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Ongoing
Art exhibitions.
“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.
One of the 30-plus verses hand-inscribed in ink on a chintz appliqué quilt in the collection of the museum reads “Leaves have their time to fall/And flowers wither at the north wind’s breath/And start to set--but all/Thou has seasons for thine own, Oh! Death!” The quilt, made in Philadelphia for a woman from Georgia, circa 1847, is covered with words and images which commemorate lost loved ones and warn of the fleetingness of life. Although morbid by today’s standards, these sentiments were considered fashionable throughout much of the 19th century. The ritual of mourning played a significant role in the lives of most Americans, and affected the design of clothing, jewelry and many other decorative arts for generations. The exhibition features objects that embody the act of mourning through color, inscribed or embroidered verses, and use of mourning symbols such as weeping willows.

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.

25-Year Retrospective Exhibition: Works of Jan Lorenc, Atlanta architect and environmental graphic designer. Through Sept. 10. Circle Gallery, Circle Gallery, ground floor, Caldwell Hall (open 8:30 a.m.-6 p.m., weekdays). Sponsored by College of Environment and Design. 542-8293.

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.

Monday, September 8
Workshop.
“IT Training Advisement for Computer Careers.” Two sessions: Noon-2 p.m. and 6-8 p.m. Georgia Center for Continuing Education. Sponsored by Business and Community Programs. 542-3537.

Soccer.
vs. Georgia State. 2 p.m. Women’s athletic complex. 542-1231.

Seminar.
“Focus on Fulbright.” UGA Fulbright advisers Else and Peter Jorgensen will discuss Fulbright Graduate Awards in international research. 3:30 p.m. G-23 Aderhold Hall. Sponsored by Office of International Activities, College of Education. 542-1154.

CHA Lecture.
“Sept. 11, 1973: A Chilean Story.” Marjorie Agosín, Wellesley College. 4 p.m. 265 Park Hall. Sponsored by Center for Humanities and Arts. 542-3966.
Agosín’s presentation combines a screening of her Peabody Award-winning film Threads of Hope with a lecture on the 30th anniversary of the assassination of the democratically elected president of Chile, Salvador Allende.

Tuesday, September 9
Art exhibition.
1993-2003: A Decade of Assemblages. Through Oct. 10. Main gallery, visual arts building (open 8 a.m.-5 p.m. weekdays). Sponsored by School of Art. 542-1511.
The works featured in 1993-2003 are composed of mixed-media sculptures and found objects that Aguilera has collected and exhibited over the last 10 years. Coupled with his large-scale paintings, this forest of sculptural columns recalls a timeless relationship between the artist and his personal and cultural history.
Aguilera, born in 1964 in Holguin, Cuba, currently lives and works in Atlanta. After graduating from the Instituto Superior de Arte in Havana, he attended the Massachusetts College of Art in Boston. His work was featured most recently at the Atlanta Biennial 2003, curated by Franklin Sirmans at the Atlanta Contemporary Art Center.

IHDD Core Seminar on Disability.
“Services and Supports for Individuals with Disabilities.” Zolinda Stoneman, IHDD director. 2-4 p.m. River’s Crossing Building, 850 College Station Rd. Sponsored by Institute on Human Development and Disability. 542-1290.

Student Learning Center Tour.
2:30-3:30 p.m. Meet at grand staircase, first floor. Sponsored by UGA Libraries. 542-6233.

Volleyball.
vs. Georgia Southern. 7 p.m. Ramsey Student Center. 542-1231.

Faculty Recital.
D. Ray McClellan, clarinet. 8 p.m. Ramsey Hall. Sponsored by School of Music. 542-3737.

Wednesday, September 10
Fall Activities Fair.
10:30 a.m.-3 p.m. Tate Student Center Plaza. Sponsored by Student Activities. 542-1884.

Louise McBee Lecture.
Karen A. Holbrook, president, Ohio State University. 2 p.m. Chapel. Sponsored by Institute of Higher Education. 542-0570.

ArtBeat.
Patricia P. Miller, Georgia Museum of Art, on 19th-century mourning rituals. 5:30 p.m. Griffith Auditorium. Sponsored by Georgia Museum of Art. 542-4662.

Open Studio: Life Drawing.
$3. Live models; no instruction; participants must provide their own supplies. 5:30 p.m. Forio Studio Classroom. Sponsored by Georgia Museum of Art. 542-4662.

