first week in Feb - Sam Bower, Cinematheque and Shannon Stratton

Just to note ... I have so many great colleagues who really push my own level of professionalism. I have to give shout outs to everyone and am looking to (if i find the time lol) writing something here on all there great accomplishments. In the meantime here are some things happening at the Cleveland Institute of Art that you really should know about....

Sam Bower is an artist, Executive Director of the Green Museum as well as a founding member of the organization. Through his work he advocates for positive change for humans and their environment. He is pro-nature and pro-people.
Bower will speak in The Cleveland Institute of Art’s Aitken Auditorium to introduce the SEEDs project.

The SEEDS project will offer a collaborative base for artists, curators,
producers (of all ages,) and presenters for the production and distribution
of - artistic, cultural, social, political projects that will serve the
environment and the community, as well as sparking the imagination and
challenging existent practices in the cultural field.

Consequently, we are asking artists, designers, and activists to submit
plans and instructions for works focusing on the public sphere and in
particular on issues of sustainability. These projects should be do-able
anywhere and by anyone for a budget of 300 dollars or less. The first
compilation will be published as a PDF publication, which will be available
for free from greenmuseum.org's website. There will also be an archive
documenting executed projects, a social network, and real world exhibitions
and publications, which should serve as a resource to participants, curators
and presenters interested in organizing projects based on the SEEDS project.




Sam Bower
and
the launch of the SEEDS project

February 1, 2010
7:00 pm
in CIA's Aitken Auditorium

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Show Cinematheque the love! Come ...

Tuesday, Feb. 2 ... 7 to 9 pm

Be among the “first responders” to this year’s Oscar nominations during this special event on Tuesday, February 2, from 7-9 p.m. in the Institute’s Aitken Auditorium. “Oscars 2010: Cleveland Reacts” will take place only ten hours after this year’s nominees are announced.

Co-sponsored by The Cleveland Institute of Art Cinematheque, CIA’s Office of Continuing Education, and CINEMA Cleveland, this event is an interactive first look at the 2010 Academy Award nominations by a panel of local film experts. Cinematheque Director John Ewing will serve as the panel’s moderator.

The panelists
Eric Swinderman, executive director of CINEMA Cleveland
Clint O’Connor, film critic for The Plain Dealer
David Huffman, marketing director of Cleveland Cinemas
Kim Neuendorf, film studies professor at Cleveland State University

(this entry is a repost of an entry by Julie Mason on the CIA blog ...

be sure to check out the Cinematheque film schedule

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LOF
Shannon Stratton
Friday, Feb. 5
12:15 - Ohio Bell Auditorium


Shannon Stratton is a Canadian born cultural worker living in Chicago. She is a co-founder of threewalls where she remains Director and Curator. Stratton curates independently and with colleagues Jeff M. Ward and Judith Leemann, current projects including Ps & Qs with Ward at the Hyde Park Art Center and Gestures of Resistance with Leemann at the Museum of Contemporary Craft in Portland, both in 2010. She teaches in Art History and Arts Administration at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago.

the end of fall -- and it's packed

Tues., Nov. 10

Common Threads: Stories from the Quilt
Film Screening
Tuesday, Nov. 10
7 pm
Aitken Auditorium CIA
The Public is Invited

“The powerful story of the first decade of the AIDS epidemic, as told through the lives of five very diverse individuals.”
* sponsored by Metro Hospital and CIA’s Fiber & Material Studies Department in conjunction with the display of the names project at Metro Health Nov. 30 – Dec. 7.

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Wed., Nov. 11

IME VISITING ARTIST LECTURE
The Benjamin Kinsley ¾ Variety Hour
with free cider & donuts
Wednesday, November 11th
3:30p in the JMC TIME Shooting Space

Free and open to all CIA students
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Also on Nov. 11

Living with HIV
Wed., Nov. 11
CIA – Gund RM 214
7 pm

Please join us for a discussion featuring several young Clevelanders living with HIV/AIDs to hear their stories, talk to them about what it’s like to live with HIV and learn how to protect yourself from HIV and other sexually transmitted infections. This lecture is in conjuntion with the screening of “Common Threads: Stories from the Quilt” on Tues., Nov. 10, at 7 pm.

