March 3 - Beyond Limitations: The World of Looping Short Films Nicolle Eggert, Film Studies student and Communications Intern with the OSU Journal of Short Film, presents work by experimental video artists with discussion to follow. (Journal of Short Film dvds, Volumes 1–12, will be available for $10.00)
February 24 - Hoarding and Artmaking: A Confessional Exercise by Bill Brietbart, Visiting Fergus Fellow in the Department of Art Glass program.
February 17 - Food and Sustainability: Panel book discussion by Jesse Hemminger, Fergus Fellow in Art + Technology and others. Book title TBA. For more information visit: www.jessehemminger.com/tofu
February 10 - WARNING: An Artist’s Struggle to Integrate Technology into a Gallery Nathaniel Hartman, musician and graduate student in art + technology hosts this no-holds-barred discussion
February 3 - Coffee, Art and Conversation with Professor Charles Massey, Jr. and graduate and undergraduate students
January 27 - Connecting Flights: A Gallery Walk-through with Carolyn Baginski, Brittney Denham, Winnie Sidhartha, MFA exhibitors in the Department of Art’s Recent Arrivals, on view at the gallery. The artists will discuss some of the overarching themes in their work and in the works of others in the Class of 2012.
January 20 - Speed Portraits Department of Art painting and drawing Professor Pheoris West demonstrates a “capture from life” ala his Atlantic City Boardwalk youth! Model: Nwaka Okoye
January 13 - Women and Portraiture: Gender, Identity and Representation In conjunction with the exhibition Image—Self: Women in Art, Professor Guisela Latorre, Department of Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies, will lead a discussion on the role that gender identity plays in the creation of portraiture and self-portraiture.
January 6 - Untitled Please join us at the Gallery for 2011’s first Topics Table, “Untitled.” Everyone is invited to come and talk with Ardine Nelson and the artists of Image–Self (on view at the Hopkins Gallery January 3–19) about the project, the process and the impact it had on the participating artists.
October 8 Flight from the Institution: Descent to Revolution James Voorhies, director, Bureau for Open Culture/CCAD talks about the curatorial reasoning behind the current exhibition Descent to Revolution.
Visit www.descenttorevolution.info for a schedule of events/information about the exhibition and Bureau for Open Culture.
Topics Table is a lively provocative hour of ideas and information, hosted by faculty, staff, or students. Open to all!
Bring your Lunch. Coffee and tea 50¢; Bring your own cup, or buy one on site from the Student League of Independent Ceramicists!
To Schedule a Topics Table:
If you would like to present a topic, lead a discussion, show images, read a story, facilitate an exchange, review an exhibition, play an instrument, get feed-back on a new piece, introduce new information, hold a forum, or have questions about Topics Table, please contact Prudence Y. Gill at:gill.1@osu.edu or call 614 292 3689
New Topics announced on an ongoing basis on this blogspot