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PUBLIC PROGRAMS
| | 2009/2010
new art 2009 South Florida Cultural Consortium Media and Visual Arts Fellowship Winners Schmidt Center Gallery Ritter Art Gallery
September 12 - October 31, 2009 | | | | Nights at the Galleries - the University Galleries will be open to the public and an hour after the Artists Talks on each of the three following evenings. The talks feature 5 of the 10 artists participating in the South Florida Cultural Consortium exhibition.
Opening Reception Friday, September 11, 2009 7 - 9:30 PM / Schmidt Center Gallery and Ritter Art Gallery
Thursday, September 24, 2009 7 PM / PA 101 (lecture hall next to the Schmidt Center Gallery)
Artist Talks with Miami-based Jim Drain who has just completed a major installation at the Blanton Museum of Art, University of Texas, Austin, along with Broward County photographer Colby Katz whose current documentary photography explores the behind the scenes world of beauty pageants. Katz was awarded the Magenta Foundation's 2006 Emerging Photographer Award.
Wednesday, October 7, 2009 CANCELLED 7 PM / PA 101 (lecture hall next to the Schmidt Center Gallery)
Artist Talk with Blane De St Croix, FAU associate professor of art (sculpture) returns from sabbatical and will discuss his active exhibition and residency experiences while living in New York City during 2008/09. Thursday, October 22, 2009
7 PM / PA 101 (lecture hall next to the Schmidt Center Gallery)
Artists Talks with politically oriented Key West sculptor Karley Klopfenstein, whose work focuses on specific American military weaponry, rendered domestic with traditional craft techniques along with Miami-based Gavin Perry whose paintings and other works simultaneously pay tribute to, extend and subvert modernist notions of abstraction. | | | 2008/2009
Designing Intelligence: Continuing the Intelligent Design Project?
Schmidt Center Gallery January 30 - April 3, 2009 | | | | The exhibition and public programs coincide and include a series of events presented by the Anthropology Graduate Student Union (AGSU) in celebration of the 200th birthday of Charles Darwin and the 150-year anniversary of the publication of On the Origin of Species. The schedule for these programs will be available at http://www.fau.edu/galleries.
Opening Reception Friday, January 30, 2008 6 - 9 PM / Schmidt Center Gallery
Wednesday, February 4, 2009 7 PM / PA 101 (lecture hall next to Schmidt Center Gallery)
Intelligent Design and the Arguments for and Against the Existence of God A lecture by Simon Glynn, professor of philosophy at FAU that examines the strengths and weaknesses surrounding arguments for and against the existence of God.
Tuesday, February 10, 2009 4 PM / PS 227
Flock of Dodo's This 2006 documentary examines both sides of the evolution versus intelligent design controversy. Flock of Dodos also examines ways in which scientists can make their message more approachable to the public. (AGSU) Wednesday, February 1, 2009 7 PM / PS 109
Evolution Education Seminar Teaching science is a rewarding but sometimes challenging job. Deborah Cunningham, PhD will lead the workshop, discussing tools to make science education accurate and exciting. The evolution education seminar is geared towards biology teachers but is open to all teachers as well as the general public. (AGSU) Friday, February 13, 2009 7 PM / Location GS 119
Panel Discussion Darwin's theory of natural selection has impacted many disciplines and changed the way we view the world. Come and learn how one theory has impacted biology, philosophy, psychology and anthropology as well as many other fields. (AGSU) Wednesday, March 18, 2009 7 PM / PA 101 (lecture hall next to Schmidt Center Gallery)
Artist Lecture with Deborah Aschheim, who holds degrees in both Anthropology and Art creates installations based on invisible networks of perception and thought exploring the subject of memory, which has led her to collaborate with musicians and neuroscientists. Thursday, March 26, 2009 7 PM / PA 101 (lecture hall next to Schmidt Center Gallery)
Who We Are & How We Came to Be: Perspectives on Our Origin A symposium introduced by Robert McCarthy, assistant professor of anthropology at FAU and moderated by Simon Glynn brings together leaders from Buddhist, Hindu, Judaic, Seminole Indian, Islamic and scientific viewpoints to promote cross-cultural insight about the origins of humans.
