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Visual
arts building exhibits works of Tanja Softic’
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‘Graphia,’ an exhibition
of the work of Tanja Softic’, will run through March 26
in the main gallery in the visual arts building. Softic’
will give a public lecture about her work at 5:30 p.m.
on March 2.
Softic’ was a graduate student in the United States
when war broke out in her homeland of Bosnia. After her
hometown was bombed and her personal belongings were lost,
questions of life and death, nature and shelter became
significant themes in her work. She describes her prints
as reflecting both “the traditional visual arts
of [her] native Bosnia and Herzegovina” and the
experience of living in postmodern America. Softic’
appears to be using her art as a means of conveying this
aesthetic and cultural dichotomy.
Softic’ earned a B.F.A. from the University of Sarajevo
before immigrating to this country and completing an M.F.A.
at Old Dominion University in 1992. She is currently associate
professor of art at the University of Richmond’s
Modlin Center for the Arts. Her work has been exhibited
extensively in North America, Europe, Asia, and Africa. |
——Robin
Dana |
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Art exhibitions.
Small Cups and Tangible Gems. Through March 5. Broad
Street Gallery, 257 W. Broad St., open weekdays, 8 a.m.–5 p.m.
Sponsored by School of Art. 542-0069.
The exhibition includes the work of ceramicist Annette Gates and
metalsmith Rob Jackson.
Gates’s delicate cups juxtapose precious gemstones with bits
of broken glass embedded in porcelain, blurring the boundaries between
the functional and decorative. Jackson’s jewelry employs a
similar reversal of traditional roles when high-karat gold is used
as the hardware or joinery to hold richly eroded iron scraps. This
exhibition presents a fusion of materials chosen to challenge ideas
of form, use and value.
Jackson is a professor of art in jewelry and metalwork at the University
of Georgia. Athens artist Annette Gates has taught in the Cortona
program for UGA, at the Atlanta College of Art, and at numerous
other colleges and art centers. She makes both functional hand-built
pottery and sculpture that she exhibits internationally.
Leaving for the Country: George Bellows at Woodstock. Through
May 16. 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.
Bellows is well-known for his gritty urban scenes, but this exhibition
will focus exclusively on his years in Woodstock, N.Y. It was a
period of tremendous growth and development that changed his palette
and style significantly. During these years he produced some of
his best work, including Elinor, Jean and Anna, often considered
an American masterpiece.
George Bellows (1882–1925) was among the most famous artists
of his generation and was celebrated for his boxing imagery, such
as the famous painting A Stag at Sharkey’s. From
1920 to 1924 Bellows spent summers and falls in the culturally rich
artists’ colony at Woodstock, painting bold landscapes and
remarkable portraits of family and friends.
He was inspired by the same mountains, lakes and fields that had
drawn early American landscape painters, such as Thomas Cole and
Asher B. Durand. The portraits from this period, often of his family,
are framed by simple interiors. He enjoyed life in this lively artistic
community, participating in theatrical events, baseball and conversation.
Works by Bellows’s Woodstock friends Eugene Speicher, Henry
Lee McFee, Andrew Dasburg and Robert Henri are also represented
in the exhibition. Bellows’s proximity to a community of fellow
artists and their work, combined with the beauty of the surroundings,
clearly contributed to his artistic growth and development.
Landscape and Laughter: British Watercolors from the West Foundation
Collection. Through April 1. 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.
Landscape and Laughter is a tribute to the long tradition
of both satire and landscape painting in British art. An exhibition
of prints and drawings by 18th- and 19th-century British artists,
it is organized from an outstanding collection of watercolors and
graphite sketches on loan from the West Foundation. Also included
are drawings from the collection of Giuliano Ceseri and prints from
the museum’s permanent collection.
One highlight of the exhibition is a rare intact sketchbook with
drawings perhaps made by J.M.W. Turner, the famous British landscape
painter. Thomas Rowlandscon, William Hogarth and Helen Paterson
Allingham are some of the other well-known artists whose work is
included.
This exhibition complements the 12th annual 18th- and 19th-century
British Women Writers Conference, being hosted by the UGA English
department March 25–28.
The Art of Leo Twiggs. Through March 28. 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 of the work of Leo Twiggs, accomplished artist,
educator and art administrator, brings a compelling body of work
to the museum. The batik paintings on view are a testament to Twiggs’s
life experiences and are driven by powerful beliefs and unwavering
opinions regarding the world around him.
