Link APRIL 2003 NEWS FOR ALUMNI AND FRIENDS OF THE CLEVELAND INSTITUTE OF ART SCHUTZ SPREADS PRESIDENT’S CORNER PARTNERSHIPS ALUMNI NOTES ONLINE ALUMNI DIRECTORY WELCOME NEW HER WINGS ENRICH EXPERIENTIAL BOARD MEMBERS MEDALS FOR EXCELLENCE CALDERWOOD RESIDENCY FACULTY AND STAFF NOTES 2 3 4–5 LEARNING 6 7 8 REINBERGER GALLERY IN MEMORIUM EVENTS CALENDAR Dingwall Leaves a Legacy of Artistic Exploration hen he leaves The Cleveland WInstitute of Art in May, Kenneth Dingwall, dean of the fine arts environ- ment, hopes he will be remembered for upholding the idea that making art is a valuable, honorable and pleasurable way of life. “I hope that I’ve been able to commu- nicate my love of painting. I tell students they must be open to the ideas and ener- gies of the era in which they live, and at the same time be aware of the continuity of human emotions. Most of all they need to have strong working and art- making habits,” said Dingwall. Dingwall, his wife Eve Thomson, adjunct professor of painting at the Institute, and their daughter, Hannah, plan to return to their native Scotland by July. “We thought we might consider returning to Scotland in two or three years, but family circumstances have accelerated that decision. It’s important that we live closer to family members — both young and old,” he said. An internationally noted abstract painter, Dingwall’s exhibition record includes one-person shows in Greece, Britain, Switzerland, France and Italy, as well as in the Knoedler and the Katharina Rich Perlow galleries in the United States. His work has been shown locally at the Cleveland Museum of Art and the Museum of Contemporary Art here and it’s critical to maintain your success and has taken on many initiatives ABOVE: KEN DINGWALL WILL BE Cleveland. His paintings were exhibited vitality and a sense of balance,” he said. that would give his students the edge,” REMEMBERED FOR OPENING HIS in “Contemporary British Art” at the “As much as I’ll miss the students, said David L. Deming, Institute president STUDENTS’ MINDS TO FRESH IDEAS. National Gallery of Modern Art in returning to the studio full time has and chief executive officer. He explained Scotland in 2002, and an exhibit of his enormous appeal.” that Dingwall established meaningful new work opened at Sleeper in Dingwall will leave his legacy not student and faculty exchange programs Edinburgh, Scotland on March 6. only with his students, but also with in the U.S. and abroad. Galleries in New York, Zurich and Italy his Institute colleagues and the broader “In my view he has given the Institute represent him and his work is held in the Northeast Ohio art community, when and his students the best years of his collections of many museums, universi- he concludes his 18-year affiliation with very remarkable career,” Deming contin- ties and corporations. the Institute at the close of the spring ued. “We will surely miss his immediate In Scotland he plans to devote his 2003 semester. presence, but I am confident that his energies to full-time studio work. “I’m “Ken joined the Institute while enjoy- mark on us will continue through the always dreaming of more time in the ing a significant rise in a steady and collaborative work we anticipate in our studio. The faculty is highly involved enduring career. Always a man of action, growing student exchange programs.” he has been profoundly interested in continued on page 3 improving his students’ chances for Dana Schutz Spreads Her Wings ABOVE RIGHT: DANA SCHUTZ ’00 Dana Schutz is living an artist’s And indeed, she does make her own “The five-year program really worked HAS GARNERED RAVE REVIEWS dream. Since graduating from the world — both in terms of her art and for me. It gave me time to mature and her success. In her first solo exhibit at hone my work. And the two-year FOR HER WORK FROM SEVERAL Institute in May 2000, she has earned an MFA from Columbia University, LFL Gallery in Chelsea, she created Foundation program gave me the NATIONAL ART CRITICS. exhibited her work at PS1 in New York paintings of the last man on earth, opportunity to explore other disciplines. and held her first solo New York “Frank, a fictional man.” Entitled The Foundation design program is ABOVE: "DEAD GUY" FROM show, which was a total sellout. She “Frank from Observation,” the show terrific,” said Schutz. SCHUTZ'S RECENT SOLD-OUT received complimentary reviews in garnered favorable reviews from Schutz found graduate work at EXHIBITION AT SHAHEEN MODERN The Village Voice and The New York many critics, including Jerry Saltz of Columbia to be very expansive. “It’s a AND CONTEMPORARY ART. Times and a full-page profile in The Village Voice. visual arts MFA so I was exposed to all Flash