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Below the Surface: A 21st-Century Look at the Prairie
June 12 to September 6, 2009
Sponsored by Prairie Studies and Iowa Prairie Network
Opening reception June 12, 5:00 - 6:30 pm
Curator's Statement
Although the native tallgrass prairie of the upper Midwest is but a remnant of its former glory, prairie plants, animals and places continue to inspire artists in the 21st century. Below the Surface explores contemporary views of our place and its natural history, infused with overtones of the cultures that now live on the lands that were once a sea of grass.
This exhibition will also include some historical examples of earlier natural histories of the region as a way to explore how the act of looking and seeing where we are have changed.
Curated by Lesley Wright, Faulconer Gallery Director. Artists include: Delores De Wilde Bina, Matilda Essig, Barbara Fedeler,Justin Gibbens, Wendy Hollander, Carl Kurtz, Sally Kuzma, Jin Lee, Peggy Macnamara, Marguerite Perret, Joseph Scheer, John Spence, Priscilla Steele, Tilly Woodward. There will also be a selection of photographs by David Ottenstein, a recent gift to the Center for Prairie Studies, and a selection of prints from Prairie Suite, a Center for Prairie Studies commissioned portfolio.
Justin Gibbens, Conjunctive Barn Owls, 2008, Watercolor, graphite, gouache, acrylic, coffe on paper, 30.25x44.5", Courtesy of Elizabeth Leach Gallery
Small Expressions
June 12 - September 6, 2009
Opening reception June 12, 5:00 - 6:30 pm
Small Expressions 2009, is sponsored by the Handweavers Guild of America, Inc. This annual exhibition of small scale works is limited to fiber techniques such as weaving, spinning, basketry, felting, beading, and papermaking. Finished pieces may not exceed 15 inches (38 centimeters) in any direction, including any and all mounting or display devices. This year's juror is Arturo Alonzo Sandoval, Alumni-Endowed Professor of Art at the University of Kentucky, Lexington. Sandoval is a fiber artist whose experimental techniques and expressive interpretations have earned him an international reputation.
Handweavers Guild of America
Midwest Weavers
Historic Valley Junction Fiber Arts
Daryl Lancaster, Personal Posts: Survivor, Mixed media
Tracy Hicks: still/Life
Noyce Science Center
second floor, northwest corner
Dallas artist Tracy Hicks created still/LIFE in response to the severe endangerment of approximately one third of the earth's 6000 known amphibian species within the last ten years due to adverse ecological change. The piece is intended to provide a space for intellectual as well as artistic reflection on the fate of species. and raises the questions: what does it mean to preserve? Why do we preserve some things and not others?
The Faulconer Gallery invited Tracy Hicks to Grinnell to create still/LIFE in conjunction with the 2008 Tall Grass Bioneers Conference (October 31 - November 2, 2008). His visit was sponsored by the Faulconer Gallery, Biology Department, and Chemistry Department. No live animal specimens were used in the making of the installation, with the exception of one preserved frog and a few insects, all of which died of natural causes.
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Tracy Hicks, still/LIFE, 2008. Mixed media
Selma and Lowndes County 1965/1966
Photographs by John F. Phillips '67
John Chrystal Center Gallery
With other Grinnell College students, John F. Phillips '67 participated in and photographed civil rights marches in Selma, Montgomery, New Haven, Washington, DC, and Toronto. His photographs reveal this remarkable era in history with dignity and, often, tenderness. All works are a recent gift to the Grinnell College Art Collection.
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John Phillips, Holding Hands Playground racial integration protest march, SDS project, New Haven, Connecticut, 1965. Grinnell College Art Collection.
Kara Walker: Harper's Pictorial History of the Civil War (Annotated)
Burling Gallery
The Burling Galleryis located in the lower level of Burling Library.
Kara Walker, Harper's Pictorial History of the Civil War (Annotated), 2005
Offset lithograph and silkscreen. Grinnell College Art Collection.
Darwin's REvolution Exhibit
Burling Libraries
Few works have been as influential or controversial as Charles Darwin's On the Origin of the Species by Means of Natural Selection. To commemorate the 150th anniversary of its publication, and the 200th anniversary of Darwin's birth, this exhibition of materials from the Libraries' Department of Special Collections showcases our first edition of The Origin of the Species, and works which influenced or were influenced by Darwin's theory of evolution. The exhibition will be on display in Burling Library first floor and Burling Gallery (basement) through August.
Huxley Evidence as to Man's Place in Nature (1863)
Molecules That Matter
Sept 25 - Dec. 13, 2009
An exhibition exploring 10 significant molecules of the 20th century: aspirin, isooctane, penicillin, polyethylene, nylon, DNA, progestin, DDT, prozac, and the buckminsterfullerene/nanotube. Developed jointly by the American Chemical Society and the Tang Teaching Museum at Skidmore College, the exhibition includes large models of the molecules, important works of contemporary art that comment on and utilize these molecules as materials and/or subjects, and works of popular culture. Among the artists included are Roxy Paine, Alexis Rockman, Dan Peterman, and Ed Ruscha.
Organized by the Frances Young Tang Teaching Museum and Art Gallery at Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, New York and the Chemical Heritage Foundation, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Previous Exhibitions
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1999-2000: Re-Structure, American Spectrum, Ghost Dance
2000-2001: Corot to Picasso, Power of the Word, Patient Process, Will Pergl, and more
2001-2002: Energy Inside, Sandy Skoglund, Estonian Art, Prairie Suite, Iraqi Art, and more
2002-2003: Positional Play, Italian Drawings and Prints, Brazilian Art, Tom Huck, and more
2003-2004: Roots of Renewal, John Wilson, Keith Achepohl, Master Quilts, and more
2004-2005: Mark Lombardi, Goya, Kentridge, Swedish Photography, and more
2005-2006: Danish Photography, An Impressionist Eye, Japanese bamboo, and more
2006-2007: Breuer photography, Indigo Quilts, works from the Grinnell College Collection, and more
2007-2008: Installations: Seven International Artistst with Roots in Morrocco; Little Allende, America; Subject Space: Interiors; The Stamp of Self Help Graphics; Where Are You From? Contemporary Art From Portugal/De Onde Vens? Arte Contemporānea de Portugal and more
2008-2009:The Return of the Yellow Peril: A Survey of the Work of Roger Shimomura, 1969-2004; A Constructed Balance: Photographs by Emily Grimes; Egazini Outreach Project
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