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Gallery Discussion with Alum Zachary Vanes and Assistant Professor of Digital Art Logan Dandridge

Zachary Vanes '13 and Logan Danbridge
Wednesday, March 20, 2019, 11:40am

Join Zachary Vanes '13 and Assistant Professor of Digital Art, Logan Dandridge, as we discuss works in the current exhibition: Repeat, Repeat. Each of our visiting gallery guides will focus on one to two works from the exhibit to examine the history of video as fine art.
Panel Discussion for House Life Project

Danicia Malone, Meredith Brickell, Laura Holzman, and Katy Renn
Monday, March 18, 2019, 4:15pm

Panelists will discuss the ways that the House Life Project’s creative, collaborative, and interdisciplinary approach to community engagement relates to liberal arts education. Moderator: Danicia Malone, HLP program facilitator, Program and Facility Manager of the Purdue Black Cultural Center Panelists: Meredith Brickell, HLP founder and project leader, Associate Professor of Art and Art History at DePauw University Laura Holzman, HLP curator, Associate Professor of Art History and Museum Studies at IUPUI Katy Renn, former director of Renew Indianapolis, the land bank that worked in partnership with the HLP, DePauw alumna (Political Science) Coralyn Turentine, HLP artist and former Director of Neighborhood Engagement at Boner Center on the Near Eastside in Indianapolis, DP alumna (Sociology)
Yoga @ Peeler

Peeler Galleries
Monday, March 18, 2019, 7:30pm

Join instructor Marla Helton of Serendipity Yoga Studio for an hour-long session of relaxation yoga in the Peeler Art Center galleries. For more information visit marlaheltonyoga.com or contact Marla directly: [email protected] Free and open to the public. Props will be provided.
VOCAB: Spoken Word Performance and Workshop

Peeler Galleries
Monday, March 11, 2019, 7-9pm

VOCAB is an Indianapolis-based poetry, spoken word, and music project where art and activism meet. For 12 years, VOCAB has created spaces that focus on centering the voice of the marginalized, especially the POC and Queer community. During their visit to DePauw, VOCAB artists will first perform in the gallery and then offer a spoken word workshop and open mic session that will allow people to share their talent, speak their truth, and give voice to their story.
Opening Reception for House Life Project

Meredith Brickell and Laura Holzman
Thursday, March 7, 2019, 4:15pm

From 2015 through 2017, the House Life Project (HLP) reimagined abandoned houses on Indianapolis’s Near Eastside as hubs for artistic practice and community collaboration. It was a flexible and collaborative project where artists and neighbors formed new relationships, strengthened existing ones, and pooled their creativity in order to examine tough questions related to the changing neighborhood. We’re Open, Come In: The House Life Project transforms the gallery into an inclusive and welcoming space that invites visitors to learn about the HLP, its methods, and its community. Through an array of artworks and interactive installations, the exhibition will spark conversations about neighborliness, housing inequity, and the ways in which art can and can’t facilitate social justice. Join us for a gallery talk with Meredith Brickell and Laura Holzman. Light refreshments will be served following the event.
Gallery Discussion with Professors Ron Dye and Joseph Heithaus in Repeat, Repeat

Ron Dye and Joseph Heithaus
Thursday, February 21, 2019, 11:40am

Join visiting gallery guides Ron Dye and Joe Heithaus for a discussion on repetition as creative strategy through various art forms in our current exhibit, Repeat, Repeat. This event is free and open to the public. Refreshments will be provided.
Gallery Tour and Reception for Constructed Landscapes and Repeat, Repeat

Peeler Galleries
Tuesday, February 12, 2019, 4:15pm

Landscapes remain incredibly popular among many museum visitors and in artist circles simply because “you paint what you see.” Yet, as with all art genres, the artist mediates the viewer’s understanding of reality and fiction through a complex balancing act of artistic and creative control. As viewers, how do we reconcile the role that artists play as arbiters of reality and artistic vision? Repeat, Repeat: Gestures of Repetition in Video Art emphasizes repetition as a creative strategy. Comprised of early video works through today, Repeat, Repeat asks viewers to analyze not only the repetitive audio-visual elements, but also the use of repetition—and the tension it creates—as an art form itself. Repeat, Repeat features eight works drawn from the DePauw University Permanent Art Collection and the Video Data Bank. This exhibition was made possible by the Arthur E. Klauser Asian and World Community Collection Endowment. Free and open to the public. Join us for a guided tour of Constructed Landscapes and Repeat, Repeat with gallery staff. Refreshments will be served immediately following the event.
Opening Reception and Awards Presentation for the 2019 Juried Student Exhibition

Peeler Galleries
Thursday, January 31, 2019, 4:15pm

The Annual Juried Student Art Exhibition features works created by current DePauw students enrolled in studio art courses. The 2019 exhibition is juried by Hannah Barnes, Associate Professor of Art, Ball State University. Free and open to the public. Refreshments will be provided.
Yoga@Peeler

Peeler Galleries
Monday, November 19, 2018, 7:30pm

Join instructor Marla Helton of Serendipity Yoga Studio for an hour-long session of relaxation yoga i the Peeler Art Center galleries. For more information visit marlaheltonyoga.com or contact Marla directly: [email protected] This event is free to all DePauw University students, faculty, and staff. Props will be provided.
Avery Lawrence Artist Lecture

Avery Lawrence
Thursday, November 1, 5:00pm

Avery Lawrence is a contemporary artist living in Philadelphia, PA. He graduated from the University of Pennsylvania in 2008 with a degree in Visual Studies and received his MFA in studio art from California Institute of the Arts in 2015. Avery currently teaches art and design at the University of Pennsylvania and works as a studio assistant at the Fabric Workshop and Museum. Avery’s work is on display through December 15, 2018 in the Peeler Art Center exhibition Baggage Claims. This exhibition presents the work of an international group of 18 artists who explore the impact of the vast scale of population mobility. Perhaps best described in Avery’s own words, the installation on view at the Peeler Art Center features: …” a protagonist [who] traverses a railroad, a canal and a street while carrying an enormous burden of luggage, within which lies the different parts of a mysterious instrument that he assembles and plays in the final scene. Drawing inspiration from early cinema and contemporary performance artists, I craft this visual yarn keeping in mind moments from my family history. I incorporate the personal stories, implicit in the narratives, hoping to enhance the sense of sincerity and intimacy in the film. In Arranging Suitcases, I draw from the story of how my paternal grandmother transitions in life after her first husband dies. She reconnects with an old friend that she marries and moves with to a new town to start a new life.”