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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
May 8, 2006
PRESS CONTACT:
Andrea Potochniak
607 254-4563
arp37@cornell.edu
The Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art Announces
Its Summer 2006 Schedule
Including Films on the Façade, exhibitions by
the Ithaca Ink Shop and the Saltonstall Arts Colony,
and workshops for children and adults
Ithaca, NY—The Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art at Cornell University announces its exhibition and program schedule for Summer 2006.
Films on the Façade returns for the first time since 2000 for two summer nights of al fresco movies and free fun. On Saturday, June 17 at 9:00 p.m., see the 1996 documentary about insect life, Microcosmos. On Saturday, August 12 at 8:30 p.m., we’ll provide the kraken with a screening of 1981’s camp classic Clash of the Titans.
All are welcome at the Museum’s annual summer party on Friday, July 14 from 5:00 to 7:00 p.m. The party will include refreshments, an ice cream cart, stilt walkers, balloon animals, face painting, live music by Don Slatoff’s Jazz Circus, and lots of art. Stay for the free concert by Man Eat’n Hen on the Arts Quad at 7:30 p.m.
EXHIBITION AND PROGRAM SCHEDULE
Programs and participants are subject to change. All events are free of change.
Treasures on Paper: Alumni Gifts to the Collection
June 8 – August 6
Many of this year’s Cornell Reunion classes have been actively involved with the formation of the Johnson Museum’s collection of prints, drawings, and photographs, and this exhibition highlights those generous gifts. Works include prints and drawings by Kiki Smith, April Gornik, John Buck, Roy Lichtenstein, and Susan Rothenberg, and photographs by Robert Frank, Robert Mapplethorpe, and Michael Kenna.
- Curator Nancy Green will give a free tour of this exhibition on Thursday, July 27 at 12:00 noon as part of our Art for Lunch series.
Saltonstall: The First Ten Years
June 24 – August 20
This exhibition features the work of twenty-one artists who have received fellowships from the Saltonstall Foundation, and represents the kind of work that is being produced at Ithaca’s Saltonstall Art Colony, making reference to different moments in the history of art and addressing a broad range of topics relevant to contemporary culture.
- Laurel Guy, program director of the Saltonstall Foundation, will give a free tour of this exhibition on Thursday, June 29 at 12:00 noon as part of our Art for Lunch series.
Fragments of Architecture and Glimpses of Nature:
Paintings and Drawings by John Hartell
June 24 – August 20
John Hartell’s life (1902–1995) paralleled a century of extraordinary changes in the art world. First as an architecture student at Cornell and then as a professor of art (1930–1968), John influenced generations of artists. Throughout his long teaching career, he continued to paint and was shown in many museum exhibitions, including at the Museum of Modern Art, the Whitney Museum of American Art, and the Art Institute of Chicago. This exhibition celebrates his life and work and the themes of nature and architecture that run through most of his work.
Print Matters: Works by Ithaca Ink Shop Artists
July 1 – August 20
Five years ago the Ithaca Ink Shop was formed as an artists’ cooperative. Today it has over forty members and offers classes in a variety of media, from lithography to gum printing; it also has its own gallery where changing shows exemplify the technical virtuosity of the many print media. This exhibition highlights the work of many of its members, and pays homage to the impressive efforts of this group.
- Articipation: On Saturday, July 22, from 1:00–4:00 p.m., learn how to make your own good impression at a free family workshop celebrating the art of printmaking, in conjunction with the exhibition Print Matters: Works by Ithaca Ink Shop Artists.
Vedute: Framing Europe in Old Master Prints
July 1 – October 1
This exhibition examines seventeenth- and eighteenth-century artists’ fascination with recording the topography of Europe’s landscapes and the architectural monuments of its cities in etchings and engravings available for sale to travelers. Prints from the Museum’s permanent collection by Vasi, Canaletto, Piranesi, Carlevaris, Silvestre, and many others will show how artists often modified views to suit aesthetic ends and how travelers’ experience of European cities came to be shaped by the prints they had seen prior to their journey.
