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The Ohio Northern University Department of Art & Design proudly welcomes Professor Rob Price from the University of Wisconsin-Stout as a visiting guest lecturer. He will present a slide lecture of his work, both past and present, on Friday, November 6 at 5p.m. in the Wilson Art Center. Light refreshments will be served.

The lecture is free and open to the public. Campus parking is limited. Guests are encouraged to park in the University’s McIntosh Center/Visitors’ lot via College Avenue.

DJ Zack and pimp Jack end up in prison for being too laidback to avoid being framed for crimes they didn’t commit. They end up sharing a cell with eccentric Italian optimist Roberto, whose limited command of the English Language is both entertaining and infuriating—but rather more useful to them is the fact that Roberto knows an escape route. (1986)

A Japanese couple obsessed with 1950s America goes to Memphis because the male half of the couple emulates Carol Perkins. Chance encounters link three different stories in the city, with the common thread being the seedy hotel where they are all staying. (1989)

 

The resolutely single Don Johnston has just been dumped by his latest lover, Sherry. Don resigns himself to being alone yet again and left to his own devices. Instead, he is completed to reflect on this past when he receives by mail a mysterious pink letter. It is from an anonymous former lover and informs him that he has a 19-year-old son who may know be looking for his father. (2005)

Closing the 2009–10 gallery and exhibition season, the seniors from the art & design program display their capstone projects and portfolios. Defined as “the crowning point,” capstone projects provide an opportunity for students to integrate principles, theories and methods learned in courses throughout the major in an applied context.

November 9–December 16, 2009 (closed November 21–29)
This adjudicated exhibition features the best original work completed by students in the department of art & design. Award categories include two-dimensional, three-dimensional, graphic design and best of show.

Reception and Awards Ceremony: Tuesday, November 10, 5–7p.m.

This juried print exhibition for MAPC members will be hosted by Ohio Northern University and coordinated by Melissa Eddings (and the ONU chapter of AIGA). The show will include prints, books, and folios in any printed media including digital. John Lysak, professor of art, printmaking area head and Egress Press founder and director at Edinboro University of Pennsylvania, will adjudicate the exhibition.

Reception: TBA

Paintings by Ivan J. Fortushniak

Paintings by John R. Nativio
In his work, Nativio focuses most of his attention to our changing environment. “I find myself attempting to understand human existence with an increasingly manufactured landscape. Provocative glimpses over urban and rural settings leave capricious projections of what we have transformed, and how these transformations may change us...”