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FIRST FRIDAY NEWS A Letter from the Director
Dear friends colleagues and students
November is a very busy month at the Bower School of Music amp the Arts Our schedules are filled with numerous events ranging from theater plays exhibitions lectures and a wide variety of musical performances We are also getting closer to the Thanksgiving season which is one of my favorite times of the year Thanksgiving not only reminds us to give thanks and to count our blessings but it also reminds us of the many important people to whom we are grateful
As we approach this very special time of the year I would like to express my sincere thanks and appreciation to our world-class faculty Your outstanding work continues to inspire me and hold me to a very high professional standard I thank each and everyone one of you for all your hard work throughout the year
As the new Director of the Bower School I am also very grateful to our staff members Joanna Hoch - Events Coordinator Pam Harkins - Music Program Coordinator John Losciuto - Gallery Director Anica Sturdivant -Assistant Curator as well as Mary Cooper Alana Nanz and Marlina Karimi - Administrative Specialists Our work would grind to a halt without the amazing support that these wonderful colleagues provide to us every day We are grateful for all you do for faculty and students each and every day
I also would like to thank our donors and community members for their ongoing attendance involvement and enthusiastic support of our programs Your vision and philanthropy are a lifeline for all members of our organization We thank you and we look forward to seeing you on campus
With appreciation and wishes of Happy Thanksgiving to everyone
Dr Krzysztof Biernacki Director Bower School of Music amp the Arts
Student News Congratulations to Arturo Fernandez (sophomore Music) who has been chosen as one of six finalists from amongst all entries in piano orchestral instruments and voice for the 33rd annual Tampa Bay Symphony Orchestra Young Artist Competition Arturo will compete in the finals in Tampa with the Liszt Piano Concerto No 1 in November
Piano Students in Gainsville
Nine piano majors joined Professor Joanne Smith (Music) at the Florida State Music Teachers State Convention in Gainesville Pictured are Diego Davila (junior Music) Lili Sagi (junior Music) Natalia Mondragon (freshman Music) Victoria Paulino (freshman Music) Fernando Lopez (sophomore Music) Michelle Wijaya (freshman Music) Jair Zacharias (freshman Music) Miguel Montalvan (freshman Music) and Arturo Fernandez (sophomore Music)
FGCU Pianists had a very good day at the Florida Music Teachers National Association (MTNA) Competitions this past weekend in Tampa These competitions are the most significant and competitive in the state for solo pianists and duets The best and most serious students are always represented In the Duet Division FGCU students Jair Zacarias (freshman Music) and Victoria Paulino (freshman Music) won first place and Arturo Fernandez (sophomore Music) and Michelle Wijaya (freshman Music) received the runner-up prize For the Senior Solo Division Arturo Fernandez won first place and Jair Zacarias received Honorable Mention The winners will represent Florida to complete against the winners of eight other states Congratulations to all
(Left to right) Victoria Paulino and Jair Zacarias Arturo Fernandez
Student News (continued) Eight Music students represented the Bower School of Music amp the Arts at the recent Showcase of Undergraduate Research Experiences (SURE) on October 30 Their presentations included Re-examining the Mozart Effect The Sonata in D Major K 488 and the Influence of Rhythm on Spatial Intelligence by Wendi Y Shi (junior Music) Elementary Music Education A High School Education Perspective by Eduardo Ortega (senior Music) Italian Music Therapy and the Southern Historical Connection by Josselyn Ruwe (sophomore Music) Honest Plagiarism an analysis on Mozarts Piano Sonata in C Minor K 457 considering the Importance of Creative Influence by Mallory Hornberger (junior Music) ldquoThe Town Criesrdquo Rosa Mercedesrsquos way to cultural identity in Lima of the late 1900s by Paula Alva Garcia (senior Music) Light Scrutinized by Sound Dr Cyrus Teed Vs Sir Isaac Newton by Gabrielle Goral (junior Music) Context to the Commune - Humanizing the Koreshans by Mauricio Mella (senior Music) A Cultured Cult The Koreshan Unity of Estero FL by Manessa Abraham (junior Music) Congratulations to all as Music was the best represented program at FGCU at the presentations
(Left to right) Paula Alva Garcia Mallory Hornberger
Faculty News Michael Baron (Music) performed four recitals of solo and chamber music at the International Festival of the Piano in Trujillo Peru on October 2-5
Andy Owenrsquos (Art) solar plate print Dismal Key II received the Atlantic Paper Award from juror Eric Fischl in the Solar Impressions International Juried Exhibition at the Southampton Arts Center Southampton New York The exhibition runs from November 1stndashDecember 31st 2019
Andy Owen Dismal Key II solar plate 8 x10 2019
Michael Baron performing in Peru
Alumni News Congratulations to Priscila Navarro (rsquo14 Music) in being chosen as one of the 14 pianists selected from many rounds in New York City Moscow Shanghai and the Netherlands to participate in the finals of the Liszt Competition Priscila will compete in this very important competition on March 25-28 in Utrecht The Netherlands A video of the finalists can be found here httpswwwyoutubecomwatchv=eVSqFUdf62Mampfea ture=youtube