A Tribute to an Unknown Artist: Margarete Heil, 1895–1965
July 8 – September 3
Cornell biologist Tom Eisner credits his mother, Margarete Heil, with having inspired his own celebrated photographic work. Heil, a product of 1920s Berlin, created for the enjoyment of family and friends, and her work bears the imprint of the period, and of a life punctuated by multiple forced departures and emigrations. This exhibition will feature sketches, portraits, and abstract renditions by this remarkable woman, alongside a selection of photographs by Eisner.
- There will be a free tour of this exhibition on Thursday, July 13 at 12:00 noon as part of our Art for Lunch series.
CONTINUING EXHIBITIONS
The Novel Picture: Interactions Between Text and Image
Through June 11
This exhibition, curated by the Cornell History of Art Majors’ Society, investigates novel artistic expressions, including book illustrations, works of art inspired by literature, and other pairings of text and image.
Modern Indian Art from the Zimmerman Collection
Through June 11
Paintings and drawings of the 1950s and 1960s by founding members of the Progressive Artists Group, formed shortly after independence, along with works by other artists forging new directions in Indian art. Paul Zimmerman and Margot Lurie Zimmerman, Class of 1956, formed their collection while serving in the Peace Corps in India in the 1960s.
The Architect’s Brother
Through June 11
Shana and Robert ParkeHarrison’s innovative approach to photography constructs stories of healing and restoration amid landscapes scarred by technology and overuse. The ParkeHarrisons compose stories that remind us to consider the state of our earth by showing a lone individual (Robert himself as “Everyman”), the “Architect’s” brother, communicating with the land to learn of its needs.
Rembrandt at 400
Through June 25
This celebration of Rembrandt’s four-hundredth birthday presents an exhibition of six etchings, lent from a distinguished private collection, that show the master’s remarkable range of subjects, alongside a selection of Rembrandt’s prints from the Johnson Museum’s own collection.
SUMMER WORKSHOPS at the Johnson Museum
To register for any workshop, please call 255-6464.
FOR CHILDREN:
Travel the World...at the Johnson! Session I: June 26–30
9:00 a.m.–12:00 noon (for ages 6-8) and
1:00–4:00 p.m. (for ages 9-12)
Session II: August 28–September 1
9:00 a.m.–12:00 noon (for ages 6-8)
Pack your ideas and join us as we “travel” to foreign lands and visit art from the Americas, China, Africa, and Europe, creating our own art along the way. Artist and educator Sarah Ahearn will lead the morning sessions, and illustrator and educator Susan Zehnder will lead the afternoon session. Calling All Art Detectives! Session II: August 28–September 1
1:00–4:00 p.m. (for ages 9-12)
Discover art at the Johnson! Work together to solve clues to an art puzzle and create one of your own over a week of investigation with illustrator/educator Susan Zehnder. FEES: $90 for Members/$100 for nonmembers per session. The workshops are geared specifically to the ages given. Registration and payment must be received by 5:00 p.m. on June 21 for Session I and August 16 for Session II to reserve a place. Space is limited.
FOR ADULTS:
Chinese Calligraphy
Fridays for 5 weeks: July 7, 14, 21, 28, and August 4
3:00–4:30 p.m.
Museum favorite Jim Hardesty teaches techniques of Chinese calligraphy. Many of the techniques taught in this class are also used in Chinese brush painting. FEES: $63 for Members/$71 for nonmembers, plus $7 materials fee for returning students/$17 for new students. Registration and payment must be received by 5:00 p.m. on July 5 to reserve a space.
The Johnson Museum has a permanent collection of over 30,000 works of art from Africa, Asia, Europe, and North and South America. The museum building was designed by I. M. Pei. Funds for the building were donated by Cornell alumnus Herbert F. Johnson, late president and chairman of S C Johnson. The building opened in 1973.
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The Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, located on the campus of Cornell University, is open Tuesdays to Sundays from 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Admission is free. The Museum is completely accessible for mobility-impaired visitors, and a wheelchair is available in the lobby. Metered parking is available in the lot next to the Museum. For more information, please call 607 255-6464. Visit the Museum’s website at www.museum.cornell.edu. The Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art is a proud member of Ithaca’s Discovery Trail: www.DiscoveryTrail.com.
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