tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18388779570150745212024-03-13T05:24:14.418-07:00William & Mary Faculty Show 12Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger21125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1838877957015074521.post-1828633008447375152012-12-21T14:13:00.001-08:002012-12-21T14:13:45.548-08:00Holiday Hours<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: large;">Just two more weeks to catch <i>Faculty Show 12</i>! The Museum will be open through the New Year but please note the following holiday schedule. The Museum is closed December 24-25 and will re-open on December 26 with normal operating hours through the end of the month. The Museum will also close on December 31, 2012 and January 1, 2013 re-opening for normal <span style="font-size: large;">operating</span> hours on January 2nd. </span></div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1838877957015074521.post-71905676132446693292012-12-19T08:59:00.000-08:002012-12-21T14:01:15.141-08:00More Homecoming Pictures!<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: large;">Here are some more pictures from the Faculty Show 12 Homecoming reception held at the Muscarelle in October. All pictures courtesy of the Art and Art History Department.</span></div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1838877957015074521.post-55072925091179133352012-12-11T08:51:00.002-08:002012-12-11T08:52:17.207-08:00Final Faculty Friday at Five post<span style="font-size: x-large;">Thank you to all who came to the final installment of Faculty Fridays at Five on November 30th. This talk featured Naomi Falk and Nicole McCormick-Santiago. Below, I have included a few pictures from the evening. </span><br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1838877957015074521.post-25547755973163055102012-11-28T08:43:00.002-08:002012-11-28T08:43:21.007-08:00LAST FACULTY FRIDAY AT 5 PM - THIS FRIDAY! <span style="font-size: large;">Just a reminder that this Friday at 5 PM is the LAST installment of our three part series. Naomi Falk and Nicole McCormick-Santiago will be presenting on their works featured in the show. We look forward to seeing you then! </span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1838877957015074521.post-80834904527599935332012-11-26T07:05:00.001-08:002012-11-27T07:41:08.424-08:00Q&A with Elizabeth Mead<span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><strong>Here is a short Q&A with faculty artist Elizabeth Mead. Click </strong></span><a href="http://elizabethmead.com/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><strong>here</strong></span></a><strong><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #b45f06;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> to visit her website.</span> </span></span></strong><br />
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What do you think is the importance of quiet contemplation and the act of just
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and that takes time. Today we seem to think we can do multiple tasks
simultaneously and that we should be able to suss information up immediately.
We fool ourselves. This does not give us the chance to really know something
deeply. I leave this to Blaise Pascal who said, "</span><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;"> We
never keep to the present. We anticipate the future as if we found it too slow
in coming and were trying to hurry it up, or we recall the past as if to stay
its too rapid flight. We are so unwise that we wander about in times that are
not ours and blindly flee the only one that is. The fact is that the present
usually hurts.” The short answer to your question, the importance of quiet
contemplation and looking, is, to be present in the moment and take the time
necessary to carefully and thoughtfully consider all that around us. This is
what it means to me to just look.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span><br />
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work in these terms. Instead I view the act of making as a form of inquiry, a
way of coming to know and understand the world. The process of making is simply
another way of thinking.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span><br />
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understanding or a greater awareness of the general human condition or neither?
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any other form of investigation is personal to the individual carrying it out.
