托莱多大学艺术系将铸造厂和教师专业知识与托莱多艺术博物馆合作

托莱多大学启动了其铸造厂，协助一个艺术家团体将数字奖章放入托莱多艺术博物馆参观者的智能手机中。

The University of Toledo Department of Art played a pivotal role in an exciting collaboration with the Toledo Museum of Art, assisting an artist collective in creating digital medallions that visitors could drop into their smartphones.

托莱多大学艺术系在与托莱多艺术博物馆令人兴奋的合作中发挥了关键作用，协助艺术家集体制作数字奖章，游客可以将其放入智能手机中。

The artwork, titled "The Queen's Medallion," featured a bronze medallion adorned with the regal profile of an imagined Ethiopian queen. It was showcased in the immersive installation "House of Yatreda," which was on display at the museum until Sunday, November 10.

这件名为“女王奖章”的艺术品以青铜奖章为特色，上面装饰着想象中的埃塞俄比亚女王的富丽堂皇的轮廓。它在沉浸式装置“House of Yatreda”中得到展示，该装置在博物馆展出至 11 月 10 日星期日。

Visitors to the installation could use their smartphones to claim a digital version of the medallion as a non-fungible token (NFT), thanks to the Toledo Museum of Art's Digital Artist in Residence program.

得益于托莱多艺术博物馆的数字艺术家驻场计划，参观该装置的游客可以使用智能手机索取数字版本的奖章作为不可替代的代币（NFT）。

Artists worked diligently inside the foundry at UToledo's Center for Sculptural Studies to forge the bronze medallion. Photo courtesy of the Toledo Museum of Art.

艺术家们在托莱多大学雕塑研究中心的铸造厂里辛勤工作，铸造了这枚青铜奖章。照片由托莱多艺术博物馆提供。

"University foundries are becoming increasingly rare," said Brian Carpenter, a senior lecturer in the UToledo Department of Art. He collaborated closely with the Ethiopian family artist collective Yatreda : ያጥሬዳ to cast the medallion in UToledo's Center for Sculptural Studies, a standalone facility situated near the art museum and the adjacent UToledo Center for the Visual Arts. "It's an exceptional resource that we can offer our students and community. We welcome opportunities to collaborate on projects like 'The Queen's Medallion.'"

“大学铸造厂变得越来越少，”托莱多大学艺术系高级讲师布莱恩·卡彭特说。他与埃塞俄比亚家庭艺术家团体 Yatreda : ያጥሬዳ 密切合作，在托莱多大学雕塑研究中心铸造了奖章，该中心是一个独立的设施，靠近艺术博物馆和邻近的托莱多大学视觉艺术中心。 “这是我们可以为学生和社区提供的特殊资源。我们欢迎有机会在“女王奖章”等项目上进行合作。”

Carpenter's attention was drawn to Yatreda as they were selected as the museum's 2024 Digital Artist in Residence. The Digital Artist in Residence program, established by the museum in 2023, invites international and community artists to integrate artistic practices with digital technologies, fostering their growth within the digital and generative art space.

当 Yatreda 被选为博物馆 2024 年驻场数字艺术家时，Carpenter 的注意力被吸引了。博物馆于 2023 年设立的数字艺术家驻场计划，邀请国际和社区艺术家将艺术实践与数字技术相结合，促进他们在数字和生成艺术空间中的成长。

"The resident artists gain access to the resources that we have available," said Sophie Ong, assistant director of strategic initiatives at the Toledo Museum of Art. "This includes our partners, which in this case meant the UToledo Department of Art."

“驻场艺术家可以利用我们现有的资源，”托莱多艺术博物馆战略计划助理总监索菲·翁 (Sophie Ong) 说。 “这包括我们的合作伙伴，在本例中指的是托莱多大学艺术系。”

The Toledo Museum of Art and the UToledo Department of Art share a close relationship, which is evident in the exhibitions curated by art students at the museum using works from its collection. This process necessitates close collaboration with museum staff.

