The Newark Advocate
April 16, 2013
The Denison Museum invites families to stop by from 1 to 4 p.m. Saturday for Family Day.
The museum will offer a variety of family-friendly activities, including a scavenger hunt through the exhibitions on display in the museum.
TheDEN
April 2, 2013
Drew Johnson, a Spanish and communication double major and studio art minor, discovered something new about himself during his Introduction to Printmaking class.
“When I paint and draw, I try to present images that will be visually appealing to other people,” the junior from Chaska, Minn., says. “With printmaking, I feel I can talk about what interests me more than what will be attractive to others.”
The class, taught by Melissa Vogley-Woods, a visiting professor who specializes in printmaking, challenges students to investigate concepts of place, memory, environment and identity by creating “artist’s books.”
The Columbus Dispatch
March 31, 2013
“Pair of displays focuses on result of uniting image and language”
By Christopher A. Yates
The power and meaning of the book are the focus of two exhibitions on view at Denison University.
Both focus on the complexity of communication, but more specifically on how meaning extends from the union of language and image.
The CityScene Magazine
March 2013
“Gimme Five: College art museums make major contributions to Ohio’s artistic community”
By Michael McEwan
The Five Colleges of Ohio is a consortium founded in 1995 that consists of the College of Wooster, Oberlin College, Denison University, Kenyon College and Ohio Wesleyan University. The group has a shared mission of cooperation and understanding to enhance the quality of the schools and the communities of which they are a part.
One of the ways they do this is through a cooperative approach their art collections and programs. Try thinking of an art museum that is as large as any major Ohio city art museum, and you will begin to understand how the Five Colleges of Ohio galleries come together.
The Newark Advocate
February 20, 2013
Shake (not literally) a work of book art and a message will usually tumble out.
Artists’ books are begun with a book-like form, which the artist re-arranges, decorates or transforms in some manner. They are vehicles for expression, whether on literature, religion, politics, or some other issue.
An exhibition at Denison University on artists’ books draws on three sources: a traveling show of work by book artist Johanna Drucker; a selection of works by Ohio book artists; and projects by students in two Denison University art classes.
TheDEN
December 11, 2012
Marisa Zemesarajs ’16, an art history major and chemistry minor from Vermillion, Ohio, relishes working at the Denison Museum. Her job gives her an inside peek at the museum’s inner workings, something that’s important to her plans for the future. Plus, she just likes the atmosphere. “I was always the nerdy kind of kid who was drawn to museums,” she says.
One of Zemesarajs’ duties is to blog about various items from the museum’s collection. For this blog, she chose a photograph by Antonio Beato, titled “View of the Temple at Luxor.” Here’s her 21st century point of view about this 19th century photo.
TheDEN
October 23, 2012
When the 2010 earthquake brought attention to Haiti, which the United Nations Human Development Index calls “the most impoverished nation in the Western Hemisphere,” the Denison community, led by its students, raised more than $15,000 for the relief effort.
Today, Haiti is still struggling to recover and to improve the quality of life for its population of more than 10 million. And Denison continues to intersect with the island nation, highlighting its story through two exhibitions at the Denison Museum, hosting a visit by one of that country’s most celebrated authors, and even enjoying a special frozen custard flavor at Whit’s, with the proceeds benefitting medical work in Haiti.
The Denisonian
Tuesday October 9, 2012
Both of the Denison Museum’s current exhibits, “The Heart of Haiti” and “Resistance and Resiliency,” allow students an opportunity to see art they would otherwise not be exposed to.
“The Heart of Haiti” features 50 black and white portrait photographs taken by Andrea Baldeck. Baldeck enjoyed photography as a child but ultimately became a physician. She volunteered in Haiti in 1981 and returned in 1983 and 1985. Her time in Haiti made a big impression on her life so she returned to the country, but not as a doctor.
The Newark Advocate
September 12, 2012
The 15-minute documentary film opens with a story about a Haitian boy named Donald, whose right leg became infected beyond what a Voodoo priest could do for him.
After two months and no improvement, Donald went to the Healing Art Missions clinic in Dumay, where X-rays revealed his leg likely would need to be amputated. Thanks to the clinic and a Haitian surgeon, however, the leg was saved.
In the film, Donald is shown walking to school.
“Now I’m walking on the leg. I’m in good shape,” he says in Creole, the English subtitles lining the bottom of the screen. “The reason I come to the clinic in Dumay is because when I have a fever or headache they give me medications to ease my condition. It always brings me back to health, it gives me medication for 25 gourdes (60 cents).”
While the Granville-based Healing Art Missions won’t be conducting its annual art auction fundraiser, Art from the Heart, this year, it will be screening the film — titled “Dumay an Santé,” or “A Healthy Dumay” — at Denison University’s Burke Hall to let locals know exactly where their donations are going.
TheDEN
Tuesday May 29, 2012
Imagine yourself in an Aladdin’s cave filled with treasures. Now imagine that you’re presented with a choice—select a single precious object from the thousands around you.
Nine senior Denison Museum interns were presented with that challenge when they were offered the chance to curate their own show from the museum’s collections.
“Being an intern at the Denison Museum was an absolutely pivotal experience in my education, and I am just so thankful for everything that I took away from it.”
— Julie Rotramel '11