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The Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History

This year’s Midwest Archiving Conference Annual Meeting is pleased to host the reception at the Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History, the second largest African American Museum in the country! The museum is a leading institution dedicated to the preservation of the African American experience, featuring the world’s largest permanent exhibit on African American history and culture. Under the leadership of Juanita Moore, the museum has experienced a resurgence post 2011 bankruptcy; now drawing three times the number of attendees, hosting premiere events, and the continuation of its groundbreaking programming such as “Say It Loud : Art , History, Rebellion,” a commemoration of the 1967 rebellion; and “Oh You Fancy!” – an exclusive celebration of African Americans’ impact on the hair and fashion industry, examining how these contributions have generated political and social consciousness and global trendsetting. Since 2016, the Wright Museum has hosted the African World Festival, drawing crowds of 200,000 for a three-day weekend celebrating the African diaspora.

A centerpiece to Detroit’s black culture, the museum features a 37-foot terrazzo tile work, the “Ring of Genealogy,” by Detroit’s renowned fresco artist, Hubert Massey. Located on the floor of the Ford Freedom Rotunda, the “Ring of Genealogy” depicts the struggles of African Americans in the United States. Each figure is symbolic of an experience, from slavery to present day violence, the hunger for knowledge, the importance of spirituality and the upward mobility of African Americans. Bronze nameplates of prominent African Americans in history, surround the piece, and each year new names are added during the Ford Freedom Awards. In 2016, the museum unveiled the "United We Stand" sculpture by Kresge Eminent Artist Charles McGee – a 20-by-20-foot work permanently installed at the museum's front entrance on Warren Avenue. The museum is a foundation for African American contributions in art, music, and culture.

Founded in 1965 as the International Afro-American Museum, by Dr. Wright and 30 community members, the museum preserves over 35,000 artifacts and archival materials and is home to the Blanche Coggin Underground Railroad Collection, Harriet Tubman Museum Collection, Coleman A. Young Collection, the Sheffield Collection - a repository of documents of the labor movement in Detroit, and other collections representing African American history.

At the Midwest Archives Conference, we are excited to have access to the Wright’s exhibitions:

And Still We Rise : Our Journey Through African American Culture

This long-term exhibition serves as the central experience of the museum. The 22,000 square-foot exhibition space contains more than 20 galleries that allow patrons to travel over time and across geographic boundaries. The journey begins in Africa, the cradle of human life. Witness several ancient and early modern civilizations that evolved on the continent. Cross the Atlantic Ocean, experience the tragedy of the middle passage and encounter those who resisted the horrors of bondage, emancipated themselves and sometimes took flight by way of the Underground Railroad. Throughout this trip, the efforts of everyday men and women who built families, businesses, educational institutions, spiritual traditions, civic organizations and a legacy of freedom and justice in past and present-day Detroit are hailed. What an awesome journey!

The Music and Times: Photographs of Leni Sinclair

Leni Sinclair is a renowned visual historian, photographer, social and political activist. Beginning in the 1960s, she documented live performances of legendary American and world musicians, especially those that performed in Detroit, Michigan. Through her work she has amassed an amazing collection of images that reflect the superb talent and artistry found in live musical performances.

Featured are photographs of extraordinary musicians such as Bob Marley, Ray Charles, Aretha Franklin, and many more, alongside a video presentation encompassing her photo documentation of the wider social and political milieu.

Inspiring Minds: African Americans in Science and Technology

Inspiring Minds: African Americans in Science and Technology is a comprehensive, high-tech and permanent exhibition highlighting trailblazers, contemporaries and careers in the fields of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics. African Americans have contributed to the scientific and engineering output of the United States since the 17th century, and this history is brought to life through interactive computer kiosks, a touchscreen video wall, and hands-on activities and play areas teaching basic engineering concepts. Four disciplines of scientific advancement are explored: Physical Sciences, Earth Sciences, Life Sciences, and Technology & Engineering. Within these, Inspiring Minds introduces individuals from across the spectrum of fields, levels of renown, and from times past and present, with particular focuses on African American women in science, black aviators, black inventors, medical ethics, and key historical figures such as George Washington Carver.

A is for Africa

Stories in the Stained Glass : The Art of Samuel Hodge

The works of art included in this long-term installation focus on three areas of African American culture and history. The Musicians celebrates everyday people who have exercised their right to interpret the world as they see it through songs and instruments. Dance and Dancers, on the other hand, honors those artists who use their bodies as the medium to express non-verbal emotions, themes and ideas. And Freedom Advocates is dedicated to notable African Americans who fought and died to ensure dignity and freedom for themselves and their people. Vivid, colorful and luminescent, this exhibition provides extraordinary imagery and stories in a medium seldom used by African American artists.

Detroit Performs!

The museum is pleased to present Detroit Performs!, a photomontage dedicated to those who gained national and often international prominence in the performing arts. Although a majority of these artists moved here from other regions, especially the south, they claimed Detroit as their own, usually crediting it as the place where they honed their skills. Many of these innovators, John Lee Hooker, Tommy Flanagan and Mattie Moss Clark among them, put unique spins on existing art forms such as blues, jazz and gospel. Other performers, including Aretha Franklin, Juan Atkins, Derrick May, Kevin Saunderson and Eddie Fowlkes, created whole new genres; for example, soul and techno.

Our salute to the performing arts focuses on three areas: theater, dance and music. We highlight noted playwrights, choreographers and dancers and a trove of instrumentalists and vocalists who used their talents to bring joy, encourage dialogue and stimulate social change. We hope this installation provides you with a look at a remarkable and inspiring legacy that continues.

**Exhibit descriptions originated from thewright.org/exhibits

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creativinn · 3 years

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Olivet College to Present Art Exhibition by Patricia A. Bender

Olivet College will present “Plain + Simple Geometry” by Patricia A. Bender on Nov. 4 – Dec. 2, 2021. A reception will be held on Friday, Nov. 5, 5-7 p.m. The exhibition and reception will be held at the Kresge Foundation Art Gallery inside the Riethmiller Blackman Art Building. The gallery is open Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. Admission is free and open to the public.

“Geometry 18″, unique oxidized gelatin silver cliche-verre print, 10″x8”, 2018

Patricia A. Bender

Patricia A. Bender is a photo-based visual artist living and working in New Jersey and Michigan. She began studying photography in the early 2000s, and was hooked from the moment she shot and developed her first image. She works exclusively in the darkroom with black and white media, and she personally creates each image from the moment it is conceived through the finished gelatin silver print. She has recently added drawing to her artistic practice.

Bender has exhibited in solo and group exhibitions throughout the United States and internationally. She is an artist on the curated White Columns artist registry, and is the recipient of numerous awards for her work, including being named to the 2018 Critical Mass Top 50 and as a 2020 Critical Mass finalist. Bender’s work has been published in several magazines and is

held in the permanent collections of the Philadelphia Museum of Art and Michigan State University, as well as many other public, corporate and private collections.

“From the first day I began to make photographs seriously, I was drawn to creating abstract images. Using black and white film, I initially photographed in the manner of Aaron Siskind and Harry Callahan, seeking the abstract in reality: weatherworn rocks, torn bits of paper stapled to telephone poles, bare twigs breaching deep snow,” Bender said.

“meditation on love + grief no. 040621″, graphite pencil on sketch paper, 12″x9”, 2021

“In the past several years, however, I became restless; no longer content hunting abstracts in the real world, I wanted to create them myself. Drawing and cliché-verre prints, where my drawings serve as the negative in the darkroom, seemed the perfect artistic processes for this pursuit. I could experiment with lines on paper and light in the darkroom to construct my own abstractions. To paraphrase the artist Dorothea Rockburne, I wanted to create images that were of themselves and not about something else.

“The mysterious ability of abstraction to move the human heart and mind has always fascinated me. When I photograph a beautiful tree I understand why people respond. It’s a beautiful tree. When I create an image of a simple circle bisected by a line I have no understanding why it moves me or others, but it can. I love the cryptic nature of the conversation between abstract art and emotion.

“In this exhibition, I hope to show how my work has evolved over the past 15 years, from film to paper, camera to sketch pad, darkroom printing to drawing, always exploring the limits and possibilities of these tools of art making in creating abstract work.”

For more information, contact Gary Wertheimer, professor of art, at 269-749-7627. Learn more about Olivet College by contacting the Office of Admission at 800-456-7189 or [email protected].

