Purdue University Galleries

ArtCart at Walnut Elementary

2012-01-25T08:31:00.002-05:00

Wish I could show you more...

The beaming smiles of these 1st graders would tell the story of their participation with Purdue Galleries ArtCart on Monday. ArtCart staff Craig Martin and Liz Erlewine, coordinator of the Patti and Rusty Rueff Galleries, along with ArtCart volunteer supreme Dwayne Daehler and 5 - 6 family volunteers, spent the day making woodblock prints at Walnut Elementary in Southmont Schools. We met with 215 terrific young people from grades K - 6 and art teacher Amanda Ellenberger. It made for a long but very satisfying day. All you need are the proud smiles and numerous kids proudly present you with their print, saying "Look what I did!," to make the day worthwhile.

ArtCart hits the road again tomorrow to meet with Mrs. Ellenberger's classes at Ladoga Elementary. If you're ever moved by the spirit of young people stepping into an art project and emerging with beautiful and proud results, contact us at galleries@purdue.edu about volunteering with ArtCart. (More on Ladoga later this week...)

Below, a hallway's worth of one 6th grade class' printmaking work:

Artists of the Global Matrix: Verapong Sritrakulkitjakarn

2012-01-18T14:27:00.003-05:00

Artists of the Global Matrix:

Between his involvement in "Global Matrix II" in 2007 and 2012, Verapong Sritrakulkitjakarn's (Thailand) woodcuts have shifted from a densely modeled, meaty, almost visceral fruit form to a more enigmatic depiction of a dreamscape with subtly layered progressions between sky, horizon, middle and foregrounds, and suggestions of a figural presence “speaking” or spewing forth an intricate tree. Moving away from reduction color printing, which narrowed and defined progressively smaller areas in the same form, to multiple separately cut blocks has contributed to reducing the monolithic image into a more veiled and loosely structured scene.

Come check out this print (and it's partner by Sritrakulkitjakarn) and the entire exhibit through February 19th!

Images from last night's reception

2012-01-13T20:53:00.004-05:00

GREAT turnout for the reception last evening - numerous students and visitors tried their hand at relief printing with wood blocks and foam stamps. Thanks to everyone who ventured out in the weather! Check out the photo album at our Purdue Galleries Facebook page.

Opening reception tonight

2012-01-12T08:56:00.002-05:00

Opening reception tonight! 5:30 - 7 pm in both Ringel Gallery in Purdue Memorial Union and Stewart Center Gallery - Ringel will have refreshments; Stewart will have free hands-on printmaking activities. Brave the weather (fear not, it's only the normal winter stuff we've avoided thus far) and come on out to the Galleries!

Global Matrix III online announcement

2012-01-10T11:01:00.003-05:00

Check out our online announcement for Global Matrix III - here's the link - and be sure to share and sign up for our email list!

Photoworks 2012 in Rueff Galleries

2012-01-10T10:58:00.001-05:00

Check out the new exhibit in the Patti & Rusty Rueff Galleries... link to the announcement online - be sure to sign up for our mailing list!

GM III, from the Newsroom

2012-01-10T08:57:00.001-05:00

Here's the link to the release for Global Matrix III, with additional images:

Purdue Galleries showcases printmaking from around the world

Global Matrix III

2012-01-09T14:16:00.003-05:00

Opening today and running through February 19, Purdue Galleries presents “Global Matrix III” an international printmaking exhibition that will fill both the Stewart Center Gallery and Robert L. Ringel Gallery in Purdue Memorial Union.

Global Matrix III is a contemporary review of fine art printmaking from around the world organized as a traveling exhibition in the U.S. from 2012 to 2014. Previous installments of Global Matrix were presented in 2002 and 2007. With this year’s chosen works, the Global Matrix exhibits have featured a total of 225 works representing 180 individual artists from 31 countries around the world.

Working together again to select works for Global Matrix III were: Kimberly Vito, Associate Professor of Art & Art History at Wright State University; Kathryn Reeves, Professor of Art & Design at Purdue University; Sean Caulfield, Associate Professor of Art & Design at the University of Alberta; and Craig Martin, Director of the Purdue University Galleries.

It is always an honor to re-visit the diverse works of our participating artists. While the process of jurying this show has changed so dramatically (the first installment was chosen entirely from 35 mm slides – this exhibit was chosen through a completely digital process), our ties to these artists remain friendly and familiar with the passage of time. It’s been intriguing to re-visit these international partners and to watch their works evolve as each 5-year span unfolds. It’s also wonderful to see new images every year from new names. There are some terrific recent works being generated in this time-honored field.

This Thursday, January 12 from 5:30 - 7 pm, the Galleries will host opening receptions in both galleries, with refreshments in the Ringel Gallery and free printmaking activities in the Stewart Center Gallery, led by ArtCart volunteers. (Hellooo, ArtCart volunteers...)

Please make plans to join us!

"Living Portraits" on Wednesday

2011-10-25T06:28:00.006-04:00

Coming to the Robert L. Ringel Gallery this Wednesday, October 26 (tomorrow): a unique collaboration between Purdue Galleries and Purdue Theatre results in "Living Portraits." MFA acting students will "embody" the subjects of photographic portraits from the Galleries permanent collection.

The event will take place from 12 - 1 pm in the Ringel Gallery, Purdue Memorial Union, with the actors on display next to their chosen portrait image. Visitors are encouraged to stop in to the gallery at their leisure during the lunch hour.

Professor Richard Stockton Rand says, “Actors are transformers, embodying human character through their bodies. This transformation process requires empathy, intuition, analysis, physical virtuosity and courage. In advance of the Living Portraits event, actors in the MFA acting program were given a photograph of a human being. Nothing more. They’ve worked to penetrate and comprehend their characters’ inner lives and they will breathe life into these historical figures in the art gallery.”

Hope you can come out to support the actors and this unique endeavor!

Opening Monday: installations by Anila Agha

2011-10-23T11:50:00.002-04:00

The Stewart Center Gallery doors open Monday morning on an intriguing display of installations called "Anila Quayyum Agha: A Flood of Tears."

Check out the Lafayette Journal and Courier article on the exhibit here.

The "Flood of Tears" installation is difficult to photograph and share on line - almost 900 metallic red threads suspended from the ceiling create a thin "rain" of color in the space. Be sure to see it in its subtle, evocative glory in person.

Hope to see you in the gallery!

Also: still on display in the Robert L. Ringel Gallery in Purdue Memorial Union, "Patrick Dougherty: Stickworks" a display of documentary photographs of the artist's work, in celebration of his recently created work on the Purdue campus.

Wynne Phelan lecture

2011-10-14T22:51:00.003-04:00

“Let's Get Physical: The information Derived from Examination of Works of Art”

Please join us in welcoming Wynne Phelan to campus on Friday, October 21. Wynne is the Director of Conservation for the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston. She will be visiting with her husband John (College of Liberal Arts graduate in History). Wynne will be speaking about her career in Art Conservation in David Parrish’s Art History Methods course in the morning.

In the afternoon, Wynne will also be giving a talk that is open to all students and faculty and the general public. She will be reviewing artworks from the permanent collection of Purdue Galleries, to talk about what it would take to preserve or restore various types of works of art. Wynne is planning an engaging and interactive experience for all those that can attend. The afternoon session will be in the Art Education Classroom in Yue-Kong Pao Hall, Room 2167 at 2:00 pm.

Hope you can join us!

Next up: Anila Agha exhibit

2011-10-10T19:30:00.003-04:00

The "Drawing Resurfaced" exhibit left the gallery walls today and will soon be on its way back to the participating artists. Next up: "Anila Quayyum Agha: A Flood of Tears." The artist, a faculty member of the Herron School of Art and Design at IUPUI, will be on campus to create an installation in the gallery this weekend.

More on the exhibit and some sneak peek photos of the process in the days to come...

Opening Reception for "Drawing Resurfaced"

2011-08-31T10:42:00.004-04:00

We invite you to our first opening reception of the new exhibition season, to be held in the Stewart Center Gallery tomorrow, September 1 from 5:30 - 7 pm for the "Drawing Resurfaced" exhibition.

Twenty six artists from around the country present contemporary drawings in diverse formats and new media - see a selection of installation shots below. Artworks were selected by Kathryn Reeves, Professor of Art & Design; Christine Wuenschel, Assistant Professor of Art & Design; and Craig Martin, Director of Purdue University Galleries.

Galleries season release

2011-08-30T09:31:00.004-04:00

New exhibits opened yesterday in both the Robert L. Ringel Gallery and Stewart Center Gallery! Above is “Man and Wife,” charcoal on watercolor paper, 2010 by Kelly Popoff of Sylva, North Carolina, part of the "Drawing Resurfaced" National Contemporary Drawing Exhibition in Stewart Gallery. (More information, and installation shots, to follow...)