Since graduating Elise Sherron (rsquo17 Music) has graduated with a Masters of Management (MM) in International Arts Management from Southern Methodist University and HEC Montreal (rsquo18) She is currently serving as the Operations Manager at Punta Gorda Symphony
Focus Onhellip In the November installment of Focus Onhellip we hear from Morgan Paine (Art) and Mary Voytek (Art) about a once-in-a-lifetime trip to New York City this past August Both the text and the following artwork are currently on display in the Arts Complex along with other work by the students inspired by their time in NYC
In August of 2019 nine FGCU students and two faculty members went to New York City as a part of the Seidler Family Research and Travel Grant Program The students Farah Alkhadra Marcela Pulgarin Meg Brunner Romina Combe Emily Schaff Mya Hesby Amalia Smith Jennifer Ortega and Tanner Yurchuck all art program majors were selected after a competitive review process by art program faculty
Even with the Museum of Modern Art closed until early fall for a $400 million renovation--New York City is a force of culture with more than 2500 art galleries and multiple world-class art museums Whatever you can imagine or recognize as visual art it is there to be found
Our journey from Fort Myers was more complex than was planned because of bad weather in New York area it took two full days with a stopover in Houston TX to get there Our trip into the City rolled us through the nighttime glory that is Times Square and it was clear that we were in an extraordinary place
Our first full day started with the Metropolitan Museumrsquos Breuer Building and then onto the Metrsquos main building in
Focus Onhellip (continued) Central Park The Metropolitan Museum of Art is a complex so large and comprehensive that a weekrsquos worth of looking thinking and wandering in its galleries would not exhaust its holdings We saw remarkable work ranging from Impressionistrsquos works to Armor to Abstract Expressionism and glorious works from the Ancient World
In the afternoon we traveled the length of the elevated urban art venuepark known as the High Line We saw New York Cityrsquos newest cultural venue a $400 million edifice named ldquoThe Shedrdquo which expects to host visual art exhibitions concerts and performances by both emerging and established cultural practitioners
We finished the day at the Whitney Museum of American Art in the Meatpacking district seeing the 2019 version of the Whitney Biennale arguably the most recognized re-occurring exhibition of contemporary art in America
Saturday took us to the Jewish Museum then to Frank Lloyd Wrightrsquos Guggenheim Museum and The Cooper Hewitt Smithsonian Design Museum all venues on 5th Avenue Further down the avenue we visited the Frick Collection where one stretch of wall showed off paintings by Goya Rembrandt Velaacutezquez and Vermeer We returned to the Met to see an outdoor roof installation by Berlin-based artist Alicja Kwade entitled ParaPivot a site specific installation overlooking the greenery of Central Park as well as the impressive skyline vistas We then headed downtown for dinner in Chinatown and a stroll through lights and crowds of Little Italy
Sunday took us to the Brooklyn Museum of Art the home to an important international collection of decorative arts and old master paintings It has become a center for feminist art owning the important Judy Chicago masterwork ldquoThe Dinner Partyldquo The day also included a walk through the Brooklyn Botanical Gardens and a visit to The New Museum of Contemporary Art on the Lower East Side We had an Indian group dinner before attending a performance by the Blue Man Group where we sat in the ldquorain ponchordquo section next to the stage
Monday we took a Hop-On Hop-Off double-decker bus tour that took us the length of Manhattan into Harlem then back into Manhattan We took a boat ride around the Statue of Liberty and then took a night- time trip over the East River into Brooklyn and back impressed by NYCrsquos jutting skyscraper skyline
Our return day was structured as independent time Group members got to back to revisit favorite locales or seek out undiscovered things and perhaps some shopping The trip back to the Newark airport took the same number of FGCU community members back as had arrived five days earlier but they were different people than the ones who had flown to New York City
(Top to bottom) Mary Voytek and Morgan Paine with the students from the Seidler Family Research and Travel Grant Program Tanner Yurchuck The City That Never Sleeps Acrylic on Board 12rdquox12rdquo 2019
On Saturday November 2 Andy Owen (Art) led a group of students from his printmaking class together with Tricia Bonwell and Elodie Cotton and their students from Cypress Lake High School in a morning of printingmaking using a steamroller This yearrsquos Steamroller Project focused on making images about the life amp death of a coral reef The large format prints will be on display in ArtLab beginning on November 21 More information will be forthcoming
November amp early December Events
September 27-November 7 Nosotros Adriana Flores amp Felipe Maldonado ArtLab in the west side of the Library building FGCU This exhibition is free and open to the public Monday through Friday from 1000 am-400 pm More information can be found at fgcueduartgalleries
October 18-November 14 Everyone is an Alieniacutegeno Enrique Chagoya Exhibition Wasmer Art Gallery Arts Complex FGCU This exhibition is free and open to the public Monday-Friday from 1000 am-400 pm More information can be found at fgcueduartgalleries
