ONEONTA, NY – Stephanie Rozene, assistant professor of art at Hartwick College, will soon be included in a community-wide, multi-venue biennial exhibition to be held at the Everson Museum in Syracuse, NY. The project aims to highlight the rich talent of artists across Upstate New York, with a special focus on Central New York and the surrounding counties.

The exhibition, titled: “The Other New York (TONY): 2012” is scheduled to open on September 22, 2012. Running from September, 2012 through early January, 2013, the exhibit will include a work from Rozene entitled: 270: The Corrosive Use of Money in Politics. Rozene’s installation, however, will be on display within the museum for the entire year, per the request of Museum Director Steven Kern.

This project, comprised of 270 plates mounted on the wall, continues Rozene’s investigation into tableware and American politics, and in particular how European tableware was used as currency during the second half of the 18th century by French Kings and Queens who wished to demonstrate their wealth and power to other developed nations.

This work builds off of Rozene’s previous installation, The Politics of Porcelain, (2011) which used porcelain tableware, and a border of porcelain forms recalling rococo plasterwork to create place settings. When hung on the wall, they created three vertical tables. This act of hanging the china elevated its importance and status to that of a painting. The work sought to begin a conversation about the importance of china and its ability hold with it immense power.

270: The Corrosive Use of Money in Politics continues the investigation of French influences on American china and politics. By taking patterns and forms from two different china services, Rozene alludes to the two main political parties in the US, their relationship to money, power, and role in the upcoming presidential election (270 electoral votes are needed to elect a president), the increase of Congress’ wealth from insider trading deals, and the glaring disparity between the wealthiest and poorest in our economy. Through symbolism and history, Rozene raises the question of money’s influence in politics and how it affects the American people.

This body of work was supported by the Winifred D. Wandersee Scholar in Residence Award at Hartwick College, The Milne Family Fund and the Hartwick College Faculty Research Grant program. Assisting Rozene throughout the course of this project were Hartwick College students Alexandra Forst ‘13, Elliot Henry ‘13 and Samantha McFarland ‘12.

In addition to the display, there will be an alumni reception hosted by Hartwick at the Everson Museum in Syracuse, NY, on November 20, 2012 beginning at 6:30 p.m. At the reception, Rozene will give a gallery talk and will speak about her installation.

For more details on “The Other New York (TONY): 2012” and the Everson Museum, visit http://www.everson.org/ exhibitions/details.php?id=600 .

For additional information on the upcoming Alumni Reception at the Museum, contact Director of Alumni Engagement Duncan McDonald at 607-431-4032 or at mcdonaldd@hartwick.edu.

For additional information on the installation at the Museum, contact Rozene at 607-431-4833 or at rozenes@hartwick.edu.

Rozene’s installation titled 270: The corrosive use of money in politics will be on display through November 2013. Below are a few sneak preview shots of the 270 plates that will be on display in this exhibition.

Rozene’s current research continues to investigate European influences on American china and politics. She is using patterns, ornament and form from the Louis XVI China Service (1783-93) and the Catherine the Great China Services (1783) made by the Sevres National Ceramic Manufactory, Paris, France, both of which are widely acknowledged as the most extravagant services created by the manufactory, to communicate meaning and create a discussion reflecting on our own contemporary language and political sphere. This body of work supported by the Winefried D. Wandersee Scholar in Residence and The Milne Family Fund as a part of Hartwick College Faculty Research Grant will be on display in the Everson Museum’s Biennial TONY: 2012 which opens in Syracuse on September 21, 2012 and be on display through next year’s presidential election in November. The work comprising of 270 plates hung on the wall is titled 270: The corrosive use of money in Politics.

THE OTHER NEW YORK: 2012

The Other New York: 2012 is a community-wide, multi-venue biennial exhibition that is the result of a major collaboration among twelve art organizations in Syracuse. This ambitious project aims to highlight the rich talent of artists across Upstate New York, with a special focus on Central New York and the surrounding counties. The project will offer diverse arts venues and outdoor public spaces for contemporary creative expression on a scale not before seen in Syracuse. In addition, TONY: 2012 demonstrates the power of artistic partnerships to boost public awareness of the arts by presenting opportunities for the community to connect with exhibitions, programs, and events offered simultaneously throughout the city.

