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Upcoming Events
Fall 2009
Outreach Film Series
Location: Monroe County Public Library, 303 E. Kirkwood Ave.
Cost: Free
Film: A Long Night's Journey Into Day
Date: Tuesday, October 27, 2009, 7pm - 9pm
Film: Everyone’s Child
Date: Tuesday, November 24, 2009, 7pm - 9pm
Film: Thunderbolt
Date: Tuesday, December 8, 2009, 7pm - 9pm
African Language Festival
Location: Foster Quad, Harper Formal Lounge, 1000 N. Fee Lane
Date and Time: Friday, October 23rd, 6pm
Form and Surface: African Ceramics, Baskets, and Textiles from the William Itter Collection
Location: Special Exhibitions Gallery, first floor
Date: September 26–December 13, 2009
Modest materials transformed into extraordinary objects are the subject of Form and Surface: African Ceramics, Baskets, and Textiles from the William Itter Collection, a special exhibition that opened on September 26 in the IU Art Museum’s Special Exhibitions Gallery. The exhibition features clay vessels brought together by painter and retired Hope School of Fine Arts faculty member William Itter, who has assembled one of the largest and finest collections of African ceramics in the country. Itter’s smaller, but equally beautiful collections of baskets and textiles complement the pottery by extending the dialogue between form and decoration that makes these crafts so appealing to look at. Well over 150 examples of pots, baskets, and textiles from all over sub-Saharan Africa are on display.
Lecture
Date: Friday, October 16>
Time: 5:30–6:30 p.m., Radio-TV Building, Room 251
Lecture by William Itter
Reception
6:30–8:30 p.m., Thomas T. Solley Atrium, first floor, and the SOFA Gallery
Join the Art Museum and the SOFA Gallery as we jointly celebrate the IU Art Museum’s Form and Surface: African Ceramics, Baskets and Textiles from the William Itter Collection and the SOFA Gallery’s William Itter: A Retrospective—Paintings and Drawings 1969–2009. William Itter, painter and professor emeritus in the Hope School of Fine Arts, will begin the evening with a lecture about his work. Concurrent receptions in the Solley Atrium and at the SOFA Gallery will follow, with both exhibitions open until 8:30 p.m.
Lecture: Texts and Textures in African Ceramics
Date and Time: Friday, October 23, 5–6 p.m.
Location: Radio-TV Building, Room 251
Barbara Frank, associate professor of art history at Stony Brook University, IU alumna, and a specialist in African ceramics, will discuss how African pottery traditions can contribute to our understanding African cultural heritage. Her lecture is co-sponsored by the Department of the History of Art’s Robert and Avis Burke Lecture Series and has been scheduled in conjunction with the special exhibition Form and Surface: African Ceramics, Baskets and Textiles from the William Itter Collection.
Collector’s Workshop - Woven Forms: Collecting Baskets and Textiles from Africa
Date and Time: Sunday, November 8, 1:30–3:00 p.m.
Location: Art Museum Conference Room, third floor
Frequently made with related techniques, but with very different results, baskets and textiles are among the most easily appreciated African arts as well as accessible and affordable for collectors. At this hands-on workshop, we will consider what to look for in acquiring these objects, how to learn more about them, and how to display and care for them. The discussion will be led by Douglas Dawson, a longtime admirer of African textiles and baskets and owner of Douglas Dawson Gallery in Chicago; collector William Itter, and Diane Pelrine, Class of 1949 Curator of the Arts of Africa, Oceania, and the Americas. This program is co-sponsored by the Art Museum and the Friends of Art. It is free, but you must pre-register by contacting Tom Rhea (855-5300) or Diane Pelrine (dpelrine@indiana.edu), and space is limited to thirty people.
Noon Talk - Earth and Fire: A Ceramic Artist’s Perspective on African Ceramics
Date and Time: Wednesday, November 18, 12:15–1:00 p.m.
Location: Special Exhibitions Gallery, first floor
Tim Mather, ceramist and director of the Henry Radford Hope School of Fine Arts, will discuss techniques and considerations in making African ceramics for this talk that is presented in conjunction with the exhibition Form and Surface: African Ceramics, Baskets, and Textiles from the William Itter Collection.
Special Gallery Talk and Reception - Looking Closely at Form and Surface
Date and Time: Sunday, December 6, 1:30–3:00 p.m.
Location: Special Exhibitions Gallery and Thomas T. Solley Atrium, first floor
Painter and collector William Itter invites you join him for a tour of his African ceramics, baskets, and textiles as he examines the features that make these objects so visually appealing. After the talk, enjoy refreshments in the Solley Atrium. This event is sponsored by the IU Art Museum’s Arc Fund.
Summer 2009
African Film Series
Location: School of Fine Arts, Room 102
Time: 7pm
August 5th - Frontieres (2002, 102 minutes) - Director: Mostefa Djadjam
Seven Africans embark on a perilous journey to enter Europe illegally via the Strait of Gibraltar. On their way across the Sahara to Tangier, they share stories and we learn their reasons for immigrating.
August 12th - 13 Months of Sunshine (2007, 98 minutes) - Director: Yahdego Abeselom
Two Ethiopian immigrants marry so that both can fulfill their dreams of living in the United States. During the thirteen months they spend waiting for her green card, they discover there are more important things in life than green cards and coffee shops.
August 19th - Little Senegal (2001, 97 minutes) - Director: Rachid Bouchareb
After discovering that some of his ancestors were kidnapped and sold as slaves in North Carolina, an elderly man from Senegeal travels to the United States in hopes of reconnecting with his African American relatives.
Spring 2009
China in Africa Symposium
Date: Friday, March 6th - Saturday, March 7th
Location: Faculty Club, Indiana Memorial Union
The African Studies Program and the East Asian Studies Center present the "China in Africa" symposium to examine China's ever-increasing financial and political involvement in Africa. Speakers include ambassadors, lobbyists, journalists, and scholars. For a complete list of speakers and agenda, please see the schedule at the link below.
This program is funded by Title VI National Resource Center grants from the U.S. Department of Education and has been co-sponsored by the African Studies Program, the East Asian Studies Center, and the Center for Business Education and Research.
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