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November 11, 2000
RELEASE ON RECEIPT
RECYCLED TREES EXHIBITION TO GO ON EXHIBIT AT OBERLIN COLLEGE ENVIRONMENTAL CENTER
Art Exhibition:
Recycled
Trees
Nov. 17-29,
8
a.m. to 5 p.m.
Slide program:
8 p.m.,
Friday,
Nov. 17
Atrium of the Adam Joseph Lewis Environmental Studies Center, 122 Elm St.
Free and open to the public
For more information
please
call 440/ 775-8474
Media
Contact: Betty.
Gabrielli@oberlin.edu
OBERLIN, OHIO--What better place to display dead trees transformed into works of art than a building dedicated to preserving and improving the environment?
An exhibition of more than 20 sculptures carved from small chunks of buckeye and large pieces of poplar and willow by Oberlin College students will go on view Friday, November 17 in the atrium of Oberlin College’s new Adam Joseph Lewis Environmental Studies Center.
The pieces were carved during an eight-day workshop recently conducted by wood carver Barbara Yates, whose work also will be on view. Yates will present a slide program of her work at 8 p.m. the opening night of the exhibition. The workshop was sponsored by the College’s art department and funded by an Ellen Johnson grant.
The works, which will be on view through Thursday, November 29, include a seven-foot dancing, pregnant earth goddess from the largest log, a willow, the largest piece in the exhibition, carved by Amy Cobden, a sophomore from Fairbanks, AK. The smallest was done by Charles Hirt, who carved two hands holding a globe from a buckeye. Hirt is a sophomore from Celina, OH.
Of the 22 students who took part in the workshop, notes Yates: "Their enthusiasm and hard work was inspiring. I found it interesting that the two smallest women chose the two largest logs, and, although they were not art majors, they took on very challenging, difficult pieces.
"Although the purpose of the workshop was to teach the students how to use the tools and become comfortable with working with large pieces of wood, they went beyond my expectations. I don’t think they will ever look at a dead tree the same way again."
Yates began carving wood in 1990 in Ocho Rios, Jamaica. She is also a photographer and her work in both mediums has been exhibited internationally as well as in the U.S. A native of Lorain County who has lived and worked in this country and abroad, she currently makes her home in Oberlin.
Yates also led a carving workshop at the College during fall break 1999 as a visiting artist, and last March gave a special workshop in the College’s sculpture studio for high school art students with funding from the Nord Foundation.
In addition to Cobden and Hirt, students whose works will be exhibited at Oberlin are first-year student Ryan Spangler of Butler OH; sophomores Elinor Anderson of Tacoma WA, Rebecca Castellano of Croyden, NH, Grace Cooney of Auburn ME, Meagan Forney of Brunswick ME, Azusa Kakuda of New York NY, Jessica Milne of Concord NH, and Aay Preston-Myint of New York NY; juniors Catherine Hartzell of Decatur GA, Alison Marshall of Santa Cruz CA, Brooks Daverman of Nashville TN, Robin Detterman of Andover MA, Rossana Rossi of Hollis NY, Tico Wolff of Royalton VT and Henry Ruchtel’00.
Media Contact: Betty
Gabrielli
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