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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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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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BFA Candidates Exhibition
The Student Union Art Gallery at UMass Amherst proudly presents artwork of BFA Candidates--Liana Gozdowski, Leah Hollrock and Jameson Harper, from April 2nd through April 6th.
An opening reception will take place Tuesday, April 3 from 4-6 pm. Please join us to congratulate the artists. Light refreshments will be served.
Student Union Art Gallery
www.umass.edu/rso/suag
Gallery Hours: Monday through Thursday 10 to 5 and Fridays 10 to 2.
326 Student Union
All events are free and open to the public. Made possible by the UMass Arts Council, the GSS, the SGA, and an ECSA (Engage, Connect, Serve, Achieve) Grant, funded by the CSD the Division of Student Affairs & Campus Life.
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Lecture/Reading
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Community/Contradiction- Politics, Ethnic Solidarity, Assimilation Among Vietnamese Americans
Lecture/discussion by Prof. C.N. Le, Department of Sociology, UMass Amherst. Vietnamese spring rolls and other refreshments will be served. The Viet Nam War ended almost 40 years ago but the events that ultimately forced hundreds of thousands of Vietnamese Americans out of their homeland are still fresh in the minds of many. This talk focuses on the historical context and sociological dimensions of anti-communist political activism among Vietnamese Americans since the end of the Viet Nam War. In discussing the motivations and consequences of such anti-communist activities, I also look at how these examples fit into the larger context of group solidarity and differences within the Little Saigon community in southern California, how assimilation affects the political attitudes of the younger generation, and Vietnamese American political activism may change as both the U.S. and Viet Nam continue to evolve in the 21st century.
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“The Future for Books in the Digital Age” Lecture by Michael Suarez
Michael Suarez will discuss the enduring relevance of the book as a physical object. A leading scholar of the history of the book, Suarez’s most recent publication is "The Oxford Companion to the Book" (2010), a million-word reference work on the history of books and manuscripts from the invention of writing to the present day. Suarez is Director of the Rare Book School, Professor of English, University Professor and Honorary Curator of Special Collections, all at the University of Virginia.
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"Terras Irradient: Bearing Witness Through Photography"
Drawing its focus from the mission of Amherst College to “give light to the world,” this presentation by Fazal Sheikh, with Wendy Ewald and Eric Gottesman, will explore how photography investigates and represents displaced communities and has the potential to improve their lives.
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Photography Viewing
Study Room Viewing: In conjunction with the lecture "Terras Iradient: Bearing Witness Through Photography," the Mead Art Museum will offer a special presentation of related photographs, including work by featured speakers Fazal Sheikh and Wendy Ewald, in the William Green Study Room.
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Honors Faculty Lecture: "Our Planet, Under Pressure: Current Status and Future Prospects"
UMass Amherst Distinguished Professor of geosciences Raymond Bradley delivers the talk "Our Planet, Under Pressure: Current Status and Future Prospects".
Bradley directs the Climate System Research Center and is co-principal investigator of a $7.5 million federal grant to establish a new Northeast Climate Science Center. He and other campus researchers lead a consortium of universities to study the effects of climate change on ecosystems, wildlife, water and other resources in the region. His talk urges solutions that lead to a more sustainable future, while raising the standard of living of those who are impoverished and increasingly vulnerable to environmental instability.
Handicapped Accessible.
Sponsored by the Commonwealth Honors College.
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Poetry Reading
Local poet Peter Gizzi will read from his work.
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