October 25-November 3 Mystery Cylces TheatreLab Arts Complex FGCU October 25 amp 26 November 1 amp 2 at 730 pm October 27 November 2 (with post-performance discussion) amp 3 at 200 pm Tickets are $10 for the general public and $7 for students and are available at fgcuedutheatrelab 239-745-4268
Tuesday November 5 at 730 pm Anthony Offerle baritone Nisita Concert Series U Tobe Recital Hall Music Building Tickets are $10 for the general public and $7 for students and are available at fgcueduconcerts
Thursday November 7 at 500 pm Fjelstul Art Lecture with Dr Alfred Acres Making a Self Jan van Eyck and the Origins of the Artist U Tobe Recital Hall Music Building This lecture is free and open to the public with a light reception to follow More information can be found at fgcueduartevents
Tuesday November 12 at 730 pm String Chamber Ensembles Concert U Tobe Recital Hall Music Building FGCU This concert is free and open to the public
Thursday November 14 at 730 pm Michael Baron amp Priscila Navarro piano duo Nisita Concert Series U Tobe Recital Hall Music Building Tickets are $10 for the general public and $7 for students and are available at fgcueduconcerts
Sunday November 17 at 300 pm Jazz Ensemble Concert U Tobe Recital Hall Music Building This concert is free and open to the public
Tuesday November 19 at 730 pm Percussion Chamber Ensembles Concert U Tobe Recital Hall Music Building This concert is free and open to the public
Wednesday November 20 at 730 pm Wind Chamber Ensembles Concert U Tobe Recital Hall Music Building This concert is free and open to the public
Thursday November 21 at 500 pm Steamroller Project exhibition opening ArtLab west side of Library building FGCU This event is free and open to the public
Thursday November 21 at 730 pm Symphonic Band Concert Estero High School 21900 River Ranch Rd Estero This concert is free and open to the public
Tuesday December 3 at 400 amp 700 pm Choir amp Symphony Orchestra Concert Joyful amp Triumphant Moorings Presbyterian Church 791 Harbour Dr Naples Please consider an RSVP to this event by registering at fgcuedujoyful2019
Thursday December 5 at 500 pm Senior Projects Fall 2019 opening reception Wasmer Art Gallery Arts Complex FGCU This event is free and open to the public Call 239-590-7199 or visit fgcueduartgalleries for more information
Friday December 6 at 1000 am 19th Annual Pottery Sale Arts Complex Courtyard FGCU This event is free and open to the public More information can be found at fgcueduartevents
December 6-13 Senior Projects Fall 2019 Wasmer Art Gallery Arts Complex FGCU This exhibition is free and open to the public Monday-Friday from 1000 am-400 pm Call 239-590-7199 or visit fgcueduartgalleries for more information
November amp early December Events Friday December 6 at 1130 am 13th Annual Empty Bowls Soup Lunch Arts Complex Courtyard FGCU $15 suggested donation per bowl with the proceeds supporting the food pantry at Interfaith Charities of South Lee More information can be found at fgcueduartevents
December 6-8 Water Stories TheatreLab Arts Complex FGCU Performances are December 6 at 730 pm December 7 at 200 pm (with discussion to follow) amp 730 pm December 8 at 200 pm Tickets are $10 for the general public and $7 for students and are available at fgcuedutheatrelab 239-745-4268
Student Recitals in the U Tobe Recital Hall Music Building All are free and open to the public November 6 730 pm Lili Sagi Jr Piano Recital November 15 500 pm Lisa Hamman Jr Vocal Recital November 15 730 pm Stephen McMullan Jr Percussion Recital November 16 300 pm Nathalie Veizaga Jr Oboe amp Jerika Copeland Jr Flute Recital November 22 500 pm Marissa Wells Jr Piano Recital December 4 730 pm Diego Davila Jr Piano Recital
For the most up-to-date information visit wwwfgcueduCASBSMA
Dr Alfred Acres Chair Department of Art and Art History Georgetown University
Making a Self Jan van Eyck and the Origins of the Artist
Thursday Nov 7 at 5pm U Tobe Recital Hall A light reception to follow in the Arts Complex Lobby (across from the Music Building)
Our sense of what makes artists special has Renaissance roots in the work of Jan van Eyck Celebrated as a brilliant pioneer of realistic painting he was equally innovative as a craftsman of his own reputation Without the letters printed publicity and exhibitions that would fuel the fame of later artists he argued for his unique mastery in paint alonemdashand only partly as a display of skill More original and intriguing are his layers of subtle effort to absorb and challenge an observer
Dr Alfred Acres taught at the University of Pennsylvania the University of Oregon and Princeton University before joining the faculty at Georgetown University He is currently the Chair of the Department of Art and Art History and the Wright Family Term Associate Professor in Art History
Student News (continued) Eight Music students represented the Bower School of Music amp the Arts at the recent Showcase of Undergraduate Research Experiences (SURE) on October 30 Their presentations included Re-examining the Mozart Effect The Sonata in D Major K 488 and the Influence of Rhythm on Spatial Intelligence by Wendi Y Shi (junior Music) Elementary Music Education A High School Education Perspective by Eduardo Ortega (senior Music) Italian Music Therapy and the Southern Historical Connection by Josselyn Ruwe (sophomore Music) Honest Plagiarism an analysis on Mozarts Piano Sonata in C Minor K 457 considering the Importance of Creative Influence by Mallory Hornberger (junior Music) ldquoThe Town Criesrdquo Rosa Mercedesrsquos way to cultural identity in Lima of the late 1900s by Paula Alva Garcia (senior Music) Light Scrutinized by Sound Dr Cyrus Teed Vs Sir Isaac Newton by Gabrielle Goral (junior Music) Context to the Commune - Humanizing the Koreshans by Mauricio Mella (senior Music) A Cultured Cult The Koreshan Unity of Estero FL by Manessa Abraham (junior Music) Congratulations to all as Music was the best represented program at FGCU at the presentations
