April 2010 Toledo Museum of Art Program Highlights
Bare Witness: Photographs by Gordon Parks
Through April 25, 2010, Canaday Gallery
Pioneering photographer, journalist and film director Gordon Parks captured a cross section of the human experience—from wealth to poverty, fame to obscurity—in his visually arresting images. Perhaps best known as the director of the Hollywood smash hit Shaft, Parks was first acknowledged as a master of the photographic arts. This compelling exhibition of 73 photographs was organized by the Iris & B. Gerald Cantor Center for Visual Arts at Stanford University. Free admission.
Whistler: Influences, Friends and the Not-So-Friendly
Through May 30, 2010, Works on Paper Gallery
Featuring works on paper from the Toledo Museum of Art’s renowned collection, the exhibition highlights the talents of the iconic American artist James Abbott McNeill Whistler (1834-1903), positioning his work within the context of his influences, friends and enemies. As a printmaker, Whistler was a leading personality among all modern etchers. His name is often linked with Rembrandt’s as the most experimental, accomplished and refined masters of the etched line. In addition to more than 60 prints by Whistler, the exhibition includes works by Felix Braquemond, Henri Fantin-Latour, Sir Francis Seymour Haden, Charles Émile Jacque, Alphonse Legros, Charles Meryon and Joseph Pennell.
Free admission.
Mexico’s Toledo
Through May 9, 2010, Gallery 18
A great artist, a great assimilator, and hugely prolific, Francisco Toledo is inspired by Mexican culture, his native state of Oaxaca, and his family heritage. Using surrealist influences and a deep knowledge of printmaking technique—developed over five years working in the shop of British master Stanley William Hayter—Toledo’s art expresses an appreciation for the aesthetics of nature. Indigenous animals, interact with human beings in a world where all are equal in nature and equally disregarding of nature’s laws. The dreamlike scenarios, both menacing and playful, are full of pattern and movement. Toledo is arguably the most important Latino artist of his generation and is certainly one of the greatest contemporary printmakers. Due to mature content, viewer discretion is advised. Free admission.
Impressionism & Post Impressionism
April 23 – June 20, 2010, Hitchcock Gallery
Prints created between roughly 1860 and 1900 by French and Northern European artists, including Edouard Manet, Paul Gauguin, Edgar Degas, Vincent van Gogh and Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec are featured. Art history students at the University of Toledo selected objects from the Toledo Museum of Art collection with guidance from UT faculty and TMA curatorial and exhibition staff. Free admission.
Quest for Fire Studios
Through May 2, 2010, Community Galleries
Working out of the Secor Building in downtown Toledo, the artists of the Quest for Fire Studios create iconoclastic images of soul and thought while using diverse methods and mediums. In addition to each artist’s other works in the exhibition, at least one work by each was inspired by artwork in TMA’s collection. The artists wrote about what inspired them and why, and these writings turned into “Visitor Voices” labels found in various galleries throughout the Museum. Free admission.
TMA High School Art Council
Through April 25, 2010, Community Galleries
This year, the work of 30 students from 15 schools will be represented. The High School Art Council works with Museum staff on projects such as exhibitions, programs, publications, gallery experiences, podcasts or web-based activities, and students have the opportunity to participate in behind-the-scenes operations at the Museum. Free admission.
Psychedelic Printmaking: University of Toledo Printmaking Students
April 30 – June 13, 2010, Community Galleries
In a collaborative project designed to complement this summer’s The Psychedelic 60s: Posters From the Rock Era exhibition, faculty from the University of Toledo’s Department of Art and the TMA Community Galleries teamed up to create an exhibition using the art approaches of 1960s poster artists. UT printmaking students studied examples of the posters, and then created works using various printmaking methods that emulate the techniques. Free admission.
Special Presentations
FREE Theatrical Presentation
Creation Doomsday: Selections from the Chester Mystery Cycle
Friday April 9: 7–7:30 p.m., Cloister
The University of Toledo Department of Theatre presents an excerpt from the 12th play in the Chester Mystery Cycle, a collection of biblical stories written in rhyming verse and performed in the town of Chester, England, between the 14th and 16th centuries. This excerpt tells the story of a rather comical Satan tempting Jesus three times in the wilderness. Jesus does not succumb, and then the Expositor explains the moral. A larger section of the play will be presented later in April at the University of Toledo. The theatre department also will perform selections of the Chester Cycle in May at the University of Toronto.