If I am a scientist I am curious about X and therefore that is what I
investigate. If I am a writer then I figure out my way of being and
understanding the world through the act of writing. As a sculptor I tend to
need to investigate the world physically by making objects and at other times
through drawing. We are all seeking, each in our own way, a greater awareness
and understanding of the world at large.</span></span><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif";"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Thanks to all who attended the second installment of Faculty Fridays at Five this past Friday evening, November 16th! We were excited to see another good turnout to support our very talented faculty artists. </span><span style="font-size: large;">This week's presenters were Professor Brian Kreydatus and Professor John Lee. </span><span style="font-size: large;">I have included below a few pictures taken at the event.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">"I think of acrylic [paint] like a veggie burger...</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"> If you expect a veggie burger to taste </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">The third (and FINAL) installment of the Faculty Fridays at Five will take place on November 30th at 5 pm! Naomi Falk and Nicole McCormick-Santiago will be presenting on their works featured in the exhibition. We hope to see you there!!</span></div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1838877957015074521.post-69979529915028474042012-11-16T07:57:00.001-08:002012-11-16T07:57:49.957-08:00Faculty Fridays at Five TONIGHTHello All!<br />
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Do not forget TONIGHT (November 16th) at 5 PM, the second installment of Faculty Fridays at Five here at the Muscarelle Museum of Art. <br />
Tonight the speakers are Brian Kreydatus and John Lee. We hope to see everyone tonight! <br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1838877957015074521.post-83710960290168146512012-11-14T13:45:00.001-08:002012-11-15T11:31:39.217-08:00Holding class at the Museum<span style="font-size: large;"></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Yesterday, faculty artist Brian Kelley brought his 2D Foundations class over to the Museum to view the Faculty Show as well as several works from the Muscarelle's Permanent Collection<span style="font-size: large;">. B</span>elow, is a picture of Professor Kelley talking about print techniques.</span> <br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1838877957015074521.post-59285998683711767662012-11-14T13:36:00.000-08:002012-11-14T13:36:31.110-08:00Opening Night <div align="left" class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: large;">I know this post is coming a little late, but I have included below a few pictures from the opening of the Faculty Show, which took place on October 26, 2012.</span> </div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1838877957015074521.post-12402121788892038182012-11-12T07:17:00.000-08:002012-11-15T11:36:02.249-08:00First Faculty Friday at Five (11/2/12)<span style="font-size: large;">Thanks to all who came out to the first installment of Faculty Fridays at 5<span style="font-size: large;"> -- w</span>e were so excited to have such a great turnout!<span style="font-size: large;"> </span>I have included below a couple snapshots from the evening. Don't forget there are two more opportunities to hear our faculty artists speak about their work! Don't miss out! The next installment will be on November 16th at 5 PM, and will feature Brian Kreydatus and John Lee.<span style="font-size: large;"> </span>We look forward to seeing you there! </span><br />
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1838877957015074521.post-57292414755940356532012-11-02T09:05:00.001-07:002012-11-15T11:33:13.960-08:00First Faculty Friday TONIGHT at FIVE <span style="font-size: large;">TONIGHT is the first in the series of Faculty Fridays at Five! This evening will be featured artists </span><a href="http://elizabethmead.com/" target="_blank"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Elizabeth Mead</span></b></a><span style="font-size: large;"> and </span><a href="http://www.mikejabbur.com/" target="_blank"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Mike Jabbur</span></b></a><span style="font-size: large;"> . There will be a gallery walking tour of the Faculty Show, during which time the artists will each speak about their respective work<span style="font-size: large;">. </span>Please join us THIS evening at 5 PM for a great discussion with two of our very talented faculty artists! </span><br />
<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1838877957015074521.post-34837225173135509592012-10-30T08:56:00.001-07:002012-10-30T12:20:28.483-07:00Interview with Suzanne Demeo<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">Below is a short interview with Suzanne Demeo, Adjunct Instructor in the Art and Art History Department. A grouping of her watercolor paintings are on display in the Faculty Show. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><strong>A:</strong> When my parents retired 15 years ago they moved from
Connecticut to Nevada. Since then I have visited them at least once a year and
I have been photographing the landscape and using the photos to inform my
artwork. Over the past two years my parents have passed away. During my last
visit I found a box filled with photographs my mother had taken of the cloud
formations over the mountains behind their house. The sky is so vast in the west,
the vistas stretching so far because of the lack of trees and the clear thin
air. My mother was really taken with the variety of cloud formations and the
way the “weather” moved through the valley. I have been painting the Nevada
landscape off and on for many years but I never really thought much about
painting clouds. Five out of six of the paintings in this exhibition were taken
in part from my mother’s photographs. The exception is “Field on Fire” which is
based on a photograph that I took very early in the morning as the sun was
coming up over the mountains. The color of the light in the west is different
and the shadows are crisper than ours because of the lack of humidity. I find
the whole area infinitely beautiful and am grateful to my parents that I have
had an opportunity to explore that part of the country. I am feeling the loss
of my parents and also the loss of subject matter for future work. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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any other medium since college and did not attempt watercolor until about
twelve years ago. Before that I used paper collage and pastel mostly. Prior to
this series I was working with mixed media; combining watercolor, pastel and
gouache. I wanted to limit myself to watercolor only for this series of
paintings. The medium requires that you think ahead. It is an additive process.