Thursday, April 2, 2009 7 PM / Schmidt Center Gallery
Birth: A Storytelling Event A performance collage of cultural myths and personal stories focusing on varying perspectives of birth, creation and the creative process. Presented by students of Dr. Caren Neile's Social Drama Workshop and Storytelling classes. | | Bodies of Work Juried Student Exhibition
Ritter Art Gallery January 16 – February 27, 2009 Schmidt Center Gallery Public Space November 24 – December 18, 2008
| | | | Opening Reception Friday, January 16, 2009 6 - 8 PM / Ritter Art Gallery
"Forget The Art Object" Opening Lecture by Gean Moreno 6 PM / GCS 119 | De Furia y Redención:El Arte de Oswaldo Guayasamín Of Rage and Redemption: The Art of Oswaldo Guayasamín
Schmidt Center Gallery September 19 - December 6, 2008 | | | Opening Lecture & Reception with acoustic music by Kuyayky Friday, September 19, 2008 6:30 - 9:30 PM / Schmidt Center Gallery
6:30 - 6:55 PM Exhibition Viewing
7 PM Pre-Opening Lecture by Galo Mora, Republic of Ecuador's Minister of Culture
Friday, September 19, 2008 12 Noon
/ Holiday Inn Town Center, Boca Raton
Southeast Conference on Andean and Amazonian Studies**
Keynote Address by Dr. Regina Harrison
Insistent Images: Machu Pichu as Icon
**Conference Registration and Lunch purchase required
Call Isabelle Schmidt for details: 561-297-3860
Saturday, September 20, 2008 12 Noon / Holiday Inn Town Center, Boca Raton
Southeast Conference on Andean and Amazonian Studies**
Keynote Address by Dr. Norman Whitten Interculturality and the Indigenization of Modernity:
A view from Amazonian Ecuador
**Conference Registration and Lunch purchase required
Call Isabelle Schmidt for details: 561-297-3860
Saturday, October 4, 2008 8 PM / University Theatre (adjacent to Schmidt Center Gallery)
A concert by Kuyayky, a family musical group, originally
formed in Peru during the 1970's and transplanted to Miami
in the 1990's. Kuyayky, "to love" in Quechua, believe in the
importance of fostering the social, political, cultural and economic
development of humanity. Their music blends traditional
Andean music with contemporary innovation.
Exhibition open 1/2 hour before and after concert.
Thursday, October 9, 2008 7 PM / Schmidt Center Gallery
Andean Poetry Reading: An evening of bi-lingual poetry
reading presented by undergraduate and graduate students
from the Spanish Studies program.
Thursday, October 16, 2008 7 PM / AL 189 (Schmidt Center Gallery)
Lecture by Michele Greet, Assistant Professor of Art History at George Mason University
Art in the Andean World of Oswaldo Guayasamín
Dr. Greet examines Guayasamín in the context of modern art
and other Ecuadorian artists. She presents Indigenism not as
style or theme, but rather as a constantly shifting strategy
for interacting with an increasingly international art world.
Friday, October 17, 2008 3:30 PM / Schmidt Center Gallery
Gallery Talk by Michele Greet, Assistant Professor of
Art History at George Mason University
ECUADORIAN FILM SERIES (exhibition open before & after screenings)
Wednesday, October 22, 2008 7 PM / PA 101 (Schmidt Center Gallery)
Ratas, ratones, rateros (Sebastián Cordero, 1999),
Cordero's first feature film follows in the Ecuadorian and Latin American
social realism tradition of. Ratas invokes similar themes, images, and
aesthetics seen in other recent Latin American films such as
Rodrigo D. No futuro, Ciudade de Deus and Amores Perros.
