Brinsley Tyrrell to speak as part of Lunch on Fridays, Friday, Oct. 15

LOF welcomes ...
Enameling Visiting Artist -
Brinsley Tyrrell
Friday, Oct. 15
12:15

A local legend known for his work as a sculptor and as a public artist, Brinsley Tyrrell has embedded himself deeply into the region's culture in a profound way. Areas of our life are regularly punctuated and enriched by his work as we walk down a street or through an airport.

In 2007 in response to a commission for an RTA station, Brinsley Tyrrell began exploring the potential of enamel. It was a medium for which he had no formal training. The results were a series of large-scale, often over 48 inches in their largest dimension, enameled landscapes fired in the vintage oversized kiln located at Kent State University. Sometimes refiring a plate 15 to 20 times, Tyrrell let his lack of expertise give him permission to experiment beyond the boundaries. It proved a process that gave way to unfettered, expressive images of the land drenched in saturated color.

Most recently on view at the William Busta Gallery in Cleveland, Ohio, Tyrrell will discuss these and other works as part of his artist talk at the Cleveland Institute of Art.

Brinsley Tyrrell is a native of Godstone, England. He received his education at Camberwill School of Arts and Crafts at the The University of London. He is a Professor Emeritus at Kent State University. His work is represented by Cleveland-based gallerist William Busta.

William Busta Gallery

Join us this Friday and take advantage of this rare opportunity to hear this remarkable artist speak. These talks are free and open to the public.

Cleveland.com Brinsley Tyrrell

The Lunch on Fridays Lecture Series is generously supported by the Liberal Arts and Foundation Environments. Brinsley Tyrrell appears with the support of the Enameling Department. Special thanks to William Busta Gallery.

so much to do ... Wook Kim, et. al.

LOF - Friday, March 19
12:15 – Ohio Bell Auditorium, The Gund
William Brouillard
Professor of Ceramic Art – The Cleveland Institute of Art

Listen in as master ceramist William Brouillard discusses a personal practice which merges edgy imagry with superior craft.

William Brouillard has been inspiring young artists at the Cleveland Institute of Art for the past 30 years. A ceramist of renown, his work is held in private and public collections around the world and is included in collections owned by the Cleveland Museum of Art and the Detroit Institute of Art. From 1975 to 1979 he was a resident Potter at the Penland School of Crafts in North Carolina which is known as a epicenter for the promotion of contemporary craftwork and cutting edge craft skills. Brouillard has shared his personal expertise through lectures and workshops throughout the United States while maintaining his own practice through his studio on Cleveland’s near west side.

Foundations Visiting Artist
Wook Kim
Tuesday, March 23
7 pm – Aitken Auditorium, The Gund

Wook considers art an integral presence in the every day.

His wall coverings, eschewing distinctions made between “art” and the “decorative arts,” reflect his philosophy. His limitless inspirations range from a mix of decorative histories, entomology, tessellation, the urban landscape and beyond.

Wook Kim was born in Seoul, Korea and raised in the United States. His passion for textile design first emerged while a student. Wook continued to hone his craft as a designer at Sunbury Textile Mills in New York, and later as a graduate student at Cranbrook Academy of Art. Wook's design and installation work has been featured in the New York Times, Wallpaper Magazine, Lucky magazine, among others. A recent project is an installation in the flagship store for Philip Lim in Seoul South Korea.


LOF - Friday, April 2
12:15 – Ohio Bell Auditorium, The Gund
Gary Sampson, PhD
Professor of Art History – The Cleveland Insitute of Art

Currently an important member of the Insitute’s Liberal Arts Faculty, Dr. Sampson has taught at California State University, St. Lawrence University and Grand Valley State University. He has acted as a curator and is known for his expertise in Photographic History. He has contributed articles to such publications as Imag(in)ing Race and Place in Colonialist Photography: Transitory Propositions and Unmasking the Colonial Picturesque: Samuel Bourne’s Photographs of Barrackpore Park.

He has helped to develop the undergraduate program in digitial media. Further since coming to CIA in 1998 he has been seminal in promoting intellectual exchange and generating opportunities for professional dialogue between Studio and Liberal Arts. He is the former Chair of Liberal Arts and served as Dean of Graduate Programing.

Of his upcoming Lunch on Friday talk, Sampson says:
“This is a work-in-progress talk. As an art, design, and photography historian, my primary research interest is in the representation of landscapes and space through photography and digital media. One of my current projects involves the modern industrial and urban environment in relationship to the emerging city of globalized systems, which grew out of my own photography and a recent interdisciplinary seminar sponsored by the Baker-Nord Center for the Humanities at Case Western Reserve University. What concerns me especially is how utopian impulses of the early twentieth-century are evident in the architecture and technological infrastructure of the contemporary urban landscape; and how such impulses are portrayed in visual culture.”

LOF - Friday, April 9
12:15 – Ohio Bell Auditorium, The Gund
Sarah Kabot: Artist’s Talk
Head of Drawing – Cleveland Institute of Art
West Prize Finalist

Kabot has given new meaning to what it means to emerge as an artist. She has been included in gallery shows at Mixed Greens, NYC; The Drawing Center, NYC; and Smack Mellon, Brooklyn, NY. She has been a resident artist at Dieu Donne Papermill, NYC; and at Sculpture Space, Utica, NY. Most recently she is one of the finalists for the highly prestigious 2010 West Prize.

