Artwork in banner by Melanie Cooper Pennington, "Temporary Supports", 2017, Faux fur, foam, wood.
Evansville Museum of Arts, History & Science: November 17, 2019–January 5, 2020
Opening Reception, Evansville: November 17, 2019, Evansville Museum
Grunwald Gallery of Art: January 17–March 5, 2020
Opening Reception, Bloomington: January 17, 2020, 6–8pm
The Grunwald Gallery at Indiana University is pleased to present New + Next: A Faculty Show Celebrating the 125th Anniversary of the Eskenazi School of Art, Architecture + Design, an exhibition containing works from over forty artists and designers. The exhibition coincides with Indiana University’s Bicentennial celebration and will open at the Evansville Museum of Arts, History and Science on November 17th with a reception taking place December 7th and remain on view until January 5th. The exhibition will then travel to Bloomington, IN, opening on January 17th at the Grunwald Gallery and continuing through March 5th. An opening reception will take place at the Grunwald Gallery on January 17th from 6–8pm.
The Eskenazi School of Art, Architecture + Design is celebrating 125 years at Indiana University. Founded in 1895, the Department of Freehand and Technical Drawing at Indiana University was one of the oldest departments at IU. Through the years, the department was named the Henry Radford Hope School of Fine Arts, which was comprised of studio art and art history. The School of Art, Architecture +Design merged the departments of Studio Art with Apparel Merchandising and Interior Design. Currently the Eskenazi School of Art, Architecture + Design houses fourteen different areas. Faculty works will display a broad range of media, with both the handmade object and new technologies on display. Exhibited works will include video and film, paintings, drawings, sculpture, architectural models, textiles, prints, photographs, collages, ceramics and installations in a variety of media.
Exhibiting Artists:
- Fafnir Adamites
- Janna Ahrndt
- Justin Bailey
- Edward Bernstein
- Paul Brown
- Carissa Carman
- Bo Choi
- Elizabeth Claffey
- Karin Davis
- Margaret Dolinsky
- Sarah Edmands Martin
- Jenny El-Shamy
- Molly Evans
- Peg Faimon
- Chase Gamblin
- Barry Gealt
- Alexandra Giannell
- Jerald Jacquard
- Tim Kennedy
- Jei Jeeyea Kim
- Joshua Kosker
- Alexander Landerman
- Jawshing Arthur Liou
- Randy Long
- Martha MacLeish
- Eve Mansdorf
- Tim Mather
- Osamu James Nakagawa
- Tina Newberry
- Marleen Newman
- Pierre Obando
- David Ondrik
- Ahmed Ozsever
- Melanie Cooper Pennington
- Laura Post
- Rowland Ricketts
- Jennifer Riley
- Jooyoung Shin
- Malcolm Mobutu Smith
- Andréa Stanislav
- Betsy Stirratt
- Tracy Templeton
- Tonja Torgerson
- Caleb Weintraub
- Maria Whiteman
- T. Kelly Wilson
- Jiangmei Wu
- Sangjun Yoo
This exhibition is supported by the Office of the Bicentennial and the Evansville Museum of Arts, History and Science. Additional support comes from the Eskenazi School of Art, Architecture + Design. The Grunwald Gallery would like to thank the Evansville Museum of Arts, History and Science for their collaboration on this project.