Wednesday, October 29, 2008 7 PM, PA 101 (Schmidt Center Gallery)
Que tan lejos (Tania Hermida, 2006)
This first feature film by Tania Hermida who worked on the award-winning films
Cronicas (2004) and Maria Full of Grace (2004), is a road movie shot in the
majestic Ecuadorian Andes.
Wednesday, November 5, 2008 7 PM, PA 101 (Schmidt Center Gallery)
Primer día (Galo Recalde, 2001) and
El poeta suicida (Darwin Robles, 1998).
Miami-based Ecuadorian film-makers present their short films.
Both Directors will present for a post-screening discussion. | Political Circus: A 3- Ring Reflection on the 2008 Election Campaigns
Ritter Art Gallery September 5 - November 1, 2008 | | | Opening Reception and Symposium 6:30 PM- 9:30 PM / Ritter Art Gallery Symposium 6:30 PM / GS 119 ‘ Hating Hillary, Baiting Barack and Mocking McCain’ - Jane Caputi, professor, Women’s Studies / Communication and Multimedia Studies Minority Competitor and Dominant Fears - Art Evans, professor, Sociology “Femininity Misogyny and the Male of the Presidential Species” - Christine Scodari, Professor, Communication and Multimedia Studies With Visiting Artist: Kenneth Tin-Kim Hung Thursday, September 25, 2008 7 – 9 PM (Ritter Art Gallery)
Spoken Word Café Hosted by Dr. Caren Neile Director, South Florida Storytelling Project, School of Communication & Multimedia Studies & School of the Arts Let your voice be heard! Here’s your change to share your thoughts and feelings, either on the exhibition or on the political circus hat inspired it. Participants are invited to share a reading, artistic performance or impromptu remarks with the audience. Please limit each presentation to five minutes; more than one presentation per person is possible if time permits. Advance sign-up is encouraged, but not required. | 2007/2008
southXeast: Contemporary Southeastern Art
Ritter Art Gallery January 26 – March 8, 2008 Schmidt Center Gallery Public Space February 8 – April 5, 2008 | | | Opening Reception Friday, February 8, 2008 8 - 9:30 PM / Schmidt Center Gallery Public Space & Ritter Art Gallery
Friday, February 8, 2008 6:30 - 7:00 PM
Performance by Irene Moon
Friday, February 8, 2008
Artists Panel Presentation with Avantika Bawa, Mike Calway-Fagen, Phillip Estlund, and Critz Campbell
Wednesday, February 27, 2008 12 noon / VA 105
Artist Lecture by Cedric Smith | November 9 – January 26, 2008 SCHMIDT CENTER GALLERY/PUBLIC SPACE Delicatessen (Thematic exhibition with 22 international artists) | | | Pre-Opening Curator and Artist Presentations with Diana Shpungin, guest curator; and artists Thordis Adalsteindottir, Andrew Scott Ross, Louisa Caldwell, Boyce Cummings Public Opening Reception: Friday, November 9, 7:30-9pm | Fear and Trembling
Schmidt Center Gallery Public Space April 26 – July 15, 2007 | | | An installation by Grzegorz Klaman, visiting Fulbright Scholar from Gdansk, Poland and Dorothy F. Schmidt Eminent Scholar Chair in the Arts
Opening Lecture and Reception Thursday, April 26, 6-9 PM
Lecture by Grzegorz Klaman with Aneta Szylak, Director, Wyspa Institute of Art, Gdansk, Poland
| | Weavings of War & Allison Smith | Opening Reception Thursday, February 8, 7:30-9pm
Friday, February 9, 6:30pm Gallery Talks with Marsha MacDowell and Allison Smith | February 9 – April 7, 2007 SCHMIDT CENTER GALLERY Weavings of War: Fabrics of Memory SCHMIDT CENTER GALLERY PUBLIC SPACE Allison Smith: Banner Valance (an installation in association with Weavings of War). | Thursday, February 8, 4:30 pm – PA 101 Lecture: Weavings of War: Museums, Arts and Civic Engagement, By Marsha MacDowell, Thursday, February 8, 6:30 pm – PA 101, Panel Discussion: Weaving, Women, War With visiting scholar Marsha MacDowell; visiting artist Allison Smith; Jeffrey Morton, FAU associate professor of Political Science and Director, Peace Studies