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Columns::August 26, 2002
UGA Guide
Forte tickets now on sale
The Forte series is coordinated each year by the students in the Performing Arts Division of University Union, part of Student Activities.
Five varied performances are being presented this year, and tickets are now available at the cashier’s window in the Tate Student Center (542-8074, open 9 a.m.-4 p.m.). No season tickets are being offered this year.
The first show of the year will be the Second City National Touring Company on Oct. 16 at 8 p.m. in the Fine Arts Theater. Tickets are $12-$15 ($5-$7 students).
Founded in Chicago in 1959, Second City has become the premier training ground for the comedy world’s best and brightest--Chris Farley, Mike Myers, John Candy, John Belushi, Gilda Radner, Bill Murray and Peter Boyle, to name only a few. The national touring company presents comedy stars in the making, with hilarious satire and cutting-edge improvisation. Some material may not be suitable for younger audiences.
On Oct. 24 at 8 p.m., Cassandra Wilson, one of the nation’s most celebrated female jazz vocalists, will perform at the Fine Arts Theater. Tickets are $20-$22 ($8-$10 students). Wilson returns to UGA with her latest project, Belly of the Sun, an exploration of the roots of American music. Her work is eclectic and powerful, inspired by blues, country, and jazz.
One of the world’s great string quartets, the Kronos Quartet, performs at 8 p.m. Nov. 16 in the Fine Arts Theater. Tickets are $16-$18 ($8-$10 students). The Kronos Quartet is known for its imaginative artistic vision and fearless dedication to experimentation. A traditional--and excellent--string quartet on the surface (two violins, a viola and a cello), Kronos offers unconventional programming and combinations.
Ailey II performs Jan. 22 at 8 p.m. in the Classic Center Theater. Tickets are $18-$22 ($8-$12 students). The Alvin Ailey company is a name synonymous with powerful dance, and Ailey II presents the country’s best young dance talent in the works of outstanding emerging choreographers. Ailey II’s dynamic dancers perform a varied repertoire of world premieres and beloved Ailey classics.
On Feb. 12 at 8 p.m. in the Fine Arts Theater, the National Shakespeare Company will perform Shakespeare’s Comedy of Errors. Tickets are $10-$15 ($5-$8 students). The National Shakespeare Company is America’s oldest professional touring company. The Comedy of Errors is about the comic misadventures of two young men from Syracuse, in ancient Greece, who are searching for their long-lost twins. Chaos and hilarity erupt as both pairs of twins find themselves in the same city, not knowing of the others’ presence.
Ongoing
Art exhibitions.
These Rare Lands. Through Sept. 1. Conservatory. Open Tues.-Sat., 9 a.m.-4:30 p.m.; Sun. 11:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Sponsored by State Botanical Garden. 542-1244.
These Rare Lands is a Smithsonian traveling exhibition consisting of 44 large-format panoramic photographic portraits of national parks, monuments and battlefields. All are the work of photographer Stan Jorstad, who refuses to use computer manipulation, either in the field or in the darkroom, because he fears it “threatens the credibility of nature photography.”
Romantics and Revolutionaries: Regency Portraits from the National Portrait Gallery, London. Through Sept. 29. 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.
Between 1790 and 1830, during the age of romantics and reformers in Britain, every sphere of life, from politics and economics to science and culture, was transformed by discovery, invention, rebellion and war. The romantic period witnessed a profound shift in literature and art to an outlook shaped by spontaneity, passion and emotion. The intellectual disciplines of classicism were cast aside for a preference for the infinite and the transcendental. A new feeling for untamed nature emerged in the poetry of Wordsworth, Shelley, Coleridge and Keats. Greater self-expression was the hallmark of the genius of Constable, Turner and Blake. For the poets and painters of the time, the romantic age was shaped by imagination and vision, by public charisma and by personal torment. This exhibition, with more than 70 portraits of the most famous men and women of the early 19th century, tells the story of this famed period, the Regency, in England. Stunning and iconic portraits of the most influential poets, painters, politicians and princes of this time, by such artists as Thomas Phillips, William Beechey and Sir Thomas Lawrence, are on view.
The Bold and the Beautiful: Portraits by Gerald Leslie Brockhurst. Through Sept. 29. 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.
Brockhurst (1890-1978), from Birmingham, England, was an outstanding etcher and fashionable portrait painter in the 1920s and ’30s whose patrons included the Duchess of Windsor, Marlene Dietrich, Mrs. Paul Mellon and Merle Oberon. The Jacob Burns Foundation has designated the Georgia Museum of Art as the primary repository of Brockhurst’s paintings, prints, drawings and correspondence.
At Home and Abroad: Japan and Japonisme. Through Oct. 6. 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.
