Exhibitions of visual art and programming to enhance the educational mission of Purdue University and serve as a cultural resource for Greater Lafayette and the state of Indiana.
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Mission: The Purdue University Galleries provide high-quality visual art exhibitions and programming to enhance the educational mission of the University, to enrich the aesthetic environment of the University community, and to serve as a cultural resource for the Greater Lafayette public.
Through the presentation of exhibits, lectures and special events and through the acquisition, preservation and interpretation of the permanent art collection, the galleries provide a wide variety of artistic and educational experiences to stimulate an understanding and appreciation of art.
What we do: At Purdue Galleries, we generate programming that includes annual participatory exhibits (such as “Li’l Heads”) and regularly curate exhibits of national and international contemporary artists (such as "Sixty Square Inches" and “Global Matrix”). We present annual Art Teacher Professional Days to acquaint teachers with Galleries exhibits, the potential for class visits and on-site presentations in classrooms, and to present lesson plans pertaining to the exhibit schedule. And we commit grant funding from the Indiana Arts Commission to busing K-12 students from the region to the galleries to see and experience original artwork.
Contact: Craig Martin, director
cdmartin@purdue.edu
765-494-3061
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Monday, October 26 at 10:00am - Patrick Earl Hammie: Platforms
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Purdue University Galleries 14 art installations at 3 locations in Battle Ground, Indiana - November 20 - 22 - we should all be there!
A diverse group of artists are assembling an exhibition of temporary work in the town of Battle Ground, IN. The work utilizes and responds to vacant space found at three locations: the upper floor of a downtown brick building, a three-story barn, and a train weigh station. The Borrowed Ground opening reception is being... hosted at the Battle Ground Lions Club at 6:00pm on Friday, November 20th. The reception is free to the public and features refreshments and music. The exhibit will remain open to the public on Saturday, November 21st from 10:00am till 5:00pm and Sunday, November 22nd, from 1:00pm till 4:00pm. Visitor information can be found during the exhibit at the Battle Ground Lions Club, 101 Main St, Battle Ground, IN, 47920. Read More
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Presented in collaboration with Civic Theatre of Greater Lafayette and the Purdue Black Cultural Center, Purdue University Galleries presents an exhibition of paintings that respond to the contemporary challenges facing minorities in the United States. In the context of the Langston Hughes poem “A Dream Deferred” and L...orraine Hansberry’s play A Raisin in the Sun, Patrick Earl Hammie (Champaign, Illinois) explores the tension between power and vulnerability as he re-imagines the modern male. Drawing from his history as a son, a male and an African American struggling to synthesize past adversity and acclimatize to present realities, Hammie’s portraits symbolize his shadow-selves and visualize the effort to reconcile inner duality, transcend typical masculine ideals and yield to new realities that require constant compromise and change.
Hammie says, “Inspiration and intention in these works stem from the continued visible acts of aggression, forcible colonization and relocation, discrimination, xenophobia, sexism and war seen throughout the world and at home. These masculine traits are present and thrive through all ethnicities, sexes and social classes and sit at the core of these and many debated issues. One perpetuation of this conduct is the image of the hyper masculine black male that valorizes behaviors such as strength, power, dominance and control, many times to the degradation of women. Artists in the 1960s and 70s channeled Harlem Renaissance artists and writers such as Langston Hughes to present the world with images of contemporary African Americans that were confident, iconic, and complex. These artists were confronting the deferred dreams of minority artists before them while challenging the status quo. Forty years later, we still see the effects of these masculine traits and search for personal and collective identity. I enter this conversation to keep a light on the roots of these effects and share a personal effort to transcend these traits and re-imagine a new balance.”
The conflicts with oneself, one’s community and one’s family present in “A Raisin in the Sun” are represented in the struggles of the monumental figures in Hammie’s work. In this exhibit, he presents his paintings as platforms from which to invite discussion surrounding the principles and stances that help and hinder the journey towards one’s aspirations and identity.
Civic Theatre of Greater Lafayette will present A Raisin in the Sun at the historic Monon Depot Theatre from January 19 – February 14, 2010. A panel discussion featuring Patrick Earl Hammie and representatives of the Civic Theatre production will be presented at Purdue's Black Cultural Center (details coming soon).Read More
Hammie says, “Inspiration and intention in these works stem from the continued visible acts of aggression, forcible colonization and relocation, discrimination, xenophobia, sexism and war seen throughout the world and at home. These masculine traits are present and thrive through all ethnicities, sexes and social classes and sit at the core of these and many debated issues. One perpetuation of this conduct is the image of the hyper masculine black male that valorizes behaviors such as strength, power, dominance and control, many times to the degradation of women. Artists in the 1960s and 70s channeled Harlem Renaissance artists and writers such as Langston Hughes to present the world with images of contemporary African Americans that were confident, iconic, and complex. These artists were confronting the deferred dreams of minority artists before them while challenging the status quo. Forty years later, we still see the effects of these masculine traits and search for personal and collective identity. I enter this conversation to keep a light on the roots of these effects and share a personal effort to transcend these traits and re-imagine a new balance.”
