Poster Design by Hadley Rodebeck (Graphic Design ‘18)
Participating Artists:
Jessica Adams, Zahra Alwhaimed, Madde Baron-Galabavi, Chloe Beckett, Annie Denten, Sara Frederick, Katie Hanrahan, Tong Lei, Maria Mejia, Meme Miranda, Brian O'Malley, Hadley Rodebeck, Sylvia Stahl, Jesse Thompson, Brooke Tinsman, Ben Ulliman, Hannah Veley, Leigh Vukov, Dong Wang, Olivia Wendt, Sijia Weng
Inaugural Ceramics Collaboration between our class and Asst. Professor Geno Luketic
Dinner in the Desert Kitchen I: Dayton Desert Chronicles, 2016
From hydroponic farming to fiction as journalism, students from multiple disciplines at the University of Dayton collaborated with the Department of Art + Design to showcase socially-motivated work from the recent semester and raise funds for The Dayton FoodBank. The multi-media art exhibition Dayton Desert Chronicles took place the University of Dayton’s @Index: A Project Space located at Front Street Warehouse Spaces, on Friday, December 9th, 2016.
Whether designating geographies, economies, or existential theories, the term desert often connotes emptiness and loss. Our multiple interpretations of this geographical term included a practical focus on local food deserts. Professor Glenna Jennings’ Art and Social Practice class works to raise awareness about food insecurity in Dayton, OH, recently ranked the 9th hungriest metropolis in America. Professor Julie Jones’ Digital Processes course addressed contemporary digital culture and its impact on photojournalism, turning a lens on “the desert of the real.” Dozens of Daytonians attended to dine, indulge and reflect inside the collectively-forged world of our exhibit. By placing the social and the spectacular side-by-side, we pondered the state of the arts in a polarized America and worked towards imagining a better, more equitable future for Dayton, the city we love.
Click through our gallery of project and exhibition images below:
Installation view of student-curated exhibit, @Index Project Space, 2016
Read about @Index and the Art as Social Practice course in Brittany Erwin’s article from Dayton City Paper