Twiggs, a native of St. Stephen, S.C., received his degree in art
from Claflin University and was the first African American to receive
an Ed.D. in art education from UGA. Since 1964, he has been at South
Carolina State University, where he has chaired the art department
and directed the Stanback Museum and Planetarium. In 1998, he retired
from teaching, and he now devotes himself to his studio work.
Twiggs’s chosen medium is batik painting. The batik process,
an Indonesian method of hand-printing textiles by wax-coating the
parts not to be dyed, results in works that suggest aging artifacts
preserved from a time long past. Among Twiggs’s persistent
themes are familial ties and the perseverance of man in the face
of adversity. The music and poetry of America’s black heritage
are also important. Hurricane Hugo, which ravaged much of the low
country of South Carolina, inspired a series of images.
Forged by Drought, Flood, and Fire: Scenes of Remnant Landscapes.
Through March 9. Circle Gallery, ground floor, Caldwell Hall.
Open 8:30 a.m.–6 p.m., weekdays. Sponsored by College
of Environment and Design. 542-8293.
This solo exhibition of landscape paintings by Philip Juras includes
50 oil paintings, both field studies and studio work, painted
over the last few years. Juras paints beautiful representational
images of the natural landscape.
Juras, a native of Augusta, is a traveler and landscape painter.
His love for natural landscapes began on the many trips his family
made to explore the forests and fields of the Southeast, and continued
to grow through many years of travel through Europe and the United
States. His work as an artist began in earnest while he was studying
in Cortona, Italy.
After receiving his bachelor of fine arts degree from the University
of Georgia in 1990, he continued to travel frequently, painting
the landscapes of the places he visited, including England, Germany,
India, and the western United States. He earned a master of landscape
architecture degree from the University of Georgia in 1997, writing
his thesis on the presettlement savannahs that once flourished across
the southeastern piedmont.
After working successfully for two years in an Alexandria, Va.,
landscape architecture firm, Juras returned to Athens in 2000 to
devote himself more fully to painting. Though still painting the
landscapes of foreign travel, much of his current work explores
southeastern landscapes which have remained in a natural state.
Jura’s work is held in private collections in the United States,
Germany and India, and has been exhibited in one- and two- person
shows and juried group exhibitions.
Exhibits.
An Exhibition of Science and Art. Through April 30.
Second floor, Aderhold Hall. Sponsored by College of Education.
jcalkin@coe.uga.edu.
Monday, March 1
Darl
Snyder Lecture.
“Scenarios from Africa: Communicating HIV/AIDS Prevention.”
Kate Winskell, Emory University. 3:30 p.m. Chapel. Sponsored
by African Studies Institute. 542-5314.
In 1996, Winskell and her husband set up a non-profit organization,
Global Dialogues, that produces a
film series called Scenarios from Africa. Young people
from 25 countries have participated, making short films about the
HIV/AIDS crisis in Africa that have been shown in nearly every country
in sub-Saharan Africa.
Delta Campus Moviefest Finale.
Winners. $1. 7 p.m. Classic Center, downtown. Sponsored by
University Union. 542-6396.
Music Theater.
The Silken Phoenix. 7:30 p.m. Chapel. Sponsored by
Umlaut. 542-2144.
The Silken Phoenix is a new music theater production for
actress and chamber music trio (cello, piano, and percussion), produced
by the Core Ensemble with actress Fiona Choi. It celebrates the
life, times and works of three of Asia’s greatest women poets:
Ho Xuan Huong of Vietnam, Izumi Shikibu from Japan, and China’s
Li Qingzhao. These women represent a wide range of the past—from
the 12th century Song Dynasty to the feudal society of the 18th
century—but their work still has immediate and direct appeal
to audiences.
French Film.
Etre et Avoir (2002). $1. 8 p.m. Tate Student Center
Theater. Sponsored by Film Studies Program. 542-3816.
Tuesday, March 2
Art Exhibition.
Graphia. Through March 14. Main gallery, visual arts
building (open 8 a.m.–5 p.m. weekdays). Sponsored
by School of Art. 542-1511. See story above.
Teacher/Administration Recruitment Day.
10 a.m.–1 p.m. Classic Center. Sponsored by Career
Center. 542-8424.
Christian Faculty Forum Meeting.
Jeffrey P. Schloss, Westmont College. 12:15–1:15 p.m.
Russell Library. Sponsored by Christian Faculty Forum. 542-4439.
IHDD Core Seminar on Disability.
“Independent Living.” Doug Hatch, Multiple Choices Center
for Independent Living. 2–4 p.m. River’s Crossing
Building, 850 College Station Rd. Sponsored by Institute
on Human Development and Disability. 542-1290.
Charter Lecture.
