Below are some photos from the Education Department‘s Educator Workshop, Working with Found Materials, which was held February 23, 2013 at the Flint Institute of Arts. Megan Burch from the Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art worked with local teachers to explore ways to collect, store, and offer found and free materials to encourage creative expression and support learning in the pre-K through early elementary classroom and at home.
Educator Workshop: Thinking with Found Materials
Join the Education Department at the Flint Institute of Arts for an Educator Workshop presented by Meghan Burch from the Eric Carle Museum, February 23 from 9:45a – 4:30p in the Lecture Room and Studio 5.
This workshop will introduce found materials as a means to develop students’ critical thinking skills. Explore ways to collect, store, and offer found and free materials to encourage creative expression and support learning in the pre-K through early elementary classroom and at home.
Educator Workshops introduce teachers of all grade levels and disciplines to the museum’s collections and exhibitions, and include gallery walkthroughs, classroom arts integration tips, and studio activities to use with your students.
SB-CEU credit is available through the Genesee Intermediate School District. Graduate credit is available from the University of Michigan-Flint. This workshop carries 0.5 SB-CEU at no additional charge. Graduate credit is available from an extra charge.
To register, visit our website or contact the Education department at 810.237.7314 or flintartsed@me.com.
Meet the Artist: Winfred Rembert
January 27 • 1:00p
Isabel Hall
Free to the public.
Winfred Rembert was born in 1945 in rural Georgia. His father worked in the fields. As a young man, Rembert was nearly lynched and he spent time in prison. Yet he found inspiration in the things he created and invented. Join us as Winfred Rembert demonstrates how he carves and dyes leather to create art that tells a story of courage and survival.
Family programs are designed for children ages four and up and accompanying adults. Admission is free.
Winfred Rembert: Amazing Grace is on display January 27 – March 17, 2013. This exhibition was organized by the Hudson River Museum.
Book Discussion: Clara and Mr. Tiffany
Clara & Mr. Tiffany: A Novel
By Susan Vreeland
Part I: Art Lecture
Jan 23 • 7:00p or Jan 30 • 1:30p
Part II: Book Discussion
Feb 6 • 7:00p or Feb 13 • 1:30p
Free to the public.
It’s 1893, and at the Chicago World’s Fair, Louis Comfort Tiffany makes his debut with a luminous exhibition of innovative stained-glass windows that he hopes will earn him a place on the international artistic stage. But behind the scenes in his New York studio is the freethinking Clara Driscoll, head of his women’s division, who conceives of and designs nearly all of the iconic leaded-glass lamps for which Tiffany will long be remembered. Never publicly acknowledged, Clara struggles with her desire for artistic recognition and the seemingly insurmountable challenges that she faces as a professional woman. She also yearns for love and companionship, and is devoted in different ways to five men, including Tiffany, who enforces a strict policy: He does not employ married women. Ultimately, Clara must decide what makes her happiest—the professional world of her hands or the personal world of her heart.
Student Exhibition
Pre-College Portfolio Development Program
Exhibition Dates: 12.13.13 – 1.20.13
Opening Reception: 12.13.12 @ 5:00-6:30p – light refreshments
Featuring work by Miranda Bissinger, Kacie Forbes, Brittany Holben, Kyle LaDuke, Emily Pinter, Halley Reek, Chloe Stewart, and Benny Stribling.
Print Fair
Print Society Members Only Preview & Reception
Friday, Dec 7 • 6:00p–8:00p
Preview the Fair, meet the dealers, and receive the 2012 print by Sidney Hurwitz.
Members & Public
Saturday, Dec 8 • 10:00a–5:00p
Sunday, Dec 9 • 1:00p–5:00p
FIA Lobby
The 2012 Print Fair will include several different print dealers featuring a wide range of prints from Old Masters to contemporary works. Prints will range in price from $200 to several thousand dollars. This is an ideal opportunity for novice collectors to start a collection and for connoisseurs to add works to existing collections.
Sheppy Dog Fund Lecture
Guest Lecturer
Professor, University of Michigan
Visit the Flint Institute of Arts for the Second Sheppy Dog Fund Lecture, Still Life in Real Time: Reflections in & on Dutch Still Life, presented by Guest Lecturer Celeste Brusati, Professor of the History of Art, Women’s Studies, and Art & Design at the University of Michigan. The lecture will take place on November 29 at 6:00p in the FIA Theatre. The event is free and open to the public.
Seventeenth-century Dutch still life painters have dazzled viewers for centuries with their remarkable ability to capture the look of the natural and material world in their pictures. Equally impressive is their inventiveness in making this novel pictorial art form an important visual medium for reflecting upon both art and life.
