2008-2009 Events Calendar
| August | |
| 25 | Classes begin |
| 29 | Deadline to sign up for Washington, D.C. trip |
| 29 | Final Friday reception, P-Young Kim, Pearlman Gallery, 5-9 p.m. |
| Chidlaw Committee Show, Chidlaw Gallery, 5-9 p.m. | |
| Convergys Gallery, 5-9 p.m. | |
| Final Friday Gallery Hop: meet in AAC lobby, 6 p.m. | |
| September | |
| 1 | Labor Day, no classes |
| 3 | Convocation, Lecture Hall, 10 Ò 11:30 a.m. |
| 15 | Constitution Day |
| MAP Series, Lecture Hall, 11:30 a.m.: Presidential debate | |
| 19 | Last day to withdraw |
| 22 | MAP Series, Lecture Hall, 11:30 a.m.: Barack Obama |
| 24 | Mandatory meeting for Washington, D.C. trippers, 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., Lecture Hall |
| 26 | John Blatter lecture, Lecture Hall, 11:30 a.m. |
| Final Friday reception, AIGA Cincinnati Fellows Design Exhibition, Pearlman Gallery, 5-9 p.m. | |
| Announcement of the Cincinnati Fellows, Lecture Hall | |
| Student Group Show, Chidlaw Gallery, 5-9 p.m. | |
| John Blatter Show, Convergys Gallery, 5-9 p.m. | |
| 29 | MAP Series, Lecture Hall, 11:30 a.m. |
| October | |
| 1-5 | All-school Washington, D.C. trip |
| 4 | AAC/Admissions National Portfolio Day, 1-5 p.m. |
| 6 | Deadline to register to vote in November elections |
| MAP Series, Lecture Hall, 11:30 a.m.: Rock the Vote | |
| 7 | Debbie Gardner, Lecture Hall, 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. |
| 10 | Midterm grades due |
| 11 | Monster Mash Boat Ride, 7:30 p.m. boarding: free Mexican food, cash bar, monster-themed costume party |
| 13 | MAP Series, Lecture Hall, 11:30 a.m.: Overview of McCain and Obama |
| 14 | Mentor/Mentee Event: Game Day, 9 p.m., Newport on the Levee |
| 15 | Todd Hido, Lightborne Series Lecture, Cincinnati Art Museum, 7 p.m. |
| 17 | Todd Hido, opening reception, Convergys Gallery |
| 20 | MAP Series, Lecture Hall, 11:30 a.m.: Visiting Political Scientist Prof |
| 27 | MAP Series, Lecture Hall, 11:30 a.m.: History of Politics in Art |
| 28 | Visiting Printmaker: Suzanne Chouteau, Room S456, 8:30 to 11:20 a.m., Color Reduction Woodcut Workshop, and Room S667, 11:30 a.m., 6th-floor Conference Room |
| 29 | NYC Studio Program with Zach Rawe, Nick Hill and Emily Davidson, Lecture Hall, 11:30 a.m. |
| 27-30 | Spring advising |
| 31 | Final Friday reception, Toi Ungapongova, Pearlman Gallery, 5-9 p.m. |
| Student Group Show, Chidlaw Gallery, 5-9 p.m. | |
| Todd Hido Lightbourne Series, Convergys Gallery, 5-9 p.m. | |
| November | |
| 3 | MAP Series, Lecture Hall, 11:30 a.m.: debate by students, faculty, staff |
| 4-6 | Spring registration priority dropoff |
| 5 | smART Talk, Lecture Hall, 11:30 a.m. |
| 7 | Last day to withdraw |
| 12 | smART Talk, Lecture Hall, 11:30 a.m. |
| 13 | Mentor/Mentee event |
| 13 | Dr. Mikiko Hirayama, Associate Professor of Art History, University of Cincinnati, Lecture Hall, 5 p.m., "Emperor's New Clothes: Imperial Portraits and Modern Japenese Visuality" |
| 19 | smART Talk, Lecture Hall, 11:30 a.m. |
| 21 | Final Friday receptions: |
| Scott Sturgill, Pearlman Gallery, 5-9 p.m. | |
| Student Juried Exhibition, Chidlaw Gallery, 5-9 p.m. (Awards at 7 p.m.) | |
| High School Exhibit, Convergys Gallery, 5-9 p.m. | |
| 26-28 | Thanksgiving break |
| December | |
| 5 | Last day of classes |
| 8-10 | Final critiques and exams |
| 12 | Final grades due to Registrar, 12:00 p.m. |
| 15 | AAC dorm students must be out of dorms for break |
| December 15, 2008 through January 11, 2009 - Winter Break | |
| January | |
| 8 | Stinks Soccer Game, Cincinnati Sports Mall, 8:40 p.m. |
| Spring Orientation for new students, boardroom, 9 a.m.-12 p.m. | |
| 12 | Classes begin |
| 15 | Stinks soccer game, Cincinnati Sports Mall, 9:30 p.m. |