“Darwin’s Cathedral: Evolution, Religion, and the Nature
of Society.” David Sloan Wilson, Binghamton University. 4–5 p.m.
Chapel. Sponsored by academic affairs. 542-0415.
Contemporary Iranian Film.
Where Is My Friend’s House? (83 min, 1987) 7:30 p.m.
102 Student Learning Center. Sponsored by UGA Libraries media
department. 542-7090.
The first film in director Abbas Kiarostami’s celebrated Earthquake
Trilogy, this neorealist piece follows the young Ahmed on his quest
to return a notebook to his schoolmate Mohammed.
Wednesday, March 3
Fundraiser for the Hungry.
Canned goods collected for the Northeast Georgia Foodbank during
distribution of March issue of The Georgia GuardDawg, UGA’s
conservative newspaper. Noon–3 p.m. Tate Student Plaza.
Sponsored by Georgia GuardDawg. events@guarddawg.com.
LGBTQ Film Series.
Bent (British). 12:10 p.m. 135 River’s
Crossing (850 College Station Rd.). Sponsored by adult education
department (in conjunction with EADU 8610). rjhill@coe.uga.edu.
Lunch-in-Theory.
“Memory in Literature and Neuroscience.” Suzanne Nalbantian,
Long Island University. 12:20 p.m. 411 journalism building.
Sponsored by Center for Humanities and Arts. 542-3966.
Against the dynamic background of contemporary neuroscience, Nalbantian’s
research explores how literature can be used to unlock how humans
encode, store and retrieve memory.
Nalbantian analyzes the classic works of such writers as Jean-Jacques
Rousseau, Marcel Proust, Virginia Woolf, André Breton, William
Faulkner and Octavio Paz to demonstrate that the literary text is
often a virtual enactment of different memory processes.
Engineering Seminar.
“Review of Structural Engineering Aspects of the World Trade
Center Collapse.” Sidney Thompson, biological and agricultural
engineering. 12:20–1:10 p.m. Driftmier auditorium. 542-0866.
Staff Council Meeting.
2 p.m. 348 Student Learning Center. 542-7222.
Women’s Tennis.
vs. Clemson. 2:30 p.m.. Magill Tennis Complex. 542-1231.
Spotlight on Latinos in the South.
“Educating Latino Immigrant Children in Georgia.” Heather
MacPherson, sociology. 3:30 p.m. 350 Student Learning
Center. Sponsored by sociology department. 542-2421.
This is the second in a series of public lectures dealing with Latino
immigration to the Southeast. The next is scheduled for March 24.
Genetics Seminar.
“Developmental Regulation of Caste Formation and the Evolution
of Sociality in Polyembryonic Insects.” Michael Strand, entomology.
4 p.m. C127 life sciences building. Sponsored by genetics
department. 542-1441.
Lecture.
“The Evolution of Religion and the Religion of Evolution.”
Jeffrey P. Schloss, Westmont College. 4 p.m. 101 Student
Learning Center. Sponsored by Christian Faculty Forum. 542-4439.
CHA-GMOA Lecture.
“Giorgio Vasari’s Lives: Identity and Imperfection in
the Shadow of Michelangelo.” Andrew Ladis, art history. 5:30 p.m.
Griffith Auditorium, Georgia Museum of Art. Sponsored by Center
for Humanities and Arts. 542-3966.
Ladis, Franklin Professor of Art History at UGA, specializes in
the Italian Renaissance. He is author, most recently, of Studies
in Italian Art (2001) and The Brancacci Chapel (1993)
and editor of Visions of Holiness (with Shelley Zuraw,
2001), Giotto and the World of Early Italian Art: An Anthology
of Literature (4 volumes, 1998) and The Craft of Art: Originality
and Industry in the Italian Renaissance and Baroque Workshop
(with C. Wood, 1995). He has two books forthcoming: Giotto’s
“O”: Narrative, Figuration, and Pictorial Ingenuity
in the Scrovegni Chapel and Fools of Fortune: Victims and
Villains in Vasari’s Lives.
Ladis has been a member of the National Council for the Humanities
since 2002.
Women’s History Month Film.
POV: Mai’s America (2002, 72 minutes). 7 p.m.
171 Student Learning Center. Sponsored by Women’s Studies
Program. 542-2947.
A spunky Vietnamese teenager named Mai gets the chance of a lifetime:
to study in the United States. Expecting Hollywood, she instead
lands in rural Mississippi, a crazy quilt of self-proclaimed rednecks,
cliquish teenagers, South Vietnamese exiles and transvestite soul
mates.
Thursday, March 4
Dr. Ro Vision Seminar.
