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Manifest Creative Research Gallery: 8th annual RITES of PASSAGE Exhibition & 8th annual MAGNITUDE 7 (small works) exhibit - 1 June 2012 to 29 June 2012 Current Exhibition |
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Marna Shopoff
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main gallery + drawing room 8th Annual RITES of PASSAGE Opening Reception 6-9p.m. on Friday, June 1 Exhibit continues through June 29 Initiated in 2005, The Rites of Passage exhibits were developed in order to support student excellence by offering a public venue for the display of advanced creative research; to promote young artists as they transition into their professional careers; and to bring the positive creative energies of regional and national institutions together in one place. With this eighth annual installment of the Rites series, Manifest offers a $300 best of show award to encourage and support excellence at this career level. The Rites call for submissions was open to students graduating or expecting to graduate in 2011, 2012, or 2013. For this exhibit 193 artists representing 95 different college and university art programs in 30 states and 3 countries submitted 507 works for consideration. Thirteen works by the following 13 artists representing eleven different academic institutions are featured in the 8th annual Rites of Passage exhibit at Manifest Gallery in Cincinnati. A complete listing of schools represented in the entries is also included below. Works on exhibit include painting, sculpture, furniture, and drawing in a range of applications from realism to pure abstraction. While the competitive exhibit was open to submission by artists graduating within the past year, as well as current juniors and seniors at the undergraudate level, only current students' work was selected by the jury committee. Three juniors and ten seniors make up the finalists. The best of show award recipient will be revealed during the June 1st opening reception. In the gallery large paintings vie against one another between abstraction and figurative realism. Smaller works contribute to the melee, an enticing tug-o-war of conceptual and formalist back and forth, all played out through the efforts of matriculating new artists. Why is this important? Passing through an acredited college art program is one way among many to become an artist. While it does not guarantee success, it does serve as a measurable achievement, and if the degree granting institution is holding up its end of the deal, each artist who attains a degree through such a program has met or surpassed certain standards. For programs which are appropriately rigorous, passing a student is seriously meaningful business. Manifest's Rites of Passage is meant to serve as an external view into this process, across a broader scope than just one institution, and is offered as a bridge between academic pursuit and the general public. The exhibit catalogs for Rites will, over time, become a compelling document framing a view into the state of art in academia, and quite possibly the launching place for future notable artists of the world. (links to all previous Rites catalogs are provided below). The exhibit includes works by: Mike Bale Senior, Northern Kentucky University Miranda Becht Senior, Indiana University Southeast Maia Bersenadze Junior, College of Visual Arts, St. Paul Benjamin Cook Senior, University of Louisville Benji Florian Senior, Purdue University West Lafayette Shelana Kelly Senior, Mississippi State University Kristy Leverock Senior, Indiana University Southeast Christian Mickovic Senior, Cleveland Institute of Art Ruth Poor Junior, DePauw University Marna Shopoff Senior, Herron School of Art & Design John Tibbs Junior, Northern Kentucky University Kathryn Whistler Senior, Tulane University Tyler Wilkinson Senior, Centre College Drawing Room and Parallel Space 8th Annual MAGNITUDE 7 (small works) Opening Reception 6-9p.m. on Friday, June 1 Exhibit continues through June 29 Back in 2005 we launched the Magnitude 7 project with the idea that small works would be easier and more affordable for artists to send to Cincinnati from anywhere in the world. This proved true, and right off it was this project that lead to Manifest gaining the moniker 'a neighborhood gallery for the world.' This iteration of the exhibit is no different, with works coming together from all across the U.S. and the countries of Argentina, Canada, and Latvia. Inevitably Mag 7 is a stew of various works, including an extremely wide range of media, styles, and artist intents.The exhibit always gains unity from the common scale, so even disparate works seem to engage in playful and tolerant conversation across the gallery or side by side. We have found that having a couple galleries full of hand-sized works is somehow a relief steeped in the joy of small things well made, a menagerie of creativity, and a poignant reminder that bigger is not always better. Manifest is delighted to offer this eighth annual exhibit of works no larger than seven inches in any dimension. For this incarnation of the project 183 artists submitted 432 works for consideration by Manifest's rigorous jury process. Thirty-seven works by the following 28 artists were selected for presentation in the gallery and catalog. The exhibit includes works by: Lisa Ambrose Plainwell, Michigan Lauren Baker Columbia, Missouri Mike Binzer Victoria, British Columbia Kate Budd Akron, Ohio Bethany DeVries Denver, Colorado Erin Enderle Savannah, Georgia Mallory Feltz Cincinnati, Ohio John Ferry Prairie Village, Kansas McGarren Flack Holladay, Utah Inguna Gremzde Ogre, Latvia Robin Hextrum Aliso Viejo, California Ryan Horvath Edwardsville, Illinois Ben Hosac Orange, California Justin Kim Florence, Massachusetts Carole P. Kunstadt New York, New York Noriko Kuresumi Astoria, New York Terri Lindbloom Tallahassee, Florida Eileen MacArthur Ontario, Canada Dora Natella Granger, Indiana Marya Roland Waynesville, North Carolina Julia Romano Córdoba, Argentina Patricia Schappler Bedford, New Hampshire Ian Shelly New Albany, Indiana Mimi Solum Urbandale, Iowa Sally Schluter Tardella Bloomfield Township, Michigan Andrew Wapinski Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Polly Yates Chicago, Illinois Kim Young Bowling Green, Ohio |
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