Lectures with Art in America Editor Richard Vine and artist Mel Chin

The Contemporary Museum will host lectures with two distinguished figures in the world of contemporary art on back-to-back evenings as part of its New Art Dialogue Series on March 31 and April 1, 2010.

Art and Social Reform, a Discussion with Mel Chin

Wednesday, March 31, 2010   

7:00 p.m.

Falvey Hall

Maryland Institute College of Art

1300 Mount Royal Avenue

Baltimore, MD

The Contemporary Museum’s New Art Dialogue Series, a discourse on trends in contemporary art, will explore the relationship between art and activism with renowned artist Mel Chin on Wednesday, March 31, 2010 at 7 p.m. The lecture will be held at the Maryland Institute College of Art's (MICA) Falvey Hall.

Chin’s large-scale community-based works address current political and social issues, including environmental sustainability, the health implications of pollutants, and the planet’s endangered biodiversity. For his New Art Dialogue Series lecture, Chin will discuss his body of socially-conscious works, including The Fundred Dollar Bill Project, his current community-based campaign to increase awareness of lead poisoning in America’s inner cities and aid the ongoing restoration of New Orleans. The Contemporary Museum is an official production center of “Fundred Dollar Bills.”

Richard Vine, New China/New Art
Thursday, April 1, 2010
6:00 p.m.

Graham Auditorium
Walters Art Museum
600 N. Charles Street
Baltimore, MD

At the Walters Art Museum, Richard Vine, Managing Editor of Art in America, will examine the exponential growth of contemporary art in China and its cultural impact. This new era of Asian contemporary art will be illustrated by Vine’s firsthand accounts with installations, exhibitions, and encounters with emerging artists. He will also review movements that have shaped the rapidly-evolving contemporary art scene in post-Tiananmen China.

Admission to the lectures is $10 for the general public, $5 for students, and free for members of the Contemporary Museum. The lecture with Mel Chin is also free for MICA students; the Richard Vine lecture is free for members of the Walters. Tickets will be available at the door.

The Contemporary’s New Art Dialogue Series presents lectures and conversations by distinguished artists, critics, art historians, and curators whose work is defining the field of contemporary art. The series will cultivate critical discourse responsive to the cultural, social, and political issues of our time.

The New Art Dialogue Series is sponsored by the Louise D. and Morton J. Macks Family Foundation.

For additional information, visit www.contemporary.org.

EXPERIMENTAL MEDIA SERIES 2009

Juror: Kelly Gordon, Associate Curator, Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden

Since 2006, the Experimental Media Series has showcased the talents of artists working in sound and video art.

This year’s selection of finalists’ works will present the leading edge in electronic media works. The most compelling entries, as selected by the juror Kelly Gordon, Associate Curator of the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, and based on overall quality and innovation, will be awarded the Kraft Prize for New Media and the WPA Experimental Art Prize, two cash prizes of $750 each, to be presented on October 1 at The Phillips Collection.

VENUE SCHEDULE:

October 1, 2009, 6:30-8:15 pm
The Phillips Collection, 1600 21st Street, NW, Washington, DC, 20009
Admission is free or by suggested donation only

October 13 and 14, 2009, 7:00-9:00 pm
Maryland Institute College of Art, Falvey Hall, 1301 W. Mount Royal Ave, Baltimore, MD 21217
Admission is free and open to the public

October 15, 2009, 8:00-9:30 pm
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, 7th Street and Independence Avenue SW, Washington, DC 20013
Admission is free and open to the public

PARTICIPATING ARTISTS

Stephen Ausherman (US)
Stephanie Barber (US)
Bret Battey (UK )
Patrick Bergeron (CA)
Manuella Blackburn (UK)
Aaron Bowles (US)
Lin Culbertson (US)
Robert Ladislas Derr (US)
Nhieu Do (US)
Brian Evans (US)
Harvey Goldman (US)
Lee Henderson (CA)
Janne Holtermann (DE)
Daniel Iglesia (US)
Ben McCormick (US)
Karl J. Mendonca (US)
Jonathan Monaghan (US)
Neil Ira Needleman (US)
Julia Oldham (US)
Kala Pierson (US)
Maria Pithara (US)
Gerard Freixes Ribera (ES)
Stefan Riebel (DE)
Alberto Roblest (US)
Jack Dingo Ryan (US)
Eldad Tsabary (CA) & Robert Voisey (US)
Jessica Westbrook (US)

Source: WPA

A Discussion with PROSPECT 1 Director and Curator Dan Cameron

RESCHEDULED

Inaugural Program of the New Art Dialogue Series
Thursday, March 12, 2009, 7:00 p.m.

Falvey Hall
Maryland Institute College of Art
1300 Mt. Royal Avenue
Bolton Hill, Baltimore

The Contemporary Museum will introduce a new forum for discussion of contemporary art in Baltimore - New Art Dialogue Series - with a conversation with Dan Cameron, director and curator of the landmark PROSPECT 1 exhibition in New Orleans, on Thursday, March 12, 2009 at 7 p.m. The program will be held at Maryland Institute College of Art’s Falvey Hall. The program has been rescheduled from its original February 5 date.