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نمایشگاه باغ ایرانی در دانشگاه ایالتی میشیگان آمریکا

A PERSIAN Garden at Michigan State University Persian Garden is an exhibition featuring 75 Posters designed by 67 Iranian graphic designers that have been organized by Mehrdad Sedaghat in two different categories: Professionals and students. Posters in professional category were selected by Onish Aminelahi and in Student category by Ben Van Dyke, Ladan Bahmani, and Hosein Eskandari.This exhibition will be on display on Feb 20th through March 17th, 2017 at Kresge Art Center (gallery 114) at Michigan State University. The closing reception is on March 16th, 5 pm – 7 pm. During the reception, there will be a public Skype lecture about graphic design in Iran by Onish Aminelahi.The main purpose of this exhibition is to present various generations of Iranian graphic design to the students of Michigan State University and introduce this design as a different paradigm, which uses another visual culture and content. This exhibition is a great opportunity to show how Graphic Design can bring people and nations together when the politics acts opposite.

نمایشگاه باغ ایرانی در دانشگاه ایالتی میشیگان آمریکا

نمایشگاه پوستر «باغ ایرانی» نمایشگاه پوستر “باغ ایرانی”، در قالب بخشی از نمایشگاه “فراتر از مرزها” در دانشگاه ایالتی ایلینویز امریکا به نمایش در آمد. این نمایشگاه که در برگیرنده پوسترهایی است که توسط طراحان گرافیک حرفه ای ایرانی به همراه نسل جوانتر دانشجویان طراحی شده اند، سال گذشته توسط مهرداد صداقت و اونیش امین الهی گردآوری شده و برگزار کنندگی آن را لادن بهمنی به عهده دارد. در متن پوستر نمایشگاه “فراتر از مرزها” آمده است: با زیبایی شناسی بسیار متفاوت از طراحان امریکایی، این پوسترها توسط افرادی طراحی شده اند که در محیط و شرایط بسیار متفاوتی از لحاظ اقتصادی، اجتماعی و سیاسی بزرگ شده اند. مضامین این پوسترها شامل محدوده بزرگی از مسائل سیاسی و اجتماعی گرفته تا طراحی های تجاری یا شخصی می شود. این نمایشگاه فرصتی خواهد بود تا بار دیگر نشان دهیم که گرافیک دیزاین چگونه برای نزدیکتر شدن افراد و ملت ها نسبت به هم بهانه ای ایجاد می کند در حالی که سیاست این روزها به گونه ای متفاوت عمل می کند. لازم به ذکر است این نمایشگاه، سال گذشته در گالری ۱۱۴ دپارتمان هنر، تاریخ هنر و دیزاین دانشگاه ایالتی میشیگان آمریکا برپا شده بود. اسامی شرکت کنندگان حرفه ای و دانشجویی در نمایشگاه “باغ ایرانی”: مرحوم استاد مرتضی ممیز، فرشید مثقالی، ابراهیم حقیقی، طاهره محبی تابان، ساعد مشکی، مجید عباسی، فرزاد ادیبی، بیژن صیفوری، کوروش پارسانژاد، کیانوش غریب پور، علی عابدی، کوروش قاضی مراد، سیروس سلیمی، مهدی محمدی، علیرضا وکیلی ورجوی، اونیش امین الهی، حجت مجرد، پریسا تشکری، فاطمه کرکه آبادی، حسن موسی زاده، مجید کاشانی، ایمان آل مظفر، مهردخت دارابی، مهدی فاتحی، مهدی مهدیان، احسان مهدوی، امیر حسین قوچی بیک، آرش تنهایی، فرشید پارسی کیا، محمد اردلانی، هیوا پاشایی، پوریا عریانی، صالح زنگانه، رسول کمالی، استودیو چپ چین، محمود بازدار، رضا باباجانی، لادن بهمنی، مهرداد صداقت، بهنام رییسیان، حسین محمدی وحیدی، حسین درخشانی، حامد عدالتی، سمانه کاملی، علی کردی، علیرضا وزیری، حسین یزدی، علیرضا عسکری فر، علیرضا بیت الهی، داریوش الله یاری، داوود کلاهدوزان، عفت راشدی، عرفان جمشیدی، فرید نامی، فرزاد سعیدی، فاطمه حکیمی راد، حمید اقدسی یزدلی، هدی باغبانی، مرتضی هرآیینی، مهدی اشکانی، مهدی میراحمدی، مقداد شیرعلی، مینا نسلیانی، محمد رسول عسگری، محسن عامل، محسن حیدری، حسین اسکندر

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tigerstrikesasteroidnetwork · 4 years

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LA / HIGH BEAMS

HIGH BEAMS January 4 - January 26, 2020 Opening Reception: Saturday, January 4, 2020 from 7-10 pm

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Tiger Strikes Asteroid Los Angeles is pleased to announce an exhibition titled HIGH BEAMS featuring work by Chris Burnside, Christopher Dunlap, Kate Harding, Sarah Heinemann, Gyun Hur, Gabriel Hurier, Andy Kolar, Ryan Scails, and Karen Tepaz curated by Lacey Fekishazy, the founder/director of SARDINE in Brooklyn, New York. There will be a reception for the artists Saturday, January 4, 2020 from 7-10 pm and the show will be on view through Sunday, January 26, 2020.

The title HIGH BEAMS is a literal reference to the setting of an automobile's headlights, which brighten a longer distance in front of the car. This setting is particularly useful on dark roads to avoid accidents and improving vision and therefore driver response. While these beams clarify the more distant road on clear nights at higher speeds, they can also blind other drivers or reduce the vision and speed of the driver in fog, rain, or snow. Curator Lacey Fekishazy chose the artists in this group exhibition for their intuitive insight, long haul dedication to process, and their ability to brighten of the future in a darkening world. While the work is an illumination, it can also accent the invisible just before us.

HIGH BEAMS is part of #ArtistRun2020, a year-long exploration of artist-run spaces from all around the country organized by Tiger Strikes Asteroid and Trestle Gallery. SARDINE is one of 11 artist-run projects asked to curate an exhibition at our various locations with the intention of building relationships and expanding our collective networks. Founded in 2011 by Lacey Fekishazy, SARDINE is a contemporary art gallery in Brooklyn, New York presenting solo exhibitions, small group shows and occasional limited editions by featured artists. SARDINE's modest size is a key asset in the construction of a contemplative, intimate space which has been used to showcase carefully curated collections of work as well as immersive, site-specific installations. What started as a small enterprise has grown into more than 8 years of operation and approximately 69 events and exhibitions. SARDINE has been featured in ArtNews, Artsy, Maake Magazine, The New York Times, Time Out New York, The New Yorker and Hyperallergic.

Chris Burnside was born in Seattle, Washington. He received his BFA from the University of Washington and his MFA from the University of Pennsylvania. He has had solo exhibitions at the Gross McCleaf Gallery (Philadelphia, PA) Washington Art Association (Washington, CT) Nexus Foundation (Philadelphia, PA) and the Alpan Gallery (Huntington, NY). His work has been exhibited in various group shows including the National Academy Museum (New York, NY), SOIL Gallery (Seattle, WA), Kresge Gallery at Ramapo College (Mahwah, NJ), and Outside the Time Zone at Camel Art Space (Brooklyn, NY). Burnside lives and works in Seattle.

Christopher Dunlap was born in Pullman, Washington. He received his BFA from University of Washington and his MFA from Massachusetts College of Art. He has had recent solo shows at Hiromart Gallery in Tokyo, Japan in 2019 and at SARDINE in 2017 and 2019. His work has also been exhibited in various group shows including Albada Jelgersma Gallery (Amsterdam, NL), Transmitter Gallery (Brooklyn, NY), No Place Gallery (Columbus, OH), Site 131 (Dallas, TX), Mckenzie Fine Art (New York, NY) and Spring Break Art Fair (New York, NY). He has been reviewed in The New York Times, ArtFCity and Travel Magazine. Dunlap lives and works in Harlem, New York City.

