Exhibits feature art & poetry collaborations, art from India
Contemporary art from India and collaborations between visual artists and poets will be the focus of a
series of events on the Bowling Green State University campus starting Oct. 15 an continuing through
Oct. 17.
The two exhibits , "The Poetic Dialogue" and "Contemporary India," will open at with
a reception Oct. 16 from 7 to 10 p.m.
"The Poetic Dialogue" project is an ongoing collaboration between contemporary artists and of
poets. It was inspired by a meeting of poet Lois Roma-Deeley and artist Beth Shadur. The exhibition
coming to BGSU is the third in the project series, in which Shadur, the curator, paired 31 respected
artists and poets to create collaborative new works of art.
Shadur and Roma-Deeley have been invited to Bowling Green for a three-day visit. On Oct. 15, they will
present a 7:30 p.m. poetry reading and slide display, hosted by the BGSU Creative Writing Program in
Prout Chapel. They will give the presentation again at 9 p.m. Oct. 16 at Grounds for Thought, 174 S.
Main St.
Also on Oct. 16, BGSU students will meet with the artists in classes and studio visits.
On the morning of Oct. 17, Shadur and Roma-Deeley will offer a workshop on collaboration for artists and
writers at the Wood County District Public Library, 251 N. Main St., Bowling Green. The event is free
and open to all, but space is limited and preregistration is required. Inquiries may be made to
[email protected].
An additional concurrent event will be the opening of an exhibition, "Words and Pictures," at
Art-a-site Gallery in downtown Bowling Green, featuring more collaborations between Shadur and
Roma-Deeley, and three local artists whose work combines art and literature-Dominic Catalano, Deb
Allesee and Daniel Mauk.
Gallery Director Jacqueline Nathan, who organized "The Poetic Dialogue" showing and events,
said, "The joy of this project lies in seeing the wonderful energy and insight that these artists
and poets, so impressive in their own right, bring to the creation of these new pieces, and how they
play off each other to take their work in new directions. BGSU hopes to share this creative excitement
with artists and writers of all ages by providing the inspiration and opportunity to create their own
collaborations."
"Contemporary India" is a multimedia exhibition showcasing work by 10 artists from India and of
Indian origin, addressing questions of authenticity, tradition, modernity and influence of
westernization and technology in contemporary Indian art. The exhibition is curated by Shaurya Kumar, an
assistant professor of art at BGSU.
"’Contemporary India’ showcases works of art that have a clear hint of a free mind that seeks
change, responding to the real-life truths experienced by all Indian artists," according to Kumar,
the curator. "At the same time, the works suggest loyal psyches that cling to the inherent shared
collective identity of Indian culture, values and philosophy. As such, all the works have a prominent
and unmistakable mark of contemporary India, its past aura, present oxymoronic glory, and gleeful
anticipation of and reservations about the future."
On Oct. 16 at 6 p.m. in 115 Olscamp Hall, Indian printmaker Anupam Sud will give a lecture about her
work, "4 Decades," followed by an Indian dance performance by the Toledo-based Aha Dance
Classes.
"Contemporary India" continues through Nov. 13 in the Willard Wankelman Gallery and. "The
Poetic Dialogue" will run through Nov. 19 in the Dorothy Uber Bryan Gallery. Gallery hours are
Tuesday-Saturday, 11 a.m. to 4 p.m., Thursdays 6-9 p.m. and Sundays, 1-4 p.m.
Three additional lectures, also free and open, will be presented in connection with "Contemporary
India," all at 5 p.m. in 1101 Fine Arts Center:
¥ Oct. 22: "Revival or Survival: Hybrid Temple Architecture in Western India," by Dr. Ashutosh
Sohoni, an assistant professor of family and consumer sciences at BGSU.
¥ Nov. 5: "The Travels of Popular Culture to and from India," by Dr. Kristen Rudisill, an
assistant professor of popular culture at BGSU.
¥ Nov. 12: "Image as Environment: The Phenomenological Relationship between ‘Image’ and
‘Architecture’ in Site Specific Installations," by Rajoshri Ghosh, a participating artist in the
exhibit.
PERRYSBURG – The Tower Brass Quintet and pianist Eric Dickey will perform new arrangements of tunes by
Stevie Wonder Sunday at 6 p.m. at a free coffeeehouse show at Zoar Lutheran Church, 314 E. Indiana Ave.
The collaboration of Dickey and the Tower Brass will feature new arrangements by Toledo-area trumpeter
and arranger Brad Sharp, who was commissioned by the Tower Brass to draw on the songbook of pop icon
Stevie Wonder. Sharp responded with fresh versions for brass quintet and piano of the Wonder tunes
"For Once in My Life," "Superstition," "I Wish," "Overjoyed" and
"You Are the Sunshine of my Life."
In addition to the Stevie Wonder songs, the Tower Brass will play Andre Previn’s Four Outings along with
jazz arrangements of works by Tommy Dorsey, George Gershwin, Lester Young and Burton Lane.
Pianist Eric Dickey is a member of the Toledo Jazz Orchestra and music director and organist for Zoar
Lutheran. He has performed throughout Europe and Japan, and he can be seen and heard regularly with the
Toledo area’s top jazz artists.
Although The Tower Brass Quintet has built a national reputation, the ensemble’s roots are local, having
had its beginnings as a graduate brass group at Bowling Green State University in 1979. The ensemble has
performed extensively and
released eight recordings. M
embers of the ensemble are Brian Bushong and Larry Herman, trumpets, Bernice Schwartz, horn, Dan Saygers,
trombone, and David Saygers, tuba.
For information, call (419) 874-4346.