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Thurs., Nov. 12
Lucy Kim
OBA
6:30 pm

Painter, artist – 2007 MFA graduate from Yale. Kim will speak on her work, the graduate school experience and applying for graduate school. She has an extensive exhibition record having shown frequently in New York. Check her out online at:
http://lucykim.com/

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Fri., Nov. 13

NEXT

9:35 a.m. Panel Discussion: "Professionals like you "
Five panelists answer pre-submitted audience questions about school and career paths. The panelists include:
Brian Peterson, Automotive Interior Designer, Chrysler
Lizzy Lee, Art Director / Partner, Rini Uva Lee design firm (www.riniuvalee.com )
Sarah Kabot, (www.sarahkabot.com ) Assistant Professor of Drawing, The Cleveland Institute of Art
Emily Embrescia, Teacher, John Hay High School; Jewelry Designer
Benjamin Rodriguez, MFA Film Student, New York University

1:30 p.m. Keynote Speaker Michael Bierut, partner of top New York design firm Pentagram: "Self Discovery and Leading a Creative Life"

• The events listed are open to CIA students and faculty
• Further information is available at: http://www.cia.edu/next/index.html
The Gund Building. Inside the Gund Building, our program starts in Aitken Auditorium 11141 East Boulevard, Cleveland, Ohio 44106

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Thurs., Nov. 19

Mary Magsamen
7 pm
OBA

Artist/curator’s talk

Mary Magsamen has been working for many years with her husband and artistic partner Stephen Hillerbrand after the pair first met at the Cranbrook Academy of Art. Undoubtedly influenced by this she recently curated “Co-Existing and Co-Llaborating” featuring film and video by collaborative teams of artists and currently on view at spaces gallery here in Cleveland.

Mary Magsamen’s past exhibitions include shows at Momenta Art, Anna Kustera Gallery, Florida Atlantic University, and White Columns. In addition, she has been awarded a residency from the Longwood Cyber Residency Program and a Finishing Fund from the Experimental Television Center. Mary is currently the curator at the Aurora Picture Show.
• This talk is generously sponsored (always say thank you!) by CIA’s Photography Department – it is free and open to the public.
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Fri., Nov. 20

Sarah Rich
LOF
OBA – 12:15

Sarah Rich
Sarah Rich is a writer and editor working where sustainability intersects with design, architecture, art, food, urbanism, branding and consumer culture. She is an editor at Dwell magazine and the editor of Dwell Digital. Previously Sarah was the managing editor of Worldchanging and co-authored the book by the same name. She launched and edited the Slow Food Nation blog in 2008 and co-founded the site that emerged from that event, CivilEats.com. She lives in San Francisco.
Free and Open.
http://www.inhabitat.com/author/sarah/

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Also on Fri., Nov. 20

INVADING SPACES

Friday Nov 20th / 6-9pm
SPACES (3rd Floor Loft)
2220 Superior Viaduct, Cleveland, Oh, 44113

A one-night only extravaganza featuring temporary, site-responsive works created inside, outside, and all around the 3rd floor of SPACES gallery. This project is a collaboration between students in two T.I.M.E. - Digital Arts classes at the Cleveland Institute of Art: "Creative Coding, Hacks and Space" and "Media Installation". The event is facilitated by artist Ben Kinsley, who has worked with the students for 6 weeks through workshops and studio consultations.

Ben Kinsley is a multidisciplinary artist who creates site-specific responses to particular situations, often through collaboration and playful exchange with local residents. His projects have ranged from conducting an orchestra of screaming humans, directing a maritime-themed play for boaters on a lake in Maine, organizing a shadow play in the middle of the California High Desert, and choreographing a neighborhood intervention into Google Street View.




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Fri., Dec. 4

“The Making & Discovery of RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK: THE ADAPTATION”
12:15 – 1:30 pm
Aitken
Pizza –
Free and open to the public.

The co-creators of what Harry Knowles (Aint It Cool News) describes as “the best damn fan film ever” – RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK: THE ADAPTATION – give a presentation and discussion, revealing how it was that their film was made against great odds – and equally incredibly, how it came to be discovered and shown all over the world, engendering the praise of Eli Roth, Quentin Tarantino, and ultimately Steven Spielberg himself. This talk is the perfect primer / preview of the film itself, which screens in the evening at

guided by charles tucker -- cia's sculpture students take a bite of the apple

The Cleveland Institute of Art's Sculpture students made a run on New York City while their studios were getting new windows. Students made the run on the Chelsea Galleries, not to mention the Half King.

The Cleveland Institute of Art ... LOF and some wednesdays...

CIA is rockin' ... all term long.

We've got some amazing Lunch on Fridays talks coming up and we're busy at work for the spring. Put it on your calendars and be there. Also make note... Wednesdays are starting to crank as well with "Some Wednesdays" now providing additional opportunities to hear people talk about the things you love. And... of course... there's Cinematheque. John Ewing and Tim Harry keep us entertained when no one else can. (Did you see the NY Times Travel section on Cleveland. So True.) Check out Cinematheque.

