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Michael C. Carlos Museum - Exhibition Lost Kingdoms of the Nile: Nubian Treasures from the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
February 9, 2008 through August 31, 2008
Price: $7 suggested donation
Venue: Michael C. Carlos Museum, 3rd Floor
Visual Arts - Exhibition EXHIBIT: Picking Cotton: Mississippi to Detroit
June 20 - July 31, 2008Mon - Fri 10 am - 4 pm;
Sat 12 noon - 4 pm;
& by appt.Price: FREE
Venue: Visual Arts Gallery, 700 Peavine Creek Drive
Guest Artist: Nancy VanDevender
Opening Reception: Friday, June 20, 5:30 - 7:30 pm
Contact: Mary Catherine Johnson: 404-712-4390 mcjohn7@emory.edu
This installation is the culmination of research that began as a look into the role of cotton and slavery in the historical and decorative evolution of the ruffle. Looking at how Victorian and European influences filtered into the Harlem Renaissance and how that era paved the way for the Civil Rights Movement, the artist is focusing on rearranging and recreating relationships through character development and set construction. Layering image upon image the entanglement suggests the intricacies in deciphering truth. Combining the designs as flattened marks on skin, cloth, and papered surfaces, new identifiers challenge old patterns of narrative. Installed as staged interiors, the print and the projection are investigated as backdrops for how image is transferred culturally through both fiction and history. The dual nature of the forum as a place for intimate reception and public presentation is constructed through the use of the parlour as a platform and setting for exchange. Sponsored by the Emory University Humanities Council. ABOUT THE ARTIST After spending a year at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago in Sculpture and Fiber and Material Studies, Nancy VanDevender spent two years in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan at Cranbrook Academy of Art to complete the MFA program in Fiber. During the past year her work has been shown at the Anton Art Center in Mount Clemens, Michigan, the Detroit Symphony Orchestra, the Society for Contemporary Craft in Pittsburgh, PA, and at Daimler Chrysler, PotsdamerPlatz in Berlin, Germany. She is currently part of the Studio Artist program at the Atlanta Contemporary Art Center.
Official Link: http://visualarts.emory.edu/events/index.html#vandevender
Artist's Homepage: http://thecontemporary.org/studioartist/nancyvandevenderImages.html
For More Information: http://visualarts.emory.edu/events/index.html#vandevender
Schatten Gallery - Exhibition Nubian Dreams: Images of the Sudan
Chester HigginsJune 20 August 15, 2008
Price: Free
Venue: Woodruff Library, Main and Corridor Galleries, Schatten GalleryContact: Carlos Museum
As a companion to the Michael C. Carlos Museum's exhibition, Lost Kingdoms of the Nile: Nubian Treasures from the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, the Shatten gallery will host a companion exhibition on the work of renowned photographer, Chester Higgins. Mr. Higgins is the author of numerous photo collections, including, Black Woman, Drums of Life, Some Time Ago, and Feeling the Spirit: Searching the World for the People of Africa, a comprehensive look at the African Diaspora.
Michael C. Carlos Museum Program. Once Upon a Time Painting, Drawing, Illustrating Studio
7-9 year oldsMonday, July 7 - Friday, July 11, 12:00 p.m.
Venue: Michael C. Carlos MuseumContact: Carlos Museum: 404 727-4282
Long ago, before there were books, one way people told their cultures stories was through images that were painted, inscribed, and drawn on the things they created. Artist Ande Cook will teach campers to paint and draw stories represented on works of art in the Carlos collections, from the ancient Greek story of Aktaion, devoured by his own hunting dogs to the ancient Egyptian sky goddess Nut arched across the heavens to stories of transformation told with animals like the jaguar and crocodile in the Ancient Americas and many more. $185 for non-members and $225 for members per week. Aftercare is available from 3 to 5 PM for an additional $60 for the week. Download a PDF of the camp brochure with registration form.
Official Link: http://http://www.carlos.emory.edu/calendar_next
Michael C. Carlos Museum - Lecture. Chester Higgins, lecture
Thursday, July 10, 2008, 4:00 p.m.
Price: Free
Venue: Reception Hall, Michael C. Carlos MuseumContact: Carlos Museum: 404 727-4282
Renowned photographer Chester Higgins discusses his brilliantly evocative photographs of ancient Nubian monuments and the land and people of Sudan.
Official Link: http://http://www.carlos.emory.edu/calendar_next
Michael C. Carlos Museum Program. Camp Carlos From Head to Toe Jewelry Design
7-9 year oldsMonday, July 21 - Friday, July 25
Venue: Michael C. Carlos MuseumContact: Carlos Museum: 404 727-4282
Please note this is a multi-session event.
