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2008-09 Exhibition Schedule August 26–October 5, 2008 The William C. Mithoefer '53 Collection of African Art Since 1972, William C. Mithoefer has given over 250 pieces of African art to The College of Wooster Art Museum for classroom and exhibition use and student research. An alumnus from the Class of 1953, his most recent gift in 2007 of over 100 objects was given as part of his class's 50th reunion gift to the recently concluded Independent Minds campaign. The William C. Mithoefer '53 Collection of African Art ranges in date from antiquity through the late 20th century. Representing ten African countries and 49 African ethnic groups, the collection includes stone carvings, brass pendants, pipe bowls, linguist staff finials, akua ba figures, brass castings, bracelets and anklets, game boards, sculpture, and a wide range of masks. Originally from Cleveland and raised in Cincinnati, William C. Mithoefer graduated from The College of Wooster with a degree in philosophy. While working on his Ph.D. in political science at Duke University in 1958, he was called into the Foreign Service of the United States where he spent the next 34 years working in various capacities in Washington, D.C., Madrid, Spain, and primarily in Africa, where he ultimately collected more than 2,000 African art objects. This exhibition was organized in support of the Fall 2008 African Art class. October 17–December 7, 2008 Marcella Hackbardt/Photography Carrie Olson/Installation January 13–March 1, 2009 Bodymaps: The Bambanani Women of Cape Town, South Africa Bodymaps are artworks created by the Bambanani Women's Group, based in Cape Town, South Africa. The Bambanani women were invited to tell their stories through a community outreach program initiated by the AIDS and Society Research Unit of the University of Cape Town and Médecins Sans Frontières. This program was set up to document the lives of HIV-positive women who had access to drug therapies. Jane Soloman, a Cape Town-based artist, helped these women to create "body maps" or life-size images that traced the contours of their bodies and visualize the virus while also articulating their individual histories. Bodymaps is a traveling exhibition organized by David Krut Projects New York. The Ohio Arts Council supported, in part, the presentation of Bodymaps at Wooster. The "Do-it-Yourself" Gallery (working title) Bodymaps and the student and visitor-created exhibition in the Burton D. Morgan Gallery are organized in support of the Fall 2007 course, The Global HIV/AIDS Crisis: An Interdisciplinary Inquiry, team-taught by Shirley Huston-Findley, Theatre and Dance; Amber Garcia, Psychology; Sharon Lynn, Biology; and John Rudisill, Philosophy. March 24–May 10, 2009 Molecules that Matter For organic chemistry, the twentieth century marked an age of discovery, a time when thousands of carbon-based molecules achieved international prominence. Molecules That Matter showcases ten molecules that have profoundly altered our world, including household names such as aspirin, nylon 6,6, DNA, Prozac, and penicillin F, as well as isooctane, polyethylene, DDT, progestin, and buckminsterfullerene. Featuring large-scale molecular models, contemporary art by nationally recognized artists, and everyday objects, Molecules That Matter examines how our capacity to understand and reshape matter at the molecular level is recasting notions of human identity, transforming expectations for health and longevity, radically changing the material conditions of our lives, and revolutionizing our relationship to nature on a scale unimagined by previous generations. Curated by Raymond J. Giguere, Class of 1962 Term Professor of Chemistry, Skidmore College, and John S. Weber, Dayton Director, Tang Museum, Skidmore College, this exhibition was organized by the Tang Teaching Museum and Art Gallery, and was created in partnership with the Chemical Heritage Foundation of Philadelphia, the first stop on the exhibition's national tour. In addition to Wooster, Molecules that Matter will also travel to Baylor University, Waco, Texas, and Grinnell College, Grinnell, Iowa. Funding for Molecules That Matter at Skidmore College was provided by The Camille and Henry Dreyfus Foundation, the Friends of the Tang, the Hach Scientific Foundation, Amgen, and donors to the Chemical Heritage Foundation. The presentation of Molecules That Matter at The College of Wooster was made possible by a generous bequest from Muriel Mulac Kozlow, a member of the Class of 1948. Additional funding was provided by the College's Cultural Events Committee. |