Kate Harding is an artist living and working between Los Angeles, New York City and Missouri. Harding received an MFA in Art Practice from School of Visual Arts (New York, NY) in 2014, a BFA in Fine Arts from Otis College (Los Angeles, CA) in 2003, and an AAS from Fashion Institute of Technology (New York, NY) in 2001. Solo and two-person exhibitions have included: 3A Gallery, The Chelsea Hotel (New York, NY); SARDINE, Grace Space (Brooklyn, NY); Track 16 (Los Angeles, CA); East Central College (Union, MO). Selected group exhibitions, performances and screenings have included Art in Odd Places, La MaMa, International Print Center New York, Electronic Arts Intermix, MoMA, Vanity Projects, CP Projects (New York, NY); SARDINE, SoHo20, Invisible Dog (Brooklyn, NY); Rosamund Felson, Edward Cella Art + Architecture, Circus Gallery, SeeLine Gallery, Echo Park Film Center, Statler Waldorf Gallery (Los Angeles, CA). Her work has been written about in The Brooklyn Rail, ArtFile, The Huffington Post, American Artist: Drawing Magazine, Fiberarts Magazine, Notes on Looking: Contemporary Art From Los Angeles, ArtScene, and The Missourian among others. Her writing has appeared in The Brooklyn Rail, The Tool Book Project, Café Dan Graham Poetry Slam vol. 3, and the upcoming Mapping Meaning Journal #3. Harding is the creator and host of the weekly internet radio show Bicoastal Carpool on WPIR Pratt Radio and is currently part-time faculty at Parsons, The New School in and Pratt Institute.

Sarah Heinemann is a painter based in Brooklyn. Originally from Chicago, IL, Heinemann attended Smith College in Northampton, MA., and holds a BFA in painting from The School of the Art Institute of Chicago. She is currently a graduate candidate at CUNY Hunter, class of 2022. Recently included in the show ‘Another Matter’ at Lazy Susan Gallery curated by Gisela Guieros, she has shown with the Knockdown Center, SARDINE, ATM Gallery in New York as well as Mass MoCA’s 28 Holden Gallery in North Adams, MA. Heinemann is slated to have a solo show at SARDINE in 2020. She has worked for the studio of Sol LeWitt since 2000 realizing LeWitt wall drawings for museums, galleries, and private collections.

Gyun Hur was born in South Korea, she moved to Georgia at the age of 13. Hur is a New York based, interdisciplinary artist and an educator whose experience as an immigrant daughter deeply fuels her practice. She was recently an artist-in-residence at NARS Foundation (Brooklyn, NY) and an AIM 38 fellow with the Bronx Museumand is currently a professor at the Parsons School of Design (New York, NY). She has performed and exhibited in Canada, China, Hong Kong, Italy, Turkey, and the United States. Gyun completed Pratt Fine Arts Residency, BRICworkspace, Danspace Project Platform Writer-in-Residency, Ox-Bow Artist-in-Residency, Vermont Studio Center, and Virginia Center for the Creative Arts. She is the recipient of The Hudgens Prize, Artadia Award, and Joan Mitchell Foundation Scholarship. Her works have been featured in Art In America, Art Paper, Sculpture, Art Asia Pacific, Public Art Magazine Korea, Hong Kong Economic Journal, Yahoo! Tech, Huffington Post, Brooklyn Street Art, Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Pelican Bomb, Creative Loafing, Jezebel, and The Atlantan. She was listed as the Best Emerging Artist by Creative Loafing and selected in Oxford American’s “100 Under 100: Superstars of Southern Art” issue. Her interest in art making in public space led her to various artist presentations at the TEDxCentennialWomen, the international street art conference Living Walls: The City Speaks, the Atlanta Contemporary Art Center, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, and many others. She recently contributed as an artist writer to fLoromancy September Issue 36, The Brooklyn Rail and The Forgetory.

Gabriel Hurier was born in Cincinnati, Ohio and lives and works in Newburgh, New York. He studied painting and printmaking at Miami University in Oxford, Ohio. Hurier has participated in numerous group shows in the greater New York area including Gallery 128 (New York, NY), ATM Gallery (New York, NY), Matteawan Gallery (Beacon, NY), Space Create (Newburgh, NY) and more in Chicago, Cincinnati, North Adams, San Diego, Singapore, and Zagreb. Hurier has had solo shows at SARDINE in 2012 and 2014. He is currently exploring shapes in maps and color relationships in landscapes observed as a traveler and a father. His work often utilizes everyday materials leftover from construction and 15 years of realizing wall drawings for Sol LeWitt.

Andy Kolar was born in Spirit Lake, IA. He is a LA based artist represented by Walter Maciel Gallery with whom he has had two solo shows (2017 & 2015). Kolar received his MFA in Drawing and Painting at California State University, Long Beach in 2007 and earned a BFA in Painting & Printmaking at Minnesota State University, Makato, MN. Kolar has been included in numerous exhibitions in Southern California including the recent shows ‘Edge to Air’ at Denk Gallery (Los Angeles, CA), ‘Painting Architecture’ at UCR Arts Block (Riverside, CA), ‘6018 Wilshire’ at Edward Cella Gallery (Los Angeles, CA), ‘Wall Painting 2013’ and ‘FORMS OF ABSTRACTION’ at the Irvine Fine Arts Center (Irvine, CA) and ‘De Stil' at Andrew Shire Gallery (Los Angeles, CA). In 2010, Kolar was one of 45 artists included in the California Biennial curated by Sarah Bancroft at the Orange County Museum of Art. He was previously represented and included in solo and group shows at Carl Berg Gallery. Kolar’s works are included in several private and corporate collections including the recent acquisition at Pimco Corporation in Orange County.

Ryan Scails was born in Danbury, CT. Scails’ most recent exhibitions include a solo show titled ‘Another Now’ at SARDINE, ‘Here Today | Gone Tomorrow’ at Space Create (Newburgh, NY) curated by Lacey Fekishazy, ‘Able Bodies’ at 287 Gallery (Danbury, CT), and ‘Object Lessons|Adaptive Research’ at High Desert Test Sites HQ (Yucca Valley, CA). In between shows Scails has also participated in residencies at MASS MoCA (North Adams, MA), A-Z West (Joshua Tree, CA), and will be a JMKAC Arts/Industry (Sheboygan, WI) resident in the Summer of 2020. Scails received his BFA from Cooper Union in 2014. He lives and works in Brooklyn, NY.

Karen Tepaz, born in Los Angeles, CA, holds an MFA in Sculpture from Yale University School of Art and a BFA in Ceramics from California State University, Long Beach. Recent exhibitions include solo shows at SARDINE, (Brooklyn, NY) Thomas Hunter Projects (New York, NY) CACTTUS gallery (Long Beach, CA), and group shows at Underdonk (Brooklyn, NY) Tiger Strikes Asteroid Los Angeles (Los Angeles, CA) Copyright Berlin (DE) The Shirley Fiterman Art Center, BMCC (New York,NY), The Gallery ATLAS (Newburgh, NY), BOMB POP-UP (Brooklyn, NY) among others. In 2018 Tepaz co-curated ‘Flat Touch’ and ‘In Between the Lines’ in Steuben Gallery at Pratt Institute (Brooklyn, NY). She is the recipient of the Art Farm Nebraska Residency, and will be attending Yaddo this winter 2020. Tepaz lives and works in Brooklyn, NY.

About the curator:

Lacey Fekishazy is an artist, curator, gallerist, and draftsperson for the Estate of Sol LeWitt with roots in the Hudson Valley and NYC art communities. After a decade in NYC, Fekishazy currently lives and works in Newburgh, New York with her young family. She has organized the outdoor sculpture/installation show ‘Glenlily Grounds’ (GLG) as part of Newburgh Open Studios for the past 6 years. In 2019, She was invited to co-curate the inaugural exhibition of the Newburgh Sculpture Project at SUNY Orange. Fekishazy earned her MFA at Queens College CUNY in 2010 after working at Dia:Beacon and for the Estate of Sol LeWitt for many years. She holds a BFA in Painting from SUNY New Paltz and an AAS degree in Fine Arts from the Fashion Institute of Technology. Fekishazy has shown her own artwork at Art 101, Possible Projects, Small Black Door (Brooklyn, NY); ATM Gallery, The Puffin Room, (New York, NY); Dorsky Gallery (DGCP) (Long Island City, NY); and Mass Moca (North Adams, MA).

