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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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Charles Dickens at 200
An exhibition of books by Charles Dickens from the Mortimer Rare Book Room, in celebration of the 200th anniversary of Dickens birth in February 2012. The exhibition is in the Book Arts Gallery (Neilson, 3rd floor). See http://www.smith.edu/libraries/info/ for library open hours, direction and other general information.
The exhibition runs from January 15 through April 15, 2012
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Paste Papers of the Pioneer Valley
Exhibition is on view from January 15 through April 15, 2012.
"Paste Papers of the Pioneer Valley" features decorated paste papers by 19 bookbinders, most of whom live and work in the vicinity of Northampton. The exhibition marks the publication of "Paste Papers of the Pioneer Valley" in late fall 2011, and also showcases bookbindings which incorporate paste papers. All items on display are from the Mortimer Rare Book Room.
The exhibition is in the Neilson Library, 3rd floor. See http://www.smith.edu/libraries/info/ for library open hours, direction and other general information.
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Shaping Plants: Fruits, Shoots, and Roots Collaborations With Nature by Dan Ladd
Artist Dan Ladd has long been fascinated with the adaptability of plants. His work grafting trees into whimsical structures and molding gourds and roots into sculptures reflects both a fascination with and respect for the plants. In his words, "The reciprocity in working with nature, influencing the direction and future of growth, is unique. There is definite give and take and reaction and response." He hopes that, through his work, others will be able to share his wonder and excitement at this way in which we can interact with our natural surroundings. Information is online at: http://www.smith.edu/garden/Home/events.html
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Lecture/Reading
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Roundtable Discussion on Death of Kim Jong Il
Roundtable Discussion on death of North Korea leader Kim Jong Il by EAS Faculty. Free pizza to first 20 people. This event is free of charge to everyone.
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Biology Seminar
Dr. Constance Jeffery, associate professor of biology at the University of Illinois at Chicago, will speak on “The Multiple Lives of Moonlighting Proteins.”
Research summary: The idea that one gene -> one protein -> one function has been found to be too simple, as more and more proteins have been discovered to have multiple functions. Dr. Jeffery studies moonlighting proteins, a class of multifunctional proteins in which a single polypeptide chain has multiple biochemical functions that are not due to gene fusions, multiple RNA splice variants or multiple proteolytic fragments. As there is currently no straightforward method to identify which proteins have moonlighting functions, or for determining if a protein of interest is a moonlighting protein, Dr. Jeffery is working to develop better methods to identify moonlighting proteins from their amino acid sequences or three-dimensional structures. Her lab is currently organizing information about the sequences, structures, functions and functional sites of moonlighting proteins, with the goal of preparing a database of moonlighting proteins.
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"Crossing the Divide: Engaging Students in Technology Through Material Culture"
Presented by Caroline Bruzelius and Rachael Brady - Duke University.
Presentation will be from 4-5 p.m. with a half hour after, from 5-5:30, for questions and discussions.
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