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Kitty: The types of artwork in this exhibition starts with calligraphy, hanging scrolls,
hand scrolls, actually poems written on pottery, and it also has painting in it so it’s a
nice blend, and kind of a progression from writing calligraphy styles of development
through painting styles, techniques and materials… wonderful examples of techniques and materials
Doug: Really, I love the challenge of designing the space. This particular show has an incredible
amount of pieces in it, so it’s really coordinating all those pieces to have the viewer engaged
in the work Kitty: This exhibition is actually on loan
from H. Christopher Luce. Mr. Luce is one of the trustees here at the college, and in
2007 he approached the museum and said, ?‘would you be interested in showing my collection?’?
It was a very generous offer of a world class collection, really brought to Wooster for
teaching purposes Mark: This scroll, which is a Sui dynasty
from about 600 A.D. example of the Mahaparinirvana Sutra, most commonly called the Nirvana Sutra.
This object, and in fact the exhibit altogether, fits very well into my Chinese religions class,
in part because one of the challenges of understanding Chinese religions is understanding the breadth
of experience and other forms of culture Rujie: This piece, per say, I would consider
it a satire, because it makes fun of Chinese attitudes towards culture and words and calligraphy.
Because my students are religiously writing these characters day by day to familiarize
themselves with Chinese characters, I would like them to see that actually some Chinese
are fairly critical of the whole process of learning writing
Kitty: Museum galleries are a wonderful nexus for public and private interests. The teaching
mission of the college, serving the public. The students get experience with writing for
the public; the public gets to have the expertise of the faculty and the students.
Zoe: I was involved in the very beginning of this exhibit, and I did a lot of research
with the different kinds of calligraphy. I really enjoy the culmination of everything;
it’s such a beautiful exhibit.