This Week in Photos: The Office</h1> <article> <h1>This Week in Photos: The Office</h1> <p>ygay — Thu, 17 Jun 2021 21:34:51 +0000</p> <span>This Week in Photos: The Office</span> <span><span>ygay</span></span> <span><time datetime="2021-06-17T17:34:51-04:00" title="Thursday, June 17, 2021 - 17:34">Thu, 06/17/2021 - 17:34</time> </span> <div class="text-content field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"><p>A large sign from the 2019 91ֱ�� musical performance of <a href="https://flic.kr/s/aHsmJPF39V" target="_blank"><em>Urinetown</em></a> points to an office belonging to Senior Technical Director Joseph Natt and Assistant Technical Director David Bugher of the <a href="/arts-and-sciences/departments/theater" target="_blank">theater department</a>. The duo’s creative workplace, located in the scene shop in the Eric Baker Nord Performing Arts Annex, is a reflection of their artistic abilities that have left lasting impressions on dozens of plays, musicals, and operas performed at 91ֱ�� College. Large windows look out onto a woodshop. Inside the office, unique nicknacks, books, family heirlooms, pictures, and a refrigerator used for keeping props cool, line the walls.</p> <p>Our photo series continues with stops by other interesting office spaces, including those in the Allen Memorial Art Museum, Ward Art Building, Hall Annex, Peters Hall, the Science Center, and the Venturi Art Building.</p> <p>See more office photos on <a href="https://flic.kr/s/aHsmUbxBa9" target="_blank">91ֱ��’s Flickr page</a>.</p> <hr> <p> </p> <div class="obj-center"> <figure class="captioned-image"> <figcaption>This streamlined and vibrant workspace is home to <a href="/eric-steggall" target="_blank">Eric Steggall</a>, managing director for theater, dance, and opera lecturer. Photo credit: Yvonne Gay</figcaption> </figure> </div> <div class="obj-center"> <figure class="captioned-image"> <figcaption>A narrow office lined with floor to ceiling bookcases with views of the Allen Memorial Art Museum’s courtyard belongs to <a href="/erik-inglis-89" target="_blank">Erik Inglis ’89</a>, professor of medieval art history. Photo credit: Yvonne Gay</figcaption> </figure> </div> <div class="obj-center"> <figure class="captioned-image"> <figcaption>A brick-lined walk-in safe located under a stairway in the Allen Memorial Art Museum is now used as a copy machine room in the office belonging to Administrative Assistant <a href="https://amam.oberlin.edu/about/staff" target="_blank">Sally Moffitt</a>. Photo credit: Yvonne Gay</figcaption> </figure> </div> <div class="obj-center"> <figure class="captioned-image"> <figcaption><a href="/chris-donaldson" target="_blank">Chris Donaldson</a>, assistant dean of students and director of the Student Academic Success Programs, is nestled in an office beaming with character. Photo credit: Yevhen Gulenko</figcaption> </figure> </div> <div class="obj-center"> <figure class="captioned-image"> <figcaption>Greenhouse Manager <a href="/judy-laushman" target="_blank">Judy Laushman</a>’s computer space is filled with natural light, thanks to the location of her office which is atop the Science Center. Photo credit: Yvonne Gay</figcaption> </figure> </div> <div class="obj-center"> <figure class="captioned-image"> <figcaption>Inside a large space in the Ward Art Building, Fabrication Lab Supervisor <a href="/rachel-smith" target="_blank">Rachel Smith</a> places a 3-D model on her desk—a bee looking at an easel while sitting on a stack of honeycombs. Photo credit: Yvonne Gay</figcaption> </figure> </div> <p> </p> <p style="text-align: center;"><em>This Week in Photos is a selection of images and is not meant to represent a weekly timeline. Images highlight campus, community, people, and events related to 91ֱ�� College.</em></p></div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-type field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__item">Campus News</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-date field--type-datetime field--label-hidden field__item"><time datetime="2021-06-17T12:00:00Z">Thu, 06/17/2021 - 12:00</time> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-author field--type-string field--label-hidden field__item">Yvonne Gay</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-tags field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news?tag=2378">Allen Memorial Art Museum</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news?tag=2764">Science Center</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-programs field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news?program=25301">Art History</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news?program=25251">Biology</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-faculty field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/erik-inglis" hreflang="und">Erik Inglis ’89</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/eric-steggall" hreflang="und">Eric Steggall</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-departments field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/arts-and-sciences/departments/art-history" hreflang="und">Art History</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/arts-and-sciences/departments/biology" hreflang="und">Biology</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-image-caption field--type-string-long field--label-hidden field__item">The shared office of Joseph Natt and David Bugher.