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Columns::October 14, 2002
UGA Guide
Italy from Siena and the south
New Georiga Museum of Art exhibitions offer early Italian works
The Georgia Museum of Art has just opened two exhibitions of Italian works, one of Renaissance and baroque drawings, running through Dec. 8, and one of medieval and Renaissance panel paintings, running through Jan. 5.
Drawing in Renaissance and Baroque Siena: 16th- and 17th-Century Drawings from Sienese Collections offers the first comprehensive picture of Sienese drawing during the Renaissance and baroque periods--and is possibly the first exhibition in the United States ever devoted to Sienese drawings. Such works by Sienese masters of the 16th and 17th centuries have always interested the most important collectors of graphic art. The presence of these drawings in some of the greatest collections in the world, including the Uffizi, the Louvre and the British Museum, indicates the strength of their sustained appeal in later centuries as well.
The exhibition is accompanied by a catalogue published by the Georgia Museum of Art, which organized the exhibition. It will travel to other venues around the United States before it returns to Siena’s Palazzo Pubblico for its final installation.
Sacred Treasures: Early Italian Paintings from Southern Collections is a landmark exhibition of Italian paintings on panel from collections in the American South. The works were selected on the basis of aesthetic quality, historical importance, stylistic significance, and subject matter, balanced by practical considerations of their fragility and preservation. Within the broad scope offered by the period from the late 13th century through the 15th century in Italy, the exhibition provides a survey of styles, types and themes, illustrating the primary religious themes in Tuscan art. Particular emphasis is placed on the many roles of Christ, the Virgin and the saints in the spiritual and everyday lives of Italians of the period.
The Georgia Museum of Art is publishing a catalogue of the exhibition, which will travel to the Birmingham Museum of Art and the Ringling Museum in Sarasota, Fla., after its showing in Athens. Simultaneously, the museum is publishing The Corpus of Early Italian Paintings in the South, a major reference work assembling in one volume all early Italian works of art in Southern public collections.
Ongoing
Art exhibitions.
Photographs by Rinne Allen. Through Oct. 20. Conservatory, State Botanical Garden. 542-1244.
Profile(d). Paintings by Tendai Johnson. Through Oct. 26. Broad Street Gallery, 257 W. Broad St., open weekdays, 8 a.m.-5 p.m. Sponsored by School of Art. 542-0069.
Jeffrey Whittle. Through Nov. 7. Room 309 Gallery, Tate Student Center (open 8 a.m.-midnight daily). Sponsored by Student Activities. 542-6396.
Whittle creates mixed media drawings and paintings. He uses direct observation, photographs and memory, and then reacts to what happens on the canvas.
A recent portrait series incorporates maps, using the mosaics of the maps to reflect the accumulated experience of the human face, treated as abstraction and representation simultaneously.
“My work is strongly linked to a visual heritage, ranging from Egyptian mummy portraits to the large drawings of Chuck Close,” Whittle says. “Constant drawing informs everything I create, acting as both a catalyst for larger works and as finished pieces.”
Whittle received his B.F.A. in drawing and painting from UGA in 1992 and an M.F.A. in painting in 1997 from Cornell University. Recent exhibitions have included both solo and group shows.
Drawing in Renaissance and Baroque Siena: 16th- and 17th-Century Drawings from Sienese Collections. Through Dec. 8. • Sacred Treasures: Early Italian Paintings from Southern Collections. Through Jan. 5. 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. See story above.
Exhibits.
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.
Exploration and Discovery: Field Studies 2002. Through Oct. 24. Circle Gallery, ground floor, Caldwell Hall (open 8:30 a.m.-6 p.m., weekdays). Sponsored by College of Environment and Design. 542-8293.
As the new College of Environment and Design begins its second year as a unified program, this exhibit demonstrates the success of merging ecology and design.
On exhibit are a series of student projects from five different courses in which students study the characteristics of the environment, address areas of land in need of restoration, and plan for future uses of specific sites.
