June 2012 Toledo Museum of Art Program Highlights
Exhibition Openings
Color Ignited: Glass 1962–2012
June 14–Sept. 9, 2012, Wolfe Gallery To celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Toledo Workshops that sparked the Studio Glass Movement, the Toledo Museum of Art presents this “coming of age” exhibition for glass as an artistic medium. The exhibition examines the pivotal role of color in glass, from the first green tinted marble batch in 1962 to Dominick Labino’s technical experimentation with color to the contemporary use (or absence) of color to make an artistic statement. More than 80 objects from private collections, galleries, other museums and TMA’s own collection are shown, including works by Labino, Harvey Littleton, Marvin Lipofsky, Dale Chihuly, Dan Dailey, Judith Schaechter, Ginny Ruffner, Fritz Dreisbach and Klaus Moje. The first exhibition to be shown in the new Wolfe Gallery, Color Ignited is made possible by members of the Museum and supported in part by Huntington Bank and by the Ohio Art Council’s sustainable grant program funded by an award from the National Endowment for the Arts. A fully illustrated companion book will be available in the Museum Store. Free admission.
Continuing Exhibitions
Student Curators Present: African Art
Through July 24, 2012, Hitchcock Gallery Art history students at the University of Toledo select and curate this exhibition featuring African art in a variety of media from the Toledo Museum of Art’s collection. Free admission.
Revelation: Major Paintings by Jules Olitski
Through Aug. 26, 2012, Canaday Gallery Russian-born Jules Olitski (1922–2007) first gained international acclaim as a Color Field painter, one of a group of highly regarded artists employing intense color in abstract form as the carrier of emotional meaning. But Olitski’s sweeping, grand shapes offered a different type of pictorial drama from those of his colleagues and led to his experimentation with very large fields of near-monochrome color. These often enormous paintings, which became known as his landmark spray paintings, are at once minimal yet complex in their gradations and subtle shifts in hue. Later, in his Baroque and High Baroque paintings—so-called because of their lush colors and surfaces—Olitski accentuated physicality as an expressive element. His last works introduced abstract forms that offer a narrative on both spiritually charged and classical themes. The Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art in Kansas City, Missouri organized this traveling exhibition. Other venues include the Museum of Fine Arts in Houston, Texas and the American University Museum at the Katzen Arts Center in Washington, D.C. A fully illustrated exhibition catalog accompanies the exhibition. Free admission. The exhibition is made possible by members of the Toledo Museum of Art and sponsored in part by Key Bank. The exhibition also is supported in part by the Ohio Art Council’s sustainable grant program funded by an award from the National Endowment for the Arts.
Refraction/Reflection
Through Aug. 5, 2012, Works on Paper Gallery Refraction and reflection both involve changes in light waves, and both affect how we see an image. This exhibition of 100 black and white photographs from the TMA collection focuses on themes of light, shadow and reflection. Images from the early days of photography in the nineteenth century through contemporary times are displayed. Among the artists represented are Berenice Abbott, Ansel Adams, Eugene Atget, Imogene Cunningham, Robert Frank, Adam Fuss, Edward Steichen and Alfred Stieglitz. Free admission.
For the Birds
Through Sept. 2, 2012, Gallery 18 This exhibition was inspired by the “Biggest Week in American Birding” festival held east of Toledo during the spring migration of warblers and other species. Thousands of birders gather along the Lake Erie shoreline between Toledo and Sandusky in early May to take in the spectacle. For the Birds celebrates the rich diversity of avian art in the Toledo Museum of Art’s permanent collection, delighting both art and nature lovers alike. Free admission.
Community Gallery
Findlay Area Artists Exhibition
May 4–July 19, 2012, Community Gallery Artists in the Findlay (Ohio) Area Arts Council present works in a variety of media inspired by the colorful paintings of Jules Olitski. Some artists will show other work as well. Free admission.
Special Events & Presentations
FREE Glass Masters Symposium #1
June 8: Glass Pavilion GlasSalon To commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Toledo Workshops of 1962, the Toledo Museum of Art has once again invited a number of distinguished glass artists to share their knowledge. Artists and the general public are invited to attend some or all of the presentations. Refreshments provided. 6 p.m.: Cappy Thompson 7 p.m.: Lucio Bubacco and Diego Badicci 8 p.m.: Fritz Dreisbach and Jeff Mack
FREE Presentation: Abstract Art and Jules Olitski June 9: 2 p.m., Little Theater Director Brian Kennedy discusses the history of abstract art and then takes participants on a walking tour of the exhibition Revelation: Major Paintings by Jules Olitski.
