Oberlin Faculty in Cleveland Art Show

The work of Nanette Yannuzzi-Macias and Arzu Ozkal, respectively Associate Professor of Studio Art and Visiting Assistant Professor of Studio Art, is being shown as part of Farmed: The New Agronomists, a show at SPACES. The show runs through July 10, 2011.

This exhibition will address themes of the production of food and goods through farming, either on a small, personal scale or the scale of large agri-business. The cotton in our t-shirts, the salad on our plates, the corn-syrup in our… everything were originally produced in gardens and on farms. Yet the rustic, romantic view of the lone farmer is a far cry from the reality behind the economic, genetic, environmental and political concerns that orbit usable-plant growth in our country. Artists and farmers will address these issues that affect us each greatly, but often invisibly.

The show also includes work by Michael Mercil, Amy Youngs, and Sara Rabinowitz.

More information on the show and on the artists can be found by visiting http://www.spacesgallery.org/project/farmed

Gallery Hours
Tuesday – Sunday: 12 – 5 p.m.
Thursday: Open until 8 p.m.
Closed Monday

(216) 621-2314
2220 Superior Viaduct
Cleveland, OH 44113

Art Lectures featuring Oberlin Faculty

Please note that the time for Erik's lecture has now changed to 6:30pm.

Looking a bit ahead into the future, two Oberlin faculty members will be presenting art lectures at The Cleveland Museum of Art.

Erik Inglis, Associate Professor of Art History at Oberlin College, and 1989 graduate, will present the annual Julius Fund Lecture in Medieval Art on Wednesday, 20 October 2010, at 6:30 P.M. in the Recital Hall of The Cleveland Museum of Art with the topic, “Objects of Memory: The Later Medieval Reception of Earlier Medieval Art.”

Christina Neilson, Assistant Professor, Oberlin College, will give the annual Julius Fund Lecture in Renaissance Art at 6:00 P.M. on Wednesday, 17 March 2011 in the Recital Hall of The Cleveland Museum of Art, on the topic of, “A Harpy in the Workshop: Hybred Techniques for Awakening Statues in Renaissance Florentine Art.”

Aimee Lee '99 presents class on Korean paper-making

On August 7-8, at the Morgan Conservatory, Aimee Lee '99, the leading US hanji (Korean handmade paper) researcher, will guide students through the process of preparing fiber from mulberry bark, making sheets using the unique side-to-side Korean formation method, and drying hanji. Students will also be introduced to joomchi, which is paper felting, and jiseung, which is paper weaving. Korean papermaking, descended from China and a precursor to Japanese papermaking, has a long and illustrious history. With the rise of industrialism and modernization, it receded into obscurity but is still practiced today in countryside mills. This class is an excellent introduction to eastern papermaking and low-tech applications for handmade paper.

What a fabulous opportunity!

Here is the link to the classes and workshops: http://www.morganconservatory.org/tabs4-lst.html

If you click on "Hanji: Korean papermaking, felting, and weaving," you can see the class description

Aimee Lee '99 presents class on Korean papermaking

Aimee Lee ’99 will be presenting a class on Korean papermaking, felting and weaving as part of the Morgan Conservatory’s summer classes. The class runs from August 7 – August 8.

Class Description:

Aimee Lee, the leading US hanji (Korean handmade paper) researcher, will guide you through the process of preparing fiber from mulberry bark, making sheets using the unique side-to-side Korean formation method, and drying hanji. You will also be introduced to joomchi, which is paper felting, and jiseung, which is paper weaving. Korean papermaking, descended from China and a precursor to Japanese papermaking, has a long and illustrious history. With the rise of industrialism and modernization, it receded into obscurity but is still practiced today in countryside mills. This class is an excellent introduction to eastern papermaking and low-tech applications for handmade paper.

Aimee is an interdisciplinary artist who specializes in Korean papermaking and its related craft forms. She earned her BA in Visual Arts from Oberlin College and her MFA in Interdisciplinary Book and Paper Arts from Columbia College Chicago. Her post-graduate research has been funded by the US and Korea Fulbright programs. She exhibits internationally, and her artists' books reside in collections that include the Joan Flasch Artists' Book Collection, Museum of Modern Art Library, and King St. Stephen Museum in Hungary. She travels widely for residencies that include Flax Art, Jentel, Ragdale, and Weir Farm Arts Center. In addition she provides information about hanji (Korean handmade paper) on her web site www.aimeelee.net.

Aimee’s Fulbright research grant in Korea was used to research Korea’s handmade paper tradition and related paper crafts. Her longer-term goal is to raise awareness of Korean papermaking outside of Korea, where it is endangered, and teach the things she has been so lucky to learn.