To kick off the Wednesdays... This Wednesday, September 30, 5 pm ... Cuban Contemporary Art Specialist Helmo Hernandez will be speaking in Aitken. This is a great chance to really see some edgy work and there will be a reception to follow. This amazing event is being made possible by The Cleveland Foundation. If you're at all interested in Cuban OR Contemporary Art you should definitely come.

One of our focuses for the fall LOF talks has been the professional activities of Cleveland Institute of Art Faculty. Royden Watson speaks tomorrow and he's shown all over the place including Berlin... and then on October 2 we will have the opportunity to hear Photography Head Barry Underwood speak. Both artists are amazing and Underwood has been instrumental in blazing the residency trail. He has had a number of residencies, including one at The Banff Centre, and more recently at the Headlands in California. I personally find his work intriguing and beautiful and am looking forward to his talk.

As many of you may know Saul Ostrow and Charles Tucker were the organizers of The Banff Centre's Spring Residency "Analogous Fields." A perfect artist fit for this investigatory look into the overlaps between art and science was the Institute's own Amanda Almon. As a residency participant she spent the spring in the Canadian Rockies pursuing her own work. Almon, the Head of CIA's remarkable Biomedical Arts program, works in an overlap of her own exploring the intersects of studio art through the skills and knowledge of her applied field. The results of her explorations are currently on view as part of CIA's faculty exhibit and the public can hear her speak about her work on Friday, October 9.

LOF, October 16 – Matthew Beckwith -- Industrial Design's up and coming young faculty member is one of Cleveland's hottest talents. He is also notable for his abilities in connecting with his students and his outreach work ... including his current engagement with the students of Design Lab, located at Jane Addams High School.


LOF, October 23 – Megan Ehrhart

Like her colleague Amanda Almon, Ehrhart is another young and exciting artist crossing boundaries in her digital media-based work. Over the course of the summer she lived and worked in the remote French countryside while an Artist in Residence at Camac Centre D'Art in Marnay-Sur-Seine. While there she generated the piece, "Echoes of Abandonment", a facet of a larger media installation entitled "Grounded."

While in France, Ehrhart has said the remote location forced her to slow down and look to innovation and self-reflection to generate her work. Consequently, while there, her worked thrived. Another talk I'm really looking forward to...

Really one of my favorite things about being in Cleveland is getting to meet so many truly interesting people who are as into what they do as I am.

Cleveland Institute of Art Faculty residents take center stage at Lunch on Fridays

“Lunch on Fridays” happens Fridays at 12:15 in CIA’s Gund Building. It runs from August 28 to November 20 in the Fall and from January 15 to April 16 in the Spring. It is an ongoing series that is free and open to the public. The series is jointly sponsored by the Liberal Arts and Foundation Environments with additional support coming from other Cleveland Institute of Art Environments.

Speakers and Events are subject to change – please check the Institute Website for updates.
All events take place in Ohio Bell Auditorium, located in the Gund Building unless otherwise specified.
All the listings below are part of Lunch on Fridays unless otherwise specified.
CIA Faculty Exhibition

Thursday, September 4, 6:30 pm
Reinberger Galleries (next door to Cinematheque)
Cleveland Institute of Art – Gund Building

And then…

EMIT, Student Film Festival:
Thursday, September 4, 8 pm
Aitken Auditorium
Cleveland Institute of Art – Gund Building

Free and Open to the public – EMIT is the premier showcase for the film, video and animation creations of CIA students. It will screen in the same auditorium as Cinematheque taking full advantage of the silver screen.


LOF, September 4 – Heather Lemonedes and Caroline Goeser from CMA

On Friday, September 4th, as part of the Friday Lunch Lecture Series, students and the CIA community will be introduced to the "CIA Students: Cleveland 2009" exhibition at the Cleveland Museum of Art. In short, CIA students have been invited to mount an exhibition in the CMA cafe gallery, juried through a proposal process in conjunction with the CMA "Paul Gauguin: Paris 1889" exhibition.

Heather Lemonedes, Ph.D., Associate Curator of Drawings from the CMA will speak about the influence of this Volpini Exhibition on the art career of Paul Gauguin, and Caroline Goeser, Associate Director for Interpretation, CMA, will speak to the assembly about the Café Exhibition at the conclusion of the lecture. Time will be given for a Question & Answer session from the students.

