Toledo Museum of Art April 2011 Program Highlights
Exhibition Openings
Frank Stella: Irregular Polygons
April 8–July 24, 2011, Canaday Gallery
With the cooperation of the Hood Museum of Art at Dartmouth College and lenders to the exhibition, the Toledo Museum of Art presents Frank Stella: Irregular Polygons. An American master of minimalism, Stella is a consistent innovator at the forefront of abstract art. This exhibition presents one of each of the artist’s 11 monumental compositions for the Irregular Polygons series (1965-66), along with preparatory drawings and the 1974 print series Eccentric Polygons based on the Irregular Polygons. Stella is the first artist in history to deliberately create a set of paintings shaped as irregular polygons. This exhibition marks the first time the series has been shown in one room. The exhibition was organized and originally shown by the Hood Museum. The Toledo showing of the exhibition is made possible by members of the Toledo Museum of Art and supported in part through the sustainable grant program of the Ohio Arts Council. A companion book is available in the Museum Store featuring Collector’s Corner. Admission is free.
What’s Wrong with Me? Art and Disease
April 22–Aug.7, 2011, Hitchock Gallery
Is disease limited to a particular pathogen invading an unwitting host? Or can it be understood as a social construction and set of practices arising from a complex series of factors, such as the state of a country’s infrastructure, public health policies, demographic shifts and cultural stigmas? As a component of their art history class Art and Disease, University of Toledo students selected works from the Toledo Museum of Art collection to design an exhibition that explores the relationships between art, disease and human civilization. Admission is free.
New On View in the Community Galleries
Insider Art: A TMA Staff Exhibition
April 1–May 8, 2011
Community Gallery
What kind of creative people work in an art museum? Find out when Toledo Museum of Art staff members, inspired by a world-class collection every day, show their eclectic talents in producing their own personal works of art. Admission is free.
It’s in the Bag
April 8–May 15, 2011
Community Gallery
Students from the Toledo Museum of Art High School Art Council were given a plastic sealable bag and asked to fill it with art. The students could choose any medium or method of producing art that can be contained in a quart-sized bag. See how diverse an “art bag” can be when dozens of artists are given the same challenge and achieve widely varied results. Admission is free.
Continuing Exhibitions
The Baroque World of Fernando Botero
Through June 12, 2011, Galleries 28 A–C
Known for the larger-than-life scale of his work and his use of vibrant colors, Colombian painter, sculptor and draftsman Fernando Botero (b. 1932) has a style instantly recognized as his alone. Art Service International organized this traveling exhibition of 100 of Botero’s paintings, sculptures and drawings, the first retrospective exhibition of the artist’s work in the United States since 1978. Admission is free for TMA members and children under 6 years of age. Admission for nonmembers is $15 for adults, $12 for seniors age 65 and over, and $5 for students ages 6 to 22. Reduced rates are available for student and other groups. A companion catalog is available in the Museum Store featuring Collector’s Corner.
Aminah Robinson: Voices That Taught Me How to Sing
Extended through April 10, 2011, Gallery 4 in the Glass Pavilion®
Aminah Robinson combines traditional art materials with everyday objects to create enchanting two- and three-dimensional works of art. The Ragmud Collection, purchased from Robinson by the Toledo Museum of Art, is a set of the artist’s one-of-a-kind books containing sculptural pieces, drawings, poems and stories, books-within-books and extended pullouts. Each of the 10 books, shown publicly for the first time, is a visual feast and covers a different theme. A companion book is available for purchase at the Museum Store. The exhibition is made possible in part by Libbey, Inc. Admission is free.
The Dramatic Image: Baroque Prints of the 17th Century
Through July 31, 2011, Works on Paper Galleries
These works of art on paper from the Baroque period (1600–1750) convey strong emotional feelings through subjects filled with dynamic movement and dramatic architecture. The impressive prints in this exhibition are conceived in a wide range of styles and techniques by leading European artists of the period. Admission is free.
The Egypt Experience: Secrets of the Tomb
Lower Level Egyptian Gallery, Main Museum
More than 150 objects spanning 3,000 years of history are on display, including objects from the Museum’s antiquities collection and from the Metropolitan Museum of Art, The Field Museum, Indiana University Art Museum, and the Oriental Museum Institute of the University of Chicago. Admission is free for TMA members and children under 6 years of age; admission for nonmembers is $10 for adults, $8 for seniors over 65 and $5 for students ages 6 to 22. The exhibition is made possible by the generosity of TMA members and with support in part from Taylor Cadillac and Buckeye CableSystem.
