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Cuyahoga Community College ALL - Art

Part-time Instructor (Art) at Cleveland State University and Adjunct Faculty (Art) at Cuyahoga Community College
Higher Education
Jeanne
Grossetti
Cleveland/Akron, Ohio Area
I am a visual artist, educator and curator who understands the nature of art as a depth process, and who seeks to apply that understanding for the benefit of individuals, communities, and our world.

www.conceptvessel.net

Specialties: visual art and design, education and outreach, research and writing.

Experience

  • Cleveland State University

    Part-time Instructor

    Beginning in the Fall of 2017, I have regularly taught Introduction to Asian Art (ART 281) during both Fall and Spring semesters at Cleveland State University, where I have also taught Introduction to African Art (ART 286). It is a delight to return to my alma mater as an instructor, where I find immense fulfillment in sharing my passion for the arts and cultures of our world.

  • Cleveland State University

    In this volunteer position, I served as a member of Cleveland State University's art gallery planning committee. My duties included researching and recommending artists for exhibition, reviewing submissions, reporting to the committee, and voting. As a committee member, I co-curated a number of exhibitions. I also regularly took and disseminated minutes. My role changed from Graduate Student Member to Community Member upon graduation.

  • Fine Arts Association

    Visual Arts Faculty

    At this community arts center in Willoughby, Ohio, I have designed and taught courses in visual art and culture for children, youth, and adults. Although I no longer teach regularly at Fine Arts, I occasionally offer classes and workshops in visual art at this multi-faceted school of creative learning.

    The courses that I develop combine insights from the disciplines of art history and anthropology with the hands-on experience of studio art.

  • Greater Cleveland Area

    Independent Curator

    My curatorial projects to date have included:

    "A Thin Red Line," work by Nez Perce artist Rachel Allen, 2009. Curator, Cleveland State University Art Gallery, Cleveland, Ohio.

    "Internal Compasses," 2009. Co-curator with Jeffry Chiplis and Vlada Vukadinovic, SPACES Gallery, Cleveland, Ohio.

    "The Ineffable Object," 2007. Co-curator with Robert Thurmer, Cleveland State University Art Gallery, Cleveland, Ohio.

    "The Enlightenment Machine: an installation by Robert Thurmer," 2006. Curator, West Shore Unitarian Universalist Church, Rocky River, Ohio.

    "Memento Mori: Artists Grapple with Issues of War and Peace," 2005. Co-curator with Joann Giordano, Jean Sommer and Robert Thurmer. Cleveland State University Art Gallery.

    "Horror Vacuii: The Art of Paet Vandyke-Burcham," 2005. Co-curator with the Reverend Wayne Arnason, West Shore Unitarian Universalist Church.

    "The Buddha Project: Visual Manifestations of Buddhist Thought in the Western World," 2004, a city-wide series of exhibitions and events. Co-curator and Coordinator with Robert Thurmer.

    "Five Journeys," 2002. Co-curator with Robert Thurmer, Cleveland State University Art Gallery.

    "Visionaries," 2002. Co-curator with Marvin Jones and Robert Thurmer, Cleveland State University Art Gallery.

  • Self

    Art instructor and workshop facilitator

    I offer workshops designed to facilitate the participants' engagement with our shared creative heritage as well as their own inner resources. At the beginning of each workshop, we will set our intentions for the day. Then, within the safe space that we will create for our art-making, participants will have the opportunity to engage with a variety of materials as they cultivate their personal art practices. There will be opportunities for contemplation, tea, snacks, discussion, and sharing during the day. If possible, each workshop will include time to explore nature, in some way.

    Past workshops:

    May 17, 2017
    Scribere Project: An interactive installation and poetry workshop
    For students of the Inner Muse Project
    Maple Heights High School
    Maple Heights, Ohio

    May 6, 2016
    Scribere Project: An interactive installation and poetry workshop
    For students of the Inner Muse Project
    Maple Heights High School
    Maple Heights, Ohio

    https://scribereproject.wordpress.com/2016/06/01/inscriptions-from-the-inner-musemaple-heights-high-school-installation-may-5-2016/

    October 15, 2011 and November 19, 2011
    Presences: Images and objects from our journeys of awakening
    A workshop for members
    C.G. Jung Association of Central Ohio
    Columbus, Ohio

    June 6, 2009 and August 22, 2009
    The soul of books: Pages for personal devotion
    Sanctuary for the Arts
    Sunbury, Ohio

    October 11, 2008 and November 16, 2008 (two part workshop)
    Art and the threshold: The transformative journey
    C.G. Jung Association of Central Ohio
    Columbus, Ohio

    For information about the workshops I currently offer, please visit conceptvessel: a portal, here: http://jeanne-grossetti.blogspot.com/p/workshops.html

  • Self

    Independent Researcher

    What are the meaningful connections that exist between human selves and the natural world? How have these connections been experienced, articulated, and expressed in images, objects, and structures created by men and women of the world's diverse cultures? Can the nuances of these meaningful connections be transmitted from person to person through creative works? If so, how? And what conditions are required?

    What of the Presences, the Images that appear to us in our dreams, in moments of reverie, in works of art, in unexpected encounters at the margins or interstices of our daily lives? From where do they come? What messages do they bring? How do we best honor them?

    These questions inform my research and reflection.

    One area of deep interest concerns the interplay between the disciplines of art therapy and art history. I feel that these disciplines offer valuable perspectives into the meaning of art, and have much to offer one another.

    I see art history as a means of linking each of us who makes or encounters art with every other person who has done the same, wherever or whenever that person may have lived. An intimate familiarity with the contexts in which art has been created can lead to insight into one's own life. Understanding the art of the world's many cultures can give us an appreciation for the varieties of human experience, and can enhance a person's esteem of both self and other. Encountering artworks directly can open a person to the creative source that flows within each of us.

