In Brief: September 24

Planetarium presents fall season

The BGSU Planetarium fall season opens with “Secret of the Cardboard Rocket,” an adventure trip to the planets for all ages.

Running Sept. 25 through Nov. 22, show times are 7:30 p.m. Sundays, 8 p.m. Tuesdays and Fridays, and 2 p.m. Saturdays.

A $1 donation is suggested.

In December, “Two Small Pieces of Glass,” on telescopes, and “Secret of the Star,” a show for Christmas, will be presented.

G. James Daichendt to discuss ‘The Artist-Scholar and the University’

Art historian, critic and professor of art history Dr. G. James Daichendt will visit BGSU to talk about the relationship between art making and academic research.

Presented by the art education and graphic design departments of the School of Art, Daichendt will speak at 5 p.m. Sept. 28 in the Thomas B. and Kathleen M. Donnell Theatre in The Wolfe Center for the Arts.  The event is free and open to the public.

Daichendt believes there is more often than not a chasm between artists and those who teach art. In his blog on the art educators website Incredible@rtDepartment, he wrote,  “The differences between the field of education and the field of art are at the root of this divide. Artists are certainly interested in different or contradictory goals than teachers. The role of the artist and the role of the educator each hold their own history, theories, and training.

“The term artist-teacher, teaching artist, and artist-educator have been used in recent years to qualify a commitment to each of these roles (art and education).

By viewing the classroom through the discipline of art, this space becomes a canvas in which the artist-teacher manipulates the students and curricula like the elements and principles of design.

“As a philosophy of teaching, artist-teacher is not considered a dual role but it involves the integration of artistic experiences in the classroom. I feel these two activities — teaching and making art — are actually supporting one another, despite being difficult to balance.”

Daichendt is dean of the arts and humanities and a professor of art history at Point Loma Nazarene University in Southern California. He is the chief editor of the academic journal Visual Inquiry: Learning and Teaching Art, and is an art critic for KCET, the nation’s largest independent public television station. Recent books include: “Shepard Fairey Inc., Artist/Professional/Vandal” (2013), “Stay Up! Los Angeles Street Art” (2012), “Artist Scholar: Reflections on Writing and Research” (2011), and “Artist-Teacher: A Philosophy for Creating and Teaching” (2010). A graduate of Columbia, Harvard and Boston universities, Daichendt is currently writing a biography on artist Kenny Scharf.