Arts at Amherst Fall 2015

The school year begins, workloads pile up and, unless you’re one of the lucky ones who doesn’t miss out on the arts, it’s suddenly December and you have missed out.

But you can change that now.

Here’s your KICKSTart where art, music, film, theater & dance

come together in a spirit of collaboration and discovery. Take in a performance by a world-renowned musician. Let a night at the theater capture your imagination.

Explore a gallery and discover a masterpiece.

ARTS AT AMHERST/FALL 2015

December already?

KICKSTart

your year at Amherst.

SEPTEMBER

theater & NORTH CAROLINA STAGE COMPANY PRESENTS dance/ SHAKESPEARE’S “PERICLES, PRINCE OF TYRE,” directed by Ron Bashford Wed., Sept. 9–Sat., Sept. 12, 8 p.m., and Sat., Sept. 12, 2 p.m.

Holden Experimental Theater, Webster Hall Reservations recommended: 413-542-2277

art/ PANEL DISCUSSION: “JOSEF ALBERS: VISION AND SCIENCE” Thurs., Sept. 10, 6 p.m.

Stirn Auditorium, Mead Art Museum Followed by reception at 7 p.m.

music/ VIOLA RECITAL BY DELORES THAYER Sat., Sept. 12, 7 p.m.

Buckley Recital Hall, Arms Music Center music/ JAZZ FACULTY PERFORMANCE Sun., Sept. 13, 4 p.m.

Buckley Recital Hall, Arms Music Center film/ SCREENING: “FIELD NIGGAS” BY KHALIK ALLAH Tues., Sept. 15, 7 p.m.

Keefe Campus Center Theater Followed by Q&A with filmmaker

film/ TALK BY NYU PROF. NICHOLAS MIRZOEFF: “BLACK LIVES LOOKING: THE VISUAL COMMONS AND PHOTOGRAPHY #FERGUSON” Thurs., Sept. 17, 4 p.m.

Merrill Science Center, Lecture Room 4 music/ JAZZ LEGEND ARCHIE SHEPP INTERVIEWED

BY PROF. JASON ROBINSON Thurs., Sept. 17, 5 p.m.

Buckley Recital Hall, Arms Music Center

Image of jazz legend Archie Shepp, interviewed by Prof. Robinson Sept. 17, and performing with The Dar Gnawa of Tangier Sept. 18.

music/ ARCHIE SHEPP QUARTET WITH THE DAR GNAWA OF TANGIER Fri., Sept. 18, 8 p.m.

Buckley Recital Hall, Arms Music Center Tickets required: amherst.universitytickets.com

art/ INTERDISCIPLINARY SYMPOSIUM: “BOOKS AND PRINT BETWEEN CULTURES, 1500–1900” Fri., Sept. 18, 4–7 p.m. and Sat., Sept. 19, 8:30 a.m.–5:30 p.m.

Frost Library and Cole Assembly Room, Converse Hall Registration required: booksandprint.sites.amherst.edu

art/ “EVENING AT THE MEAD” FOR FIVE COLLEGE STUDENTS Tues., Sept. 22, 8 p.m.

Mead Art Museum music/ AMHERST SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA PERFORMANCE Sat., Sept. 26, 8 p.m.

Buckley Recital Hall, Arms Music Center art/ ARTIST’S TALK BY ISIDRO BLASCO Tues., Sept. 29, 4:30 p.m.

Pruyne Lecture Hall, Fayerweather Hall

R U O Y E L t r a T S EXPECTATIONS amherst.edu/arts

OCTOBER

art/ GALLERY TALK: “THE SCIENCE BEHIND INTERSECTING COLORS” Thurs., Oct. 1, 6:30 p.m.

Mead Art Museum art/ COMMUNITY EVENT: “MEET AT THE MEAD” Sat., Oct. 3, Noon–4 p.m.

Mead Art Museum music/ ARTYMIW-KEEFE-SMITH PIANO TRIO Sun., Oct. 4, 4 p.m.

Buckley Recital Hall, Arms Music Center Tickets required: amherst.universitytickets.com

art/ ARTIST’S TALK BY CULLEN WASHINGTON JR. Wed., Oct. 7, 4:30 p.m.