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2019 Kresge Artist Fellows and Gilda Award recipients announced

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2019 Kresge Artist Fellows, pictured left to right: Front row: Kikko Paradela, Cherise Morris, Nandi Comer, Tyanna Buie, Kristen Gallerneaux, Madelyn Porter; Second row: Anita Bates, Tylonn J. Sawyer, Mariam Ezzat, Alise Alousi; Third row: Tom Stoye, Rashaun Rucker, Jack Cheng, Darryl DeAngelo Terrell, Cybelle Codish, Bill McGraw, Diana J. Nucera

Kresge Arts in Detroit has named 18 Kresge Artist Fellows and two Gilda Award recipients. The Detroit-area artists will share a total amount of $460,000 in grants and awards.

Kresge president Rip Rapson said in a press release that the crop of new fellows and awardees is “poised to lift spirits, open hearts, stir our thinking, and challenge our complacency.”

Kresge is also presenting an exhibition entitled Parallel Visions to celebrate 10 years of supporting artists in Detroit, which will feature around 20 Kresge Artist Fellows from the past decade. The exhibition will include visual arts, literary arts, performing arts, and film disciplines.

“A decade ago we recognized Detroit’s arts community as one of its bedrock strengths,” Rapson said in a press release. “We were convinced that heightening the visibility and advancing the careers of artists themselves would bring cascading benefits for the community of artists and the community at large — socially, culturally, economically.”

Nine Kresge Artist fellowships in visual arts and nine fellowships in literary arts were awarded. Each Kresge Artist Fellow will receive $25,000, as well as one year of professional support, including a professional development retreat at Creative Capital, an artist-service organization in New York. Additionally, the Kresge Artist Fellows will be featured in a Kresge Arts in Detroit’s film series showcasing the 180 Kresge Artist Fellows in the past 10 years.

One Gilda Award in visual arts and another in literary arts were also announced. The Gilda Award honors the late artist Gilda Snowden, an artist and educator, as well as a 2009 Kresge Artist Fellow. Gilda awardees are granted $5,000 in support of their work.

“As I near the end of my tenure at CCS, I take pride in the College for Creative Studies’ role in supporting the Kresge Foundation’s belief that individual artists matter to the vitality of a community,” CCS president Richard L. Rogers said in a press release. Rogers will retire on June 30 after 25 years.

The list of winners are below:

Literary Arts Fellows Alise Alousi, Poetry Jack Cheng, Fiction Nandi Comer, Poetry Kristen Gallerneaux, Interdisciplinary Work Joan Kee, Arts Criticism Bill McGraw, Creative Non-Fiction Cherise Morris, Creative Non-Fiction Diana J. Nucera, Zines Madelyn Porter, Creative Non-Fiction

Visual Arts Fellows Anita Bates, Painting Tyanna Buie, Printmaking Cybelle Codish, Photography Mariam Ezzat, Sculpture Kikko Paradela, Printmaking Rashaun Rucker, Drawing Tylonn J. Sawyer, Painting Tom Stoye, Photography Darryl DeAngelo Terrell, Photography

Gilda Award Aiko Fukuchi, Fiction

Gilda Award Noura Ballout, Photography

The awardees were selected from a pool of 850 applications, and judged by panels of both local and national artists and art professionals. Awardees were selected based on several criteria, including the potential for them to enhance and impact metro Detroit communities. The awards and fellowships are funded by the Kresge Foundation and facilitated by the Kresge Arts in Detroit office of the College for Creative Studies.

Parallel Visions is open to the public from July 12 through Aug. 24 at the Wasserman Projects gallery in Detroit’s Eastern Market.

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Source: https://www.metrotimes.com/the-scene/archives/2019/06/20/kresge-arts-in-detroit-announces-awards-in-literary-and-visual-arts

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Foundation Exhibit 2023

Marywood's Art Dept is kicking off the 23/24 school year by unveiling their 2023 Foundation Year Exhibit with an Opening Reception on Wed Sept 6, 2023 from 3-5pm. This event is FREE and open to the public. See you there! #MarywoodArt #FounationExhibition

This semester we are kicking off the school year with the Art Department’s Foundation Year Exhibit on campus! The gallery’s Opening Reception will be happening on Wednesday, September 6, 2023 from 3-5pm. The exhibit will be in the Kresge Gallery (#12 on this campus map) located on the first floor of the Insalaco Center for Studio Arts at Marywood University. OPENING RECEPTIONWed, Sept 6, 2023 @…

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COLLAGE ON VIEW

Aboutness

Jean Hess at the Kresge Memorial Library Gallery in Lookout Mountain, Georgia, USA through 10 October 2021. Jean Hess‘ “Aboutness” includes collage paintings that combine found-paper ephemera, paint, resins and pencil as well as hand-stitched collages of antique textiles. Although Hess works with certain themes in mind, these collages are not meant to tell a story. Hess prefers to concentrate on focused process and energy expenditure to achieve work that is deep or salient rather than topical. Curated by Jeffrey Morton. MORE

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Sound Recordings

The sounds I recorded throughout the week are listed below:

1. Cat Purring- I recorded one of my cats, Waka, purring while I pet him. He has an incredibly loud purr, so I knew he’d be the perfect (purrfect) subject.

2. Tuning a Guitar- This is a recording of the tuning of an acoustic guitar. I really love the sound of a guitar being tuned because the result is so satisfying to hear.

3. Feedback- I was experimenting with what possible sounds I could play around with in terms of an electric guitar. I decided to record the reverb or screeching noise made when it’s placed against the amp.

4. Kresge Cafe in DIA- This is audio I recorded in the huge, semi-outdoor, cafe inside of the Detroit Institute of Arts.

5. Atrium of DIA- I also recorded in the very tall atrium of the DIA. A lot of echoey audio came from this recording, and I love how it sounds.

6. Diego Rivera Mural- It was really busy in this section of the DIA so I picked up people chatting, and even a guided tour.

7. Rustling Pages in PopArt Gallery- I recorded my boyfriend, Kevin, flipping through the pages of an artbook left out in a gallery. It also picked up people talking in the background.

8. Leaving the House- I recorded myself opening the back door and garage door to leave home. I love the noisy sounds, the creaky door, the obnoxious motor sound, etc. I think it even picked up the keys in my hand jingling.

9. Ale Mary’s- Ale Mary’s is an incredibly loud, incredibly busy restaurant with amazing food and great booze, so I got some great audio. It’s also one of my favourite places to go.

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Hyperallergic: At ArtTable, a Talk About the Role of Visual Art in New York City’s Development

Images from last year’s Annual Leadership Series (photo by Lucea Spinelli)

ArtTable, a professional organization dedicated to advancing the leadership of women in the visual arts, is holding a panel discussion for its Annual Leadership Series. The talk, titled “Arts Partnerships and the Transformation of Cities,” will address questions regarding the role visual art will play in New York City’s ongoing development. In its second year of partnering with the New School, ArtTable will be co-presented by the Vera List Center for Art and Politics and the Center for New York City Affairs, and the New School, with Hyperallergic as a media sponsor.

The panel is slated to consist of five participants: Laurie Beckelman, associate director of the Shed, a nonprofit, cultural organization under development in the Hudson Yards; Sarah Calderon, managing directo of ArtPlace America, a collaborative organization that focuses on community planning and development; Eva Franch i Gilabert, the executive director of Storefront for Art and Architecture, an experimental forum and exhibition space concerned with the built environment; Deborah Rappaport, co-founder of Minnesota Street Project, which seeks to create economically sustainable spaces for art galleries, artists, and related nonprofits; and Regina R. Smith, managing director of the arts and culture program at the Kresge Foundation, which looks to encourage the inclusion of arts and culture in community development and urban planning practices. The moderator is Christy MacLear, vice chairman of Art Agency, Partners, an art advisory firm.

This discussion comes on the heels of the city’s Department of Cultural Affairs and a group of artists and activists releasing competing cultural plans. It seems like ArtTable is poised to shed more light on these complex issues about which many stakeholders are deeply concerned.

When: Monday, October 23, 6–8 pm Where: The New School, (John L. Tishman Auditorium, 63 5th Ave, Greenwich Village, Manhattan)

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giarts · 7 years

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Member Spotlight on The Kresge Foundation

For the month of October, GIA’s photo banner features work from arts organizations supported by The Kresge Foundation. Established by Sebastian S. Kresge in 1924, the $3.5 billion foundation works nationally to “establish opportunities in America’s cities through grantmaking and social investing in arts and culture, education, environment, health, human services, and community development in Detroit.” The Kresge Foundation is the proud Anchor Sponsor for the 2017 GIA Conference happening this month in Detroit, Michigan.