(Left to right) Paula Alva Garcia Mallory Hornberger
Faculty News Michael Baron (Music) performed four recitals of solo and chamber music at the International Festival of the Piano in Trujillo Peru on October 2-5
Andy Owenrsquos (Art) solar plate print Dismal Key II received the Atlantic Paper Award from juror Eric Fischl in the Solar Impressions International Juried Exhibition at the Southampton Arts Center Southampton New York The exhibition runs from November 1stndashDecember 31st 2019
Andy Owen Dismal Key II solar plate 8 x10 2019
Michael Baron performing in Peru
Alumni News Congratulations to Priscila Navarro (rsquo14 Music) in being chosen as one of the 14 pianists selected from many rounds in New York City Moscow Shanghai and the Netherlands to participate in the finals of the Liszt Competition Priscila will compete in this very important competition on March 25-28 in Utrecht The Netherlands A video of the finalists can be found here httpswwwyoutubecomwatchv=eVSqFUdf62Mampfea ture=youtube
Since graduating Elise Sherron (rsquo17 Music) has graduated with a Masters of Management (MM) in International Arts Management from Southern Methodist University and HEC Montreal (rsquo18) She is currently serving as the Operations Manager at Punta Gorda Symphony
Focus Onhellip In the November installment of Focus Onhellip we hear from Morgan Paine (Art) and Mary Voytek (Art) about a once-in-a-lifetime trip to New York City this past August Both the text and the following artwork are currently on display in the Arts Complex along with other work by the students inspired by their time in NYC
In August of 2019 nine FGCU students and two faculty members went to New York City as a part of the Seidler Family Research and Travel Grant Program The students Farah Alkhadra Marcela Pulgarin Meg Brunner Romina Combe Emily Schaff Mya Hesby Amalia Smith Jennifer Ortega and Tanner Yurchuck all art program majors were selected after a competitive review process by art program faculty
Even with the Museum of Modern Art closed until early fall for a $400 million renovation--New York City is a force of culture with more than 2500 art galleries and multiple world-class art museums Whatever you can imagine or recognize as visual art it is there to be found
Our journey from Fort Myers was more complex than was planned because of bad weather in New York area it took two full days with a stopover in Houston TX to get there Our trip into the City rolled us through the nighttime glory that is Times Square and it was clear that we were in an extraordinary place
Our first full day started with the Metropolitan Museumrsquos Breuer Building and then onto the Metrsquos main building in
Focus Onhellip (continued) Central Park The Metropolitan Museum of Art is a complex so large and comprehensive that a weekrsquos worth of looking thinking and wandering in its galleries would not exhaust its holdings We saw remarkable work ranging from Impressionistrsquos works to Armor to Abstract Expressionism and glorious works from the Ancient World
In the afternoon we traveled the length of the elevated urban art venuepark known as the High Line We saw New York Cityrsquos newest cultural venue a $400 million edifice named ldquoThe Shedrdquo which expects to host visual art exhibitions concerts and performances by both emerging and established cultural practitioners
We finished the day at the Whitney Museum of American Art in the Meatpacking district seeing the 2019 version of the Whitney Biennale arguably the most recognized re-occurring exhibition of contemporary art in America
Saturday took us to the Jewish Museum then to Frank Lloyd Wrightrsquos Guggenheim Museum and The Cooper Hewitt Smithsonian Design Museum all venues on 5th Avenue Further down the avenue we visited the Frick Collection where one stretch of wall showed off paintings by Goya Rembrandt Velaacutezquez and Vermeer We returned to the Met to see an outdoor roof installation by Berlin-based artist Alicja Kwade entitled ParaPivot a site specific installation overlooking the greenery of Central Park as well as the impressive skyline vistas We then headed downtown for dinner in Chinatown and a stroll through lights and crowds of Little Italy
Sunday took us to the Brooklyn Museum of Art the home to an important international collection of decorative arts and old master paintings It has become a center for feminist art owning the important Judy Chicago masterwork ldquoThe Dinner Partyldquo The day also included a walk through the Brooklyn Botanical Gardens and a visit to The New Museum of Contemporary Art on the Lower East Side We had an Indian group dinner before attending a performance by the Blue Man Group where we sat in the ldquorain ponchordquo section next to the stage
Monday we took a Hop-On Hop-Off double-decker bus tour that took us the length of Manhattan into Harlem then back into Manhattan We took a boat ride around the Statue of Liberty and then took a night- time trip over the East River into Brooklyn and back impressed by NYCrsquos jutting skyscraper skyline
Our return day was structured as independent time Group members got to back to revisit favorite locales or seek out undiscovered things and perhaps some shopping The trip back to the Newark airport took the same number of FGCU community members back as had arrived five days earlier but they were different people than the ones who had flown to New York City
