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Manifest Creative Research Gallery: 9th Annual RITES OF PASSAGE and 9th Annual MAGNITUDE-7 - 1 June 2013 to 28 June 2013 Current Exhibition |
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Derek Brennan, Young Pup and Knox, 2012
graphite gesso on panel 42x30" |
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RITES OF PASSAGE Main Gallery Opening Friday, May 31, 6-9p.m. Exhibit continues: June 1 - June 28, 2013 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 ninth 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 undergrad students graduating or expecting to graduate in 2012, 2013, or 2014. For this exhibit 188 artists representing 91 different college and university art programs in 32 states and 3 countries submitted 415 works for consideration. Twelve works by the following 11 artists representing eleven different academic institutions are featured in the 9th annual Rites of Passage exhibit at Manifest Gallery in Cincinnati. A complete listing of schools represented in the entry pool is also included below. Works on exhibit include painting, sculpture, furniture, ceramics, digital imagery, and drawing in a range of applications from realism to pure abstraction. 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. Six 2012 graduates, four seniors, and one junior are included in the exhibit. The best of show award recipient will be revealed during the May 31st opening reception. 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. Manifest was founded by students and professors... to this day it continues to be operated by artists, teachers, professors, and students, most of whom are volunteers. RITES OF PASSAGE is one of the significant ways we honor the origins of Manifest, and the creative vibrancy of artists-becoming-artists, and the importance of the study and teaching of art in the academic institutions of today. This project is intended to be a platform for professional practice, an experience of the work it takes to share one's art, and a venue for Manifest's highly respected peer/professor/professional critical jury to weigh in on academic achievement in visual art outside the confines of the institution of origin, and outside the consideration of commercial marketability or personal taste. The exhibit catalogs for RITES become a landmark for each artist included, staking out their entry into a life and career as a professional, trained visual artist. Our production of this project, year after year, is heartfelt. Everyone here has been there, as art students ourselves at one time. Our regular staff have been or are currently teachers and professors outside of Manifest. Most of us have young artistic children at home. From this vantage point, we see providing incentives and rewards for young artists taking such a huge risk and following a path in the challenging world of the visual arts as an absolutely essential act. Manifest believes people need more exposure to excellent visual art, and that society cannot be whole without creativity. Where else better to provide this need than with the new artists of today? - Jason Franz, Executive Director Featuring works by: Derek Brennan Senior, Bowling Green State University Andrea Clark Senior, University of Kentucky Rhiannon Connor Senior, Indiana University Joshua Emery 2012 Graduate, Slippery Rock University Taylor Mazer 2012 Graduate, Kendall College of Art and Design Lauren O'Connor-Korb 2012 Graduate, San Jose State University Erin Penland 2012 Graduate, University of North Carolina at Charlotte Rachelle Raymer-Gilbert 2012 Graduate, University of Toledo Rachel Sard 2012 Graduate, Washington University in St. Louis Mary Schartman Senior, University of Cincinnati Brendan Solinsky Junior, Northern Michigan University MAGNITUDE-7 Drawing Room and Parallel Space Opening Friday, May 31, 6-9p.m. Exhibit continues: June 1 - June 28, 2013 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 Manifest from anywhere in the world. This proved true, and right off it was this project that lead to Manifest gaining the tag line '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 Finland. Inevitably Mag 7 is a melange 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. We are delighted to offer this ninth annual exhibit of works no larger than seven inches in any dimension. For this incarnation of the project 253 artists submitted 523 works for consideration by Manifest's rigorous jury process. Thirty-two works by the following 27 artists from 18 states and 3 countries were selected for presentation in the gallery and catalog. Featuring works by: Nimer Aleck Austin, Texas Carol Ashton-Hergenhan Bensalem, Pennsylvania Michael Aurbach Nashville, Tennessee Donald Beal Provincetown, Massachusetts Christie Blizard Columbus, Indiana Susan Bryant Clarksville, Tennessee Preston Buchtel Cleveland, Ohio Julie Chabrian Port Orange, Florida Alice Coulter Bethel, Ohio William DeBernardi Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania John Ferry Prairie Village, Kansas Tyler Graffam Manchester, New Hampshire Inkeri Harri Helsinki, Finland Brandon Hearty Alberta, Canada Robin Hextrum Aliso Viejo, California Carole P. Kunstadt New York, New York Dylan Mize Warrensburg, Missouri Dora Natella Granger, Indiana Jeremy Plunkett Glendale, Wisconsin Seana Reilly Atlanta, Georgia Julia Romano Córdoba, Argentina Chris Sedgwick Colorado Springs, Colorado Rabecca Signoriello New Castle, Pennsylvania Jesse Thomas Yellow Springs, Ohio Jessica Tolbert Urbana, Illinois Lisa Wicka West Lafayette, Indiana Molly Wicks Brookings, South Dakota The seventh of the new Manifest Curatorial Talks to be led by Tim Parsley will be held on Sunday, June 23rd at 3:00pm. These once-per exhibit free public events will not be ordinary art historical 'lectures' per se, but rather will provide a guided experience and discussion of the exhibitions on view through the point of view of the philosophy of the Manifest organization. This will give the public new in-depth insight into their neighborhood gallery for the world, nine times each year. GALLERY HOURS (free admission): Tuesday through Friday 2 – 7:00 p.m., Sat. 12 – 5 p.m. or by appointment for groups - school groups welcome and encouraged LOCATION: 2727 Woodburn Avenue, Cincinnati, Ohio 45206 (Just south of Madison Rd. at DeSales Corner in East Walnut Hills.) PARKING: On street and parking across the street in DeSales Business Parking Lot, plus a public pay lot on Myrtle. CONTACT: [email protected] GALLERY PHONE: 513-861-3638 FOR MORE INFO: http://www.manifestgallery.org FULL COLOR EXHIBIT CATALOG WILL BE AVAILABLE FOR SALE: http://www.manifestgallery.org/manifestpress |
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