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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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.
