Allen Memorial Art Museum Oberlin College ~ Fall 2013

Allen Memorial Art Museum oberlin college ~ fall 2013

1 allen memorial art museum free and open to the public

Oberlin College 87 North Main Street Oberlin, Ohio 44074 (corner of Ohio Routes 58 and 511) For driving directions visit www.oberlin.edu/amam

For information call 440-775-8665. museum hours Tuesday-Saturday, 10 a.m.–5 p.m. Sunday, 1–5 p.m. Closed Mondays and major holidays guided tours Free educational and group tours may be arranged by calling the Education Office at 440-775-8671 news and updates http://amamblog.tumblr.com photographs www.flickr.com/photos/ allenartmuseum/sets/ collection catalog http://allenartcollection. oberlin.edu/emuseum/ explore the museum www.oberlin.edu/amam

Cover: Gustave Courbet (French, 1819–1877), Castle of Chillon, Evening (detail), 1872, oil on canvas, R.T. Miller Jr. Fund, 1958.47

Right: Conservators test-cleaned a section of the King Sculpture Court ceiling (story on page 11). Photo by 1John Seyfried 1 From the Director

he AMAM has made if you are interested in learn- great strides in recent ing more. T years to permanently secure critical staff positions, In other staff news, we’ve an effort that received a boost been happy to warmly wel- from the college’s “Illumi- come several new colleagues nate” fundraising campaign. at the museum over the past I am delighted to announce months, including Andaleeb that AMAM benefactor and Banta as curator of European Visiting Committee mem- and American art, Megan ber Joan L. Danforth, whose Harding as publications, husband Robert S. Danforth membership and media man- was a member of OC’s class of ager, Sarah McLusky as cura- 1947, need no longer remain torial assistant in the Office “anonymous” as the donor of of Academic Programs, and $1.5 million who matched the Christine Super in a newly $500,000 challenge grant the expanded role as manager of National Endowment for the security (see pages 13–14). Humanities awarded to the AMAM late last year to endow This summer has been quite in perpetuity the position of busy, as we’ve hosted a vari- curator of Asian art at the ety of public programs and museum (see page 10). Once prepared new exhibitions hired, the curator will be that will be used broadly by known as the Joan L. Dan- Oberlin students and fac- forth Curator of Asian Art, ulty in the coming academic and will oversee the AMAM’s year. We also look forward to impressive collection of more offering a range of exciting, than 3,500 Asian works. free public events this fall, including lectures by Rob- The AMAM is currently rais- ert M. Edsel, author of The ing funds to complete another Monuments Men, and Linda challenge grant, this one from Nochlin, a scholar renowned the Andrew W. Mellon Foun- for her work on the topic of dation to endow the Office Realism, the museum’s over- of the Curator of Academic arching theme this year (see Programs. Please contact me pages 17–18). 3 I certainly hope you’ll be able ing and restoration of this to visit us in person—not important part of our historic only to experience the new Cass Gilbert building. Indeed exhibitions and hear our im- it is the unique combination pressive guest speakers, but of our historic buildings, also to examine the prepara- wide-ranging collections, and tory conservation work car- dedicated people—including ried out on the 1917 ceiling of course, both staff and sup- of our King Sculpture Court. porters like you—that makes Over the summer, conserva- the AMAM such an extraor- tors from ICA-Art Conser- dinary place. vation began the process of test-cleaning several areas Andria Derstine (see page 11). We are very ex- John G.W. Cowles Director cited to pursue the full clean-

Still Life with Fruit (ca. 1865-70), an oil painting by Severin Roesen, was purchased this year through the Peter and Barbara Smith Goodman (OC 1949) Fund for American Art. The work is on view in the exhibition titled Regarding Realism.

4 current exhibitions

The Allen Memorial Art Museum presents several exhibitions this year on the theme of Realism.

