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Celebrating 30 years this October! The McDonough Museum is proud to announce a celebration fundraiser in honor of our 30 years as Youngstown State University’s Center for Contemporary Art! This virtual event on October 16 at 7pm will include art, music, an online auction (available October 16-18) and a sharable
swag bag. Join us with your friends and family or make it a date night for this special anniversary celebration for a night in that feels like a night out!
There is still time in October to see the exhibitions Words and Other Weapons/New Work by Patricia Bellan-Gillen and Diane Samuels' Three Scrolls along with the newly installed Animation Hotline Shorts by Dustin Grella which opens on October 9. The Museum will also have lectures, a film screening followed by a Q & A with the filmmakers and music events.
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Dustin Grella's Animation Hotline ShortsDustin Grella is an animation artist who works in the pastel on slate technique also known as chalkboard animation. This exhibition, which runs from October 9-30, features his Animation Hotline, “an ongoing series of short animations allowing anonymous callers to leave voicemail messages that are then animated.” His Dusty Studios work has produced internationally award winning work and been screened at Cannes and the Sundance Film Festivals, the Museum of Modern Art and the New York Times. Grella received his MFA from the School of Visual Arts, being honored with the Paula H. Rhodes Award for Excellence in Computer Art. Originally from Medina, Ohio he currently teaches at Queens College in New York.
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Solo exhibitions continue for Patricia Bellan-Gillen & Diane Samuels
Patricia Bellan-Gillen's large scale drawing installations in Words and Other Weapons are both familiar and mysterious. Of her work Bellan-Gillen states, "On a visual level, the work continues the pairing of opposites: delicately rendered areas are set against jarring patterns, academically drawn passages are combined with awkwardly applied marks and realistically depicted images share the composition with bold abstract shapes."
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Diane Samuel's Three Scrolls draws inspiration from three groundbreaking and timeless stories: Herman Melville's Moby-Dick, or The Whale, William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet, and Richard Powers' The Overstory. "Through the painstaking act of transcription---writing out by hand whole texts in her meticulous micro-script---Diane Samuels gives physical form to the transformative experience of reading, mining her chosen texts as drawing, as narrative, and as process. In doing so, she invites viewers to inhabit a space between visual and verbal modes of perception, a space where the act of reading, writing and seeing vibrate with symphonic energy."
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Artist Lecture | Diane Samuels On Tuesday, October 5 at 5:10 pm in the McDonough Museum auditorium artist Diane Samuels will discuss her artwork. Her work is currently on display in the McDonough galleries through October 30.
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McDonough Virtual Anniversary Celebration & Fundraiser
Join the McDonough Museum for a virtual celebration fundraiser at 7pm on October 16!
The evening includes... Kent Engelhardt & his jazz students from Dana School of Music performing (prerecorded) in the galleries surrounded by the iconic paintings of local legend Al Bright.
A sharable swag bag with a sampling of treats
An online auction featuring work from well-known local artists as well as gifts from many of your favorite hometown businesses (live October 16-18)
Tickets are $60. Visit ysu.edu/mcdonough-museum for details and to purchase tickets
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Artist Lecture | Dustin Grella On Wednesday, October 20 at 3:00 pm in the McDonough Museum auditorium artist Dustin Grella will discuss his animation artwork. His work will be on display in the McDonough galleries October 9-30.
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Foreigner’s Home Film Screening plus Q&A with Filmmakers
The McDonough Museum of Art will present a special screening of The Foreigner’s Home with a discussion by filmmakers Rian Brown-Orso and Geoff Pingree on Thursday, October 21 at 6:30pm in the McDonough auditorium. The film explores Toni Morrison’s artistic and intellectual vision through “The Foreigner’s Home,” her 2006 exhibition at the Louvre. Through exclusive footage of Morrison in dialogue with artists, along with extensive archival footage, music, and photographs, the film presents a series of candid and incisive exchanges about race, identity, “foreignness,” and art’s redemptive power.
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Muse Series | Dana Faculty Chamber Music Recital
Join us in the galleries on Saturday, October 23 at 5pm for a Dana Faculty Chamber Music Recital. The Muse series features innovative expressions of contemporary culture. It serves to enrich Northeast Ohio with recitals of groundbreaking new music and dynamic collaborations.
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McDonough Honors Recital Series
This special recital series featuring current students from Dana School of Music will take place in the galleries on Saturday, October 30 at 7pm.
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McDonough Gallery Hours
The McDonough galleries are open Tuesday-Saturday from 11:00 am-4:00 pm. The Museum is free and open to the public.
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Guidelines The McDonough will be following the protocols put forth by the University in regards to COVID-19. Currently, face coverings are required in the Museum regardless of vaccination status. For the safety of our patrons, students and staff we ask that anyone with signs or symptoms of COVID-19 please refrain from attending exhibitions and events.
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Youngstown State University does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, disability, age, religion or veteran/military status in its programs or activities. Please visit www.ysu.edu/ada-accessibility for contact information for person designated to handle questions about this policy.
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