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pylepeople: Thanks for an AMAZING semester everyone! Pyle is...

Tue, 21 May 2013 22:00:30 -0400

Thanks for an AMAZING semester everyone! Pyle is now closed til the fall.

oberlin-alumni: After earning a music composition degree from...

Tue, 21 May 2013 21:00:31 -0400

After earning a music composition degree from Oberlin Conservatory and training at the Jacques Lecoq School of Physical Theatre in Paris, Aurora Nealand ’01, a saxophonist, clarinetist and singer who grew up in California, set out to bicycle across the country. She stopped, and stayed, in New Orleans in 2005. Enamored of traditional jazz from a young age, she apprenticed with several bands from the city’s Frenchmen Street-centered traditional jazz revival, including the Panorama Jazz Band, VaVaVoom and the New Orleans Moonshiners.

Source: nola.com

Maggie Nicholas, soprano #seniorrecital interview, Part 5

Tue, 21 May 2013 20:00:28 -0400

oberlinconservatory:

Do you have anyone in particular you would like to thank?

My mom, dad, and sister. They’re always so supportive of me and let me move at my own pace (which is generally a more relaxed pace). They’ve always trusted that I know what’s best for myself as a singer and as a young adult and are always willing to stand by my side for what I think is best for me… even if, for now, it’s taking a break from education to raise lions.

WE KNOW FASHION TOO: WHO. Laura Grothaus (OC ‘13)WHAT. Hand-made patchwork dress, purple...

Tue, 21 May 2013 19:00:27 -0400

WE KNOW FASHION TOO: WHO. Laura Grothaus (OC ‘13)WHAT. Hand-made patchwork dress, purple...:

weknowfashiontoo:

WHO. Laura Grothaus (OC ‘13)

WHAT. Hand-made patchwork dress, purple top, duck boots

WHERE. Mudd, first floor

INTERVIEW.

What is your style advice for Oberlin students?

It’s good to follow your instinct. You know when clothes love your body and your body loves the clothes….

Coffee with Clarence: The Arts at Oberlin: Exhibition Opportunities ROY G BIV Gallery

Tue, 21 May 2013 18:00:25 -0400

Coffee with Clarence: The Arts at Oberlin: Exhibition Opportunities ROY G BIV Gallery:

coffeewithclarence:

ROY is a 501(c)(3) gallery known for presenting innovative and contemporary art from around the world is looking to expand its membership reach and also seeks entries for our annual CFE.

Our annual Call for Entry is currently available to apply to with an exciting list of jurors, Sam Gould…

oberlinconservatory: Student Honors Banquet 2013 On Monday, May...

Tue, 21 May 2013 17:00:24 -0400

oberlinconservatory:

Student Honors Banquet 2013

On Monday, May 13, 2013, the Oberlin Conservatory of Music held its annual Student Honors Banquet, to honor outstanding Conservatory students for myriad contributions to the foundation of musical excellence here at Oberlin. All photos by Dale Preston ‘83.

See the entire album on our Facebook!

oberlin-alumni: Photos from the Big Parade – Saturday, May 4

Tue, 21 May 2013 16:00:23 -0400

oberlin-alumni:

Photos from the Big Parade – Saturday, May 4

amamblog: Clare Leighton - Emily Brontë’s Wuthering...

Tue, 21 May 2013 15:00:22 -0400

amamblog:

Clare Leighton - Emily Brontë’s Wuthering Heights

Known for her illustrations of nineteenth-century British novels by authors like Thomas Hardy, Claire Leighton also wrote prolifically on the virtues of rural life in an increasingly urban and industrial world. This series of wood engravings for the 1931 Random House edition of Wuthering Heights combines Leighton’s cherished English countryside with the brooding moors of the novel’s romanticized Yorkshire landscape. Written in 1846, Wuthering Heights was the only novel by Emily Brontë, a member of the famous Brontë family of writers. Leighton’s series of twelve illustrations depicts both crucial moments in the book’s narrative, which chronicles the passionate but doomed love story of Catherine Earnshaw and Heathcliff, as well as tangential episodes and characters.

These works are on view in the exhibition “Representing the Word: Modern Book Illustrations” through July 31.

Image:

Clare Leighton (English, 1900–1989)
Heathcliff’s Grief, from the series Wuthering Heights, 1930
Wood engraving
Gift of Mrs. Malcolm L. McBride

Maggie Nicholas, soprano #seniorrecital interview, Part 4

Tue, 21 May 2013 14:00:18 -0400

oberlinconservatory:

What do you like to do when you’re not singing?

When I’m free I love going shopping, watching movies, wine tasting, going to the gym, hanging out with my cats, cooking, and I have tons of fun going to parties.

Photo

Tue, 21 May 2013 13:00:18 -0400

reading girl speaks: Librarianship as a Career - Really!!

Tue, 21 May 2013 12:00:21 -0400

reading girl speaks: Librarianship as a Career - Really!!:

oberlin-alumni:

Are you an Oberlin graduate who has been accepted to an accredited school of library and information science? You may be eligible for a $2500 scholarship from the Friends of the Oberlin College Library!

pylepeople: Shauna and Paul showing off their dance moves while...

