In Conversation, on Josef Albers

Please join RIT Cary Graphic Arts Collection at "In Conversation, on Josef Albers," a 50th-anniversary celebration of the RIT Albers murals.Reception: Eastman Hall, lobby at 5:30 p.m. Conversation: Eastman Hall, room 2000 at 6:30 p.m.Josef Albers (1888–1976) was part of the select group of artists commissioned to create original works to beautify RIT’s “new” Henrietta campus, which opened in 1968. His two contributions to this art collection are the patterned brick Loggia Wall mural on the north façade of Gosnell Hall, and the square paintings entitled Growth and Youth in the lobby of Eastman Hall. After decades of quiet witness, these pieces have emerged to be among the most monumental of Albers’ career. You are invited to a conversation about the history of these artworks, as well as discussion on Josef Albers’ lasting impact in the fields of art education.Albers Conversation PanelRebecca Aloisio is a professor in the RIT College of Art and Design. She is a practicing artist working in a variety of media including painting, drawing, digital printing, and serigraphy. Her artwork is collected and exhibited internationally.Mark Fairchild is the director of the Program of Color Science and Munsell Color Science Laboratory. Teaching at RIT for 33 years, he specializes in understanding the perception of color in complex environments and individual differences in color vision.James Hamm is professor emeritus of the Patricia and Richard Garman Art Conservation Department at Buffalo State College, where he taught the paintings conservation curriculum for 32 years. In the 1990s, he was responsible for performing a conservation treatment on the RIT Homage to the Square murals in the Eastman Lobby.Amelia Fontanel, associate curator of the Cary Collection, will serve as the host and moderator.Refreshments provided. Free & open to the public.