Regarding Realism Dutch landscape. The achieve- John N. Stern Gallery ments of European Realists Through June 22, 2014 set the stage for the experi- mental works of Impressionist Artists of the Realist move- and post-Impressionist artists. ment sought an aesthetic that was true to life. This exhibi- Across the Atlantic, Ameri- tion, drawn from the AMAM’s can artists created landscape permanent collection, explores studies and still lifes. Later, the varied approaches taken American Regionalists de- by Realists from the 19th to picted everyday life in the the mid-20th centuries. Midwest, while artists of the Ashcan School recorded the The Realist movement first gritty realities of urban life. achieved cohesion in mid- 19th century France, where Whether by practicing direct artists began to undermine observation from life, de- what they perceived as the Raphael Soyer picting accessible subjects, (American, contrived artistic practices of or portraying various social 1899–1987); the French Academy. Cham- realities, the artists in this Standing Girl with pioning subjects that found Folded Hands, exhibition shared a com- inspiration in the ambient 1968; oil on mon goal of representing the canvas; gift of world rather than in classical modern world. Their vari- Rebecca L. Soyer tradition, these artists aimed in honor of her ous techniques, subjects, and to frankly portray France’s children, David S. practices reflect not only the natural landscape, working Lieber (OC 1984) complexity of contemporary and Katherine classes, and rural society. Lieber (OC 1991), life, but also the enormity of 1991.14 their artistic project. The trends set in motion by French artists reverberated Organized by Curatorial Assis- throughout the rest of Europe, tant Sara Green (OC 2012) with reaching areas such as The assistance from Assistant Cura- Hague, where artists created tor of Modern and Contempo- 5 naturalistic paintings of the rary Art Denise Birkhofer. The Human Comedy: Chronicles Oberlin College students will use the of 19th-Century France artworks as cultural artifacts and pri- Ripin Gallery mary source material in their advanced Through December 22, 2013 course “La Comédie Humaine: Social Identities in 19th-Century France.” This exhibition of French satirical prints Students will research and write ex- from the 19th century, drawn from tended labels for works in the exhibi- the museum’s permanent collection, tion. In addition, the class will conduct features works by the first generation of joint museum sessions with another artistic lithographers. Daumier, Ga- class, “Prostitution and Social Control: varni, and other French artists elevated Governing Loose Women,” taught by the lithograph to an art form, exploring Assistant Professor of Sociology with humor and humanity every aspect Greggor Mattson. of their era—city and country life, family and professional life, and childhood Organized by Libby Murphy, associate to old age. Their prints, published in professor of French at Oberlin College, the nascent mass press, were seen and with assistance from Curatorial Assistant circulated in homes, cafés, and city Sara Green (OC 2012) and Curator of streets by the very people whose follies European and American Art Andaleeb and frailties they depicted. Badiee Banta.

Honoré Daumier (French, 1808- 1879), Combat des écoles, L’Idéalisme et le Réalisme, 1855, lithograph, Mrs. F.F. Prentiss Fund, 1953.2

6 current exhibitions

Modern and and contemporary period. In Contemporary Realisms contrast to traditional inter- Ellen Johnson Gallery pretations of painting’s role Through June 22, 2014 as a window onto a believable world, most of the artists here Despite the abstract cur- are not concerned with creat- rents that have dominated ing truthful representations much of modern and con- of actual people, places, or temporary art, realism has objects, but rather filter their Alexej von Jawlen- always remained present. This subjects through their own sky (Russian, 1864- exhibition, featuring works particular style or aesthetic. 1941); Head of a from the AMAM’s permanent Woman, ca. 1912; collection, explores varied In the early 20th century, oil on composition board; R.T. Miller approaches to representa- such European avant-garde Jr. Fund, 1955.23 tional subject matter from the movements as Fauvism, beginning of the 20th century Expressionism, and Cubism James Rosenquist until today. diverged from naturalism (American, born foundation 1933); Nails, from while still depicting recogniz-

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Realism’s role in modern and contempo- Harold E. Edgerton, Seeking Facts rary art has often been tied to the politi- Education Hallway cal or social climate. In the years after Through December 22, 2013 World War I, for example, many former leaders of the avant-garde turned to clas- Harold E. Edgerton, a professor at the sicism and naturalism as part of a “return Massachusetts Institute of Technology, to order” in response to the turmoil of made photographs that blurred the foundation

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Galleries showcase reinstallations of European and Asian art, along with recent acquisitions.