In the “Plant Communities of the Southeast” May-term course led by Darrel Morrison and graduate assistant Nancy Aten, students learned about the characteristics and components of various plant communities. Travels ranged from high-elevation forests in the mountains of North Carolina to the coastal plains of Georgia. Creative writing, field notes, drawings and paintings illustrate the differences between these communities.
Students of Jack Crowley’s “Tanyard Creek Summer Studio” addressed a degraded urban stream setting. The area of Tanyard Creek studied runs through the UGA campus by Sanford Stadium. Two design proposals offer ideas to restore Tanyard Branch and the surrounding riparian habitat to healthy conditions, monitor the site, and educate the university community about the importance of a healthy stream. Results were presented to the community on Aug. 1.
The “Campus Planning Summer Studio,” directed by Bill Ramsey, focused on designing the new campus of the College of Environment and Design. Students took into account physical aspects of the site, spatial relations, and proposed building and outdoor usage to create a series of conceptual ideas for the site.
“Travels to Costa Rica” for the summer studio gave landscape architecture students the opportunity to develop master plan studies for the UGA Ecolodge San Luis campus. Professors Allen Stovall and Gregg Coyle led this summer course.
Students in Laurie Fowler’s “Etowah Practicum” course in fall 2001 continued work on the design for the Etowah Watershed Regional Greenspace plan. This design proposal, which addresses issues of protecting greenspace along the Upper Etowah watershed, maximizing species diversity, and improving water quality, was presented at the Second National Green Space Design Competition where it tied for first place.
Monday, Oct.14
Hispanic Heritage Month Seminar.
“The Obstacles to Making Music in Latin America.” Musicians Mauricio Guzman and Tadeu Coelho. 12:15 p.m. CLACS, 290 S. Hull St. Sponsored by Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies. 583-0619.
Presentation.
“The Development of a Local Christian Legal Service.” Randy Beck, law. 12:15-1:15 p.m. Room 501, Center for Computational Quantum Chemistry. Sponsored by Christian Faculty Forum. 542-9034.
Inside Stories Interview.
Art Rosenbaum, art. 3 p.m. Studio I, journalism building. Sponsored by Center for Humanities and Arts. 542-3966.
The Center for Humanities and Arts is collaborating with the Center for Undergraduate Research Opportunities and the Office of Instructional Support and Development in the production of videotaped interviews with UGA scholars and artists. The interviews, which form a series titled Inside Stories: Research in the Humanities and Arts, are conducted by Betty Jean Craige, director of the Center for Humanities and Arts, and an undergraduate student before a live audience.
This fall’s interview is with Art Rosenbaum, Wheatley Professor in the Fine Arts and creator of The World at Large, the mural in the Center for Humanities and Arts. The interview is open to the public, but because of limited seating those wishing to attend should contact Pam Kleiber, CURO coordinator (pkleiber@uga.edu; 542-0530) ahead of time to make a reservation.
The purpose of the program is to present to undergraduate students personal accounts of research and creativity in the humanities and the arts by some of the university’s outstanding scholars and artists. Videotapes of the interviews are available for classroom use. The inaugural interview, with Emory Thomas, Regents Professor of History, was conducted Feb. 25 and is available from the Center for Humanities and Arts.
IBR Seminar.
“Links between Community Context, Family Processes, and Child Adjustment.” Ron Simons, sociology. 3:30 p.m. 106 Barrow Hall. Sponsored by Institute for Behavioral Research. 542-1806.
Voter Forum.
7-9:30 p.m. Mahler Auditorium, Georgia Center for Continuing Education. Sponsored by WUGA. 542-9842.
Participants include candidates for state school superintendent, Georgia Senate District 46, and County Commission districts 1, 3, 5 and 7.
Tuesday, Oct. 15
Hispanic Heritage Month Seminar.
“Our Cuba, Our Selves: An Account of the Fascination.” Reinaldo Román, history. 12:30 p.m. CLACS, 290 S. Hull St. Sponsored by Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies. 583-0619.
OISD Seminar.
“Electronic Reserves at UGA.” Rachel Nabulsi, main library, and Cynthia Prosser, science library. 12:30-1:30 p.m. OISD north conference room. Sponsored by Instructional Support and Development. 542-1355.
