Topics Table at Hopkins Hall Gallery: October 2009

Upcoming Topics

March 10 - Available
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.
January 28 - Suzanne Silver Vinyl as a Way of Life
February 4 - Zachary Podgorny 3 going through 9 to get to 27
February 11 - Takeshi Moro I’m Sorry
February 18 - Joshua Penrose Mapping Gesture
February 25 - Dina Sherman Loving Soup
March 4 - Alexandra Trudeau Viewing the World: Creating Change Through Losing One’s Self

Thursday, October 29, 2009

Thursday, October 29th: Reading the Daily News (365 days for Lucio Pozzi)

Associate Professor Michael Mercil brings his on-going project to Topics Table. Following a reading from the daily news, he will host an open discussion on the role of the artist in local news media on campus; or, is thinking dead?

Wednesday, October 21, 2009

Google Gardens and Other Urban Adventures

Thursday, October 22nd, 11:30-12:30 (bring your lunch!)

Hosted by Professor Ardine Nelson with surprise guest Virtual Pasture's Michael Mercil as well as Franklin Park Conservatory's Bill Dawson.

Coffee and tea $.50, bring your own cup or buy one on site!

Visit topictable.blogspot.com if you would like to present a topic, lead a discussion, read a story, or check what is happening!

Monday, October 12, 2009

Thursday Oct. 15th: Art and Social Justice: Transformations and Interactions from War to the Studio

Ash Woolson, Iraq War veteran and graduate student at The Ohio State University, will be speaking about his experience during Operation Iraqi Freedom in 2003, to his decision to work for peace and how this has influenced his artwork and his studio practice.

Topics Table: Weekly at Hopkins Gallery

Thursdays, 11:30–12:30

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

Topics Table at Hopkins Hall Gallery