Link artMaking JANUARY 2005 NEWS FOR ALUMNI AND FRIENDS OF THE CLEVELAND INSTITUTE OF ART work MEDAL FOR CORBETT MASTERS ALUMNI OUTREACH ALUMNI NOTES FACULTY NOTES IN MEMORIAM SCHRECKENGOST TEACHING AWARD EXCELLENCE EMERGING ART TRAUSCH PRESENTS HELEN COLE NEW BOARD SMITH FOUNDATION CHALLENGE GRANT 2 3 FORM 4 5 6 7 8 “INSTANT CREATIVITY” ENDOWMENT MEMBERS FIRST WEDNESDAY DISCUSSION SERIES EXTENDED STUDIES FACULTY SHOW 2004 PROGRAM VISITING ARTISTS OFFER INSPIRATION AND ENERGY his fall, the Institute’s galleries, They also explored whether local commentary on the absence of health Tauditoriums and neighborhood “ethnic” arts and cultures can survive care for millions of Americans. Pope.L streets were filled with a high-pitched in a homogenized, global marketplace. uses his crawls to bring art out of the level of energy, inspiration and experi- Featured speaker, George Ritzer gallery and actively involve the com- mentation as a broad spectrum of cautioned participants that the munity in his work, often employing visiting artists presented a host of McDonalds’ model permeates every humor to connect with his audience. thought-provoking concepts. Shimon aspect of our daily lives and in the Pope.L, an African American, has Attie, William Pope.L, Stelarc, Hristina push toward globalization there is a staged nearly 50 crawls as part of Ivanoska, and Mel Chin are but a few great need to protect indigenous his “eRacism” project. He created a of the internationally acclaimed artists culture. Keynote speaker Mel Chin four-part crawl up Broadway, which who brought inspiration. They were captivated students as he discussed he dubbed “The Great White Way,” joined by scholars that included James his site-specific works and how he to coincide with the 2002 Whitney Elkins, author of Why Art Can’t Be injects art into unlikely places, includ- Biennial. Taught, George Ritzer, author of The ing toxic landfills and popular televi- International photographer and McDonaldization of Society and James sion shows like Melrose Place, to build installation artist Shimon Attie visited Young, Ph.D., Judaic scholar from the awareness of vital social and political the Institute for the opening of his University of Massachusetts, Amherst. issues. Chin also challenged the idea exhibition, “The History of Another.” And, international designers brought of the artist as the exclusive creative Attie described himself as part arche- fresh insights to the first annual Graphic force behind an artwork. “The sur- ologist and historian, peeling back Design Summit. vival of my own ideas may not be as layers of time to uncover the stories A major focus was the 2004 important as a condition I create for of Rome’s ancient ruins and excava- TOP LEFT: STELARC PRESENTED A SELF-PORTRAIT Humanities Symposium, “Aesthetics others ideas to be realized,” he said. tion sites as he explored questions IN 3D ANIMATION THAT RESPONDED and Consumer Culture,” chaired by William Pope.L uses performance of memory, place and identity. Attie TO AUDIENCE QUESTIONS. liberal arts faculty, Rita Goodman, art as a compelling commentary on uses ancient and modern Rome as a Ph.D., and Lane Cooper. Speakers from social issues and inspired Institute backdrop for projecting images of TOP RIGHT: JAMES YOUNG, SHIMON ATTIE across the U.S. and the U.K. examined students to engage in his art form Roman Jews from 1890–1920 onto AND NATASHA EGAN DISCUSS ATTIE’S the influences of consumer culture on during his recent visit. Pope.L the archeological sites near where art and design and the ways artists and 30 students crawled on their they once lived. Attie’s Jews are used WORK WHILE ONE OF HIS PIECES IS PROJECTED BEHIND THEM. have adopted or resisted commercialism. hands and knees for nearly two miles Continued on page 2 from the Cleveland Clinic to the (Cleveland) Free Clinic as a graphic ABOVE: WILLIAM POPE.L ENCOURAGES LAUREN VOSS ’05 DURING ONE OF HIS CRAWLS BELOW: MEL CHIN “KNOWMAD” (DETAIL) VISITING ARTISTS Continued from page 1 Author James Elkins entertained the field of communication design. Institute audiences with his penetrat- It featured such notables as Steven ing dissection of art school practice Heller, art director of The New York that was both perceptive and witty. Times Book Review and founder of the Elkins’ no-nonsense approach ques- School of Visual Arts graduate design tioned the principal goals of art program, and Robynn Raye, co-founder schools, as well as the phenomenon of Seattle’s Modern Dog studio. Both of art critiques as a microcosm for speakers offered practical insights on teaching art. their professional success. Stelarc, an Australian-based artist, Look for more interesting lectures explored the concept of the body and and performances from international its relationship with technology artists and educators as the Institute through human-machine interface continues to offer provocative thought using medical imaging, robotics