Summer Reinstallations Several works from Asian cultures have been newly installed. From China, these include works ranging from a tomb figure dating to the 1st century BC, to Zeng Fanzhi’s large, 21st-century painting, Mask Series #7.

European works from the 14th–17th centuries have been reinstalled in the Nord Gallery, including Tanzio da Varallo’s St. John the Baptist and Giampietrino’s Cleopatra.

Left: Tanzio da Varallo (Italian ca. 1575–ca. 1635); St. John the Baptist, ca. 1618; oil on canvas; R.T. Miller Jr. and Mrs. F. F. Prentiss Funds, 1987.34

Photography Acquisitions are more candid. The people West Ambulatory in the photographs by Pieter Through December 22 Hugo and Rineke Dijkstra, for example, pose for the camera Six 20th-century photographs with complicity, while the are featured in conjunction subjects of Elliot Erwitt and with fall exhibitions on Real- Willy Ronis are captured in ism. Human figures are prom- intimate moments. David inent in the images on view; Drebin’s staged composition some function as straightfor- introduces dialogue about 9 ward portraits, while others voyeurism and the gaze. news & notes

Joan L. Danforth donates $1.5 million match to endow curatorial position for Asian collection.

Joan L. Danforth has matched a challenge grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) to endow a curatorship in Asian art at the AMAM. Danforth, a member of the museum’s Visiting Committee and former trustee of Oberlin College (1988-94), has gener- ously pledged the full $1.5 million needed for a three-to- one match of the NEH grant received in late 2012. The po- works dating from 3000 BC Utagawa Hiroshige sition will be called the Joan to the present. The curator (Japanese); Breeze on the Mie River L. Danforth Curator of Asian will be responsible for exhibi- near Yokkaichi, no. Art, and a national search is tions, research, publications, 44 from the series currently under way. broad curricular outreach, Fifty-three Stations and acquisitions. Asian art is of the Tokaido Road, ca. 1833; “I have always been pas- central to the very founding color woodblock sionately interested in the of the museum, as three im- print; Mary A. arts, even throughout high portant collections of Asian Ainsworth Bequest, school and my college days,” art were donated to Oberlin 1950.834 Danforth says. Together with in the early years of the 20th her late husband, Robert S. century, before the museum Danforth (OC 1947), Joan opened. has endowed numerous pro- fessorships and scholarships Mrs. Danforth’s extremely at Oberlin. generous gift will ensure that Asian art is fully integrated The endowment secures in in the curriculum of Ober- perpetuity an important lin College, and will always curatorial position overseeing remain central to the experi- more than 3,500 Asian art- ence of AMAM visitors. 10 News & notes

Conservation tests reveal details of 1917 ceiling; Eva Hesse archival materials digitized.

Right: Conservation Restoration of artworks often the original color scheme to work in the King takes place out of public guide decisions,” said ICA Sculpture Court includes not only view. In the future, however, Painting Conservator Wendy paintings on the museum visitors will have an Partridge. ceiling, but also opportunity to witness the decorative plaster- transformation of the King TheAMAM ’s soaring central work and painted window surrounds. Sculpture Court ceiling, an Sculpture Court demonstrates Photo by John integral part of Cass Gilbert’s the visual unity Cass Gilbert Seyfried. vision for the museum’s origi- sought to achieve throughout nal 1917 building. the museum. Gilbert hired painter Frederick J. Wiley to During two weeks in July, decorate the interior upper conservators cleaned a test walls and ceiling of the sculp- area of the ceiling, clere- ture court. Wiley’s paintings story wall, and architectural were executed on canvas moldings, lifting decades of during spring 1917, shortly accumulated grime. Vibrant before the museum officially details are now visible in opened in June of that year. the paintings forming four The ceiling is enlivened with of the ceiling’s 100 square animal and foliage designs, coffers. “As you clean these, while the corners of the clere- the details come out. The story feature verses by the animals actually have shad- American writer Christopher ows, and you see touches of Pearse Cranch. The current blue and orange in the duck,” project —undertaken with a noted Andrea Chevalier, view towards completion be- senior painting conservator fore the museum’s centennial with ICA-Art Conservation. in 2017—will enable the pub- Discussions are under way as lic once again to be inspired to how best to restore the ap- both by Cranch’s words and pearance of the plasterwork. Wiley’s paintings, all within “You want to have as much the context of Gilbert’s overall information as possible about design. 11 Eva Hesse diaries digitized diaries, the AMAM houses in Yale partnership notebooks, datebooks, letters, postcards, school papers, and TheAMAM is partnering with other ephemera comprising Yale University Press and the the Eva Hesse Archives of estate of American artist Eva about 1,200 items. Hesse (1936-1970) to digi- tally publish transcriptions of twelve of Hesse’s diaries. The Digital Conversion Solutions, collaboration will increase ap- based in North Carolina, will preciation for the renowned create archival-quality, digital sculptor, who pioneered the renditions of the twelve dia- use of latex, fiberglass, and ries. TheAMAM will provide plastic. the material to Yale University Press for future publication; Hesse’s diaries express her they will also be available as restless struggle for identity— part of the museum’s online as a woman, as a wife, and as catalog at http://allenartcollec- an artist. In addition to the tion.oberlin.edu/emuseum/. 12 News & notes