In preparation for the August class with Morgan Conservatory, Aimee has been volunteering her time and labor to create all the tools necessary to make Korean (or any kind of eastern) paper. These tools include screens, frames and a large vat. She is fundraising to cover her living and travel expenses through Kickstarter: http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/aimeelee/korean-papermaking-in-cleveland. She’s past the halfway mark, but still has a ways to go before her time runs out on June 9.

If you are so inclined, Aimee would welcome any interest you may have. Visit http://morganconservatory.org/tabs4-lst.html and click on “Hanji: Korean papermaking, felting, and weaving” for more information on the class.

March Event at MOCA

The Oberlin Club of Cleveland invites you and a guest to a very special alumni event at MOCA. From Then to Now: Masterworks of Contemporary African American Art will display pieces from the Allen Memorial Art Museum - unprecedented in our region, the exhibition brings together for the first time the rich holdings of contemporary African-American art drawn from preeminent collections of contemporary art in the region including the Allen Memorial Art Museum. Addressing a range of themes and issues, the exhibition presents an overview of the rich cultural heritage voiced by contemporary African-American artists in their examination of history, identity, and memory.

Thursday, March 18, 2010
6:00 - 8:00 p.m.

MOCA
Museum of Contemporary Art Cleveland
8501 Carnegie Avenue
Cleveland, OH
www.mocacleveland.org

6:00 p.m. - Registration and Reception with hors d'oeuvres & cocktails
6:30 p.m. - Introduction and remarks by Andria Derstine, Curator of Collections and Curator of European & American Art for the Allen Memorial Art Museum
7:00 - 8:00 p.m. - Reception and viewing of the galleries

RSVP by Monday, March 15th at www.alumni.oberlin.edu/eventregistration. Questions can be directed to the Alumni Office at 440-775-8692

The Allen Art Museum at MOCA Cleveland

As many of you may know, the Allen Art Museum has been temporarily closed for a renovation project, opening back up in Spring 2011. A portion of the collection has been loaned to other esteemed museums throughout the country, including Cleveland's own Museum of Contemporary Art.

AAM's loan is very important to MOCA's newest exhibition, *From Then to Now* : Masterworks of Contemporary African-American Art. Roughly 15 major works from the AAM are included in this show.

The show is on view January 29th, 2010 through May 9th, 2010.

Come to the opening night celebration on Friday, January 29, 2010. This is FREE and open to the public.

The evening starts at 6pm with a talk entitled "blackfacers, hustlers, oracles, & saplings," an interview between artist iona rozeal brown and exhibition curator Megan Lykins Reich. What are Hoochie Puti? Where is HEZ? Why does Yoshi ride a Big Wheel? These and other questions will be answered. Additional questions provided by the students who worked with brown on her January 2010 residency will round out the discussion.

FAMILY ART STUDIO / 7-9pm

A special place for kids to make art of their own, while enjoying the opening night excitement. Treats provided by Whole Foods: Cedar Center.

MEMBER VIP LOUNGE / 7-9pm

MOCA Members enjoy VIP treatment, a signed exhibition poster, and a complimentary cocktail, with exclusive access behind the velvet rope.

From MOCA's website:
Unprecedented in our region, the exhibition brings together for the first time the rich holdings of contemporary African American art drawn from preeminent collections of contemporary art in the region - the Allen Memorial Art Museum at Oberlin College, the Akron Art Museum, the Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Progressive Corporation, and the Cleveland Museum of Art. Presented will be works by some of the most important artists of our time in a range of media - works on paper, painting, sculpture, and installations. The exhibition features 25 artists, and begins with signature pieces by such pioneering figures of the 1970s and 1980s as Romare Bearden or Alma Thomas, and continues up to the present with prime examples of works by artists such as Lenardo Drew, Alison Saar, Willie Cole, David Hammons, Lorna Simpson, Carrie Mae Weems, René Green, Kara Walker and Kehinde Wiley, among others. Addressing a range of themes and issues, the exhibition presents an overview of the rich cultural heritage voiced by contemporary African-American artists in their examination of history, identity, and memory. Their universal search for meaning in facing the past and confronting the challenges of the present binds these works together in wha t ultimately represents a celebration of and triumph of the creative spirit.

The Wooden Synagogue in Multiple Perspective

The Oberlin College Art Department, the Program in Jewish Studies, and the Friends of the Library will be presenting a panel entitled The Wooden Synagogue in Multiple Perspective, on Sunday, November 22 at 2pm in Mudd Center 050, Moffett Auditorium. This panel features Marc Epstein '85, Associate Professor of Religion and Jewish Studies, Vassar College; Thomas Hubka, Professor of Architecture, University of Wisconsin Milwaukee; and Shulamit Magnus, Associate Professor of Jewish Studies, Oberlin College.

This is the closing event for Wooden Synagogues: Recovering History Through Art and Architecture, an exhibition coordinated by Rick and Laura Brown of Handshouse Studio in Norwell, Massachusetts.

Visit the Oberlin Events Calendar for more information.