PUBLIC PROGRAMS
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| Fall 2005
September 9 - November 12, 2005
RITTER ART GALLERY
It’s a Dog’s Life: Photographs by William Wegman from the Polaroid Collection
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Thursday, October 6, 7 pm
Lecture by Charles Stainback, former Director of the International Center for Photography, New York City, and Site, Santa Fe, New Mexico.
Tuesday, October 11, 7 pm
Lecture and Gallery Talk on William Wegman by Barbara Hitchcock, Director of Cultural Affairs, Polaroid Corporation.
Saturday, November 12, 11 am – 2 pm
(Humane Society Dog Walk at 9 am)
Pictures & Pooches: A William Wegman Family Day Event: Children’s Art activities, photo contest and Tri-County Humane Society Dog Walk.
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| February 10 – April 8, 2006
SCHMIDT CENTER GALLERY
Picturing Florida:
Ellen Harvey and Mark Dean Veca
Artists creating works on-site
January 27 – February 8, 2006
| Thursday, September 29, 2005, 7 pm, PA 101
Artist Lecture: Mark Dean Veca, Artist-in-Residence. Veca will create a large-scale mural in the Schmidt Center Gallery in early February 2006.
Thursday, October 20, 2005, 7 pm, PA 101
Artist Lecture: Ellen Harvey, Artist-in-Residence. Harvey will create an installation in the Schmidt Center Gallery in early February 2006. |
November 4, 2005 – January 21, 2006 SCHMIDT CENTER GALLERY
Yvonne Rainer:
Radical Juxtapositions, 1961 – 2002
| PUBLIC PROGRAMS featuring Yvonne Rainer
Wednesday, November 2, 7 pm
Film Screening with Yvonne Rainer
A Film About a Woman Who… (1974)
Presented as part of “Women Directors: From Margin to Center,” a series sponsored by FAU’s Center for Interdisciplinary Studies
and the Program in Film and Video. Thursday, November 3, 6 – 9 pm,
Opening Reception, Yvonne Rainer: Radical Juxtapositions, 1962 - 2002 & Lecture by Yvonne Rainer (lecture @ 7:30 pm in PA 101).
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| Fall 2003 October 24, 2003 - January 24, 2004
CORPORAL
Fourteen Contemporary Artists
From Latin America
Guest Curator: Giannina Dwin |
November 20 Lecture: Eugenia Vargas
Artist gives slide presentation and lecture about her work.
November 13 Lecture: Carol Damian
FIU Art History Professor lectures on Andean culture.
October 24 Lecture: Elena Poniatowska
Renowned journalist and writer lectures on Latin America.
Exhibition Catalog: Giannina Dwin, FAU Visual Arts & Arts History Faculty.
Catalog highlights life and work of the 14 Latin American artists included in CORPORAL.
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Spring 2003
January 30 - April 19, 2003
Hey Yud Dalet
Large scale drawings of Nazi
Concentration Camps
| April 5 Concert: Department of Music performs Holocaust-and exile-related music. March 27 Symposium: Faculty discusses intolerance and xenophobia. March 20 Lecture: FIU Professor of Religious Studies, Oren Baruch Stier, Ph.D., discusses options for Holocaust commemoration. Images of Intolerance: Catalog depicting anti-Semitism and other examples of intolerance.
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| Fall 2002 November 8, 2002 - January 18, 2003
Lucy Orta: Nexus Arthitecture +
Connector IV
Sculpture that combines fashion design,
architecture and social messages
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November 8 Lecture: Gallery Director W. Rod Faulds and Lucy Orta: Nexus Arthitecture + and other panelists discuss Lucy Orta’s work and that of other contemporary artists.
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September 11 - November 9, 2002
Here is New York: A Democracy of Photographs
Photographic exhibition of images
from the 9-11 disaster
| September 11 Ceremony: Tree dedication and community ceremony in remembrance of September 11th victims.
September 10 Discussion: Panel discussion on issues and
perspectives surrounding the 9-11 attacks.
September 9 Symposium: Student symposium focusing on
reactions to the 9-11 attacks.
