Gallery Program

The program for the 2002-03 academic year includes:

• Howard S. Hoffman, Professor Emeritus of Psychology; Laughing Matters II: Watercolors and Portraits
  Canaday Gallery, September 13 - October 9, 2002. Gallery hours are Monday through Saturday 10 am- 5 pm.
  Opening reception: Friday September 13, 4 - 6 pm.
  

  The whimsical images in the Howard S. Hoffman exhibition represent visual interpretations of the many humorous life statements that Professor Hoffman has collected over the years. The statements always came before the image. Professor Emeritus Hoffman who has taught and published extensively in experimental psychology, has had an interest in art since boyhood. A veteran of WWII, he was supported by the VA to attend art school and studied painting with artist Moses Sawyer. A part time job with a nursery school where the factors of children's behavior drew his curiosity, led him to leave art school and pursue degrees in Psychology. At Bryn Mawr he did research into Social Attachment and into Reflexes and taught courses on Statistics and also Perception. As part of his courses on Perception, he developed techniques for teaching the art of drawing that tapped existing knowledge of how the eye and brain work together to enable one to visually isolate and ultimately, to identify objects. These efforts led to a book, entitled "Vision and the Art of Drawing." Throughout his career he has continued to paint and his portraits are part of the permanent collections of Bryn Mawr, Haverford and Rosemont Colleges, and the University of Pennsylvania. He has previously shown his humorous watercolors at Bryn Mawr College and Tyme Gallery

• Katherine Bradford, Recent Paintings and Drawings
  Works will be hung in the Gallery in Canaday and the Erdman Foyer
  October 25 - November 22, 2002. Gallery hours are Monday through Saturday 10 am - 5 pm
  Opening reception at the Gallery, Canaday, Friday October 25, 4 - 6:30 pm with Artist's Talk at 5 p.m. (proceeding to Erdman).
  

  Katherine Bradford, Class of 1964, is an artist based in New York City. She will be showing several large oil paintings of figures swimming in fields of blue paint in the foyer of Erdman Hall and a series of smaller drawings of single figures doing humble daily acts.

• Photographs of Frederick H. Evans: William Morris's Kelmscott Manor , from Bryn Mawr College's Collections.
  Canaday Gallery, December 4 - December 20, 2002. Monday through Saturday 1 - 5 pm.
  Opening reception December 6, 4 - 6.

• Spring semester will feature contemporary women artists:
  • Maria Barbosa , from Frederick, MD, in February 2003.
  • Minna Resnick, from Ithaca NY, March 21 - April 4
  • Fine Arts Student Shows, April 2003.

Recent Gallery Program shows have included:

• "Recent Paintings," paintings by Michael Krausz, October 24 - November 1, 2001
• Works by Liz Gross, approximately November 30 - December 14, 2001
• "Vicksburg Battlefield and Cemetery," selections from a series of photographs by William E. Williams, January 25 - February 22, 2002Williams' works are included in the permanent collections of the Philadelphia Museum of Art, the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, and the Baltimore Museum.
• 5. Selections from College's Collections, March 1 - March 29.
• Fine Arts Students: Works on Paper, April 7 - May 3,
• "Towards Gaia: Woman as Creator" a photography exhibition by Mia Vollkommer
• "Works by Women Artists" including prints and drawings from the Scott Memorial Study Collection from the College's Collections, curated by Carol Campbell
• "Staff/Faculty Fine Art Show" including works in various media by faculty and staff at Bryn Mawr College, curated by Emma Varley.
• "No Ordinary Cloth" a show of antique Indonesian batik cloth curated by student, Molly Greenfield.
• "Cities in Cartography and Art: Maps from Japan and 'The Changing City by Joerg Mueller,' curated by Carola Hein.
• "Emma Varley: prints drawing paper" solo exhibition of prints and graphics
• "Divine (Re)Productions: Italian Printamking in the Sixteenth Century, from the Bryn Mawr College's Collections," curated by graduate student, Sara Morasch.
• Fine Arts Students Spring Shows.

In the interests of having a Gallery Program that best supports and strengthens the College's academic offerings, provides student- and faculty-curated shows and exhibitions of original works from the College's collections and the Fine Arts Program, the Gallery Committee will solicit exhibition proposals through its own contacts and recommendations from colleagues in the bi-college community and Philadelphia-area institutions.

Shows are usually mounted in the Gallery in Canaday Library, although other spaces, such as the Canaday Foyer, have occasionally been used.

The Gallery Program is administered by the Office for the Arts, in conjunction with a committee comprised of volunteers from the faculty and administration, including members from the Arts and History of Art programs, undergraduate and graduate student representatives, and members of the Provost's Office, Library and Collections staffs. This committee will contact all academic departments, and will inform students and student organizations about exhibition opportunities. Committee members will also contact bi-college and other area institutions to publicize exhibition opportunities or to obtain leads on interesting artists whose work fits our programmatic needs and our gallery space. As a committee, the members review proposals and decide on an annual exhibition schedule. In order to allow adequate time in preparing an exhibit, decisions are often made a half year or more in advance. Current members of the committee are:

Mark Lord (Arts Program) Carol Campbell (Collections/Library) David Cast (History of Art) Jean Miller Lacovara (Library) Suzanne Spain (Provost's Office)

Members of the community wishing to propose exhibitions may contact any member of the Committee to discuss their general plans informally. If the proposal is appropriate for the Gallery program, the committee member will refer the applicant to Carol Campbell, who--on behalf of the committee--will help the applicant to compile a formal proposal. Such proposals should include and/or address the following:.

• a cover letter/proposal statement
• some illustrative samples
• artist's resume
• type of materials (media, and average size)
• quantity of material
• Is the show ready to hang?
• owner(s) of materials, obligations on replacement values
• availability on academic calendar (preferred weeks)
• sponsoring organization or department
• estimates of costs in categories; see below
• possible sources of support.

Exhibitions entail expenses. The Gallery Program has a limited budget and is able to absorb some costs. However, additional support--from other College sources or outside organizations--is often needed to mount an exhibition. Those making proposals for exhibitions should submit an estimated budget, including, but not limited to the following categories of expenses:

• Cost of delivery via artist or organizers, or packing/shipping (in and out).
  For 16-20 framed items from NYC, allow $300-400 one way for art truck delivery and $ 100 transit insurance.
• Insurance is needed once art items are on campus and the College maintains a limited amount of fine arts coverage, which will be arranged by Carol Campbell in concert with the College's Risk Manager. If the aggregate value of the exhibited items exceeds the College's maximum coverage, there will be extra fees.
• Gallery attendants are required only for materials with a maximum security materials, following Smithsonian Institute guidelines. Applicable hourly rates are available from carol Campbell.
• Speaker's expenses, if there is a lecture or gallery talk.
• Speaker's travel and other business expenses (i.e. meals or overnight).
• Reception for 80/100 persons: $80-100 (for cold drinks, snacks and paper supplies).
• Publicity: Costs may include:
  • Prints (about 6) for press
  • Slides for card image. $25-$30
  • Outside printing of regular size announcement cards (500) $125,
  • Copy Center box stuffers $14, posters $30.
  • Postage for cards off campus $15.
• Technical supplies (posterboard, labels, hanging supplies, etc.) $25.
• Student help for installation or take down, $15.