Comedy.
Second City Touring Company. $15 ($6 students), 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 is the best-known sketch and improv comedy troupe in America. Founded in Chicago in 1959, Second City is the premier training ground for the comedy world--Chris Farley, Mike Myers, John Candy, John Belushi, Gilda Radner, Bill Murray and Peter Boyle, to name only a few. Some material may not be suitable for younger audiences.

Thursday, September 11
Student Learning Center Tour.
10-11 a.m. Meet at grand staircase, first floor. Sponsored by UGA Libraries. 542-6233.

Vinson Research Seminar.
“Growth Management in Georgia.” Laurie Fowler, ecology, and Jamie Baker Roskie, land-use clinic. 11 a.m. Third-floor conference room, Lucy Cobb Institute. Sponsored by Institute of Government. 542-2288.

Multicultural Mixer.
2 p.m. Adinkra Hall, Memorial Hall. Sponsored by Minority Services and Programs. 542-5773.

Lanier Reading.
Geoffrey O’Brien. 4:30 p.m. 265 Park Hall. Sponsored by department of English. 542-7103.

2nd Thursday Concert.
UGA Symphony Orchestra. $12 ($7 students). 8 p.m. Hodgson Hall. Sponsored by School of Music. 542-4400. See story above.

Friday, September 12
Workshop.
“Community-Campus-Student Leader’s Forum on Alcohol and Drug Issues.” 10 a.m.-3:30 p.m. Georgia Hall, Tate Student Center. Sponsored by Student Affairs. 542-7774.

WSP Friday Speaker.
“HIV Counseling and Testing: College Students’ Motivations, Beliefs and Concerns.” Su-I Hou, health promotion and behavior. 12:20 p.m. 137 Tate Student Center. Sponsored by Women’s Studies Program. 5422947.

Friday Humanities Faculty Colloquium.
“Theodor W. Adorno Remembered: Commemorative Panel on the Occasion of Adorno’s 100th Birthday.” Panel: Andrew Cole, Beatrice Hanssen, Jed Rasula, Letitia Guran and Julie Orlemanski. 2:30 p.m. 268 Student Learning Center. Sponsored by Humanities Faculty Colloquium. 542-2242.

Friday Natural History Tours.
4 p.m. Georgia Museum of Natural History. Not suitable for children under five; tour group size is limited. 542-1663.

Lanier Lecture.
Geoffrey O’Brien. 4:30 p.m. 261 Park Hall. Sponsored by department of English. 542-7103.

Saturday, September 13
Art Exhibition.
Masters of Their Craft: Highlights from the Smithsonian American Art Museum. Through Nov. 13. 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.
Masters of Their Craft: Highlights from the Smithsonian American Art Museum features 50 works of art that illuminate the vast creative spirit that is a hallmark of contemporary crafts. The diversity of artistic expression and approaches to materials testify to a renaissance in American studio crafts. Crafts emphasize materiality--clay, glass, fiber, wood, metal--and the technical means by which the properties of these materials are manipulated. Imaginative conceptions and technical mastery combine in works by masters of the medium such as Dale Chihuly, Albert Paley, Peter Voulkos, Beatrice Wood and Betty Woodman.

Football.
vs. South Carolina. 3:30 p.m. Sanford Stadium. 542-1231.

Sunday, September 14
Art exhibition.
Frabel Studio Glass Sculpture. Through Oct. 17. 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.

Monday, September 15
CHA Lecture.
“Culture, Conviction and Lifelong Learning.” Mary Catherine Bateson, George Mason University. 4 p.m. 265 Park Hall. Sponsored by Center for Humanities and Arts. 542-3966.

International Forum.
“Iraq and Other Hot Spots: What’s New? What’s Important? What’s Next?” Discussion moderated by Gary Bertsch, Center for International Trade and Security. 4-5 p.m. 102 Moore College. Sponsored by Honors Program. 542-6908.

Coming up
Theater.
Fifth of July by Lanford Wilson. Sept. 17-27. 8 p.m. Seney-Stovall Chapel, Lucy Cobb Institute. Sponsored by drama department. Tickets: 542-2836.

Franklin College Chamber Music Concert.
Brentano Quartet. Sept. 19, 8 p.m. Hodgson Hall. Sponsored by Performing Arts Center. 542-4400.

Concert.
Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, Robert Spano, conductor; Gil Shaham, violin. $37-$42 (half-price students). Sept. 21, 3 p.m. Hodgson Hall. Sponsored by Performing Arts Center (Music Series I). 542-4400.