Arts at Amherst Fall 2016

ARTS AT AMHERST FALL 2016

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Amanda Valdez, Ripe Appeal, 2014. Featured in the Mead Art Museum’s fall exhibition Rotherwas Project 1: Amanda Valdez, Ladies' Night. © Amanda Valdez.

Photo courtesy Denny Gallery.

EXHIBITIONS JOE ABLOW: A LIFE’S WORK Sept. 6–Oct. 21 Opening reception with remarks by Professor Robert Sweeney Thursday, Sept. 22, 4:30 p.m.

105 Fayerweather Hall, Eli Marsh Gallery MEAD REIMAGINED Through Fall 2016 Opening reception: Thursday, Sept. 8, 7–9 p.m.

Mead Art Museum The opening of MEAD REIMAGINED marks the debut of six new exhibitions and installations: • Accumulations: 5,000 Years of Objects, Fictions, and Conversations • The American Collection: Two Centuries of Art at Amherst • Precious: Finding the Wondrous in the Mead’s European Collection • Art from Africa: A Selection of Works Given by Amherst Collectors and Scholars • From Russia with Love: Selections from the Thomas P. Whitney, Class of 1937, Collection of Russian Art • Rotherwas Project 1: Amanda Valdez, Ladies’ Night FIVE COLLEGE ADVANCED STUDIO SEMINAR EXHIBITION Nov. 28–Dec. 14 Opening reception: Thursday, Dec. 1, 4:30 p.m.

105 Fayerweather Hall, Eli Marsh Gallery HALL WALLS: RICO GATSON Ongoing installation through Fall 2016 Mead Art Museum

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SEPTEMBER

DANCE WORKSHOP AND DISCUSSION OF FIVE COLLEGE DANCE DEPARTMENT, for new and returning students Sunday, Sept. 4, 10 a.m.

Webster Hall, Studio 1 OPENING RECEPTION: MEAD REIMAGINED Thursday, Sept. 8, 5:30–7:30 p.m.

Mead Art Museum Refreshments served

TEAM MEAD KICKOFF MEETING, for new and returning students Friday, Sept. 9, 3–5 p.m.

Mead Art Museum Refreshments served

THEATER AND DANCE DEPARTMENT ORIENTATION DANCE CONCERT Friday, Sept. 9, 7 p.m.

Holden Theater THEATER AND DANCE DEPARTMENT ORIENTATION, for new and returning students Friday, Sept. 9, 8 p.m.

Holden Theater Refreshments served

JAZZ FACULTY CONCERT Sunday, Sept. 11, 7 p.m.

Arms Music Center, Buckley Recital Hall AMHERST POETRY FESTIVAL AND EMILY DICKINSON POETRY MARATHON Thursday, Sept. 15–Saturday, Sept. 17 Various locations in the town of Amherst For details, visit emilydickinsonmuseum.org

“FLORENCE RICE HITCHCOCK AND THE THEORY OF THE SOFT EARTH” Choreography, music and video by Sara Smith; Performance by Candice Salyers; Lighting Design by Kathy Couch Friday, Sept. 16–Saturday, Sept. 17, 8 p.m.

Holden Theater Admission FREE, reservations recommended: 413-542-2277

MUSIC @ AMHERST PRESENTS TYSHAWN SOREY TRIO Saturday, Sept. 17, 8 p.m.

Arms Music Center, Buckley Recital Hall FREE student rush tickets available at 7 p.m.

Advance regular-price tickets: amherst.universitytickets.com

TEAM MEAD EVENING EVENT Tuesday, Sept. 20, 8–10 p.m.

Mead Art Museum Refreshments served

FICTION READING: KAITLYN GREENIDGE Wednesday, Sept. 21, 8 p.m.

Amherst Books (8 Main Street, Amherst) Refreshments served

OPENING REMARKS AND RECEPTION, JOE ABLOW: A LIFE’S WORK Thursday, Sept. 22, 4:30 p.m.

105 Fayerweather Hall, Eli Marsh Gallery Refreshments served

LUNCHTIME CONVERSATION WITH ARTIST AMANDA VALDEZ Friday, Sept. 23, noon Mead Art Museum Lunch served

AMHERST SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA CONCERT: WELCOME, CLASS OF 2020!

Saturday, Sept. 24, 8 p.m.

Arms Music Center, Buckley Recital Hall FIVE COLLEGE DANCE DEPARTMENT FALL LECTURE: “PEARL PRIMUS: RACE, THE BODY AND DANCED MEMORY” Friday, Sept. 30, 4:30 p.m.