(Top to bottom) Mary Voytek and Morgan Paine with the students from the Seidler Family Research and Travel Grant Program Tanner Yurchuck The City That Never Sleeps Acrylic on Board 12rdquox12rdquo 2019
On Saturday November 2 Andy Owen (Art) led a group of students from his printmaking class together with Tricia Bonwell and Elodie Cotton and their students from Cypress Lake High School in a morning of printingmaking using a steamroller This yearrsquos Steamroller Project focused on making images about the life amp death of a coral reef The large format prints will be on display in ArtLab beginning on November 21 More information will be forthcoming
November amp early December Events
September 27-November 7 Nosotros Adriana Flores amp Felipe Maldonado ArtLab in the west side of the Library building FGCU This exhibition is free and open to the public Monday through Friday from 1000 am-400 pm More information can be found at fgcueduartgalleries
October 18-November 14 Everyone is an Alieniacutegeno Enrique Chagoya Exhibition Wasmer Art Gallery Arts Complex FGCU This exhibition is free and open to the public Monday-Friday from 1000 am-400 pm More information can be found at fgcueduartgalleries
October 25-November 3 Mystery Cylces TheatreLab Arts Complex FGCU October 25 amp 26 November 1 amp 2 at 730 pm October 27 November 2 (with post-performance discussion) amp 3 at 200 pm Tickets are $10 for the general public and $7 for students and are available at fgcuedutheatrelab 239-745-4268
Tuesday November 5 at 730 pm Anthony Offerle baritone Nisita Concert Series U Tobe Recital Hall Music Building Tickets are $10 for the general public and $7 for students and are available at fgcueduconcerts
Thursday November 7 at 500 pm Fjelstul Art Lecture with Dr Alfred Acres Making a Self Jan van Eyck and the Origins of the Artist U Tobe Recital Hall Music Building This lecture is free and open to the public with a light reception to follow More information can be found at fgcueduartevents
Tuesday November 12 at 730 pm String Chamber Ensembles Concert U Tobe Recital Hall Music Building FGCU This concert is free and open to the public
Thursday November 14 at 730 pm Michael Baron amp Priscila Navarro piano duo Nisita Concert Series U Tobe Recital Hall Music Building Tickets are $10 for the general public and $7 for students and are available at fgcueduconcerts
Sunday November 17 at 300 pm Jazz Ensemble Concert U Tobe Recital Hall Music Building This concert is free and open to the public
Tuesday November 19 at 730 pm Percussion Chamber Ensembles Concert U Tobe Recital Hall Music Building This concert is free and open to the public
Wednesday November 20 at 730 pm Wind Chamber Ensembles Concert U Tobe Recital Hall Music Building This concert is free and open to the public
Thursday November 21 at 500 pm Steamroller Project exhibition opening ArtLab west side of Library building FGCU This event is free and open to the public
Thursday November 21 at 730 pm Symphonic Band Concert Estero High School 21900 River Ranch Rd Estero This concert is free and open to the public
Tuesday December 3 at 400 amp 700 pm Choir amp Symphony Orchestra Concert Joyful amp Triumphant Moorings Presbyterian Church 791 Harbour Dr Naples Please consider an RSVP to this event by registering at fgcuedujoyful2019
Thursday December 5 at 500 pm Senior Projects Fall 2019 opening reception Wasmer Art Gallery Arts Complex FGCU This event is free and open to the public Call 239-590-7199 or visit fgcueduartgalleries for more information
Friday December 6 at 1000 am 19th Annual Pottery Sale Arts Complex Courtyard FGCU This event is free and open to the public More information can be found at fgcueduartevents
December 6-13 Senior Projects Fall 2019 Wasmer Art Gallery Arts Complex FGCU This exhibition is free and open to the public Monday-Friday from 1000 am-400 pm Call 239-590-7199 or visit fgcueduartgalleries for more information
November amp early December Events Friday December 6 at 1130 am 13th Annual Empty Bowls Soup Lunch Arts Complex Courtyard FGCU $15 suggested donation per bowl with the proceeds supporting the food pantry at Interfaith Charities of South Lee More information can be found at fgcueduartevents
December 6-8 Water Stories TheatreLab Arts Complex FGCU Performances are December 6 at 730 pm December 7 at 200 pm (with discussion to follow) amp 730 pm December 8 at 200 pm Tickets are $10 for the general public and $7 for students and are available at fgcuedutheatrelab 239-745-4268
Student Recitals in the U Tobe Recital Hall Music Building All are free and open to the public November 6 730 pm Lili Sagi Jr Piano Recital November 15 500 pm Lisa Hamman Jr Vocal Recital November 15 730 pm Stephen McMullan Jr Percussion Recital November 16 300 pm Nathalie Veizaga Jr Oboe amp Jerika Copeland Jr Flute Recital November 22 500 pm Marissa Wells Jr Piano Recital December 4 730 pm Diego Davila Jr Piano Recital
For the most up-to-date information visit wwwfgcueduCASBSMA
Dr Alfred Acres Chair Department of Art and Art History Georgetown University
Making a Self Jan van Eyck and the Origins of the Artist
Thursday Nov 7 at 5pm U Tobe Recital Hall A light reception to follow in the Arts Complex Lobby (across from the Music Building)