LOF, September 11 – Lizzy Lee

Title of Talk: Anonymous (Graphic Designer) Nobody

After receiving her BFA in communication design from Parsons School of Design in 1998, Lizzy has been a graphic designer and art director in the fields of design, advertising, and branding for such clients as The New York Times, Martha Stewart, Jean-Georges Vongrichten, and The Gap/Banana Republic with agencies including Doyle Partners, Number Seventeen, Gyro Advertising, and Desgrippes Gobé. In 2006, she moved from NYC to Cleveland, where she worked as the Exhibition Graphic Designer for the Cleveland Museum of Art designing special exhibitions, wayfinding, and environmental graphics. Early in 2009, she and Danielle Rini Uva, a fellow graphic designer and educator created a collaborative design partnership, Rini Uva Lee. RUL happily works long hours for their clients, including the Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland Public Art, and the AIDS Taskforce of Greater Cleveland.


LOF, September 18 – Barbara Stanczak

Barbara Stanczak pillar of the Cleveland Art Community and influential and revered Professor at CIA discusses her travels and her life as an artist.
“I take pleasure in the beauty and wonder of the earth. My sculptures are an expression of gratitude, a search for parallel, tangible, formal experiences that can be shared with others.”

http://barbarastanczak.com/

LOF, September 25 – Royden Watson

Internationally exhibited artist Royden Watson has shown in cities including Berlin and New York and was MOCA Cleveland’s 2002 featured Pulse artist. Watson was born in Cleveland and received his undergraduate degree from Pratt with an MFA from Kent State.

He is noted for his conceptually cutting works which transform wooden studs and gallons of milk into the subjects of trompe l’oeil works. Watson will discuss his artistic practice and the choices he’s made to achieve his goals. Audience members will have the rare opportunity to see an overview of his rich career.

He is currently teaching for the Institute in the Drawing Major and in the Foundation Environment.

LOF, October 2 – Barry Underwood

Internationally exhibited photographer and head of the Institute’s Photography program, Underwood will discuss his summer at the Headlands Residency outside San Francisco. He will also provide an overview of his intriguing, ephemeral and beautiful imagery.

“Appearing as intrusions and interventions within the landscape, these photographs explore issues of illusion, imagination, narrative, and the potential of the ordinary… transformed into the extraordinary through light and composition…”

http://www.barryunderwood.com/

Barry Underwood’s work is housed in the collections of the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston; TIAA-CREFF, New York; Speak Magazine, San Francisco; as well as many numerous private collections across the country.

LOF, October 9 – Amanda Almon

Head of the Biomedical Arts Program at CIA, Almon works in the professional arena doing state of the art 3D animations of scientific subjects and in the Visual Arts exploring the intersect between the observed scientific and existing social issues. In her talk Almon will give an overview of her integrated professional practice with particular attention given to her six-week summer residency at the Banff Centre located in Alberta, Canada.

http://bioartmedia.com/home.html


LOF, October 16 – Matthew Beckwith

A young and vibrant talent, Beckwith works in the professional and educational realms as an Industrial Designer. He is particularly noted for his ability to work collaboratively and lead. He is currently acting as a volunteer consultant with the Design Lab program located at Jane Addams High School as well as teaching her at the Institute.

LOF, October 23 – Meghan Ehrhardt

Discusses her French Summer residency.

LOF, October 30 – Special Halloween Event!!!!

LOF, November 6 – Richard Martel

Special Friday presentation, November 13 – NEXT

LOF, November 20 – (TBD)

2009 BFAs at CIA rocked...

BFA week is always my favorite time of year at school. I love walking around to all the exhibits, seeing and hearing what students have been working on and having frankly interesting conversations with my colleagues about my favorite topics... art, philosophy, etc.

It's interesting to me to see as well how students grapple, really for the first time, with those issues which confront us throughout our careers as artists...

What are we doing?
How should we do it?
Who are we doing it for?
How do I get an audience (without being a complete and total ass or maybe how do I become a complete and total ass so I don't have to worry about this part any more?)
How do I talk about my work?

I sometimes find student work particularly interesting because students (not always) but sometimes are less self-conscious about the work itself. Some, unfortunately, can't turn the voices off and end up making or defending work for some imagined, mental Frankenstein of another... Oh well... that's a creature I know as well.

I think the BFA defense is an incredible experience for these young artists. What a confidence builder to be able to take on your faculty and remain aware. It's a thrill to see them accomplish this.

The images are from Matthew Palmer's BFA defense.

julie's talk...

I'll post more later... for now.