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ARTSCALENDAR
FALL2011NOVEMBER16–NOVEMBER25
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DANCE 3FILM 3LITERARY 8MUSIC 3THEATER 13VISUALARTS 13INFO 17
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DANCEBABSONCOLLEGE
December2nd.7pm.
BabsonDanceEnsemble:iDance.
MUSICBABSONCOLLEGE
December4.3pm.
PianoRecital.CarlingSorensonTheater.RSVP.
WELLESLEYCOLLEGE
November16th.8pm.
CollegiumMusicum.HoughtonChapel.RSVP.
Anensembleofsingersandinstrumentalists,CollegiumspecializesintheperformanceofWesternmusicfromtheMiddleAgestotheearly19thcentury.MembersoftheCollegiumenjoytheuseoftheMusicDepartment’sunusuallyfinecollectionofhistoricalinstruments.DirectedbyTomZajac.
November20th.8pm.
BrandeisWellesleyOrchestra.HoughtonChapel.RSVP.
TheBrandeis‐WellesleyOrchestraiscomposedofstudents,faculty,staff,andassociatesofWellesleyCollegeandBrandeisUniversity.UnitingthestandardsofexcellenceassociatedwithWellesleyandBrandeis,theorchestrabringsinspiringperformancesofthegreatorchestralliterature—pastandpresent—toanewgenerationofmusiciansandaudiences.ItsfallprogramwillincludeElgar’sEnigmaVariations,TheRomanCarnivalOverturebyBerlioz,andtheBostonpremieroftheFauréViolinConcerto.DirectedbyNealHampton.
November30th.12:30pm
TripleHelixPianoTrio:LectureRecital.JewettAuditorium.RSVP.
Inthisinformallectureandrecital,TripleHelixtakesalookatthecoolandurbaneworldofjazz.AstheyperformtheworksofRavel,PiazzollaandReidwithWellesleyCollegePerformanceFacultymemberGregHopkins,
theyexaminethemusic'sroleinpromotingcross‐culturalexchange.
TheWellesleyCollegeClub,situatedontheshoresofLakeWaban,isdelightedtoopenitsdoorstothepublicforHighTea,October12at2:00pm,followingtheconcertinJewwettAuditoriumbeginningat12:30pm.Reservationsarerequired;pleasecall781.283.2700forreservationsandmembershipinquiries.
December1st.7pm.
ChamberMusicSocietyConcert.PendletonWest220.RSVP.
TheWellesleyCollegeChamberMusicSocietyoffersstudentstheopportunitytoexploreand
performtheclassicalrepertoireforsmallensembles—includingstrings,winds,guitar,harp,piano,harpsichord,andvoice—andtobecoachedweeklybymembersoftheMusicDepartmentfaculty.Eachsemesterculminatesinaseriesofconcertsgivenbyparticipants.DirectedbyDavidRussellandJennyTang.
ecember4PianoRecital.CarlingSorensonTheater.
FILMWELLESLEYCOLLEGE
November30th.7pm.
Anomaly.MultifaithCenter.RSVP.
Anomalytakesathought‐provokinginsider'slookatmultiracialidentitybycombiningpersonalnarrativeswiththelargerdramaofmixedraceinAmericanculture.Featuredintervieweesusespokenwordandmusictotelltheirstories.Communityleadersandacademicexperts,includingJenChau’99,providecontextandanalysis.Asitunfolds,AnomalytellsastorythatisdeeplypersonalyetbroadlyAmerican.AnomalywontheLangstonHughesAfricanAmericanFilmFestival’sLocalFilmmakerAwardinSeattleinApril2010,andwasfeaturedintheBestoftheAfricanDiasporaFilmFestivalinBrooklyninFebruary2010.ClicktowatchtheAnomalytrailer.
ChauisfounderandexecutivedirectorofSwirl,Inc.,anationalcommunityorganizationfoundedin2000thatservesthemixed‐racecommunity.AsastudentatWellesley,ChauservedCollegeGovernmentasthemulticulturalaffairscoordinator.
LITERARYBABSONCOLLEGE
November30.7pm.
TheEmpowerSeries:EmmanuelJal.KnightAuditorium.RSVP.
