'Faculty Exhibition 2000' Opens at Kennedy Museum of Art
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Clair Carpenter, Kennedy Museum of Art, (740) 593-0955
Editors,
News Directors: Links to images from the exhibition appear at the end of this release.
ATHENS,
Ohio -- The Kennedy Museum of Art announces the opening of
"Faculty Exhibition 2000: School of Art Ohio University" on
February 26. The exhibition will remain on display through
April 16, 2000.
"Faculty
Exhibition 2000" displays the work of 34 faculty members
from the School of Art at Ohio University and includes the
departments of Art Education, Ceramics, Graphic Design,
Painting, Photography, Printmaking, and Sculpture. Visiting
faculty artists are included. This is the first full faculty
exhibition at Ohio University in over 30 years and marks the
beginning of an era of collaboration between the School of
Art and the Kennedy Museum of Art.
Kent
Ahrens, museum director, commented, "We are delighted to
collaborate with the School of Art in bringing this
exhibition to the Kennedy Museum of Art. We have exhibited
the work of faculty from the Printmaking and Ceramics
Departments in the past two years. This is our first
opportunity to represent the entire School of Art faculty in
one exciting exhibition."
Power
Boothe, Director of the School of Art stated that, "The
exceptional quality of the work, over a vast range of
materials, images and points of view, is an indication of
the real vitality the visual arts are having right
now."
The
artwork of the faculty artists is represented in major
museums, including the Museum of Modern Art, the Whitney
Museum of American Art, and the Los Angeles, Boston,
Guggenheim and British Museums. Exhibitions by these artists
include regional, national, and international, solo and
group exhibitions; some have had prestigious commissions and
artist residencies, and reviews of their work in well-known
art publications.
To
celebrate the exhibition, the Kennedy Museum and the School
of Art will host a lecture by Dr. Sharon Brehm, Provost,
Ohio University, on Thursday, March 30. Dr. Brehm will
discuss "The Values of Art." The lecture will be held at The
Ridges Auditorium at 4 p.m. and will be followed by a
reception at the Kennedy Museum. This event is free and open
to the public.
In
conjunction with the faculty exhibition, the Kennedy Museum
will be hosting the Faculty Art Series at the museum. The
series is designed to give faculty artists the chance to
talk about their art and answer questions relating to their
work or field of study. The series begins on Thursday, March
2 and will be held from 6-7 p.m., most Thursdays, through
April 13. A different artist will be present each Thursday;
among the speakers will be Power Boothe, Painting, Mary
Manusos, printmaking, Katherine McVety, Photography and Brad
Schweiger, Ceramics. The series is free and open to the
public.
In
addition, the Education Gallery, hosting a selection from
the museum's permanent collection of Native American jewelry
and weavings donated by Edwin and Ruth Kennedy, remains on
view. The gallery is an ongoing project in conjunction with
local schools which provides a model for curriculum based
programming at the museum.
The focus
of the partnership is to integrate social studies, art,
language/reading, and science with resources offered through
the art museum. The gallery will provide students with the
opportunity to develop critical and creative thinking skills
through direct contact with art objects.
Chauncey
Elementary fifth graders will visit for the fourth time on
March 2. The initial phase of the partnership is funded in
part by the Martha Holden Jennings Foundation. Museum Guides
will be available on Saturdays at 1:30 p.m. to provide
information about the museum and current exhibitions.
The
Kennedy Museum is located in Lin Hall on The Ridges at Ohio
University. Regular gallery hours are noon to 5 p.m.
Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday; noon to 8 p.m. Thursday; and
1 to 5 p.m. Saturday and Sunday. Admission and parking are
free to the public.