In fall 2001, the UGA Libraries implemented a new electronic reserves program. E-reserves provide students full-text online reserve readings. The seminar will give an overview: what the service is and how it works, basic policies, and issues and discoveries from the first year.
International Seminar.
“Programs and Projects in Kenya.” Rose Chapyator-Thomson (physical education and sport studies) and Norm Thomson (science education). 3 p.m. G23 Aderhold Hall. Sponsored by College of Education. 542-1154.
Religion Colloquium.
“Eve’s Bayou, The Apostle, and Barbara Hambly’s Benjamin January Novels: Imagining Religion in Louisiana.” Carolyn Medine. 3:30 p.m. 205C Peabody Hall. Sponsored by religion department. 542-5356.
International Day for the Humanities Roundtable Discussion.
“Globalization and the Humanities.” 4 p.m. Chapel. Sponsored by Center for Humanities and Arts. 542-3966.
The Consortium of Humanities Centers and Institutes, at a board meeting last winter, declared Oct. 15 an international “Day for the Humanities” to stimulate thinking about the future of the humanities around the world. UGA’s Center for Humanities and Arts will celebrate the occasion with this discussion.
The panelists will be Joel Black (comparative literature), Doris Kadish (Romance languages and women’s studies), Lioba Moshi (comparative literature and African Studies), Douglas Northrop (history), Max Reinhart (Germanic and Slavic languages) and Clark Wolf (philosophy). The moderator will be Betty Jean Craige, director of the Center for Humanities and Arts.
Hispanic Heritage Film.
Revolutions on the Radio: People and Issues Related to Revolutionary Movements in Latin America: Audio Gleanings from the Peabody Awards Collection. 5:30 p.m. B-2 main library. Sponsored by UGA Libraries. 583-0212.
ANSERS College-Readiness Course.
“Computers in the Classroom: Becoming Computer Savvy for Your Return to School.” $29 for two-session course; register at 542-6400 or www.gactr.uga.edu/ansers. 6-9 p.m. Through Oct. 17. Georgia Center for Continuing Education.
Wednesday, Oct. 16
Wellness Clinic.
$50. Call for appointment. 7-11 a.m. Wellness Clinic, second floor, pharmacy building. Sponsored by College of Pharmacy. 542-7230.
Workshop.
“Perennial Symposium.” $20 ($18 members). 8:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m. Callaway Building, State Botanical Garden. 542-1244.
Graduate School Information Day.
10 a.m.-2 p.m. Classic Center, downtown Athens. Sponsored by Career Center. 542-8429.
Genetics Seminar.
“Chromatin Remodeling and DNA Methylation: Partitioning the Genome.” Speaker: Paul Wade, Emory University. 11:10 a.m.-12:10 p.m. C127 life sciences building. Sponsored by genetics department. 542-1441.
World Food Day Teleconference.
Hungry Farmers: A National Security Issue for All. Michael Lipton, Sussex University. Register: www.uga.edu/alec/mnavarro/wfduga.htm. Noon-3 p.m. Dan Daniel Conference Room, Rhodes Center for Animal and Dairy Science. Sponsored by agricultural leadership, education and communications. mnavarro@uga.edu.
Blood Drive.
Noon-5 p.m. Lobby, Brumby Hall. 546-0681, ext. 225.
Hispanic Heritage Month Seminar.
“The Needs of Latinos in Georgia.” Jorge Atiles, Family and Consumer Sciences. 12:15 p.m. CLACS, 290 S. Hull St. Sponsored by Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies. 583-0619.
Lunch-in-Theory.
“Friction and the Media on the Sub-Continent.” David Hazinski, telecommunications. 12:20 p.m. 411 journalism building. Sponsored by Center for Humanities and Arts. 542-3966.
Memorial Celebration.
“Celebration of the Life of Eugene Odum.” 4 p.m. Hodgson Hall.
Teach for America Info Session.
5:30-7 p.m. Georgia Hall, Tate Student Center. flgriner@uga.edu.
Cinema Baseball.
