Thomas Zummer -- the last "Lunch on Fridays" for this season

I'm really looking forward to this talk. I think it's going to be interesting.

Friday, April 27
12:15
Ohio Bell Auditorium - CIA - Gund

Static, Fragments, Afterimages: Problematics of the Image
a talk by - Thomas Zummer

An investigation into the technics and mediation of images, from drawing to digital.

Professor Zummer will discuss some of the practical, and philosophical, aspects of the disposition of images in relation to the technologies, theories and practices of contemporary art-making. He will also present a selection of his own works.

Whether they are used in a primary, secondary, or subsidiary capacity, digital technologies are both ubiquitous and unavoidable for artists and academics. Even the Göttingen Manual, a medieval ‘recipe book’ for the admixture of pigments, or the archives of the Maison du companionage (preserving ancient texts on methods of ironwork, stonework, carpentry, stained glass and tapestry) are available in a digital format. It is also the case that contemporary artists have recourse to remarkable technologies for research and investigation; digital technologies that shape and constrain—and preserve—other media, in a process of remediation. While this process may be masked, or foregrounded (depending upon notions of affect, purity or truth to materials) in primary artworks, it is to be found in almost every subsidiary aspect of a professional career: in the technical reproduction of images, in preliminary compositions, in books, portfolios, curriculae vitae, reviews, promotional materials, and historical archives.

Mr. Zummer will be teaching a sculpture class for the Visual Arts and Technology Environment – “Rhetorical Object (Conceptual Constructions)”

As always “Lunch on Fridays” is free and open to the public. It is sponsored jointly by the Foundation and Liberal Arts Environments. Mr. Zummer appears through the courtesy of the Visual Arts and Technology Environment.

Sarah Kabot and Coventry Creations

Remember -- Tonight Sarah Kabot 5:30 opening (that's right I had the time wrong!) and 6:30 artist talk at the Sculpture Center here in Cleveland, Ohio.

Also tonight -- "Animal Talk Back" as part of Coventry Creations -- 6 pm.
and opening also at 6 pm in the same space, "Imagining a Sustainable Life" opens (curator - Will Laughlin) both are at 1854 Coventry Road. (Charles Tucker will be in a Turkey suit.)

CIA Tax Week Events!

This Week – There is no “lunch on Fridays” – but there’s so much going on you won’t miss it this once. Check out the whole list so you don’t miss anything.
And remember… do folks a favor… let them know when something interesting is going on.
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hella hybrid brought to you by T.I.M.E. - Digital Arts
ICE CREAM SOCIAL CLOSING PARTY WITH IAN CHARNAS
wednesday april 15th @ 3:30pm
KULAS auditorium JMC
MAKE YOUR OWN SUNDAE @ 3:30 - LECTURE @ 4:00
FREE AND OPEN TO ALL
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Wednesday, April 15 –
The Glass Department presents:
Marc Petrovic
10 am Artist Talk in Kulas – 3rd flr JMC (The Factory - Euclid)
2 pm Glass Hot Shop Demo
7 pm Potluck in the 4th flr Gallery/Crit Space in the JMC

If you can, check this out. The glass department always puts on a good show and are warm hospitable people. They’re wonderful to hang out with.
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Thursday, April 16 –
Liberal Arts (Visual Culture Emphasis) in collaboration with Biomedical Arts presents:
Robert D. Hicks, Ph.D – Director of the Mutter Museum
Exquisite Corpses
7 pm Ohio Bell Auditorium – The Gund (East Blvd)

(There will be Pizza!)

Images of post mortem human remains are fascinating and disquieting. They amuse children at Halloween and disturb adults when on display at museums. Today’s omnipresent imagery of people doing everything at all times has not accustomed us to depictions of human mortality. The dead are speedily removed from view, and our direct contact with the dead is limited and controlled. Although mortal images can arouse empathy and may develop tolerance for a spectrum of human physical variation, other cultural voices argue for proscription and censure. In this presentation, Robert Hicks explores our dialogue with post mortem human imagery by examining its relationship to politics and ownership of the dead. He incorporates perspectives drawn from anthropology, art criticism, history, museum curatorship, and criminal justice.
This should prove to be a fascinating discussion and definitely worth the trip.
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Run from Coventry to the Sculpture Center! Because Sarah Kabot, Head of Drawing and artist extraordinaire is having an opening!
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Friday, April 17
Sarah Kabot – “Enough” Opening
Artist Talk at 6:15
7 pm
The Sculpture Center

Sarah Kabot's site-specific installation, Enough, is a full scale, three-dimensional, gray and white paper line drawing of the Main Gallery's architecture. The physical elements of the gallery, meticulously and sparingly recreated, are shifted by one foot towards the center of the room. These bland, mundane architectural elements - the most basic, apparently unalterable materiality of the space and the parts that usually recede in the mind's eye of the viewer - are brought to the fore to spark considerations of the nature of reality. With the insistent emphasis upon the physical parts of the space, their particular spatial locations, and their transformation by reproduction and relocation, Kabot's work challenges the viewer's daily perceptions and comprehension of any object's possible structure, location, and meaning. Her work presents the positivist likelihood of endless other possibilities.

http://www.sarahkabot.com/

http://www.sculpturecenter.org/

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This Weekend, VATe, the Sculpture Department, the Kacalieff Visiting Artist Series, and the Coventry Village Special Improvement District comet together to present Coventry Creations – basically it’s an art party meant to raise awareness of the animals that live among us. Come out and play!

Friday, 6 pm 1854 Coventry Rd
Animal Talk Back, a performance piece in which artists take on the garb and personas of local animals and speak from their points of view. This should be a hoot with Biomedical Arts Head Amanda Almon and Sculpture Head Charles Tucker participating. (Tucker will be wearing a special Turkey suit of his own creation!)
Also on Friday, 6 pm to 9 pm, another in Will Laughlin’s curatorial successes “Imagining a Sustainable Life” will be opening also in 1854 Coventry Rd

Saturday, 10 am to 4 pm all over Coventry Rd
Animals roam free on the street, children will parade, music will play (local bands), and real animals with Harvey Webster from the Cleveland Natural History Museum will be there for humans to visit with. (The Animal show is 12 noon to 12:30 – sorry so short but the animals have schedules to keep).

Sunday, 7 to 9 pm 1854 Coventry Rd
Fritz Haeg will speak and be present for a reception. Fritz Haeg is an internationally known artist working with issues of environment. He appears as part of the Kacalieff Series.

http://www.fritzhaeg.com/

http://coventrycreations.blogspot.com

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Remember to check out CIA's blog for more and different kinds of Cleveland Institute of Art Information.

All of these events are part of the Cleveland Institute of Art's Programming and are Free and open to the public. Also, please be sure to check out Cinematheque's Screenings. These cost but they're inexpensive and worth every penny.

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images of april at CIA

Top two images: Students from the Don Kimes Visiting Artist Talk.

Don Kimes is the Artistic Director at the Chautauqua School of Art as well as being an internationally known painter in his own right. check the link for more info.

Kathe Widen at Will Laughlin's Collected Fictions.

Will's been curating for the Coffeehouse Gallery and doing an amazing job. His Collected Fictions was an intriguing look at what some of CIA's younger artists are doing.

Students with Toby Devan Lewis and Julie Langsam following their Report from New Orleans.

Ms. Langsam's painting students did a great job relating their experiences from the Prospect 1 Biennial. Tales such as meeting Mel Chin and seeing first hand the devastation of the 9th Ward, as well as their reflections on the works they saw made for one of the seasons most interesting talks. Thanks to Julie for setting this up. It was great!