Special Events & Presentations
FREE National Poetry Month Events
Broadway Bards and The Poetry Barn: New Songs for Old Gods
April 1: 7 p.m., Classic Court
The group celebrates Greek and Roman gods and goddesses in spoken word and music inspired by the Greek and Roman collection of the Museum.
The Poetry of Frank O’Hara
April 29: 7 p.m., Gallery 5
Local poets perform, in a reader’s theater format, selections from Frank O’Hara’s seminal work Lunch Poems in front of his portrait by Fairfield Porter. After the reading, audience members will have an opportunity to write their own poems.
FREE Presentation: Framing Botero: Fernando Botero’s Art in Context
April 1: 7:30 p.m., Little Theater
How does Fernando Botero’s oversized work fit into the wider world of Colombian and Latin American art in the 20th century? Deborah Cullen, director of curatorial programs at El Museo del Barrio, presents the context out of which Botero’s art arises and from which it diverges in this free presentation.
FREE Masters Series Presentation: An Evening with Frank Stella
April 7: 6 p.m., Peristyle
The kickoff event in the Toledo Museum of Art’s new Masters Series of lectures, concerts and performances features artist Frank Stella and Museum Director Brian Kennedy in a discussion of the exhibition Irregular Polygons. Popular art critic and blogger Tyler Green of Modern Art Notes will be the moderator. A public preview of the exhibition and a book signing follows the presentation, made possible through the generous sponsorship of the Museum Ambassadors, a group of active Museum supporters and fundraisers.
FREE Presentation: A Monumental Cargo: The Roman Column Wreck at Kizilburun, Turkey
April 8: 7:30 p.m., Little Theater
Since 2005, the Institute of Nautical Archaeology at Texas A&M has been excavating the remains of a marble carrier wrecked off the coast of Turkey at Kizilburun. The ship was transporting the components of a monumental column. Analyses of the marble indicate an origin in the quarries of Proconnesus, while amphoras suggest the wreck dates from the first century BCE. One goal of the project is to study the hull to determine whether this was a purpose-built stone carrier of the type the Romans called a navis lapidaria. Presenter Deborah Carlson specializes in underwater archaeology, classical seafaring and Greek and Roman pottery. She has done extensive field work on shipwrecks off the coast of Turkey. The free presentation is co-sponsored by the Museum and the Archaeological Institute of America-Toledo Society.
Visiting Glass Artists
FREE Featured Local Glass Artist Demonstration: Jason Amstutz
April 8: 7–10 p.m., Glass Pavilion Hot Shop
FREE Artists Presentation: Glass and Film
April 15: 7:30 p.m., Glass Pavilion
Join artist Mark Matthews and filmmaker Robin Lehman for a discussion about five outstanding artists who work in glass and see documentaries about them. Matthews, a northwest Ohioan, specializes in glass spheres and has become internationally recognized for his mastery of the glass marble. Working with only one assistant, each object is meticulously worked and signed by the artist. Matthews utilizes both modern and ancient techniques to create everything from traditional swirls and lutzes to realistic interpretations of animal pelts. His work has been featured in many books and museums. Lehman’s documentary films have won more than 150 major awards worldwide, including two Academy awards and a third nomination. He recently completed five videos for the Corning Museum of Glass on Pino Signoretto, Lino Tagliapietra, Vittorio Costantini, William Gudenrath and Mark Matthews. While working with the glass artists, Lehman caught the glass bug himself. Now he works with hot glass in his Rochester, N.Y., workshop. His love of nature and the sea is apparent in many of the objects he produces. Tonight’s discussion will be followed by screenings of videos about each of the five artists.
Visiting Glass Artist Leon Applebaum
Toledo native glass artist Leon Applebaum visits the Glass Pavilion® where he will showcase his renowned techniques. Applebaum holds degrees from the Massachusetts College of Art, Peabody College of Vanderbilt University and the Rochester Institute of Technology. At Orrefor’s Glass School, he began to explore the Swedish style of optically thick glass that would influence his work. There he began to synthesize the Swedish glass techniques with his ideas of using the color spectrum and trapping air to create bubbles as a design element. His sculptures use circular forms reflecting the cyclical nature of life. Applebaum’s work can be found in many permanent collections throughout the country. His objects can be seen at TMA’s Museum Store featuring Collector’s Corner.