Bang the Drum Slowly. 7 p.m. B2 auditor-ium, main library. Sponsored by UGA Libraries. 542-8079.
Improvisational Comedy.
Forte: Second City Touring Company. $12-$15 ($5-$7 students); tickets available at Tate Student Center cashier’s window, 542-8074, open 9 a.m.-4 p.m. 8 p.m. Fine Arts Theater. Sponsored by University Union. 542-6396.
Second City has been a mainstay in the comedic world since its inception in 1959. Hailed by the New York Times as “a comedy empire,” the Chicago-based improvisation company has spawned troupes all over the world.
Second City’s “alumni” list reads like a who’s who of American comedy--legends such as John Belushi, Bill Murray and Martin Short trained there as well as Mike Myers, Ryan Stiles and Tina Fey.
Some material may not be suitable for younger audiences.
Thursday, Oct. 17
Majors Fair.
9 a.m.-2 p.m. Georgia Hall, Tate Student Center. Sponsored by Career Center. 542-8428.
Music in the Day Chapel.
Classical piano. Noon-1 p.m. Day Chapel. Sponsored by State Botanical Garden. 542-6195.
Dean Rusk Center 25th Anniversary Lecture.
“The United Nations and Peacebuilding.” Abiodun Williams, U.N. 3:30 p.m. Larry Walker Room, Rusk Hall. Sponsored by Rusk Center. 542-5211.
Williams, director of strategic planning in the Office of the Secretary-General of the United Nations, will deliver the third lecture in the Dean Rusk Lecture series. The four-part lecture series commemorates the 25th anniversary of the founding of the Dean Rusk Center-International, Comparative and Graduate Legal Studies at the University of Georgia.
Williams has served in three U.N. peace-keeping operations as special assistant to the deputy special representative of the secretary-general in Bosnia and Herzegovina; special assistant to the representative of the secretary-general in Haiti; and political and humanitarian affairs adviser to the U.N. Preventive Deployment Force in Macedonia. He was also assistant professor of international relations at Georgetown University and has taught courses in international organization, theory and practice of international relations, and power and justice in the international system.
Hispanic Heritage Film.
Food for the Ancestors. 7:30 p.m. Athens-Clarke County Library, 2025 Baxter St. Sponsored by UGA Libraries. 583-0212.
UGA Symphony Orchestra Concert.
With D. Ray McClellan, clarinet. Mendels-sohn’s Overture to “A Midsummer Night’s Dream,” Mussorgsky’s “Pictures at an Exhibition,” and Nielsen’s Clarinet Concerto. 8 p.m. Hodgson Hall. Spon-sored by School of Music. 542-3737.
Friday, Oct. 18
Dirty Book Sale.
9 a.m.-5 p.m. Through Oct. 19. Tent on North Campus near Arch. Sponsored by UGA Press. 369-6163.
The Dirty Book Sale will feature slightly damaged or shop-worn books on sale at huge discounts. Gifts will be given to the first 200 customers. The Press will offer poetry by the pound and the newest and most popular titles at a discount.
Alumni Awards Luncheon.
$15 members, $20 guests. Noon. Georgia Center for Continuing Education. Spon-sored by UGA Alumni Association. 542-2251.
Terry Tunes.
UGA Salsa Band. Noon-1 p.m. Herty Field. Sponsored by College of Business. 542-3210.
Women’s Studies Noon Speaker.
“Update: ‘In the Shadow of the Arch.’ ” Campus Climate Research Group. 12:20-1:10 p.m. 139 Tate Student Center. Sponsored by Women’s Studies Program. 542-2846.
Hispanic Heritage Month Seminar.
“College of Education Initiatives for Latinos: Xalapa, Mexico, and Georgia, USA.” Martha Allexsaht-Snider, elemen-tary education. 12:15 p.m. CLACS, 290 S. Hull St. Sponsored by Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies. 583-0619.
Friday Tours.
4 p.m. Georgia Museum of Natural History. Not suitable for children younger than five years of age; groups larger than eight should call in advance. 542-1663.
Homecoming Parade.
6:0 p.m. 542-7774.