| 16 | Wall Drawing proposals due to Emily Davidson |
| 19 | Martin Luther King Day, no classes |
| 22 | Mentor/Mentee event |
| Stinks soccer game, Cincinnati Sports Mall, 8:40 p.m. | |
| 30 | Final Friday receptions: |
| Rebecca Seeman, Pearlman Gallery 5-9 p.m. | |
| Nathan Tersteeg, Convergys Gallery, 5-9 p.m. | |
| Wall Drawing Group Show, Chidlaw Gallery, 5-9 p.m. | |
| February | |
| 6 | Minumentals due to Denise Watson, front desk, 5 p.m. |
| 16 | Presidents Day, no classes |
| 17 | smART Talk: Marketing Yourself 101, Lecture Hall, 11:30 a.m. |
| 19 | Dr. Kim Paice, ÏSquatting China: The Work of Simon LeungÓLec. Hall, 3:30 p.m. |
| 20 | Mid-level Diagnostics in Aesthetics Class, mandatory for Juniors |
| Minumentals, Convergys Gallery, 5-9 p.m. | |
| Minumentals, Chidlaw Gallery, 5-9 p.m. | |
| 21 | AIGA, all-school retreat, 9 a.m.-5 p.m., Commons |
| 24 | smART Talk: Anantomy of a Public Art Project, Lecture Hall, 11:30 a.m. |
| 25 | Lightborne Lecture, TBA |
| 26 | Lightborne Lecture, TBA, CAM |
| 27 | Midterm grades due |
| 27 | Mid-level Diagnostics retake, TBA |
| 27 | Final Friday receptions: |
| Group Photography Show: (H)4U, Pearlman Gallery 5-9 p.m. | |
| March | |
| 3 | smART Talk: Marketing Yourself 101, Lecture Hall, 11:30 a.m. |
| 9-13 | Spring break |
| 5-10 | Spring break Trip to Paris, France |
| 6 | Minumentals show comes down |
| 18 | Major Day, Lecture Hall, 11:30 a.m. |
| 24-27 | Fall advising |
| 27 | Senior Show reception: Hart, Hicks, Birchfield, Scherra, Kent, and Griffith. Galleries, 5-9 p.m. |
| 31 | Fall registration begins |
| April | |
| 1 | Curriculum review, Lecture Hall, 11:30 a.m. |
| 1, 2 | Fall registration |
| 3 | Last day to withdraw |
| 3 | Senior Show reception: Bergstedt, Hill, Rawe, Costello, and Bratt. Galleries, 5-9 p.m. |
| 4 | Garden Center reception, 3-5 p.m., Reading Rd. |
| 10 | Senior Photo Day, Photo Lab, 11:30 a.m.Ò12:30 p.m. |
| 10 | Senior Show reception: Talty, Flannery, Million, Relojo, Davidson. Galleries, 5-9 p.m. |
| 11 | High school Prep Information Sesssion, Commons, 12:30 - 2:30pm |
| 17 | Senior Show reception: Ebeling, Stoddard, Cilwa, Winder, Williams. Galleries, 5-9 p.m. |
| 16 | Scholarship Intent to Apply Forms Due, Denise Watson, 4pm |
| 24 | Senior Photo Day retake, Photo Lab, 11:30 a.m.Ò12:30 p.m. |
| 21 | Student Studio Lottery and Mentor Sign Up, Lobby 11:30 a.m. |
| 24 | Senior Show reception: Adkins, Roscheleau, Giza, Cantrell, Fulton. Galleries, 5-9 p.m. |
| 24 | Butkovich and Bertha Langhorst Warner Scholarship applications due to Sara Mulhauser Rm S264 |
| 28 | Last day of classes |
| 29 | STUDY DAY, building open |
| 30 | Exams, 10am- 9pm |
| May | |
| 1 | Exams, 10am - 3:30pm |
| 4 | 3rd - year reviews and scholarship judging |
| 5 | 2nd - year reviews and scholarship judging |
| 6 | final 2nd year and 1st-year reviews and scholarship judging |
| 7 | 1st - year reviews and scholarship judging |
| 8 | Final grades due, 12:00 noon |
| Wilder Judging for Faculty | |
| 9 | Graduation Rehearsal for Graduates, 10:45 a.m., Lecture Hall |
| 15 | Graduate Show closing reception, Pearlman Gallery, 5-7 p.m. |
| Academy Awards, Commons, 7-9 p.m. | |
| 16 | Commencement (Graduation) Ceremony, 4 p.m., Memorial Hall (faculty and seniors meet at 1212 Jackson at 3 p.m.) |
| 18 | AAC dorm residents out of facility, all artwork and pianos out of studios |
| 25 | Memorial Day, building closed |
| 29 | Final Friday Reception: |
| Community Education Group Show, Pearlman Gallery 5-9 p.m. | |
| Community Education Group Show, Convergys Gallery, 5-9 p.m. | |
| 29-31 | SOS art show |
| June | |
| 5-7 | SOS art show |
| June 8 - July 31 2009 MAAE Summer Session | |
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