Maumee Bay Exhibit Opens At Owens
Owens Community College will open the 2012 exhibition season with an array of artwork that showcases the beauty and science of Northwest Ohio’s Maumee Bay ecosystem as the Walter E. Terhune Art Gallery presents the exhibit titled “Maumee Bay”, Jan. 10 – Feb. 10. The Walter E. Terhune Art Gallery is located in Owens’ Center for Fine and Performing Arts on the Toledo-area Campus in Perrysburg Township.
In addition to the exhibit, Owens’ Center for Fine and Performing Arts will serve as host to a lecture presentation about the impact of industry, agriculture and waste disposal on the Maumee River watershed by Lake Erie Center Director Dr. Carol Stepien on Wednesday, Jan. 25 at 3:30 p.m. in the Water E. Terhune Art Gallery. A free exhibit reception will also take place on Friday, Jan. 20 from 6-8 p.m. in the Walter E. Terhune Art Gallery.
“Owens Community College is excited to present such a unique exhibition that explores Maumee Bay’s ecosystem through fibers, photography, ceramics and mixed media,” said Wynn Perry, Owens Part-Time Coordinator of the Walter E. Terhune Art Gallery. “Drawing on research and data gathered by Owens students in the College’s Introduction to Ecology class for the Ohio Scenic Rivers Program and the University of Toledo’s Lake Erie Center, the marriage of visual arts and science provides an in-depth look at the impact of industry, agriculture, climate and non-native species on the Maumee River watershed.”
Four artists, who have garnered regional and national artistic acclaim, will showcase their expressions and interpretations of the Maumee Bay ecosystem through various fibers, photography, ceramics and mixed media as part of the “Maumee Bay” exhibition, including Photographer Wendy Burton, Adrian College Art and Design Professor and Fiber Artist Pi Benio, University of Toledo Associate Professor of Art and Ceramicist Barbara Miner and Owens Walter E. Terhune Art Gallery Part-Time Coordinator and Mixed Media Artist Wynn Perry. Approximately 20 featured artistic pieces, including two installations, will be on display in Owens’ “Maumee Bay” exhibit.
In addition, information will be presented by research scientists with the University of Toledo’s Lake Erie Center and Owens students in the College’s Introduction to Ecology class, which is taught by Owens Associate Professor of Science Joanne Roehrs. Each semester, Owens students assist in monitoring the Maumee River watershed as part of their experiential learning. They gather samples to study water turbidity data and macro-invertebrate. As part of the Ohio Stream Quality Monitoring Project, Owens student submit their collected data to the Ohio Scenic Rivers Program.
Admission to the Walter E. Terhune Art Gallery is free and open to the public from 10 a.m. – 4 p.m. Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays; and from 10 a.m. – 7 p.m. Wednesdays and Thursdays. For additional information about the exhibit, contact the Center for Fine and Performing Arts at 1-800-GO-OWENS, Ext. 2721 or (567) 661-2721.
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Organization Name: Owens Community College
Organization Address: Perrysburg, OH