Here's the news release on our new season of exhibits:

http://www.purdue.edu/newsroom/general/2011/110824GallariesSeason.html

Aaaaaaaaand we're back

2011-08-29T18:47:00.004-04:00

Pardon our dormancy - it's been a long summer hiatus and a hectic return to exhibits and programs for the fall semester.

The Galleries 2011-12 annual newsletter, including our schedule of exhibitions, is available... but the Galleries website is temporarily unavailable for revisions. Inconvenient but we're working on it...

In the meantime, feel free to contact us galleries@purdue.edu and we'll send you a PDF file version! (We'll post a link as soon as possible.)

There have been some changes - most notably the progression of our assistant to the director Mary Ann Anderson to another position at the university. She brought liveliness and warmth to our office, our visitors and to K-12 educators and students throughout the region for over 10 years. She will be sorely missed, and we wish her all the best.

The change presents an opportunity for Galleries to transition to a new phase - we are happy to welcome Liz Erlewine, Coordinator of the Patti and Rusty Rueff Galleries, to Purdue Galleries. Liz will continue as Rueff coordinator but her time has been augmented to allow her to contribute to Purdue Galleries, by supervising the student staff for all 3 galleries on campus and providing assistance with outreach and promotion. We look forward to Liz's contributions and to a better aligned presence of galleries on campus.

Frank Big Bear exhibit brightens Stewart Gallery

2011-03-24T10:23:00.002-04:00

The "Drawings by Frank Big Bear" exhibit is beautiful and always provokes a response as people walk by, pulling them right into the gallery. Really astounding works individually, and as a group they are almost overwhelming for most people to imagine the work involved and the gorgeous, intricate images he's brought to life.

Thanks again to the Tweed Museum of Art at the University of Minnesota Duluth for organizing the exhibit and for the opportunity to share it with our audiences.

Make sure you catch this show soon - you'll want to have the chance to come back again to take it all in! Hope to see you soon in the gallery.

Closing reception for "Performative Objects"

2011-02-15T19:05:00.002-05:00

Closing Reception

this Thursday, February 17th, 5:30 - 7 pm for the artists in the Stewart Center Gallery.

Christyl Boger and Anne Drew Potter will make comments about their work beginning at 6:15 pm (originally listed as 6:00 pm).

Be sure to join us and hear more about these provocative and beautiful works!

Last weeks of "Performative Objects"

2011-02-08T10:42:00.003-05:00

We're in the final two weeks of the "Performative Objects" exhibit in Stewart Gallery - be sure to swing over again soon to catch these intriguing ceramic figures!

And don't forget: next Thursday, February 17th, 5:30 - 7 pm, Closing Reception for the artists in the gallery. Christyl and Anne Drew will make comments about their work beginning at 6:15 pm (originally listed as 6:00 pm). Be sure to join us and welcome them to campus!

As always, exhibits and events at Purdue Galleries are free and open to the public. Tell your friends and bring the neighbors!

Arts at Purdue feature

2011-01-07T22:01:00.002-05:00

Spring semester brings a new Arts at Purdue section in Inside Purdue. Here's the Purdue Galleries feature page. Make sure you catch our two new exhibits, opening this Monday, 1/10.

ArtCart on Boiler Bytes!

2010-12-17T22:17:00.006-05:00

Purdue Galleries new ArtCart will be featured on Boiler Bytes on the Big Ten Network! The episode (16) will air on Wednesday, December 29th at 12:00 noon and Thursday, December 30th at 3:00 am.

This month’s episode features: Purdue’s Bass Fishing Club, DoubleTake – a new computer application, Purdue Galleries Art Cart, an event that focuses on science, technology, engineering, math (STEM) and Legos, and Purdue’s All-American Marching Band’s debut at the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade.

The segment will feature the new van, obtained through funding provided by North Central Health Services and Tippecanoe Arts Federation, an ArtCart visit to the Boys & Girls Club of Lafayette with volunteers from campus and community, and a discussion of the program with Galleries director Craig Martin.

Later, you can catch another helping of this episode at www.boilerbytes.com - and “like” Boiler Bytes on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/BoilerBytes.

THANKS

2010-12-03T12:51:00.004-05:00

After a busy week, I need to offer some heartfelt thanks:

to Carol Farrell and Matt Marks of the Purdue Sign Center, for filling a rush order for signage on our new ArtCart! Years of service and these folks have never disappointed me and have gone well out of their way for us on numerous occasions. Sign Center rocks!
to Doug Robinson and Rob of the Sanders Group, for their professionalism, guidance and cheerful enthusiasm in developing a Boiler Bytes video segment on our ArtCart program - and for their patience in waiting for the van to finally be ready for its unveiling!
to Laura Metz and Brandi Garibay, two of our veteran ArtCart volunteers and gallery monitors who stood in today to represent ArtCart for the videotaping of our segment, and repeatedly hauled boxes of supplies to and from the van - in the freezing cold!

While I'm at it, the delivery of the new ArtCart van was definitely this week's high mark (maybe this year's high mark) and I owe additional thanks:

to North Central Health Services and Tippecanoe Arts Federation, and TAF's executive director Tetia Lee in particular, for their generous support of the ArtCart program. Their funding allowed us to purchase a new van to present outreach into this region and conduct our activities with greater professionalism in a larger and more reliable vehicle.
to all of our community supporters and friends, who encouraged me to develop, present, and seek funding for the ArtCart program, and who have always been ready to lend a hand with cheer and grace to young artists throughout the area! You are the lifeblood of the ArtCart and I am deeply indebted to you all for your generosity.

Big week for Purdue Galleries and ArtCart - I can't wait to see where the new year takes us!

Stay tuned for info on when to watch our "Boiler Bytes" segment on the Big Ten Network, seen nationwide...

Final weekend for "Our Cancer Year" and Hogarth

2010-12-03T06:09:00.004-05:00

This is the final weekend for both the "Our Cancer Year" exhibit in Stewart Center Gallery and Selections from the Permanent Collection, "The Rake's Progress and more," in the Ringel Gallery in Purdue Memorial Union.

Both galleries will be open 10 am - 5 pm Friday and Saturday, and 1 - 5 pm Sunday. This will be your last chance to see these sometimes humorous, sometimes challenging shows!

Starting Monday, Galleries staff will be deinstalling the exhibits and preparing for new exhibits.

Opening January 10, 2011: "Performative Objects: Figurative Sculpture by Christyl Boger and Anne Drew Potter" in Stewart Center Gallery and "Body in Mind," Selections from the Permanent Collection, in Ringel Gallery.

"Our Cancer Year" featured on WLFI

2010-11-05T07:32:00.002-04:00

Morning segment on WLFI from Thursday, highlighting the current exhibit and lecture by Joyce Brabner and Frank Stack... always great to visit WLFI in the morning.

click here for the video

Crafty Angles, Bulges and Grins

2010-10-25T09:30:00.003-04:00

You are cordially invited to a lecture in support of the exhibition "Selections from the Permanent Collection: A Rake's Progress and More" this Wednesday, October 27 at 12 noon in the Robert L. Ringel Gallery, Purdue Memorial Union. Dr. Alan T. McKenzie, Professor Emeritus of Purdue's Department of English, will present a brown bag lecture on Hogarth and his influence. "Crafty Angles, Bulges and Grins" promises to be both humorous and revealing.

Hope you can join us!

Our Cancer Year on WLFI

2010-10-23T06:48:00.002-04:00

Our Cancer Year - the story on WLFI. It's an interesting and powerful exhibit, even if the names are difficult to pronounce...

WLFI in the gallery

2010-10-22T08:46:00.003-04:00

WLFI is taping an interview in the Stewart Gallery today! It's great to have the on-site coverage (thanks, Laura), and the Our Cancer Year exhibit will be a terrific feature. More on when to watch for the segment to come...

Our Cancer Year opens Monday morning, October 25 at 10 am and runs through December 5.

ArtCart at Homecoming 2010

2010-10-17T00:22:00.004-04:00

The ArtCart crew helped celebrate Homecoming at Purdue Saturday morning, with a multi-block printmaking project and block P mosaic created with the artworks. Visit the Purdue Galleries Facebook page to see some images from the day.

Purdue Galleries on Facebook

Introducing “Marriage à la Mode” (1743)

2010-10-06T13:27:00.003-04:00

The third and final series of engravings by William Hogarth (1697-1764), currently featured in the “Selections from the Permanent Collection” display in the Robert L. Ringel Gallery in Purdue Memorial Union, is “Marriage à la Mode.”

