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September 2006  Halle Library Auditorium, Tuesday, September 19, 5 p.m. (Map) LECTURE BY JASON WRIGHT, ART HISTORIAN October 2006 Ford Gallery, Ford Hall, Tuesday, October 17 (Map) GALLERY TALK BY MICHAEL WORTHINGTON, GRAPHIC DESIGNER Co-Director of the graphic design program at CalArts, Worthington is both a designer and design critic/author whose writing and award-winning visual work have been published in numerous international and national publications. Also a graduate of the CalArts program, his lecture will provide insight into the culture of CalArts.  Halle Library Auditorium, Tuesday, October 24, 8 p.m. (Map) LECTURE BY LYNEISE WILLIAMS, ART HISTORIAN Williams will talk on “What About Bling? Considering Hip-Hop Jewelry.” Assistant Professor at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, Williams received her Ph.D. in art history from Yale University. She specializes on art of the African Diaspora, African art, African-American art, Latin American art, and museum studies. November 2006 EMU Student Center Auditorium, Tuesday, November 9, 7-9 p.m. (Map) COMIC ART SYMPOSIUM More info coming soon. January 2007 EMU Student Center Auditorium. Date TBA (Map) DAVID GOYER EMU Student Center Auditorium, Wednesday, January 24, 8 p.m. (Map) LECTURE BY KRISTIN BEAVER, PAINTER Wayne State University art professor Kristin Beaver makes larger than life portraits of herself and friends in cinematic poses inspired by contemporary fashion and music. Dramatic lighting illuminates “hip” subjects who position themselves in photo-shoot type environments with an air of indifferent panache. Beaver’s paintings expose the self-aware nature of the subject’s style choices and allow the viewer to embrace the human being beneath the façade. Meadowbrook Art Gallery in Rochester held a solo exhibition of Beaver’s work in March/April 2006. February 2007 Ford Gallery, Ford Hall, date TBA (Map) PANEL DISCUSSION BY EMU FACULTY ON THE EXHIBITION EMU FACULTY COLLECTS Barry Avedon, curator of EMU Faculty Collects, and other EMU faculty members will speak about their motivations for collecting art and their choice of works for this exhibition. March 2007 EMU Student Center Auditorium, Monday, March 12, 7:30 p.m. (Map) LECTURE BY RUTH WEISBERG, PAINTER/PRINTMAKER In conjunction with Michigan Collects Ruth Weisberg, Ruth Weisberg will discuss her long career with special emphasis on her large installation paintings and drawings. April 2007 . EMU Student Center Auditorium, Wednesday, April 4, 8 p.m. (Map) LECTURE BY MICHAEL RAY CHARLES, PAINTER Professor of painting at the University of Texas at Austin, Charles creates graphically styled works that investigate racial stereotypes drawn from the history of American advertising, product packaging, billboards, radio jingles, and television commercials. The work is highly charged and provocative and spans a number of media. Charles has an extensive exhibition record and was recently featured in the popular PBS series art: 21. |
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