FREE Presentation
April 22: 6 p.m., Glass Pavilion
FREE Demonstrations
April 22: 7–10 p.m., Glass Pavilion
April 23: 1–4 p.m., Glass Pavilion
April 24: 1–4 p.m., Glass Pavilion
Musical Performances
FREE Club Friday Music
April 1: 6:30–9:30 p.m., Cloister
Kelly Broadway (jazz, easy listening)
FREE Great Performances in the Great Gallery
April 10: 3 p.m., Great Gallery
Winners of the BGSU Chamber Music Competition
April 17: 3 p.m., Great Gallery
Soprano Barbara Rondelli Perry sings songs of America accompanied by pianist Robert Ballinger. The recital will include folk songs, patriotic songs, popular songs, sea shanties, art songs, and tunes from musical theatre and operetta. Composers featured include Aaron Copland, Richard Rodgers, Jerome Kern, Victor Herbert and Stephen Foster.
FREE Films
Botero/Colombian Film Series: Entre Nos (2009)
April 22: 7:30 p.m., Little Theater
Inspired by one family’s real life story, this award-winning film follows Mariana, a mother determined to keep her family together. Her children, Gabriel, 10, and Andrea, 6, have grown up in Colombia without their father. When they are finally reunited in New York City, a series of events leaves Mariana to take care of her children alone. These three take us on a remarkable journey where we bear witness to a family’s commitment to survival and their unrelenting hope for the American dream. Spanish with subtitles and some English. (81 minutes)
Wine Tastings
Wine by the Glass Pavilion
7–9:30 p.m., Glass Pavilion
Stop in for four wines, light snacks and a view of our Hot Shop. ($15 TMA members/$20 nonmembers)
April 1: Lighten Up: Wines for Spring
April 8: Undiscovered France
April 15: Sineann Wines
April 22: Blind Tasting
Free Glassblowing Demonstrations
April 1: 2, 7, 8 and 9 p.m., Glass Pavilion Hot Shop
April 2: 1, 2 and 3 p.m., Glass Pavilion Hot Shop
April 3: 1, 2 and 3 p.m., Glass Pavilion Hot Shop
April 5: 2 p.m., Glass Pavilion Hot Shop
April 6: 2 p.m., Glass Pavilion Hot Shop
April 7: 2 p.m., Glass Pavilion Hot Shop
April 8: 2 p.m., Glass Pavilion Hot Shop
April 9: 1, 2 and 3 p.m., Glass Pavilion Hot Shop
April 10: 1, 2 and 3 p.m., Glass Pavilion Hot Shop
April 12: 2 p.m., Glass Pavilion Hot Shop
April 13: 2 p.m., Glass Pavilion Hot Shop
April 14: 2 p.m., Glass Pavilion Hot Shop
April 15: 2, 7, 8 and 9 p.m., Glass Pavilion Hot Shop
April 16: 1, 2 and 3 p.m., Glass Pavilion Hot Shop
April 17: 1, 2 and 3 p.m., Glass Pavilion Hot Shop
April 19: 2 p.m., Glass Pavilion Hot Shop
April 20: 2 p.m., Glass Pavilion Hot Shop
April 21: 2 p.m., Glass Pavilion Hot Shop
April 22: 2 p.m., Glass Pavilion Hot Shop
April 26: 2 p.m., Glass Pavilion Hot Shop
April 27: 2 p.m., Glass Pavilion Hot Shop
April 28: 2 p.m., Glass Pavilion Hot Shop
April 29: 2, 7, 8 and 9 p.m., Glass Pavilion Hot Shop
April 30: 1, 2 and 3 p.m., Glass Pavilion Hot Shop
Art Hours
Learn to create objects in glass during a one-hour session at the Glass Pavilion®. Buy tickets ($15 TMA members/$25 nonmembers; no refunds) in person or by phone during Museum hours starting the Tuesday before each session. Adults and children 14 and older accompanied by an adult are welcome. Call 419-254-5771 ext. 7448.