Pruyne Lecture Hall, Fayerweather Hall film/ TROUBLING THE IMAGE: 4 FILMS BY PAT O’NEILL Wed., Oct. 7, 7:30 p.m.

Amherst Cinema in downtown Amherst Tickets required: amherstcinema.org

theater & “DORA,” WRITTEN BY WENDY WOODSON dance/ Performed by visiting resident artist Peter Schmitz and Wendy Woodson Thurs., Oct. 15–Sat., Oct. 17, 8 p.m.

Holden Experimental Theater, Webster Hall Reservations recommended: 413-542-2277

music/ VOICE RECITAL BY THOMAS OESTERLING Fri., Oct. 16, 7 p.m.

Buckley Recital Hall, Arms Music Center film/ SCREENING: “SONGS FROM THE NICKEL”

BY ALINA SKRZESZEWSKA Tues., Oct. 20, 7 p.m.

Keefe Campus Center Theater Followed by Q&A with filmmaker

Image of students in the Film and Media Studies program, which presents works by visiting filmmakers from around the country Sept. 15, Oct. 20, Oct. 26 and Nov. 19.

music/ AMHERST COLLEGE JAZZ ENSEMBLE PERFORMANCE Fri., Oct. 23, 8:30 p.m.

Buckley Recital Hall, Arms Music Center music/ CHORAL SOCIETY PERFORMANCE Sat., Oct. 24, 8 p.m.

Buckley Recital Hall, Arms Music Center art/ “MEAD READS” BOOK CLUB DISCUSSION Sun., Oct. 25, 2:30 p.m.

Mead Art Museum film/ SCREENING: “DIVIDING ROADMAPS BY TIMEZONES: 10 YEARS OF MOVING PICTURES 2000–2010” BY AMANDA DAWN CHRISTIE Mon., Oct. 26, 7 p.m.

Keefe Campus Center Theater Followed by Q&A with filmmaker

theater & CHEKHOV’S “THE CHERRY ORCHARD,” dance/ directed by Ron Bashford Thurs., Oct. 29–Sat., Oct. 31, 8 p.m.

Kirby Theater Reservations recommended: 413-542-2277

music/ SIMONE DINNERSTEIN, PIANO Fri., Oct. 30, 8 p.m.

Buckley Recital Hall, Arms Music Center Tickets required: amherst.universitytickets.com

WITH TIMELESS EXPERIENCES

art/ ARTIST’S TALK BY MILDRED BELTRE Thurs., Oct. 22, 4:30 p.m.

Pruyne Lecture Hall, Fayerweather Hall

OUTSMart TIME amherst.edu/arts

NOVEMBER

JUMPSTart amherst.edu/arts

Image from “DORA,” an original work written and performed by Prof. Woodson with Peter Schmitz Oct. 14-16

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GALLERY TALK: “ART AFTER DARK” Thurs., Nov. 5, 6:30 p.m.

Mead Art Museum AMHERST COLLEGE JAZZ ENSEMBLE PERFORMANCE Fri., Nov. 6, 8:30 p.m.

Buckley Recital Hall, Arms Music Center Donations to the Food Bank of Western MA encouraged.

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CHORAL SOCIETY PERFORMANCE Sat., Nov. 7, noon Buckley Recital Hall, Arms Music Center Preceded by welcome brunch at 11 a.m.

music/ AMHERST SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA: “VIVE LA FRANCE!” Sat., Nov. 7, 8 p.m.

Buckley Recital Hall, Arms Music Center art/

theater & dance/

“EVENING AT THE MEAD” FOR FIVE COLLEGE STUDENTS Tues., Nov. 10, 8 p.m.

Mead Art Museum “EQUAL WEIGHT,” KHALIL FLEMMING’S SENIOR PROJECT IN THEATER & DANCE Thurs., Nov. 12–Sat., Nov. 14, 8 p.m.

Webster Hall, Studio 3 Reservations recommended: 413-542-2277

art/ FAMILY WORKSHOP: “LOCAL COLORS” Sat., Nov. 14, 1–3 p.m.