It tells the story of two young people whose marriage is arranged to the advantage of their families but to their own detriment. They are an ill-suited pair driven to deceit and resentment, which brings down both their houses. The young Squanderfield is “effete and narcissistic from the beginning,” in contrast to “his middle-class wife, whose natural goodness is finally destroyed by his protracted neglect and repeated infidelity.” (Sean Shesgreen, Engravings by Hogarth)

In this, the fifth plate in the series, the story has reached its unfortunate climax. The young Earl has come upon the amorous rendezvous of his wife and their attorney and challenged the man to an ill-considered duel. Squanderfield “died in the defense of a virtue which he neither honored nor valued in a woman he did not love.” (Shesgreen) Her paramour makes a hasty retreat out the window, but he will not escape justice or his own regrettable fate.

Come see how it all plays out for the young Squanderfield’s in the full story of Marriage à la Mode, on display in the Ringel Gallery through December 5.

Introducing “A Rake’s Progress” (1734)

2010-10-04T08:20:00.002-04:00

The second series of engravings by William Hogarth (1697-1764), currently featured in the “Selections from the Permanent Collection” display in the Robert L. Ringel Gallery in Purdue Memorial Union, is “A Rake’s Progress.”

As opposed to A Harlot’s Progress, the tale of the rake (aptly named Tom Rakewell) begins with an already secure fortune and illustrates the fate of those who would reject a life of work and virtue in favor of using his own and others’ wealth in pursuit of folly and vice. Less the victim of circumstance than poor Moll, Tom is still preyed upon by many of the same institutions and disreputable individuals - the aristocracy, the businessman, the jail, and the madhouse.

This first plate depicts the rake after the death of his miserly father, being fitted for a mourning coat in the old man’s rundown office. In the process of its walls being covered in black cloth for the coming wake, coins stashed away in the ceiling are spilling down over the miser’s portrait. Tom is dealing with his good-natured lover and her mother, who confronts him with his own love letters and a promise of marriage, but Tom is callously attempting to buy them off with some of his newly acquired wealth.

Come see how Tom fares (spoiler alert: things don’t work out well at all) in the full story of A Rake’s Progress, on display in the Ringel Gallery through December 5!

Introducing “A Harlot’s Progress” (1732)

2010-09-30T10:33:00.002-04:00

Three series of engravings by the English printmaker/painter William Hogarth (1697-1764) are featured in the current “Selections from the Permanent Collection” display in the Robert L. Ringel Gallery in Purdue Memorial Union. I’d like to introduce each of the series here over the next several days.

Hogarth’s series present moral tales from the early Georgian era in Britain warning of many societal dangers including materialism, infidelity, vanity and self-indulgence. Both satirical and political, these stories, told in sequential images, greatly influenced the culture of Hogarth’s time and became a basis for the modern comic and graphic novel. Presented as a group for the first time, the portfolios were a gift from the late William McGill, Professor of Art History.

“A Harlot's Progress” tells the unfortunate story of Moll Hackabout, a young girl newly arrived in London who is soon caught up in the depravity and exploitation of society and human nature. In this first image, we see around her: a housewife with chamber pots and laundry (representing the unglamorous life Moll is leaving behind); an affluent and insensitive clergyman; a brothel keeper, who feels Moll with her naked hand as though inspecting an animal before purchase; and a leering nobleman standing in the shadows. Symbolic images, like the coffin-like trunk with Moll's initials, the tipping stack of buckets and the dead goose set an ominous scene and foreshadow Moll’s “progress” to come.

Come see how Moll fares in the full story of A Harlot’s Progress, on display in the Ringel Gallery through December 5!

2010-09-29T16:13:00.002-04:00

The community parallelogram mosaic produced by visitors to the ArtCart tent at Art on the Wabash is now on display in the lobby of the Tippecanoe Arts Federation in downtown Lafayette! Included are as many contributions as would fit - even the pieces that turned out backward and didn't fit the grid (parallelograms can be tricky things).

Thanks to our friends at TAF for the opportunity to share our participants' artwork with the entire community - and thanks to the organizers of Art on the Wabash for inviting us to share the activity with festival-goers.

Tell your neighbors, load up the kids, and come see this beautiful group artwork - while you're there, take in the exhibitions currently on display in the TAF galleries.

ArtCart at Art on the Wabash

2010-09-20T14:56:00.003-04:00

What's in a parallelogram?

Aside from the technical stipulations (a two-dimensional geometric figure formed of four sides in which both pairs of opposite sides are parallel and of equal length, and the opposite angles are equal), it's also a dynamic shape that - in the case of yesterday's ArtCart visit to Art on the Wabash - can be the starting point for a beautiful construct of images.

Visitors to the ArtCart booth had the opportunity to make unique mixed media artworks and add them to a community "mosaic" of multi-colored images. Above is the almost-completed work and additional images from the day are available at the Galleries Facebook page: http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=200869&id=32379646518&ref=mf

Many thanks go to the organizers of Art on the Wabash, especially Bev Shaw, the City of West Lafayette and Tippecanoe Arts Federation. It's a beautiful and rewarding event each year and offers a terrific taste of our local arts and culture.

And as always we need to thank our gracious and dedicated ArtCart volunteers. We are blessed to enjoy their time and support and their dedication to the arts experiences of people (young and old) throughout our region. We couldn't do it without you!

J&C covers Strangers No More

2010-08-29T08:52:00.002-04:00

http://www.jconline.com/article/20100829/ENT01/8290324/Purdue-Galleries-opens-new-exhibit-focusing-on-China-and-Christianity

Sunday, August 29 Journal and Courier article on "Strangers No More" and Selections from the Permanent Collection...

A New Season of Exhibitions

2010-08-23T08:55:00.002-04:00

Next Monday we begin a new season of exhibitions in the Purdue Galleries. Read our season news release here and download our new newsletter here to read about our exhibits, programs, and news in more detail.

As classes begin on campus and in schools throughout the community, we look forward to providing imaginative new visions for students of all ages. Hope to see you in the Galleries!

The Official ArtCart Story

2010-08-22T11:51:00.003-04:00

Thanks to University News Service, we have the full story on the NCHS grant for the ArtCart vehicle. Apparently, it may be a while before we actually see the new van, but in the meantime ArtCart rolls on...

A NEW ArtCart!

2010-07-08T19:13:00.002-04:00

We interrupt our regularly scheduled summer hiatus for some good news - no, some great news! Purdue Galleries was recently awarded funding for a new ArtCart van through a Capacity Building grant from North Central Health Services and Tippecanoe Arts Federation.

The new vehicle, a Ford High Capacity Van (mockup pictured), will replace an aging and unreliable van and will allow Galleries to transport supplies for ArtCart presentations throughout the region. It will also increase our professional capacities as a presenter of uniquely contemporary and high quality art exhibitions in this region.

We would like to express our thanks to all of our community supporters and ArtCart volunteers, for their constant encouragement and for donning their ArtCart shirts to make a difference for local young people.

Look for us soon on the roads in our new ArtCart!

Summer break

2010-05-29T14:42:00.001-04:00

Due to budget reductions, Purdue Galleries operations and staff are on hiatus and will be out of the office until Monday, August 2nd. The good work never ends however and we’ll be right back at work on a great 2010 – 2011 series of exhibits soon.

We want to thank all of our friends and visitors for a great year! We hope you have a wonderful summer.

Coming in August to the Purdue University Galleries:

“Strangers No More: Village Churches on the Good Earth of the Sacred Land”

Stewart Center Gallery

August 30 through October 10, 2010

“Selections from the Permanent Collection: The Rake’s Progress and More”

Robert L. Ringel Gallery, Purdue Memorial Union

August 30 through December 5, 2010

Visit www.purdue.edu/galleries for more information and join us at www.facebook.com/PurdueUniversityGalleries.

Arts Groups complete collaborative Living Graphic Novel residency

2010-05-27T08:23:00.003-04:00

Building real collaborative impact in the arts and having fun at it...

http://www.purdue.edu/newsroom/outreach/2010/100525AR-MartinLGN.html

Living Graphic Novel at Tipton Community School

2010-05-21T11:00:00.004-04:00

Because of a great collaboration with two regional arts organizations, Purdue Galleries is happy to present “The Mysterious Murky Water and the Poacher Problem,” a Living Graphic Novel created by students in Mrs. Shari Cottingham’s 3rd grade class at Tipton Community School, Tipton, Indiana.

Through a grant from the Tippecanoe Arts Federation Artist in Residence program, funded by JP Morgan Chase, a “Living Graphic Novel” collaborative workshop was presented by Steven Koehler of Civic Theatre of Greater Lafayette, Craig Martin of Purdue University Galleries and Morgan Reitmeyer of Words on the Go. Living Graphic Novel offers the opportunity for students to develop short stories and illustrate them through the development of live “scenes” using actors, painted sets and framing devices, in the style of graphic novels or comic books. The project emphasizes literacy, writing skills, creativity and artistic design.