Program; Josephine Beoku-Betts, FAU associate professor of Women’s Studies. Weavings of War & Allison Smith (continued) Public Opening Reception: Thursday, February 8, 7:30-9pm Friday, February 9, 6:30pm, Gallery Talks: with Marsha MacDowell and Allison Smith | January 19 – February 24, 2007 RITTER ART GALLERY Drawn In/Drawn Out: Diego Singh, Glexis Novoa, Frances Trombly, Carol Prusa | Thursday, January 18, 6:30-9pm Public Opening, Gallery Talk with Rod Faulds, University Galleries Director and Carol Prusa | | Fall 2007 November 10 – January 27, 2007 SCHMIDT CENTER GALLERY & PUBLIC SPACE
2 Poster Shows: The Graphic Imperative: International Posters for Peace, Social Justice & the Environment 1965 – 2005 and Graphic Noise: Art at 1,000 decibels | Thursday, November 9, 2006 7pm – PA 101: Pre-Opening Lecture: Elizabeth Resnick 2 Poster Shows: Public Opening Reception: Thursday, November 9, 7-9:30 pm Thursday, January 25, 2007 7pm – PA 101 Lecture: Jeff Matz Silkscreen Demonstration/Workshop: Jeff Matz Saturday, January 27, 2007 1pm – VA 104 | | 2006/07 September 15 – October 28, 2006 SCHMIDT CENTER GALLERY/PUBLIC SPACE & RITTER ART GALLERY Nu Art 06 - South Florida Cultural Consortium Visual & Media Artists Fellowship Exhibition Public Opening Reception: Friday, September 15, 7-9:30 pm | Contemporary Artists Lecture Series in association with Nu Art 06: Thursday, September 21, 7pm – PA 101: Allison Smith and Julie Kahn Tuesday, October 3, 7pm – PA 101: Asser-Saint-Val and John Bailly Wednesday, October 11, 7pm: Eric Freedman and Chad Tingle Gallery Talk with Eric Freedman – Ritter Art Gallery, 7pm Film Screening: Another Day Another Dollar with Chad Tingle – GCS 120, 7:45 pm Tuesday, October 24, 7pm – PA 101: Tim Curtis and Christina Pettersson | February 10 – April 8, 2006 SCHMIDT CENTER GALLERY Picturing Florida: Ellen Harvey and Mark Dean Veca Picturing Florida was an Artist-in-Residence project involving 7 community organizations – schools, after school programs and senior centers - occurring over an 18-month period. | 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. Artists creating works on-site: January 27 – February 8, 2006 Public Opening Reception: February 10, 2006 | January 7- February 11, 200 RITTER ART GALLERY Rebirth After the Holocaust: The Bergen-Belsen Displaced Persons Camp, 1945-1950 | Public Opening Reception: Sunday, January 22, 2-4pm; Gallery Talk: 1:30 pm Presented by Hebrew Union College and the Human Rights and Holocaust Education Center, FAU College of Education. | | November 4, 2005 – January 21, 2006 SCHMIDT CENTER GALLERY Yvonne Rainer: Radical Juxtapositions, 1961 – 2002 | 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 Public Opening Reception: Thursday, November 3, 6 – 9 pm Lecture by Yvonne Rainer (lecture @ 7:30 pm in PA 101). | | 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.
| | 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).
| | 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.
| 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.
| | 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.
| 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.
| 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.
| 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
| | 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.”
| Concurrently showing: Natural Histories - Artists Forage Work of nine naturalist artists
| 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.
| 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.
| | 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)
| 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.
| | 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.
| | 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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