Our sense of what makes artists special has Renaissance roots in the work of Jan van Eyck Celebrated as a brilliant pioneer of realistic painting he was equally innovative as a craftsman of his own reputation Without the letters printed publicity and exhibitions that would fuel the fame of later artists he argued for his unique mastery in paint alonemdashand only partly as a display of skill More original and intriguing are his layers of subtle effort to absorb and challenge an observer
Dr Alfred Acres taught at the University of Pennsylvania the University of Oregon and Princeton University before joining the faculty at Georgetown University He is currently the Chair of the Department of Art and Art History and the Wright Family Term Associate Professor in Art History
Focus Onhellip (continued) Central Park The Metropolitan Museum of Art is a complex so large and comprehensive that a weekrsquos worth of looking thinking and wandering in its galleries would not exhaust its holdings We saw remarkable work ranging from Impressionistrsquos works to Armor to Abstract Expressionism and glorious works from the Ancient World
In the afternoon we traveled the length of the elevated urban art venuepark known as the High Line We saw New York Cityrsquos newest cultural venue a $400 million edifice named ldquoThe Shedrdquo which expects to host visual art exhibitions concerts and performances by both emerging and established cultural practitioners
We finished the day at the Whitney Museum of American Art in the Meatpacking district seeing the 2019 version of the Whitney Biennale arguably the most recognized re-occurring exhibition of contemporary art in America
Saturday took us to the Jewish Museum then to Frank Lloyd Wrightrsquos Guggenheim Museum and The Cooper Hewitt Smithsonian Design Museum all venues on 5th Avenue Further down the avenue we visited the Frick Collection where one stretch of wall showed off paintings by Goya Rembrandt Velaacutezquez and Vermeer We returned to the Met to see an outdoor roof installation by Berlin-based artist Alicja Kwade entitled ParaPivot a site specific installation overlooking the greenery of Central Park as well as the impressive skyline vistas We then headed downtown for dinner in Chinatown and a stroll through lights and crowds of Little Italy
Sunday took us to the Brooklyn Museum of Art the home to an important international collection of decorative arts and old master paintings It has become a center for feminist art owning the important Judy Chicago masterwork ldquoThe Dinner Partyldquo The day also included a walk through the Brooklyn Botanical Gardens and a visit to The New Museum of Contemporary Art on the Lower East Side We had an Indian group dinner before attending a performance by the Blue Man Group where we sat in the ldquorain ponchordquo section next to the stage
Monday we took a Hop-On Hop-Off double-decker bus tour that took us the length of Manhattan into Harlem then back into Manhattan We took a boat ride around the Statue of Liberty and then took a night- time trip over the East River into Brooklyn and back impressed by NYCrsquos jutting skyscraper skyline
Our return day was structured as independent time Group members got to back to revisit favorite locales or seek out undiscovered things and perhaps some shopping The trip back to the Newark airport took the same number of FGCU community members back as had arrived five days earlier but they were different people than the ones who had flown to New York City
(Top to bottom) Mary Voytek and Morgan Paine with the students from the Seidler Family Research and Travel Grant Program Tanner Yurchuck The City That Never Sleeps Acrylic on Board 12rdquox12rdquo 2019
On Saturday November 2 Andy Owen (Art) led a group of students from his printmaking class together with Tricia Bonwell and Elodie Cotton and their students from Cypress Lake High School in a morning of printingmaking using a steamroller This yearrsquos Steamroller Project focused on making images about the life amp death of a coral reef The large format prints will be on display in ArtLab beginning on November 21 More information will be forthcoming
November amp early December Events
September 27-November 7 Nosotros Adriana Flores amp Felipe Maldonado ArtLab in the west side of the Library building FGCU This exhibition is free and open to the public Monday through Friday from 1000 am-400 pm More information can be found at fgcueduartgalleries
October 18-November 14 Everyone is an Alieniacutegeno Enrique Chagoya Exhibition Wasmer Art Gallery Arts Complex FGCU This exhibition is free and open to the public Monday-Friday from 1000 am-400 pm More information can be found at fgcueduartgalleries
October 25-November 3 Mystery Cylces TheatreLab Arts Complex FGCU October 25 amp 26 November 1 amp 2 at 730 pm October 27 November 2 (with post-performance discussion) amp 3 at 200 pm Tickets are $10 for the general public and $7 for students and are available at fgcuedutheatrelab 239-745-4268
Tuesday November 5 at 730 pm Anthony Offerle baritone Nisita Concert Series U Tobe Recital Hall Music Building Tickets are $10 for the general public and $7 for students and are available at fgcueduconcerts
Thursday November 7 at 500 pm Fjelstul Art Lecture with Dr Alfred Acres Making a Self Jan van Eyck and the Origins of the Artist U Tobe Recital Hall Music Building This lecture is free and open to the public with a light reception to follow More information can be found at fgcueduartevents
Tuesday November 12 at 730 pm String Chamber Ensembles Concert U Tobe Recital Hall Music Building FGCU This concert is free and open to the public
Thursday November 14 at 730 pm Michael Baron amp Priscila Navarro piano duo Nisita Concert Series U Tobe Recital Hall Music Building Tickets are $10 for the general public and $7 for students and are available at fgcueduconcerts