Mrs. Cottingham’s students have each studied a species of endangered animal throughout the 2009-2010 school year, which provided the impetus for this story. In the span of five classroom visits (7.5 hours total), with the assistance of the Living Graphic Novel team, the class imagined a story involving each of their 19 endangered animals, wrote and storyboarded the narrative, painted set backdrops, costumed, staged and photographed “frames” from their story. These images were later developed in Photoshop into a graphic novel-style presentation, complete with narrative boxes and text balloons by Morgan Reitmeyer.

The complete Living Graphic Novel will soon be available at the Purdue Galleries website and can be viewed on the Living Graphic Novel Facebook page.

Ringel show continues

2010-05-10T20:21:00.001-04:00

FYI - the current Ringel Gallery exhibit will continue through May 28 with summer hours: Monday through Friday, 10 am to 2 pm and by appointment (no weekend hours). Make sure you come to take a last look at this wonderful selection of artwork before the Galleries close for the summer.

Galleries staff will be monitoring the exhibit for the next 3 weeks, so come by and say hello to Mary Ann, Craig or Michal while we sit the desk!

2010-2011 Exhibition Schedule

2010-04-30T14:24:00.007-04:00

The new Purdue Galleries 2010-2011 Schedule of Exhibitions is now available! The coming season provides us with a chance to revisit terrific works from our collection, make collaborative connections with both campus and community arts and culture organizations, and take in new forms of art such as graphic novels, figurative ceramic sculpture, and color pencil drawings.

Highlights:

“Robert L. Ringel Gallery: Selections from the Permanent Collection”

ongoing Robert L. Ringel Gallery, PMU

“Strangers No More: Village Churches on the Good Earth of the Sacred Land”

August 30 through October 10, 2010 Stewart Center Gallery

“Our Cancer Year”

October 25 through December 5, 2010 Stewart Center Gallery

“Figure as Modern Relic: Contemporary American Figurative Ceramics”

January 10 through February 20, 2011 Stewart Center Gallery

“Drawings by Frank Big Bear”

March 7 through April 24, 2011 Stewart Center Gallery

We look forward to seeing you in the Galleries next year! Check out our website for more details.

Diversity Convocation at Hershey Elementary

2010-04-19T21:34:00.002-04:00

In completion of an Artist in Residency grant from Tippecanoe Arts Federation, Purdue Galleries today made a presentation at a Diversity Convocation at Hershey Elementary. As part of an African themed project developed by art teacher Jenn Tordil, Purdue Galleries ArtCart volunteers assisted with a drum making project with the 4th grade classes and later presented a hands-on printmaking project for grades 2, 3 and 5.

Today's presentation included a PowerPoint on the work that art galleries do in general, Purdue Galleries in particular, and South African woodcut prints from the Galleries collection. (I'm somewhere up there under the Rats banner.)

Galleries staff and our student and community volunteers had a great time working with the Hershey artists and their inspirational teacher, Mrs. Tordil. We hope to see them and their creative efforts again!

Campus Art Tours at SpringFest!

2010-04-14T13:50:00.003-04:00

This Saturday, Purdue Galleries is sponsoring walking tours of some notable art experiences on campus, as part of the SpringFest activities. Student volunteers (art education/art history majors) will lead groups on a 45 minute walk in close proximity to the Memorial Mall. Tours will be leaving from the Liberal Arts tent on the Mall (#27) every half hour, or as interest warrants.

If you haven't seen the most recent Purdue Galleries exhibits in Stewart Center and the Union, this will give you a chance - and along the way you'll take in murals and the new Deborah Butterfield sculpture, which is being dedicated Saturday morning, and more.

Hope to see you on sunny Saturday this week! If nothing else, stop by the tent for a brochure and say hi.

WLFI story on Sixty Square Inches

2010-03-17T19:59:00.003-04:00

Had the chance to talk on WLFI today about Sixty Square Inches and the Thursday night hands-on printing activity:

http://www.wlfi.com/dpp/community/18_interviews/60-square-inches-exhibit-at-purdue

We're closed this week for spring break, but I hope to see you in the Galleries again next week! (Reopening Monday...)

ArtCart at Hershey Elementary

2010-03-12T15:21:00.002-05:00

On Tuesday (3/9), Purdue Galleries ArtCart conducted the first of a two-part Artist in Residence presentation at Hershey Elementary School in Tippecanoe School Corporation. Art Instructor Jenn Tordil has developed a fascinating African art and culture program that we are proud to support, with an AIR grant from Tippecanoe Arts Federation made possible funding from the JP Morgan Chase Foundation.

Every 4th grade student (approximately 128) was able to paint an individual drum frame with earthy colors and elaborate patterning, in anticipation of the later application of a drum "skin" of heavy duty packing tape! And each made their own drum mallet and will be participating in a rhythmic drum lesson in their music classes.

To come: another ArtCart visit later in the month to work with relief printmaking and multi-color printing!

Liberal Arts & Purdue Galleries

2010-03-10T09:35:00.006-05:00

News today that Purdue is beginning the search for a new Dean of the College of Liberal Arts.

http://www.purdue.edu/newsroom/faculty/2010/100310WoodsonCLA.html

But the news is the shining little tidbit included here:

"Purdue's College of Liberal Arts is known for its leading faculty; significant scholarship, research and publications; outreach through arts exhibitions; and nationally ranked graduate programs," said Randy Woodson, Purdue's executive vice president for academic affairs and provost. "We are looking for someone who will continue the tradition of excellence as the college continues to move forward."

It's a great honor to be acknowledged in this way and we very much look forward to contributing to the growth of the college under a new dean.

Cutting art classes in schools

2010-03-09T19:59:00.004-05:00

Purdue Galleries staff members Mary Ann Anderson and I, along with 3 wonderful student assistants, spent the day today presenting "ArtCart" art activities at Hershey Elementary School. (Pictures to be posted here soon.) Our teacher host there, Jenn Tordil, had a guest opinion column in the Journal & Courier this morning, discussing the real impact of cutting art classes in schools.

http://www.jconline.com/article/20100309/OPINION/3090304/1098/OPINION/Guest-column-Find-alternative-to-cutting-schools-art-classes

Having spent the day watching the process of this wonderful teacher shepherding almost 130 4th graders through a specialized art activity - as well as seeing the very tangible results of her earlier lessons in African art and culture in preparation of the activity - it has become painfully obvious to me that further reductions in art time in schools will leave an enormous hole in the experiences of young people. The loss of both dedicated staff and classroom time in art will drain the piqued enthusiasm for learning of young people who look forward to their "specials" each week.

The 4th graders I saw today were not looking forward to art class simply because they got out of "real" book and desk classes. No, they were each and every one clearly anxious to experience additional and different classwork - to be creative - to take materials into their hands and apply paints as their eyes, their talents, their experiences dictated and create an object wholly individual and unique. The pride in their eyes as they carefully placed their work aside to be dried spoke volumes about what they'd gained from it. That kind of accomplishment transfers to their next lessons, to their next day at school, to their next ISTEP testing. And that kind of individual success will be lost in the rush to make ill-considered, knee-jerk staff reductions to "special" classes administrators do not value or understand.

J&C covers Sixty Square Inches

2010-03-04T07:01:00.002-05:00

Lafayette Journal and Courier covers "Sixty Square Inches," opening Monday.

(A correction - Bob Reed began the Sixty Square Inches, but director Mona Berg saw it through many years of excellence before I arrived in 2000 - CM)

http://www.jconline.com/article/20100304/ENT01/3040302/Purdue-Galleries-exhibits--60-Square-Inches-

Opening Monday - "Sixty Square Inches"

2010-03-02T21:36:00.002-05:00

On display from Monday (March 8) to April 25 in the Stewart Center Gallery will be the Galleries' biennial "Sixty Square Inches" competitive exhibition of small-scale contemporary printmaking. The show is a perennial community favorite and this year’s exhibit provides the 17th review of North American graphic artists working in an intimate format. Original print works in the exhibit are limited to less than 60 square inches in image size.

Read the release on the exhibit here:

http://www.purdue.edu/newsroom/outreach/2010/100301GalleriesSixty.html

Unique opportunity: Every Thursday night from 5:30 to 7:30 pm a hands-on printmaking activity will be available in the gallery, to allow visitors of all ages to experience the printmaking process themselves. The Galleries have regular late hours on Thursday evenings (until 8 pm) and during Sixty Square Inches student monitors will be on hand to assist those who want to try their hand with pre-cut relief blocks and water based inks.

Last week for "Platforms"

2010-02-14T07:10:00.003-05:00

It's hard to believe that it's time has almost run out, but this will be the final week of the Patrick Earl Hammie "Platforms" exhibit. It's a wonderful and powerful exhibit that has intrigued a large audience. The registry is full of great comments about the artist's monumental and very personal revelations on race and maleness and vulnerability.

Make sure you catch it one more time before it's gone again...

What's next? Our 17th Biennial North American Small Print Exhibition, "Sixty Square Inches." A community favorite for years and a great opportunity for classes and groups to visit, see what's happening in contemporary printmaking, and try a hands-on printmaking activity (call to arrange this). "Sixty Square Inches" opens on March 8!

