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By Dorothy Shinn
Beacon Journal art and architecture critic
POSTED: 12:32 p.m. EST, Jan 29, 2009
Michelle Obama has certainly made a positive impression on the world of fashion.
From her creamy white, one-shouldered Jason Wu gown at the inauguration balls, to the Maria Pinto teal dress she wore for her address to the convention delegates, and the colorful, 1950s-style print dress by Tracy Feith that she wore to the National Prayer Service, she has come across as a fashion icon comparable to Nancy Reagan and Jackie Kennedy.
But it's the stunning lemongrass-yellow coat and dress paired with the green Jimmy Choo pumps that she wore for husband Barack's inauguration that has folks at the Kent State University Museum excited.
That memorable lace wool outfit was designed by Isabel Toledo, no stranger to the museum or the students at KSU's School of Fashion Design and Merchandising.
The museum's Web site is one of the only places to see in-depth information about and images of Toledo's work, as a major exhibition on the designer was presented there in 2000. See them at http://dept.kent.edu/museum/exhibit/toledo/Toledo1.htm.
Getting the work of Toledo and her husband, fashion illustrator Ruben, was a major achievement for the museum, which has since presented Toledo's work in another exhibition.
Toledo will return to the museum for a lecture to students and the public at 7 p.m. Feb. 19, as part of the Thomas Schroth Visiting Artist Series.
For information, go to http://www.kent.edu/museum or contact Dr. Anne Bissonnette, museum curator, at abissonn@kent.edu or 330-672-0302.
ART NOTES
Friday
Opening reception — A reception will be held from 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. Friday for the exhibit Edward Weston: Life Work, opening Saturday at the Akron Art Museum, 1 S. High St. The exhibit contains unpublished and signature images by 20-century photographer Weston. Curators will offer insights into exhibition planning and the artist's vision. Hors d'oeuvres and a cash bar. $10 (members free). Also opening Saturday is Along Water Street: New Work by Aminah Brenda Lynn Robinson. 330-376-9185.
Chili & Auction — Canton's 2nd April Galerie & Studios, 324 Cleveland Ave. NW, will hold a chili cookoff and silent auction from 6 to 10 p.m. Performance by Jam City from 7 to 9 p.m. $10, advance; $15 at the door. 330-451-0924 or http://www.secondapril.org/chili.
Opening — Spaces, 2220 Superior Viaduct, Cleveland, will have a 6 to 9 p.m. opening of Flash Forward, work by Northeast Ohio college graduates. Admission is free. 216-621-2314 or http://www.spacesgallery.org.
Saturday
Color in January — Barbara Gillette will give a pastels workshop from 1 to 3 p.m. at Summit Artspace, 140 E. Market St., Akron. Free admission and parking. Register by e-mailing psargent@neo.rr.com.
Life drawing — The Peninsula Art Academy will offer a Saturday Night Open Draw with Shannon Casey from 7 to 10 p.m. $10; bring your materials. Call the academy, 1600 W. Mill St., Peninsula, at 330-657-2248.
Masons in Ohio — The William McKinley Presidential Library & Museum, 800 McKinley Monument Drive NW, Canton, will open The Masons in Ohio, which runs through June 7. Items relating to William McKinley, James A. Garfield, Howard Taft and Warren G. Harding, the four Ohio presidents who were Freemasons, is included, in addition to artifacts from the organization's history. 330-455-7043 or http://www.mckinleymuseum.org.
Tuesday
Postcards — The Massillon Museum's History Discussion Group will focus on postcards from 10 a.m. to noon. Free; no reservations needed. Coffee and sweets can be purchased. Call the museum, 121 Lincoln Way E., Massillon, at 330-833-4061.
Chinese brush painting — 1 to 3:30 p.m. on eight Tuesdays, with Mitzi Lai, beginning Tuesday at the Cleveland Museum of Art, 11150 East Blvd., Cleveland. Using a bamboo-handled brush and rice paper, students learn the ancient calligraphy. Chinese philosophy discussed. $180 ($144 for museum members). 216-421-7340.
Wednesday
Art talks — The Cleveland Museum of Art, 11150 East Blvd., has scheduled two art talks:
• 10:30 a.m. to noon: Art in Golden Age Spain: Velazquez, Murillo and Caravaggio, the first of three talks on consecutive Wednesdays by Jon Seydl, Vignos curator of European painting and sculpture. This series focuses on the three great centers of art during the Golden Age — Madrid, Seville and Naples — as well as the three artists who defined the period in each place. $60 for the series ($45 for members), individual lectures $20 ($15 for members).
• 1:30 p.m.: Art in Focus talks run through April 29, on a single work of art or theme in the newly opened permanent galleries. Wednesday's talk is Crowned Heads: Royal Portraits. Other talks: Feb. 11, Portraits by John Singleton Copley; Feb. 18, Stag at Sharkey's by George Bellows; Feb. 25, Divine Ecstasy: El Greco and Caravaggio.