    And I see art therapy, with its emphasis on art-making as a pathway to healing and insight, offering much to art historians who want to more deeply understand the inner lives of those who make art, engage with art, and cultivate the therapeutic qualities of art. Also, art therapy's understanding of works of art as road maps of inner worlds can help illuminate the meanings of artworks, adding new insight to the academic study of images and objects.

  • Cuyahoga Community College

    Adjunct Professor

    Since Spring 2017, I have taught Art Appreciation (ART 1010) during Fall, Spring, and Summer semesters, and Survey of Non-Western Art (ART 1040) during the Spring semester at Cuyahoga Community College.

    Teaching Art Appreciation allows me to engage my students in the exploration of art through the processes of close observation, contemplation, analysis, articulation, and creation. Students who participate in the Survey of Non-Western Art begin a journey into other cultures and become acquainted with diverse ways of creating, utilizing, and assigning meaning to images and objects. It is a privilege and a delight to share these adventures with my students.

  • SPACES (Gallery)

    As a member of the programming committee at Spaces Gallery in Cleveland, I participated in the process of reviewing artists' submissions, co-curated one exhibition - Internal Compasses - and photographed an artist's experiential project.

Education

  • Cleveland State University

    M.A.

    History (Art History Specialization)
    M.A. Colloquium Presentation: “Manifesting the Female Buddha in the New World: Tradition and Transformation in a Devotional Art and Practice,” 2008. Paper: Jeanne Grossetti and Cheryl Campanella Bracken, 2005. “The Feeling of Presence in Mediated Art Experiences.” Proceedings of the Eighth Annual International Meeting of the Presence Workshop, 349-350. Invited Presentation: Eighth Annual International Meeting of the Presence Workshop, September 2005. “The Feeling of Presence in Mediated Art Experiences.” Poster Session with Cheryl Campanella Bracken. Teaching Assistant, Ceramics (independent study in pedagogy), 2004. Instructed beginning students in this multi-level ceramics class. Introduced established curricular assignments and assisted with development of skills; presented art historical and anthropological perspectives, coordinated an alternative firing project, and developed online resources for students.

  • Cleveland State University

    B.A.

    Art and Anthropology
    Fieldwork: Survey of artisan craft production by Q’eqchi’ Maya women and girls in Southern Belize, 1997; this resulted in the exhibition "Works of the Hand: A Dialog Between Cultures," at the Cleveland State University Library (1997-1998). Merit scholarship exhibition (two-person show), 1997, Cleveland State University Art Gallery. Internship: Pueblo to People, Houston, Texas, 1996. This internship provided field experience and research in applied anthropology.

  • Cleveland State University

    Part-time Instructor


    Beginning in the Fall of 2017, I have regularly taught Introduction to Asian Art (ART 281) during both Fall and Spring semesters at Cleveland State University, where I have also taught Introduction to African Art (ART 286). It is a delight to return to my alma mater as an instructor, where I find immense fulfillment in sharing my passion for the arts and cultures of our world.

  • Cleveland State University


    In this volunteer position, I served as a member of Cleveland State University's art gallery planning committee. My duties included researching and recommending artists for exhibition, reviewing submissions, reporting to the committee, and voting. As a committee member, I co-curated a number of exhibitions. I also regularly took and disseminated minutes. My role changed from Graduate Student Member to Community Member upon graduation.

  • Ursuline College

    Art Therapy/Counseling
    In 2010, I began graduate studies in Art Therapy and Counseling at Ursuline College, and successfully completed three courses. Perhaps my path will take me back to that program, which I have found deeply enriching. In any event, it is my goal to continue to incorporate the insights of art therapy into my work as an artist, educator, and researcher.

Publications

  • “The Feeling of Presence in Mediated Art Experiences.”

    Proceedings of the Eighth Annual International Meeting of the Presence Workshop

    This paper examines the possibility for presence to inform the development and study of new media art. The paper links the concepts of art spaces, new media art, and presence. The authors argue that presence has already been incorporated into new media art and that such a union offers social scientists as well as artists a unique opportunity to study the interaction of these areas. The paper concludes by posing several research questions and has the potential to be a rich area of research.

  • “The Feeling of Presence in Mediated Art Experiences.”

    Proceedings of the Eighth Annual International Meeting of the Presence Workshop

    This paper examines the possibility for presence to inform the development and study of new media art. The paper links the concepts of art spaces, new media art, and presence. The authors argue that presence has already been incorporated into new media art and that such a union offers social scientists as well as artists a unique opportunity to study the interaction of these areas. The paper concludes by posing several research questions and has the potential to be a rich area of research.

Positions

  • Art Books Cleveland

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  • Art Books Cleveland

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  • American Association of University Women (AAUW)

    Member

  • Art Books Cleveland

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  • American Association of University Women (AAUW)

    Member

  • Jungian Association of Central Ohio

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  • Art Books Cleveland

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  • American Association of University Women (AAUW)

    Member

  • Jungian Association of Central Ohio

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  • Art Books Cleveland

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  • American Association of University Women (AAUW)

    Member

  • Jungian Association of Central Ohio

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  • Art Books Cleveland

    Member

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  • American Association of University Women (AAUW)

    Member

  • Jungian Association of Central Ohio

    Member

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  • Art Books Cleveland

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  • American Association of University Women (AAUW)

    Member

  • Jungian Association of Central Ohio

    Member

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  • Art Books Cleveland

    Member

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  • American Association of University Women (AAUW)

    Member

  • Jungian Association of Central Ohio

    Member

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  • Art Books Cleveland

    Member

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  • American Association of University Women (AAUW)

    Member

  • Jungian Association of Central Ohio

    Member

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