Final performances of "A Raisin in the Sun"

2010-02-09T08:36:00.003-05:00

Just a reminder - if you haven't caught it yet, our collaborative partner Civic Theatre of Greater Lafayette will be presenting the final performances of "A Raisin in the Sun" this Friday, Saturday, and Sunday (weather permitting). Make sure you catch this powerful and provocative drama! Call (765) 423-PLAY (7529) for tickets.

Pictured above is the panel from our recent "Dream Deferred" discussion at the Purdue Black Cultural Center: Patrick Earl Hammie ("Platforms" paintings on display in Stewart Center Gallery), Ashley McElroy, actor (Beneatha Younger), Ebony Kennedy, actor (Ruth Younger), Steven Kohler, Managing Director of the Civic Theater of Greater Lafayette and director of "A Raisin in the Sun," Jos Holman, actor (Walter Younger), Craig Martin, mediator and Director of Purdue University Galleries.

New exhibit from the permanent collection

2010-01-18T16:03:00.003-05:00

To celebrate the recent installation of Deborah Butterfield's "Silver Bow" near Yue-Kong Pao Hall of Visual and Performing Arts, this exhibit features equine imagery from the Purdue Galleries Permanent Collection, curated by assistant director Michal Hathaway. In coming months, the Butterfield will serve as the focal point for a campus art tour.

The exhibit will run from January 19 through May 28.

WLFI story on Hammie exhibit and events this week

2010-01-18T15:52:00.003-05:00

Our friends at WLFI have been very generous with their time, offering me the chance last week to discuss the new Patrick Earl Hammie exhibit in Stewart Center Gallery. Two interviews in two days - not too shabby!

Give it a look: 18 Interviews and please come see these large and beautiful paintings.

Also, make plans to stop by at 2 events this week:

This Thursday (1/21) from 5 to 6:30 pm, we're hosting a Meet the Artist Reception in Stewart Gallery. Patrick Earl Hammie will make comments about his work at 5:30 pm.

Friday (1/22) at 3 pm, the Purdue Black Cultural Center will host a "Dream Deferred" panel discussion with artist Patrick Earl Hammie, Managing Director of Civic Theatre of Greater Lafayette, and director of the upcoming "Raisin in the Sun," Steve Koehler, and members of the "Raisin in the Sun" cast.

A busy week and some great cultural opportunities - hope to see you soon!

WLFI story on new Ringel Gallery exhibit

2010-01-15T07:26:00.002-05:00

Check out this story on the new exhibit opening in the Robert L. Ringel Gallery: Selections from the Permanent Collection. The exhibit opens Tuesday, January 19 - looking forward to seeing you there!

End of the year 2009

2009-12-19T11:12:00.002-05:00

A visual wrap-up of the year 2009 in the Purdue University Galleries. We send out our great thanks to all who visited our exhibits; to all whose artwork was shared with our audiences; to all who collaborated with us and contributed to our programming; and to all volunteered their time and efforts to making an impact in our community through ArtCart.

Have a happy new year and make sure to join us again in 2010!

NEA Participation Study

2009-12-10T08:43:00.002-05:00

Today the National Endowment for the Arts released its 2008 Survey of Public Participation in the Arts, a new report which indicates that the number of American adults attending arts and cultural events has sunk to its lowest level since 1982, which was when the NEA began conducting the poll. The survey cannot explain all reasons for the nationwide decline but it notes that among the possible causes is decreasing arts education.

Chilling to me were these segments of a story in the LA Times:

"The report shows that since 1982, the number of 18-24-year-olds who said they had any music education in their lives has declined by more than a third. For visual arts education, the number has decreased by a half."

"One of the most surprising findings in the report was that people ages 45 to 54 -- who have historically been a significant component of arts audiences -- showed the steepest declines in attendance for arts events. Only 36% of those in this age group attended an arts event in 2008, versus 46% in 2002."

What does this mean for the arts in the U.S.? Clearly more information is needed, but just as clearly there is a significant cultural and experiential loss taking place in our changing culture. We will need to know where this will lead us and what the results to our cultural institutions will be.

AEAI Connections

2009-12-09T10:30:00.001-05:00

Purdue Galleries assistant to the director Mary Ann Anderson has maintained a vital relationship with area educators for years, forging a bond with a large portion of the Galleries audience, K-12 educators and students. Mary Ann recently attended the annual conference of the Art Education Association of Indiana at IUPUI with a number of our friends and colleagues.

The group was treated to a printmaking workshop given by contemporary Native American artist and keynote speaker, Jaune Quick-To-See Smith (assisted by her son Neal Ambrose Smith). A number of works by Quick-To-See Smith are included in the Purdue Galleries permanent collection and have been featured in exhibits on campus.

In AEAI’s business: Mary Ann was elected as Museum Education representative to the AEAI board; Buffy Rogers (Lafayette Jefferson High School) was elected as Secretary; Sue Perry (Mayflower Mill Elementary School) continues as Youth Art Month Coordinator and will coordinate both a student show at the State House in Indianapolis in March and an Indiana state exhibit at the National Art Education Association conference; and Sue Uhlig (Continuing Lecturer in Art & Design at Purdue) continues as Membership Chair, a responsibility passed to her by Purdue Art & Design Chair Bob Sabol last spring when he became NAEA president-elect.

Congratulations to all our Galleries friends and colleagues! We look forward to continuing our work with all local educators to enrich the art and cultural experiences of our area youth.

ArtCart at TAF's ASAP

2009-12-05T08:33:00.005-05:00

A few good friends of mine went to Tippecanoe Arts Federation's After School Art Program Thursday evening and met up with a great group of young people. We presented the Galleries' hands-on printmaking activity - and they did the rest! Check out more images at our Purdue Galleries Facebook page.

Thanks to the staff at the Tippecanoe Arts Federation for this inspired program and the opportunity for us to play a part! OH, and thanks to my ArtCart friends and selfless volunteers for the evening - Shelley Lowenberg-DeBoer, Shari Rahdert, Morgan Reitmeyer, and Dwayne Daehler!

ArtCart at ASAP

2009-12-03T09:46:00.003-05:00

ArtCart travels to Tippecanoe Arts Federation this afternoon for the After School Arts Program! Got my neon safety green shirt on and looking forward to seeing the kids...

Final Week!

2009-11-30T14:10:00.006-05:00

This is the final week for both current Purdue Galleries exhibits, "Hard Rain: the Late Works of Mary Hambleton" and "Shrouds, Masks and the Floating World: Selections from the Permanent Collection." Make sure you swing by the Galleries in Purdue Memorial Union and Stewart Center to get one last look at these amazing and moving artworks.

More to come soon on the new exhibits opening in January...

Borrowed Ground

2009-11-10T11:10:00.003-05:00

"Borrowed Ground" will feature 14 art installations by a diverse group of artists participating in Purdue University's School of Visual and Performing Arts graduate studio course in installation art. The installations will be assembled as a temporary exhibition in the town of Battle Ground, Indiana and will be displayed from November 20 - 22.

This is always a great event and a very cool evening to be out and take in new visions and designed spaces. Hope you can make it out to support the effort!

Dream Deferred - January exhibit announcement

2009-11-08T17:20:00.003-05:00

Patrick Earl Hammie: Platforms

Stewart Center Gallery, January 11 through February 21, 2010

Presented in collaboration with Civic Theatre of Greater Lafayette and the Purdue Black Cultural Center, Purdue University Galleries presents an exhibition of paintings that respond to the contemporary challenges facing minorities in the United States. In the context of the Langston Hughes poem “A Dream Deferred” and Lorraine Hansberry’s play A Raisin in the Sun, Patrick Earl Hammie (Champaign, Illinois) explores the tension between power and vulnerability as he re-imagines the modern male. Drawing from his history as a son, a male and an African American struggling to synthesize past adversity and acclimatize to present realities, Hammie’s portraits symbolize his shadow-selves and visualize the effort to reconcile inner duality, transcend typical masculine ideals and yield to new realities that require constant compromise and change.

The conflicts with oneself, one’s community and one’s family present in “A Raisin in the Sun” are represented in the struggles of the monumental figures in Hammie’s work. In this exhibit, he presents his paintings as platforms from which to invite discussion surrounding the principles and stances that help and hinder the journey towards one’s aspirations and identity.

Civic Theatre of Greater Lafayette will present A Raisin in the Sun at the historic Monon Depot Theatre from January 19 – February 14, 2010. A panel discussion featuring Patrick Earl Hammie and representatives of the Civic Theatre production will be presented at Purdue's Black Cultural Center (details coming soon).

Auditions for Raisin in the Sun

2009-11-05T11:21:00.003-05:00

Purdue Galleries is collaborating with Civic Theatre of Greater Lafayette on an exhibition in conjunction with the presentation of "A Raisin in the Sun." Please show your support by promoting these auditions!