Deadlines
Friday — To register for the Massillon Museum's food container sculpture competition, Canstruction. 330-833-4061.
Feb. 16 — To enter the Three Rivers Arts Festival 50th anniversary show. For information, call 412-281-8723 or go to http://www.artsfestival.net and click on Call for Artists: 2009 Artists Market.
April 10-20 — To enter the 63rd Ohio Annual Exhibition, a competitive juried exhibit open to all artists and craftspersons in Ohio held at the Zanesville Art Center, 620 Military Road, Zanesville. Call 740-452-0741 or go to http://www.zanesvilleartcenter.org.
Dorothy Shinn writes about art and architecture for the Akron Beacon Journal. Send information to her at the Akron Beacon Journal, P.O. Box 640, Akron, OH 44309-0640 or dtgshinn@neo.rr.com.
Michelle Obama has certainly made a positive impression on the world of fashion.
From her creamy white, one-shouldered Jason Wu gown at the inauguration balls, to the Maria Pinto teal dress she wore for her address to the convention delegates, and the colorful, 1950s-style print dress by Tracy Feith that she wore to the National Prayer Service, she has come across as a fashion icon comparable to Nancy Reagan and Jackie Kennedy.
But it's the stunning lemongrass-yellow coat and dress paired with the green Jimmy Choo pumps that she wore for husband Barack's inauguration that has folks at the Kent State University Museum excited.
That memorable lace wool outfit was designed by Isabel Toledo, no stranger to the museum or the students at KSU's School of Fashion Design and Merchandising.
The museum's Web site is one of the only places to see in-depth information about and images of Toledo's work, as a major exhibition on the designer was presented there in 2000. See them at http://dept.kent.edu/museum/exhibit/toledo/Toledo1.htm.
Getting the work of Toledo and her husband, fashion illustrator Ruben, was a major achievement for the museum, which has since presented Toledo's work in another exhibition.
Toledo will return to the museum for a lecture to students and the public at 7 p.m. Feb. 19, as part of the Thomas Schroth Visiting Artist Series.
For information, go to http://www.kent.edu/museum or contact Dr. Anne Bissonnette, museum curator, at abissonn@kent.edu or 330-672-0302.
ART NOTES
Friday
Opening reception — A reception will be held from 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. Friday for the exhibit Edward Weston: Life Work, opening Saturday at the Akron Art Museum, 1 S. High St. The exhibit contains unpublished and signature images by 20-century photographer Weston. Curators will offer insights into exhibition planning and the artist's vision. Hors d'oeuvres and a cash bar. $10 (members free). Also opening Saturday is Along Water Street: New Work by Aminah Brenda Lynn Robinson. 330-376-9185.
Chili & Auction — Canton's 2nd April Galerie & Studios, 324 Cleveland Ave. NW, will hold a chili cookoff and silent auction from 6 to 10 p.m. Performance by Jam City from 7 to 9 p.m. $10, advance; $15 at the door. 330-451-0924 or http://www.secondapril.org/chili.
Opening — Spaces, 2220 Superior Viaduct, Cleveland, will have a 6 to 9 p.m. opening of Flash Forward, work by Northeast Ohio college graduates. Admission is free. 216-621-2314 or http://www.spacesgallery.org.
Saturday
Color in January — Barbara Gillette will give a pastels workshop from 1 to 3 p.m. at Summit Artspace, 140 E. Market St., Akron. Free admission and parking. Register by e-mailing psargent@neo.rr.com.
Life drawing — The Peninsula Art Academy will offer a Saturday Night Open Draw with Shannon Casey from 7 to 10 p.m. $10; bring your materials. Call the academy, 1600 W. Mill St., Peninsula, at 330-657-2248.
Masons in Ohio — The William McKinley Presidential Library & Museum, 800 McKinley Monument Drive NW, Canton, will open The Masons in Ohio, which runs through June 7. Items relating to William McKinley, James A. Garfield, Howard Taft and Warren G. Harding, the four Ohio presidents who were Freemasons, is included, in addition to artifacts from the organization's history. 330-455-7043 or http://www.mckinleymuseum.org.
Tuesday
Postcards — The Massillon Museum's History Discussion Group will focus on postcards from 10 a.m. to noon. Free; no reservations needed. Coffee and sweets can be purchased. Call the museum, 121 Lincoln Way E., Massillon, at 330-833-4061.
Chinese brush painting — 1 to 3:30 p.m. on eight Tuesdays, with Mitzi Lai, beginning Tuesday at the Cleveland Museum of Art, 11150 East Blvd., Cleveland. Using a bamboo-handled brush and rice paper, students learn the ancient calligraphy. Chinese philosophy discussed. $180 ($144 for museum members). 216-421-7340.
Wednesday
Art talks — The Cleveland Museum of Art, 11150 East Blvd., has scheduled two art talks:
• 10:30 a.m. to noon: Art in Golden Age Spain: Velazquez, Murillo and Caravaggio, the first of three talks on consecutive Wednesdays by Jon Seydl, Vignos curator of European painting and sculpture. This series focuses on the three great centers of art during the Golden Age — Madrid, Seville and Naples — as well as the three artists who defined the period in each place. $60 for the series ($45 for members), individual lectures $20 ($15 for members).
