"Making Do": process
and product
The first exhibition at the School of Art since the
arrival of dean Robert Storr, "Making Do," offered visitors the opportunity not
only to view artists' finished products, but also to observe the artists at
work at the height of their creative process. The first part of "Making Do"
took place October 10-17, during which time artists Mark Borthwick, Karyn
Olivier, Luis Gispert ’01MFA, and Geoff McFedridge set up studios in Green Hall
and created their art while onlookers watched. From October 27 to November 8
the art they produced was on view in the same space in which they had worked.
The participating artists were required to create their art using only the
materials that they chose beforehand, in effect "making do" with what was
available. What each artist produces in this exhibition, said Dean Storr, "can
be an art of 'muchness' or an 'ultra povera' art of extreme spareness; it can
be lasting or totally ephemeral. In essence, though, it consists of anything
the artist chooses to do while making do with a given material of his or her
choice."
Fall art exhibitions
Visitors to the school's
Admissions Open House on November 16 will have a chance to view the MFA
First-Year Students Show, which includes works by all 63 students who have just
begun the two-year MFA program. The exhibition remains on view until November
30. Several hundred prospective students are expected to attend the open house.
The school receives about 1,100 applications for admission each year, for
approximately 60 places.
The final exhibition of the fall semester, on view through December, is
the Undergraduate Comprehensive Show, which comprises works by all
undergraduate art students, about 500 individual pieces.
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