 4–5 P.M. LECTURE THURS, SEP 21 | 5:50 P.M., ART 100

ALL RECEPTIONS ARE IN THE LOBBY OF HIESTAND GALLERIES 401 MAPLE ST, OXFORD, OH 45056 | GALLERIES LOCATED ON 1ST LEVEL MIAMIOH.EDU/HIESTAND-GALLERIES | (513) 529-1883 ANN TAULBEE, DIRECTOR | TAULBEAE@MIAMIOH.EDU Volume 6, Issue 1 | Fall 2017

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IN THE CAGE

CAGE GALLERY Alumni Hall, Lower Level 350 E. Spring St. Oxford, OH 45056 MiamiOH.edu/cca/academics/arch-id

SEP 4-22 RETHINKING PORKOPOLIS: CINCINNATI’S ENVIRONMENTAL HISTORY, THROUGH PIGS This exhibition explores the environmental history of Cincinnati and the greater Miami River Valley through the region’s most important 19th century agricultural resource – pigs. It shows how pig raising and pork production fundamentally shaped the local landscape and ecosystem, and how these practices tied the region to the national and global economy.

EXHIBITION TALK SEPT. 11 | 4 P.M. | ALUMNI HALL ROOM 1 ROBERT GIOELLI

OCT 9-20 OTR RESIDENCY Students will present work completed and inspired by the semester away spent in Over the Rhine, Cincinnati. Various work was completed including community and professional engagement, design, renovation, and other projects related to society and design.

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MARY ROGERO, INTERIM CHAIR Department of Architecture + Interior Design 101 Alumni Hall | (513) 529-7210 ArchID@MiamiOH.edu

FALL 2017

SEP 25-OCT 6 GRAD SYMPOSIUM

OCT 23-NOV 3 MALTA

The graduate symposium, Impact, will focus on the idea of impact and the role it plays in our communities. We will consider how architectural ideas and processes influence the way in which we actively create and shape societies for the future.

Students will present the design work from their five-week Summer 2017 study abroad workshop to Germany and Malta. Work includes a residential infill project for Kerćem, Gozo and a variety of investigative studies from Freiburg, Germany and Valletta, Malta.

NOV 6-17 UNDERGRADUATE SUMMER SCHOLARS Students will present mentored research conducted during Summer 2017.

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CONTEMPORARY ART

T H U R S D AY S 5 : 5 0 – 7 : 0 5 P M | A R T B U I L D I N G , R O O M 1 0 0 (unless otherwise noted)

SEP 7 DAN CAMERON: 2017 JUROR, MIAMI UNIVERSITY YOUNG SCULPTORS COMPETITION Dan Cameron is a New York-based independent curator, art writer, and educator. He was Curator of the 2016 Bienal de Cuenca in Ecuador, and is the founder of Prospect New Orleans. He has held curatorial or director positions in organizations such as New Orleans’ Contemporary Arts Center (CAC), Orange County Museum of Art, and the New Museum.

SEP 21 RAUL GONZALEZ: “CAN YOU FEEL THAT?” Raul Gonzalez is best known for his energetic and versatile approaches to painting, drawing, performance and dance. His art is often inspired by being a stay-at-home father, work, his Mexican heritage, challenging stereotypes, and the possibility to make a difference. Raul’s work has been exhibited nationally and is part of a number of private and public collections.

[ArtistRaulGonzalez. com]

OCT 5 JAX BRILL: “SURFACE SING” The obscurity of the term “surface design” offers one room to range. Through a playful process— creating a situation where intuition and iteration can happen in pattern and mixed media illustration— traditional drawing techniques and digital manipulation are combined. Jax Brill is a Cambridge based illustrative designer who recently received her Masters in Graphic Design degree from the Vermont College of Fine Art. [studiojax.com]

SEP 14 | 5:30–8:30PM ART DEPARTMENT OPEN HOUSE!

