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Columns::May 19, 2003

UGA Guide

Ongoing
Art exhibitions.
Alfred H. Maurer: American Modern. Through June 15. 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.
Alfred Maurer, often referred to as “the first American modern,” was one of the most prolific and progressive artists of the period. Apprenticed in his father’s lithography shop in New York, Maurer was inspired by this artistic environment at an early age. He studied at the National Academy of Design in New York and with William Merritt Chase, the well-known American impressionist. Maurer exhibited in New York at the infamous 1913 Armory Show and at Alfred Stleglitz’s 291 Gallery.
Organized by the Weisman Art Museum at the University of Minnesota, this touring exhibition is the first devoted to Maurer since a Smithsonian retrospective of his work in 1973. American Modern consists of 21 oil or casein paintings on canvas or board; 10 large gouache, tempera, or watercolors on paper or board; and 21 pen and ink, conté crayon, graphite, or pastel drawings on paper.
The exhibition includes a full range of his Fauvist landscapes and still lifes, Cézannesque watercolors, bold nudes, haunting portraits, and delicate drawings.

Jo Adang. Through Sept. 26. Room 309 Gallery, Tate Student Center (open 8 a.m.-midnight daily). Sponsored by Student Activities. 542-6396.

Alfred Stieglitz’s America. Through June 15. • The Weaving Room: The History of Weaving at Berry College. Through July 6. • Disegni: The Continuing Tradition of Italian Draftsmanship by 19th- and 20th-Century Italian Artists. Through June 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.

Cravings: A Photographic Installation by Robin Assner. Through June 27. Broad Street Gallery, 257 West Broad Street, open weekdays, 8 a.m.-5 p.m. Sponsored by School of Art. 542-0069.

Paintings by Judy Jarrett. Through June 15. Conservatory. Open Tuesday-Saturday, 9 a.m.-4:30 p.m.; Sunday. 11:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Sponsored by State Botanical Garden. 542-1244.

Men’s Tennis.
NCAA Championships. Through May 26. Magill Tennis Complex. 542-1231.

Monday, May 19
UGAMail Launch.
All UGA e-mail accounts will move from the old Arches e-mail system to the new UGAMail system this week; each user will receive instructions by e-mail when the account has been moved. Sponsored by EITS. www.ugamail.uga.edu.

Gerontology Guest Colloquium.
“Death and Taxes: The Politics and Institutions of Retirement Income.” Brian Gran, Case Western Reserve University. Noon-1 p.m. UGA Gerontology Center, 255 East Hancock Avenue. (free parking in rear). Sponsored by Gerontology Center. 425-3223.
In the past 15 years, public pension programs in many countries faced challenges. Responding to calls for efficiency and cost reduction, some socio-political actors attempted to shift provision of retirement income from the public sector to the private sector.
Gran examined the retirement-income programs of Denmark and New Zealand between 1973 and 1995 to evaluate the components of pension programs, both public and private, that changed. In this presentation he will evaluate the explanatory frameworks scholars employ to study social policy development and retrenchment.

Tuesday, May 20
Law summer term begins.

Institutional Diversity Candidate Visit.
Keith Parker, University of Nebraska-Lincoln. Open meeting with faculty: 10-11:15 a.m.; with staff 2-3 p.m.; with students 3-4 p.m. 138 Tate Student Center. www.uga.edu/presofc/diversitysearch.htm.

Grass Lecture.
“An Information-Processing Perspective on Conditioning: Neurobiological Implications.” Randy Gallistel, Rutgers University. 10 a.m. 120 psychology building. Sponsored by UGA chapter, Society for Neuroscience. 542-2252.

Wednesday, May 21
ArtBeat.
Paul Manoguerra, Georgia Museum of Art, on Alfred H. Maurer. 5:30 p.m. Griffith Auditorium. Sponsored by Georgia Museum of Art. 542-4662.