The Kresge Foundation Arts & Culture Program team looks forward to sharing reflections and insights from its decade-long transition from exclusively funding arts facilities to becoming a creative placemaking grantmaker. Working in concert with partners from different fields and sectors, Kresge’s Arts & Culture team will be publishing white papers over the course of two years exploring various aspects of its past, present, and future grantmaking priorities. The goal is to share the team’s experiences, highlight lessons learned, and suggest areas for further research.

Through a series of thought pieces, the goal is to help illuminate the foundation’s multi-faceted approach to grantmaking, share the challenges and opportunities encountered, and encourage conversations in the field. The series of white papers (working titles) will address:

Kresge’s journey to creative placemaking

Reflections on the creative placemaking field

Observations from creative placemaking practitioners

Financing creative placemaking

Anchor strategies — an arts organization imperative

The Kresge Foundation Arts & Culture Program team will share this work over the next two years with an eye toward sharing with peer grantmakers and practitioners in sectors working to fully integrate arts and culture with community development and urban planning practices.

Grantmakers in the Arts looks forward to its annual conference that will take place in Detroit later this month and is grateful to The Kresge Foundation and the rest of this year’s conference sponsors for their support.

Tune into the GIA Podcast to hear from Regina Smith, The Kresge Foundation’s managing director of arts & culture and chair of the GIA conference committee, along with fellow committee member Sharnita Johnson of The Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation, as they share some of their thoughts about Detroit and the conference.

The Kresge Foundation has been a GIA member since 2012.

Learn more about The Kresge Foundation’s Arts & Culture programs.

You can also visit the photo gallery on our Photo Credits page.

Photo: The Truth Booth at Juxtaposition Arts, Minneapolis, MN.

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Cambridge events

“I Am Not Your Negro” film screening: 6 to 7:30 p.m. July 27 and Aug. 3, MIT Media Lab, 75 Amherst St., Cambridge. Evening feature documentary film screening in Bakalar Gallery presented in conjunction with List Projects: Civil Disobedience. Directed by Raoul Peck. RSVPs are required. For information: [email protected].

Walk/Ride Day Eve Celebration: 6 to 8 p.m. July 27, Magazine Beach Park, 719 Memorial Drive, Cambridge. Music, commuter stories, big puppets and bicycle decorating. Co-sponsored by Green Streets Initiative, Gallery 26, Massmouth and Cport Neighborhood Association Inc. Rain date: July 28. Free.

All the World Is Beer: 6:30 to 9 p.m. July 27, Peabody Museum of Archaeology & Ethnology, 11 Divinity Ave., Cambridge. Beer historian Liz Garibay will discuss the role of beer at the 1893 World’s Fair. Learn how brewers were advancing an array of technologies during this period and learn how a major beer war took place on the grounds of the fair’s Agricultural Building. After the talk, a beer tasting will be held. Cost: $20. For information: https://peabody.harvard.edu/all-the-world-is-beer.

Friday, July 28

MD5 Hacking Emergency Response: 4 p.m. July 28-30, MIT Media Lab, 75 Amherst St., Cambridge. A hackathon challenge with other members of the Department of Defense, MIT Innovation Initiative, Advanced Functional Fabrics of America, and the MIT community to build product prototypes that incorporate functional fabrics as part of a system that addresses emergency response in challenging environments, including disaster sites, conflict zones and other scenarios of emergency response. Free. For information: [email protected]; https://innovation.mit.edu/md5.

Harvard Science Plaza Concert Series: noon to 2 p.m. July 28 and Aug. 11, Harvard Colombian Student Society, 1730 Cambridge St., Cambridge. Club Passim, in partnership with Harvard Common Spaces, will present the Harvard Science Plaza Concert Series from noon to 2 p.m. on alternating Fridays through Aug. 11 at Harvard Science Plaza, outside the Harvard Science Center near the food trucks. The artist lineup is Noble Dust on July 28 and Lisa Bastoni on Aug. 11. Free. For information: http://passim.org/club/passim-presents-concerts-harvard-science-plaza-0.

MIT Summer Philharmonic Orchestra: 8 p.m. July 28, Kresge Auditorium, MIT Campus, 48 Mass. Ave., Cambridge. Beethoven Violin Concerto in D major for violin and orchestra, Op. 61. Susanna Cortesio Ogata, violin, Mahler Symphony No.1 in D major. George Ogata, music director and conductor. Sponsored by MIT Professional Education. Free admission and parking in the West Parking Garage, 125 Vassar St. For information: http://mitspo.org.

Brian King & What Time Is It, Mr. Fox?: 7 to 8:30 p.m. July 28, Oberon, 2 Arrow St., Cambridge. Backed by his neo-cabaret band, What Time Is It, Mr. Fox?, singer-songwriter Brian King performs an internal-external wrestling match onstage. Through make-up, costume, monologues and original music, King examines the ways these archetypes both empower and limit identities and relationships.

Saturday, July 29

Morning Yoga at Magazine Beach Park: 9 a.m. July 29 and Aug. 5, Magazine Beach Park, 719 Memorial Drive, Cambridge. Led by Jade Sylvan. Co-sponsored by Cambridge YMCA. Organized by the Cambridgeport Neighborhood Association. Free. For information: http://magazinebeach.org/events.

The Donkey Show: 10:30 to 11:59 p.m. July 29, Oberon, 2 Arrow St., Cambridge. A disco experience, featuring a circus of mirror balls and feathered divas, roller skaters and hustle queens inspired by Shakespeare’s “A Midsummer Night’s Dream.”

Sunday, July 30

Summer Sundays at Harvard Semitic Museum: 11:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. July 30 and Aug. 6 and 13, Harvard Semitic Museum, 6 Divinity Ave., Cambridge. Every Sunday this summer, drop in for free make-and-take family activities. Create Egyptian accessories, play ancient board games and inscribe clay tablets, and explore arts from the lands of the Ancient Near East. Activities change every week and run through Aug. 27. Free admission.

I, Immigrant: A Poetry Reading: 3 p.m. July 30, Longfellow House – Washington’s Headquarters National Historic Site, 105 Brattle St., Cambridge. Danielle Legros Georges, Boston Poet Laureate, and Alan Smith Soto, poet, translator and editor, share their work and that of other immigrant and refugee poets. Danielle Legros Georges, the current Poet Laureate of the city of Boston, is a professor in the Creative Arts in Learning Division of Lesley University. Alan Smith Soto is the associate chair of romance studies and professor of Spanish at Boston University. Free. For information: 617-876-4491.

Monday, July 31

Stories and Song at Magazine Beach Park: 10 a.m. July 31, Magazine Beach Park, 719 Memorial Drive, Cambridge. Led by the branch staff of Cambridge Public Library Central Square. Organized by the Cambridgeport Neighborhood Association. For information: http://magazinebeach.org/events.

Tuesday, Aug. 1

Nature Detectives: Preschool Discovery: 10 to 11 a.m. Aug. 1, Magazine Beach Park, 719 Memorial Drive, Cambridge. Co-sponsored by Habitat — A Mass Audubon Sanctuary and the Cambridgeport Neighborhood Association Inc. For ages 3-6. Adults must accompany children. Max: 30 children. Free.

Live from the Deep Ocean: 2 to 2:45 p.m. Aug. 1, Geological Lecture Hall at the Harvard Museum of Natural History, 24 Oxford St., Cambridge. Join for a live glimpse of the biological diversity of previously unexplored areas in the deep sea off California. The museum will host a live Q&A with Peter R. Girguis, Harvard professor of organismic and evolutionary biology, and Jennifer Berglund, exhibit developer for the Harvard Museums and film producer, who are working with an international team aboard the E/V Nautilus. The event is free. For information: https://hmnh.harvard.edu/event/live-deep-ocean.

Age Well: Let’s Talk Skin: 5 to 6:30 p.m. Aug. 1, Youville Assisted Living Residences, 1573 Cambridge St., Cambridge. Join Gail Avery, a local skincare expert from Rodan & Fields, to learn about the aging process of skin, common enemies of skin and recent advances in skincare. Free. For information: 617-491-1234; [email protected]; http://youvilleassistedliving.org/events.