Check back for news of the Purdue Galleries exhibition to be presented in January - an announcement is coming very soon!

Ken Buhler's lecture for "Hard Rain"

2009-10-29T22:37:00.011-04:00

Tonight we hosted a reception for "Hard Rain: the Late Works of Mary Hambleton." We were treated to a very personal and insightful lecture by Mary's husband, Ken Buhler. Ken's story of Mary's life as an artist and as an investigative and creative personality brought new dimensions to her imagery. In his analogy, Mary grew to the challenges of her disease much like a plant regenerating in response to a perceived threat.

It was an absolute treat to share the exhibit and the evening with Ken and his family, who came from great distances to join us.

"Hard Rain" - links about the exhibit

2009-10-25T22:27:00.007-04:00

A new exhibit opens Monday in the Stewart Center Gallery - "Hard Rain: the Late Works of Mary Hambleton." It's a beautiful and revealing look at the late works of painter Mary Hambleton and her six and a half year struggle with cancer.

Get info on the show by checking out:

the article in the Lafayette Journal and Courier
an interview with director Craig Martin on WLFI TV-18
the Mary Hambleton website
and Mary's blog

Also: a beautiful catalogue is available which highlights Mary's work and life, including quotes from her discussing her work (while supplies last).

Purdue gets a Butterfield!

2009-10-15T19:50:00.003-04:00

Big day coming Monday! Purdue is receiving a terrific Deborah Butterfield sculpture, to be installed during the day on Monday. Purchased with funds from the Florence Lonsford endowment, this incredible bronze horse will be a signature artwork on campus.

Read the full story here:

http://news.uns.purdue.edu/x/2009b/091014BulowSculpture.html

Stop by during the day to see the progress! Hope to see you there...

A Day of Art in Chicago

2009-10-07T08:38:00.003-04:00

Went on the annual Visual and Performing Arts field trip to Chicago yesterday - a terrific opportunity to see the town and great arts venues and leave the driving to someone else. We took in the new modern wing of the Art Institute, which is beautiful, as well as the rest of the museum's offerings. It had been a while since I was there last, so it was nice to see some old favorites and take in the very welcome changes.

One thing that really stood out was the installation of the European Art before 1900 and Impressionism galleries. As an exhibition installer I have the curse of seeing not just what's being exhibited, but also how it's presented. I've seen some great artworks presented with horrible layouts and lighting - but that's not the case here. The lighting in these galleries is fantastic! The Impressionists are presented in their full glory and full color, without glares or dropout dull spots.

On the other hand, a very nice exhibit of recent work by Cy Twombly was presented in a less than stellar way. I could still appreciate the work, but there were a number of dropout areas where lighting was inconsistent or even nonexistent! A shame - but it's still a nice exhibit.

(The Museum of Contemporary Art has a few galleries closed down, but there's a terrific display of "constellations" of paintings from the collection on the 4th floor - highly recommended.)

10/4: last week for "Living Stone" - "Hard Rain" to come

2009-10-04T15:07:00.005-04:00

The "Living Stone" participatory exhibit comes to a close next Sunday, October 11. Make sure you take the opportunity during this last week to 1.) get to the gallery and draw from the historic cast sculptures for the last time and/or 2.) get to the gallery and SEE what our visitors have done. There are some beautiful drawings and paintings on display - catch 'em while you can. (Of course, the Jim Dine "Glyptotek" prints are worth the trip as well...)

Drawings that have been contributed to the display can be picked up in the gallery on Saturday or Sunday next weekend. We ask that you show some identification to the gallery monitor to assure the proper return of artworks. Or contact me at cdmartin@purdue.edu to make arrangements for pickup.

Soon we'll begin the process of deinstalling the casts and the Jim Dine prints and preparing for the "Hard Rain" exhibit of paintings by Mary Hambleton. I'm really looking forward to seeing these works in the space - they are beautiful and utterly intriguing images.

"Living Stone" update

2009-09-25T19:49:00.003-04:00

I spent some time in the "Living Stone" exhibit today, taking in the contributions of our visitors. Some beautiful imagery and individual efforts meet the viewer - and I watched a lot of passersby in the Stewart hallway stop in their tracks and come back to walk around the show. (There are new images posted on our Purdue Galleries Facebook page.)

It's really a stunning display and I'd like to take this opportunity to thank the visitor/artists who have contributed to its look and its success... so far. There are still two weeks left for the exhibit (closing Sunday, October 11), several more classes scheduled to work in the space, and room remaining on the walls for more studies and artwork.

Hope you'll join us soon in the Galleries!

ArtCart at Art on the Wabash

2009-09-17T11:33:00.004-04:00

ArtCart will be out again this weekend, Sunday 9/20 at Art on the Wabash - Tapawingo Park on the levee, 10 am to 4 pm. Come peruse the color, the art, the imaginative and creative minds, the natural setting along the river - what's not to love about this?

And stop by the ArtCart tent and say hello to me and the volunteers - you won't miss us in our safety green t-shirts! Hope to see you out there - come out and breath some fresh ART!

Living Stone reception

2009-09-12T08:28:00.003-04:00

Our "Living Stone" reception and drawing session was graced with young artists, parents, and friends - and by the presence of State Representative Sheila Klinker. Thanks so much to those who came out and saw the results so far!

Purdue classes have filled the gallery all week. Soon, we'll have visitors from local schools. Come see their results in the gallery!

"Living Stone" reception/studio event on Friday

2009-09-07T07:34:00.002-04:00

Galleries hosts its first reception of the new season this Friday, September 11 from 6 - 8 pm. It will be an open studio type of event where visitors of all ages will be encouraged to draw from the plaster casts in the "Living Stone" exhibit and add their drawings to the display.

Help us make a fun evening of it by being a participant or an observer and enjoy some refreshments and casual atmosphere. Hope to see you in the gallery!

ArtCart - LayFlats Arts & Music Festival - Tapawingo Park - Saturday 11 - 4... come find us!

2009-09-04T13:53:00.002-04:00

Art Teacher Professional Day '09

2009-09-03T16:38:00.004-04:00

Art teachers rocked the house for Purdue Galleries 9th annual Art Teacher Professional Day yesterday - as they always do. This time they helped kick off our participatory exhibit "Living Stone" by drawing from the plaster sculpture casts - and then they enjoyed some activities (including funny hats) by Melody Carr of VSA arts.

Don't know yet what next year will bring, but as it will be the 10th Teacher Day it seems to call for something special...

Teacher Day!

2009-09-02T06:27:00.004-04:00

Today we welcome instructors from the region to our 9th annual Art Teacher Professional Day. Included will be drawing studio-style in the Stewart Center Gallery from full size plaster casts in the "Living Stone" exhibit and a presentation by Melodie Carr, Master Teaching Artist for Very Special Arts of Indiana, on ideas/activities for involving students with different abilities in the art room.

Always good to see friends and colleagues who are working with kids and the arts.

Arts at Purdue

2009-09-01T14:15:00.003-04:00

Check us all out - the new Arts at Purdue Fall '09 section...

http://www.purdue.edu/galleries/documents/PurdueWLArtsfall09.pdf

"Living Stone" in the J&C

2009-08-30T08:41:00.005-04:00

The "Living Stone" exhibit was featured in the Lafayette Journal and Courier this morning - an interesting read on the project. Check it out: "Stone casts echo work of masters"

A couple clarifications: They're plaster casts, but I stretched the exhibit title to "stone" for better effect. And the Jim Dine works are prints he drew from statues in the Glyptothek Museum in Munich (but they look very much like charcoal drawings).

They're here...

2009-08-27T08:42:00.009-04:00

The casts have arrived!

They're waiting in Stewart Center Gallery for audiences to visit starting Monday (8/31). Once a standard part of academic art schools, these plaster casts of sculptures from antiquity and the Renaissance show us the classical form. They look good in photos, but to truly appreciate them you must see them in person. Most are beyond life size and with the lighting in the gallery they are unbelievably dramatic.

We encourage visitors to come and see the casts - and a portfolio of prints by Jim Dine drawn from classical sculptures in the Glyptothek Museum in Munich - in "Living Stone: the Casts Project." We also encourage you to pick up a drawing pad and try your hand at capturing the grace of these monumental works. Then leave your drawing on the gallery wall in an ever-growing display of the images created there.

Living Stone: the Casts Project

2009-08-17T13:33:00.002-04:00

Purdue University Galleries opens a new season of exhibits with a participatory studio-style display. "Living Stone" will be presented from August 31 through October 11 in the Stewart Center Gallery.