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September 19 - October 26, 2002
The Longest Winter
Images of feelings, moods and wanderings of a desolate winter
by several artists
Guest Curator: Jean Moreno
| October 17 Reading: Poet and author Wayne Koestenbaum reads from some of his books of prose. October 3 Lecture: Miami-based sculptor Westen Charles talks about his work. September 19 Talk: Guest curator Jean Moreno, Gallery director W. Rod Faulds and artists Genie Kell and Anne Howard give a talk on the exhibition. Exhibition catalog: The Longest Winter explores the artists’ works.
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Spring 2002
| April 6 Festival of Nations 2002
Asian/Caribbean Festival: Family entertainment and events
to showcase Asian and Caribbean cultures
Activities: Music, dance, food tasting, storytelling
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| Fall 2001 November 9, 2001 - January 19, 2002
Mark Catesby’s Travels in La Florida 1722- 1726
Prints of 18th century artist Mark Catesby’s
watercolors of nature and the environment
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November 9 Lecture: Chief Curator, Worcester Museum of Art, talks about Mark Catesby’s natural art in a lecture titled “Mark Catesby and His Transatlantic Supporters.”
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Concurrently showing:
Natural Histories - Artists Forage
Work of nine naturalist artists
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January 18 Lecture/Symposium: artist Jay Critchley uses slides and talks about his work that focuses on the environment, social criticism and performance.
January 16 Lecture/Symposium/Book Signing: Native American author Linda Hogan lectures on her writing on native traditions and the environment.
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September 8 - November 10, 2001
FLUXUS
Life and work of artist Dick Higgins
Also showing:
October 17 - 27 2001 Biennial FAU Art Faculty Exhibition | November 13 Reading: Albert Goldbarth, distinguished professor from Wichita State University, reads from his numerous volumes of poetry. October 29 Gallery Talk: Art Historian Hannah Higgins presents a walking tour of the exhibition. October 23 Reading: Author Fanny Howe reads a selection of her poems. October 17 Lecture: Art Critic Peter Frank talks about modern and contemporary art. October 5 Student Readings: FAU students read poetry from the University’s literary magazine, Coastlines.
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| Spring 2001 March 10 - April 14, 2001
MARKS of the SOUL: Poetics, Philosophies, Religions of Eight
Caribbean Artists |
March 31 Panel Discussion: Visions & Steoreotypes
Film Screening: Dancehall Queen with panel discussion on Jamaican popular culture.
Panel Discussion: Caribbean Aesthetics with Nobel Laureate Derek Walcott
Film Screening: Ava and Gabriel (Holland/Curacao)
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March 26 - 31, 2001
Caribbean IMAGININGS
Symposium & Film Series on
Caribbean Identity, Location and Migration | March 30 Film Screening: Maria Antonia (Cuba) with panel discussion on African retentions in Cuban film.
Film Screening: Eyes of the Rainbow and My Footsteps in Baragua (Cuba).
An evening with Nobel Laureate Derek Walcott who reads from his book Tiepolo’s Hound.
March 29 Colloquium: Identify, Place and Migration with a Focus on the Caribbean Idea of Place.
Film Screening: Brincando El Charco Portrait of a Puerto Rican. March 28 Panel Discussion: African Poetics, Philosophies and Religions in Contemporary Caribbean Art. March 27 Panel Discussion: Black & Blackness - Exploring historical similarities and differences among people of color. March 26 - 31 Caribbean Festival: Dance, Music and Storytelling representing various Caribbean cultures.
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| FALL 2000 November 11 - December 22, 2000
Never Never Land
Artists whose works represent the
Disney phenomenon and other commercial fantasies
Guest Curator: Omar Lopez-Chahoud
| November 10 Panel Discussion: The concept and culture of Disney.
Exhibition Catalog: Dick Hebdige, Dean, California Institute of the Arts
Explanation of Disney style and culture.
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| February 15 - March 26, 2000 Women of the Book
Jewish Artists Jewish Themes | February 29 Readings: Novelist Rayna Rubenstein Harris reads from her book in progress, which is set in Jerusalem.
Nancy Kalikow Maxwell reads from her essays
reflecting Jewish themes.
February 15 Lecture: Artist Carol Hamoy discusses her work. February 13 Artists' Panel Discussion: Jewish themes.
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