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All museum events are free and open to the public; seating is limited.
October
16 Friday
5:30–6:30 p.m.
OPENING LECTURE
Cubes Curves Facts Fantasy: A Paradigm
Radio-TV Building, Room 251
William Itter, professor emeritus in the Hope School of Fine Arts, will present this lecture as an introduction to William Itter: A Retrospective-Paintings and Drawings 1969-2009. The exhibition will be on display in the SOFA Gallery through November 20.
16 Friday
6:30–8:00 p.m.
EXHIBITION RECEPTIONS
Form and Surface; William Itter Retrospective
Thomas T. Solley Atrium, first floor, and the SOFA Gallery
Join the Art Museum and the Hope School of Fine Arts 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 the SOFA Gallery will follow, with both exhibitions open until 8:30 p.m.
17 Saturday
12:15–1:00 p.m.
NOON TALK
Spanish Art in the IU Art Museum’s Collection
Gallery of the Art of the Western World, first floor
Heidi Gealt, the IU Art Museum's director and curator of Western art before 1800, will discuss some important examples of 16th- and 17th-century Spanish art from the museum’s collection, including several panels from Felipe Vigarny's large retablo depicting the Life of the Virgin cycle and a drawing by Jusepe de Ribera. This free public talk is presented in conjunction with the conference, Sacred and Profane in the Early Modern Hispanic World. For more information about the conference, see http://www.indiana.edu/~spanport/sacredandprofane/
23 Friday
5:00–6:00 p.m.
LECTURE
Texts and Textures in African Ceramics
Radio-TV Building, Room 251
IU alumna Barbara Frank, Associate Professor of Art History and Africana Studies at Stony Brook University and a specialist in African ceramics, will discuss how African pottery traditions can contribute to our understanding of 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.
28 Wednesday
12:15–1:00 p.m.
NOON TALK
Faces and Farms: Photographs of Rural America in the Depression
Gallery of Art of the Western World, Doris Steinmetz Kellett Gallery of Twentieth-Century Art, first floor
Bob Goehlert, specialist librarian for economics, political science and criminal justice in the Wells Library, will discuss the policies of the New Deal's rural antipoverty agencies—the Resettlement Administration and Farm Security Administration—using photographs focusing on agrarian land and life during the 1930s. This program is presented in conjunction with IU Archives and Special Collections Month.
November
7 Saturday
2:00–3:00 p.m.
THEMATIC TOUR
Silk Road: Trails and Textiles
Meet in the Thomas T. Solley Atrium, first floor
Presented by IU Art Museum Docent Monika Kindraka-Jensen
8 Sunday
1:30–3:30 p.m.
COLLECTORS’ WORKSHOP
Woven Forms: Collecting Baskets and Textiles from Africa
Art Museum Conference Room, third floor
Baskets and textiles are among the most easily appreciated, accessible, and affordable African arts 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 cosponsored by the Friends of Art. It is free, but you must preregister by contacting Tom Rhea (812-855-5300) or Diane Pelrine (dpelrine@indiana.edu); space is limited to thirty people.
12 Thursday
12:15–1:00 p.m.
NOON TALK
Images of Haiti as a Colony and as a Free Black Nation
Gallery of the Art of the Western World, first floor
Visiting specialist on Haitian art and culture LeGrace Benson, director of the Arts of Haiti Research Project and associate editor of the Journal of Haitian Studies, will discuss four eighteenth-century paintings completed just before the Haitian Revolution and works by American artists Eldzier Cortor and Walter Rosenblum inspired by their sojourns to Haiti in the mid-twentieth century. This talk is presented in conjunction with the Haitian Studies Association 21st Annual Conference: www.haitianstudies.umb.edu/conference.html.
14 Saturday
9:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m.
TEACHERS’ WORKSHOP
African Art
Meet in the Thomas T. Solley Atrium, first floor
This free workshop will feature gallery sessions, art-making activities, and more. Lunch and snacks will be provided. Preregistration is required. Please call 812-855-1045.
15 Sunday
1:30–4:00 p.m.
LECTURE COMPETITION
Lilly Lecture Competition
Hope School of Fine Arts, Room 102
Four graduate students have been selected to present papers at the 2009 Evan F. Lilly Memorial Lecture Competition, which is cosponsored by the IU Art Museum and the Hope School of Fine Arts. The Evan F. Lilly Memorial Prize of $600 will be awarded to the best talk, as decided by a jury drawn from the Art Museum and the Department of the History of Art. Presenters and their paper titles are:
The Amasis Painter and His World, Diane Beuster, Department of Classical Studies
Theme and Variations: W. Kandinsky’s Kleine Welten, Ana Maria Magdalena Dragu, Department of Comparative Literature
Flights of Mythic Fancy: Critiquing the French Symbolist Ideology, Anna Simon, Department of the History of Art
The Role of the Lebes Gamikos in the Promotion of Female Stereotypes, Bruce L. Warren, Department of Classical Studies
18 Wednesday
12:15–1:00 p.m.
NOON TALK
Earth and Fire: A Ceramic Artist’s Perspective on African CeramicsSpecial 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. This talk is presented in conjunction with the special exhibition Form and Surface.
December
2 Wednesday
12:15–1:00 p.m.
NOON TALK
Painting Lincoln as a Hoosier
Gallery of the Art of the Western World, Doris Steinmetz Kellett Gallery of Twentieth-Century Art, first floor
Through a series of Thomas Hart Benton’s preparatory sketches, James H. Madison, Thomas and Kathryn Miller Professor in the Department of History and director of IU’s Liberal Arts and Management Program, will discuss the inclusion of a youthful Abe Lincoln as one of the two central figures in Benton’s 1933 Indiana Murals, as well as the Depression-era fervor for promoting Lincoln’s status as a Hoosier.
5 Saturday
2:00–3:00 p.m.
THEMATIC TOUR
Must Art Be Beautiful?
Meet in the Thoms T. Solley Atrium, first floor
Presented by IU Art Museum Docent Grafton Trout
6 Sunday
1:30–3:00 p.m.
GALLERY TALK AND RECEPTION
Looking Closely at Form and Surface
Special Exhibitions Gallery and Thomas T. Solley Atrium, first floor
Join painter and collector William Itter for a tour of his African ceramics, baskets, and textiles as he examines the features that make these objects visually appealing. After the talk, enjoy refreshments in the Solley Atrium.
This event is sponsored by the IU Art Museum’s Arc Fund.
9 Wednesday
12:15–1:00 p.m.
NOON TALK
Virtuosity, Materials, and Mishaps in Contemporary Art Practices
Special Exhibitions Gallery, first floor
Shu-Mei Chan (IU MFA in ceramics 2008) will present this talk about contemporary art and craft from an artist’s perspective. Chan is the cofounder and executive director of the Quarry Projects/Bloomington Clay Studio in Bloomington. Her talk is presented in conjunction with this fall’s special exhibition Modern and Contemporary Craft.
MUSEUM HOLIDAY CLOSINGS
The Art Museum building will be closed for Thanksgiving on Thursday, November 26, and Friday, November 27; we reopen for regular hours on Saturday, November 28. The museum will also be closed for Winter Break from Thursday, December 24, through Friday, January 8, 2010. We’ll reopen for regular hours on Saturday, January 9.
SATURDAY HIGHLIGHT TOURS
Join us for a free public tour of selected highlights of our collections, offered every Saturday at 2:00 p.m. Meet at the information desk in the Thomas T. Solley Atrium on the first floor.
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