Exhibitions

SUMMER EXHIBITIONS

THREADS AND FRAGMENTS; NONTRADITIONAL CONTEMPORARY QUILTS
Mary L. Harrison Alexander
June 16-July 28. 2006
Opening Reception Friday, June 16, 6-8pm
Mid Level Galleries

WOMEN'S SPACE; A CROSS CULTURAL FUSION
Tazim Jaffer
June 16-July 28. 2006
Opening Reception Friday, June 16, 6-8pm
Ground Level Galleries

MY PEOPLE
REA+CH Arist in Residence, Phyllis Wharton and Angela Pandolph will work in collaboration with local youth to create "My People: A Photo Exploration of Connectivity and Community" REA+CH is sponsored by the William Swanston Foundation.

FALL 2006

September 8-November 3, 2006
FIGURES OF THINKING

GRADUATING SENIOR SHOW I
December 1-December 15, 2006

SCHOLASTICS
January 20-February 9, 2007

PAST EXHIBITIONS

70TH ANNUAL STUDENT JURIED EXHIBITION
April 7-April 21, 2006

GRADUATING SENIOR SHOW II
May 5-May 19. 2006

BIENNIAL FACULTY EXHIBITION
February 24-March24, 2006

Selected works in various media by Studio Art Faculty in the Department of Art
at Youngstown State University.

ANNUAL REGIONAL SCHOLASTIC ART AWARDS EXHIBITION
January 21-February 10, 2006

GRADUATING SENIOR SHOW I
December 2-December 16, 2005

BIRDSPACE; A POST-AUDUBON ARTISTS AVIARY
September 9– November 4, 2005

REACH RESIDENTS
June 14-July 16, 2005
ELECTION OF THE PRESIDENT
Boris Chesakov

June 14-July 16, 2005
FATHER AND DAUGHTER-MEMORY AND DISCOVERY
Alex and Diane Kuthy

GRADUATING SENIOR SHOW II
May 6-May 20, 2005

69TH ANNUAL STUDENT SHOW
April 8-April 22, 2005

RUSSELL MALTZ AND SARA EICHNER
DUALITIES AND PARADOXES
March 4-March25, 2005

SCHOLASTICS
January 22-February 11, 2005

GRADUATING SENIOR SHOW I
December 3-December 17, 2004

IN THE LAND OF NOD: 6 NEW YORK PROJECTS
October 22 – November 19, 2004

Following the Alumni exhibition, The McDonough Museum will partner with Caren Golden, owner of Caren Golden Fine Art in New York City, to exhibit the work of 6 young artists living and working in New York. This exciting group of individuals, offer cacophonous and often humorous views of popular culture and everyday life.

ALUMNI EXHIBITION
September 11 - October 8, 2004

In keeping with its mission and programmatic commitments, the Museum’s schedule of exhibitions continues to offer insights into the quality ior Shows aof arts education at Youngstown State University. Along with our annual Graduating Sennd Biennial Faculty Exhibitions we are pleased to announce that the much loved and long awaited Alumni Exhibition will take place September 11-October 8, 2004. Bill Mullane, will jury the exhibition and working closely with the members of the Museums Advisory Committee and the Alumni Association we are planning a celebration that will honor Department of Art graduates and over thirty years of arts education at YSU.

NO ORDINARY LAND
June 4 – July 30, 2004

No Ordinary Land; Encounters in a Changing Environment.
The exhibit features large-scale color photographs by Virginia Beahan and Laura McPhee who explore the ways people interact with the landscapes in which they live. For over ten years, they have worked in collaboration creating a powerful visual map of how the natural world- shapes–and is reshaped by–human behavior. Photographing locations as diverse as Sri Lanka and Iceland, Costa Rica and New York, they have captured enduring moments where history, geology and myth coalesce. Aperture, a not-for-profit organization devoted to photography and the visual arts, has organized this traveling exhibition and produced the accompanying publication. CATALOGUE AVAILABLE

ABANDON
June 4 – July 30, 2004

AN UNFINISHED JOURNEY EXPLORING THE UNDERGROUND RAILROAD
June 4 – July 30, 2004

During the months of June and July Toni Armeni, the Museum’s second REA+CH artist in residence, will work with local scholars and area youth to develop an art installation based on the Underground Railroad. As YSU has been named an affiliate of the National Underground Railroad Freedom Center, we hope to expand public awareness of the University’s commitment to the development of human liberty in its role as Northeast Ohio’s Freedom Station. The public is invited to observe and share in the progress of this project as it unfolds in the ground level galleries of the Museum beginning in early June.

