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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Sex Crimes Unit Documentary Showing: Lisa F. Jackson
C.A.U.S.E. coordinally invites you to the screening of Sex Crimes Unit, a documentary by Lisa F. Jackson. This film takes us behind the scenes of the NYC District Attorney's office, which is the first full time Unit in the country dedicated to the prosecution of sexual assault and rape. For the first time cameras go inside the offices and courtrooms where investigations and prosecutions happen every day. This film gives us the inside look into multiple cases, including one survivor's 16-years journey to justice. This film tells the story of the dedicated men and women who are helping victims/survivors fight for their rights and seek justice for a crime that is extremely misunderstood and underreported. After the screening please join us for a discussion and Q&A session with Lisa F. Jackson herself. Jackson has been making docoumentary film for over 30 years. She has won numerous awards including 2 Emmy awards and a Sundance Jury Prize. https://www.facebook.com/events/360459570663839/# Free and open to the public.

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Dana Wilson's Wind Concerti
Dana Wilson's Wind Concerti
WIND ENSEMBLE
Featuring Dana Wilson, guest composer
James Patrick Miller, conductor; John Jenkins, guest conductor; Stephen Walt, bassoon & Laura Klock, horn
Works by Wilson & Husa, including Music for Prague, 1968 in honor of the composer's 90th birthday
Former Director of Bands, John Jenkins will conduct Richard Wagner's Trauersinfonie in recognition of his retirement
8pm Fine Arts Center Concert Hall $5/$10

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UMass AIAS Presents: Local Focus, Global Reach
April 20-April 23

The UMass AIAS is excited to be hosting this Springs Quad Conference. The theme of our conference, LOCAL FOCUS, GLOBAL REACH showcases local solutions to sustainability issues. Over 60 architecture students will be visiting from schools in the Northeast. 

Join us for exciting activities and lectures on Saturday April 21st and Sunday April 22nd. We will also be joining in on some Earth Day Festivals on Monday April 23. 

Look forward to a Permaculture Garden Design Charrette, a field trip to Sirius Community to learn about sustainable eco-villages, and don't forget THE BEAUX ARTS BALL!

$30 for 5 College Students(more ticket info available at umassaias.org

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