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YELLOW SPRINGS, Ohio – November 17, 2011 – Antioch College will host a solo exhibition by paper crafter Nikki McClure beginning Friday, December 2, in the College’s Herndon Gallery. An opening reception featuring an artist talk will be held from 6:00 – 9:00 p.m. An artist workshop, presented in collaboration with the Writing Institute, will follow on Saturday, December 3, from 10:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. Workshop seating is limited and participants are required to register in advance by e-mailing Sara Black at sblack@antiochcollege.org.

The exhibition, Nikki McClure: Cutting Her Own Path, 1996-2011, premiered this fall at the Museum of Contemporary Craft in Portland, Oregon. Cutting Her Own Path showcases McClure’s unique papercut artwork alongside her popular and better-known calendars, books, and other recent projects.

Based in Olympia, Washington, McClure has spent fifteen years creating compelling narratives by cutting into black paper with an X-Acto knife. Her delicate and sculptural “carved paintings” connect personal experiences to collective memory through a celebration of current and traditional models of self-sufficiency, resourcefulness and participation in community.

McClure describes her work process as the creation of an image through the removal of paper. “What is left is all connected,” she explains, “fragile, yet strong, like the world I am depicting.”

She created her first papercut for a self-published book, Apple (1996), and produced her first hand-bound calendar in 1998. Her iconic style of papercut has resonated with a diverse audience and has been featured on snowboards, Patagonia t-shirts, record covers, magazine illustrations, greeting cards, movies, tote bags, Microsoft advertisements, non-profit logos, strangers’ tattoos and even the storm drains in Olympia, Washington.

In addition to a calendar print run of 17,000, McClure’s books have been published by Sasquatch Books and Chronicle Books. She also is the writer/illustrator of four children’s books published by Abrams Books, including The New York Times bestseller All in a Day (2009) by Cynthia Rylant.

Nikki McClure: Cutting Her Own Path, 1996-2011 can be viewed 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesday-Saturday through February 15 in the Herndon Gallery on the Antioch College campus.

For more information about the exhibition, contact Sara Black at sblack@antiochollege.org.

About Antioch College
Antioch College is a private, independent nonprofit liberal arts college in Yellow Springs, Ohio. The College curriculum puts equal emphasis on rigorous liberal arts learning, work (cooperative education), and community engagement. Students will complete individualized majors based on one or more of 11 concentrations, a language minor, and six full-time work experiences off campus. The institution, originally founded in 1850, is authorized by the Ohio Board of Regents to grant Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Science degrees.

MEDIA CONTACT:
Jennifer Jolls
Assistant Director of Communications
phone: 937-768-3343
jjolls@antiochcollege.org

YELLOW SPRINGS, Ohio – November 3, 2011 – Antioch College moved closer to instituting a formal community governance process with the establishment of a Council of Conveners, Community Life Dean Louise Smith announced.

Comprised of students, staff and administrators, the council is a representative body that will be charged with working on various communitywide policies and issues, such as the campus smoking policy.

“The Council of Conveners is the next step in formalizing governance structures that have been in process since we first gathered at the start of the year,” Smith said.

Students, staff, and faculty have long participated in the College's governance. Historically, there have been two major councils: One deals with administrative policy, and the other with the quality of campus and community life.

Because of the small size of the campus community, the Community Life office adopted a small group model of community governance to give Antioch College’s newest generation of students a major say in redefining the structures for shared governance on campus.

Representative conveners are elected by small community groups that include students, faculty, staff and college administrators. Representatives were chosen at the November 2 Community Meeting.

Elected Conveners

• Guy Matthews, student
• Nargees Jumahan, student
• Jenn Wheeler, student
• Kaleigh Harris, student
• Jennifer Jolls, assistant director of communications

Ex Officio

• Louise Smith, dean of community life
• Randle Charles, Resident life manager
• Community Life assistants: Eva Erickson, Frey Acton, Eros, Sara Brooks

The Council will meet soon to define its charge and processes. More information about the Council of Conveners will be available at the November 16 Community Meeting.

About Antioch College
Antioch College is a private, independent nonprofit liberal arts college in Yellow Springs, Ohio. The College curriculum puts equal emphasis on rigorous liberal arts learning, work (cooperative education), and community engagement. Students will complete individualized majors based on one or more of 11 concentrations, a language minor, and six full-time work experiences off campus. The institution, originally founded in 1850, is authorized by the Ohio Board of Regents to grant Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Science degrees.

MEDIA CONTACT:
Gariot P. Louima ?
Chief Communications Officer
phone: 937-581-8201
glouima@antiochcollege.org

YELLOW SPRINGS, Ohio – November 2, 2011 – Antioch College dedicated a faculty/student gathering space in McGregor Hall as the Gerber Seminar Room during an October 22 ceremony.

Named for alumnus Peter H. Gerber ’69, the space also honors the memory of Richard H. “Micky” McCleery, a longtime professor of political science who was Gerber’s mentor.

Gerber, along with Trustee David Goodman ’69, traveled with McCleery to Hawaii to assist in the creation of an alternative learning community that would be an inspiration for what would become the Kaua’i Community College. McCleery, who never returned to Yellow Springs, died in October 2009.

Gerber and his wife, Julia Wang Miller, were present at the dedication ceremony attended by Goodman, other members of the Board, and college employees and alumni.

After earning his bachelor’s degree in 1969, Gerber attained his master’s at the University of Northern Colorado in 1973. He is a founding partner of The EdDesigns Group, Senior Advisor to Young Audiences (national office), special advisor to the National Urban Alliance for Effective Education, and chairman of the National Advisory Board for the Center of Excellence in Leadership of Learning (CELL), University of Indianapolis. He is the former executive director of the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Education Foundation, and founder-advisor of the South Florida Annenberg Challenge.

About Antioch College

Antioch College is a private, independent nonprofit liberal arts college in Yellow Springs, Ohio. The College curriculum puts equal emphasis on rigorous liberal arts learning, work (cooperative education), and community engagement. Students will complete individualized majors based on one or more of 11 concentrations, a language minor, and six full-time work experiences off campus. The institution, originally founded in 1850, is authorized by the Ohio Board of Regents to grant Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Science degrees.

MEDIA CONTACT:
Gariot P. Louima ?
Chief Communications Officer
phone: 937-581-8201
glouima@antiochcollege.org