Ohio University School of Art Visiting Artist Program presents the

Visiting Artist Line-up for Spring Quarter 2007-2008:

Rina Banerjee Public Lecture: Wednesday, April 16th, 7 pm Bentley 135

Banerjee's drawings, video and instalation works record the history of leaving her home in India for America. Banerjee explores the dislocation and loss of identity as complex experiences through systems of assemblage.

Winter Quarter 2007-2008:

Terry Rosenberg Artist Funded through Arts for Ohio Public Lecture: Tuesday, January 22nd at 6pm Mitchell Auditorium

Exhibition at the Ohio University Art Gallery from January 8th to February 28th

Opening Reception: Tuesday, January 22nd from 7 to 9pm

Performance in progress: Wednesday, January 23, 7pm, Putnam Hall Dance Studio

Art / Dance Exercise Class: Thurs, January 24, 1 to 3pm, Putnam Hall Dance Studio

Terry Rosenberg has explored the human form in motion for more than twenty years with a unique emphasis on dance. His paintings and drawings have been exhibited widely, in the USA and abroad, and can be found in numerous distinguished museum collections including the Smithsonian American Art Museum, Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, Graphische Sammlung Albertina, Vienna, and Brooklyn Museum of Art. Working directly from figures in rehearsal or in improvised movement, he integrates the explosive energy of dance with the emotional intensity of action painting, creating a synthesis of light, color and dynamic structure. His focus has included many leading dance groups such as: American Ballet Theatre, Dance Theatre of Harlem, Mark Morris Dance Group, and Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Dance Company. Mr. Rosenberg lives and works in New York City.

Rick Lowe Founder of Project Row Houses Public Lecture: Tuesday, January 29th at 7pm in Bentley 135

Project Row Houses is a neighborhood based art and cultural organization located in Houston's Third Ward. PRH was established in 1993 on a site of 22 abandoned shotgun houses (c. 1930) to connect the work of artists with the revitalization of our community. It was inspired by the work of African-American artist Dr. John Biggers who celebrated the social significance of the shotgun house community in his paintings. After a decade of successfully generating programs that combine arts and cultural education, historic preservation, and community development, the future of the Third Ward is threatened by gentrification. To preserve and protect the irreplaceable historic and cultural legacy of our community, PRH spawned a sister organization, the Row House Community Development Corporation.

Mark Van Proyen is associate professor in the Painting department and in the School of Interdisciplinary Studies at the San Francisco Art Institute. He is an artist and critic whose visual work has been exhibited widely. He is a columnist and critic for Artweek, a contributing editor for Art in America, and has contributed writing to Art Issues, and Bad Subjects. Art Criticism dedicated an entire volume to his Administrativism and Its Discontents (Volume 21, Number 2) 2006, published by the Department of Art, State University of New York at Stony Brook.
For more information about the Seminars and Workshops please contact Julie Dummermuth at dummermu@ohio.edu.

Christine Heindl Artist Juror for the School of Art Undergraduate Student Exhibition Public Lecture: Monday, March 3th at 7pm in Mitchell Auditorium, 519 Seigfred Hall

Christine Heindl’s mixed media paintings own a playful engagement of surface, use of collage, and a concern for exploring space within the abstract. She received her MFA from Cornell University in 1994 and her BA from Empire State College in New York City in 1992. She has had several one-person shows, including at White Columns in New York. Her work has been represented in over twenty group exhibitions at such venues as Curt Marcus Gallery in New York, Artemesia Gallery in Chicago, and the Columbus Museum of Art. Heindl was the recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship in Painting in 2001 and has been reviewed by Art in America and other publications. She taught with the Ohio University School of Art for almost a dozen years ending in 2005. We happily welcome her back to Athens!