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OCT 19 GARY FREEBURG: “A HARD WALK THROUGH SOLITUDE: VOLCANIC LANDSCAPES OF ALASKA” Gary Freeburg will talk about living and working alone as an artist in the wilderness of Alaska’s volcanic regions. He enjoys the preparation (research), experiences and significance of creating artwork that reflects a post-eruption landscape. He was a Professor of Art at the University of Alaska’s Kenai Peninsula College, where he directed the art program and served as the curator in the campus art gallery that now bears his name. He is currently a Professor of Art at James Madison University. [garyfreeburg.com]

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LECTURE SERIESFall 2017 ART 281: CONTEMPORARY ART FORUM

OCT 26 EMILY MOORHEAD: “COMPLETION: THE LAST 20%” MIAMI UNIVERSITY ART MUSEUM Making is only the beginning. In “Completion: the Last 20%,” Moorhead discusses the difficulties of finishing a work of art. Through the lens of museum practices, public art installation, and mediation, she will work through strategies for pushing past the struggle to make well rounded and exhibitable pieces. Emily is an art and artist advocate in Chicago, Illinois. She earned a BFA in Studio Sculpture from Miami University and an MFA in Interdisciplinary Fine Arts from Washington University in St. Louis. [emoorhead.com]

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NOV 2 MOLLIE OBLINGER: “RESURFACE AGAIN” Oblinger uses abstraction to cull from diverse sources and relate them back to the environmental themes in her work.

The result references the original sources, but is also changed by the process to refer to more than just that source. And that parallels the alterations that have occurred to the environment.

Oblinger received an MFA in Studio Art from the University of California, Davis and a BFA in Sculpture from Syracuse University. She is currently an Associate Professor and Chair of the Department of Art at Ripon College in Wisconsin. [mollieoblinger.com]

NOV 16 CALCAGNO CULLEN: “PARTICIPATION AND ORGANIZATION IN CONTEMPORARY ART” Calcagno Cullen will examine the changing roles of arts institutions and their ability to adapt while the power shifts from the owners of white cubes to the artist as participatory art in untraditional locations has become more and more the norm.

Cullen is a multimedia artist, arts educator and curator. She is founder and Executive Director of Wave Pool Arts Center, a gallery, studio space, and socially-engaged artist residency program in Cincinnati, Ohio. [telephoneheart.com] [wavepoolgallery.org]

COLLEGE OF CREATIVE ARTS

NOV 30 MATTHEW LITTEKIN: “HUNT AND GATHER” Littekin’s work investigates the notion of value through the exploitation of money and value. His multifaceted projects incorporate the iconography and motifs from U.S. currency, generating a dialogue about the interplay of both spending practices and value assignments that penetrate our daily experiences. Matthew Litteken is a full-time artist living and working in the greater Cincinnati area. He predominately works in the medium of painting and drawing, but maintains an increasingly diverse practice that includes mixed-media printmaking, collage, and wall/floor installations. [matthewlitteken.com]

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Sustainable Memorial Garden

McGuffey House & Museum Open Thur–Sat: 1–5 PM 401 E. Spring St. Oxford, OH 45056 (513) 529-8380 McGuffeyMuseum@MiamiOH.edu MiamiOH.edu/McGuffey-Museum 24

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rden McGuffey House and Museum MCGUFFEY MOMENTS STEVE GORDON, ADMINISTRATOR

Widely acknowledged as the “Schoolmaster of the Nation,” William Holmes McGuffey might also have fancied himself as an amateur gardener and horticulturist.

While living in his Spring Street home in Oxford, McGuffey corresponded with Nicholas Longworth, Cincinnati’s renowned viticulturist, about grape cultivation.

As an admirer of trees, McGuffey planted a sugar maple tree that long stood along Slant Walk not far from his office and classrooms in Old Main. From 1839 to 1843, during his presidency at Ohio University, McGuffey planted what became known as the “McGuffey Elms” on the Campus Green. This majestic allée of elms was fondly remembered by generations of Ohio graduates.

