“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)