Create a Glass Egg
April 1: 6, 7 and 8 p.m., Glass Pavilion
April 2: 4 and 5 p.m., Glass Pavilion
April 3: 4 and 5 p.m., Glass Pavilion
April 8: 7 and 8 p.m., Glass Pavilion
April 9: 4 and 5 p.m., Glass Pavilion
April 10: 4 and 5 p.m., Glass Pavilion
April 15: 6, 7 and 8 p.m., Glass Pavilion
April 16: 4 and 5 p.m., Glass Pavilion
April 17: 4 and 5 p.m., Glass Pavilion
Flamework a Glass Flower
April 8: 6, 7 and 8 p.m., Glass Pavilion
April 22: 6, 7 and 8 p.m., Glass Pavilion
Create a Glass Flower
April 22: 7 and 8 p.m., Glass Pavilion Hot Shop
April 23: 4 and 5 p.m., Glass Pavilion Hot Shop
April 24: 4 and 5 p.m., Glass Pavilion Hot Shop
April 29: 6, 7 and 8 p.m., Glass Pavilion Hot Shop
April 30: 4 and 5 p.m., Glass Pavilion Hot Shop
FREE Public Tours
The Baroque World of Fernando Botero
April 1: 6:30 and 7 p.m., Libbey Court
Meet Me at TMA: Reflections of the ‘40s
April 2: 1:30 p.m.
At this month’s tour for those with mild memory loss and their companions, revisit the 1940s by exploring paintings and sculpture from that era. Reservations recommended but not required. Call the Alzheimer’s Association, Northwest Ohio Chapter at 419-537-1999.
Greatest Hits of the Collection
April 2: 2 and 3 p.m., Libbey Court
Family Time Tour
April 3: 2 p.m., meet in Family Center or Libbey Court
The Dramatic Image: Baroque Prints of the 17th Century
April 3: 3 p.m., Meet at Matisse Mural
Inside Stories: Inside the Collection
April 8: 6:30 and 7 p.m., Libbey Court
The Baroque World of Fernando Botero
April 9: 2 and 3 p.m., Libbey Court
Family Time Tour
April 10: 2 p.m., meet in Family Center or Libbey Court
The Dramatic Image: Baroque Prints of the 17th Century
April 10: 3 p.m., Meet at Matisse Mural
Inside Stories: Inside the Collection
April 15: 6:30 and7 p.m., Libbey Court
The Dramatic Image: Baroque Prints of the 17th Century
April 16: 2 and 3 p.m., Meet at Matisse Mural
Family Time Tour
April 17: 2 p.m., Meet in Family Center or Libbey Court
Greatest Hits of the Collection
April 17: 3 p.m., Libbey Court
Greatest Hits of the Collection
April 22: 6:30 and 7 p.m., Libbey Court
Greatest Hits of the Collection
April 23: 2 and 3 p.m., Libbey Court
Family Time Tour
April 24: 2 p.m., meet in Family Center or Libbey Court
The Dramatic Image: Baroque Prints of the 17th Century
April 24: 3 p.m., Meet at Matisse Mural
The Baroque World of Fernando Botero
April 29: 6:30 and 7 p.m., Libbey Court
OurGlass Tours
April 30: 2 and 3 p.m., Glass Pavilion
FREE Family Center Activities*
(For children 10 years of age and younger accompanied by an adult.)
Spring Hats!
April 3: Noon–5:30 p.m.
April 5 and April 7: 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Look in the galleries for different types of hats, then make your own spring hat out of paper.
Seedlings!
April 10: Noon–5:30 p.m.
April 12 and April 14: 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Make yourself an egg carton garden and plant seeds to watch grow.
Make Me a Mummy!
April 17: Noon–5:30 p.m.
April 19 and April 21: 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Make yourself into a mummy by tracing your body outline and decorating it as if you are an ancient Egyptian pharaoh or queen.
Spring Baskets!
April 24: Noon–5:30 p.m.
April 26 and April 18: 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Create your own basket full of signs of spring.
FREE Hands-on Activities
(For all ages)
Still Life
April 1: 7–9 p.m., Libbey Court
Using chalk pastels, make your own still life like those found in the Fernando Botero exhibition.
Color, Line and Shape
April 8: 7–9 p.m., Libbey Court
Create your own “irregular polygons” by combining basic geometric shapes in a variety of colors and materials.
Think Spring!
April 17: 2–4 p.m., Libbey Court
The girl in The Trellis may be eagerly awaiting the springtime. Create a spring bouquet using a wide variety of materials.
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*Family Center activities are made possible in part with support from The Andersons.
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