Reflecting the current variety of contemporary creative practice, the [FALL] Edition Lecture Series presents a series of evenings with all forms of innovative inquiry. A part of the academic program at Cranbrook Academy of Art, the lectures are open to the public – inviting the community to share in the ideas and discussions of the Academy.
All lectures begin at 6:00 pm in the Cranbrook Institute of Science Auditorium and are free, unless otherwise noted. Please park in the public parking deck.
Tuesday, October 6
Michael Rotondi
Architect
“No-D”
Sponsored by the Architecture Department
Michael Rotondi is the principal at RoTo Architects. He is internationally recognized as an innovative architect/educator and has practiced and taught architecture for 30 years. His projects range from educational to institutional, cultural, commercial, entertainment, residential and religious. Mr. Rotondi’s work as a transdisciplinary educator–practitioner has given him the skills, knowledge and insights that are essential to an open-minded approach to solving complex problems innovatively and working with a diversity of people and organizations.
Tuesday, October 13
Kate Bonansinga
Director of the Stanlee and Gerald Rubin Center for the Visual Arts at the University of Texas at El Paso “Making it Relevant: The University Art Museum in the 21st Century” Co-sponsored by the Critical Studies Program, Ceramics, Metalsmithing, Fiber and PhotographyDepartments.
Kate Bonansinga is the Director of the Stanlee and Gerald Rubin Center for the Visual Arts at the University of Texas at El Paso. Her interest lies in contemporary art that resides at the intersection of materials-oriented fine craft and concept-driven fine art. She serves on the editorial advisory board for Art Lies: A Contemporary Art Quarterly, Houston, TX and as a national art peer for the Office of the Chief Architect of the United States. She is guest curator for Staged Stories: Renwick Craft Invitational 2009 at the Smithsonian American Art Museum.
Thursday, October 13: 8pm - updated!
David Taylor
Photographer and Associate Professor, New Mexico State University
“Working the Line: Photographs of the U.S./Mexico Border”
Sponsored by the Photography Department.
David Taylor is an Associate Professor at New Mexico State University, where he teaches photography. His photo constructions, multimedia installations, and artist’s books have been exhibited in group and solo exhibitions at around the United States. His work is in a number of permanent collections, including Columbia College Museum of Contemporary Photography, Chicago; Washington State Arts Commission, Olympia; University of Washington, Seattle; El Paso Museum of Art; and Fidelity Investments, Boston. Taylor’s documentation of the U.S./Mexico border has been done with the support of a fellowship from the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation.
Tuesday, October 27
Lane Relyea
Cranbrook 2009 Visiting Critical Studies Fellow and Associate Professor, Northwestern University
“From Spectacular Commodities to Bricolaged Objects” Part of the fellowship series, “D.I.Y. Culture Industry: Signifying Practices, Social Networks and Other Instrumentalizations of Everyday Art”.
Lane Relyea is the Fall 2009 Visiting Critical Studies Fellow at Cranbrook Academy of Art. An Associate Professor of Art Theory and Practice at Northwestern University, Professor Relyea has written for such magazines as Art Journal, Art in America, Artforum, Frieze and Parkett and has published monographs on contemporary artists. He is the former director of the Core Program at the Glassell School of Art in Houston and his book D.I.Y. Culture Industry is forthcoming from MIT Press.
