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Ongoing
Art exhibitions.
Imagining Cities: Drawing and Sketching and Urban Design. Through Feb. 7. SED Gallery, G-14 Caldwell Hall. Sponsored by School of Environmental Design. 542-8292.
Peter Drey and Company has focused on innovative architecture and urbanism since 1989, working in cities on the East Coast and in Asia. The urban context is often an incredibly rich setting: complex forms, colors, textures and patterns, rich in cultural influences and with many layers of infrastructure overhead and underground. These can all be diagrammed and rationally analyzed, but sketching is a most useful way to comprehend the environment holistically and intuitively, helping improve the fit of new projects into the existing city. The sketches displayed show a variety of projects in diverse locations, executed in a variety of media. The drawings vary from quick thumbnail sketches to carefully plotted perspective illustrations. They are “snapshots” of the design idea at various points in the process of development from concept to final design. Peter Drey, M.L.A. 1981, is now based in Atlanta. Among many projects, he is currently working on the Wray-Nicholson House on Hull Street in Athens.

Works from Cortona. Selected faculty, artist affiliate and student art and design from the Cortona studies-abroad program of spring, summer and fall, 2001. Through Feb. 10. Main gallery, visual arts building. Sponsored by Studies Abroad Program. 542-7011.

Muirhead Bone. Through March 17. Georgia Museum of Art. Open 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Tuesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday; 10 a.m.-9 p.m. Wednesday; and 1-5 p.m. Sunday. 542-4662.
Prominent Scottish printmaker and member of the Glasgow school, Sir Muirhead Bone (1876-1953) is best known as an etcher and drypoint engraver of architectural subjects. By the late 19th century, he had produced a series of picturesque views of his native Glasgow. After moving to London in 1901, he was commissioned by the British government to create visual documents of both world wars. In 1923 Bone visited New York City, where he mingled with prominent intellectuals, publishers, bankers, and philanthropists, recording their portraits with vivid clarity and technical skill. Publisher Frank N. Doubleday, cartoonist Frank Weitenkampf, and society notable Dr. Eugene A. Noble are some of the faces rendered by Bone on this side of the Atlantic.
This exhibition of approximately 90 works from the collection of S. William Pelletier will feature drypoints and engravings in various stages, including studies, several states, and final prints. Pelletier, a UGA chemist and a print collector, has been painstakingly collecting, studying and preserving works on paper by Muirhead Bone for more than 25 years.

Works with a Georgia Focus from the Permanent Collection. Through March 31. Georgia Museum of Art. Open 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Tuesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday; 10 a.m.-9 p.m. Wednesday; and 1-5 p.m. Sunday. 542-4662.

Print x 3. Through Feb. 28. Studio 2 Gallery, 257 West Broad Street. Sponsored by School of Art. 542-0068.
The exhibition includes works by three faculty members in the Lamar Dodd School of Art: Melissa Harshman and Joe Sanders of the printmaking department and Joey Hannaford of the graphic design department.
Hannaford’s work explores symbolic forms as a method for understanding and contemplation. Hannaford says that “the paintings in this series are, in a personal way, an attempt to draw myself into communication with larger universal themes.”
Harshman is an associate professor of art and chair of the printmaking department. In her current series of work entitled “word play,” images are created on the computer from a variety of sources--dictionaries, children’s coloring books, cookbooks, and personal photographs and other eclectic material. The images are then printed in traditional printmaking processes such as lithography and serigraphy. By juxtaposing and layering various images, new meanings and associations are created in each work.
Sanders, an associate professor of art, is president of the Southern Graphics Council, a national printmaking organization. Sanders’s work often takes on multimedia dimensions; he is primarily interested in lithography, relief, monotype and handmade books. Sanders has received numerous grants for innovative print and book projects and has recently received a grant for investigating photo-woodcuts. He has received many national awards for his print and book works.

Student Photo Show. Tate Student Center Art Gallery, open 8 a.m.-midnight daily. Sponsored by University Union. 542-6396.
The 15th annual student photo show offers entrants an opportunity to showcase their work in a juried competition. Cash prizes will be awarded.

Monday, February 4
Lecture.
“Civil Liberties in Georgia and Athens.” Gerry Weber, Emory and ACLU legal director. 6 p.m. 115 Peabody Hall. Sponsored by UGA ACLU. 372-7210.

Faculty Recital.
Michael Heald, violin. 8 p.m. Ramsey Hall, Performing Arts Center. Sponsored by School of Music. 542-3737.

Wednesday, February 6
Wellness Clinic.
Screenings available: bone density, blood pressure, cholesterol, blood glucose, spirometry, body weight, body fat percentage, skin condition. Call for appointment; fee based on screenings. 7-11 a.m. Wellness Clinic, second floor, pharmacy building. Sponsored by College of Pharmacy. 542-7400.

Staff Council Meeting.
2 p.m. Room J, third floor, law school. Sponsored by Staff Council. 542-0006.
Complementary parking available at North Campus parking deck.

