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Columns::August 25, 2003
UGA Guide
Farewell to summer
The State Botanical Garden offers the third and final concert of this summer’s Sunflower Music Concerts Aug. 26 on the
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lawn at the garden. The concert takes place from 7 to 9 p.m. Tickets are $15 ($5 for Garden members), and must be purchased in advance. Call 542-6130 or purchase them at the Garden gift shop.
Concerts offer a perfect summer evening -- for a good cause, since funds raised benefit the Friends of the Garden, the non-profit group that supports the Garden’s education, outreach and research efforts.
Wine, beer and light snacks like pretzels are included with ticket purchase, but everyone is encouraged to bring a full picnic and blanket.
This concert will bring back Neal “Big Daddy” Pattman. His blues music is powerful and authentic, reflecting his rural Georgia roots and classic style. He imparts great energy to his harmonica tunes and soulful lyrics, which has been bringing audiences to their feet for years. Pattman, who has been playing the harmonica since the age of nine, is well-known throughout the United States and in Europe and Australia.
Opening for the one-armed blues man will be singer-songwriter Danielle Howle. Her crossover blend of country twang and punk sensibility has garnered her critical acclaim. She contrasts sultry charm with smart, incisive lyrics and spoken word pieces.
Lawn chairs are not allowed, since they damage the lawn. Children are welcome, although some performances may be more appropriate for adult ears. In case of rain, the concert will be held the following day. If it rains on the “rain date,” the concert will be moved inside to the conservatory. Tickets are nonrefundable.
Ongoing
Art exhibitions.
Old Worlds, New Lands. Through Aug. 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.
This exhibition focuses on images of Native Americans made by European artists from the 16th century onward. Such views shaped ideas about the New World’s bounty. They also mark a long history of colonization during which different European powers competed with each other for control of North America. The exhibition includes prints, maps and rare books from the collections of the museum, the Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, and Giuliano Ceseri.
Becoming a Nation: Americana from the Diplomatic Reception Rooms, U.S. Department of State. Through Aug. 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.
This exhibition includes 130 objects from one of the nation’s least-known cultural treasures, the period settings of the diplomatic reception rooms at the State Department. The objects represent the finest craftsmanship and artistic talent of the golden age of American decorative and fine arts, from approximately 1750 to 1825. Highlights include a Philadelphia high chest attributed to Joseph Deleveau; a settee by Duncan Phyfe; paintings by Copley, Stuart, Sully, and C.W. Peale; silver by Paul Revere, John Le Tellier and Myer Myers; and porcelain that belonged to George Washington.
“Leaves Have Their Time to Fall”: Reflections of Mourning in 19th-Century Decorative Arts. Through Sept. 14. 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.
After Many Years: The Paintings of Wilmer W. Wallace and Lamar Dodd. Through Sept. 14. 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.
As an undergraduate student in art at UGA in the early 1940s, Wilmer W. Wallace studied under Lamar Dodd, founder of the School of Art. After graduation, Wallace entered the U.S. Army but continued his active interest in art while stationed in Wisconsin and Washington, D.C., during World War II. Following the war, he returned to UGA as a graduate student. Profoundly influenced by the American-scene style of his mentor, Dodd, Wallace won several prizes at the school in the 1940s. Wallace completed his best-known painting, Landscape with Tanks, while he was at the university. After graduate school, Wallace worked as a commercial artist for seven years, designing packaging. After Many Years brings together several early works by Wallace (including the award-winning Landscape with Tanks), a few paintings by Dodd from the 1940s, and some of Wallace’s most recent paintings, in which the influence of Dodd and the 1940s art school at UGA may still be seen.
George Denninger. Through Sept. 7. 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.
Denninger works in a variety of media, from bronze to wood to stone, but this exhibit will feature computer-manipulated photographs. He does not use the computer to fool the viewer with subtle enhancements but to create impressionistic interpretations.
“Art in its highest expression is a response not a reaction to the ideas and events one has experienced,” he says. “This is my goal: to take each insight and respond to it in a way that encourages others to ponder it as I did.”
Monday, August 25
Student Learning Center Tour.
12:20-1:10 p.m. Meet at grand staircase, first floor. Sponsored by UGA Libraries. 542-6233.
Tuesday, August 26
Art exhibition.
Recess. Through Oct. 24. Broad Street Gallery, 257 W. Broad St., open weekdays, 8 a.m.-5 p.m. Sponsored by School of Art. 542-0069.