“Supporting People with Disabilities (and Those Who Support
Them) to Balance Choice and Risk.” Wade Hitzing. 8:30 a.m.–3:30 p.m.
Classic Center, downtown. Sponsored by Institute on Human Development
and Disability. 583-0081.
CHA Lecture.
“Keys for Building: Making Blind People French.” Catherine
Kudlick, author of Reflections : The Life and Writings of a Young
Blind Woman in Post-Revolutionary France. 12:20 p.m. Russell
Library Auditorium. Sponsored by Center for Humanities and Arts.
542-2484.
Center for Family Research Colloquium.
“Understanding and Altering the Longitudinal Course of Marriage.”
Thomas Bradbury. “Learning Sobriety Together: Marital and
Family Treatments for Alcoholism and Drug Abuse.” William
Fals-Stewart. 2 p.m. 137 Tate Student Center. Sponsored
by Institute for Behavioral Research. 542-1806.
Friday, March 5
Softball.
Georgia Softball Classic vs. UNC–Wilmington, Ball State, University
of Maryland and Winthrop. Through March 7. Women’s athletic
complex. 542-1231.
WSP Friday Speaker.
“Radical Exodus: From Urban Politics to Lesbian Land.”
Catherine Kleiner, University of New Mexico. 12:20 p.m. 213 Student
Learning Center. Sponsored by Women’s Studies Program. 542-2947.
Kleiner’s research is on lesbian back-to-the-land communities
founded in the ’60s and ’70s. Her focus is on Oregon,
considered by lesbians a center for feminist spirituality.
Women’s Tennis.
vs. LSU. 3 p.m. Magill Tennis Complex. 542-1231.
Baseball.
vs. Liberty. 5:30 p.m. Foley Field. 542-1231.
Gymnastics.
vs. Iowa State. 7:30 p.m. Stegeman Coliseum. 542-1231.
Saturday, March 6
Baseball.
vs. Liberty. 2 p.m. Foley Field. 542-1231.
Men’s Basketball.
vs. Vanderbilt. 7 p.m. Stegeman Coliseum. 542-1231.
Sunday, March 7
Art Exhibition.
Photographs by Bob Thomas. Through April 25. 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.
Baseball.
vs. Liberty. 1 p.m. Foley Field. 542-1231.
Women’s Tennis.
vs. Arkansas. 2 p.m. Magill Tennis Complex. 542-1231.
Monday, March 8
Spring Break.
Through March 12.
Tuesday, March 9
Softball.
Classic City Shootout vs. Western Illinois, Alabama State and St.
Joseph’s. Through March 10. Women’s athletic complex.
542-1231.
University Woman’s Club Meeting.
“How Women Built Athens.” Charlotte Thomas Marshall.
Tickets for April fashion show will be available. 10 a.m. Central
Presbyterian Church, fellowship hall. Sponsored by University Woman’s
Club. jdwaters@pop.negia.net.
Friday, March 12
Diving.
NCAA Zone B. All day. Through March 14. Gabrielsen Natatorium,
Ramsey Student Center. 542-1231.
Saturday, March 13
Softball.
vs. Mississippi State. 1 and 3 p.m. Women’s athletic
complex. 542-1231.
Baseball.
vs. UNC Wilmington. 2 p.m. Foley Field. 542-1231.
Sunday, March 14
Baseball.
vs. UNC Wilmington. 1 p.m. Foley Field. 542-1231.
Softball.
vs. Mississippi State. 1 p.m. Women’s athletic complex.
542-1231.
Monday, March 15
Promotions Workshop.
8:30 a.m.–noon. Rooms K-L, Georgia Center. Sponsored
by Public Service and Outreach. 542-6167.
Coming Up
University Theatre.
Pterodactyls by Nicky Silver. 8 p.m. March 17–20
and 23–27, 2:30 p.m. March 21. Cellar Theatre, Fine
Arts Building. Sponsored by drama department. Tickets: 542-2838
(box office open noon–5 p.m. weekdays).
Classic Film Festival.
Singin’ in the Rain. $10. March 19, 8 p.m.
Classic Center, downtown. Sponsored by College of Journalism and
Mass Communication. Tickets: 918-6393.
Bird Day.
$2/person (family maximum $6). March 20, 9:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m.
Conservatory. Sponsored by State Botanical Garden and Georgia Museum
of Natural History. 542-1663.
Concert.
Sharon Isbin, guitar. $17–$22 (half-price students). March 20,
8 p.m. Hodgson Hall. Sponsored by Performing Arts Center (Music
Series II). 542-4400.
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