Allen Memorial Art Museum
Oberlin College
87 North Main Street
Oberlin, Ohio 44074
(440) 775–8665
www.oberlin.edu/allenart
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE September 2006
440-775-8670
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Wang and Trimmer join Allen Memorial Art Museum staff
OBERLIN (www.oberlin.edu/allenart)—The Allen Memorial Art Museum at Oberlin College is pleased to welcome Chung-Lan Wang and Jason Trimmer to the staff. Dr. Wang, a new Mellon Post-Doctoral Fellow this semester, is based in the museum, and will teach a range of courses using the AMAM’s Asian collection. Mr. Trimmer is the new Curator of Education. He began his new post on September 18th.
The AMAM collaborated with the East Asian Studies Program and the Art Department to hire a new Mellon Post-Doctoral Fellow. Dr. Chung-Lan Wang has been awarded a two-year Andrew W. Mellon Post-Doctoral Fellowship in Asian Art for the 2006-07 and 2007-08 academic years. She received her B.A. from National Taiwan University, her M.A. in Art History from the University of Michigan and her Ph.D. in 2005 from Yale University. At Yale, she wrote her dissertation on the 17th-century Chinese painter Gong Xian. Before coming to Oberlin, Dr. Wang taught courses at Central Connecticut University, Wesleyan University and Yale University. As a research assistant at the Yale University Art Gallery, she contributed catalogue entries to the exhibition The Jade Studio: Masterpieces of Ming and Qing Painting and Calligraphy from the Wong Nan-ping Collection (1994) and was a contributor to the Yale University Art Gallery Bulletin. The Mellon Fellowship program is supported by an endowed fund created with leadership grants from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, the National Endowment for the Humanities, and Oberlin alumni.
Jason Trimmer came directly from The Regina Quick Center for the Arts at St. Bonaventure University, New York where he was Curator of Exhibitions and Arts in Education Coordinator. He was responsible for the oversight of all facets of exhibition installations, and coordinated the Center’s efforts to enhance out reach to the community through Arts-in-Education, as well as organizing lectures, film series and panel discussions for the general public. Other experience includes a teaching Assistantship in the Art History survey lectures at Ohio University, and a museum education internship at the Art institute of Chicago. Jason received his B.F.A. in Art History and Studio Art, graduating cum laude, and his M.F.A. in Art History, Modern and Contemporary Art, both from Ohio University, Athens, Ohio. His Masters thesis was titled Iron Dialogue: The Artistic Collaboration of Pablo Picasso and Julio González. As Curator of Education, Jason will oversee and develop programming for the community, including schoolchildren’s tours, adult tours, community days, Tuesday Teas, concerts and lectures. He will also train and supervise the museum docents.
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The museum is open to the public. Admission is free. Hours: Tuesday through Saturday 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.; Sunday 1:00 to 5:00 p.m. Closed Mondays and major holidays. Free guided tours may be arranged by calling the museum’s Education Office at (440) 775-8671.
Wright House
The Weltzheimer/Johnson House, a Usonian house designed by Frank Lloyd Wright, is open to the public on the first and third Sunday of each month from 12 to 4 p.m. with tours on the hour. Admission is $5.00. Tickets are available at the house on tour days, 534 Morgan Street, Oberlin, Ohio. Call 440-775-8670 for information. Note: Closed on major holidays – New Year’s Day, Easter, Independence Day, Thanksgiving, Christmas.
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