Recess is an exhibition of the work of Didi Dunphy and Carol John.
John is known for her paintings in which she investigates the dot as a pop-culture phenomenon, but now her interests lie in a shape that more closely resembles a television or bicycle chain. This shape, too, is attributable to John’s fascination with overlapping trends in fashion, advertising and high art. Loosely gridded, her recent paintings, which are often the size of oriental rugs, stimulate like a wall of TVs at Circuit City.
Dunphy’s long-term interest in naugahyde furniture has expanded in a new body of work, in which she is fabricating oversized playground equipment. Constructed with industrial-strength materials and installed in the gallery, they invite the audience to participate in an ongoing performance of swinging and see-sawing. Mounting any piece in Dunphy’s theatrically idealized playground reminds adult players of the importance of recess time.
Dunphy graduated from the San Francisco Art Institute with an M.F.A. in 1988 and relocated to Athens in 2000. John, who graduated from the School of Visual Arts in New York with a degree in painting, has been living and working in Athens since 1990. This is the artists’ second collaborative exhibition together, a sequel to Pop Tarts at UGA’s Tate Center Gallery in 2001.
Water Law Conference.
“The Future of the South: The Role of Water.” 8:15 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Masters Hall, Georgia Center for Continuing Education. Sponsored by School of Law and Institute of Government. 542-2134.
The seminar aims to better equip county and other local government attorneys and other local officials to help counties adequately plan and handle use of water resources. Sessions will cover water rights and ownership, drought impact, river basin and watershed management, interbasin transfers, urban-agricultural conflicts, and other key water issues. Georgia Attorney General Thurbert Baker will give the closing address.
On-Campus Student Employment Fair.
$25 departmental registration fee. 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Tate Student Center. Sponsored by Student Employment Services Office. Register: 542-8829.
The fair offers an efficient method of presenting part-time jobs and internship opportunities to students.
Student Learning Center Tour.
2:30-3:30 p.m. Meet at grand staircase, first floor. Sponsored by UGA Libraries. 542-6233.
Sunflower Concert on the Lawn.
Neal Pattman. $15 (members $5). 7-9 p.m. State Botanical Garden. 542-6130. See story above.
Wednesday, August 27
Local Area Student Employment Fair.
10 a.m.-3 p.m. Tate Student Center. Sponsored by Career Center. 542-8829.
Student Learning Center Tour.
1:25-2:15 p.m. Meet at grand staircase, first floor. Sponsored by UGA Libraries. 542-6233.
Curators’ Tour.
Romita Ray on Old World, New Lands exhibition. 5:30 p.m. Griffith Auditorium. Sponsored by Georgia Museum of Art. 542-4662.
Georgia Woodwind Quintet Concert.
8 p.m. Ramsey Hall. Sponsored by School of Music. 542-3737.
Thursday, August 28
Student Learning Center Tour.
10-11 a.m. Meet at grand staircase, first floor. Sponsored by UGA Libraries. 542-6233.
Romance Languages Colloquium.
“Perceptions of Medieval Studies from Inside and Out.” Noel Fallows (Spanish), Amélia Hutchinson (Portuguese) and Catherine Jones (French). 5-6 p.m. 320 Gilbert Hall. Sponsored by department of Romance languages. 5421607.
Observatory: Public Viewing.
10 p.m. UGA observatory, atop physics building. Sponsored by department of physics and astronomy. 542-7827.
The 24-inch telescope is open for public viewing once a month. If the night is clear, those attending will be able to look through the telescope at the stars. If it’s cloudy, there will be a brief talk on an area of astronomy that is of current interest.
Tonight’s viewing features the convergence of Mars and Earth to their closest point in 60,000 years.
Friday, August 29
Workshop.
“Networking, Coalition Building: Costs, Benefits, Challenges and Strategies” and “How Privilege Issues Often Shape Policy, Procedure and Planning, and How It Can Sabotage Diversity and Equity Initiatives.”
Morning session directed to department heads and up; afternoon session to senior staff and representatives of constituent groups. Georgia Center for Continuing Education. Sponsored by Office of Institutional Diversity. 583-8195.
Student Learning Center Tour.
2:30-3:20 p.m. Meet at grand staircase, first floor. Sponsored by UGA Libraries. 542-6233.
Friday Tours.
4 p.m. Georgia Museum of Natural History. Not suitable for children under five; tour group size is limited. 542-1663.
Monday, September 1
Labor Day Holiday.
No classes; UGA offices closed.
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