Throughout the 19th century, all things Japanese were the rage in London, Paris and New York. While art dealers and collectors began to amass Japanese prints, devotees also purchased kimonos, fans and screens in fashionable shops. Japonisme, as this new interest was called, quickly influenced artists and designers.
At Home and Abroad features a selection of Japanese prints by artists such as Hokusai and Hiroshige, alongside European and American paintings and prints by Whistler, Toulouse-Lautrec and Cassatt, among others, that reveal the lasting impact of Japanese culture on printmaking and the decorative arts.
Bunzlauer Style: German Pottery from Jugendstil to Art Deco. Through Oct. 6. 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.
Bunzlauer pottery developed out of traditional utilitarian ceramic forms produced in eastern Germany in the 18th and 19th centuries. The ware takes its name from the primary center of its production, the Silesian town of Bunzlau, now the Polish town of Bolestawiec. Though little-known in America today, Bunzlauer pottery was widely popular throughout Europe in the first half of the 20th century and was exported in large amounts to the United States.
Through a selection of functional pottery, including plates, bowls, pitchers, and vases from a private American collection, this exhibition presents the history of Bunzlauer pottery, focusing on how it reflects changing design principles in early 20th-century Germany. Early wares were often decorated with brightly colored sponged patterns in blue, orange and green, showing the influence of Germany’s interpretation of art nouveau, or Jugendstil. Later pottery was decorated with airbrushed geometric designs in the modern art deco style. This exhibition reveals changes in both design and technology.
Imperfect: Digital Paintings and Drawings by Matt Chansky. Through Sept. 13. Main gallery, visual arts building. Sponsored by the Lamar Dodd School of Art. 542-1511.
Chansky’s work examines our daily lives as workers in an increasingly technological environment. We are surrounded by fax machines, copiers, computers and printers--by indecipherable information. Chansky creates abstract “paintings” from the glitches and errors of computer programs. Within the gibberish of the lines and colors, the images mirror a heat sensor detecting a warm body.
Paintings by Michelle Penland and Bryan Dodson. Through Sept. 26. Room 309 Gallery, Tate Student Center (open 8 a.m.-midnight daily). Sponsored by Student Activities. 542-6396.
The exhibition includes solo and collaborative paintings by local artists Penland and Dodson. Penland’s figures on the canvas connect with the space around it; the boundaries between solid objects and space are blurred, creating a dream-like quality. Dodson’s paintings use abstract forms and images. He paints in a meditative state.
Exhibit.
Legends of the Deadball Era: Vintage Baseball Cards from the Richard B. Russell Collection. Through Nov. 22. Russell Library. Sponsored by UGA Libraries. 542-8079.
Monday, August 26
Grand Opening.
Chick-fil-A Express, within the Bulldog Cafe, Tate Student Center. 10:30 a.m.-2 p.m. Sponsored by Food Services. 542-1256.
IBR Seminar.
“Large-Scale Systems Research: Challenges, Funding Opportunities and New Directions.” Paul Roman (sociology), Lisa Walker (IBR), Aaron Johnson (IBR) and Hannah Knudsen (IBR). 3:30 p.m. 106 Barrow Hall. Sponsored by Institute for Behavioral Research. beverlyb@uga.edu.
College-Readiness Seminar.
“Study Skills for the Returning Learner.” $29. Two sessions: Aug. 26 and 28, 6-9 p.m. Georgia Center for Continuing Education. Sponsored by ANSERS Program. 542-6400.
This course, designed for adults who are interested in beginning or continuing their college education, is sponsored by UGA’s Adult and Nontraditional Student Educational Resources and Services Program.
The course will offer real-world time management strategies for balancing home, work and school. Topics include note-taking skills for lecture courses, goal setting and motivation strategies and getting the most out of college textbooks. Effective learning styles will also be addressed.
Tuesday, August 27
Workshop.
“Creating a Wildflower Meadow Garden.” Suzzanne Tate, garden staff. $12 ($10 members). 8:30-11 a.m. Callaway Building. Sponsored by State Botanical Garden. 542-6156.
Opening reception.
For exhibition of paintings by Michelle Penland and Bryan Dodson. 6-7 p.m. Room 309 Gallery, Tate Student Center. Sponsored by Student Activities. 542-6396.
Wednesday, August 28
Wellness Clinic.
$50. Call for appointment. 7-11 a.m. Wellness Clinic, second floor, pharmacy building. Sponsored by College of Pharmacy. 542-7230.
Campus Employment Fair.
For UGA students interested in part-time employment on campus. 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Georgia Hall, Tate Student Center. Sponsored by Career Center. 542-8829.
Main Library Orientation.
11:15 a.m.-12:05 p.m. Instruction lab A, first floor, main library. Sponsored by UGA Libraries. 542-1114.
