This winter's art exhibition schedule features exhibits
with an EMU flair, featuring work from Eastern's faculty
and students (both college and pre-school age), as well
as works hand-picked by EMU faculty.
"We have a very aggressive art exhibition program planned
for Winter 2007 at Eastern Michigan University. Our galleries
will be filled with contemporary art and art-related activities," said
Larry Newhouse, gallery program director. "I am confident
that there will be something for everyone's taste and many
opportunities to meet and hear the artists talk about their
work. I would encourage everyone to take advantage of our
programs and visit the galleries often."
Upcoming winter exhibitions include:
The "EMU Faculty Art Exhibition" is scheduled
Jan. 16-March 9 in the University Art Gallery, EMU Student
Center. This annual event features the artwork of both
full-time and adjunct faculty. The work ranges in scale
from small pieces of jewelry and ceramics to large paintings
and sculpture. Artistic themes vary from representational
to abstract and represent an extremely diverse and talented
faculty. A reception is scheduled Tuesday, Jan. 16, 4-6
p.m., University Art Gallery.
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SHOE SILHOUETTE: "Three Views of a
Show,"
an archival digital print (pigment-
based) by artist
Karen Izenburg is part of
the collection of Barry
Avedon, an EMU
professor of art. The piece is one
of many
that will be on display as part of
"EMU
Faculty Collects" Jan. 22-Feb. 23 in Ford
Gallery. |
"EMU Faculty Collects," an accompaniment
to the Faculty Art Exhibition, will be drawn from the personal
art collections of EMU faculty members. The range of works
will include ceramics, painting, drawing, printmaking,
photography, sculpture, metalwork and mixed media works.
The exhibit will allow students and others to see the art
that faculty members live with. "EMU
Faculty Collects," is scheduled Jan. 22-Feb. 23 in Ford
Gallery, with a reception Monday, Jan. 22, 4-6 p.m. Barry
Avedon, curator of the exhibit, and other EMU faculty members
will discuss their choices of works for this exhibition
and their motivations for collecting art Feb. 13, 4 p.m.,
in Ford Gallery.
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DRAMA QUEEN: This work by Wayne State
University professor
Kristin Beaver is one of
many she will discuss
during an art lecture
Jan. 24, 5 p.m., in the Halle
Library
Auditorium.
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Wayne State University professor Kristin
Beaver will speak
Wednesday, Jan. 24, 5 p.m., Halle Library Auditorium. Beaver
makes larger-than-life portraits of herself and friends
in cinematic poses, inspired by contemporary fashion and
music. Dramatic lighting illuminates "hip" subjects who
position themselves in photo-shoot type environments with
an air of indifferent panache'. Beaver's paintings expose
the self-aware nature of the subject's style choices and
allow the viewer to embrace the human being beneath the
façade. Meadowbrook Art Gallery in Rochester hosted
a solo exhibition of Beaver's work in March/April 2006.
Work from the art department's graduate students will
be on display at the "Graduate Student Art Show," March
5-30, Ford Gallery. A variety of media and concentrations
will be represented. All showcased art is eligible for
the Graduate School's Artistic Excellence Awards. The winning
pieces will be purchased by the Graduate School and become
part of EMU's permanent collection. A reception is scheduled
Monday, March 5, 4-6 p.m., Ford Gallery.
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WEISBERG COLLECTION: Painter and
printmaker
Ruth Weisberg will have her
works, including (above)
"Deluge," a 1980
lithograph, on display during
Michigan
Collects Ruth Weisberg," an exhibition
scheduled March 12-April 27 at the
University Art
Gallery in the EMU Student
Center.
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"Michigan Collects Ruth Weisberg" is
a retrospective exhibition that documents the work of internationally
recognized painter/printmaker Ruth Weisberg over her 40-year
career. Beginning in the mid-1960s, when non-objective
art was highly regarded, Weisberg bucked this trend to
concentrate on the figure. Taking a poetic and layered
approach to art, she has produced works that are deeply
human and extraordinarily moving. Her work has been called
both feminist and Jewish, but is clearly universal in appeal.
Weisberg is a graduate of the University of Michigan and
taught at EMU from 1966-1969. The exhibit is scheduled
March 12-April 27 at the University Art Gallery in the
EMU Student Center. A reception is scheduled Monday, March
12, 5-7 p.m., University Art Gallery. Following the reception,
Weisberg will discuss her long career with special emphasis
on her large installation paintings and drawings, 7 p.m.,
Student Center Auditorium.
Open to the art department's undergraduates, the "Annual
Student Art Show" provides a unique opportunity to present
the work of EMU's talented students to the public. Work
in painting, sculpture, drawing, photography, printmaking,
metals, ceramics, textiles and graphic design will be shown.
Award winners in various media and categories will be announced
at a reception. The exhibit is scheduled April 2-20, in
Ford Gallery.
Honors students and art
department scholarsship recipients show examples of their
work in the "Art
Department Honors Exhibition" scheduled April
23-27, Ford Gallery. Awards will be announced at a reception
Monday, April 23, 4-6 p.m.
Michael Ray Charles, professor at the University of Texas
at Austin, creates graphically styled works that investigate
racial stereotypes drawn from the history of American advertising,
product packaging, billboards, radio jingles and television
commercials. The work is highly charged and provocative,
and spans a number of media. Charles has an extensive exhibition
record and was recently featured in the popular PBS series "art:
21." Charles will speak Wednesday, April 25, 8 p.m., in
the Halle Library Auditorium.
One of the highlights of the exhibition year, "The
Children's Art Showcase," features the artwork
of the children enrolled in EMU's Children's Institute.
The brightly colored paintings and free-form sculptures
are a feast for the eyes. A silent auction is scheduled,
with all proceeds benefiting the Family Scholarship Fund.
The exhibit runs April 30-May 4, Ford Gallery, with a
reception scheduled April 30, 5-7 p.m.
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FROM THE VAULT: This 1973 color drawing
and
collage, "Miss
50 and the Goode Brothers at the
Spirit of Detroit
Race," by artist Don Bonham, is
one of many that will be on display during "Chris
Hyndman Selects Works from the Permanent
Collection." The
exhibition, comprised of works
from the EMU Art Department's
permanent
collection, is scheduled May
7-June 1, in the
University
Art Gallery.
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"Chris Hyndman Selects Works from the Permanent
Collection" is
the first in a series of exhibitions in which EMU faculty
select, for display, works from the art department's permanent
collection. These exhibitions will showcase the collection
while elucidating the personal aesthetics of individual
faculty members. The exhibition will be on display May
7-June 1, in the University Art Gallery. A reception
is scheduled Thursday, May 8, 4-6 p.m.
Ford Gallery and the University Art Gallery are open Monday
and Thursday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.; Tuesday and Wednesday,
10 a.m. to 7 p.m.; and Friday and Saturday, 10 a.m. to
2 p.m.
For more information about the exhibits, contact Newhouse
at 487-4065.
