BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Lewis & Clark//NONSGML v1.0//EN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Los_Angeles BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:20120311T100000 RDATE:20120311T100000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Los_Angeles BEGIN:STANDARD TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20121104T090000 RDATE:20121104T090000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20121128T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20121128T150000 LOCATION:Watzek Library GEO:45.450919;-122.669177 SUMMARY:E. McKnight Kauffer\, Gwen Raverat\, and the Illustration of Mode rnity DESCRIPTION:Curated by Associate Professor of English\, Rishona Zimring a nd 2012 graduate\, Casey Newbegin\, this exhibit explores artistic respon ses to rapid change in the period before WWII. On display at Watzek Libra ry\, through May 2013. Whether melancholy or effervescent\, the artistic responses to the conditions of rapid change in the period before WWII ar e arresting in their vitality and verve\, and they were everywhere. We ha ve chosen to feature and contextualize two somewhat lesser-known visual a rtists in order to underscore just how compelling and vivacious the art o f everyday life in the early 20th century could be. Our two featured visu al artists are E. McKnight Kauffer (1890-1954) and Gwen Raverat (1885-195 7)\, both of whom worked in England\, where the impact of new technologie s and the consequent transformation of the landscape—both urban and rur al—created a fertile friction when they met up with a long tradition of pastoral poetry and art and Romantic longings for a pre-industrial Golde n Age. You will not find the art of Kauffer and Raverat drawing crowds in the grandest museums. Rather\, you are likely to find it familiar becaus e it has graced a book cover\, illustrated a children's book\, or adverti sed an airline. Your eye will be arrested because both artists worked in or were inspired by the medium of the woodcut\, with its boldness of line \, its encouragement of geometric patterning\, its tactility and sensuali ty. Both artists worked as illustrators and designers\, finding opportuni ties to make art for London Underground posters\, bus company advertiseme nts\, book jackets\, set and costume designs for theatrical productions\, and volumes of poetry and fairy tales. Their art is not just for museums \, galleries\, and isolated contemplation. It is for\, and of\, the every day aesthetic experience\, and embellishment\, of modernity. This exhibi t resulted from a Faculty-Student Collaboration Grant administered by the Office of the Associate Dean with financial support from the President's Strategic Initiative Fund. Faculty member Rishona Zimring\, Associate Pr ofessor of English\, worked with senior English major Casey Newbegin\, Le wis &\; Clark Class of 2012\, in close collaboration with Watzek Libra ry's Special Collections\, especially Paul Merchant and Jeremy Skinner. In her junior year\, Casey enrolled in Zimring's English 333\, Major Figu res: Joyce and Woolf\, where she studied major novels by Virginia Woolf a nd James Joyce. Her final paper for that class examined father-daughter r elationships\, and she began to develop a strong interest in learning mor e about Woolf's life and that of her husband\, Leonard. Casey applied for and was a co-winner of the English Department's Dixon Award\, which fund s research and travel for junior English majors in the summer before thei r senior year. Casey spent the spring of her junior year studying abroad in the Czech Republic\, and used the money from the Dixon Award to fund a longer stay abroad which included an early summer expedition to the Univ ersity of Sussex in England\, which houses papers of Leonard and Virginia Woolf. Casey not only researched unpublished materials in the archives\; she also had the opportunity to develop her expertise in the visual cult ure of modernism\, and especially Bloomsbury\, by visiting museums and he ritage sites in Sussex such as Monk's House\, the home of the Woolfs\, an d Charleston\, the home of Woolf's sister Vanessa Bell. Upon returning t o LC\, Casey met with Zimring to discuss collaboration on modernist mater ials in Special Collections\, where Casey was honing her skills as an arc hivist through her work-study job. Zimring had been working more closely with Special Collections in recent years to develop connections between h er classes on modernism and the library's acquisition and preservation of modernist archival materials\, such as important journal issues\, exampl es of book and magazine design and illustration\, and rare books from the period of the early 20th century. Casey's archival experience at Special Collections\, her interest and expertise in British modernism\, and her sharp and imaginative sense of design made her an ideal partner for the e xhibit's development and realization. Meanwhile\, Zimring's ongoing resea rch and publication in the field of British modernism kept her intensely engaged as a scholar as well as a teacher in the materials and background s for the project. Zimring and Casey worked together throughout the sprin g semester of Casey's senior year to research backgrounds for the exhibit and select engaging quotations. In the summer after she graduated\, Case y and Zimring worked especially closely with Special Collections to creat e explanatory text and design the layout for the exhibit. Watzek Library generously funded Casey's additional work during the summer. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:
Curated by Associate Professor of Engli
sh\, Rishona Zimring and 2012 graduate\, Casey Newbegin\, this exhibit ex
plores artistic responses to rapid change in the period before WWII. On d
isplay at Watzek Library\, through May 2013.