Museum curators, staff bring enthusiasm, skills, and experience to their positions.

From National Gallery of A graduate of NYU’s Institute Art, Banta joins staff of Fine Arts, Banta earned In July, Andaleeb Badiee her Ph.D. in 2007 with a Banta joined the AMAM staff dissertation titled “Bernardo as curator of European and Strozzi: Defining an Artistic American art. She comes to Identity in Early 17th-Centu- Oberlin from the National ry Genoa,” and received her Gallery of Art in Washington B.A. from Vassar College. D.C., where she was assistant “I am particularly excited to curator of Old Master prints engage with Oberlin students, and drawings. professors, and the broader community to continue to Clockwise from Prior to the National Gallery, make the Allen an active, left: Curator Banta held curatorial as- relevant presence in Oberlin of European and American sistant, fellow, and research and beyond,” said Banta. Art Andaleeb assistant positions at the Badiee Banta; Morgan Library & Museum New manager for member Publications, and the Metropolitan Mu- publications, media Membership and Megan Harding brings Media Manager seum of Art. She also held Megan Harding; gallery assistant positions and expertise in both museums Curatorial internships at The Frick Col- and higher education to the Assistant Sarah lection and with dealers Otto AMAM’s staff in her role as McLusky; and Museum Security Naumann and Wildenstein publications, membership, Supervisor and Company. She has taught and media manager. She is no Christine Super. at Amherst College, Vassar stranger to Oberlin College, Photos on opposite College, Hunter College, the however, having focused on page by Selina Bartlett. City College of New York, admissions marketing in the and the Graduate Center at Office of Communications the City University of New since 2006. Prior to that, York, as well as at New York Harding was manager of de- University. velopment communications at Kent State University, her alma mater. 13 After graduating with her de- museum collection for teach- gree in journalism, Harding ing and learning the proper worked at a weekly newspa- ways to handle various types per and then was recruited of museum-quality objects. to do a monthly member newsletter for the Cleveland Security officer promoted Museum of Art. She went to supervisor on to become head of pub- “It’s all about making visi- lications at the Cleveland tors feel comfortable and Museum of Natural History, at the same time protecting where she edited the Explorer the artwork,” said Christine magazine and other mem- Super, who was promoted to ber publications, produced Museum Security Supervisor, exhibition catalogs, and wrote a newly reinstated position interpretive materials. at the AMAM. Super has been a security officer at the OC history major named museum since 1990 and has curatorial assistant received special training and Sarah McLusky (OC 2013) certifications in the protec- has been appointed curato- tion of cultural property. rial assistant in the Office of Certified by the Ohio Peace Academic Programs, through Officers Training Academy, May 2014. As an Oberlin Super grew up in Lorain, student, Sarah worked in Ohio. Her dedication and the library archives and as a hard work—and that of the museum docent. She earned AMAM’s other security a bachelor’s degree in history, officers—helps to ensure not with a minor in studio art. only the safety of the mu- A native of Charleston, West seum’s collection, but also the Virginia, Sarah would like to well-being of visitors. pursue a career in archival studies or public history. She looks forward to using the 14 collection connections

Academic outreach to scholars in a broad range of disciplines positively impacts curriculum.