In the late 1980’s American artist Jim Dine created a series of drawings reinterpreting works of sculpture in the Glyptothek Museum in Munich. In doing so, he restored an age-old practice of drawing from the classical form, but did so in a manner that tried to make the old forms come to life. This exhibit will recreate the look and feel of the traditional studio practice of drawing from plaster casts of sculpture from antiquity. With a series of prints by Dine as the backdrop, plaster casts originally used in studio schools have been positioned to allow for drawing in the gallery. Artworks by visitors will be posted on the gallery walls in an ever-growing salon-style display.

The Dine prints are presented on loan from the permanent collection of the Art Museum at the University of Kentucky, while cast sculptures have been loaned from the Wright State University Department of Art & Art History.

Individual artists and classes from throughout the community are invited to participate in the active studio/gallery. Lighting of the arrangement can be set to the liking of the instructor or artists. Instructors are encouraged to schedule their class visits with Galleries staff to avoid conflicts with other groups.

At 6:00 p.m. on Friday, Sept. 11, Galleries will present a reception/open drawing session for "Living Stone" in the Stewart Center Gallery. Come draw, watch and share in the process.

Purdue Galleries 2009-2010 Newsletter

2009-08-16T10:30:00.003-04:00

The Galleries 2009-2010 newsletter will stay electronic this year to save printing and mailing expenses. Check us out at this link for news of exhibits and upcoming programs!

(You can also choose to receive electronic announcements - read more on the last page of the newsletter.)

Looking forward to seeing you in the Galleries this year!

The Return

2009-08-01T13:53:00.004-04:00

Recent budgetary circumstances have forced a reduction of Purdue University Galleries operations and staff time. Having been closed for the month of July, we regretted being unable to share our exhibits and programming during the summer.

But we are resuming our work and we look forward to seeing you in the Galleries again soon. In the Robert L. Ringel Gallery in Purdue Memorial Union, “Shrouds, Masks, and the Floating World: Selections from the Permanent Collection” re-opens on Monday, August 3rd.

On Monday, August 31st, a participatory exhibit entitled “Living Stone: The Casts Project” opens in the Stewart Center Gallery. We invite artists of all ages to join us there for a studio drawing environment with large scale plaster cast sculptures – come see a series of Jim Dine prints, draw from the sculptures, and present your own work on the gallery walls!

In August we’ll also resume our ArtCart outreach program – essentially a bookmobile for art. ArtCart volunteers will assist with Civic Theatre of Greater Lafayette’s “Living Graphic Novel” workshop on Saturday, August 15th, and the van’s activities will be part of both “Mosey thru LayFlats” on Saturday, September 5th and “Art on the Wabash” on Sunday, September 20th.

For more information, see our website at: www.purdue.edu/galleries or contact Craig Martin at cdmartin@purdue.edu - and become a fan of our Facebook page at: http://www.facebook.com/pages/West-Lafayette-IN/Purdue-University-Galleries/32379646518

Hope to see you in the Galleries soon!

2009-06-23T09:32:00.004-04:00

Update on Ringel Gallery schedule - "Shrouds, Masks and the Floating World:"

July 1 - 31 closed

Aug. 3 - 21 10 am – 2 pm, Monday through Friday

Aug. 24 resume normal operating hours; 10 am – 5 pm, Monday through Saturday; 10 am – 8 pm, Thursday; 1 – 5 pm, Sunday

Stewart Center Gallery is closed for the summer but will re-open on Monday August 31 with the participatory drawing exhibit, "Living Stone: the Casts Project."

2009-2010

2009-06-05T11:50:00.004-04:00

Here's what we've been working on for the coming exhibit year - hope you can join us in the Galleries!

Rotating Selections from the Permanent Collection

ongoing Robert L. Ringel Gallery, PMU

Longer term displays from the permanent collection are now being presented in a gallery dedicated to that purpose. These displays will run throughout the year, with segments being exchanged periodically, and will enable Galleries to better highlight the valuable contributions of donors.

From several gifts to the University, the current exhibit features funerary cloths, clothing and bags from Pre-Columbian South America; African masks and ritual objects from various societies of the West Guinea coast; and relief prints of the ukiyo-e, the Japanese culture of "the floating world."

Living Stone: the Casts Project

August 31 through October 11, 2009 Stewart Center Gallery

In the late 1980's Jim Dine created a series of drawings reinterpreting works of sculpture in the Glyptothek Museum in Munich. In doing so, he restored an age-old practice of drawing from the classical form, but did so in a manner that tried to make the old forms come to life. This exhibit will recreate the look and feel of this studio practice, with Dine's prints from his Glyptotek series as a backdrop, plaster casts originally used in studio schools, and artworks from classes and visitors posted on the gallery walls.

The Dine prints are presented on loan from the permanent collection of the University of Kentucky Art Museum, while cast sculptures will be loaned from Wright State University Department of Art & Art History. Classes from the Department of Art & Design at Purdue and from the regional K-12 community will be invited to participate in the active studio/gallery, with the opportunity to add their artworks to the growing gallery display.

Hard Rain: the Late Works of Mary Hambleton

October 26 through December 6, 2009 Stewart Center Gallery

Painter Mary Hambleton was diagnosed with advanced melanoma in June of 2002. For 6 plus years she defied the odds, living a full life though a challenging one, mounting several one-person shows, teaching, traveling and receiving a Guggenheim, two Pollock-Krasners, a Gottlieb, and a Fellowship to Ballinglen Foundation in Ireland. She died on January 9, 2009.

Her work chronicled her journey of living with the disease, starting with the introduction of images of extinct species into her once abstract work, and later images from the innumerable scans of her body. Mary never let her illness define her, but chose to define it instead by transforming in into art. As her energy waned, she took the scans of the disease that would ultimately take her, and she turned those into striking and profound images. In that sense, she had the last word, because her body of work is a living, poignant reminder of who she was.

This exhibit is presented in collaboration with the Purdue Oncology Sciences Center's "Cancer, Culture and Community" program.

Dream Deferred

January 11 through February 21, 2010 Stewart Center Gallery

Presented in collaboration with Civic Theatre of Greater Lafayette's production of "A Raisin in the Sun" and the Purdue Black Cultural Center, Purdue Galleries will curate an exhibition of contemporary art that responds to the Langston Hughes poem and the contemporary socioeconomic challenges facing minorities in the United States. The exhibition and theatrical production will also serve as inspiration for a high school art competition to be presented at the Monon Depot Theatre Lobby.

(Information on selected artist(s) to follow)

Sixty Square Inches: 17th Biennial North American Small Print Exhibition

March 8 through April 25, 2010 Stewart Center Gallery

Purdue Galleries are once again hosting the biennial Sixty Square Inches competitive biennial exhibition of small-scale contemporary printmaking. This year's exhibit will provide the 17th review of North American graphic artists working in an intimate format.

The Galleries are committed to the practice of acquiring new works from each Sixty Square Inches exhibition and building our collection of contemporary North American printmaking while helping to support the community of modern artists. Since 1978, we have acquired 180 artworks from Sixty Square Inches exhibits for the collection. These acquisitions fuel our ongoing educational outreach programs.

Urgent support for the arts request

2009-06-02T18:14:00.005-04:00

Please step forward for arts funding in Indiana!

In response to Governor Daniels' initial budget proposal, which would have slashed the Indiana Arts Commission's budget by 50%, both the House and Senate submitted revised versions of the budget, in which the IAC was treated equitably, with an 8% cut like other state agencies.

Today, Governor Daniels released a new budget for the special session of the Legislature that will be called for later this month. His budget AGAIN calls for a 50% reduction of the IAC, from approximately $4M to $2M a year for the next biennium. This level of reduction would be devastating to an already culture-poor state and to communities in which the loss of their already struggling arts venues would have a terrible economic impact.

Please express your support for the arts and for legislators in both parties who have worked to restore the earlier proposed reductions by going to the link below and sharing your message.

Send your message!

Galleries summer update

2009-05-28T22:32:00.003-04:00

Last week we received word that the Purdue Galleries operations are being reduced to 10 months, as opposed to a full year. This year we will be off for the month of July and resume operations on August 3. Next year we will be off for the months of June and July. While this is not great news, certainly, it is understandable given the economic situation the College of Liberal Arts is facing. And at least Purdue Galleries will continue with a full schedule of exhibitions in the fall and with the full staff on hand.

This will inevitably effect the ArtCart program, which was initiated to bring summertime art activities to local young people in their own neighborhoods. Taking June and July out of our ‘service window’ would seem to be a major obstacle. But we will work toward getting our operations time restored and seek grant funding, and in the meantime we will continue to present ArtCart activities while time is available to us.

As for our continuing collections exhibition, "Shrouds, Masks and the Floating World" in the Robert L. Ringel Gallery, Purdue Memorial Union - the exhibit will continue through June 30th with summer hours: Monday through Friday, 10 am to 2 pm and by appointment. The exhibit will then necessarily close until August 31st and continue again through December 6th.

Plans continue for the coming 2009-10 exhibition season, and the schedule will be detailed here soon...