Mead Art Museum film/

“RADIANT MATTER: EXPERIMENTS IN HANDMADE CINEMA” Mon., Nov. 16, 7:30 p.m.

Amherst Cinema in downtown Amherst Tickets required: amherstcinema.org

film/

SCREENING: “1 DAY” BY PENNY WOOLCOCK Thurs., Nov. 19, 7 p.m.

Keefe Campus Center Theater Followed by Q&A with filmmaker

DECEMBER

Image of Five College students presenting original works during the Theater & Dance Performance Project.

This year’s Performance Project will be held Dec. 11-12; visit amherst.edu/arts for updated times and locations.

DEPart FROM YOUR ROUTINE

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art/ GALLERY TALK: “PAINT AND PAPER” Thurs., Dec. 3, 6:30 p.m.

Mead Art Museum music/ AMHERST COLLEGE JAZZ ENSEMBLE PERFORMANCE Fri., Dec. 4, 8 p.m.

Buckley Recital Hall, Arms Music Center Donations to the Food Bank of Western MA encouraged.

art/ “MEAD READS” BOOK CLUB DISCUSSION Sun., Dec. 6, 2:30 p.m.

Mead Art Museum music/ CHORAL SOCIETY VESPERS, FESTIVAL OF LESSONS AND CAROLS Sun., Dec. 6, 4 p.m. and (repeat) 7:30 p.m.

Johnson Chapel music/ AMHERST COLLEGE JAZZ COMBOS PERFORMANCE Mon., Dec. 7, 7 p.m.

Arms Music Center, Room 7 music/ AMHERST COLLEGE JAZZ COMBOS PERFORMANCE Wed., Dec. 9, 7 p.m.

Arms Music Center, Room 7 music/ MUSIC AT AMHERST: JACK QUARTET WITH TONY ARNOLD, SOPRANO Fri., Dec. 11, 8 p.m.

Buckley Recital Hall, Arms Music Center Tickets required: amherst.universitytickets.com

theater & THEATER & DANCE PERFORMANCE PROJECT dance/ Fri., Dec. 11 and Sat., Dec. 12 Time and location TBA: amherst.edu/arts

music/ AMHERST SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA PRESENTS “LES MISÉRABLES” IN CONCERT Sat., Dec. 12, 8 p.m.

Buckley Recital Hall, Arms Music Center

ONGOING/E Cullen Washington Jr., Jupiter 2, 2014. Talk by the artist on Oct. 7.

INTERSECTING COLORS: JOSEF ALBERS AND HIS CONTEMPORARIES Aug. 28, 2015–Jan. 3, 2016 Mead Art Museum

BY THE LIGHT OF THE SILVERY MOON: AFTER DARK IN PAINTING AND PRINT Aug. 28, 2015–Jan. 3, 2016 Mead Art Museum ANNUAL STUDENT ART EXHIBITION Sept. 8–Sept. 18, 2015 Eli Marsh Gallery, Fayerweather Hall JOURNEYS IN SPACE AND MEMORY: URBAN SCENES AND LANDSCAPES BY RUSSIAN ARTISTS Sept. 15, 2015–Spring 2016 Russian Center Art Gallery, Webster Hall, 2nd floor STYLED IN STONE Through Oct. 18, 2015 Mead Art Museum WORKS BY MILDRED BELTRE, VISITING ARTIST Oct. 5–Nov. 20, 2015 Eli Marsh Gallery, Fayerweather Hall SEA CHANGE: TRADE AND TRANSFORMATION IN THE AGE OF DISCOVERY AND BEYOND Oct. 23, 2015–Feb. 28, 2016 Mead Art Museum

EXHIBITIONS amherst.edu/arts

Events & exhibitions are free and open to all unless otherwise noted.

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Sponsored by The Arts at Amherst Intiative.

Josef Albers, Two color studies for Homage to the Square, n.d. Featured in the Mead Art Museum’s fall exhibition Intersecting Colors: Josef Albers and His Contemporaries. Image courtesy of the Josef and Anni Albers Foundation.