Alleventsinour“Empower”seriesthisfallaredesignedtobringasmuchenergyandcommitmenttotheethicsofdifferenceandinclusiononourcampusasisgeneratedaround,say,social
entrepreneurshiporsustainability.EmmanuelJal,formerchildsoldier,hip‐hopartist,peaceactivistwillperformandspeakaspartofthisseries,butalsoasthefeaturedspeakerforallArtsandHumanitiesFoundationsectionsthisfall.MostofthosecourseswillusethedocumentaryWARCHILD,abouthislife,aswell.WatchhisTEDtalkhere:http://www.ted.com/talks/emmanuel_jal_the_music_of_a_war_child.htmlhttp://www.myspace.com/emmanueljal
cosponsoredbyArtsandHumanitiesDivisionasAHFperformer,requiredforallstudentsEmmanuelJalwasborninwar‐tornSudan,andwhilehedoesn’tknowexactlywhen,hebelievesitwasintheearly1980s.Hewastakenfromhisfamilyhomein1987whenhewassixorsevenyearsold,andsenttofightwiththerebelarmyinSudan’sbloodycivilwar.Fornearlyfiveyears,hewasa“childwarrior,”putintobattlecarryinganAK‐47thatwastallerthanhewas.Bythetimehewas13,hewasaveteranoftwocivilwarsandhadseenhundredsofhisfellowchildsoldiersreducedtotakingunspeakablemeasuresastheystruggledtosurviveonthekillingfieldsofSouthernSudan.Afteraseriesofharrowingevents,hewasrescuedbyaBritishaidworker(EmmaMcCune)whosmuggledhimintoNairobitoraisehimasherown.”
Jalisalsothesubjectofadocumentaryfilmhttp://www.warchildmovie.com/andamemoirhttp://www.amazon.com/War‐Child‐Soldiers‐Story/dp/0312383223/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1306510822&sr=8‐2
WELLESLEYCOLLEGE
November17.6:30pm.
IntheMecca.CollinsCinema.RSVP.
AconversationwithSarifaRhodes‐PittsandSarahBroomaboutHarlemandNewOrleans
In1968,thepoetGwendolynBrookspublishedabooklengthworkcalled"IntheMecca."Init,aninnercitymothersearchesforherchildinanurbanhousingproject.Inthisprogram,thewritersSharifaRhodes‐PittsandSarahBroomdiscusstheirinterestintwocommunitiesthatarecloselyidentifiedwithpeopleofcolor:HarlemandthecityofNewOrleans.AsaNewOrleansnative,BroomwilldiscusstheaftereffectsofHurricaneKatrinaonthecity'scurrentstatusandthedispossessed;Rhodes‐Pitts,whocurrentlyresidesinNewOrleans,willreadfrom,andcommenton,herbook,HarleminNowhere,ameditativeaccountofherlifeinNewYork's"blackmecca."TheirconversationwillbemoderatedbyNoahChasin,anarthistorianfromBardCollege,whoseresearchfocusesontheintersectionofhumanrightsandurbancontexts.
SharifaRhodes‐PittsisawriterwhoseworkhasappearedinTransition,TheNewYorkTimes,andTheBostonGlobe.ShehasreceivedawardsfromtheRonaJaffeFoundation,theLannanFoundation,andtheNewYorkFoundationfortheArts.OriginallyfromHouston,Texas,shegraduatedin2000fromHarvardUniversityandwasaFulbrightScholarintheUnitedKingdom.SharifaiswritingatrilogyonAfrican‐Americansandutopia;herfirstbook,HarlemisNowhere,waspublishedin2011byLittle,Brown&Company.SarahM.BroomisaNewOrleansnativewhoseessayshaveappearedinTheNewYorkTimesMagazine,TheOxfordAmerican,O,TheOprahMagazineandelsewhere.ShehasworkedasSeniorWriterforMayorC.RayNaginafterHurricaneKatrinaandmostrecentlyservedasExecutiveDirectorofVillageHealthWorks,aNewYork‐basedinternationalnon‐profitthatprovideshealthcaretoBurundi'spoorest.Ms.BroomiscurrentlyatworkonTheYellowHousewhichwillbepublishedbyGrovein2013.BroomlivesinHarlem.
NoahChasinisAssistantProfessorofArtHistoryatBardCollegewherehealsoteachesintheHumanRightsandtheEnvironmentalandUrbanStudiesPrograms.HehaswrittencriticisminmanyvenuesincludingArtforum,ArtJournal,andtheJournaloftheSocietyofArchitecturalHistorians.Hisresearchfocusesontheintersectionofhumanrightsandurbancontexts,aswellasthehistoryofself‐organizationinurbancommunities.
THEATER
VISUALARTSBABSONCOLLEGE
LoopsandStrips:NewPaintingsbyNataliyaBregel.HollisterGallery.RSVP.OpeningReception:ThursdayNovember3,5‐7p.m.Artist’sTalk:WednesdayNovember9,1‐1:30p.m.Formoreinformation,[email protected]
ExhibitHours:9a.m.‐7p.m.Monday–Friday,byappointment
BabsonCollegepresents“LoopsandStrips,”NewPaintingsbyNataliyaBregel,basedonvideofootagefromhertravels.Sheshootsfootageinbothpublicanddomesticenvironments,observingunfoldinginteractionsbetweenfriendsandfamilyorgroupsofstrangers.
Bregelselectsagroupofstillshotsfromthevideo,whichshethenpaintsontothinhorizontalpanelsandmorerecently,theinteriorsofhoops,shownhereforthefirsttime.Theinteriorsurfacesofthelargewoodenhoopsallowtheviewertobecomeimmersedinthesepaintingspaces.
