AT THE ALLEN / SPRING 2023 / 19 FOR UP-TO-DATE INFORMATIONANDADDITIONAL EVENTS VISIT AMAM.OBERLIN.EDU/EVENTS minimum, what if we approach access creatively and attentively, centering disability cultures? In addition to the accessibility information on page 18, this lecture uses a slide presentation and all content from the slides will be read aloud or described. Shannon has requested that attendees wear masks, but we are unable to require masks, so be advised this may not be a fully masked event. APR 11 / 3 PM TUESDAY TEA / A SPOTLIGHT ON STUDENT RESEARCH Oberlin College students often research AMAM objects andmuseumpractices as part of their coursework, bringing new insights to our collection. Join us for an afternoon showcasing several of the students and their projects as they share new discoveries and approaches to howmuseums steward collections. APR 15 / 1:30–4 PM COMMUNITY DAY Come make art with us! This free family-friendly event is open to art lovers of all ages. We will provide all of the supplies for an activity inspired by a work of art in the museum. The Allen’s Education Department will provide tours designed to spark your creativity. MAY 4 / 5:30 PM ALLEN AFTER HOURS / CELEBRATIONS OF PLACE: AN EVENING WITH LOCAL ARTISTS Join us as Cleveland-based artists explore place and belonging in an evening of creative response to the current exhibition The Language of the Streets and Michelangelo Lovelace’s These Urban City Streets (pages 7 and 13), a painting of Cleveland and the focus of the 2022–2023 Shared Art Program. Shared Art uses a work of art from the museum collection to establish a communal space where students of all backgrounds can begin, and continue, their Oberlin journey together. MAY 9 / 3 PM TUESDAY TEA / ONLY COGS AND WHEELS? CHINESE SOCIALIST REALIST ART IN THE AMAM Highlighting works in Riding the Strong Currents: 20th and 21st Century Chinese Paintings from the AMAMCollection (page 4), Joan L. Danforth Curator of Asian Art Kevin R. E. Greenwood will discuss 1970s-era Chinese art in the AMAM collection in a style called Socialist Realism. Developed in the Soviet Union and promoted by the government of the People’s Republic of China beginning in the 1950s, Socialist Realismwas an idealized, colorful, and dynamic form of art made to convey political messages to the public. The challenge today in evaluating these works lies in confronting a vision of this art as only a tool of propaganda. Can we appreciate Socialist Realist paintings despite their political messages? FLW HOUSE / REOPENS APR 2 WELTZHEIMER/ JOHNSON HOUSE TheWeltzheimer/Johnson House designed by Frank LloydWright is an example of Wright’s Usonian style. Completed in 1949, the home exemplifies mid-century modern living for a middle class family. Open on the first Sunday of the month fromApril through November, presentations are offered on the hour at noon, 1, 2, 3, and 4 pm. Upcoming open houses are on Apr 2, May 7, Jun 4, Jul 2, Aug 6, Sep 3, Oct 1, and Nov 5. Admission is $10 per adult and free to students under 18 or with OCID. To purchase tickets or for more information, including private tours for groups of 10 or more, visit our website: amam.oberlin.edu/flw. ANDREW PIELAGE ManshengWang (Wáng Mǎnshèng 王满晟), (American, born in China 1962), The Breath of Autumn, 2017. Ink, walnut ink, tempera, acrylic on poster paper. Oberlin Friends of Art Fund, 2022.30.
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