FREE Masters Series Presentation: Fred Wilson
June 15: 7 p.m., Peristyle Born in the Bronx, New York in 1954, Fred Wilson received a BFA from SUNY/Purchase where he was the only African American student in his program. A conceptual artist with a focus on social justice, he was introduced to glass as a medium in 2001, and his work crosses boundaries between the glass world and contemporary art. In 2010, TMA purchased his Iago’s Mirror, a large, dramatic work in black Murano glass featured in the Museum’s exhibition Color Ignited: Glass 1962–2012. Wilson was named a MacArthur “Genius” fellow in 1999, and is currently a distinguished visiting fellow at Skidmore College where he received an honorary doctorate degree. The artist represented the United States at the Biennial Cairo (1992) and twice at the Venice Biennale (2003 and 2009).
FREE Presentation: Remembering Elio Quarisa June 17: 3:30 p.m., Little Theater Join Toledo Museum of Art Glass Studio Manager Jeff Mack, the artist’s widow Adriana Quarisa, friends and students for a discussion of Elio Quarisa’s career and his contributions to the international glass art community. The late Murano glass maestro (1936–2010) worked in the traditional Venetian style. His extensive career in glass began at the age of 9 at Barovier & Toso, and he continued working at some of the finest glass houses of Murano. Quarisa also collaborated with a number of international leading glass firms and top designers as a sought-after consultant and technician. In his retirement, his love for the medium and his commitment to the venerable Murano glass traditions led him to travel the world, teaching future generations and sharing his passion. A recent Museum acquisition of a Venetian glass piece created by Quarisa during a special engagement in the Glass Pavilion in 2009 will be shown.
FREE Glass Masters Symposium #2
June 22: Glass Pavilion GlasSalon To commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Toledo Workshops of 1962, the Toledo Museum of Art has again invited a number of distinguished glass artists to share their knowledge. Come to some or all of the presentations. Refreshments provided. 6 p.m.: Richard Whiteley 7 p.m.: Bandhu Scott Dunham 8 p.m.: Martin Janecky and Gary Schwartz
FREE Performances
Club Friday Music: Chris Shutters (blues, rock, folk, country)
June 1: 6:30–9:30 p.m., Cloister Cash bar available
Performance: Abstract Compositions
June 8: 7 p.m., Canaday Gallery June 10: 2 p.m., Canaday Gallery Morton Feldman was an influential member of the New York School, a group of composers that collaborated with the Abstract Expressionists during the 1940s, 1950s and 1960s. Feldman's music, in particular, is strongly rooted in the aesthetic principles of the movement. During a series of three performances, pianist Karl Curtis Larson will perform some of Feldman’s compositions in the Canaday Gallery where Revelation: Major Paintings by Jules Olitski is on view. Larson is a doctoral candidate at the Bowling Green State University College of Musical Arts.
Free Film
Film and Discussion: Jules Olitski: Modern Master June 1: 7:30 p.m., Little Theater Interviews with friends and peers, as well as rarely seen footage of the artist in his studio, portray the superb achievement of a man driven to make art in this 22-minute documentary. Afterward, meet his wife, daughter and the curator of the exhibition Revelation: Major Paintings by Jules Olitski for a discussion of their relationships with the artist.
Free Glassblowing Demonstrations
June 1: 2, 7, 8 and 9 p.m., Glass Pavilion
June 2: 1, 2 and 3 p.m., Glass Pavilion
June 3: 1, 2 and 3 p.m., Glass Pavilion
June 5: 2 p.m., Glass Pavilion
June 6: 2 p.m., Glass Pavilion
June 7: 2 p.m., Glass Pavilion
June 8: 2 p.m., Glass Pavilion
June 9: 1, 2 and 3 p.m., Glass Pavilion
June 10: 1, 2 and 3 p.m., Glass Pavilion
June 13: Noon, 1, 2 and 3 p.m., Glass Pavilion
June 17: 1, 2 and 3 p.m., Glass Pavilion
Art Hours
Create your own glass objects 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. To register, call 419-254-5771 ext. 7448.
