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ART Talks presents... Dr. Rebecca L. Green: Lambamena: From Malagasy Funeral Textiles To Contemporary Art
November 16, 2004
Where: Bowen Thompson Student Union - Room 202B
Associate Professor of Art History, School of Art, BGSU
College of Arts and Sciences Forum
12.00 202B Bowen Thompson Student Union
Dr. Rebecca L. Green is Associate Professor and head of the division of Art History at BGSU. In 2003/04 she was awarded both a Fulbright and a Fulbright-Hays awards to continue her study of the ancestral and contemporary arts of Madagascar. Green is thought to be the first and possibly the only art historian to study the art of the island's people. She has lived among the Malagasy people on numerous previous occasions. Her talk will focus on the burial shrouds of highland Madagascar and their relationship to contemporary Malagasy fibers practices. She holds a bachelors degree in art history from the University of California at Santa Barbara, and masters and doctoral degrees in African Art history from Indiana University.
Contact: 419-372-8514
ART Talks presents... Dr. Katerina Ruedi Ray: Making Modern Men: Visual and Spatial Education at the Bauhaus
November 15, 2004
Where: Bowen Thompson Student Union - Room 206 (Theater)
Professor and Director, School of Art, BGSU
College of Arts and Sciences Distinguished Faculty Lecture Series
4.00 p.m. 206 Bowen Thompson Student Union (Theater)
Katerina Ruedi Ray is a principal, with Igor Marjanovic, of Ready Made Studio, an interdisciplinary art and architecture practice using ready-made forms and situations. Ready Made Studio will exhibit in Chicago: Ten Visions at the Art Institute of Chicago this December. Her published research, focusing on design education and identity politics, includes Desiring Practices: Architecture, Gender and the Interdisciplinary, Desiring Practices: Artists and Architects, The Dissertation: An Architecture Student's Handbook and The Portfolio: An Architecture Student's Handbook. Chicago Architecture: Histories, Revisions, Alternatives and Practical Experience: An Architecture Student's Guide to Internship/the Year Out will be published this fall. She studied at the Architectural Association and University College London, UK, and is a UK-licensed architect.
Contact: 419-372-8575
Artist Lecture: Multi-disciplinary Artist, Steven Thompson
November 10, 2004
Where: Fine Arts Center - Room 1101
6:00 pm Fine Arts Center - Room 1101
Artist Steven Thompson is a 2D and 3D multi-disciplinary artist represented by Kenny Schacter conTEMPorary of NY/London (www.rovetv.net). Mr. Thompson has worked for, and collaborated with Matthew Barney, the rock band REM, and film maker Jim Herbert. He will talk about his work on Wednesday, Nov 10th at 6PM in room 1101 and meet with graduate students on Nov. 11th. Sign up sheets will appear near graduate studios next week.
His visit is made possible by the Medici Circle Patrons Group.
Contact: Jack Ryan: 419-372-8688 or jackr@bgnet.bgsu.edu
Visiting Artist: Painter, Steven Bigler
November 8, 2004
Where: Fine Arts Center - Room 1101
6:00 p.m. at Fine Arts Center - Room 1101
Artist Steven Bigler is a landscape painter who has worked extensively in Italy in and around Tuscany. His realist work has been shown in numerous galleries across the U.S. and he is represented by Katharina Rich Perlow Gallery in New York. He will be presenting a lecture about his own work on Monday November 8th at 6 p.m. in 1101.
He will be available for individual talks with graduate students on Monday and Tuesday mornings and sign up sheets will be near the Graduate Office next week.
His visit is made possible through support by the Medici Circle, the Department of Painting, 2DAA Student Organization, and the Office of the Provost Speed Grant.
Contact: Mille Guldbeck at 419-372-9319 or guld@bgnet.bgsu.edu
Visiting Artist: Photographer, Nicholas Nixon
November 4, 2004
Where: Olscamp Hall - Room 221
Lecture on begins at 7pm
Olscamp Hall Room 221
Please join the photography students in welcoming Nicholas Nixon to Bowling Green. He will present a lecture about his work on Thursday, November 4 in Olscamp Hall room 221 at 7 p.m.
Nixon is an internationally known photographic artist whose work is included in, the Museum of Modern Art, NY; the Metropolitian Museum of Art, NY; the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, and the Boston Museum of Art, among others. He is the recipient of two Guggenheim fellowships and three NEA fellowships. Nixon has worked with 8" x 10" , 11"x 14" and 16"x 20" cameras over a thirty year career. His pictures are full of the immediacy and energy that one finds in small format work. His projects include an annual portrait of his wife, Bebe, and her four sisters, photographs of Boston, it's people and environs, cityscapes, portraits of people with AIDS, and, recently, intimate portraits of couples. His publications include: People with AIDS, Family Pictures, Pictures of People and School.
His visit is made possible through the generosity of the Medici Circle, the School of Art, the College of Arts and Sciences and the hard work and dedication of the school of Art Photo Club.
More information regarding Nixon's work at Fraenkel Gallery
Contact: Lynn Whitney 419-372-8380
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