Carpenter
Foundation Gift to Support Contemporary Art Show at Tang
Carpenter Foundation Gift to Support Contemporary Art Show at Tang
A $23K grant from the E. Rhodes and Leona B. Carpenter Foundation
will be used to support an upcoming Tang Museum exhibition on Asian
Art.
The grant is Skidmore’s first from the Carpenter Foundation,
according to Stephanie Van Allen, assistant director of foundation
and corporate relations. It will be used in connection with an exhibitioin
of Chinese contemporary art titled Brushing the Present: Contemporary
Academy Painting from China, to mounted at the Tang next fall. Funds
from the grant will support production of the exhibition’s
catalogue and allow for two artists and their interpreter to travel
to Skidmore from China.
To be curated by Professor of Art Doretta Miller, Brushing the Present
will include 40 pieces by 28 contemporary Chinese artists, including
ink and watercolor on paper, and oil on canvas works. Selected works
will illustrate how artists from North China are responding to the
rapid changes in their society due to globalization and greater
opportunity for artistic expression.
Since the end of the Cultural Revolution, official policies toward
cultural expression in China have softened, allowing for greater
artistic freedom and for more tolerance of Western artistic expression.
The result is a generation of academically trained artists who are
skilled in traditional Chinese art and who have also explored contemporary
Western ideas.
Some artists are challenged to reconcile the traditional with the
new to create images that represent contemporary China, while others
ignore tradition to create images that appeal to themselves or to
various audiences. The exhibition will incorporate art from both
perspectives for viewing by audiences of the Capital Region.
The exhibition will be used as part of the College’s Expanding
Horizon Partnership with the Schuylerville Central School District
as well as several Tang Museum outreach programs.
The E. Rhodes and Leona B. Carpenter Foundation supports museums
and institutions involved with restoration, conservation, and education
in the field of Asian art.
Schick
Art Gallery to Present Student Show
The Schick Art Gallery will host its annual Juried Student Exhibition
from Jan. 30 to Feb. 23, 2003.
Co-sponsored by the College's Department of Art and Art History
and the student Pro-arts Organization, the show will include an
opening reception from 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 30, at the gallery.
The exhibition and reception are free and open to the public.
The guest juror for this year's exhibition is renowned New York
City painter William Cotton. Most recently his work was featured
at the Mary Boone Gallery in New York and at Jablonka Galerie in
Germany. Cotton is known for his large-scale paintings of super-realistic
sweet confections.
The Schick Art Gallery is open without charge from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
weekdays and from 1 to 4:30 p.m. weekends.
In the News
Skidmore faculty recently contacted by general media for expert
commentary include the following:
Sandy Baum, professor of economics,
was quoted in the December issue of Washingtonian magazine
in an article titled “Where the Boys Aren’t,”
on gender equality at elite colleges. She also was a source for
a Nov. 27 Associated Press story on state prepaid tuition plans.
John Cosgrove, access services librarian,
was interviewed by The Times Union for a Dec. 1 story on
the quality of information on the world wide web titled “Don’t
Bet the Ranch on a Web Salary Translator.”
Glenn Egelman, director, Health Services,
was interviewed by The Times Union for a Dec. 10 story
on bacterial meningitis titled “Vaccination bill lingers.”
Robert Jones, associate professor of
economics, was interviewed by the Glens Falls Post-Star
for a Nov. 16 article on population changes in upstate New York
cities titled “An Upstate Reinvention.”
Karen Kellogg, associate director of
Environmental Studies, was featured in a Nov. 25 Saratogian
profile titled “Skidmore professor bridges gap between business
and environment.”
Mary Stange, associate professor of
religion and women’s studies, was featured Dec. 17 in a Philadelphia
Inquirer article titled “Women Hunters: Different Approach,
Same Result,” and an article earlier in December on women
and hunting originally published in The Baltimore Sun and
distributed nationally by Tribune Media Services.
Joanne Vella, associate professor of
art, and a group of her students were featured in a Nov. 10 Post-Star
article titled “Beauty in the Buff: Human form integral to
artist development.”
Segrave Named Athletic Director
Jeffrey Segrave, professor of exercise science and interim athletics
director since June, has been named athletics director, according
to an announcement by Charles M. Joseph, interim vice president
for academic affairs and dean of the faculty. View
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