Areas of whites and lights need to be “reserved’ because you cannot go back and
add them later unless you use an opaque medium such as gouache which gives the
work a different look. There really is no such thing as white watercolor paint.
I spent a lot of time on the preliminary drawings which I really enjoyed. Then
there is the surprise element of watercolor because of the way the water and
paper influence the paint. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><strong>A:</strong> Although I appreciate many different types of art and
artists, I found out a long time ago that looking at a particular artist or
period in art to find inspiration does not usually work for me. It becomes too
much of an academic exercise and I just end up getting lost.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Usually the inspiration for my work comes
from the colors and forms of nature or manmade objects. For a while I was
interested in the colors of rust on metal surfaces. When I initially moved to
Virginia I made a series of paper collages with flower and plant forms because
I was inspired by all of the different things that grow in the South compared
to New England. This time my inspiration was my father. He was an incredibly
creative guy and a really good artist. I inherited several of his oil
paintings, watercolors and drawings and have them hanging in my home. After my
mother died I went two years without working in my studio in any serious
way.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Between May and July I made twelve
paintings. With my mother’s cloud pictures, my father’s beautiful watercolor
brushes and a stack of their old CD’s, I thought about them as I painted their
big back yard.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1838877957015074521.post-59309772310148446412012-10-26T09:22:00.003-07:002012-10-30T08:19:48.906-07:00Faculty Artists Featured Elsewhere!<span style="font-size: large;">Happy Friday everyone! </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I was just recently alerted to the work of two of our faculty artists in other venues, so I thought I'd pass them along!</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><strong>Elizabeth Mead's</strong> work is currently being exhibited at the Seldon Gallery in Norfolk in an invitational exhibition entitled, <strong>SUBSTRATA: Layered Meanings in Contemporary Art</strong> curated by Amy Brandt, who is the McKinnon Curator of Modern & Contemporary Art at the Chrysler Museum of Art in Norfolk.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">You can also see Mead's work in a collaboration with dance professor Joan Gavaler on a dance piece called, "The Molting," which is part of Dancevent <strong>this weekend</strong> at Phi Beta Kappa Hall at the College. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><strong>Naomi Falk</strong> also has work currently being exhibited at the Arlington Arts Center in Arlington, VA. </span><span style="font-size: large;">The interactive part of the exhibition is entitled <strong>ONE on ONE Conversations with Artists </strong>and it is part of the <a href="https://www.arlingtonartscenter.org/aacnetwork/fall-solos-2012-one-one-conversations-with-artists" target="_blank">FALL SOLOS 2012</a><strong> </strong>show. </span><br />
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</span><a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/gog/exhibits/fall-solos-2012,1239886/critic-review.htm" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Click here to read the Washington Post review of Fall Solos 2012</span></a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1838877957015074521.post-47930990276654113102012-10-25T14:17:00.000-07:002012-10-25T14:17:35.291-07:00Almost Show Time!<span style="font-size: large;">Hello all! </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Getting close to completion on the installation of Faculty Show 12!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-size: large;">Below is a short interview with Assistant Professor of
Ceramics and artist, Mike Jabbur. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Several pieces of Jabbur’s work will be
included in the Faculty show that opens THIS WEEKEND! <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> <a href="http://www.mikejabbur.com/#!" target="_blank"><strong>Also, be sure to check out his website! </strong></a></span></span></span><br />
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utilitarian and aesthetic. Do you intend that your pieces SHOULD be useable or
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-size: large;"><strong>A: </strong>This is a very timely question for
you to ask.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For a long time form has
been my top priority, and it has only been important to me that my pots <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">can</i> be used.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ve explored that relationship in many
ways.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For a while, I <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">intentionally</i> challenged the idea of use
within my work, and thereby hopefully challenged the user/viewer to engage more
“actively” with my pots.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>More recently,
I have been comfortable with the idea that my work is for “special occasion.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This was under my assumption that users would
be more willing to accommodate the challenges of use if the occasion was
somehow highlighted or enriched through that challenge.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>More and more, especially very recently, I
have been making subtle changes that simplify use within my work.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’m approaching this very carefully, as I
don’t intend this shift to include a demotion of form to a lesser
priority.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Instead, it’s an opportunity for
me to challenge myself in my studio, to push the ease of utility without
sacrificing my ideals with regard to form and aesthetic.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Q: <span style="font-family: Calibri;"><strong>Do
you conceptualize/visualize in your head before you begin what your pieces will