托莱多艺术博物馆和托莱多大学艺术系有着密切的关系，这一点从博物馆的艺术学生利用其收藏的作品策划的展览中就可以看出。这个过程需要与博物馆工作人员密切合作。

The most recent student-curated exhibit, titled "Generational Echoes: Privilege, Power and the Transmission of Knowledge," was on display from April to July.

最近由学生策划的展览，题为“世代回响：特权、权力和知识传播”，于四月至七月展出。

"The Queen's Medallion," 2024. Yatreda | ያጥሬዳ. (Ethiopian, established 2021) Bronze model for non-fungible token (NFT). Courtesy of the artist. Photo courtesy of the Toledo Museum of Art.

“女王奖章”，2024 年。Yatreda | ያጥሬዳ。 （埃塞俄比亚，2021 年成立）不可替代代币 (NFT) 的青铜模型。由艺术家提供。照片由托莱多艺术博物馆提供。

When Yatreda shared their concept for "The Queen's Medallion" with Ong, she instinctively connected them with Carpenter, who coordinates the three-dimensional art offerings that UToledo primarily presents at its Center for Sculptural Studies.

当 Yatreda 与 Ong 分享他们的“女王奖章”概念时，她本能地将他们与 Carpenter 联系起来，Carpenter 协调托莱多大学主要在其雕塑研究中心展示的三维艺术作品。

The Center for Sculptural Studies, like the nearby Center for Visual Arts, which houses the UToledo Department of Art, was designed by the world-renowned architect Frank Gehry. It houses ceramic, sculpture, and wood studio classrooms in addition to the foundry.

雕塑研究中心与附近的托莱多大学艺术系所在的视觉艺术中心一样，都是由世界著名建筑师弗兰克·盖里设计的。除了铸造厂外，它还设有陶瓷、雕塑和木工工作室教室。

Carpenter collaborated with Yatreda to cast four variations of the medallion in wax before forging them in bronze, culminating in the artwork on display in "House of Yatreda."

卡彭特与亚特雷达合作，用蜡铸造了四种不同的奖章，然后将其锻造成青铜，最终在“亚特雷达之家”中展出的艺术品中达到顶峰。

The installation, which is part of the exhibition "Ethiopia at the Crossroads," uses digital artwork and interactive experiences to imagine the journey of the ancient queen depicted on the medallion and her followers as they cross kingdoms and navigate mystical forests.

该装置是“十字路口的埃塞俄比亚”展览的一部分，利用数字艺术作品和互动体验来想象奖章上描绘的古代女王和她的追随者穿越王国和穿越神秘森林的旅程。

The medallion is presented as a crucial component of this lore.

奖章是这个传说的重要组成部分。

When visitors claim it as a digital artwork, it serves as a diplomatic passport bestowed by the monarch herself, ensuring safe passage from ancient Ethiopia to Toledo.

当游客声称它是一件数字艺术品时，它就充当了君主亲自授予的外交护照，确保从古代埃塞俄比亚到托莱多的安全通道。

"We're constantly thinking about integrating the physical and digital," Ong said. "The Queen's Medallion combines traditional and digital artforms through the expertise of Brian and Yatreda. The feedback from visitors has been overwhelmingly positive."

“我们一直在考虑将物理和数字相结合，”翁说。 “通过 Brian 和 Yatreda 的专业知识，女王奖章将传统艺术形式与数字艺术形式结合在一起。参观者的反馈非常积极。”

"House of Yatreda," an immersive installation within the exhibition "Ethiopia at the Crossroads," is on view at the Toledo Museum of Art, 2445 Monroe St., Toledo, through Sunday, November 10. Tickets for the exhibition cost $10. For more information, please visit the Toledo Museum of Art website.

“House of Yatreda”是“埃塞俄比亚十字路口”展览中的一件沉浸式装置作品，将于 11 月 10 日星期日在托莱多艺术博物馆 (2445 Monroe St., Toledo) 展出。展览票价为 10 美元。欲了解更多信息，请访问托莱多艺术博物馆网站。