• 1:30 p.m.: Art in Focus talks run through April 29, on a single work of art or theme in the newly opened permanent galleries. Wednesday's talk is Crowned Heads: Royal Portraits. Other talks: Feb. 11, Portraits by John Singleton Copley; Feb. 18, Stag at Sharkey's by George Bellows; Feb. 25, Divine Ecstasy: El Greco and Caravaggio.
Deadlines
Friday — To register for the Massillon Museum's food container sculpture competition, Canstruction. 330-833-4061.
Feb. 16 — To enter the Three Rivers Arts Festival 50th anniversary show. For information, call 412-281-8723 or go to http://www.artsfestival.net and click on Call for Artists: 2009 Artists Market.
April 10-20 — To enter the 63rd Ohio Annual Exhibition, a competitive juried exhibit open to all artists and craftspersons in Ohio held at the Zanesville Art Center, 620 Military Road, Zanesville. Call 740-452-0741 or go to http://www.zanesvilleartcenter.org.
Dorothy Shinn writes about art and architecture for the Akron Beacon Journal. Send information to her at the Akron Beacon Journal, P.O. Box 640, Akron, OH 44309-0640 or dtgshinn@neo.rr.com.
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Posted 12:49 PM, 01/29/2009
no wonder i dislike michelle obama and her socialist husband.
KENT STATE SUCKS
Posted 01:06 PM, 01/29/2009
Yet, if the dress were designed at or by someone with connections to Akron's fashion school (do you even have one?), it would have more of a local feel...and likely look like a garbage bag decorated in old banana peels, empty cigarette cartons, and bullet holes (maybe even from your basketball players!).
On a side note, way to go ABJ. While you were running AP stories on Michelle's dress, as if anyone cared, the Record Courier had covered the local angle to this story (the only one anyone cares about) a week ago.
On a side note, I'm not a big fan of Michelle's socialist husband either. I just find a more educated way of presenting my point. Must be that I DIDN'T go to a tier four university...
Posted 01:26 PM, 01/29/2009
Too bad her gloves and shoes didn't match her dress. In my opinion - Black would have looked better ...
CUYAHOGA FALLS, OH
Posted 01:47 PM, 01/29/2009
I think she dresses horribly. That dress looks like it's very dated. She has some bad taste when dressing. Look at the dress she wore the night he won the election. YUK!!
New Philadelphia, OH
Posted 02:19 PM, 01/29/2009
WOW,,,now this is news!!!!!
south of Akron, NO
Posted 02:20 PM, 01/29/2009
cloverfield, kentsucks has it right. Concise and to the point. No waster of words or oxygen.
Akron, OH
Posted 02:38 PM, 01/29/2009
You all sound like repugnants still mad that a Black Man is president, get over it. And knocking Michelle's dress isn't going to change things, so stop the hate and pray for yourselves.
Cuyahoga Falls, OH
Posted 02:38 PM, 01/29/2009
I keep hoping this endless stream of Obama fluff will taper off, but I'm not holding my breath. Take a look at the billions in pork that were approved by Democrats (only) yesterday in the Obama "economic stimulus" package. That's what the Beacon should be covering, not this nonsense.
Akron, OH
Posted 02:43 PM, 01/29/2009
YAWN...zzzzzz...isn't there anything more interesting to report?
Posted 02:58 PM, 01/29/2009
Jimbo, if you had actually read what I wrote, you'd see that I am likely in agreement with what you believe. The Akron/Kent State stuff was just that: Akron/Kent State stuff.
Next time, finish reading what you comment on.
Posted 03:03 PM, 01/29/2009
Well "in my opinion" you are wrong..i voted for Obama and this dress his wife wore is absolutely horrid looking and she looks like something out of the thriller video....now what?
Akron, OH
Posted 03:36 PM, 01/29/2009
whatever gg stop complaining about things you have no control over, you probably think business casual is a pair of wrinkled dockers and boat shoes
Richfield, OH
Posted 04:41 PM, 01/29/2009
What a great life - designer clothes and waygu beef.
Richfield, OH
Posted 04:42 PM, 01/29/2009
Didn't he say we needed to sacrifice?
Posted 10:41 PM, 01/29/2009
Well "in my opinion" if you think a well dressed person is one that looks like sasquach in drag then more power to you and your village people.
Hooterville, Oh
Posted 07:51 AM, 01/30/2009
Don't you love it how the liberal, socialist, leftist, Marxist, talking heads in our "main stream media" piched a fit when Sarah Palin was given several hundred thousand for her clothing? Pathetic!
Posted 09:10 AM, 01/30/2009
"Well "in my opinion" if you think a well dressed person is one that looks like sasquach in drag then more power to you and your village people."
You just made my day - LOL