FREE Film
Half Past Autumn: The Life and Works of Gordon Parks
Friday, April 9: 7:30 p.m., Little Theater
This retrospective on Gordon Parks’ extraordinary life serves as a brief social history of America as well as a showcase for Parks’ work.
FREE Guest Lecture
The Delphic Oracle: Modern Science Examines an Ancient Mystery
Friday, April 16: 7:30 p.m., Little Theater
The Archeological Institute of America co-sponsors this presentation by national AIA lecturer John R. Hale, director of liberal studies at the University of Louisville. Hale will discuss recent research confirming ancient descriptions of the sacred oracle of Delphi in central Greece. Ancient Greek and Roman authors indicate the sacred site contained unusual geological features and phenomena: a fissure in the rock, emission of sweet-smelling vapor and a sacred spring. Pythia, the priestess who pronounced the oracles, sat above the fissure where she could inhale the vapor, thus triggering a prophetic trance in which she became a medium for the prophetic oracles of the god Apollo. So influential were her words that famous figures from Alexander the Great to various Roman emperors consulted the shrine. Most 20th century scholars were skeptical of the ancient traditions. Then, in 1995, an interdisciplinary team began studying not only the archaeology of Delphi, but also related evidence from geology, chemistry and toxicology research. The ancient sources were validated. The team has gone on to study Greek oracle’s sites elsewhere in the Aegean and Asia, and has found similar geological features.
FREE Gallery Talk
Double Up: Two Curators, Two Monkeys, Two Centuries
Friday, April 30: 7:30 p.m., Libbey Court
Larry Nichols, the William Hutton curator of European and American paintings and sculpture before 1900, and Jutta-Annette Page, curator of glass and decorative arts, discuss similarities between a newly acquired 17th century Dutch painting by Melchior d’Hondecoeter and a micromosaic snuffbox by Giacomo Raffaelli from a century later.
Workshops & Art Studio Sessions
Family Fun Workshop: Clay Animal Beads
Friday, April 16: 7–9 p.m., Classroom 139
Make Japanese Netsuke beads with clay after viewing the Museum’s collection of these intricate miniature wonders. ($20 members/$25 nonmembers) The registration fee ($20 for members and $25 for nonmembers) is for one adult and one child. Each additional child may register for $10. Enroll at www.toledomuseum.org/learn/classes or call 419-254-5080.
Workshop: The Bead Goes On
Saturday, April 24: Noon to 4 p.m., Glass Pavilion Flameworking Studio
Learn to make beautiful glass beads using a torch and soft glass. Contribute up to five to the Bead Goes On community art project. No experience necessary. Registration ($60 members/$75 nonmembers) required; no refunds. Call 419-254-5080 to enroll.
Art Hour Studio Sessions
Try your hand at glassworking at one of these hour-long sessions. Buy tickets ($15 members/$25 nonmembers; no refunds) in person or by phone during Museum hours starting the Tuesday before each session, or on the day of the session if space is still available. Adults and children at least 14 years of age accompanied by an adult are welcome. Call 419-254-5771, ext. 7448, to enroll.
Create a Glass Flower:
Friday, April 2: 6, 7 and 8 p.m., Glass Pavilion Hot Shop
Saturday, April 3: 2 and 4 p.m., Glass Pavilion Hot Shop
Friday, April 9: 6, 7 and 8 p.m., Glass Pavilion Hot Shop
Saturday, April 17: 2 and 4 p.m., Glass Pavilion Hot Shop
Friday, April 23: 6, 7 and 8 p.m., Glass Pavilion Hot Shop
Saturday, April 24: 2 and 4 p.m., Glass Pavilion Hot Shop
Friday, April 30: 6, 7 and 8 p.m., Glass Pavilion Hot Shop
Flameworked Glass Pendants:
Friday, April 9: 6, 7 and 8 p.m., Glass Pavilion Hot Shop
Flameworked Glass Beads:
Friday, April 23: 6, 7 and 8 p.m., Glass Pavilion Hot Shop
Family Sandcasting (molding molten glass):
Sunday, April 25: 1, 2, 3 and 4 p.m., Glass Pavilion Hot Shop
Glass Pavilion Events
FREE Glass Olympics
Friday, April 2: 7–10 p.m., Glass Pavilion
Faculty and staff from colleges and universities across the country come together in a friendly competition and demonstration of glassblowing skills.
