#510: If the Shoe Fits opens March 10 @ The Betty Rymer Gallery

#510: If the Shoe Fits… at the Betty Rymer Gallery-- March 10-April 14
Opening reception: March 10, 5 ­ 7 p.m., with curator's remmarks at 6:30 p.m.

#510: If the Shoe Fits…examines the universal fascination with a legendary folk tale. The story categorized by folklorists as tale type #510 is the oldest and most widely circulated folk tale of transformation. Traced to a Chinese variant from 850 A.D. entitled Yeh-hsein, the tale’s best-known American version is Disney’s Cinderella (appropriated from the French story by Charles Perrault). The exhibition will feature critical assessments and retellings of tale type #510 through artists’ books, sculpture, video, and collaborative artworks. The exhibition also features projects developed by high school and elementary school students from Kenya, Turkey, South Korea, Ohio, and Chicago. Artists include Sally Alatalo, Sandra Bacon, Pamela R. Barrie, Heather Davis, L. J. Douglas, Lucia Fabio, Damla Tokan Faro, Deirdre A. Fox, Amanda W. Freymann, Whitney Hetrick, Eileen Maxson, Gladys Nilsson, Zsófia ítvös, Linda Vorderer, and Diane Marye Huff and Spaeth Design for Marshall Field’s Creative Marketing, Jamie Becker, Director.

Additional artists include students from: AYCD Collaboration/Columbia College (Chicago), Eli Whitney Elementary (Chicago), Liberty High School (Ohio), Little Village Community Development Corporation (Chicago), the Multicultural Arts School (Chicago), Nairobi School and Kenya High (Kenya), Rosario Castellanos Elementary (Chicago), Seoul International School (South Korea), Snow City Arts Foundation (Chicago), TED Istanbul College (Turkey), and Tyler Run Elementary (Ohio). For additional information, visit: http://www.artic.edu/webspaces/510iftheshoefits/.

On Thursday, March 16 at 12:00 p.m. curator Kate Loague will lead a tour and discussion in the Betty Rymer Gallery. Free and open to the public. (saic)

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