Intheirscale,palette,andtouch,theseserialpaintingscreateanintimateviewingenvironmentwithinterestingparallelsandcontraststoourincreasinglyscreenderivedexperienceswhethertheyarrivethroughlaptop,tablet,orsmart‐phone.
Thepaintings’filmicqualitiesmovetheviewerthroughtheirnarratives,whiletheartist’spainterly
strokesmovebetweendeepexplorationsandlightdrawing.Whilelifeatthescreencompelsmultitasking,thesenearminiaturesasktheviewertoslowdownandcontemplatetheselectedmomentsunfoldinginthepaintings.
GlobalFlora:BotanicalimageryandExploration.RSVP.
Anexhibitioncelebratingtheaestheticqualitiesaswellasthescientificimportanceofbotanicalimagery,GlobalFlorafeaturesprintsandillustratedbooksthathaveresultedfromexploratorymissionsaroundtheworld.CuratedbyElaineMehalakes,KemperCuratorofAcademicPrograms.
Picturedabove:RobertJohnThornton,TheNight‐BlowingCereusfromTheTempleofFlora,1807.DoubleSolitaire:TheSurrealWorldsofKaySageandYvesTanguy.RSVP.
DoubleSolitairebringstheworkofhusbandandwifepaintersYvesTanguyandKaySagetogetherforthefirst
time.AstheexhibitexplorestheSurrealistworkofthetwoartists,thepaintingsprovideawindowintothecouple’spersonallives.
Pictured above: Kay Sage, Small Portrait, 1950, oil on canvas.
FiveWatercolorsbyMadameChiangKaishek.RSVP.
SoongMay‐ling,WellesleyCollegeclassof1917,begantopaintinhermiddleage,andquicklydistinguishedherselfasagifted
pupil.A1952featureonherwatercolorsinLifemagazineproclaimedher“aptitudefargreaterthanthatofmostamateurs.”MadameChiangdonatedthepaintingstoWellesleyCollege,allowingfuturegenerationsofstudentsandDavisvisitorstoenjoyandbeinspiredbyherartisticwork.
Picturedabove:MadameChiangKai‐shek,ChineseOrchidforSpring
INFOHaveaneventtiporanopencall?Emaillowolabi1@babson.eduwithdetails.ViewtheArtsCalendaronline
attheSorensonCenteronfacebookandforwardthisinfotoanyinterestedpeople.theartsatbabson.theartsatwellesley.theartsat
olin.[artclubs]BFAA–BabsonFineArtsAssociationContactcbao1@babson.eduPotteryClubContactmolly.gutcher@students.olin.eduStudioArtfacilitiesatBabsonBabsonCeramicsstudio–Opentoexperiencedpotters/sculptors$80/$200feefor8weeksBabsonWetPhotographyLab–OpentoexperiencedphotographerswithaBabsonOneCardwiththepermissionofthemanager.$80/$200feeforsemester.Drawing/PaintingStudio–Availabletousewiththepermissionofstaff.Contactdakiba@[email protected]
[musicclubs]AskMichèleOshimamoshima@babson.eduhowyoucantakeprivatemusiclessonsatWellesley.BabsonCollegeRadioContactepadial1@babson.eduBabsonEntertainmentInitiativeContactepadial1@[email protected]
Babson/[email protected]WellesleyOrchestraAnyonewishingtoauditionfortheBrandeis‐WellesleyOrchestrashouldcontactNealHampton,thedirector,[email protected].
SharedVoices,MultifaithChorus(opentostudents,staff,andfaculty)
RocketPitchesContactilee3@babson.eduConductorlessOrchestraContactDiana.dabby@olin.eduPowerchordsContactJessica.rucker@students.olin.eduWellesleyCollege:Choir,ChamberSingers,CollegiumMusicum,ChamberMusicSociety,WellesleyBlueJazz,andYanvalou.PerformingArtsFacilitiesatBabsonCarling‐SorensonTheater–Stateoftheart441seatprosceniumtheater.ParkManorCentralBandRoom–OpentoallmusicianswithaOneCardEquippedwithbass,guitaramps,drumset,electricpiano,andinstrumentlockers.SorensonPianoPracticeRooms–OpentotheBabsoncommunity‐[email protected]’sPub–Availableforstudentshowsandequippedwithasmallstage,lights,[email protected]
[danceclubs][email protected]
BabsonDanceEnsemble(BDE)[email protected]@babson.eduButterfingersContactZachary.brass@students.olin.eduOlinFirethrowersContactKevin.simon@students.olin.eduPerformingArtsFacilitiesatBabsonSorensonDanceStudio–Studiowithwoodfloor,twomirroredwalls,[email protected]
[theaterclubs]BabsonPlayersContactagreenslet1@babson.eduVaginaMonologuesContactagreenslet1@babson.eduFWOPContactharold.jaffe@[email protected]
[filmclubs]FILM.Tuesdays.9pm.OlinAuditorium.contactEli.Sheldon@[email protected]
[literaryclubs]BabsonLiteraryMagazineContactlitmag@[email protected]