Mr. Cameron will share his experience curating PROSPECT 1 and the impact that it had on post-Katrina New Orleans. PROSPECT 1 was the largest international exhibition of contemporary art presented in the United States. The critically-acclaimed exhibition included works by 81 artists from 38 countries, presented in more than two dozen galleries and public spaces throughout the city. The exhibition closed in January 2009. Mr. Cameron is Visual Arts Director at the New Orleans Contemporary Arts Center.

Admission to the lecture is $10 for the general public, $5 for students, and free for members of the Contemporary Museum and MICA students.

The Contemporary’s New Art Dialogue Series will present lectures and conversations by distinguished artists, critics, art historians, and curators whose work is defining the field of contemporary art. The series will cultivate critical discourse responsive to the cultural, social, and political issues of our time.

The New Art Dialogue Series is sponsored by the Louise D. and Morton J. Macks Family Foundation. Additional support is provided by Bodil Ottesen.

For additional information, visit www.contemporary.org.

New Art Dialogue Series with PROSPECT 1 director and curator Dan Cameron - cancelled

PROSPECT 1 curator Dan Cameron has had to cancel his lecture for Thursday, February 5 at the Maryland Institute College of Art. Mr. Cameron was to be the inaugural speaker of the Contemporary Museum's New Art Dialogue Series.

The Contemporary is working with Mr. Cameron to reschedule this lecture and will inform of the new date and time, and of future lectures hosted by the Contemporary Museum.

**LECTURE CANCELLED **

New Art Dialogue Series with PROSPECT 1 director and curator Dan Cameron

**LECTURE CANCELLED **

PROSPECT 1 curator Dan Cameron has had to cancel his lecture for Thursday, February 5 at the Maryland Institute College of Art. Mr. Cameron was to be the inaugural speaker of the Contemporary Museum's New Art Dialogue Series.

The Contemporary is working with Mr. Cameron to reschedule this lecture and will inform of the new date and time, and of future lectures hosted by the Contemporary Museum.

photograph by Claudio Papapietro

Thursday, February 5, 2009 **CANCELLED **

Falvey Hall
Maryland Institute College of Art
1300 Mt. Royal Avenue
Bolton Hill, Baltimore

The Contemporary Museum will introduce a new forum for discussion of contemporary art in Baltimore - New Art Dialogue Series - with a conversation with Dan Cameron, director and curator of the landmark PROSPECT 1 exhibition in New Orleans, on Thursday, February 5, 2009 at 7 p.m. The program will be held at Maryland Institute College of Art’s Falvey Hall.

Mr. Cameron will share his experience curating PROSPECT 1 and the impact that it had on post-Katrina New Orleans. PROSPECT 1 was the largest international exhibition of contemporary art presented in the United States. The critically-acclaimed exhibition included works by 81 artists from 38 countries, presented in more than two dozen galleries and public spaces throughout the city. The 10 week exhibit closes in late January. Mr. Cameron is Visual Arts Director at the New Orleans Contemporary Arts Center; he previously served as Senior Curator at the New Museum in New York.

Admission to the lecture is $10 for the general public, $5 for students, and free for members of the Contemporary Museum and MICA students.

The Contemporary’s New Art Dialogue Series will present lectures and conversations by distinguished artists, critics, art historians, and curators whose work is defining the field of contemporary art. The series will cultivate critical discourse responsive to the cultural, social, and political issues of our time.

The New Art Dialogue Series is sponsored by the Louise D. and Morton J. Macks Family Foundation. Additional support is provided by Bodil Ottesen.

For additional information, visit www.contemporary.org.

Laure Drogoul: Follies, Predicaments, and Other Conundrums

Friday, January 30 — Sunday, March 15, 2009

Opening reception: Friday, January 30, 5-8 p.m.

Decker and Meyerhoff galleries, Fox Building, 1303 Mount Royal Avenue; BBOX, the Gateway, 1601 Mount Royal Avenue, Baltimore, Maryland

Follies, Predicaments, and Other Conundrums: The Works of Laure Drogoul is the first large-scale retrospective of Rinehart School of Sculpture graduate Laure Drogoul '81. Drogoul, a Baltimore-based interdisciplinary artist, is best known for her participatory and sensorial works that are articulated through sculpture, installation, performance, and Web-based media. This exhibition was curated by Maryland Institute College of Art (MICA) Exhibitions Department Director Gerald Ross, and organized and produced in partnership with students in the Exhibition Development Seminar (EDS) under the guidance of course instructor Glenn Shrum '08.

Follies, Predicaments, and Other Conundrums: The Works of Laure Drogoul and the exhibition's educational programs and catalogue were made possible through generous support from the Friends of the Exhibition Development Seminar.

Maryland Institute College of Art
MICA’s Decker and Meyerhoff galleries, Fox Building 1303 Mount Royal Avenue Baltimore, MD 21217