Citizenship exam preparation class: 6 to 7:30 p.m. Aug. 1 and 8, Central Square Library, 45 Pearl St., Cambridge. This class will prepare students to answer the 100 questions that might be asked for the citizenship exam. The questions cover basic U.S. History, government, geography and civics. The class does not provide assistance with filling out the application for citizenship. Free. For information, visit cambridgepubliclibrary.org.

Sketching at Magazine Beach Park: 6 p.m. Aug. 1 and 8, Magazine Beach Park, 719 Memorial Drive, Cambridge. Participants may bring their own art supplies or use ones provided. All ages and experience levels are welcome. Co-sponsored by Sketch Boston. Organized by the Cambridgeport Neighborhood Association. For information: http://magazinebeach.org/events.

Zumba: 6 to 7 p.m. Aug. 1 and 8, Magazine Beach Park, 719 Memorial Drive, Cambridge. Led by Janice Neiman. Co-sponsored by Cambridge YMCA & Cambridgeport Neighborhood Association Inc. Free.

Wednesday, Aug. 2

Navigation games: 10 a.m. Aug. 2 and 9, Magazine Beach Park, 719 Memorial Drive, Cambridge. Read maps, navigate and work as a team to find checkpoints around the park. Preschoolers start at 10 a.m., teens at 11:30 a.m. Co-sponsored by Navigation Games & Cambridge Sports Union. Organized by the Cambridgeport Neighborhood Association. Free. For information: http://magazinebeach.org/events.

The Char & Bar Wars: 5 to 8 p.m. Aug. 2, University Park Commons, 23 Sidney St., Cambridge. Cambridge restaurants and bars will compete to see who has the best burger and cocktail in town. The Char War will feature best classic burger and best signature burger categories, and the Bar War will feature the best summer-themed cocktail category. Ticket admission includes a vote as well as samples to as many places as possible. Early bird tickets, available until July 4, are $35; tickets will cost $45 starting July 5. $35-$45.

Wellness Wednesday Bootcamp Sessions with Public Body: 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. Aug. 2, Kimpton Hotel Marlowe, 25 Edwin H Land Blvd., Cambridge. An outdoor summer fitness series, featuring hourlong outdoor bootcamp sessions and interactive row studios, hosted by Public Body, Community Rowing Inc. and Cambridge Athletic Club, benefiting The Charles River Conservancy. $10 donation per person, per class. Class sizes are limited; registration is required. For information: 617-868-8000, [email protected], http://hotelmarlowe.com/boston-boutique-hotels/cambridge-wellness.

Thursday, Aug. 3

Seasonal exploration of Black’s Nook: 10:30 to 11:30 a.m. Aug. 3, Maher Park Parking Lot, 650 Concord Ave., Cambridge. An introduction to the natural and cultural history of Black’s Nook. Walk is a quarter mile on an accessible pathway. Tour will adjust to attendee’s interests and abilities. Parking passes available for those without resident stickers. Lunch available after at Neville Place. Registration: Chief Ranger Jean Rogers at 617 349-4793 or [email protected].

Saturday, Aug. 5

IMPACT College Bound Self-Defense Course: noon to 6 p.m. Aug. 5-6, Cambridge Community Television, 438 Massachusetts Ave. Practical, relevant safety skills for teens. For information: 781-321-3900; [email protected]; http://impactboston.com/classes/college-bound-teens.

Sunday, Aug. 6

Sam Robbins concert: 3 p.m. Aug. 6, Longfellow House – Washington’s Headquarters National Historic Site, 105 Brattle St., Cambridge. Sam Robbins is a New England-based Americana and country singer-songwriter. Free. For information: 617-876-4491.

Traditional Irish session: 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Aug. 6, Magazine Beach Park, 719 Memorial Drive, Cambridge. Irish instrumentalists, singers, dancers and enthusiasts are welcome. Co-sponsored by The Druid, Inman Square. Organized by the Cambridgeport Neighborhood Association. Rain date: Aug. 13. Free. For information: http://magazinebeach.org/events.

Monday, Aug. 7

The Mighty Red-Winged Blackbird: 10 a.m. to noon Aug. 7, Riverside Press Park, 2 Blackstone St., Cambridge. Make a red-winged blackbird mask, practice building a red-winged blackbird nest from cattails, and enjoy a visit from the CWPP’s squad of red-winged blackbirds. Part of the Fly, Buzz and Honk! Festival co-sponsored by the Cambridge Wildlife Puppetry Project and the MLK Community School with support from the Cambridge Arts Council and Massachusetts Cultural Council.

Monday Night Weed Outs: 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Aug. 7, Maher Park Parking Lot, 650 Concord Ave., Cambridge. Join experienced Fresh Pond Stewards in improving wildlife habitat by removing invasive plants and collecting wildflower seeds. Tools and instruction provided. Wear long pants and socks that can be used to tuck trousers in. Bring water bottles and insect repellent. For information and reservations: Jean Rogers at 508-562-7605.

Wednesday, Aug. 9

Wellness Wednesday Outdoor Row Studio: 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. Aug. 9, Kimpton Hotel Marlowe, 25 Edwin H Land Blvd., Cambridge. An outdoor summer fitness series, featuring hourlong outdoor bootcamp sessions and interactive row studios, hosted by Community Rowing Inc., benefiting The Charles River Conservancy. $10 donation per person, per class. Class sizes are limited; registration is required. For information: 617-868-8000, [email protected], www.hotelmarlowe.com/boston-boutique-hotels/cambridge-wellness.

Mass Innovation Nights 101: 6 to 8:30 p.m. Aug. 9, MIT Sloan, Samberg Conference Center, Seventh floor, 50 Memorial Drive, Cambridge. New startups influencing innovation and tackling process improvement.

Longy Sistema Side by Side concert: 6:30 p.m. Aug. 9, Longfellow House Washington’s Headquarters NHS, 105 Brattle St., Cambridge. The Sistema Side by Side Series pairs children from local under-resourced communities with Longy’s conservatory students to form the Sistema Side by Side Orchestra. Longy conservatory musicians sit side by side with aspiring beginners, forming a multi-generational learning environment. The rain date is Aug. 10. Free. For information: 617-876-4491.

Thursday, Aug. 10

Explore the Cattails of Lusitania Meadow: 2 to 3 p.m. Aug. 10, Fresh Pond Reservation, 250 Fresh Pond Parkway, Cambridge. Make a red-winged black bird mask or bring one from the Cambridge Wildlife Puppetry Project Program and then explore the cattails that birds need in their neighborhood and find how they are connected. Children must be accompanied by an adult. Gathers at Lusitania Meadow meeting rocks. Registration: Ranger Jean at 617-349-4793 or [email protected].

“Stonewall Uprising” film screening: 6 to 7:30 p.m. Aug. 10, MIT Media Lab, 75 Amherst St., Cambridge. Evening documentary film screening in Bakalar Gallery presented in conjunction with List Projects: Civil Disobedience. Directed by David Heilbroner and Kate Davis. Free. RSVPs are required. For information: [email protected].

Family-Friends Support and Education Group: 7 to 8 p.m. Aug. 10, Mount Auburn Hospital, 330 Mount Auburn St., Cambridge. Presented by Mount Auburn Hospital, a support group designed to help those impacted by someone with an alcohol, drug or gambling addiction. The group will focus on how addiction impacts family finances, physical health and psychological wellbeing. The support group will be facilitated by Marianne Parent. Attendance is free. Registration is required. To enroll, call 617-499-5665, ext. 4065.

Friday, Aug. 11

Martin Grosswendt & Susanne Salem-Schatz: 2:30 to 3:30 p.m. Aug. 11, Youville Assisted Living Residences, 1573 Cambridge St., Cambridge. Part of the Outdoor Concert Series at Youville Place. Grosswendt and Salem-Schatz will play classic blues, folk, old-time and country hits. Free. For information: 617-491-1234, [email protected], http://youvilleassistedliving.org/events.

Saturday, Aug. 12

Family-friendly Bug Walk: 9:30 to 11 a.m. Aug. 12, Fresh Pond Reservation, 250 Fresh Pond Parkway, Cambridge. Join Tom Murray for an exploration of the reservation and see insects, spiders and other critters. Meeting place: gazebo by Maher Park, 650 Concord Ave. RSVP: Catherine Pedemonti at [email protected].

