Olivia Gude

Olivia Gude (born 1954) is an American artist and educator recognized for community public art mural and mosaic projecs, and as the founding director of Spiral Workshops ( an art program for teenagers as well as a curriculum research project on art education.)[1][2] Gude is a Professor at the University of Illinois at Chicago, and was on the Visual Arts writing team for the Next Generation National Core Arts Standards.[3] She is a Senior Artist member of the Chicago Public Art Group and author of the book Urban Art Chicago: A Guide to Community Murals, Mosaics, and Sculptures.[4]

Biography

Gude first moved to Chicago in the 1970s from a "racially mixed, working class St. Louis neighborhood."[5] Gude attended the University of Chicago for her master's degree between 1980 and 1982, [5] [6]

Work

Gude has helped create more than 50 public mosaics and murals with the help of various communities and generational groups.[7] As a member of the Chicago Public Art Group, she is considered a "core artist" by Kyle McKenzie.[8] One of her pieces, created in 1992 and entitled, Where We Come From… Where We’re Going, reflects tape recorded statements made by-passers when asked the question by the artist. It is located in Hyde Park, Chicago.[9] Another early mural Gude designed with students and residents of Valmeyer, Illinois stretched the length of the 54-foot public library and depicted the history of the town. Dedicated in 1993, it was destroyed by a flood 2 months later, but county officials preserved the plaster pieces in the hopes that it would be restored.[10] Along with Jon Pounds, she has co-designed many murals, including the 65 foot long mural on the side of the Mifflin Street Community Co-op.[11] Other murals Gude has collaborated on include art in Los Angeles and Madison, Wisconsin.[5] One of her murals in Los Angeles celebrated the World Cup and was located near Highland Park.[12] Gude has also collaborated on murals including one in Roseland-Pullman, which celebrated Eugene Debs and George Pullman, along with incorporating ethnic patterns into the design.[13]As of 2013, she has "been part of more than 50 significant public and mosaic projects that have involved a cross-section of generations."[7]

Gude's book, Urban Art Chicago is a 255-page guide to the public art of Chicago and is considered the first of its kind by the Chicago Tribune.[14] Janet Braun-Reinitz and Jane Weissman, who wrote On the Wall: Four Decades of Community Murals in New York City praised Gude's book in The New York Times.[15]

Awards

In 1997, she won Best of Show and Best of Series from the National Art Education Association (NAEA).[16] 9Guide won the 1999 Illinois Governor's Award for Excellence in Downtown Revitalization in 2000 for her 1999 mural in DeKalb, Illinois .[7] She was also honored with the NAEA's Manuel Barkan Award in 2014 for her article, "New School Art Styles: The Project of Art Education" which was published in Art Education in 2013.[17] Prior to that, in 2009, Gude was honored by the NAEA with the Viktor Lowenfeld Award, in recognition of her art education contributions.[18]

References

  1. ↑ "Olivia Gude". uic.edu. Retrieved 19 November 2015.
  2. ↑ Olivia Gude interview, retrieved 2015-11-18
  3. ↑ Sweeny, Robert (January 2014). "Standards & Assessment". Art Education (EBSCO) 67 (1): 4–5. Retrieved 23 November 2015. (subscription required (help)).
  4. ↑ Gude, Olivia (2000). Urban Art Chicago: A Guide to Community Murals, Mosaics, and Sculptures. Ivan R. Dee. ISBN 978-1566632843.
  5. 1 2 3 Huebner, Jeff (4 February 1996). "Public Gude". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved 23 November 2015.
  6. ↑ Gude, Olivia; Munoz, Beatriz Santiag (1994). "Art Essay: Two Women On the Street". Feminist Studies (EBSCO) 20 (2): 301. Retrieved 23 November 2015. (subscription required (help)).
  7. 1 2 3 Susnjara, Bob (11 July 2013). "Students create public art for Lake Zurich's Paulus Park". Chicago, Illinois: Daily Herald. Retrieved 23 November 2015.
  8. ↑ McKenzie, Kyle (16 November 2012). "Community Art in Mid-America". Huffington Post. Retrieved 23 November 2015.
  9. ↑ Browning, Laura M. (19 March 2010). "Where Are You Going? Hyde Park Mural Asks Big Questions". Chicago, Illinois: Chicagoist. Retrieved 23 November 2015.
  10. ↑ Tang, Alisa (14 Jul 2014). "How a flood-prone village in the U.S. moved to higher, drier ground". Thomson Reuters Foundation. Retrieved 23 November 2015.
  11. ↑ Adams, Barry (6 December 2006). "Co-op Mural Stands Out". Madison Wisconsin State Journal. Retrieved 23 November 2015 – via Newspaper Archive. (subscription required (help)).
  12. ↑ Griffin, Mary Jo (1 June 1994). "World Cup Art". Santa Ana Orange County Register. Retrieved 23 November 2015 – via Newspaper Archive. (subscription required (help)).
  13. ↑ "Block Party to Celebrate Roseland-Pullman Mural". Harvey Star. 2 October 1988. Retrieved 23 November 2015 – via Newspaper Archive. (subscription required (help)).
  14. ↑ Reardon, Patrick T. (19 September 2000). "Art Where Art Is Unexpected". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved 23 November 2015.
  15. ↑ "Answers About New York City’s Community Murals, Part 2". New York City, New York: The New York Times. 23 April 2009. Retrieved 23 November 2015.
  16. ↑ "Teacher, Artist, Community Activist". School Arts (EBSCO) 97 (8): 48. April 1998. Retrieved 23 November 2015. (subscription required (help)).
  17. ↑ "Professor Olivia Gude wins National Art Education Association Award". Chicago, Illinois: University of Illinois at Chicago. 29 March 2014. Retrieved 23 November 2015.
  18. ↑ "Renowned art educator Olivia Gude to speak Feb. 1". Syracuse, New York: Syracuse University. 14 January 2011. Retrieved 23 November 2015.


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