Inspired by McGuffey’s love of plants, in May 2017, the BEEPS Edible Demonstration Garden was installed on the McGuffey House grounds through the combined efforts of students in Miami’s “Sustainability in Practice” class, the BEEPS Foundation, McGuffey House and Museum, and Miami University’s Physical Facilities personnel. The intent of the garden is to promote sustainable practices while inspiring visitors to become active environmental stewards.

The garden was funded in honor of Rebecca C. Eldemire by the BEEPS Foundation (Betterment for Environmental and Earth Protection). Becca was studying toward dual degrees in Geography and Environmental Science at Miami when her life and passion for the environment ended prematurely.

“Becca’s Garden” was designed

by two teams of students taking a Service-Learning class offered by Miami’s Institute for the Environment and Sustainability (IES) under the guidance of Assistant Professor Amélie Davis. It complements an earlier garden planted in remembrance of Becca at Shideler Hall. Along with IES students, the McGuffey garden was prepped and planted with the help of Dan Garber, Miami horticulturist. The garden features numerous perennials and species favored by the Myaamia, including blackberries, St. John’s Wort, Paw Paw and Persimmon tr­ees. A granite bench allows for contemplative viewing.

Students and guests are encouraged to visit the garden and celebrate the life of Becca Eldemire. For further information about the foundation please visit www.beepsfoundation.org.

Pictured from left to right: Dan Garber, Erin Pickford, Julia Slusher, Joseph Myers, Jacob Hodges, Erin Speno, Amelie Davis, and Steve Gordon.

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Sarah Rodriguez: Landlocked: Explorations In Paint And Paper Hiestand Galleries, through Sep 1

29 Art History at a Glance

Art Museum, through Dec 16

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Alumni Exhibition Art Museum, through Dec 16

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Global Perspectives Art Museum, through Dec 16

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29 New Exhibition Open House Art Museum, 10 AM-7 PM

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Camera Collection Art Museum, through Dec 16

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Sarah Rodriguez: Landlocked: Explorations In Paint And Paper Reception Hiestand Galleries, 4:30-7 PM

SEP Porkopolis: 4 Rethinking Cincinnati’s Environmental

History, Through Pigs Cage Gallery, through Sep 22

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Sculptors Competition for the $10,000 William and Dorothy Yeck Award Hiestand Galleries, through Oct 9

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Dan Cameron: 2017 juror, Miami University Young Sculptors Competition ART 100, 5:50-7:05 PM Raul Gonzalez: “Can You Feel That?”

Hiestand Galleries, through Oct 10 Miami University Young Sculptors Competition: Artists Reception Hiestand Galleries, 4:30-5:30 PM Miami University Young Sculptors Competition Awards Ceremony Hiestand Galleries, 5 PM Robert Gioelli: Rethinking Porkopolis: Cincinnati’s Environmental History, Through Pigs Alumni Hall Room 1, 4 PM

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Art Department Open House!

ART 100, 5:30-8:30 PM

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Dialogue with The Makers Reception Art Museum, 6 PM

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Panel: Dialogue with The Makers Art Museum, 7 PM

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Raul Gonzalez, “Can You Feel That?” Reception Hiestand Galleries, 4-5 PM

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ART 100, 5:50-7:05 PM

25 Department of Theatre: The National Taiwan College of Performing Arts Chinese Opera Troupe Art Museum, 6 PM

25 Grad Symposium

Cage Gallery, through Oct 6

Explorers (ages 3-5) 28 Art Art Museum, 10 AM-12 PM

28 Erin Beckloff, Making An Impression Art Museum, 3 PM

OCT McGuffey Birthday 3 Annual Celebration Art Museum, 3 PM

5 Jax Brill: “Surface Sing” ART 100, 5:50-7:05 PM

Education Pre-Service 8 Art Conference Art Museum, 9 AM-4 PM

9 Dr. Mary Ann Stankiewicz:

Distinguished Lecturer in Art Education for the John A. and Betty J. Michael Autobiographical Lecture Series Art Museum, 7:30 PM

