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Manifest Creative Research Gallery: 5th Annual Rites of Passage - 17 Apr 2009 to 15 May 2009 Current Exhibition |
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Soojin Kim
School of the Museum of Fine Arts - Boston |
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Where do the best new artists come from? The 5th Annual Rites of Passage An Exhibit of New Artists Exhibit run: April 17 - May 15, 2009 Curated by Tim Parsley Where does the leading edge of contemporary art take root? What does it look like? Who are the best new artists in the U.S.? Where do they study and live? What kinds of artists are colleges and universities around the country producing? Which colleges produce the most ambitious and professional degreed artists? Manifest's ongoing annual exhibit series entitled Rites of Passage, now in its fifth year, provides some answers to these burning questions. But first, why should you care? Really, why? Because society cannot remain whole without creativity, that's why. Fine artists serve society by (often) working on the fringes of so-called normal existence. Most artists probably never make a direct living off sales of their work, yet they continue to pour their souls into the process of making... creative things with intangible value and little practical function. And more artists enter this fringe realm of the professional fine artist every year. Are they lemmings? Or are they following a social directive - fulfilling some cultural need demanded by a larger systemic mechanism not recognizable at the human level? Are they following their bliss, as Joseph Campbell encouraged? Or are they just doing what they think they're best at, and hoping against hope that it's the right choice? Whatever the truth (and they are probably many) we are lucky to have amongst us such a wealth of people willing to commit to a life of creativity. For many of us, it is only through our vicarious experiences of their hard work or impassioned inspirations that we are able to taste the gifts of the muses. Each year Rites of Passage surveys undergraduate degree-granting art programs around the country, seeking to bring exceptional works of art by the best new artists to Cincinnati for exhibit at Manifest Gallery. Each year current juniors, seniors, and artists within one year of having graduated with an undergraduate degree in art compete feverishly to participate. The 2009 Rites of Passage exhibit includes works by: Sam Barton (Senior, Bowling Green State University) Paul Callahan (Senior, Ohio University) Brandon Dean (2008 Graduate, Auburn University) Benjamin Etten (Senior, University of Minnesota) Devin Farrand (Senior, Eastern Oregon University) Alexandra Giannell (Junior, UNC Charlotte) Soojin Kim (Senior, School of Museum of Fine Arts, Boston) Katherine McMonigle (2008 Graduate, College of Mount Saint. Joseph) Sarah Reid (Senior, Ohio University) Rhiannon Sallas (Senior, Governor's State University) Elizabeth Steiner (2008 Graduate, University of Wisconsin - Green Bay) Hilary Stevens (2008 Graduate, Miami University) Ellen Warner (Senior, Miami University) Wanda Wolmar (Senior, Northwest Missouri State University) Curatorial Statement (excerpt) by Tim Parsley: Waterslides and Art Schools Take waterslides� for example. Especially those where, after ascending the wooden steps to the top, you find several waterslide options to choose from, each twisting its own route down to a common pool at the bottom. The journey through art school and beyond kind of reminds me of waterslides. The slow, sometimes laborious ascent up the �stairs� of class after class, studio after studio, critique after critique� all the while, peering over the edge, studying the trajectory of certain slides, each slide representing a potential stream of art-making pioneered by those who have gone before. By the time you reach the top, the choice is yours. Which route will your work take? Which stream of rushing water will it join? Abstraction? Realism? Painting? Sculpture? Photography? Traditional? Conceptual? Like a waterslide with several routes, much of art school is about making increasingly informed choices, and eventually taking the leap, careening down one of the many potential pathways set before you. And sometimes an artist creates a new path; a new slide to choose from... Project Statistics: 731 works were submitted and reviewed 57 institutions were represented by students or recent graduates The submitting artists were from a total of 30 states 24 works were selected for exhibit 14 artists are included in the exhibit representing 12 academic institutions in 9 states Schools Represented in Submissions: Academy of Art University Art Academy of Cincinnati Ashland University Auburn University Bowling Green State University Bradley University Clemson University Coker College College of Mount Saint Joseph Columbus College of Art and Design Eastern Oregon University Edinboro University of Pennsylvania Emporia State University Fort Hays State Georgia Southern University Governor's State University Johnson State College Louisiana Tech School of Art Louisiana Tech University Miami University Morehead State University Northern Arizona University Northern Kentucky University Northwest State Missouri University Ohio University Oklahoma City University Ramapo College of New Jersey Rochester Institute of Technology Savannah College of Art and Design School of Museum of Fine Arts, Boston School of the Art Institute of Chicago Southern Illinois University Carbondale Southern Illinois University Edwardsville Stanford University Texas Southern University The Cleveland Institute of Art The University of Texas of Tyler University of Central Arkansas University of Central Florida University of Cincinnati University of Florida University of Iowa University of Kentucky University of Louisville University of Minnesota University of Missouri -Columbia University of North Carolina Charlotte University of North Texas University of Tennessee at Chattanooga University of Toledo University of Wisconsin - Green Bay University of Wyoming Virginia Commonwealth Unversity Washington University in St Louis West Liberty State College West Virginia University Western Connecticut State University |
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