SLEIGHT OF HAND
February 27 - March 26, 2004

The impetus for gathering this marvelous group of artists together under the exhibition title, Sleight of Hand, came from discovering some years ago, the work of Piero Fornasetti. Fondly referred to as the “designer of dreams,” Fornasetti lived and worked in Milan, Italy from 1935 until his death in 1988. He was an artist, illustrator, printer, graphic designer, craftsman, and manufacturer, who imbued the objects of quotidian life with wit, historicism, nostalgia and the mystery of the art of the conjurer’s magical illusion.
Presenting work that follows this tradition of excellence and ingenuity, these six artists add contemporary metaphors that elicit perceptual twists of materials and meaning.
The fourth exhibition in the Museum's Regional Projects Series. CATALOGUE AVAILABLE

BIENNIAL FACULTY EXHIBITION
September 12 - October 3, 2003

Biennial Faculty Exhibition
A selection of works in various media by Studio Art Faculty in the Department of Art at Youngstown State University

ANNUAL REGIONAL SCHOLASTIC ART AWARDS EXHIBITION
January 25 - February 14, 2003
January 24 – February 13, 2004

Each year the McDonough Museum presents The Annual Scholastics Exhibition. The Northeastern Ohio Regional Scholastic Art Awards includes students grades 7-12 from Mahoning, Trumbull, Columbiana and Ashtabula counties. The 2002 program is comprised of 95 art educators from 80 participating schools and included over 800 works of art displayed at the Museum.

Scholastic Awards Program
The regional exhibition is juried according to national standards and standards set by the regional executive committee. The jurors choose gold key, silver key, American Vision awards (best of show) and special regional awards. The awards program takes place at the Butler Institute of American Art.The annual Scholastic Program is sponsored by The William Swanston Charitable Foundation.

GRADUATING SENIOR SHOW I, II
December 5 - December 19, 2003
May 7 - May 21, 2004

68TH ANNUAL STUDENT SHOW
April 9 - April 23, 2004

The Annual Student Show is a juried competition open to all students enrolled in the College of Fine and Performing Arts.

SOLIDARITY FOREVER! GRAPHICS OF THE INTERNATIONAL LABOR MOVEMENT
May 2 – July 31, 2003

A Poster Exhibition from the Center for Political Graphics, Los Angeles
"Organized labor has consistently produced more political graphics than any other domestic movement for social change. Labor posters are often produced in the midst of a strike or boycott and convey the urgency of the times. Others are commemoratives, marking the anniversary of a victory or a martyred labor leader." For more information go to www.politicalgraphics.org

SONG OF SONGS
February 27 – March 21, 2003

Paintings by Cuban Artist Maydelina Perez Lezcano

BREATHING ROOM
January 16 – February 14, 2003

An installation by Video Artist Claudia Esslinger
The artist’s interest in medical metaphors, references of illness, healing and most significantly breathing, are related directly to her immediate
life experiences and those of many individuals who suffer from
shortness of breath.

FIVE FIGURATIVE VISIONS
October 17 - November 22, 2002

Five Figurative Visions is an exhibition of 5 painters from Ohio who use the body as both form and subject. The exhibition included Robert Rack, George Danhires, Dean Shaffer, Daniel Dove, and Tricia Kaman and was guest curated by Margo Miller who is an artist living in Akron, Ohio. All galleries

SPROCKETS VIDEO & PERFORMANCE SPACE
September 5 - October 4, 2002

Changing programs in video and performance art

CHINA LEVELS OF DISCERNMENT; THE PHOTOGRAPHERS IN BEIJING
September 5 - October 4, 2002

The second exhibition in the Museum's Regional Projects Series. CATALOGUE AVAILABLE

OVERFLOW
February 27 - March 21, 2003

The third exhibition in the Museum's Regional Projects Series. CATALOGUE AVAILABLE

SHRINES TO THE HILL & LETTERS OF EARTH
September 5 – October 4, 2002

An installation by Russell Ferguson
Ferguson, a bricoleur, endeavors to make the materials he works with take on shapes, configurations and forms as well as multiple meanings and double purposes: functional, structural, formal, and metaphorical.