This lecture explores the variety of ways Dutch still life paintings pose questions—through watches, hourglasses, almanacs, ledgers, journals and the like—that point to a range of 17th-century preoccupations with changing conceptions and experiences of time. Featured works include innovative pictures by Pieter Claesz, Clara Peeters, Edward Collier, and Willem Kalf, among others.
The discussion of these fascinating pictures will highlight the novel means by which still life painting enabled Dutch artists and viewers both to imagine themselves living in time and to watch time suspended as they consider the temporal dimensions of art and of their own existence.
The Sheppy Dog Fund Lecture has been established to address the topics of art, religion, and history prior to the 9th century, funded annually by the Sheppy Dog Fund, Dr. Alan Klein, Advisor.
Community Dialogue
Elaine K. Miller
Join us for a look at the motivations and approaches of noted editorial cartoonists and their role as social critics at the Flint Institute of Arts on Nov. 9 at 6:00p in Isabel Hall. This event is free and open to the public.
Elaine K. Miller, Ph.D., will present Gender & Politics in Editorial Cartoons, discussing the issue of gender in visual satire and focus on the representation of such high profile, female politicians as Hillary Rodham Clinton, Geraldine Ferraro, and Sarah Palin, among others.
Illustrations will also be drawn from cartoons about the current immigration debate, the conflict in the Middle East, and the 2008 political campaign, which brought race, class, and gender to the forefront of political discussions. Following the presentation, participants will have the opportunity to discuss the evolving role of women in politics.
Elaine K. Miller is Faculty Emerita, Women’s Studies, Foreign Languages and Literatures at State University of New York, College of Brockport.
Bray Series Lecture – “Them Damned Pictures”
Michael Kelly
Collector
The Flint Institute of Arts will hold a bray series lecture, Them Damned Pictures, presented by guest lecturer Michael Kelly on Fri. Nov. 2 at 6p in the FIA Theater. This event is free and open to the public.
Even before Tv and Internet, American politics had no shortage of attack ads. But the most effective form of political attacks in the late 19th and early 20th centuries was the political cartoon.
With photography in its infancy – and far too expensive for widespread use – these cartoons even appeared in “illustrated weeklies,” a kind of newspaper noted for its high quality engravings.
In the hands of a master, such as Thomas Nast of the Harper’s Weekly, these cartoons could dominate a campaign by converting abstract issues into powerful images that could make or break political careers and even decide a presidential election.
After his successful election as President, U.S. Grant stated that his election victory was due to “the sword of Sheridan and the pencil of Nast.” The boss of New York City’s Tammany Hall machine, William Tweed, once told his minions, “Stop them damned pictures. I don’t care what the papers write about me. My constituents can’t read. But, damn it, they can see pictures.”
This talk will feature examples of this often brilliant imagery, placing them into the context of their times and discussing their impact.
Worth a Thousand Words: American Political Cartoons is on display Nov. 3, 2012 through Jan. 6, 2013 in the Graphics Arts Gallery.
FIA Halloween Happenings
Join the Flint Institute of Arts for Lorax-themed Halloween Happenings on Saturday, October 27 from 10a-4p. All programs are free and open to the public.
The wise and quirky Lorax of Seussical fame was first to go green and inspires great ideas for Halloween fun at the FIA.
Family Film: Dr. Seuss’ The Lorax
10:00a & 12:00p
FIA Theater
A 12-year-old boy searches for the one thing that will enable him to win the affection of the girl of his dreams. To find it he must discover the story of the Lorax, the grumpy yet charming creature who fights to protect his world.
Gallery Hunt
11:00a–4:00p
FIA Galleries
Search the galleries for characters from Dr. Seuss’ The Lorax.
Lorax Green, for Halloeween
1:00p-4:00p
Art School Studios
Ages 5-12
The wise and quirky Lorax of Seussical fame was first to go green and inspires great ideas for Halloween Ghosts and Goblins. Revisit the story by making a pop-up Lorax puppet, his signature mustache, a humming fish hat, truffala tree and Once-ler treat bags, stand up flowers, recycling labels, and a seeded paper heart that really grows.
Ages 5-12
The wise and quirky Lorax of Seussical fame was first to go green and inspires great ideas for Halloween Ghosts and Goblins. Revisit the story by making a pop-up Lorax puppet, his signature mustache, a humming fish hat, truffala tree and Once-ler treat bags, stand up flowers, recycling labels, and a seeded paper heart that really grows.
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