look like when they’re done, or do the pieces evolve as you work on them?</strong> <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-size: large;"><strong>A: </strong>New forms within my body of work usually first present
themselves as flashes in my mind, generally vague and somewhat foggy.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Sometimes they generate because I’ve been
thinking about a given function, so the seed is planted in my
subconscious.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Other times, I see an
object and immediately see it through the lens of my process.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I draw a lot, especially when I’m developing
new forms.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It’s so much faster to work
through ideas.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I can get through a week’s
worth of studio trial and error in an evening with my sketchbook.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But drawings seldom work exactly as I hope they
will in 3-dimensions.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>So I bounce back
and forth between drawing and potting for a while until things start to come
together. My process is more controlled than it may appear, and I can predict
to a fair degree what I will end up with.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>But I’ve also developed a process over time that includes the
opportunity for variety, chance happening, sometimes disaster, and every now
and then something magical to happen.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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</span><o:p><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: large;"> </span></o:p><br />
<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-size: large;"><strong>Q: What
appeals to you about the art of ceramics? Who or what inspired you to pursue
pottery?</strong> <o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-size: large;"><strong>A:</strong> My initial interest in pottery was not about process or the
act of making.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What first attracted me
to pottery was the idea that art and utility could coexist within a single
object.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I was then, and am still today,
enchanted by pottery’s ability to enrich occasions, beautify a meal, spark a
conversation, and fulfill the very human need and desire for beauty within our
daily lives.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I was inspired to pursue
pottery because I felt an overwhelming desire to devote my livelihood to such
experiences.</span> </span></div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1838877957015074521.post-90899828629778147912012-10-17T08:06:00.000-07:002012-10-24T06:41:11.223-07:00A Forklift, A Pallet Jack and a Hoist walk into the Museum...<br />
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif";">If Superman can’t make it,
how do members of the Muscarelle Museum of Art staff install a 1-ton sculpture
in the Museum’s draft lobby? Answer: A lot of heavy machinery.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span><br />
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sculpture <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Conscious of Her Shores </i>by
exhibiting artist <b><a href="http://www.wm.edu/as/arthistory/alumni/home2010/jason_1.jpg">Jayson Lowery</a></b> yesterday presented a unique challenge because it was
so heavy. The sculpture is made out of marble, limestone, steel, and cast iron
and the process of removing out of the trailer it arrived in and getting into
the museum proper was an intricate one. Below, I have included some pictures of
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1838877957015074521.post-42986625726827171862012-10-09T12:58:00.001-07:002012-10-24T06:14:14.568-07:00Artist Mention in the Daily Press<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><strong>Check this out!</strong></span> <br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">A work by Linda Carey, a member of William & Mary Art Department faculty, is currently being featured in a show in Hampton, Virginia at the </span><a href="http://www.hamptonarts.net/charles-h-taylor-arts-center-/directions-middlelinks-154"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Charles H. Taylor Arts Center</span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">. The show will be up through this <strong>Sunday, October 14, 2012. </strong></span></span><a href="http://www.virginia.org/Listings/EventsAndExhibits/VirginiaLandscapeTodayViewsoftheOldDominionbyherArtists/"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Here is a link to the details about the show. </span></a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1838877957015074521.post-71826470779920068832012-10-02T09:46:00.000-07:002012-10-24T05:56:00.460-07:00Homage to Leslie Cheek, Jr. <br />
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Leslie Cheek, Jr</span></b><span style="font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">. </span></span></span><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">(1908-1992)<br />
</span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">“The
peculiar value of Mr. Cheek’s work at the College of William & Mary has
been in his perception </span></i></span></span><br />
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">of the irreplaceable importance of art in college life
today. Not art only as a field for amateurs, but art as a field for intelligent
and trained appreciation; art as a medium of self-expression and, above all, in
the long years of leisure that lie ahead, art as a source of fuller culture,
and as a stimulus to continuous growth.”</span></i><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">-</span><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">John
Stewart Bryan, President of the College (1934-42)<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div>
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</span></span></span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif";">As we prepare
for the 12<sup>th</sup> exhibition of art by the faculty of the Department of
Art and Art History at the Museum, I think it is important to take a moment to
acknowledge the achievements of the person responsible for bringing a Fine Arts
department to the College -- <a href="http://web.wm.edu/muscarelle/cheek/cheekwm.html"><span style="color: blue;">Leslie Cheek, Jr.</span></a> Mr.