Swing Dance Workshops.
Instructors: Sylvia Sykes and Jason Christodoulou. Oct. 18, beginning at 6 p.m., dance building; Oct. 20, beginning at 10:30 a.m., Memorial Hall Ballroom. Sponsored by UGA Swing Club and Ballroom Dance Club. www.uga.edu/ugaswingclub/home.htm.
Volleyball.
vs. Arkansas. 7 p.m. Ramsey Student Center. 542-1231.
Homecoming Concert.
Outkast. $30-$40 ($15-$25 students) at cashier’s window, Tate Student Center (open 9 a.m.-4 p.m. weekdays). 8 p.m. Stegeman Coliseum. Sponsored by Student Activities. 542-6396.
The hip-hop group Outkast was formed in 1992 by Dre (Andre Benjamin) and Big Boi (Antwan Patton). In 2001 Outkast released its fifth album, Big Boi and Dre Present Outkast, a combination of greatest hits and new tracks. The group’s next album is expected later this year.
Saturday, Oct. 19
Art Exhibition.
Earl McCutchen: Craftsmanship in Ceramics and Glass. Through Jan. 12. 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.
Football.
Homecoming: vs. Vanderbilt. 12:30 p.m. Sanford Stadium. 542-1231.
Sunday, Oct. 20
Volleyball.
vs. Louisiana State. 1:30 p.m. Ramsey Student Center. 542-1231.
Monday, Oct. 21
Art Exhibition.
Subterrain. Through Nov. 11. Main gallery, visual arts building (open 8 a.m.-5 p.m. weekdays). Sponsored by School of Art. 542-0069.
Community, Ethnicity, and Identity in Context Seminar.
“Grappling with Identity Issues and Youth Development: Conceptualization and Methodological Challenges.” Maureen Davey (child and family development), Linda Harklau (education), and Beth Kotchick (psychology). Noon-1 p.m. 106 Barrow Hall. Sponsored by Institute for Behavioral Research. 542-1806.
Presentation.
“Legislative Issues that Affect Christians and Academics.” State Rep. Tom Rice. 12:15-1:15 p.m. Room 501, Center for Computational Quantum Chemistry. Sponsored by Christian Faculty Forum. 542-9034.
Hispanic Heritage Month Seminar.
“Educación e Hipertexto: La Pedogogía Liberadora de Paulo Freire.” José Luís Goméz-Martínez, Romance languages. 12:15 p.m. CLACS, 290 S. Hull St. Sponsored by Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies. 583-0619.
Languages, Discourses and Communicative Practices Seminar.
“Language Research and Digital Methodologies.” Steven L. Thorne, Pennsylvania State University. 2:30-3:30 p.m. 306 Aderhold Hall. Sponsored by the Digital Research Laboratory. www.uga.edu/dlrl.
Center for Family Research Seminar.
“Parenting Issues in Clinical Practice.” Panel discussion: Maureen Killeen (nursing) and Maureen Davey (child and family development). 3:30 p.m. 2nd floor, Nichols Building. Sponsored by Institute for Behavioral Research. 542-1806.
Lecture and Opening Reception.
Subterrain. Kendall Buster. 5:30 p.m. Main gallery, visual arts building. Sponsored by School of Art. 542-0069.
Coming Up
Contemporary Chamber Ensemble Concert.
Concerts 1900+: Music of Stravinsky, Harbison, Reich, and Yun. Richard Zimdars, director. Oct. 22, 8 p.m. Ramsey Hall. Sponsored by School of Music. 542-3737.
Concert.
Forte: Cassandra Wilson, jazz vocalist. $20-$22 ($8-$10 students); tickets available at Tate Student Center cashier’s window, 542-8074, open 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Oct. 24, 8 p.m. Fine Arts Theater. Sponsored by University Union. 542-6396.
Glee Club Concert.
Men’s and Women’s Glee Clubs, Noteworthy, Accidentals. Allen Crowell and Mitos Andaya, directors. Oct. 25, 8 p.m. Hodgson Hall. Sponsored by School of Music. 542-3737.
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