FREE Local Glass Artist Demos
Les Robertson: Glass & Music
Friday, April 9: 7–10 p.m., Glass Pavilion
Matt Paskiet: Signature Work
Friday, April 23: 7–10 p.m., Glass Pavilion
Sponsored by the Museum’s Guest Artist Pavilion Project (GAPP).
Wine by the Glass Pavilion
April 9: New French Discoveries
April 16: Core Winery
April 23: Chef’s Selections
Join us on Fridays from 7-9:30 p.m. at the Glass Pavilion for drop-in wine tastings ($15 members/$20 nonmembers). Enjoy four wines, light snacks and a view of the Hot Shop.
Free Hands-On Activities
Whistler Watercolors on Wooden Beads
Sunday, April 11: 2-4 p.m., Libbey Court
Using the Whistler exhibition for inspiration, decorate wooden beads with watercolors.
Free Hands-On Activities (Continued)
Bead a Butterfly, Bead a Bee
Friday, April 23: 7-9 p.m., Libbey Court
Use images in the Bare Witness: Photography by Gordon Parks exhibition and the Museum collection to make your own insect bead, and add one or more beads to our community art project, the Bead Goes On.
Musical Events
FREE Club Friday Music
Quartet Bernadette (international sound)
Friday, April 2: 6:30–9:30 p.m., Cloister
Enjoy toe-tapping music from some of Toledo’s celebrated performers. Cash bar.
Sunday Concert Series
Sunday, April 11: 3 p.m., Great Gallery
University of Toledo faculty vocalist Barbara Rondelli-Perry performs.
Public Tours
FREE ArtSpeaks Series: The Seven Deadly Sins
Gluttony: Saturday, April 3: 2 and 3 p.m., Meet in Libbey Court
Greed: Saturday, April 10: 2 and 3 p.m., Meet in Libbey Court
Sloth: Saturday, April 17: 2 and 3 p.m., Meet in Libbey Court
Wrath: Saturday, April 24: 2 and 3 p.m., Meet in Libbey Court
FREE Family Time Tour
Sundays, April 4, April 18 and April 25: 2 p.m., Meet in Family Center and Libbey Court
Sunday, April 11: 1 p.m., Meet in Family Center and Libbey Court
FREE Inside Story Tours
The Crucifixion
Friday, April 2: 6 and 6:30 p.m., Meet in Libbey Court
A Lasting Impression (Karen La Monte’s Dress Impression)
Friday, April 9: 6 and 6:30 p.m., Meet in Glass Pavilion
Tiffany Lights up the Room
Friday, April 16: 6 and 6:30 p.m., Meet in Glass Pavilion
Just Ahead …(Jun Kaneko’s Pinkerton)
Friday, April 23: 6 and 6:30 p.m., Meet in Libbey Court
Van Gogh: Houses at Auvers
Friday, April 30: 6 and 6:30 p.m., Meet in Libbey Court
FREE Meet Me at TMA: African Art
Saturday, April 10: 1:30 p.m., Meet in Herrick Lobby
TMA and the Alzheimer’s Association, Northwest Ohio Chapter offer tours for those dealing with mild memory loss, their families and friends. Reservations recommended. For more information, call the Alzheimer’s Association at 419-537-1999.
FREE Tour & Tea
Sunday, April 11: 2 p.m., Meet in Libbey Court
Night in the Museum: After-Hours Flashlight Tour
Friday, April 23: 10 p.m., Meet in Herrick Lobby
Back by popular demand! With a flashlight and a docent, see what the Museum is like when the lights,go out. Tickets ($5 members/$10 nonmembers) will be available by calling 419-254-5771, ext. 7448. Limited to 100 participants.
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