Tue, 21 May 2013 11:00:16 -0400

pylepeople:

Shauna and Paul showing off their dance moves while cooking Thursday dinner— just in case you needed more proof of how much FUN we have!

Thanks to Emma for the video!

GlobeMed at Oberlin College: This Week in ghU...

Tue, 21 May 2013 10:00:15 -0400

GlobeMed at Oberlin College: This Week in ghU...:

globemedatoberlin:

What provides the basis for states to intervene in other countries’ business? This was the guiding question for our gHU discussion last Wednesday. We talked about the violence and human rights abuses currently occurring in Syria, and if other nations have an obligation or right to intervene. The…

irginia Museum of Fine Arts is now accepting applications for 2014-15 Visual Arts Fellowships!

Mon, 20 May 2013 22:00:12 -0400

coffeewithclarence:

Virginia Museum of Fine Arts is now accepting applications for 2014-15 Visual Arts Fellowships!

$8,000 Professional artists
$6,000 Graduate students in the visual arts or art history
$4,000 Undergraduate students in the visual arts (including college-bound high school seniors)

Application deadline: Friday, November 8, 2013.

Application, eligibility guidelines, and PDF flyer available at:
http://www.vmfa.museum/fellowships

WE KNOW FASHION TOO: WHO. Mayowa Afolayan (OC ‘16)WHAT. Grey patterned shirt, beige...

Mon, 20 May 2013 21:00:12 -0400

WE KNOW FASHION TOO: WHO. Mayowa Afolayan (OC ‘16)WHAT. Grey patterned shirt, beige...:

weknowfashiontoo:

WHO. Mayowa Afolayan (OC ‘16)

WHAT. Grey patterned shirt, beige leopard print pants, silver strappy sandlas, purple stone necklace

WHERE. Science Center

INTERVIEW.

What style advice do you have for Oberlin students?

I feel like a lot of Obies just follow their own…

oberlinbcsl: Bonner congress rep swag #bonnerlove

Mon, 20 May 2013 20:00:14 -0400

oberlinbcsl:

Bonner congress rep swag #bonnerlove

oberlin-alumni: Are you excited about #ObieCRW (that’s Oberlin...

Mon, 20 May 2013 19:00:15 -0400

oberlin-alumni:

Are you excited about #ObieCRW (that’s Oberlin Commencement/Reunion Weekend)? The schedule has been posted!

You can even add events to your Google/Outlook/iCal calendars!

amamblog: In celebration of the 150th Anniversary of Oberlin...

Mon, 20 May 2013 18:00:14 -0400

amamblog:

In celebration of the 150th Anniversary of Oberlin College and Town in 1983, AMAM curator William Olander organized the exhibition Art and Social Change, U.S.A., in celebration of Oberlin’s long tradition of social awareness. The exhibition featured artwork by John Ahearn, Nancy Buchanan, Sarah Charlesworth, John Fekner, Mike Glier, Jenny Holzer, Peter Huttinger, Barbara Kruger, and Sherrie Levine, as well as performances by Candace Hill-Montgomery (b. 1945) and Eric Bogosian (b. 1953, OC ‘76). The performances provided direct social critique that complemented the work of the other artists in the exhibition, located not only in the galleries, but in the museum courtyard, Tappan Square, and around town.

To inaugurate the exhibition, Hill-Montgomery performed Win Within Eye Shot Out. The piece was text based, but defied classification as a poetry reading. Hill-Montgomery’s reading was accompanied and occasionally interrupted by the piercing voice of opera singer Lisa Dunbar. The spare performance, like Hill-Montgomery’s other work, utilized the artist’s perspective as a black female artist to heighten awareness of contemporary race and gender issues. In contrast, Eric Bogosian’s two-part performance, comprised of Voices of America and Funhouse, critiqued current social issues by taking on the guise of the undesirable and desperate characters of the American landscape: the drug pusher, the criminal, the alcoholic, the beggar, the insurance salesman. These characters, which the artist sought to reinsert into public consciousness, grew out of Bogosian’s observations of daily life on subways, in diners, and on city streets.

This work is on view through May 26 in the focus exhibition ’Performance at Oberlin,’ which chronicles the history of performance art at Oberlin College since the 1970s, curated by Thomas Huston (OC ‘13).

Image:
Poster for Live Performance, Art & Social Change, 1983
AMAM Exhibition Archives

oberlinconservatory: The Conservatory is looking pretty green...

Mon, 20 May 2013 17:00:13 -0400

oberlinconservatory:

The Conservatory is looking pretty green these days!

The Grape--production editors wanted fall 2013

Mon, 20 May 2013 16:00:08 -0400

coffeewithclarence:

I am writing on behalf of The Grape; we are currently looking to hire production editors for next semester.

Production editors lay out The Grape on one weeknight every other week using Adobe InDesign.

This is a paid position. Submission deadline is June 1st.

Those interested should e-mail me (maxwell.cohn@oberlin.edu) to request an application.

With my thanks,

Max Cohn
co-Editor-in-Chief, The Grape (2013-14)