Sunday, Aug. 13

Fresh Pond Nature Walk: 9:30 to 11 a.m. Aug. 13, Maher Park, 650 Concord Ave., Cambridge. Explore the flora and fauna of the reservation, including blooms, berries, birds and bugs. Participants can bring binoculars, field guides, a hand lens, a journal or a camera. Beginners and children are welcome. Meeting location: gazebo near Maher Park, 650 Concord Ave. RSVP: Catherine Pedemonti at [email protected].

New England Poetry Club’s Golden Rose Award and Reading: 3 p.m. Aug. 13, Longfellow House Washington’s Headquarters NHS, 105 Brattle St., Cambridge. The Golden Rose Award, given annually by the New England Poetry Club, is one of the oldest literary prizes in the United States. Winners have included three Nobel Laureates: Seamus Heaney, Derek Walcott, and Czeslaw Milosz. The 2017 honoree is Marilyn Nelson, the author or translator of 17 poetry books and the memoir “How I Discovered Poetry.”

Monday, Aug. 14

Fresh Pond Drainage and Community Gardens Project walk: 6 to 7 p.m. Aug. 14, Cambridge Water Department, 250 Fresh Pond Parkway. A brief walk on the detour path, identifying the elements of the project and answer questions. Bring a picnic and enjoy the reservation after the program. Meeting place: Water Purification Facility Main Door. Register: Ranger Jean at 617-349-4793 or [email protected].

Walter J. Sullivan Water Purification Facility Tour: 6 to 7:30 p.m. Aug. 14, Cambridge Water Department, 250 Fresh Pond Parkway. Find out how water that falls as rain in the suburbs 10 miles west of Cambridge is transported to Fresh Pond, and then tested, treated and delivered to the city’s residents and businesses. Speak with water treatment staff, see the equipment in action and visit the water quality lab. Advance notice is appreciated if coming with a large group. Meeting place: front door, 250 Fresh Pond Parkway. For information or to RSVP: 617-349-6489 or [email protected].

Ongoing

“The Philosophy Chamber: Art and Science in Harvard’s Teaching Cabinet, 1766-1820”: 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. until Sept. 10, Harvard Art Museums, 32 Quincy St., Cambridge. A showcase of a range of works that have been hidden away for nearly two centuries from Harvard College’s Philosophy Chamber, a room named for the discipline of natural philosophy, a cornerstone of the Enlightenment-era curriculum that wove together astronomy, mathematics, physics and other sciences in an attempt to explain natural objects and physical phenomena. For information: http://harvardartmuseums.org.

Scale: A Matter of Perspective: 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily, Collection of Historical Scientific Instruments, 1 Oxford St., Cambridge. Scale has long captivated the human imagination, as evidenced in classics such as Lewis Carroll’s “Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland” and in today’s popular movies and television shows. People spend hours making models that shrink or enlarge everyday objects and surroundings. They invent technologies to explore tiny realms or search vast stretches of the cosmos beyond sight. The complexities of interpersonal relationships may be defined by variations in social scale. Scale: A Matter of Perspective, examines the concept of scale and its power to transform perceptions of the world and our place in it. Featuring a wide selection of microscopes and telescopes from the Collection of Historical Scientific Instruments and an array of models, miniatures, and cultural and scientific artifacts from collections across the university, the exhibition will challenge visitors to make connections to the world in surprising new ways. Free. For information: http://chsi.harvard.edu.

Overeaters Anonymous: 9:30 to 10 a.m. each Saturday at Spaulding Hospital, conference room No. 2, 1575 Cambridge St., Cambridge; 10 to 11 a.m. each Saturday at First Church in Cambridge, 11 Garden St.; and 1 to 2 p.m. each Tuesday at Christ Church, Zero Garden St., Cambridge. Meetings for those who struggle with overeating. For information: 781-641-2303.

Knit And Yarn Craft Group: 2 to 4 p.m. the first and third Tuesday of each month at the ANC Community Room in North Hall, 1651 Massachusetts Ave., Cambridge. A friendly group of enthusiasts who will be gathering regularly to knit, crochet and practice yarn crafts in the Agassiz neighborhood. All gatherings are open to the public and free of charge, snacks provided. Stitch, socialize and get inspired by the creativity of others.

Passim School of Music lessons: various times and dates at the Passim School of Music, 26 Church St., Suite 300, Cambridge. The Passim School of Music is offering a variety of singing and instrument lessons. Programs include private voice lessons, banjo lessons, guitar lessons, harmonica lessons, fiddle lessons, music writing lessons and more. Each class varies in length, but is generally five to six sessions with varying costs. For information and registration: 617-492-5300; http://passim.org.

Intro to Improv: 1 to 2:30 p.m. Saturdays, ImprovBoston Main Theater, 40 Prospect St., Cambridge. One of ImprovBoston’s top instructors takes participants of every stripe through the basics of improv in a hands-on workshop. Free.

Food Truck Lunch on Erie: 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Mondays, Wednesdays and Thursdays on the Corner of Erie and Sidney streets, Cambridge. Food truck lunches. Gourmet sandwiches and fried sides from Compliments Food Truck and family-style Italian from The Pasta Pot.

Free Fencing Class: 10 to 11 a.m. every Saturday and Sunday at Olympia Fencing Center, 127 Smith Place, Cambridge. Olympic fencing class. Free. Co-ed and open to all ages.

Cambridge African-American Heritage Alliance: 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. the second Tuesday of each month at YWCA Cambridge, 7 Temple St. Volunteer graphic artists, actors, costume designers, website builders, script writers, videographers, historians and many more volunteers are sought. Learn about the Cambridge African-American Heritage Trail and other interesting Cambridge history. For information: 617-491-5529; 617-669-6263.

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Susan Goethel Campbell

Multi-Disciplinary Artist Artist-in-Residence/Interim Head, Print Media Department Cranbrook Academy of Art Huntington Woods, Michigan susangoethelcampbell.com

Photo by Tim Thayer

Susan Goethel Campbell is a multi-disciplinary artist whose work focuses on the intersection of nature, culture, and the engineered environment. For the past year, Susan has served as artist-in-residence and interim head of the print media department at Cranbrook Academy of Art, where she will continue for the 2017-18 academic year. She also earned an MFA in printmaking at Cranbrook Academy of Art. Susan’s work has been exhibited internationally in Belgium, Germany, Switzerland, and Slovenia, and nationally at the National Museum of Women in the Arts, Queens Art Museum, Crystal Bridges Museum, Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit, Grand Rapids Art Museum, Detroit Institute of Arts, The Drawing Center New York, and International Print Center New York. In 2009, she was one of 18 artists selected for the inaugural Kresge Artist Fellowship. Susan has also been awarded residencies at the Banff Centre for the Arts, Flemish Center for Graphic Arts, Jentel Foundation, Beisinghoff Print Residency, and Print Research Institute of North Texas. She taught studio art for 15 years at the College for Creative Studies in Detroit, and has been a visiting artist in numerous institutions in the United States and abroad. Susan is represented by the David Klein Gallery, Detroit; Aspinwall Editions, New York; and Galerie Tom Blaess, Bern, Switzerland. When she’s not working, you can find her traveling in the United States and abroad enjoying both urban and rural environments. Susan’s studio is located in Ferndale, Michigan, and she resides nearby in Huntington Woods.

FAVORITES

Book: Rebecca Solnit’s A Field Guide to Getting Lost

Destination: Bern, Switzerland in August to work on a print project with Tom Blaess that will be exhibited at his gallery next April.

Motto: Ars longa, vita brevis (art is long, life is short). Don’t wait, do it now.

Sanctuary: My studio

THE QUERY

Where were you born?

Grand Rapids, Michigan

What were some of the passions and pastimes of your earlier years?

Doing anything outside - biking, horseback riding, skiing, ice skating, and participating in and experiencing nature.

What is your first memory of art as an experience?

My mother exposed me to art at a very early age. When I was five she attended classes in the basement of the Grand Rapids Art Museum, and on several occasions I would come along. I specifically remember the ceramics studio and the contrast in smells of the clay, from dry to dusty to damp. Watching adults intently transform a material on a wheel or by hand was impactful. The intensity of their concentration seemed to merge mind and matter into form. I thought this must be what art is.

How did you begin to realize your intrigue with the visual arts?