The conflicts with oneself, one’s community and one’s family present in “A Raisin in the Sun” are represented in the struggles of the monumental figures in Hammie’s work. In this exhibit, he presents his paintings as platforms from which to invite discussion surrounding the principles and stances that help and hinder the journey towards one’s aspirations and identity.
Civic Theatre of Greater Lafayette will present A Raisin in the Sun at the historic Monon Depot Theatre from January 19 – February 14, 2010. A panel discussion featuring Patrick Earl Hammie and representatives of the Civic Theatre production will be presented at Purdue's Black Cultural Center (details coming soon).Read More
Time:10:00AM Monday, January 11th
Location:Stewart Center Gallery, adjacent to Fowler Hall
Purdue University Galleries Purdue Galleries is collaborating with Civic Theatre of Greater Lafayette on an exhibition in conjunction with the presentation of "A Raisin in the Sun." Please support it by promoting these auditions!
Shelley Lowenberg-deboer It would be so great if the Hambleton exhibit in the STEW gallery could be open tonight when Donald Hall reads tonight in Fowler as part of the Cancer Colloquium.
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The House and Senate on Thursday passed a budget increase for the National Endowment for the Arts and for the National Endowment for the Humanities.
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Tonight we hosted a reception for "Hard Rain: the Late Works of Mary Hambleton." We were treated to a very personal and insightful lecture by Mary's husband, Ken Buhler. Ken's story of Mary's ...
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A new exhibit opens Monday in the Stewart Center Gallery - "Hard Rain: the Late Works of Mary Hambleton." It's a beautiful and revealing look at the late works of painter Mary Hambleton and her six and a half year struggle with cancer.
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The ordeal of treatments, medication and chemotherapy wears on the body and mind. This process stirs a range of strong emotions that need to be expressed.
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A new exhibit at Purdue University Galleries illustrates Artist Mary Hambleton's battle against cancer. Gallery Director Craig Martin explains.
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"Hard Rain: the Late Works of Mary Hambleton" will be on display in the Stewart Center Gallery from Oct. 26 to Dec. 6. The exhibit presents a unique opportunity to share in a dialogue connecting issues of health and artistic expression. The presentation of Hambleton’s works coincides with a community-wide annual coll...oquium entitled Cancer Culture & Community.
Painter Mary Hambleton was diagnosed with advanced melanoma in June of 2002. For 6 plus years she defied the odds, living a full life though a challenging one, mounting several one-person shows, teaching, traveling and receiving a Guggenheim, two Pollock-Krasners, a Gottlieb, and a Fellowship to Ballinglen Foundation in Ireland. She died on January 9, 2009.
Her work chronicled her journey of living with the disease, starting with the introduction of images of extinct species into her once abstract work, and later images from the innumerable scans of her body. Mary never let her illness define her, but chose to define it instead by transforming it into art. As her own energy waned, she took the scans of the disease that would ultimately take her, and she turned those into striking and profound images. In that sense, she had the last word, because her body of work is a living, poignant reminder of who she was.
A beautiful catalogue has been created to accompany the exhibit, available in the gallery.Read More
Painter Mary Hambleton was diagnosed with advanced melanoma in June of 2002. For 6 plus years she defied the odds, living a full life though a challenging one, mounting several one-person shows, teaching, traveling and receiving a Guggenheim, two Pollock-Krasners, a Gottlieb, and a Fellowship to Ballinglen Foundation in Ireland. She died on January 9, 2009.
Her work chronicled her journey of living with the disease, starting with the introduction of images of extinct species into her once abstract work, and later images from the innumerable scans of her body. Mary never let her illness define her, but chose to define it instead by transforming it into art. As her own energy waned, she took the scans of the disease that would ultimately take her, and she turned those into striking and profound images. In that sense, she had the last word, because her body of work is a living, poignant reminder of who she was.
A beautiful catalogue has been created to accompany the exhibit, available in the gallery.Read More
Time:10:00AM Monday, October 26th
Location:Stewart Center Gallery, adjacent to Fowler Hall
Purdue University Galleries Butterfield story on WLFI...
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A horse standing in the grass of a Purdue University plaza is branding the area as a campus arts hub.
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Through a generous endowment, Purdue has been able to obtain a Deborah Butterfield bronze horse sculpture, located out side the Yue-Kong Pao Hall of Visual and Performing Arts.
It's a beautiful piece and a significant contribution to the campus landscape.
Purdue University Galleries "Living Stone: the Casts Project" - a participatory exhibit project with many wonderful contributions from visitors. Thanks to all the artists!
Purdue University Galleries A big day coming Monday - Purdue is installing a terrific Deborah Butterfield sculpture. Come by to see the process if you can!
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