Residency 9 OTR Cage Gallery, through Oct 20

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A GLANCE

Fall 2017

COLOR KEY: EXHIBITION | RECEPTION | LECTURE | SPECIAL EVENT

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Dr. Rina Kundu Little: Sculpture: From the Representational to the Experiential Art Museum, 7 PM Living Among Alaska’s Volcanoes: My Kind Of Wilderness Hiestand Galleries, through Nov 6 Mollie Oblinger: “Resurface Again” Hiestand Galleries, through Nov 16 Living Among Alaska’s Volcanoes: My Kind Of Wilderness Reception Hiestand Galleries, 4-5 PM Gary Freeburg: “A Hard Walk Through Solitude: Volcanic Landscapes of Alaska” ART 100, 5:50-7:05 PM Malta Cage Gallery, through Nov 3 Art Explorers (ages 3-5) Art Museum, 10 AM-12 PM

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Emily Moorhead: “Completion: The Last 20%” Art Museum, 5:50-7:05 PM

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Jordan A. Fenton: A Secret Society’s Raffia Costume: Understanding the Art of Western African Masquerade Art Museum, 3 PM

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Mollie Oblinger: “Resurface Again” Reception Hiestand Galleries, 4-5 PM Mollie Oblinger: “Resurface Again” ART 100, 5:50-7:05 PM Reformations of the Sixteenth Century: Martin Luther and His Words, 500 Years Later Commemorative Art Museum, through Nov 3 Undergraduate Summer Scholars Cage Gallery, through Nov 17 Matt Distel: Objects in the Middle Reception Art Museum, 6 PM Matt Distel: Objects in the Middle Art Museum, 7 PM B.F.A. Capstone Exhibition Hiestand Galleries, through Nov 20 B.F.A. Capstone Exhibition Artists Reception Hiestand Galleries, 4:30-5:30 PM Calcagno Cullen: “Participation and Organization in Contemporary Art” ART 100, 5:50-7:05 PM

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Garrett Goben: The History of Hoopla, MFA Thesis Exhibition Hiestand Galleries, through Dec 2 Art Explorers (ages 3-5) Art Museum, 10 AM-12 PM Matthew Littekin: “Hunt and Gather” ART 100, 5:50-7:05 PM

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Garrett Goben: The History of Hoopla Artist Reception Hiestand Galleries, 4:30-7 PM Annual McGuffey Museum Holiday Program Art Museum, 3 PM 2018 Miami University Young Painters Competition for the $10,000 William and Dorothy Yeck Award Hiestand Galleries, through Feb 9 Blake Morgan: Recent Work Hiestand Galleries, through Feb 9

ART MUSEUM FRIENDRAISER Chocolate Meltdown Oxford Community Art Center, 1–5 PM SAT, JAN 20 ChocolateMeltdown.com

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MUSEUM & GALLERY INFO Miami University Art Museum

McGuffey House & Museum

801 S. Patterson Ave., Oxford, OH 45056 (513) 529-2232 ArtMuseum@MiamiOH.edu MiamiOH.edu/ArtMuseum

401 E. Spring St., Oxford, OH 45056 (513) 529-8380 McGuffeyMuseum@MiamiOH.edu MiamiOH.edu/McGuffey-Museum

Gallery hours:

Museum hours:

Tuesday–Friday: 10 AM–5 PM Saturday: 12–5 PM

Thursday–Saturday: 1–5 PM

Hiestand Galleries

Cage Gallery

401 Maple St., Oxford, OH 45056 (513) 529-1883 sfagallery@MiamiOH.edu MiamiOH.edu/HiestandGalleries

101 Alumni Hall, Oxford, OH 45056 (513) 529-7210 archid@MiamiOH.edu Arts.MiamiOH.edu/architecture-interior-design

Gallery hours:

Gallery hours:

Monday–Friday: 9 AM–4:30 PM

Monday–Friday: 9 AM–5 PM

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