</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-pin-school-page field--type-boolean field--label-hidden field__item">Off</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-photo-gallery-top field--type-boolean field--label-hidden field__item">false</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-image-credit field--type-string field--label-hidden field__item">Yvonne Gay</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-media field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__item"> </div> </article> <article> <h1>A Successful Art Rental</h1> <p>ygay — Tue, 15 Sep 2020 20:35:46 +0000</p> <span>A Successful Art Rental</span> <span><span>ygay</span></span> <span><time datetime="2020-09-15T16:35:46-04:00" title="Tuesday, September 15, 2020 - 16:35">Tue, 09/15/2020 - 16:35</time> </span> <div class="text-content field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"><p>Nearly 400 works were rented at Art Rental in the <a href="https://amam.oberlin.edu/" target="_blank">Allen Memorial Art Museum</a> in September. Lines formed promptly at 8 a.m. and remained steady until the event ended at 3 p.m. Each student was shown a random choice of five works and made one selection to enjoy in their residence hall rooms. Rentals are typically $5, but this year works were free of charge. </p> <p>View photos from Art Rental on <a href="https://flic.kr/s/aHsmQM9BmJ" target="_blank">91ֱ��’s Flickr page</a>. </p></div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-type field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__item">Campus News</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-date field--type-datetime field--label-hidden field__item"><time datetime="2020-09-15T12:00:00Z">Tue, 09/15/2020 - 12:00</time> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-author field--type-string field--label-hidden field__item">Yvonne Gay</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-tags field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news?tag=2378">Allen Memorial Art Museum</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news?tag=2377">Arts & Humanities</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-programs field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news?program=25301">Art History</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news?program=25436">Studio Art</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-departments field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/arts-and-sciences/departments/art" hreflang="und">Studio Art</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-pin-school-page field--type-boolean field--label-hidden field__item">Off</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-photo-gallery-top field--type-boolean field--label-hidden field__item">false</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-image-credit field--type-string field--label-hidden field__item">Jack Lichtenstien ’23</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-media field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__item"> </div> </article> <article> <h1>This Week in Photos: The Tradition Continues</h1> <p>ygay — Thu, 10 Sep 2020 02:43:07 +0000</p> <span>This Week in Photos: The Tradition Continues</span> <span><span>ygay</span></span> <span><time datetime="2020-09-09T22:43:07-04:00" title="Wednesday, September 9, 2020 - 22:43">Wed, 09/09/2020 - 22:43</time> </span> <div class="text-content field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"><p>Traditionally, 91ֱ��’s semesterly program prompted students to begin forming lines the day before the event, in hopes of getting first dibs on their choices. Students then leafed through rows of art pieces before selecting up to two works to rent at $5 each. </p> <p>This year, in order to continue the tradition, students will enter through the main doors of the museum—keeping six feet of social distance—and exit through the rear door, all while wearing masks. The program is also being expanded by three hours this year to enable more time for students to move through the process. it will be held from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m.</p> <p>Each student will be shown a random choice of five works, eliminating the need for students to feel that they have to arrive early or camp out the night before to get their first choice. By allowing each student to only rent one work, instead of two, <a href="https://amam.oberlin.edu/" target="_blank">AMAM</a> personnel believes there is potential to serve more students. Students will also not be charged for rentals this academic year. </p> <p>‘‘We think all the works in the program are great and hope that by doing this, students will discover a work they might not otherwise have chosen,” says John G. W. Cowles Director Andria Derstine. ‘‘This year marks the program’s 80th anniversary. Museum staff felt it was important to continue this event for several reasons. The primary reason is that we believe in the importance of art not only for education but also as a means of providing enjoyment and comfort in challenging situations. </p> <p>‘‘Art is thought-provoking, can promote dialogue, and can be uplifting. This is a moment when all of those qualities can likely prove beneficial to our community. We also wanted to maintain the program simply because so much else has changed in students' lives. Keeping the program going this year helps create some sense of normalcy. The museum is here for the students and maintaining the program for them is very important to us.’’