Workshop.
“A Valentine’s Dream.” Soapmaking for ages 7-12. $10 (members $8). 4-6 p.m. State Botanical Garden. 542-1244.

Open Studio: Life Drawing.
$3. Live models; no instruction; participants must provide their own supplies. 5 p.m. Forio Classroom, Georgia Museum of Art. Sponsored by Georgia Museum of Art. 542-4662.

Opening reception.
Print x 3. 5-7 p.m. Studio 2 Gallery, 257 West Broad Sreet. Sponsored by School of Art. 542-0068.

Art Beat.
Alisa Luxenberg. 5:30 p.m. Georgia Museum of Art. Sponsored by the Georgia Museum of Art. 542-4662.
An expert on 18th- and 19th-century French and Spanish art, Luxenberg will examine prints by Goya from the permanent collection.

University Theatre.
How I Learned to Drive by Paula Vogel. Through Feb. 16. $12 ($10 students); box office, located in the Fine Arts Building, is open noon-5 p.m., Monday-Friday. Feb. 6-9 and 13-16 at 8 p.m.; Feb. 10 at 2:30 p.m. Seney-Stovall Chapel, Lucy Cobb Institute. Sponsored by drama department. 542-2838. See story above.

Thursday, February 7
Honors Program Lecture.
“Economist as Sleuth.” Ken Elzinga, University of Virginia. 3-4 p.m. Chapel. Sponsored by Honors Program. 583-0698.

Friday, February 8
Art exhibition.
The Arts and Crafts Movement in North Georgia. Through March 17. Georgia Museum of Art. Open 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Tuesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday; 10 a.m.-9 p.m. Wednesday; and 1-5 p.m. Sunday. 542-4662.
Followers of the arts and crafts movement believed in the beauty and efficacy of using natural materials and traditional methods of hand craftsmanship. In the early 20th century, pioneering women established schools in north Georgia that sought both to educate youth and to preserve the regional decorative arts tradition. Schools such as Berry College in Rome were operated along ideals sympathetic to the arts and crafts movement, adapted to the unique cultural environment of north Georgia. This exhibition explores the impact of the arts and crafts movement on the development of selected educational institutions in north Georgia in the beginning years of the 20th century.

Lilly Conference on College and University Teaching--South.
Through Feb. 9. Georgia Center for Continuing Education. Sponsored by Institute of Higher Education. 542-4643.

Campus Coffee Hour.
11:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m. Memorial Hall Ballroom. Hosted this week by Naval Supply School; sponsored by International Student Life. 542-5867.

Women’s Studies Noon Speaker.
“Rap Attack of the Poor Black Female: Giving Voice to Hip-Hop Feminism.” Aisha Durham (journalism graduate student). 12:20 p.m. 140 Tate Student Center. Sponsored by Women’s Studies Program. 542-2846.

Friday Tours.
2 and 4 p.m. Georgia Museum of Natural History, natural history building. Sponsored by Georgia Museum of Natural History. 542-1663.
Tours last approximately one hour and are free and open to the public. Visitors see the bird, fish, insect, mammal and zooarchaeology collections and get a glimpse of the work that goes on at the museum. The tour group size is limited, so groups larger than eight should call in advance. Tours are not recommended for children under the age of five.

Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication Conference.
Through Feb. 10. $50 ($25 students; discounts for Grady College faculty and students). Journalism building and Georgia Center for Continuing Education. Sponsored by College of Journalism and Mass Communication. www.grady.uga.edu/faherty/home.html.
The conference begins with a reception at the Georgia Center the evening of Feb. 8. Sessions will take place Feb. 9; the schedule is available on the Web page.
Two plenary sessions will highlight the conference. The first, on “Media and Terrorism,” will focus on professional and public interest issues that arise when the media cover terrorism; it is scheduled for 9 a.m. Feb. 9. The panel will feature presentations by Tim Lister, vice president of CNN International, who just returned from four weeks in Afghanistan; Sheila Tefft, Emory University professor and former South Asia correspondent for the Christian Science Monitor; Leonard Ray Teel, director of the Center for International Media Education at Georgia State; and Bert Roughton Jr., crisis editor for the Atlanta Journal-Constitution.
A second plenary panel at 1:45 that afternoon will address the question of whether, and how, university journalism and mass communication programs should adapt their curricula in response to new technologies and the convergence of the media’s industry. The session is titled “Technology and the Journalism Curriculum: Does Convergence Require Changes in How We Teach?”
Featured speakers for the session include Kurt Greenbaum, mid-Atlantic general manager for Media General Interactive, responsible for Web site operations at six television stations in the region and the Morning News in Florence, S.C.; Conrad Fink, director of the Cox Institute for Newspaper Management Studies; and Jack Zibluk, assistant professor and coordinator of the photojournalism sequence at Arkansas State University and education coordinator for the National Press Photographers’ Association’s national convention last year.

