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Exhibitions
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Picturing Enlightenment: Thangka in the Mead Art Museum at Amherst College
This special exhibition marks the completion of an extensive project to conserve the Mead Art Museum’s collection of thangka (pronounced “tan-kah”)—scroll paintings of Buddhist figures. So fragile that they have remained largely inaccessible to scholars and museum visitors for nearly six decades, Amherst College’s eighteen thangka, primarily from Tibet, have been gently cleaned, stabilized, and repaired by conservators at Museum Textile Services in Andover, Massachusetts, under the leadership of Camille Myers Breeze. A generous grant from the E. Rhodes and Leona B. Carpenter Foundation and additional support from the Amherst College Department of Religion underwrote the conservation treatment. The Louis and Nettie Horch Foundation provided further support for the conservation of one thangka.
For more information, visit www.amherst.edu/museums/mead/programs/2011exhib/picturingenlightenment.
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Photo Exhibition: The Gesture in Light: Illuminated
Exhibit: The Gesture in Light: Illuminated by Theresa Antonellis runs from Monday Jan. 9 through Sunday May 11.
A reception will be held Thursday, February 2, from 4-6pm.
The exhibit consists of a related series of framed prints featuring photo-enhanced light photography by Theresa Antonellis.
Info: 577-0785, mcharney@library.umass.edu
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Photography Exhibit: Photos of Don David
Photos of Don David
“The subjects in my images are those of nature and wildlife. Although there are no photographic topics in which I am not interested, I pursue these subjects in my travels concentrating on landscapes, creatures, great and small, and unique aspects and lighting that define the region and give the viewer an appreciation for beauty and sense of place.
I spent my career as a Senior Science Fellow and Research Manager at the Monsanto Company, as a Research Professor at the University of Massachusetts, and as an Adjunct Professor at the University of Minnesota. My career training and interests have reinforced my interest in nature and landscape photography which I have pursued for over 30 years.
I have exhibited locally at the New England Camera Club, Robert Floyd Gallery, Cooley Dickinson Hospital Gallery, Baystate Medical Center Gallery, Valley Photo Center, Nashawannuck Gallery, Vermont Center for Photography, and the Jasper Rand Art Museum in the Westfield Athenaeum.
A number of my photographs have been selected as prize winning images, featured in Photographer's Forum “Best of Photography “ Annual 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, and have been featured in books, magazines, and on the cover of the Amherst farm book, “Harvesting History”. I am a member of the Vermont Center for Photography and the Pioneer Valley Photographic Artists.
No reservations required.
Handicapped Accessible.
Sponsor: The Renaissance Center.
Contact: Jeff 413-577-3600 or renaissance@english.umass.edu
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Exhibition: Eija-Liisa Ahtila: The Annunciation
February 22-May 6, 2012
The University Museum of Contemporary Art is pleased to present The Annunciation, a new work by Eija-Liisa Ahtila, the internationally acclaimed artist from Finland who is a pioneer in the development of multi-media art. Her work explores the potential of the film medium, weaving an intricate web of references between film and theater, painting and poetry, fiction and documentary.
Museum Hours: Beginning February 1, 2012
Tuesday-Friday, 11:00 AM-4:30 PM, Saturday/Sunday 2-5 PM
Closed Mondays and Spring Break, March 17-26
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Exhibition: The Domestic Sphere Goes Pop
The Domestic Sphere Goes Pop, a new exhibition at the University Museum of Contemporary Art, investigates what happens to unremarkable objects when they are elevated to the status of art. The exhibition will open on Wednesday, April 4 and be on view through May 6. The opening reception will be held on Wednesday, April 4 from 5-7 p.m. and will include a gallery talk by Rebecca Bernard and Kristen Rudy, co-curators and candidates for Master's of Art in Art History, UMass Amherst.
The Domestic Sphere Goes Pop examines works on paper from the 1960s and 1970s. It focuses particularly on the ways artists manipulate color, form, scale, context, and technique to defamiliarize the everyday. Artists in this exhibition include: Richard Hamilton, Roy Lichtenstein, Eduardo Paolozzi, Robert Rauschenberg, James Rosenquist, and Andy Warhol. The works of art in this exhibition have been drawn from the strong permanent collection of the University Museum of Contemporary Art.
The Domestic Sphere Goes Pop is co-curated by Rebecca Bernard and Kristen Rudy, Masters in Art History candidates, 2012. This exhibition is presented as the culmination of their Curatorial Fellowship. The Curatorial Fellowship is a year-long Independent Study that is conducted in collaboration with the Art History Program. The Fellowship entails all aspects of producing an exhibition, including grant writing, researching the UMCA's permanent collection, and developing concepts and theoretical underpinnings. The success of this program is made possible through the support and guidance of Loretta Yarlow (Gallery Director), Eva Fierst (Curator of Education), and
Mario Ontiveros (Assistant Professor of Art History).
Museum Hours:
Tuesday-Friday, 11:00 AM to 4:30 PM
Saturday/Sunday 2 to 5 PM
Closed Mondays
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Music
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Euridice Ensembles Chamber Concert.
A concert by the students and faculty of the varied ensembles of the Five College Early Music Program, and Circa 1600, a group of singers and lutes. The program features 13th and 14th century Spanish and French music, music for lutes, English and Italian songs of the 17th century, and a suite for viole by Du Buisson, performed by Robert Eisenstein. For further Information, contact the Early Music Office (413-538-2079), e-mail reisenst@mtholyoke.edu., or see: http://www.fivecolleges.edu/sites/earlymusic/.
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Euridice Ensembles concert
Uncommon Chamber Music: 13th and 14th century works for voices, fiddles, lute and organetto, 17th century songs with harpsichord, lute and viol, and baroque sonatas for violins, viola da gamba, flute and harpsichord performed by students and faculty of the Early Music Program.
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Student Composers Concert
Student Composers Concert
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Gamelan Spring Ensemble Recital
Music from Central Java. Directed by Professor Sumarsam.
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