Sunday November 17 at 300 pm Jazz Ensemble Concert U Tobe Recital Hall Music Building This concert is free and open to the public
Tuesday November 19 at 730 pm Percussion Chamber Ensembles Concert U Tobe Recital Hall Music Building This concert is free and open to the public
Wednesday November 20 at 730 pm Wind Chamber Ensembles Concert U Tobe Recital Hall Music Building This concert is free and open to the public
Thursday November 21 at 500 pm Steamroller Project exhibition opening ArtLab west side of Library building FGCU This event is free and open to the public
Thursday November 21 at 730 pm Symphonic Band Concert Estero High School 21900 River Ranch Rd Estero This concert is free and open to the public
Tuesday December 3 at 400 amp 700 pm Choir amp Symphony Orchestra Concert Joyful amp Triumphant Moorings Presbyterian Church 791 Harbour Dr Naples Please consider an RSVP to this event by registering at fgcuedujoyful2019
Thursday December 5 at 500 pm Senior Projects Fall 2019 opening reception Wasmer Art Gallery Arts Complex FGCU This event is free and open to the public Call 239-590-7199 or visit fgcueduartgalleries for more information
Friday December 6 at 1000 am 19th Annual Pottery Sale Arts Complex Courtyard FGCU This event is free and open to the public More information can be found at fgcueduartevents
December 6-13 Senior Projects Fall 2019 Wasmer Art Gallery Arts Complex FGCU This exhibition is free and open to the public Monday-Friday from 1000 am-400 pm Call 239-590-7199 or visit fgcueduartgalleries for more information
November amp early December Events Friday December 6 at 1130 am 13th Annual Empty Bowls Soup Lunch Arts Complex Courtyard FGCU $15 suggested donation per bowl with the proceeds supporting the food pantry at Interfaith Charities of South Lee More information can be found at fgcueduartevents
December 6-8 Water Stories TheatreLab Arts Complex FGCU Performances are December 6 at 730 pm December 7 at 200 pm (with discussion to follow) amp 730 pm December 8 at 200 pm Tickets are $10 for the general public and $7 for students and are available at fgcuedutheatrelab 239-745-4268
Student Recitals in the U Tobe Recital Hall Music Building All are free and open to the public November 6 730 pm Lili Sagi Jr Piano Recital November 15 500 pm Lisa Hamman Jr Vocal Recital November 15 730 pm Stephen McMullan Jr Percussion Recital November 16 300 pm Nathalie Veizaga Jr Oboe amp Jerika Copeland Jr Flute Recital November 22 500 pm Marissa Wells Jr Piano Recital December 4 730 pm Diego Davila Jr Piano Recital
For the most up-to-date information visit wwwfgcueduCASBSMA
Dr Alfred Acres Chair Department of Art and Art History Georgetown University
Making a Self Jan van Eyck and the Origins of the Artist
Thursday Nov 7 at 5pm U Tobe Recital Hall A light reception to follow in the Arts Complex Lobby (across from the Music Building)
Our sense of what makes artists special has Renaissance roots in the work of Jan van Eyck Celebrated as a brilliant pioneer of realistic painting he was equally innovative as a craftsman of his own reputation Without the letters printed publicity and exhibitions that would fuel the fame of later artists he argued for his unique mastery in paint alonemdashand only partly as a display of skill More original and intriguing are his layers of subtle effort to absorb and challenge an observer
Dr Alfred Acres taught at the University of Pennsylvania the University of Oregon and Princeton University before joining the faculty at Georgetown University He is currently the Chair of the Department of Art and Art History and the Wright Family Term Associate Professor in Art History
November amp early December Events
September 27-November 7 Nosotros Adriana Flores amp Felipe Maldonado ArtLab in the west side of the Library building FGCU This exhibition is free and open to the public Monday through Friday from 1000 am-400 pm More information can be found at fgcueduartgalleries
October 18-November 14 Everyone is an Alieniacutegeno Enrique Chagoya Exhibition Wasmer Art Gallery Arts Complex FGCU This exhibition is free and open to the public Monday-Friday from 1000 am-400 pm More information can be found at fgcueduartgalleries
October 25-November 3 Mystery Cylces TheatreLab Arts Complex FGCU October 25 amp 26 November 1 amp 2 at 730 pm October 27 November 2 (with post-performance discussion) amp 3 at 200 pm Tickets are $10 for the general public and $7 for students and are available at fgcuedutheatrelab 239-745-4268
Tuesday November 5 at 730 pm Anthony Offerle baritone Nisita Concert Series U Tobe Recital Hall Music Building Tickets are $10 for the general public and $7 for students and are available at fgcueduconcerts
Thursday November 7 at 500 pm Fjelstul Art Lecture with Dr Alfred Acres Making a Self Jan van Eyck and the Origins of the Artist U Tobe Recital Hall Music Building This lecture is free and open to the public with a light reception to follow More information can be found at fgcueduartevents
Tuesday November 12 at 730 pm String Chamber Ensembles Concert U Tobe Recital Hall Music Building FGCU This concert is free and open to the public
Thursday November 14 at 730 pm Michael Baron amp Priscila Navarro piano duo Nisita Concert Series U Tobe Recital Hall Music Building Tickets are $10 for the general public and $7 for students and are available at fgcueduconcerts
Sunday November 17 at 300 pm Jazz Ensemble Concert U Tobe Recital Hall Music Building This concert is free and open to the public
