Calendar
THEN NOW
Featuring Dianne Wolter’s paintings and sculptures.
August 3- October 5, 2018
Reception September 8, 3-5PM
ARTIST STATEMENT
Painting provides me a process driven opportunity to experiment, discover, manipulate, play, and sometimes even tell a story. I value mark making and like to see evidence of the history of the process in the finished painting. Narrative has been a component of my art that allows me to ask questions and make observations. I use whimsy as a means to enliven or to soften the content. Recurring themes and images return to new environments. Images that possess a personal iconography are infused with content from experiences and memories that hold power. I begin by creating an active ground plane, and then working out to the surface, sometimes finding rather than imposing imagery. I enjoy working figuratively, layering, searching for ideas and inspiration from the manipulation of the media, and often but not always embracing a narrative.
Adding papier-mâché sculpture to my studio involvement has been a logical and natural extension to my previous singular focus of two-dimensional work. The process is reductive, starting with foam forms that have been created by gluing construction foam into blocks that can be carved. Papier-mâché mulch and layers of paper finish off the surfaces and ease transitions and contours. The torn paper can communicate a new narrative while holding onto its past. I find myself stacking forms which is another way of layering, bringing elements together in proximity or support, contrasting familiar with fantastic.
BIO
Dianne Wolter graduated from Michigan State University in 1965 with a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree and a teaching certificate. Teaching and studio involvement have been the focus of her professional life since then. She concentrated on fabric collage for the first 14 years of her creative journey, teaching it in public schools throughout southern Michigan sponsored by the Michigan Council for the Arts. In 1979, Wolter began teaching after school art classes in her home studio to area children. Sharing her studio with children was a rewarding and meaningful opportunity. To concentrate more fully on her own art, she retired from teaching in 2002 to focus more on painting. A whim to make a cat riding on a unicycle introduced sculpture as an additional interest. Since then, Wolter has been enjoying both sculpture and painting.
For more information about Dianne’s work please visit her website:
This introductory workshop provides Digital Humanities beginners with an overview of Digital Humanities values, project examples, and a chance to try some beginner tools and techniques. Presented by Devin Higgins, Megan Kudzia, Kristen Mapes, and Brandon Locke.
9 to 5 (Colin Higgins, 1980)
Presented by Ellen McCallum
Pour yourself a cup of ambition and revel in the madcap workplace comedy 9 to 5. This 1980 film crested the second wave of feminism, as the decade 1970-1980 saw the the largest ever increase in women’s participation in the workforce, according to the US Census bureau. Ever attuned to the latest trends, Hollywood saw opportunity in the entertaining side of the very real obstacles women faced during this time. Gain new and creative insights into how to get ahead in the corporate world! Starring the incomparable combination of Dolly Parton, Jane Fonda, and Detroit native Lily Tomlin.
You are invited to the annual “Surviving Grad School” panel, organized by SOSLAP. The panel, teamed by Drs. Dustin De Felice, Senta Goertler, Patti Spinner, Amanda Lanier & Charlene Polio, gives you a chance to ask all the frank questions you have about how to navigate your program (and eat delicious snacks!)
This in-depth conversation will examine Michel Parmentier’s early experiments in painting and his collaborations with artists Daniel Buren, Olivier Mosset, and Niele Toroni. Dr. Philip Armstrong, Professor of Comparative Studies at The Ohio State University, and Dr. Lily Woodruff, Associate Professor of Art History at MSU, will discuss Parmentier’s work within its historical context and how he challenged institutional conventions of the 1960s.
Michel Parmentier is curated by Marc-Olivier Wahler, Director, with Steven L. Bridges, Associate Curator, and is on view through Oct. 7.
Professor James Pivarnik (MSU’s Research Integrity Officer) will talk about responsible conduct of research (RCR), identifying and defining federal definitions of research misconduct (falsification, fabrication and plagiarism), and resources available on campus for undergraduate researchers. Students will have the opportunity to ask questions regarding adherence to RCR standards.
A nonpartisan, grassroots ballot initiative working to end gerrymandering in Michigan is seeking student interns to help with the campaign!
Wish there were more opportunities to connect with our local community through the arts? Interested in creating partnerships, performances, events, venues, and projects in the City of East Lansing for 2018-19? Come meet students from the arts across campus and let’s create together. Facilitators will take you through a process to collectively create and test ideas that will make East Lansing a more welcoming, creative place to be in 2018 and 2019. We’ll provide plenty of food to keep the ideas generating! What you’ll need to bring: enthusiasm. What you’ll leave with: tools to bring these ideas to life and potential partners to make it happen.
Basics in R (R studio, installation, import files, running code, useful resources)
SLA researchers have been increasingly using R (a free software environment for statistical computing and graphics; see more details here) to perform data cleaning and statistical procedures. In this session we will tackle some of the very first steps for one to start using R. We will specially align this meeting with the first task(s) / assignment(s) in LLT 873 Quantitative SLS Research Methods. We will also try to get some R users in our program to help everyone out when needed.
Faces Places (Agnes Varda and JR, 2017)
Presented by Alexandra Hidalgo
Director Agnès Varda and photographer and muralist JR journey through rural France and form an unlikely friendship.