CAGE GALLERY
Cage Gallery Schedule Fall 2008
gallery coordinator Denette Callahan
A Story of Pelops
August 13 - August 30, 2008
This exhibition will showcase a portion of the most recent water color drawings by John Humphries. The series of images presented are the initial designs for an operatic performance. The story of Pelops, son of Tantalus, is one of transformation, rebirth, deception, lust, and a haunted progeny, a water story. Pelops is a tragic figure linking the desires of Poseidon and the sea, the Peloponesian wars with Sparta, and the tragedies of Agamemnon, his descendant. In more modern usage is the root of something formed from the mud, or earth, or nothing.
Florence, Italy - Semester Abroad
September 3 – September 24, 2008
Students will share their experiences from living and studying in the city of Florence as well as traveling throughout Europe during the spring semester 2008 with the Miami University Art and Architecture Department.
Students lived in the center of Florence and attended Kent State’s architecture and environmental design school, located just a few minutes from the heart of historic Florence, in Piazza della Signoria. They participated in semester-long design studios, traveled with professors to four major Italian cities as part of an urban analysis course, and took several more courses in Italian language, art history, urban development, drawing, and European theater. On weekends, students were given the opportunity to travel throughout Italy and to several other European cities independently.
Through the exhibit, they will demonstrate an emphasis on “The CITY” (urban life), and provide video footage and photographs from student travels and experiences. A collection of sketchbooks and journals from urban analysis trips, as well as completed studio projects will be displayed. This exhibit will deliver creative, unexpected components, bringing Italian life to Alumni hall!
Ghana Design Build Studio
October 1 – October 29
The Ghana Design/Build Studio is the Department's longest running summer workshop, established and directed by Gail Della-Piana more than 13 years ago and since 2006 directed by J. Elliott. It has been based in the village of Abrafo Odumase for the last 9 years and has provided the village with a library, an outdoor reading room, permanent market shelters, a community center, a guest house, etc. It involves primarily but not exclusively, students from The Department of Architecture+Interior Design who design a building to suit a community need as defined by the village. Upon approval, the participants, with the aid of local trade’s people and villagers, build the design.
This summer's project was a classroom that will ultimately be used to teach computer skills to local students as well as adults from the village. While adhering to and respecting many of the regional design tenets gleaned from a tour of a large portion of the country, this building attempts to introduce design solutions and construction techniques that might broaden the local approach to building. With support coming only from family and friends, the designers had to use their creative talents to resolve design issues as effectively and efficiently as possible. This year's rainy season was particularly aggressive and hampered the work on several occasions. Through out, the students remained upbeat and would not be daunted by anything as insignificant as the weather and worked harder than they likely have ever done to bring the project to resolution.
Southwest Workshop
November 5 – November 25, 2008
The exhibit features a collection of representational documents, photographic essays, and abstracted two dimensional oil and water color drawings of the desert southwest. During the course of study a series of scholars and guest were engaged to provide special insight. These guests included archeologists working in active dig sites, Navaho guides and story tellers, and specialists from the Aztec Ruin facility in Farmington, New Mexico.
Made Things and Materials
December 1 – December 5, 2008
This exhibition, produced by second year Interior Design students and curated by Ben Jacks, uses as a point of departure David Pye’s classic text, The Nature and Art of Workmanship. The students apply Pye’s ideas, framework, and criteria to a variety of objects.
Graduate Thesis Poster Preview
Wednesday, April 2 - Friday, April 11
Pre-reviews and abstracts of thesis projects by Master of Architecture candidates.
Thesis Reviews
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Studio Reviews
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