AMAM awards curriculum development grants Four Oberlin faculty members received curriculum development grants from the AMAM to teach classes based on the museum’s realism-themed exhibitions. Classes taught by Roger F. Copeland (theater and dance), William Patrick Day (English and cinema studies), Leonard V. Smith (history), and Katherine Above: The 2012– Faculty development Thomson-Jones (philosophy) 13 exhibition workshop offered will visit the museum to uti- Religion, Ritual and Performance Thursday, October 10 lize material in the permanent in the Renaissance collection. This past summer, served as a rich TheAMAM Office of Aca- each spent several days at learning environ- demic Programs joins the the museum, working with ment and key teaching resource Center for Teaching Innova- AMAM staff, to learn the fun- for 25 courses at tion and Excellence (CTIE) to damental tools and research Oberlin College, as offer a workshop for faculty methods of art history and well as for art his- members. Faculty new to us- to identify and study works tory and museum studies courses ing the museum as a learning relevant to their course topics. at the College of resource, as well as those who Wooster. already use the museum in These competitive grants, their teaching, are invited to funded by the Andrew W. attend. The workshop will Mellon Foundation, strength- report on an assessment of en the museum’s curricular museum class use, which was impact, expand interdisciplin- conducted in fall 2012, and ary use of collections, culti- suggest guidelines for imple- vate students’ visual literacy, mentation of art pedagogy in and train faculty to teach with 15 college-level courses. original works of art. fall 2013

Faculty, staff present at conference Family program offered In February, Oberlin Professors Steven Volk (history) and Taylor Allen (biol- with local partners. ogy) presented on their innovative pedagogic uses of the Allen’s collections at the annual conference of the College Community Day (NEOEA day) Art Association in New York. Curator Friday, October 18, 11 a.m.–3 p.m. of Academic Programs Liliana Milkova co-delivered with Volk a paper titled Four organizations—Allen Memorial “From Visual Pedagogies to Learning Art Museum, Firelands Association Theories: Using Academic Museums to for the Visual Arts, Oberlin Heritage Catalyze Campus-wide Learning.” In Center, Oberlin Public Library, and addition, Volk and Allen co-presented America Reads—have teamed up to as part of a panel on achieving curricu- offer activities and workshops to area lar impact at academic museums, which students when Oberlin City Schools was organized by the Association of are closed for NEOEA Day (Northeast Academic Museums and Galleries. Ohio Educators Association) on Friday, October 18. Parents looking for some- Peter Swendsen, associate professor thing to do can bring young learners of computer music and digital arts, out for a variety of educational tours recently highlighted AMAM collections and events. Most activities are geared at a conference in Lisbon, Portugal. toward primary school-aged children. His paper was titled “Listening to Paint Adult chaperones are required at all loca- Dry: Pedagogical Strategies for Using tions. All activities are free and open to Visual Art to Inform Electroacoustic the public. Music Composition.”

18 Fall 2013

Monuments Men author, Realism scholar to give talks highlighting AMAM collections and history.