</p> <hr> <div class="obj-center"> <figure class="captioned-image"> <figcaption>Photo credit: William Bradford</figcaption> </figure> </div> <div class="obj-center"> <figure class="captioned-image"> <figcaption>Photo Courtesy of 91ֱ�� College</figcaption> </figure> </div> <div class="obj-center"> <figure class="captioned-image"> <figcaption>Photo credit: Jennifer Manna</figcaption> </figure> </div> <div class="obj-center"> <figure class="captioned-image"> <figcaption>Photo credit: Tanya Rosen-Jones '97</figcaption> </figure> </div> <div class="obj-center"> <figure class="captioned-image"> <figcaption>Photo credit: Jennifer Manna</figcaption> </figure> </div> <div class="obj-center"> <figure class="captioned-image"> <figcaption>Photo credit: Jennifer Manna</figcaption> </figure> </div> <div class="obj-center"> <figure class="captioned-image"> <figcaption>Photo credit: Jennifer Manna</figcaption> </figure> </div> <div class="obj-center"> <figure class="captioned-image"> <figcaption>Photo credit: Tanya Rosen-Jones'97</figcaption> </figure> </div> <p style="text-align: center;"> </p> <p style="text-align: center;"><em>This Week in Photos is a selection of images and is not meant to represent a weekly timeline. Images highlight campus, community, people, and events related to 91ֱ�� College.</em></p></div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-type field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__item">Campus News</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-date field--type-datetime field--label-hidden field__item"><time datetime="2020-09-09T12:00:00Z">Wed, 09/09/2020 - 12:00</time> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-author field--type-string field--label-hidden field__item">Office of Communications</div> <div class="text-content field field--name-field-intro-text field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field__item"><p>Art Rental has been an 91ֱ�� College tradition at the Allen Memorial Art Museum since 1940. This year it continues on Saturday, September 12, with the added bonus of free rentals for the academic year.</p></div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-tags field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news?tag=2378">Allen Memorial Art Museum</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news?tag=2379">Student Life</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news?tag=2385">Community</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-programs field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news?program=25301">Art History</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news?program=25436">Studio Art</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-departments field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/arts-and-sciences/departments/art" hreflang="und">Studio Art</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-pin-school-page field--type-boolean field--label-hidden field__item">Off</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-photo-gallery-top field--type-boolean field--label-hidden field__item">false</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-image-credit field--type-string field--label-hidden field__item">William Bradford</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-media field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__item"> </div> </article> <article> <h1>African Art Gets New Home</h1> <p>hhempste — Sun, 12 Feb 2017 16:44:47 +0000</p> <span>African Art Gets New Home</span> <span><span>hhempste</span></span> <span><time datetime="2017-02-12T11:44:47-05:00" title="Sunday, February 12, 2017 - 11:44">Sun, 02/12/2017 - 11:44</time> </span> <div class="text-content field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"><p>Michael Oladipo Oludare stands amid carefully curated objects from the African art collection at the <a href="https://amam.oberlin.edu">Allen Memorial Art Museum</a>. A large crowd fills the museum’s east ambulatory and its adjoining gallery spaces to witness the official opening of the new African art installation. Oludare, dressed in ceremonial attire, begins drumming a welcome beat on a West African dundun, or “talking drum.”</p> <figure class="captioned-image"> <figcaption>Image by Yevhen Gulenko</figcaption> </figure> <p>Welcome ceremonies like these are an uncommon practice at museums, but this was a thoughtfully considered gesture of respect to the objects and their makers. 91ֱ�� College artist in residence Adenike Sharpley emphasized the importance of the welcome. “The objects in this exhibition are usually functional and worn by people. Here, they are out of their setting in a museum. We wanted them to meet their community and be welcomed into it the same as if they were at home.”</p> <p>The museum has 107 African art objects in its collection. With the opening on February 2, 25 objects are now on view in the ambulatory gallery. The objects are varied and include a selection made by Yorùbá artists, along with pieces such as a three-foot-long carved ivory tusk from Angola and an ivory salt cellar from Sierra Leone. The installation was curated by students in the fall 2016 seminar, African Art in Museums: From Collection to Display, led by <a href="https://new.oberlin.edu/arts-and-sciences/departments/art/faculty_detail.dot?id=99ca179c-0ad2-44c4-b153-002d82bc495e">Matthew Rarey</a>, assistant professor of the arts of Africa and the black Atlantic. Andria Derstine, John G. W. Cowles Director of the museum, spurred the project.