Summer schedule

2009-05-14T09:50:00.002-04:00

For the summer session, Purdue Galleries will feature "Shrouds, Masks and the Floating World" in the Robert L. Ringel Gallery, Purdue Memorial Union. Unfortunately, the availability of summer work-study staffing limits our availability.

Hours for the summer: Monday through Friday, 10 am to 2 pm and by appointment.

We're happy to accommodate visits beyond these regular hours for classes and groups - just contact us at 765-496-7899 for information and to arrange your visit.

It was... alive!

2009-05-14T08:44:00.006-04:00

For a brief, shining moment, Tippecanus Rex stood and showed his stuff at Tippecanoe Arts Federation. A community-wide effort to see the imaginative possibilities of our history, art and culture took shape in myriad objects, stories and recordings.

I've been slow to do so, but here are some images to show what happened... more will be available in the forthcoming catalogue of the exhibit:

My great thanks to all who played our game and made Tippecanus Rex the wonderful conglomeration of weirdness it became.

ArtCart goes to SpringFest!

2009-04-18T19:57:00.006-04:00

Purdue Galleries ArtCart went to SpringFest on campus today. Yes, we got to don our day-glo safety green awesome shirts again and present an art activity for the crowds. The big display board behind Stewart Center broadcast the climbing temperatures throughout the day (from 64.9 degrees to 79.4 degrees) and we shared it with funny balloon hats, dogs both big and small, a mime troupe, and many, many strollers full of little people.

Thanks to all the visitors who stopped and made a print - and special thanks go to our crew of volunteers and student staff! You people were amazing and I am VERY grateful for the time you shared and the attention you gave to our guests.

Night of the Tippecanus Rex - cancelled

2009-04-10T11:48:00.003-04:00

Unfortunately, the event scheduled for this Friday, April 17 at Civic Theatre has been cancelled.

In its place, the "Tippecanus Rex" exhibit will be documented in a printed catalogue that will include literary and visual art entries and will serve as a record of the wonderful works that emerged from the community. Look for it in May!

Tippecanus Rex - opening tonight!

2009-04-03T10:39:00.001-04:00

You must do T-Rex... hear it calling your name...

http://news.uns.purdue.edu/x/2009a/090402MartinRex.html

Rise of the Rex!

2009-03-29T23:24:00.002-04:00

Tippecanus Rex walks into the light this week - check us out:

http://www.jconline.com/article/20090329/ENT01/903290317/1074/ENT

(I haven't even seen the video mentioned in the article yet, and I can't wait!)

Purdue Galleries and Tippecanoe Arts Federation staff and volunteer 'Friends of T-Rex' will be installing the show early this week. It opens to the public on Wednesday, April 1st and the Opening Reception will be Friday night from 6 - 8 pm.

Come and see what kind of weirdness the community dragged in...

Legends and Myths

2009-03-12T17:01:00.002-04:00

They're here... "Urban Legends & Rural Myths" opened last Friday night (man, this has been a fast week) to a great crowd, good food and several of the artists in attendance. Thanks to Judith Klausner, Tiff Mich and Gary John Gresl for making the trip!

The show is a real crowd-pleaser so far, with folks being pulled in from the Stewart hallway by its irresistible charm. Hope you'll join us in the gallery soon.

A new interview

2009-03-05T20:14:00.002-05:00

Had the chance to go back to WLFI today and speak with my other buddy, Sue Scott, about the "Urban Legends and Rural Myths" exhibit. Click on the title above to check it out (keep in mind, I've been sick for a week... just saying)

T-Rex interview

2009-03-03T19:08:00.003-05:00

Hey! Check out this January interview with my buddy Jeff Smith at WLFI regarding the upcoming Tippecanus Rex project! (Didn't even know this was online - must pay better attention... click on the post title to go to there)

Urban Legends coming...

2009-02-28T18:13:00.003-05:00

The first week of March brings an eclectic group of new works to Stewart Center Gallery. 15 artists from across the US will soon be featured in "Urban Legends and Rural Myths." The exhibit highlights artworks that suggest a contemporary mythology.

The work will be going up this week and, in a departure from our traditional reception dates, Galleries will host a true opening reception on Friday evening, March 6 from 6:00 - 8:00 pm. (The windows will be uncovered at 6:00 for the very first look.) Hope you'll join us!

"Urban Legends and Rural Myths" is presented in conjunction with the upcoming "Tippecanus Rex" project at Tippecanoe Arts Federation. The two exhibits are a joint project supported in part by a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts.

T-Rex Two-Part Appeal

2009-02-25T20:17:00.004-05:00

1. There is one month remaining to prepare contributions for the upcoming "Tippecanus Rex" exhibition. (Deadline: Wednesday, March 25th) Every day I hear of new ideas and plans for the show. Time to get to work on yours if you haven't already!

ALSO...

2. There is a plan to assemble a "CABINET OF CURIOSITIES" for

the show. These were encyclopedic collections of objects related to natural history (sometimes faked - this time, of course faked), geology, ethnography, archaeology, religious or historical relics, works of art, and antiquities. This could be an option for people to explore if they don't want to create a full piece of their own. And it's a great opportunity to add another piece to your contribution. Any small oddity about which you or others could compose a narrative would be welcome. Grab that odd piece of wood, strange toy or misshapen item laying around the house and tell its story!

Send your idea/object image to me at cdmartin@purdue.edu.

Shrouds, Masks and the Floating World

2009-02-10T22:14:00.004-05:00

The first semi-permanent exhibition from the Galleries permanent collection is in place and greeting visitors in the Robert L. Ringel Gallery, Purdue Memorial Union. We're proud to feature the generous gifts of several donors, including Mike D. and David C. May (Pre-Columbian textiles), Thomas D. Slater (African masks), and Edward Stowe Akeley and Anna Akeley (Japanese relief prints).

It bears mentioning that Galleries assistant director Michal Hathaway designed several wonderful pieces of display furniture and mounts for this exhibit, allowing the works to be seen to their best advantage. And assistant to the director Mary Ann Anderson has developed a comprehensive presentation on the three segments of the exhibit. She has greeted several groups thus far with maps and vital historical notes, and she looks forward to scheduling your group or class visit too.

We encourage you to take advantage of the display of these works, see it soon and see it often as time permits throughout the year. (It will be in place through December 6, 2009.) These works are the cultural heritage of Purdue University and the state of Indiana, so we hope the exhibit delivers opportunities for enlightenment and education to all visitors.

T-Rex Hunting Party - one last time

2009-02-04T19:39:00.004-05:00

The final callout/collaboration/brainstorming meeting for the upcoming Tippecanus Rex project - a "T-Rex Hunting Party" - will be held at K.Dees Coffee on Wednesday, February 11 at 6:30 pm.

Rescheduled from our earlier date - the original short play "Lafadoon" will be presented at 6:30 pm by volunteers of Civic Theatre of Greater Lafayette. Meant as a Tippecanus Rex teaser, the play is a fast-moving farce on imagination and creativity, with a look back at a local ghost story, the tale of "White Wolf."

Bring your ideas, incomplete notions, expertise and imagination to share with other and help the project grow. Come for fun, coffee and strange thoughts.

"Lafadoon," postponed

2009-01-15T14:15:00.002-05:00

UPDATE: The Gallery Walk premiere of "Lafadoon" originally scheduled for tomorrow (Friday, December 16) has been postponed due to the biting cold weather. Stay tuned, as we'll likely reschedule it as part of a "some excuse to bring people out" night in February...

January Gallery Walk!

2009-01-11T09:42:00.004-05:00

This will be a big week of activities for the Galleries, with installation work continuing on the "Shrouds, Masks, and the Floating World" exhibit, the Kristy Deetz lecture and reception Thursday evening, and a Gallery Walk presentation on Friday night.

This January Gallery Walk is a new addition to the normally warm-weather events. But there are numerous cities across the country that have done winter Gallery Walks/Hops for years, and I'm sure this will find its place in our local schedule of "must-do" events.

This time, Purdue Galleries is collaborating with several groups to present diverse offerings.

All in 518 A on Main Street, the space next to Artists Own cooperative gallery:

The Artists Own group is featuring a variety of works in this space as well.
Purdue Galleries will be presenting a video projection in the window looking out on the street, promoting the upcoming "Tippecanus Rex" exhibit.
The original short play "Lafadoon" will be presented towards the rear of the space at 7:00, 8:00, and 9:00 pm by volunteers of Civic Theatre of Greater Lafayette. Meant as a Tippecanus Rex teaser, the play is a fast-moving farce on imagination and creativity, with a look back at a whopper of a local ghost story, the tale of "White Wolf."
Last but not least, a promotional raffle will benefit "Words on the Go" with Tippecanus Rex-appropriate prizes.

There will be plenty of activity and lots to see this Friday. Bundle up and venture out to share the night with the art mob. Hope to see you there!