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BRIDGET GARNAI, ARTS MANAGEMENT INTERN
The Miami University Art Museum is welcoming 2017 with the arrival of a new piece of artwork in the Sculpture Park, a temporary loan from German artist Wolfgang Auer. His piece, titled Hatched Baby, is quite fitting for the 9-foot tall royal blue infant poking its head out of a cracked white egg. Read more about Auer’s art on the Art Museum student blog (blogs.MiamiOh.edu/art-museum).
Be on the lookout for our newest addition to arrive on a new pad near the front entrance of the museum in January. One of the museum’s New Year’s Resolutions is to share more sculpture in the Art Museum Sculpture Park. The museum is developing a rotating sculpture initiative in partnership with City of Sculpture, the Fitton Center for Creative Arts, and Pyramid Hill Sculpture Park, so new pieces can be shared with Miami University’s campus and the Oxford community through periodic rotations of artwork.
Hatched Baby made quite a stir during its time at the Fitton Center for Creative Arts in Hamilton, Ohio, from October 2015 to September 2016. Visitors to the Fitton Center enjoyed taking selfies and photos with Auer’s fiberglass and resin sculpture, and visitors to the MUAM Sculpture Park are welcome to do the same, using #BlueBabyMiamiOH when sharing pictures with Hatched Baby on social media.
I encourage you to make it your New Year’s Resolution to engage with the arts at Miami! Visit the Art Museum to see Hatched Baby and the rest of the exciting artwork on display. Enjoy an entertaining theatre production, dance performance, or concert. View an exhibition of innovative student artwork at MUAM or in Hiestand Galleries. The opportunities are endless to connect with the amazing art in our own backyard!
For a comprehensive list of visual arts events, see pages 26-27 and for a full list of arts events at Miami, visit the College of Creative Arts webpage (MiamiOh.edu/CCA).