First Thursdays 19th-Century France, which During these special evening shows how female dandies, hours, museum galleries laundresses, housewives, and remain open until 8 p.m. courtesans populated the for you to attend programs, 19th-century imagination. explore recent installations, take audio tours, and mingle November 7, 5:30 p.m., over refreshments in the East Followed by a book signing Gallery. AMAM staff and stu- Robert M. Edsel, author of dent docents will be on hand The Monuments Men: Allied to answer questions and chat Heroes, Nazi Thieves, and about works in the collection. the Greatest Treasure Hunt in History, will present this Monuments Men September 5, 5–8 p.m. year’s Harold Jantz Memorial author Robert M. Join us for the opening of Lecture. He will tell the story Edsel is this year’s AMAM of the Monuments Men, a speaker for the the ’s exhibitions on Jantz Lectureship, Realism. Assistant Curator of group of American and Brit- which rotates Modern and Contemporary ish scholars and army officers among the AMAM, Art Denise Birkhofer, Cura- —including Charles Parkhust, the Oberlin College the AMAM’s director from Library, and the tor of Academic Programs German depart- Liliana Milkova, and Associ- 1949-62—who located and ment; it honors ate Professor of French Libby helped to restitute many of distinguished Murphy will lead tours. Europe’s art treasures fol- graduate and liter- ary scholar Harold lowing Nazi theft. Edsel’s Jantz (OC 1929). October 3, 5:30 p.m.—Libby book has been adapted for a Murphy, associate profes- major motion picture star- sor of French, and Greggor ring George Clooney, Matt Mattson, assistant professor Damon, Cate Blanchett and of sociology, will give a talk Bill Murray, which will open titled “Proper Women, Neces- in theaters this December. sary Women.” It will focus on Edsel’s Monuments Men the gender and sexuality roles Foundation for the Preserva- evident in the exhibition The tion of Art received the 2007 17 Human Comedy: Chronicles of National Humanities Medal. December 5, 5:30 p.m.— October 8—Sebastiaan Faber, Linda Nochlin, distinguished professor of Hispanic studies scholar and Lila Acheson and director of the Oberlin Wallace Professor of Modern Center for Languages and Art at New York University’s Cultures, has developed Institute of Fine Arts, will ObieMAPS, a web interface give a talk titled “Courbet’s that allows users to find con- Realism.” Her scholarship in nections between museum the field of 19th-century art collections, academic courses, is vast, and her book Realism faculty expertise, and study- (1971) remains the standard away programs at Oberlin source for the art move- College. ment of that name. Nochlin is known for her seminal November 12—Andaleeb Realism scholar essay, “Why Have There Been Badiee Banta, the museum’s Linda Nochlin will No Great Women Artists?”, curator of European and speak during the First Thursday on and other publications such American art, gives a talk on December 5. as Women, Art and Power A Vision of the Holy Family (1988), The Politics of Vision: Near Verona, a 1581 paint- Updates and a full listing of programs Essays on 19th-Century Art ing recently reinstalled in the are available at: and Society (1989), and Rep- Nord Gallery. www.oberlin.edu/ resenting Women (1999). amam/programs/. December 10—Jeffrey Pence, For more infor- Tuesday Tea Talks associate professor of English mation, please Second Tuesdays, 2:30 p.m. and cinema studies, will contact the Educa- Join us for gallery talks on discuss new ways of looking tion Department at works in the permanent col- at art history as the history of 440-775-8671. lection or in current exhibi- media development. tions. Talks are followed by tea and light refreshments. Sunday Object Talks Talks begin at 2 p.m. September 10— James Peake, September 15 through De- education and outreach co- cember 15 (except October ordinator at the Firelands As- 20 and 27, and December 1). sociation for the Visual Arts Each student-led talk focuses (FAVA), discusses his work on a work on view and lasts using origami as the basis for about 15 minutes, followed by k–12 outreach initiatives. time for questions. 18 community outreach

In its eighth year, popular Chalk Walk event drew record participation in downtown Oberlin.

The tradition of chalk artistry King Sculpture Court for a on pavement dates back 500 Community Day workshop. years, and Oberlin’s annual chalk art festival celebrated The Chalk Walk is sponsored its eighth year on June 22. by the Allen Memorial Art Picture-perfect weather Museum, Firelands Asso- prevailed for this year’s Chalk ciation for the Visual Arts,

Artists of all ages Walk, which attracted more Oberlin Business Partner- and levels of skill than 850 participants of all ship, Oberlin Public Library, participated in this ages and skill levels. In ad- Oberlin Heritage Center, and year’s Chalk Walk. dition, many other visitors Lorain National Bank.

