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Omage '08 exhibition at Track 16 Gallery, August 2-30

OTIS 90th

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE May 14, 2008
Contact: Otis Communications Director: Margi Reeve mreeve@otis.edu or Marlena Donohue mdonohue@otis.edu Images available at www.otis.edu/press

Otis artists, designers and writers featured in “Omage ‘08” at Track 16 Gallery, August 2-30, 2008
Coinciding with a variety of celebratory events and exhibitions that commemorate Otis’ 90th anniversary, Omage ‘08: The Artists, Designers, and Writers of Otis College of Art, an exhibition of work by Otis’ distinguished faculty, opens Saturday, August 2, 6-9 pm at Track 16 Gallery, Bergamot Station Arts Complex, 2525 Michigan Avenue, Santa Monica, CA 90404. Featuring work by more than 60 artists, designers, and writers, the exhibition is guest-curated by Lisa Melandri, Deputy Director for Exhibitions and Programs at the Santa Monica Museum of Art.
Since 1918, Otis College of Art and Design has maintained a position of excellence and a high profile regionally and internationally as an institution that educates creators and thinkers. At the core is its exceptional faculty. In addition to their proven dedication as educators, Otis faculty members are exhibited globally and are recognized fine artists, architects and designers, as well as widely published authors, poets and critics.
According to Otis President Samuel Hoi, “Otis faculty members help students take their places in the world as successful creative professionals. Guided and nurtured by teachers who have traveled that same road, students define their own vision and chart a path to achieve their goals. Through inspired teaching, these future artists and designers catch hold of their dreams.”
Participants include Debra Ballard, Maura Bendett, Marcie Begleiter, Beatrice Mousli Bennett, Guy Bennett, Adam Berg, Beverly Bledsoe, Ann
Bray, Linda Burnham, Carole Caroompas, Cole Case, Chris Chapin, Melissa Clark, Tracy Colby, Meg Cranston, Abdelali Dahrouch, Jacci Den Hartog, Marlena Donohue, Roy Dowell, Dana Duff, Art Durinski, Bill Fogg, Peter Gadol, Rosi Gabl, Gary Geraths, Parme Giuntini, Arloa Goldstone (’08), Scott Grieger, Kathryn Hagen (’99), Nancy Hasselbacher , Erin Hauber, Marsha Hopkins (’97), Marjan Hormozi, Linda Hudson, Michele Jacquis, Annetta Kapon (’85), Soo Kim, Suzanne Lacy, Randy Lavender, Joyce Lightbody, Barbara Maloutas (’03), Helena Min, Chris Mounger, Patrick Nickell, Kali Nikitas, Joan Ogawa-Takayama, Renée Petropoulos, Katie Philips, Ave Pildas, Kiki Samarcelli (’74), Rich Shelton, Alex Slade, Rob Sprujit (’01), Jim Starrett, Kerri Steinberg, Pat Stiles, Ann Summa, J.T Steiny (’84), Holly Tempo, Paul Vangelisti, Jean-Marie Venturini (’06), Chris Warner, John White, Rush White, and Michael Wright.

RELATED EVENTS (free and open to the public)
Saturday, August 2, 6 to 9 pm Opening Reception
Saturday, August 16, 7 to 9 pm Panel Discussion: Collapsing Boundaries Otis faculty members and arts professionals discuss current art/design
Saturday, August 23, 7 to 9 pm Otis Authors Read
Saturday, August 30, 6 to 9 pm Closing Reception

For images, please visit www.otis.edu/press
For more information on Otis 90th Anniversary events, please visit
www.otis.edu/homecoming

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Contact: Kathy MacPherson, galleryinfo@otis.edu, 310.665.6909  

The Ben Maltz Gallery at Otis College of Art and Design is pleased to announce that artist  Mark Dean Veca is the Fall 2008 Jennifer Howard Coleman Distinguished Lecturer and Resident in the Fine Arts Department  from September 20 to November 14, 2008. An internationally acclaimed artist and Otis alumnus (Fine Arts, 1985), Veca will work with students and conduct one-on-one critiques with senior and graduate-level painting students, and present a free public lecture about his work during his residency.   Mark Dean Veca opens a site-specific installation entitled Phantasmagoria on Saturday, October 11, 5-7pm at the Ben Maltz Gallery and is a featured highlight of the “Otis Celebrates 90 Years” homecoming weekend, October 11-12. On view through December 6, Veca’s solo exhibition will introduce a new large-scale site-specific painting installation and is curated by Meg Linton, Director of the Ben Maltz Gallery and Public Programs. A catalogue documenting the exhibition and residency will be available in Spring 2009.