TONY: 2012 is organized by the Everson Museum of Art in collaboration with ArtRage—The Norton Putter Gallery, Community Folk Art Center, Erie Canal Museum, Light Work, Punto de Contacto/Point of Contact/, Red House Arts Center, Stone Quarry Hill Art Park, SUArt Galleries, Urban Video Project, The Warehouse Gallery, and the City of Syracuse. Alternative art spaces in the form of freight containers will provide temporary exhibition/installation sites. The containers will be strategically located in the city to link arts venues and encourage visitors to walk and experience art along the way.

History

The Other New York: 2012 has grown out of a long tradition of regional exhibitions organized by The Syracuse Museum of Fine Arts (now the Everson Museum of Art) as early as 1901. The first exhibition showcasing Central New York artists was held in the Onondaga Savings Bank located in downtown Syracuse where the Museum converted a leased space into a gallery. The SMFA continued to feature regional artists after it relocated to the second floor of the Syracuse Public Library in Columbus Circle and later the Mansion House on James Street. Not long after the Everson settled into the current I.M. Pei building in 1968, it carried on the Biennial tradition. Since 1974, the Biennial has evolved into a showcase for Central New York artists, offering a rich survey of the vibrant art scene that thrives in this region. In 2008, the Everson expanded the Biennial to include artists from all of New York State and devoted the entire Museum building to the exhibition. In 2010, the Biennial was reinvented as The Edge of Art: New York State Artists Series, four smaller, but tightly focused exhibitions scheduled throughout the year.

In the past few years the Everson has emerged as the cultural leader in the region, increasing its profile in the arts community which, as a result, has become energized, engaged, and eager for more artistic interaction. With this in mind, the Everson aims to transform the Biennial into a multi-venue, community-wide regional exhibition by collaborating with arts organizations in Syracuse to present The Other New York: 2012.

Please visit The Everson Museum’s website for more information at www.everson.org

Monday November 21st/22nd 2011 The Department of Visual Art at The University of Louisiana at Lafayette

Public Lecture at 2pm Fletcher Hall 104

Rozene will give a two day workshop that will focus on thrown and altered forms with particular attention to decoration. All are welcome to attend.

The Artful Teapot at Lighthouse Art Center and Museum

November 17th – December 31st 2011 Tequesta, Florida

Rozene will exhibit two teapots as a part of The Artful Teapot juried by Fong Choo internationally renowned for his miniature teapots reminiscent of the 15th century Yixing style of pottery, along with specially mixed glazes and other fantastically formed vessels.

http://www.lighthousearts.org/index.html

Craft Forms 2011 at the Wayne Art Center
December 2nd, 2011  —  January 21st, 2012

Craft Forms, now in its seventeenth year, has grown to be one of the leading contemporary craft exhibitions in the country and a favored showcase for the work of the nation’s most talented craft artists. Craft Forms 2011 was juried by Elizabeth Agro, Curator of American Modern and Contemporary Crafts and Decorative Arts, Philadelphia Museum of Art. For further information please visit www.craftforms.com.

Stephanie Rozene’s work The Politics of Porcelain will be on display at Craftforms 2011. Please join the artists and curator for a gallery talk at on Saturday December 3rd from 1-3pm The Davenport Gallery at the Wayne Art Center 213 Maplewood Avenue, Wayne, PA.

Tuesday March 29th – Lecture 10am | Demonstration 2-4:30pm

In conjunction with the NCECA (National Council on the Eduction of Ceramic Arts) Conference being hel din Tampa March 31st-April 1st. the Ceramics Department at the University of Tampa is pleased to be hosting Ms. Stephanie Rozene for an artist’s lecture and workshop on Tuesday March 29th. Ms Rozene is a nationally recognized ceramic artist and Professor of Art at Hartwick College in Oneonta, NY.

Ms. Rozene will give a public lecture about her work at 10:00AM in the Ceramic Studio located in the Fine Arts Building (across the street from the Bailey Art Studios) on Tuesday, March 29, from 10:00AM until 11:00AM. Later in the afternoon she will be presenting a demonstration/workshop on her work and techniques in the Ceramics Studio from 2:00-4:30PM.

All are welcome.