With unique authority and through the impetus of work that is exquiste in its fragile vision, Sarah Kabot speaks to what it means to have a career beyond locale demonstrating clearly those possibilities in her own practice.

LOF – Friday, April 16
12:15 – Ohio Bell Auditorium, The Gund
Petra Soesemann: Artist’s Talk
Environmental Chair – Cleveland Institute of Art
2009 Roswell Resident

In 2009 Soesemann, the Chair of the Insitute’s Foundation Environment, went on sabbatical to focus on her work while in residence at the Roswell Program. Noted for her works constructed of layered shears, evocative of mystery, she is the subject of the recently published biographic poetry collection Incident Light by H.L. Hix. She has also been the reciepent of of a Fulbright Fellowhsip which took her to Peru to student Incan Arachitecture. She has studied Mayan Art and Architecture in Mexico, Honduras and Gatemala with the support of travel grants. Grants and awards include support from Cornell University; the Illinois Arts Council; and the Ford Foundation. More recently her studies have taken her to Turkey to explore historic and contemporary Islamic and Turkish art.

CIA BFAs - May 4 through May 9 - Party May 8!

Thomas Zummer gave the last “Lunch on Fridays” talk of the spring semester. The turnout was excellent and the pizza was delicious as always. A wonderfully witty and deeply intelligent man we’re looking forward to having him with us as a visiting artist for the Fall semester.

Coming up this week are of course BFAs. It’s always an exciting week that gives the CIA community an opportunity to see what all the seniors have been working on and engage in the always scintillating exchanges that go along with the defenses. While not open to the public during the day, in the evenings and especially on Friday night when there’s a huge party the public’s invited in to take a look around. It’s my favorite week of the school year.

The Cleveland Institute of Art
BFA Thesis Show
JMC – the Factory
11610 Eculid Ave
Cleveland

Public Hours –
Monday, May 4 to Thursday, May 7
7 pm to 9 pm
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Saturday, May 9
10 am to 5 pm
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Friday, May 8
BFA Reception and Party
OPEN TO THE PUBLIC
7 pm to 11 pm

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.

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!

March 19 and 20 - CIA welcomes Bickford Visiting Artist Steve Kurtz!

Wednesday, March 4th was Brett Kashmere's Hella Hybrid talk, and although mid-terms and the coming spring break kept some away -- the talk was well worth hearing and seeing. Brett has made some interesting work and took on issues that have to do with copyright in really creative ways. Check out Brett's blogs and his website... and go see him whenever you get the chance to hear him speak or see his work first hand.

This week Bickford Visiting Artist Steve Kurtz.

Thursday, March 19 at 5 pm. Cinematheque Screening of Strange Culture.

Friday, March 20 at 2:30, Bickford Visiting Artist Talk by Steve Kurtz, the subject of the film Strange Culture.

Both events are in Aitken.

See below for further details.

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Also this week Printmaking Visiting Artist Benjy Davies.

Printmaking Department (VATe) Visiting Artist:
Benjy Davies
Wednesday, March 18
10 am
G209 (Gund)
Presentation of Work and Demonstration beginning at 10 am and continuing through the day

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Thursday, March 19
Food arrives at 4:15
Starting at 5 pm – Aitken Auditorium

Cinematheque SCREENING of
Strange Culture
Followed by a Q + A with Artist Steve Kurtz

Free to CIA and Case ID holders and $5 to general public.
(Proceeds benefit Cinematheque.)

The film examines the case of artist and professor Steve Kurtz, a member of the Critical Art Ensemble (CAE). The work of Kurtz and other CAE members dealt with genetically modified food and other issues of science and public policy. After his wife, Hope, died of heart failure, paramedics arrived and became suspicious when they noticed petri dishes and other scientific equipment related to Kurtz's art in his home. They summoned the FBI, who detained Kurtz within hours on suspicion of bioterrorism.

As Kurtz could not legally talk about the case, the film uses actors to interpret the story, as well as interviews with Kurtz and other figures involved in the case. Through a combination of dramatic reenactment, news footage, animation, and testimonials, the film scrutinizes post-9/11 paranoia and suggests that Kurtz was targeted because his work questions government policies. At the film's close, Kurtz and his long-time collaborator Dr. Robert Ferrell, former chair of the Genetics Department at the University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health, await a trial date.


(update) As of late May 2008, the Buffalo Prosecutor has declined to reopen the case within the 30 day window in which he was allowed to do so. So, Steve Kurtz is free.
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Friday, March 20 - 2:30 pm
Aitken Auditorium
Food Arrives at 2:00 pm
Bickford Visiting Artist’s Talk
Steve Kurtz
Free and Open to the Public!

This lecture is a brief overview of the points where applied life sciences, politics, economy, and cultural representations begin to intersect. On the one hand, it will examine the economic and political pressures that push life science research in one direction at the expense of another, and the rhetorics used to justify these trajectories of research. On the other hand, it will also consider the release of derivative products into the public sphere, and how the public is socialized to accept them. These two moments, in which the cultural context for research initiatives or biotechnological products is in the first stage of construction, are the points of intervention where cultural activists can have the greatest impact. This presentation will be illustrated by participatory theater projects by Critical Art Ensemble.

Reception to Follow at Mi Pueblo.