Art. We caught up with Schutz Saltz compared aspects of her work types of artists and found the experi- on her recent return to Cleveland for to that of Phillip Guston and other ence was extremely beneficial. We had the opening of her solo exhibit, greats such as Malcolm Morely, Peter an amazing group of 24 individuals “Still Life” at Shaheen Modern and Saul, Elizabeth Murray and Carroll studying photography, film, painting, Dunham. Schutz found this facet of sculpture and the entire fine arts “When I studied the review immensely flattering, yet spectrum. It was a great learning the comparisons left this modest, experience.” at Skowhegan and young artist a bit uneasy. So what’s next for this rising star? “Guston is a legend. He’s influenced Schutz’s hard work continues to pay Columbia, people a whole generation of painters,” said off as new opportunities unfold. Her Schutz. work will be exhibited at the Portland commented on the For her exhibit at Shaheen, Schutz Museum of Contemporary Art and painted her fictional character, Frank, in Los Angeles in September. The Institute’s excellent creating his own sculpture. Later, LFL Gallery has invited her back program in painting Frank met his demise in “Dead Guy” for another show in May 2004. and Schutz moved on to other subject Additionally, she has been invited and fine arts.” matter. In “Hello Helen,” an intensely to teach painting for a semester at colorful painting with rich, deep Columbia University. brushstrokes, she featured a wood- But by far, the most exciting oppor- Contemporary Art. While in Cleveland land shrine that “evolved into a Trojan tunity lies in a recent invitation she she spent two days at the Institute, horse with an alligator head.” received to show her work in the presenting a public lecture on her Schutz described her experience at 50th Venice Biennial in Venice, Italy. work and reviewing the work of the Institute as extremely formative. Opening June 14, the show is described fifth-year painting majors. “The painting department faculty and as an “exhibition of exhibitions” by “I like the idea of creating your The Factory studios were amazing. the show’s artistic director, Francesco own world in a painting. You are The students were a great group with Bonami. That she should be part of the boss, you can express your own strong work and a strong work ethic. such a major exhibition is only fitting identity and you feel connected to The museum was also a wonderful for Dana Schutz, who continues to something,” explained Schutz on resource,” she said. “When I studied live her dreams. her attraction to painting. at Skowhegan and Columbia, people commented on the Institute’s excellent program in painting and fine arts.” 2 president’s corner Dingwall Leaves a Legacy (continued from page 1) Energizing Alumni Outreach Dingwall held a tenured post as Encouraged by the region’s heightened AS BOTH A GRADUATE AND THE PRESIDENT, CONNECTING WITH THE INSTITUTE’S coordinator of graduate studies at the interest in the arts, he commented, “I’m ALUMNI IS A FAVORITE ASPECT OF MY JOB. IN RECENT MONTHS, I HAVE HAD THE Edinburgh College of Art. He previously delighted that Cleveland City Council OPPORTUNITY TO MEET WITH SEVERAL OF MY FELLOW ALUMNI HERE IN taught in a visiting capacity at the sees the potential of creating an arts Minneapolis College of Art and Design, council. This new commitment to the CLEVELAND, AND AROUND THE COUNTRY. AT THESE GET-TOGETHERS, I HAVE the Yale University Norfolk Program and arts holds tremendous promise for the BEEN ABLE TO SHARE SOME OF THE IMPORTANT DEVELOPMENTS OCCURRING AT in the graduate program at the Maryland future of the region.” THE INSTITUTE, AND TO LEARN ABOUT THE REMARKABLE ACCOMPLISHMENTS OF Institute College of Art. He is an alumnus “Similarly, the region will benefit from of Edinburgh College of Art and did grad- the creation of a graduate studies pro- OUR GRADUATES. THE ALUMNI OFFICE IS PLANNING MORE OF THESE GATHER- uate work at the Athens School of Fine Art. gram here at the Institute, where a high INGS AT KEY CITIES AROUND THE COUNTRY, WHERE WE HOPE TO OBTAIN IMPOR- Dingwall was appointed dean of the percentage of graduate students would TANT FEEDBACK ON THE SCHOOL’S INITIATIVES, AND LEARN MORE ABOUT OUR Institute’s fine art environment in 2002. remain in Northeast Ohio, adding new ALUMNI’S INTERESTS AND NEEDS. He has chaired the college’s painting energies to the society,” said Dingwall. department since 1988, and was a visiting Eve Thomson has served as an LAST FALL, ABOUT 15 INSTITUTE GRADUATES GATHERED IN SOUTH FLORIDA artist and professor of painting from adjunct member of the Institute’s paint- FOR A SPIRITED EVENING OF DISCUSSION AND REMINISCENCE.