Create a Paperweight
June 1: 6, 7 and 8 p.m., Glass Pavilion
June 2: 4 and 5 p.m., Glass Pavilion
June 3: 4 and 5 p.m., Glass Pavilion
June 9: 4 and 5 p.m., Glass Pavilion
June 10: 4 and 5 p.m., Glass Pavilion
June 24: 4 and 5 p.m., Glass Pavilion
June 29: 6, 7 and 8 p.m., Glass Pavilion
June 30: 4 and 5 p.m., Glass Pavilion
Meet Me at TMA
FREE Meet Me at TMA: Old West End De?cor
June 2: 1:30 p.m. At this month’s tour for those with mild memory loss and their companions, examine furniture and decorative arts that could have been found in the elegant homes that dotted the Museum neighborhood in the mid- to late-19th century. Reservations are recommended but not required. Call the Alzheimer’s Association, Northwest Ohio Chapter at 419-537-1999 or 1-800-272-3900.
Drawing/Artists in the Galleries
FREE Drawing in the Galleries
June 1: 7–9 p.m., Museum Galleries Drop in for informal instruction in drawing techniques. Materials provided. Children must be accompanied by an adult.
Free Public Tours
Baby Tour
Watch your child respond to large colorful paintings and learn ways to facilitate early visual literacy skills. Parents and caregivers with infants up to 18 months are welcome to take part in a lively 30- minute tour of Revelation: Major Paintings by Jules Olitski.
June 1: 3:30 p.m., meet at Family Center
June 29: 3:30 p.m., meet at Family Center
Jules Olitski Exhibition
June 1: 7 and 8 p.m., Libbey Court
June 2: 2 p.m., Libbey Court
June 3: 2 p.m., Libbey Court
Going Dutch
Jun 8: 7 and 8 p.m., Libbey Court
June 9: 2 p.m., Libbey Court
June 10: 2 p.m., Libbey Court
Family Time Tour
June 3: 1 p.m., meet in Libbey Court or Family Center
June 10: 1 p.m., meet in Libbey Court or Family Center
June 17: 1 p.m., meet in Libbey Court or Family Center
June 24: 1 p.m., meet in Libbey Court or Family Center
Color Ignited: Glass 1962–2012
June 15: 7 and 8 p.m., Libbey Court
June 16: 2 p.m., Libbey Court
June 17: 2 p.m., Libbey Court
Studio Glass
June 22: 7 and 8 p.m., Glass Pavilion
June 23: 2 p.m., Glass Pavilion
June 24: 2 p.m., Glass Pavilion
Stars and Stripes
June 29: 7 and 8 p.m., Libbey Court
June 30: 2 p.m., Libbey Court
FREE Family Center Activities
For children 10 years of age and younger accompanied by an adult, art activities in the Family Center are made possible in part with support from The Andersons Inc.
Birds of a Feather!
Create a colorful bird painting using a feather as a paintbrush. See what kinds of textures you can make. June 1: 3:30–8 p.m.
Experimental Paintbrushes!
Jules Olitski used a variety of tools—from mops and brooms to oven mitts and leaf blowers—to create his colorful paintings. Let your imagination run wild as you paint with a wide variety of unusual painting tools.
June 3: Noon to 5:30 p.m.
June 5: 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.
June 7: 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Gear up for Glass!
Create a colorful glass magnet in commemoration of the 50th anniversary of Studio Glass Movement.
June 10: Noon to 5:30 p.m.
June 12: 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.
June 14: 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.
June 15: 3:30–8 p.m.
Color on Glass
Experiment by adding color to Plexiglas using materials like colored cellophane and paint markers.
June 17: Noon to 5:30 p.m.
June 19: 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.
June 21: 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.
June 22: 3:30–8 p.m.
Spackle Paintings
Jules Olitski used spackle to create texture in his paintings. Make a textured painting using a variety of materials.
June 24: Noon to 5:30 p.m.
June 26: 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.
June 28: 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.
June 29: 3:30–8 p.m.
Free Hands-On Activities
From Sunset to Sunrises
June 1: 7–9 p.m., Libbey Court Jules Olitski painted throughout the night from sunset to sunrise. Start a painting in the sculpture garden here at the Museum while watching the sunset.
Vitrana Variety
June 24: 2–4 p.m., GlasSalon Create a colorful work of art inspired by Dominick Labino’s glass Vitrana using transparencies and bits of color.
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