Observatory Public Night.
7 p.m. Observatory, physics building. Sponsored by department of physics and astronomy. 542-2870.
The UGA observatory is open for public viewing once a month. The observatory sits atop the physics building, and if the weather is clear visitors will be able to look through the 24-inch telescope. If the sky is cloudy, the astronomers will offer a brief talk on an area of astronomy that is of current interest.

Gymnastics.
vs. Kentucky. 7:30 p.m. Stegeman Coliseum. 542-1231.

Concert.

Nancy Ruffer

Nancy Ruffer, flute, and Helen Crayford, piano. $17 (half-price students). 8 p.m. Ramsey Hall. (Ramsey Hall Series.) Sponsored by Performing Arts Center. 542-4400.
Ruffer was born in Detroit, Mich., and upon graduating from the University of Michigan in 1976 was awarded a Fulbright-Hays Scholarship to study at the Royal Academy of Music in London. She has remained in London, working as a freelance flutist specializing in contemporary music and performing with various ensembles, including Music Projects/London, Matrix, Topologies, and the Almeida Ensemble as well as with ensembles at the Royal National Theatre. In addition, she has recorded both as a soloist and chamber player for BBC Radio and has performed in festivals and concert halls throughout Britain, Europe, the United States, Canada and the Caribbean.
Ruffer is actively involved with composers in commissioning works, and she has premiered many works for flute both in Britain and abroad. She has had pieces written for her by Michael Finnissy, Paul Dolden, John White, Chris Dench, Graham Fitkin and Ian Wilson, among others. A CD of 20th-century British and American works for flute and piano, which Ruffer recorded with pianist Helen Crayford, was released last year, and a CD of contemporary solo flute pieces will be released this year.
In 1984 Ruffer was awarded the Kranichsteiner Prize for Performance at Darmstadt, Germany, and she was recently elected an associate at the Royal Academy of Music, London. She teaches at King’s College School and Middlesex University.
The program for the recital includes compositions by Hamilton Hardy, Peter Fribbins, William Bolcom, Michael Parkin, Lukas Foss, George Gershwin (arranged by Michael Finnissy), Ian Wilson, Cyril Scott and Edwin York Bowen.

Dawgs after Dark.
10 p.m.-2 a.m. Tate Student Center. Sponsored by student activities. 542-6396.

Saturday, February 9
Closing reception.
Cortona exhibition. 3 p.m. 116 visual arts building. Sponsored by Studies Abroad Program. 542-7011.

Sunday, February 10
Women’s Basketball.
vs. Tennessee. 3 p.m. Stegeman Coliseum. 542-1231.

Evolutionary Biology Lecture.
“A Genomic Timescale for the Origin of Eukaryotes and Rise in Oxygen during the Precambrian.” S. Blair Hedges, Pennsylvania State University. 7:30 p.m. C-127 life sciences building. Sponsored by department of genetics. 542-1715.

Pre-Opera Seminar.
“Mozart’s Marriage of Figaro.” Dorothea Link, music. 7:30 p.m. Edge Recital Hall, music building. Sponsored by School of Music. 542-3737.
The Athena Grand Opera Company will present Mozart’s Marriage of Figaro Feb. 15 and 17 in the Classic Center. This lecture is offered in conjunction with that production.

Monday, February 11
Evolutionary Biology Lecture.
“Molecular Clocks, Snowball Earth, the Cambrian Explosion and Colonization of Land by Fungi and Plants.” S. Blair Hedges, Pennsylvania State University. 11:10 a.m. C-127 life sciences building. Sponsored by department of genetics. 542-1715.

Workshop.
“Pruning Workshop.” Mark Rieger, horticulture. $11 (members $10).
1-3 p.m. State Botanical Garden.
542-1244.

IBR Seminar.
“Athens Regional Medical Center CAM Project: Opportunities for Partnership with Researchers at IBR.” Richard Panico, ARMC, and Nina Shubert, genetics. 3:30 p.m. 106 Barrow Hall. Sponsored by Institute for Behavioral Research. 542-1806.

Coming up
2nd Thursday Concert.
“Salute to the Big Band.” $9 ($5 students). Feb. 14, 8 p.m. Hodgson Hall. Sponsored by School of Music. 542-4400.

Theater.
Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom. Black Theatrical Ensemble. Feb. 14-16. $8 ($5 students; 542-8074). 7:30 p.m. Morton Theatre, downtown. Sponsored by African-American Cultural Center. 542-8468.

Opera.
The Marriage of Figaro. Feb. 15, 7:30 p.m.; Feb. 17, 3 p.m. Classic Center, downtown Athens. Sponsored by School of Music. 357-4444.

Concert.
Crasdant: Welsh Music and Dance. $15-$19 (half-price students). Feb. 16, 8 p.m. Hodgson Hall. (Traditions Series.) Sponsored by Performing Arts Center. 542-4400.