and leaders for the enrichment of students, the Internet. alumni and the community. Resistance, transformation and ABOVE: AREA SCHOOLCHILDREN A GRANT FROM BANK ONE, THE HARRY K. FOX AND EMMA R. FOX as the metaphor for the outsider, the homelessness are some of the aspects CHARITABLE FOUNDATION, THE OHIO ARTS COUNCIL AND THE SHOW OFF THEIR SHIMON ATTIE stranger, forgotten societies and lost associated with public space and its READING 1 FOUNDATION SUPPORTED THE SHIMON ATTIE EXHIBIT. ADDITIONAL SUPPORT FOR THE EXHIBITION AND RELATED LECTURE INSPIRED ART DURING A WORKSHOP individuals. Uncovering the stories social conditioning as investigated by WAS PROVIDED BY THE NAOMI G. AND EDWIN Z. SINGER FAMILY FUND AND THE GEORGE F., STEPHANIE M., & GEORGE L. TRAUB AT THE INSTITUTE. of these marginalized people and Hristina Ivanoska, ArtsLink visiting FUND OF THE JEWISH COMMUNITY FEDERATION OF CLEVELAND. placing them into the present, artist from Macedonia. ArtsLink is an MEL CHIN’S LECTURE WAS SPONSORED BY DEE TREMAINE HILDT, PAST CHAIR, EMILY HALL TREMAINE FOUNDATION. “re-animates these sites with their international cultural exchange pro- THE INSTITUTE’S BICKFORD VISITING ARTIST FUND SUPPORTED own lost history,” explained Attie, gram for emerging artists. POPE.L’S VISIT. who created the work during a The first annual Graphic Design NESNADNY + SCHWARTZ SPONSORED THE GRAPHIC DESIGN SUMMIT. fellowship at the American Academy Summit examined the relationship in Rome in 2001–02. between graphic design school and Agnes Gund Awarded Medal for Excellence gnes Gund’s passion for art is the Institute’s George Gund building and A unmistakable. She is recognized the Jessica Gund Library are named for internationally as a philanthropist, col- Ms. Gund’s father and mother. lector and ardent supporter of the arts Ms. Gund has supported artists and and individual artists. Her belief in the the arts most notably as President of ability of art to teach and inspire guides New York’s Museum of Modern Art her untiring life-long work to make sig- (MOMA) from 1991–2002. As MOMA’s nificant contributions to the visual arts President Emerita she has provided locally, nationally and internationally. valuable leadership for the museum’s It is due to her artistic fervor and lead- extensive new renovation project. She ership on a national and international has been a catalyst in the “Studio in the scale that Agnes Gund was awarded the Schools” program where, for more than Institute’s Medal for Excellence at the 25 years, children in New York City 17th annual Charles E. Burchfield ’16 public schools have had the opportunity Society Dinner this fall. The award rec- to learn about art and develop the ognizes those who have made significant creative freedom of self-expression. contributions to the arts through their She has served on numerous boards own artistic pursuit or through their including the American Academy in service and philanthropy. Rome, the Andy Warhol Foundation for Ms. Gund is a native Clevelander who the Visual Arts and the Hirshhorn established close ties with the Institute, Museum and Sculpture Garden, and has the Cleveland Museum of Art, the New been awarded many prestigious awards Gallery (now MOCA Cleveland), and including the National Medal of Arts. the Sculpture Center of Cleveland. She Recognized for her extensive art and her family have long supported the collection, Ms. Gund has personally Institute, where she served as a member amassed some 400 works of art, including of the Board of Directors from 1968–72. the work of such notables as Paul Klee, fond memories of learning about art at ABOVE: ANN AND DAVID DEMING Her father, George Gund II served as Joan Miro, Jim Hodges and William University Circle institutions. She WITH TOBY LEWIS AND AGNES GUND chair of the Institute’s board for 24 years Kentridge. The drawings from her expressed her enthusiasm for the strong and as a young girl she attended board collection were showcased in a special partnerships of Cleveland art institutions meetings with her father, learning about exhibition at the Cleveland Museum as she sees collaboration as vital to art and the art world at his side. of Art in 2003. future success. The Agnes Gund Traveling Scholarships In her acceptance speech at the The Medal for Excellence was estab- for continued study abroad remain the Institute it was evident that Ms. Gund lished in 1987 and is presented annually most prestigious prizes awarded to top was moved by the recognition she at the Burchfield Society Dinner. The graduating students and make the received and paid homage to previous dinner is held to honor members of the Institute one of very few colleges that Medal for Excellence awardees including Charles E. Burchfield ’16 Society who offer post-graduate awards. The scholar- Ken Bates, Julian Stanczak ’54 and have supported the Institute through ships were established by her father in Viktor Schreckengost ’29.