Tuesday November 19 at 730 pm Percussion Chamber Ensembles Concert U Tobe Recital Hall Music Building This concert is free and open to the public
Wednesday November 20 at 730 pm Wind Chamber Ensembles Concert U Tobe Recital Hall Music Building This concert is free and open to the public
Thursday November 21 at 500 pm Steamroller Project exhibition opening ArtLab west side of Library building FGCU This event is free and open to the public
Thursday November 21 at 730 pm Symphonic Band Concert Estero High School 21900 River Ranch Rd Estero This concert is free and open to the public
Tuesday December 3 at 400 amp 700 pm Choir amp Symphony Orchestra Concert Joyful amp Triumphant Moorings Presbyterian Church 791 Harbour Dr Naples Please consider an RSVP to this event by registering at fgcuedujoyful2019
Thursday December 5 at 500 pm Senior Projects Fall 2019 opening reception Wasmer Art Gallery Arts Complex FGCU This event is free and open to the public Call 239-590-7199 or visit fgcueduartgalleries for more information
Friday December 6 at 1000 am 19th Annual Pottery Sale Arts Complex Courtyard FGCU This event is free and open to the public More information can be found at fgcueduartevents
December 6-13 Senior Projects Fall 2019 Wasmer Art Gallery Arts Complex FGCU This exhibition is free and open to the public Monday-Friday from 1000 am-400 pm Call 239-590-7199 or visit fgcueduartgalleries for more information
November amp early December Events Friday December 6 at 1130 am 13th Annual Empty Bowls Soup Lunch Arts Complex Courtyard FGCU $15 suggested donation per bowl with the proceeds supporting the food pantry at Interfaith Charities of South Lee More information can be found at fgcueduartevents
December 6-8 Water Stories TheatreLab Arts Complex FGCU Performances are December 6 at 730 pm December 7 at 200 pm (with discussion to follow) amp 730 pm December 8 at 200 pm Tickets are $10 for the general public and $7 for students and are available at fgcuedutheatrelab 239-745-4268
Student Recitals in the U Tobe Recital Hall Music Building All are free and open to the public November 6 730 pm Lili Sagi Jr Piano Recital November 15 500 pm Lisa Hamman Jr Vocal Recital November 15 730 pm Stephen McMullan Jr Percussion Recital November 16 300 pm Nathalie Veizaga Jr Oboe amp Jerika Copeland Jr Flute Recital November 22 500 pm Marissa Wells Jr Piano Recital December 4 730 pm Diego Davila Jr Piano Recital
For the most up-to-date information visit wwwfgcueduCASBSMA
Dr Alfred Acres Chair Department of Art and Art History Georgetown University
Making a Self Jan van Eyck and the Origins of the Artist
Thursday Nov 7 at 5pm U Tobe Recital Hall A light reception to follow in the Arts Complex Lobby (across from the Music Building)
Our sense of what makes artists special has Renaissance roots in the work of Jan van Eyck Celebrated as a brilliant pioneer of realistic painting he was equally innovative as a craftsman of his own reputation Without the letters printed publicity and exhibitions that would fuel the fame of later artists he argued for his unique mastery in paint alonemdashand only partly as a display of skill More original and intriguing are his layers of subtle effort to absorb and challenge an observer
Dr Alfred Acres taught at the University of Pennsylvania the University of Oregon and Princeton University before joining the faculty at Georgetown University He is currently the Chair of the Department of Art and Art History and the Wright Family Term Associate Professor in Art History
November amp early December Events Friday December 6 at 1130 am 13th Annual Empty Bowls Soup Lunch Arts Complex Courtyard FGCU $15 suggested donation per bowl with the proceeds supporting the food pantry at Interfaith Charities of South Lee More information can be found at fgcueduartevents
December 6-8 Water Stories TheatreLab Arts Complex FGCU Performances are December 6 at 730 pm December 7 at 200 pm (with discussion to follow) amp 730 pm December 8 at 200 pm Tickets are $10 for the general public and $7 for students and are available at fgcuedutheatrelab 239-745-4268
Student Recitals in the U Tobe Recital Hall Music Building All are free and open to the public November 6 730 pm Lili Sagi Jr Piano Recital November 15 500 pm Lisa Hamman Jr Vocal Recital November 15 730 pm Stephen McMullan Jr Percussion Recital November 16 300 pm Nathalie Veizaga Jr Oboe amp Jerika Copeland Jr Flute Recital November 22 500 pm Marissa Wells Jr Piano Recital December 4 730 pm Diego Davila Jr Piano Recital
For the most up-to-date information visit wwwfgcueduCASBSMA
Dr Alfred Acres Chair Department of Art and Art History Georgetown University
Making a Self Jan van Eyck and the Origins of the Artist
Thursday Nov 7 at 5pm U Tobe Recital Hall A light reception to follow in the Arts Complex Lobby (across from the Music Building)
Our sense of what makes artists special has Renaissance roots in the work of Jan van Eyck Celebrated as a brilliant pioneer of realistic painting he was equally innovative as a craftsman of his own reputation Without the letters printed publicity and exhibitions that would fuel the fame of later artists he argued for his unique mastery in paint alonemdashand only partly as a display of skill More original and intriguing are his layers of subtle effort to absorb and challenge an observer
Dr Alfred Acres taught at the University of Pennsylvania the University of Oregon and Princeton University before joining the faculty at Georgetown University He is currently the Chair of the Department of Art and Art History and the Wright Family Term Associate Professor in Art History
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