Alright guys! Its time for our first visit to the TMA!!! It’s China! Confucius Institute 5th Anniversary Celebration October 10 from 6:30–8:30 p.m. Experience a slice of Chinese culture at the fifth celebration of the University of Toledo’s Confucius Institute, which provides engagement opportunities between China and the U.S. Traditional Chinese dances, tea and wine tastings, performances of traditional and contemporary Chinese music, and hands–on art making activities will fill the Museum’s galleries. Carolyn Putney, TMA’s chief curator and curator of Asian art, will discuss works of art from China that are part of the TMA collection. In addition to this unique event, there is also another great exhibit happening July 25-Oct. 19, 2014 Gallery 18 July 28, 2014 marks the 100th anniversary of the start of World War I (1914–1918), a global conflict that resulted in more than 17-million deaths and another 20-million wounded. Its widespread deployment of mechanized and chemical warfare represented an application of science and technology that brought an end to what many had seen as the promise of industrialization to promote a peaceful and prosperous future. The art world reacted strongly to this unprecedented carnage. Many artists were involved in the fighting, their experiences profoundly affecting their worldview and their art. Whether they fought in the war or not, artists in Europe and America sought new styles and new philosophies to express their views of a society now forever changed. The Great War includes paintings, sculpture and works on paper by Max Beckmann, Otto Dix, George Grosz, Childe Hassam, Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, Käthe Kollwitz and others. Free admission. aaaaand, in my opinion, the coolest exhibit is opening on Oct. 10th! Looks Good on Paper: Masterworks and Favorites Oct. 10, 2014–Jan. 11, 2015 Works on Paper Gallery Featuring the “best of the best” of the TMA Works on Paper collection, Looks Good on Paper contains approximately 100 prints, drawings, watercolors, pastels, books and photographs selected for their major significance and universal appeal. Included are works by Albrecht Dürer, Rembrandt van Rijn, Francisco Goya, Vincent van Gogh, Henri Matisse, and Roy Lichtenstein; a first-edition King James Bible and pages from the Gutenberg Bible; photographs by Alfred Stieglitz, Edward Steichen and Diane Arbus; and more. Free admission. Because there is much going on this friday at the TMA everyone who wishes to attend can feel free to see one or all of these exhibits. I plan to see all of them, because they are all incredibly fascinating!!
Posted on: Mon, 06 Oct 2014 14:48:51 +0000