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Visiting Artist Exhibits 2009-2010

September 8 - 25, 2009

F09 J Ciaccio ABEO ExhibitABEO
Joe Ciaccio
Artist Talk - September 25, 3:00 pm
Location: Metcalf Gallery, Modelle Metcalf Visual Arts Center





September 28 - October 23, 2009

Brown Sisters 1980The Brown Sisters

Beginning in 1975, Nicholas Nixon has annually photographed his wife Bebe with her three sisters, creating a notable black and white series called "The Brown Sisters". These photographs, a unique study in family relationships, depict the clear and inevitable passage of time on the beautiful faces of Heather, Mimi, Bebe, and Lauren as they mature from teenagers to adults. The sisters always line up in the same order, and primarily look directly at the camera, reflecting the presence of Nicholas himself, looking back.

The photographs are on loan from the private collection of Keith and Jeanne ('75) Canham

Location: Metcalf Gallery, Modelle Metcalf Visual Arts Center
Gallery hours will be extended on the Saturday of Homecoming, October 17 - 10am - 6pm





October 28 - December 4, 2009

Charis color imageCHARIS: Boundary Crossings--Neighbors, Strangers, Family, Friend

Charis (from the Greek for favor or grace) is an international traveling exhibit of work by 7 Asian and 7 North American artists that explores the implications of Christian faith and effective artistic practice in an increasingly visually-oriented world where the convergence of cultures is the norm rather than the exception. As the outgrowth of the artists' participation in a two-week immersive seminar in Indonesia during the summer of 2008 sponsored in part by the Nagel Institute for the Study of World Christianity and the CCCU and led by the staff of Plowshares Institute, the exhibit represents the ongoing dialogue of these artists on the challenges of cross-cultural communication and understanding, and the need for people of faith to address real-world issues of social justice, peace and reconciliation, and the effects of globalization wherever one lives. One term that applies to this central issue is cosmopolitanism, drawn from Ghanaian-born Princeton philosophy professor Dwame Anthony Appiah's 2006 book titled Cosmopolitanism: Ethics in a World of Strangers that reconsiders the place of a consciousness of a shared humanity in relation to the realities of genuine difference as we seek to live together in a shrinking and increasingly interdependent world. The essential challenge the exhibition presents is the challenge of living with a spirit of grace (and all that entails) toward ones' neighbor, whether that neighbor is next door or on the other side of the globe.

The exhibition is composed of 40-45 works that include paintings, sculptures, assemblage, fiber constructions, installation and video projections. It is a highly interactive, experiential presentation. Several of the pieces are collaborative endeavors embodying the very issues and ideals that the exhibit presents.

The exhibit will travel to 8-10 venues across North America before heading to Asia in 2012.
A substantial (100 page color) catalogue will be published in conjunction with the exhibit.

For more information on the seminar and exhibit go to www.calvin.edu/go/charis or contact Rachel Smith, Exhibition Project Director and Curator at rcsmith@taylor.edu.

Location: Metcalf Gallery, Modelle Metcalf Visual Arts Center



February 12 - March 2, 2010

TBA

                                                          
Location: Metcalf Gallery, Modelle Metcalf Visual Arts Center


 

Metcalf Gallery Hours

Monday through Friday
8 am - 5 pm

Saturday
1 pm - 4 pm

(closed during University breaks)

Events subject to change.

For more information and opening receptions dates
Please contact Taylor University Art Department, (765) 998-5322, Mary Mahan