Below: Dana came downtown to see the Juliano made a works in progress. Education Department staff colorful chalk and interns held outreach rendition of TheAMAM commissioned workshops at Future Genera- Botticelli’s Birth of Venus. works by master artists tions (Lorain), Lorain Coun- Hector Castellanos, Wendy try Metro Parks summer camp Photos by Dale Mahon, Robin Van Lear, and (Elyria), Oberlin Early Child- Preston (OC 1983) Jesse Rhinehart. On April 6, hood Center, and the Play- Castellanos created a Guate- ground Experience (Oberlin). malan sawdust carpet in the Chalk Walk is funded, in part, by a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts through its Art in American Communities program. The AMAM received funding to support public programs re- lating to the Religion, Ritual, and Performance exhibitions.

Visit www.flickr.com/photos/ allenartmuseum/sets/ for 1 more Chalk Walk photos. calendar of events september november

5 First Thursday: Opening reception 3 Weltzheimer/Johnson House tours: for Realism exhibitions, 5–8 p.m. noon–5 p.m.

10 Tuesday Tea Talk: James Peake, 3 Sunday Object Talk: 2 p.m. education and outreach coordinator, 7 First Thursday—Harold Jantz Me- Firelands Association for the Visual morial Lecture: Robert M. Edsel, author Arts (FAVA), 2:30 p.m. of the Monuments Men, 5:30 p.m. 15 Sunday Object Talk: 2 p.m. 10 Sunday Object Talk: 2 p.m. 15 Weltzheimer/Johnson House tours: 12 Tuesday Tea Talk: Curator of noon–5 p.m. European and American Art Andaleeb 22 Sunday Object Talk: 2 p.m. Badiee Banta, “A Vision of the Holy Family Near Verona,” 2:30 p.m. 28 Community Culture Festival, Tappan Square, 1–4 p.m. 17 Sunday Object Talk: 2 p.m.

29 Sunday Object Talk: 2 p.m. 17 Weltzheimer/Johnson House tours: noon–5 p.m. october 24 Sunday Object Talk: 2 p.m. 3 First Thursday: “Proper Women, Necessary Women,” Libby Murphy, december associate professor of French, and 5 First Thursday: Professor Linda Greggor Mattson, assistant professor of Nochlin, renowned scholar and author, sociology, 5:30 p.m. “Courbet’s Realism,” 5:30 p.m. 6 Weltzheimer/Johnson House tours: 8 Sunday Object Talk: 2 p.m. noon–5 p.m. 10 Tuesday Tea Talk: Jeffrey Pence, as- 6 & 13 Sunday Object Talk: 2 p.m. sociate professor of English and cinema 8 Tuesday Tea Talk: Sebastiaan Faber, studies, 2:30 p.m. professor of Hispanic studies, 2:30 p.m. 15 Sunday Object Talk: 2 p.m. 10 Faculty Development Workshop

18 Community Day (NEOEA day): 11 a.m.–3 p.m.

20 Weltzheimer/Johnson House tours: noon–5 p.m. 20 frank lloyd wright house

Weltzheimer-Johnson House open for tours on first and third Sundays, through November.

Oberlin’s Usonian house de- Guided tours begin on the signed by Frank Lloyd Wright hour from noon until 5 p.m. sits on a three-acre site a Admission is $5 per person. mile west of Tappan Square. Completed in 1949, it is the For further information, pro- first Usonian house in Ohio gram dates, or to schedule a and one of the few in the na- tour, please call the Education tion open to the public. Tours Department at 440-775-8671 are held on the first and third or e-mail Curator of Educa- Sundays of each month, from tion Jason Trimmer at jtrim- April through November. [email protected].

Above: Original Landscape is focus of Building Conservancy. Martz color rendering of article by Pradnya Martz is an architect/project man- the site plan by Frank Lloyd Wright, The unique landscape design ager at Oberlin College and 1947. of the Weltzheimer-Johnson has served as the consulting House and its transforma- curator for the Weltzheimer- tion over time are featured in Johnson House since 1998. seyfried

an article by Pradnya Martz She will give a talk at the john

by in the spring 2013 issue of house in spring 2014 as part photo Save Wright, a publication of the amam’s First Thursday plan

of the Frank Lloyd Wright evening hours. site 21 museum membership

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Director’s Circle $1,000 and above Above benefits, plus membership in the Antoinette Brown Blackwell Society seyfried

($1,000–$1,832). Gifts over $1,833 qualify Friends for Oberlin College’s John john

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