The visceral experience of working with materials in my childhood was the starting point for me, and my intrigue expanded from there. Also, my father, a paper salesman who sold paper to printers, would bring sample books with Japanese papers home for me to play with. I remember him talking about troubleshooting with commercial printers about how ink sat on paper. It is no surprise to me that my primary medium is printmaking.

Why does this form of artistic expression suit you?

I love working with process and materials. Traditional printmaking is steeped in process. A print can be anything from singular and painterly to photographic and time based to sculptural and repetitious. The flexibility of the medium suits me; allowing me to adapt the concept of recording information from one material to another in new ways.

How and when did you get your start in the art world?

There is not one event that gave me a start in the art world; rather it has been an evolutionary process. Being an artist takes hard work and perseverance. I would not be where I am today without the support and encouragement of my mother in my formative years, and my late husband. I also had many supportive teachers along the way. My start came from getting my work out of the studio and into juried exhibitions. Eventually this led to other opportunities.

What formats do you typically utilize in your practice?

The formats I use in my practice are broad. I select a format that is best suited for the ideas I am considering. My work has become more installation-based over the past several years because it allows me to engage a physical space. Other formats I use fall into the realm of social practice and a non-gallery platform. These projects are intended to engage a broad audience with local and global environments.

What led to the conceptualization of Aerials, a series of woodblock prints focused on aerial views of cities and atmospheric phenomena?

I started working on the Aerial series while engaged in a year-long project of recording the weather over the city of Detroit with a web cam. The camera took still images of the city throughout the day and night. I loved the transformation of the city at night into tiny patterns of light under different atmospheric conditions. Also, I travel a lot and started documenting other cities at night while flying. I used the original photographs as inspiration for the woodblock prints. After inking a block and transferring the ink to paper, imperfections in the wood and unique grain pattern allow me to create the nuance of atmosphere.

How would you describe your creative process?

My creative process almost always starts with a question and playful experimentation of a material or an idea. Somewhere along the line my hope is that these things merge and the work takes on a life of its own. There are many failures along the way, but when I find new terrain I will explore it for years.

What materials do you prefer to work with?

I continue to work with a variety of materials but will always return to ink and paper in some form. For the past four years, I have been using grass and earth in a project called Grounds. I make my own vacuum-formed molds and grow grass in the trays until the roots conform to the contour of the tray. Once the grass is root-bound, I remove the trays and flip the grass root side up and exhibit the low relief forms on the floor in repeating patterns.

What was the greatest delight, and challenge, in creating Detroit Weather: 365 Days?

The delight of this project was in seeing a year’s worth of weather in a three-hour video, however, I wound up splitting the video into two channels at the summer and winter solstice to reduce the length. The greatest challenge of this project was in managing the huge amount of data to be archived. The web camera was programmed to take a single, still image every minute, 24 hours a day for one year. The stills were then compressed into the video format and run at 22 fps. I had to pull images off the server about every three or four days or it would crash.

What three tools of the trade can’t you live without?

A Japanese drill punch, large rubber roller, and etching press.

Is there a period/project along the way that has presented an important learning curve?

In the late 90s, I decided to branch out from primarily making works on paper to creating interactive objects that had narrative content. I made a series of magnetic, brick-shaped books inspired by the decline of rustbelt cities like Detroit, along with suburban sprawl. This was a pivotal project because I started working with objects, new formats, and materials. The learning curve of working with non-traditional materials and new formats was huge but immensely rewarding.

What themes/topics dominate your work?

My work is focused on landscape, impermanence, and the anthropocentric environment; basically questioning nature made by humans.

How has your aesthetic evolved over the years?

In my late 20s and early 30s, I worked with a collage aesthetic which literally and physically allowed me to work with disparate elements. My work has evolved to a more minimal aesthetic over the years and has become more conceptually based.

Who are some of your artistic influences?

Very early influences were Romare Bearden, Kurt Schwitters, and Paul Klee. I was especially inspired by Klee’s writings and Schwitter’s idea of Merz, which means to create connections, preferably between everything in this world. Other influences include the Hudson River painters, Robert Ryman, Agnes Martin, Eva Hesse, the video work of Bill Viola, and the installations of Doris Salcedo. The choreography of Pina Bausch, Merce Cunningham, Trisha Brown, and Tywla Tharp has also been an influence.

Do you have a favorite artistic resource that you turn to?

I like the work of minimalist composers and often play this type of music in my studio. Steve Reich’s Music for 18 Musicians is a piece I always listen to when I need to get centered and focused.

From where do you draw inspiration?

Being present.

What three things can’t you live without?

Light, space, and plants.

What’s the best advice you’ve ever received?

Stay focused and true to yourself.

Is there a book or film that has changed you?

There are several books and films that have impacted me. One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel Garcia Marquez is one, as are the poems in The Voice of Things by Francis Ponge. Both authors write from a lucid and unexpected place that feels both ordinary and profound. As far as film, Francis Ford Coppola’s Apocalypse Now had a huge impact on me. It was dark, poetic, and culturally significant.

What drives you these days?

Opportunity, several deadlines, and continued curiosity.

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“Preserving Identity: A Muslim Youth Experience” opens this Sat, May 13, 2017

Preserving Identity: A Muslim American Youth Experience What does it mean to be ‘Muslim’? Who is an ‘American’? What defines ‘youth’? Moreover, what’s in the phrase ‘preserving identity’? This exhibit is not an attempt to find definite answers to these questions, but rather, to explore the unique and dynamic responses, from those whose lived experiences provides the most valuable insight. As you explore this gallery and look into a translucent, transparent, or even tinted jar you may find a 2014 high school graduation tassel, a mini baking spatula, and slivers of African black soap. In the next jar, you may come across a folded letter, a photo strip, and prayer beads. What intersections of identity do these everyday found objects represent? And how do these objects--individually within the confines of a jar and collectively situated on the shelves of the cube--provide varied answers to the questions above? ‘Preserving Identity’ is a community curated art exhibition, exploring Muslim American identity--however that looks like--through found objects. As part of this project, we've asked local Muslim American youth in the Detroit and surrounding communities to find a jar and place objects that resonate with elements of their identity. The focal point of this gallery is thus a collection of these jars, situated on an open-frame black cube, representative of a broad number of Muslim Americans with different interests, intersecting identities (e.g. race, class, gender, ethnicity), and varied personalities. In this way, the personal narratives of what it means to be uniquely Muslim and American is quite literally centralized. As an interactive and growing gallery, this exhibition asks that visitors actively engage, by posting notes, as a non-Muslim ally for example, or making a jar, as a young Muslim American wandering through the room, looking from jar to jar and reflecting on their own personal identity. It is our hope that visitors will be delighted, curious, and engaged by the everyday objects they find in this collected menagerie of jars. This promises to be a dynamic experience and a great opportunity to mutually increase connection, understanding, and visibility between coexisting populations, during a particularly turbulent and divisive time in our nation’s politics--when what it means to be Muslim is written for Muslims, and not by them. This gallery is an attempt to wield the power of narration. Curators: Nushrat Rahman & Sarah Rose Sharp Nushrat Rahman was born and raised in Detroit, near Hamtramck. She is Muslim. She is Bangladeshi. She is American. Studying English and Sociology at Wayne State University, Nushrat is working towards a career in publishing and/or academia. Her research interests include Early Modern literature, American literature and feminist theory. As a community organizer in the Southeast Detroit area, she works with the Detroit youth chapter of the Muslim American Society (MAS). Nushrat has dubbed herself a “self-taught artist” who dabbles in graphite drawing and watercolor painting. You’ll find her routinely talking passionately about women’s rights, intersectionality, and the gentrification of her city. Sarah Rose Sharp is a Detroit-based writer, activist, photographer and multimedia artist. She has shown work in New York, Seattle, and Detroit, and writes about art and culture, online and in print, for Art in America, Hyperallergic, Flash Art, ArtSlant and others. She was named a 2015 Kresge Literary Arts Fellow for Arts Criticism and was selected as a participant in the 2015 Art Writing Workshop facilitated by AICA/USA and the Art Writers Grant Program. She is primarily concerned with artist and viewer experiences of making and engaging with art, and conducts ongoing research in the state of contemporary art in redeveloping cities. Sponsors: Muslim American Society (MAS) Youth Detroit and Public Pool

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