Cheek dedicated his career to furthering and promoting the study of the arts at
the College and in the greater community. <o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif";">Leslie Cheek,
Jr. studied art at Harvard University and architecture at Yale University. He
graduated from Yale in 1935. After graduating from Yale, Cheek came to
Williamsburg to paint landscapes. Shortly after arriving, he became friends
with James L. Cogar, a curator at Colonial Williamsburg and with John Stewart
Bryan, the President of the College of William and Mary. Cogar had also studied
at Yale and taught in the History Department at the College of William and
Mary. So, when Cogar left for a semester abroad, Cheek was offered his
position. During his tenure, he utilized the first photographic slides ever
used at William and Mary.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif";">At the College,
Cheek founded one of the first Fine Arts Departments in the south in 1937.
Originally the Department was housed in Taliaferro Hall, a converted dormitory
that was also the first air-conditioned building in Williamsburg. Andrews Hall,
which currently houses the Department of Art and Art History, opened in 1968.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif";">The 1930s was
an exciting time in Williamsburg. Cheek hosted architect Frank Lloyd Wright,
who presented a lecture based on select works that MoMA loaned to the College.
He also brought Georgia O’Keeffe back to Williamsburg after a thirty-year
absence. She received an honorary degree and the College hosted an exhibition
of her work. Abby Aldrich Rockefeller donated a Georgia O’Keeffe painting to
the College. This painting, <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">White Flower</i>
(1932), is now an integral part of the Muscarelle Museum of Art’s collection. <o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif";">Cheek also
served as the Director of the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts from 1948-68. He was
the second director and the longest-tenured director in the museum’s history.
Meanwhile, in 1955, Cheek opened the Virginia Museum Theatre to bring the
performing arts into a museum space. </span><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif";"><o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif";">As part of his
legacy, Cheek created an endowment at the College in 1986 to establish a
national award for outstanding presentation of the arts. The Leslie Cheek Jr.
Medal is presented to a person whose achievements significantly contribute to
the furtherance and promotion of the fields of museum, performing, or visual
arts. The director of the Muscarelle Museum of Art in conjunction with the
heads of the Fine Arts Department and the Theatre Department choose the
recipients of this prestigious award. In 1983, Leslie and his wife, Mary Tyler,
were instrumental in the building of the Muscarelle Museum of Art on the
College’s campus.</span><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif";"> </span></span><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">
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“<em><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">As a
university museum two of our goals are to utilize<o:p></o:p></span></span></em></div>
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<em><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">the museum
as a laboratory for learning and to </span></span></em></div>
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<em><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">collaborate with the faculty of The </span></span></em><em><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">College.
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<em><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">This exhibition provides </span></span></em><em><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">us the opportunity to do both.”</span></span></em></div>
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<em><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">-Aaron De
Groft, Director of the Muscarelle<o:p></o:p></span></span></em></div>
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<span style="font-family: "FairplexNarrowOT-Book","serif"; font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></o:p></span><br />
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</span></span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">My name is Laura Conte and
I am a Registrar’s Fellow here at the Muscarelle. These are exciting times here
at the Museum and I’m happy to report that there are only four weeks until the opening
of the <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Faculty Show 12</i></b>! </span><span style="font-size: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-family: FairplexNarrowOT-Book;">This
exhibition is a longstanding collaboration between the Museum and the fine arts
department at the College. <o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">The
2012 show will showcase the current studio works of fifteen faculty artists
from the College of William and Mary Department of Art and Art history. Their
works represent a broad range of media including installation works, paintings,
drawings, sculptures, ceramics, photographs, and prints. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The show opens on <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">October 27, 2012</b> and will run through <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">January 6, 2013. <o:p></o:p></b></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">Students
and members of the community will be provided opportunities to engage faculty
members through several gallery talks that will take place during the </span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">month
of November in a series called </span><b><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">Faculty Fridays at Five</span></b><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">, which
are scheduled for </span><b><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">November
2nd, November 16th and November 30th at 5:00 p.m.</span></b><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"> Faculty
members will be on hand in the galleries to discuss their works. <o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">I
will be keeping you updated as the show’s arrival gets closer with personal
interviews with the artists, interesting tidbits, photos and so much more.</span></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0