Open Studio: Life Drawing.
$3. 5:30 p.m. Forio Studio Classroom. Sponsored by Georgia Museum of Art. 542-4662.

Thursday, May 22
Poetry Reading.
David Berman. $5. 4:30 p.m. 265 Park Hall. Sponsored by Creative Writing Program. 542-2659.

Friday, May 23
Institutional Diversity Candidate Visit.
Paulette Dilworth, Indiana University. Open meeting with faculty: 10-11:15 a.m.; with staff 2-3 p.m.; with students 3-4 p.m. 138 Tate Student Center. www.uga.edu/presofc/diversitysearch.htm.

Saturday, May 24
Drawing Workshop.
“Drawing What You See: Developing Observational Drawing Skills.” Participants provide their own supplies. No charge; reservations required. 10 a.m.-noon. Forio Studio Classroom. Sponsored by Georgia Museum of Art. 542-4662.

Monday, May 26
Memorial Day.
No classes, offices closed.

Wednesday, May 28
Institutional Diversity Candidate Visit.
Maurice Daniels, social work, UGA. Open meeting with faculty: 10-11:15 a.m.; with staff 2-3 p.m.; with students 3-4 p.m. 138 Tate Student Center. www.uga.edu/presofc/diversitysearch.htm.

Thursday, May 29
Gerontology Guest Colloquium.
“Assays and Essays: Toward an Interdisciplinary Gerontology.” Graham Rowles. Noon-1 p.m. UGA Gerontology Center, 255 East Hancock Avenue. (free parking in rear). Sponsored by Gerontology Center. 425-3223.
Rowles is professor of geography, behavioral science and nursing, and associate director of the Sanders-Brown Center on Aging. In this colloquium he will explore the evolution and characteristics of an “interdisciplinary” as distinguished from “multidisciplinary” gerontology.

Conference.
“Web X: A Decade of the World Wide Web,” joint international conference of the Association for Computers and the Humanities and the Association for Literary and Linguistic Computing. Through June 2. Georgia Center for Continuing Education. 542-2246.

Wednesday, June 4
Last day of May term classes.

Staff Council Meeting.
2 p.m. 542-7222.

Thursday, June 5
May term final exams.

Southern Conference on Women’s History.
Through June 7. Sponsored by the Southern Association for Women Historians. 542-6394.

Saturday, June 7
Conference.
“Classic Clays and Minerals,” joint meeting of the Mineralogical Society of America and the Clay Minerals Society. Through June 12. Georgia Center for Continuing Education and Classic Center. Sponsored by geology department. www.gly.uga.edu/CMS2003.
Coinciding with the conference will be a symposium honoring Vernon Hurst, an internationally known scientist who spent most of his career at UGA and is best known for research in economic geology, industrial minerals processing and kaolin genesis. Hurst himself will give the Pioneer in Clay Science Lecture.
There will be speakers from universities and businesses all over the country and from as far away as France, Australia and Japan. Field trips will include visits to several areas, including a two-day visit to the kaolin district in middle Georgia.

Thursday, June 12
First day of classes.
Summer semester and short session I.

Friday, June 13
Art Car Weekend.
Four Art Cars by guest artists displayed on the grounds. Through June 14. Georgia Museum of Art. Sponsored by Georgia Museum of Art. 542-4662.

Art Car Workshop.
1 p.m. Georgia Museum of Art. Sponsored by Georgia Museum of Art. 542-4662.

Saturday, June 14
Dedication Ceremony: Oconee River Greenway.
10 a.m. Greenway Plaza in Dudley Park (adjacent to UGA’s Chicopee parking lot). 613-3610.

Art Car Film Screening.
Wild Wheels and Driving the Dream. Films by Harrod Blank; panel discussion with guest artists follows. 2-4 p.m. Griffith Auditorium. Sponsored by Georgia Museum of Art. 542-4662.

Coming up
Independence Day Holiday.
July 4: no classes; university offices closed.