</p> <p>Derstine approached Rarey in 2016 to discuss curating an installation of African art. But instead of taking on the project by himself, Rarey saw this as an ideal opportunity for students to shape the installation.</p> <figure class="captioned-image"> <figcaption>Image by Yevhen Gulenko</figcaption> </figure> <p>“What I wanted to do is make the installation as polyphonic as possible, so I proposed creating this seminar,” said Rarey. “In it, I tried to treat the students as colleagues.” This gave 15 students the freedom to build the exhibition, choose objects for inclusion, create labels, and devise supplementary materials.</p> <p>“The primary goal for those in the seminar was to build an exhibition that accurately communicates the diversity of African art. “My number one priority was not to portray Africa as a monolith,” emphasized Rarey. “‘Traditional’ African art does not exist. African societies are just as dynamic and varied as those in the rest of the world.”</p> <p>For aspiring curator and third-year Nia Owen, the seminar allowed her to hone her curatorial skills. “When I first read the course description, I couldn't quite believe it. It seemed like such an incredible opportunity to be given as a student.”</p> <p>Students met weekly to plan the installation and discuss which 25 objects would be included. “Everyone was given two or three works to research and to see if they were right for this particular exhibition,” explained Leah Newman, a fourth-year art history major and dance minor. “After our individual research, we sat together in the seminar and went through every piece.”</p> <p>Fourth-year Alexandra Nicome acknowledged that challenges exist in curating an installation with 14 other students. “It’s hard to make decisions with so many other people,” said Nicome, who is also leading a 2:30 p.m. Sunday Object Talk at the Allen during Black History Month. “Sometimes it was contentious, but the group always came to a decision that we were happy with in the end. The readings that Professor Rarey gave us helped us define our criteria and arrive on common ground.”</p> <p>The group’s aim was to acknowledge the challenges and complexity associated with showing African art in Western art museums. “For the most part, African art was historically never intended to be displayed in a museum, and certainly not a Western one,” said Owen. “In fact, the ideas of ‘artist’ and ‘art’ are vastly different in African cultures in comparison to American culture, so much so that the design of an American art museum, with a strong need to identify artists, dates, and a lot of importance placed on aesthetic value, often creates restraints when attempting to display African art.”</p> <p>However, being aware of these challenges allowed the students to create an installation that appropriately highlights the objects and encourages conversation among museum visitors.</p> <p>“Through our many discussions, we knew the story we wanted to tell would highlight many of these issues at hand,” Owen explained. “We wanted to create an exhibition that appreciates the objects and gives them the attention they deserve, challenge the Western concept of art and art-making, and allow the objects to raise questions and provoke discussions on topics such as race, gender, the history of colonialism, slavery, and cultural ownership.”</p></div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-type field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__item">Campus News</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-date field--type-datetime field--label-hidden field__item"><time datetime="2017-02-08T12:00:00Z">Wed, 02/08/2017 - 12:00</time> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-author field--type-string field--label-hidden field__item">Hillary Hempstead</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-tags field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news?tag=2378">Allen Memorial Art Museum</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-programs field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news?program=4821">Africana Studies</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news?program=25301">Art History</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-faculty field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/matthew-rarey" hreflang="und">Matthew Rarey</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-departments field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/arts-and-sciences/departments/africana-studies" hreflang="und">Africana Studies</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/arts-and-sciences/departments/art" hreflang="und">Studio Art</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-image-caption field--type-string-long field--label-hidden field__item">Michael Oladipo Oludare welcomes African objects into the Allen Memorial Art Museum's ambulatory gallery with ceremonial drumming.</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-pin-school-page field--type-boolean field--label-hidden field__item">Off</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-photo-gallery-top field--type-boolean field--label-hidden field__item">false</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-image-credit field--type-string field--label-hidden field__item">Yevhen Gulenko</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-media field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__item"> </div> </article> </main></body></html>