{"id":6163,"date":"2010-05-07T05:49:55","date_gmt":"2010-05-07T10:49:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/utnews.utoledo.edu\/?p=6163"},"modified":"2010-05-05T13:40:37","modified_gmt":"2010-05-05T18:40:37","slug":"wheels-within-wheels-continue-to-inspire-art-win-grant","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/05_07_2010\/wheels-within-wheels-continue-to-inspire-art-win-grant","title":{"rendered":"Wheels within wheels continue to inspire art, win grant"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Tom Lingeman posed for a photo with one of his works titled \u201cNew World.\u201d<\/p><\/div>Artists often find inspiration in unusual places. Tom Lingeman, professor of art, is planning to find some this summer at Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris, at the labyrinth inside Chartres Cathedral and at other European sites, thanks to a University Research Awards and Fellowship (URAF) grant administered by the UT Office of Research Development. <\/p>\n

URAF grants are designed to support the diverse range of faculty research and scholarship at UT, supplementing external grants and stimulating scholarly endeavors for new and senior faculty. <\/p>\n

The $11,200 grant will be utilized during Summer Session II for a project titled \u201cRediscovering the Wheel: Integrating the Sculptural Processes of Metal Casting, Metal Fabrication, Ceramics and Stone Carving as a Means of Creating Metaphors for Our Endangered Planet.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI had been intending to apply for a URAF grant for a while,\u201d Lingeman said. \u201cI\u2019m going to be applying for a sabbatical in another year, so this grant will be a warm-up for the work I\u2019ll be doing then. Then with the new work from this grant I\u2019ll apply for a Rome Prize Fellowship with the American Academy of Rome.\u201d<\/p>\n

The wheels at the conceptual center of the project will be familiar territory for the artist whose metal, stone and ceramic sculptures have been exhibited nationally and internationally. \u201cThe wheels are analogous to a world map, to a new world,\u201d he explained. \u201cOne particular piece called \u2018New World\u2019 incorporates a 7-foot-diameter stone wheel cut from red Colorado sandstone. It\u2019s a metaphor for the conflict between globalization and tribalism.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe new work will also have those kinds of implications, talking about global political issues, environmental issues and how they\u2019re interrelated.\u201d<\/p>\n

He plans to be initiating his grant-funded work later in the summer and into the fall. \u201cI like to share the process with students,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

Having the chance to examine and possibly walk the Chartres labyrinth is particularly intriguing, he said: \u201cIt\u2019s a wheel-like maze that\u2019s a metaphor for a spiritual pilgrimage. It also represents the world. It\u2019s another source of inspiration \u2014 you have to be there to experience it. Standing in Notre Dame is entirely different from seeing pictures online.\u201d<\/p>\n

Audiences don\u2019t need to know the intended meanings of his sculptures to enjoy them, he said: \u201cWhen people look at my wheels, they might see them as monuments created a long time ago, then installed in a museum. I hope they\u2019re appreciated at many levels. Underneath are our shared concerns for the planet and the future of the world.\u201d <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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