Throughout their history and across the vast African continent, the peoples of Africa have traded resources and products with those of other cultures and countries of the world. African imagination and a willingness to embrace materials as varied Venetian glass beads, cowrie shells, and recycled materials such as telephone wire, bottle caps, and tin cans resulted in works of beauty, color, and whimsy. Using similar materials, jewelry artist Gail Walter will work with campers create to items of personal adornment with an African influence. $185 for non-members and $225 for members per week. Aftercare is available from 3 to 5 PM for an additional $60 for the week. Download a PDF of the camp brochure with registration form.
Official Link: http://http://www.carlos.emory.edu/calendar_next
Visual Arts - Lecture. ARTIST TALK - Picking Cotton: Mississippi to Detroit
Wednesday, July 23, 7:00 pm
Price: FREE
Running Time: 1 hour
Venue: Visual Arts Gallery, 700 Peavine Creek Drive
Guest Artist: Nancy VanDevender
Contact: Mary Catherine Johnson: 404-712-4390 mcjohn7@emory.edu
This installation is the culmination of research that began as a look into the role of cotton and slavery in the historical and decorative evolution of the ruffle. Looking at how Victorian and European influences filtered into the Harlem Renaissance and how that era paved the way for the Civil Rights Movement, the artist is focusing on rearranging and recreating relationships through character development and set construction. Layering image upon image the entanglement suggests the intricacies in deciphering truth. Combining the designs as flattened marks on skin, cloth, and papered surfaces, new identifiers challenge old patterns of narrative. Installed as staged interiors, the print and the projection are investigated as backdrops for how image is transferred culturally through both fiction and history. The dual nature of the forum as a place for intimate reception and public presentation is constructed through the use of the parlour as a platform and setting for exchange. Sponsored by the Emory University Humanities Council. ABOUT THE ARTIST After spending a year at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago in Sculpture and Fiber and Material Studies, Nancy VanDevender spent two years in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan at Cranbrook Academy of Art to complete the MFA program in Fiber. During the past year her work has been shown at the Anton Art Center in Mount Clemens, Michigan, the Detroit Symphony Orchestra, the Society for Contemporary Craft in Pittsburgh, PA, and at Daimler Chrysler, PotsdamerPlatz in Berlin, Germany. She is currently part of the Studio Artist program at the Atlanta Contemporary Art Center.
Official Link: http://visualarts.emory.edu/events/index.html#vandevender
Artist's Homepage: http://thecontemporary.org/studioartist/nancyvandevenderImages.html
For More Information: http://visualarts.emory.edu/events/index.html#vandevender
Michael C. Carlos Museum Program. Camp Carlos From Head to Toe Jewelry Design
10-12 year oldsMonday, July 28 - Friday, August 1
Venue: Michael C. Carlos MuseumContact: Carlos Museum: 404 727-4282
Please note this is a multi-session event.
Throughout their history and across the vast African continent, the peoples of Africa have traded resources and products with those of other cultures and countries of the world. African imagination and a willingness to embrace materials as varied Venetian glass beads, cowrie shells, and recycled materials such as telephone wire, bottle caps, and tin cans resulted in works of beauty, color, and whimsy. Using similar materials, jewelry artist Gail Walter will work with campers create to items of personal adornment with an African influence. $185 for non-members and $225 for members per week. Aftercare is available from 3 to 5 PM for an additional $60 for the week. Download a PDF of the camp brochure with registration form.
Official Link: http://http://www.carlos.emory.edu/calendar_next
Visual Arts - Exhibition. EXHIBIT: Brent Fogt: Accrual Method
June 18 - July 31, 2009Mon - Fri 10 am - 4 pm;
Sat 12 noon - 4 pm;
& by appt.Price: FREE
Venue: Visual Arts Gallery, 700 Peavine Creek Drive
Guest Artist: Brent Fogt
Opening Reception: Thursday, June 18, 5:30 - 7:30 pm
Contact: Mary Catherine Johnson: 404-712-4390 mcjohn7@emory.edu
Brent Fogt will present a series of large-scale, highly detailed drawings of abstract forms that vary from the topographic to the decorative, referring to, among other things, aerial photography, maps, turbulent water, live oak trees, coral reefs, ant farms, and paisleys. ABOUT THE ARTIST: Brent E. Fogt received an MFA from the University of Michigan in 2007. He has exhibited throughout the world, including The Dalton Gallery, Agnes Scott College, Atlanta, Georgia; Sonar Festival, Barcelona, Spain (with Blue Puddle cooperative); Capitol Hill Arts Workshop, Washington, DC; Contemporaine Kunst, Paramaribo, Surinam, South America; Spark Contemporary Art Space, Syracuse, New York; and the Penland School of Crafts, Penland, NC. He has received numerous fellowships and awards, including a School of Art & Design Fellowship at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor; a Teaching Assistantship at Duke University, and a full scholarship to Georgetown University. He is currently an Assistant Professor of Art (tenure track) at Millsaps College in Jackson, MS.
Official Link: http://visualarts.emory.edu/events/index.html
For More Information: http://visualarts.emory.edu/events/index.html