Whether melanch
oly or effervescent\, the artistic responses to the conditions of rapid c
hange in the period before WWII are arresting in their vitality and verve
\, and they were everywhere. We have chosen to feature and contextualize
two somewhat lesser-known visual artists in order to underscore just how
compelling and vivacious the art of everyday life in the early 20th centu
ry could be. Our two featured visual artists are E. McKnight Kauffer (189
0-1954) and Gwen Raverat (1885-1957)\, both of whom worked in England\, w
here the impact of new technologies and the consequent transformation of
the landscape—both urban and rural—created a fertile friction when th
ey met up with a long tradition of pastoral poetry and art and Romantic l
ongings for a pre-industrial Golden Age. You will not find the art of Kau
ffer and Raverat drawing crowds in the grandest museums. Rather\, you are
likely to find it familiar because it has graced a book cover\, illustra
ted a children's book\, or advertised an airline. Your eye will be arrest
ed because both artists worked in or were inspired by the medium of the w
oodcut\, with its boldness of line\, its encouragement of geometric patte
rning\, its tactility and sensuality. Both artists worked as illustrators
and designers\, finding opportunities to make art for London Underground
posters\, bus company advertisements\, book jackets\, set and costume de
signs for theatrical productions\, and volumes of poetry and fairy tales.
Their art is not just for museums\, galleries\, and isolated contemplati
on. It is for\, and of\, the everyday aesthetic experience\, and embellis
hment\, of modernity.
This exhibit resulted from a Faculty-S
tudent Collaboration Grant administered by the Office of the Associate De
an with financial support from the President's Strategic Initiative Fund.
Faculty member Rishona Zimring\, Associate Professor of English\, worked
with senior English major Casey Newbegin\, Lewis &\; Clark Class of 2
012\, in close collaboration with Watzek Library's Special Collections\,
especially Paul Merchant and Jeremy Skinner.
In her junior y
ear\, Casey enrolled in Zimring's English 333\, Major Figures: Joyce and
Woolf\, where she studied major novels by Virginia Woolf and James Joyce.
Her final paper for that class examined father-daughter relationships\,
and she began to develop a strong interest in learning more about Woolf's
life and that of her husband\, Leonard. Casey applied for and was a co-w
inner of the English Department's Dixon Award\, which funds research and
travel for junior English majors in the summer before their senior year.
Casey spent the spring of her junior year studying abroad in the Czech Re
public\, and used the money from the Dixon Award to fund a longer stay ab
road which included an early summer expedition to the University of Susse
x in England\, which houses papers of Leonard and Virginia Woolf. Casey n
ot only researched unpublished materials in the archives\; she also had t
he opportunity to develop her expertise in the visual culture of modernis
m\, and especially Bloomsbury\, by visiting museums and heritage sites in
Sussex such as Monk's House\, the home of the Woolfs\, and Charleston\,
the home of Woolf's sister Vanessa Bell.
Upon returning to L
C\, Casey met with Zimring to discuss collaboration on modernist material
s in Special Collections\, where Casey was honing her skills as an archiv
ist through her work-study job. Zimring had been working more closely wit
h Special Collections in recent years to develop connections between her
classes on modernism and the library's acquisition and preservation of mo
dernist archival materials\, such as important journal issues\, examples
of book and magazine design and illustration\, and rare books from the pe
riod of the early 20th century. Casey's archival experience at Special Co
llections\, her interest and expertise in British modernism\, and her sha
rp and imaginative sense of design made her an ideal partner for the exhi
bit's development and realization. Meanwhile\, Zimring's ongoing research
and publication in the field of British modernism kept her intensely eng
aged as a scholar as well as a teacher in the materials and backgrounds f
or the project. Zimring and Casey worked together throughout the spring s
emester of Casey's senior year to research backgrounds for the exhibit an
d select engaging quotations. In the summer after she graduated\, Casey a
nd Zimring worked especially closely with Special Collections to create e
xplanatory text and design the layout for the exhibit. Watzek Library gen
erously funded Casey's additional work during the summer.