Robert & Elaine Stein Galleries, Wright State University

sunday, oct. 31, 3:00pm, A132 CAC, Wright State University (Dayton - direction at bottom)
gallery talk with artists, reception to follow


Constructed Territory
October 31, 2010–January 9, 2011
Constructed Territory presents a variety of contemporary artists who incorporate maps, cartography, and topographical examination into their work. This exhibition investigates geographical concepts from a range of perspectives to promote themes of exploration, navigation and the representation of physical space. Assistant Professor of Art Tracy Longley-Cook curated the exhibition.

This exhibit will feature 32 artists working in photography, digital and mixed media, sculpture, drawing, printmaking and book arts. As a system of diagramed information, maps define locations, orient the viewer, graph terrain, and delineate borders. Maps traditionally present regions of space, which are transformed into condensed descriptive visual references. Borrowing from the universal language of maps and cartographic techniques, the artists in Constructed Territory examine and redefine the established conventions of our understanding and connection to place.

As a special program in conjunction with the exhibit, Christopher Dietz, a professor of music composition and theory at Bowling Green State University, will be conducting his large ensemble performance Le Chemin de Salut (The Way of Salvation) at Wright State University. This musical concert reflects on the promise, difficulties, and ultimate tragedy that accompanied French colonization in the New World. The piece, sung in its original 17th century French, is comprised of texts excerpted from the journals and diaries of French explorers. This performance will take place in the Creative Arts Center Schuster Concert Hall on January 11th, 2011 at 8pm.

The exhibition and related programs are supported by Wright State’s College of Liberal Arts, the Ohio Arts Council, and the Friends of the Galleries.

Gallery hours are Wednesday and Friday 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., Thursday 10:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m., and Saturday and Sunday 12:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. All visitor parking areas on campus are free, and parking at the Creative Arts Center is unrestricted after 4pm Friday and on the weekends. A dedicated parking space for galleries patrons is available during school hours.

All Galleries events are free and open to the public.

For more information on upcoming events and exhibitions or for driving directions, please contact the galleries at (937) 775-2978.

I-75 north to I-675 north
I-675 north to North Fairfield Road (Exit 17)
Follow sign for North Fairfield Road (not WSU)
Turn left on North Fairfield Road, travel approximately 1/2 mile to Colonel Glenn Highway
Turn left on Colonel Glenn Highway
Turn right at the first traffic light onto Center Rd.
Follow Center Rd. straight to Lot 15, to the Gallery's dedicated parking spot, or veer right onto Loop Rd. to Lot 13 on the left for weekend parking.

University of Cincinnati 840 Gallery

840 Gallery, located at the University of Cincinnati, DAAP - 5th floor.

Opening reception Weds, October 27th at 6:30pm. Show runs until October 29th.

Artworks

ArtWorks Project Space, located at 20 E. Central Parkway, Cincinnati 45202

EXPOSED: Top 100 Artists of Secret ArtWorks 2009
Opening Reception Friday, October 22, from 5:30 to 7:30pm.

Museum Gallery - Gallery Museum

Museum Gallery - Gallery Museum, located at 1218 Sycamore Street, Cincinnati, OH 45202.

"GODS OF OHIO" MFA thesis exhibition by Evan Carroll.

Opening reception Friday October 29th from 7-10pm. Costumes encouraged.

Summerfair at Funke Fired Arts

Funke Fired Arts, located at 3130 Wasson Rd, Cincinnati 45209

Eleven Greater Cincinnati artists will have a unique opportunity to exhibit their work in Summerfair Select: An Exhibition of Grant Winners, 2007-2009 at the FUNKe Fired Arts Gallery in Cincinnati. The participating artists share a common achievement: they are all winners of Summerfair Cincinnati’s prestigious Aid to Individual Artist (AIA) grant program.

Show runs from October 22nd through November 26th, with an opening reception on Friday October 22nd from 6-9pm.

Reed Gallery - lecture

Located at the University of Cincinnati, DAAP.

Artist talk, Thursday October 21st, from 5-6pm.

Country Club

Country Club, located at 3209 Madison Rd. Cincinnati, Ohio 45209
"PERMANENTS TRANSIENTS AIR-CONDITIONEd"
Matthew Brannon, Katarina Burin and Charley Harper

Country Club Cincinnati is pleased to present this three-person exhibition which engages a cross-generational conversation employing the language and strategies of the graphic arts.

Matthew Brannon has had solo exhibitions at the Whitney Museum of American Art at Altria; Friedrich Petzel Gallery, NY; David Kordansky Gallery, LA. Matthew has participated in group shows with the following venues: The 2008 Whitney Biennial; The Rubell Family Collection, Miami; Institute of Contemporary Art, London; White Columns, NY; Museum of Modern Art, NY.

Katarina Burin lives and works in Berlin. Katarina has held solo and group exhibitions in such venues as Andreas Grimm, NY/Munich; Galerie Lucile Corty, Paris; China Art Objects, LA; Participant Inc., NY; Galerie Max Hetzler, Berlin; White Columns, NY.

Charley Harper has had museum exhibitions with the Contemporary Arts Center, Cincinnati and the Cincinnati Art Museum. During his lifetime Charley completed several commissions for the National Park Board and installed murals inside the John Weld Peck Federal Building, Cincinnati and the Ford Rotunda Building, Dearborn, MI. In 2007, Harper's work was the subject of major survey book "Charley Harper: An Illustrated Life" edited by Todd Oldham.

Show runs from October 9 through November 13, 2010.
Opening reception Saturday October 9th from 6-9pm.

Weston Art Gallery

Weston Art Gallery, located at 650 Walnut St, Cincinnati, 45202

Gallery talk with Jarrett Hawkins, Wednesday October 6th at 7pm.

Show runs until December 5th, 2010.

Prairie

Prairie, located at 4035 Hamilton Rd, Cincinnati, 45223.
"Meddling with Nature" Jeremy Johnson presents a body of work which puts a unique spin on Victorian naturalist practices. Works in the show include taxidermy, painting, photography and sculpture which all bear some relation to traditional practices of natural history in which plants and animals were collected, dissected and presented in various displays for educational purposes.
Show runs from Friday October 8th through November 27th, opening Friday October 8th from 6:00-9:00 pm.

Artist performance October 22nd, 7:30pm

CAC - guest speaker Xenia Kalpaktsoglou

CAC located at 44 E. 6th Street
TOMORROW - Tuesday, October 5 · 6:00pm - 7:00pm
Join us at the CAC as Xenia Kalpaktsoglou, Director/Co-curator of the Athens Biennale discusses her role in starting the newest entry to the world of biennial art fairs. The Athens Biennale "aims to be an agent of constant change and innovation; provide a context for creativity and dialogue; constitute a wide platform for the designation and critical engagement of local artistic production; and a forum for discussion and exchange with the international scene." Xenia will also discuss her other project--the curatorial trio "XYZ"--and how she creates narrative exhibition spaces.

This talk is FREE and open to the public.

www.athensbiennial.org
www.xyzprojects.org

CAC

Contemporary Arts Center, located at 44 E.6th Street, Cincinnati 45202

Saturday 2pm, 44 at CAC

44 Presents Nebulagirl and AV!

Drop by the lobby this Saturday for a collaborative sound installation of shimmering drones and circuit bent electronics by two of the area's most exciting noise maker: Nebulagirl and AV (a new project by Amanda from Stripelight).See you there!

More information on the performers:

www.solacemediacorporation.com

www.nebulagirl.com

More information on the 44 Series:

https://contemporaryartscenter.org/44