AT THE ALLEN / FALL 2023 / 15 ON VIEW / EDUCATION HALLWAY / AUG 23–JAN 28 SHARED ART: WENDY RED STAR Can a single work of art build community? The annual Shared Art Programbrings together all incoming Oberlin College and Conservatory students by using a single artwork as the starting point for conversations about who we are and where we have come from. The Shared Art Committee selected this work for its ability to foster conversations about familial connection and to foreground Indigenous rights. Organized by HannahWirta Kinney, Curator of Academic Programs, and Shared Art Committee members Max Andrejco (OC 2025), Katie Baum (OC 2025), Meera Bhatia (OC 2024), Bryn Kearney (OC 2025), Cecil Pulley (OC 2024), and Carter Cooper (OC 2022) with guidance from the Indigenous Student Council members Isabel Kanoelani Handa (OC 2026), Lynette Gassner (OC 2025), and Rio Manzanares (OC 2025). Wendy Red Star (American, Apsáalooke/Crow, b. 1981), Four Generations: Iikua Biluxbakush (Self Reliant, Amy Bright Wings Red Star) Báakoosh Kawiiléete (Kind to Everybody, Wallace Red Star) Baaeétitchish (OneWho is Talented, Wendy Red Star) Apitebía (Sandhill CraneWoman, Beatrice Red Star Fletcher), 2021. Color lithograph with chine collé. Gift of Driek (OC 1965) and Michael (OC 1964) Zirinsky in honor of Jim Lavadour, 2021.59.9. FLW HOUSE / PROPERTY UPDATES LANDSCAPING PROJECT TheWeltzheimer/Johnson house designed by Frank LloydWright continues to receive exciting updates to the property. Since last fall, the college’s ground service manager Becky Bode and Jill Greenwood have been working together on a landscaping project funded through the generous support of the Ring Foundation. It started with planting an orchard of 34 fruitbearing trees—a feature original toWright’s plans for the property but never completed. “Next, we removed the old concrete pad and returned the area under the carport to its original gravel material with limestone stepping stones to delineate the angles of Wright’s landscape design,” stated Greenwood. Bode’s team removed invasive species and positionedmore than 20 native Ohio plants near the entrance. “It looks beautiful,” said Greenwood, “and I’m eager to see it in full bloom next spring.” The house has the distinction of being the first Wright Usonian style house in Ohio, and one of the few in the nation open to the public. Open house events are the first Sunday of the month fromApril to November and advance registration is highly recommended. For tickets and other details, visit amam.oberlin.edu/flw.
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