Lunch-in-Theory.
“Modernity, Religion and the War on Terrorism.” Richard Dien Winfield, philosophy. 12:20 p.m. 411 journalism building. Sponsored by Center for Humanities and Arts. 542-3966.
Open Studio: Portrait Drawing.
$3. Live models; no instruction; participants must provide their own supplies. 5:30 p.m. Forio Classroom, Georgia Museum of Art. Sponsored by Georgia Museum of Art. 542-4662.
ArtBeat.
William U. Eiland and Romita Ray lead a tour of Romantics and Revolutionaries: Regency Portraits from the National Portrait Gallery, London. 5:30 p.m. Griffith Auditorium. Sponsored by Georgia Museum of Art. 542-4662.
Concert in the Galleries.
David Mitchell, classical guitar. 7 p.m. Griffith Auditorium. Sponsored by Georgia Museum of Art. 542-4662.
Thursday, August 29
Main Library Orientation.
9:30-10:45 a.m. Instruction lab A, first floor, main library. Sponsored by UGA Libraries. 542-1114.
Georgia Student Employment Fair.
For students interested in part-time employment off campus. 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Georgia Hall, Tate Student Center. Sponsored by Career Center. 542-8829.
CHA Lecture and Demonstration.
“New Dance Aesthetics.” Choreographer Rob Kitsos. 4 p.m. New Dance Theatre, dance building. Sponsored by Center for Humanities and Arts. 542-3966.
Choreographer and dancer Rob Kitsos will present and explain his choreography in this lecture-demonstration. During his visit to the university, Kitsos will also teach a modern dance class and a hip-hop dance class for dance majors.
Kitsos has appeared as a dance artist throughout the United States and Europe, including the Spoleto Festival in South Carolina, the World Expo in Lisbon, the Grec Festival in Barcelona, the Palais Royale in Paris and the Lincoln Center Out of Doors, Joyce Theater and Dance Theatre Workshop in New York City.
He is currently artist in residence at the University of Washington.
New Black Faculty and Staff Reception.
4:30-6 p.m. Rusk Hall. Sponsored by Black Faculty and Staff Organization. mandrews@uga.edu.
Art exhibition.
Tarbaby, the Tyranny of Expectancy. Through Sept. 27. Broad Street Gallery, 257 W. Broad St. Open weekdays, 8 a.m.-5 p.m. Sponsored by School of Art. 542-0069.
This exhibition features the work of Stefanie Jackson, and will begin with an opening reception on Aug. 29 from 7 to 9 p.m. at the gallery.
Jackson’s work examines the history of the African-American experience and its repercussions. Her most recent paintings mix fact and folklore to tackle the painful issue of slavery in the United States, using archetypal characters in stage-like settings to tell her stories. Jackson confronts this topic without restraint, offering deeply emotional subject matter without flinching. While her work is highly symbolic, her palette of rich earth browns and brilliant sky blues evokes a sultry ambience reminiscent of a mid-August heat wave.
Jackson, a professor of drawing and painting in the Lamar Dodd School of Art since 1988, received a B.F.A. in Painting from Parsons School of Design in 1979 and an M.F.A. from Cornell University in 1988. She is the recipient of numerous honors and awards, most recently the 2002 Adolph and Esther Gottlieb Foundation Award. This exhibition offers a gesture of congratulations from the School of Art for the award.
Friday, August 30
First Friday 2002.
Kickoff for the football season, with Coach Mark Richt and the team. 5:30-7 p.m. Stegeman Coliseum. Sponsored by UGA Alumni Association. 542-4802.
Soccer.
vs. Clemson. 7 p.m. Women’s athletic complex. 542-1231.
Saturday, August 31
Football.
vs. Clemson. 7:45 p.m. Sanford Stadium. 542-1231.
Sunday, September 1
Art exhibition.
The Art of the Book: Twenty Years of Art and Design from the UGA Press. Through Sept. 30. 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.
Monday, September 2
Labor Day holiday.
No classes; UGA offices closed.
Tuesday, September 3
Main Library Orientation.
2-3:15 p.m. Instruction lab A, first floor, main library. Sponsored by UGA Libraries. 542-1114.
CHA Lecture.
“Relationship of Western Science and Religion: Galileo, Darwin and Einstein.” Fred Silva, executive director of the United States and Canadian Academy of Pathology. 5 p.m. 202 Moore College. Sponsored by Center for Humanities and Arts. 542-3966.
Coming up
Volleyball.
Georgia Tournament. Sept. 6: Georgia vs. Georgia Southern. 7 p.m. Sept. 7: Georgia vs. Iowa State, 1 p.m.; Georgia vs. Eastern Washington, 7 p.m. Ramsey Student Center. 542-1231.
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