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Media Relations

Art and technology meet at "A Bloomington Biennial"

Founded in 1895, the Indiana University Henry Radford Hope School of Fine Arts is the third-oldest university art department in the United States. The first exhibition of faculty artists was held in 1948, and regularly scheduled faculty exhibitions have been a feature of the IU Art Museum's exhibition program ever since. A Bloomington Biennial: Faculty Artists from IU's Hope School of Fine Arts features a diverse range of works by approximately 30 current and emeriti faculty artists and will be on display in the IU Art Museum's Special Exhibitions Gallery Jan. 27 through March 11.

Coinciding with Bloomington's annual campus-community arts festival ArtsWeek, which will be held from Feb. 21 to March 3, and in keeping with this year's festival theme, "Technology and the Arts," A Bloomington Biennial will address the interaction of art with science and technology.

Jenny McComas, curator of this year's faculty exhibition, said, "Considering the role of science and technology in art seemed like an intriguing challenge and an interesting way to frame a large group exhibition of diverse artworks in many media."

Many IU faculty artists consciously utilize new technologies, such as digital media, while others strenuously avoid it, preferring more traditional modes of expression, such as oil painting. Whether their work involves meticulously hand-crafting a piece of jewelry or exploring the possibilities of the iPod, the work of IU's fine arts faculty is a testament to the richness and variety of contemporary art.

An opening reception for the exhibition will be held on Jan. 26 from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. at the museum's Thomas T. Solley Atrium. Additionally, as part of its continuing Noon Talk series, the museum will present a gallery talk by Margaret Dolinsky, assistant professor of digital art, about her work using projecting systems. The talk, titled "Projecting Metaphors," will take place on Jan. 31, from 12:15 p.m. to 1 p.m. in the Special Exhibitions Gallery on the first floor. Pre-registration is not needed and the event is free and open to the public.

Participating faculty this year include:

Edward Bernstein, printmaking

Christyl Boger, ceramics

Paul Brown, graphic design

Margaret Dolinsky, digital media

Stephanie Dotson, printmaking

Jenny El-Shamy, graphic design

Barry Gealt, painting

William Itter, fundamentals

Jerald Jacquard, sculpture

Nicole Jacquard, jewelry/metalsmithing

Tim Kennedy, painting

Randy Long, jewelry/metalsmithing

Martha MacLeish, fundamentals

Timothy Mather, ceramics

Galo Moncayo, sculpture

Althea Murphy-Price, printmaking

Osamu James Nakagawa, photography

Lara Nguyen, fundamentals

Rudy Pozzatti, printmaking

James Reidhaar, graphic design

Rowland Ricketts, textiles

Shoji Satake, ceramics

Leslie Sharpe, digital media

Bonnie Sklarski, painting

Joan Sterrenburg, fundamentals

Malcolm Mobutu Smith, ceramics

Betsy Stirratt, academic specialist/SoFA Gallery director

Mariana Tres, photography

Caleb Weintraub, painting

Jeffrey Wolin, photography

Mike Wsol, sculpture

About the Indiana University Art Museum:

With collections ranging from ancient gold jewelry and African masks to paintings by Claude Monet and Pablo Picasso, the Indiana University Art Museum is located on 7th Street in the heart of the Bloomington campus. The museum is open Tuesday through Saturday from 10 a.m. until 5 p.m., and Sunday from noon until 5 p.m., and includes Angles Café & Gift Shop. The museum is closed on Mondays and major holidays. Admission is always free and open to the public. More information on all exhibitions and programs can be found at http://www.artmuseum.iu.edu.

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