Kirby Theater “Florence Rice Hitchcock and the Theory of the Soft Earth” performed by Candice Salyers.

Choreography, music and video by Sara Smith. Sept 16-17.

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OCTOBER

POETRY READING: KIRUN KAPUR Wednesday, Oct. 5, 8 p.m.

Amherst Books (8 Main Street, Amherst) Refreshments served

GALLERY TALK BY ARTIST RICO GATSON Thursday, Oct. 6, 6:30 p.m.

Mead Art Museum Refreshments served

FICTION READING: NAOMI JACKSON Wednesday, Oct. 12, 8 p.m.

Amherst Books (8 Main Street, Amherst) Refreshments served

GALLERY TALK WITH SCIENTIST BRUCE KAISER, ON XRF TESTING OF BRONZE SCULPTURES Thursday, Oct. 13, noon Mead Art Museum Refreshments served

ADJUNCT RECITAL, BRINGING THE OUTDOORS IN Jean Jeffries, baroque, classical and modern horn Joshua Michal, classical and modern horn Clifton J. Noble, piano Friday, Oct. 14, 7 p.m.

Arms Music Center, Buckley Recital Hall “MEAD DATING,” A ROTATION OF ARTFUL ACTIVITIES IN THE “SPEED DATING” STYLE Tuesday, Oct. 18, 6–8:30 p.m.

Mead Art Museum Refreshments served; co-sponsored by Book & Plow Farm

ART CONSERVATION STUDENT WORKSHOP WITH JULIA REAM Friday, Oct. 21, 1–3 p.m.

Mead Art Museum Limited to 10 students; to register, email: finearts@amherst.edu

ART CONSERVATION LECTURE WITH JULIA REAM Friday, Oct. 21, 4 p.m.

115 Fayerweather Hall, Pruyne Lecture Hall

ADJUNCT RECITAL: NEW WORKS BY CARL CLEMENTS, SAXOPHONE Friday, Oct. 21, 7 p.m.

Arms Music Center, Buckley Recital Hall Re-stART: AN ALL-AGES CRAFT MARATHON Saturday, Oct. 22, 1–3 p.m.

Mead Art Museum Refreshments served

Joe Ablow, Labyrinth (small version), Circa 1990’s, Acrylic on canvas, Collection of Roz Ablow

NEW MUSIC FACULTY RECITAL: DIFFERENT DUOS Works by Eric Sawyer and Visiting Valentine Professor, John McDonald Emmanuel Feldman, cello and Pascale Delache Feldman, double bass Sunday, Oct. 23, 3 p.m.

Arms Music Center, Buckley Recital Hall SOPHOCLES’ ANTIGONE, IN A VERSION BY BERTOLT BRECH Directed by Ron Bashford Thursday, Oct. 27–Saturday, Oct. 29, 8 p.m.

Kirby Theater Admission FREE; reservations recommended: 413-542-2277

THE COMMON AT THE MEAD Friday, Oct. 28, 5 p.m.

Cocktail hour of readings from Tajdeed, The Common’s special issue of translated Arabic fiction Mead Art Museum, Rotherwas Room AMHERST COLLEGE CHORAL SOCIETY CONCERT Friday, Oct. 28, 8:30 p.m.

Arms Music Center, Buckley Recital Hall AMHERST COLLEGE JAZZ ENSEMBLE CONCERT Saturday, Oct. 29, 4:30 p.m.

Arms Music Center, Buckley Recital Hall AMHERST SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA CONCERT Saturday, Oct. 29, 8 p.m.

Arms Music Center, Buckley Recital Hall

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NOVEMBER

TEAM MEAD EVENING EVENT Tuesday, Nov. 1, 8–10 p.m.

Mead Art Museum Refreshments served

FICTION READING: YAA GYASI Wednesday, Nov. 2, 8 p.m.

Amherst Books (8 Main Street, Amherst) Refreshments served

CONVERSATION WITH VISITING ARTIST ZANELE MUHOLI AND PROFESSOR WENDY EWALD Wednesday, Nov. 2, 6:30 p.m.

Mead Art Museum Refreshments served

LECTURE BY ASSISTANT PROFESSOR YAEL RICE: “RAGAMALA: MUSIC, PAINTING, AND MANUSCRIPTS IN COURTLY INDIA” Thursday, Nov. 3, 6:30 p.m.

115 Fayerweather Hall, Pruyne Lecture Hall POETRY READING: VALZHYNA MORT Tuesday, Nov. 8, 8 p.m.

Amherst Books (8 Main Street, Amherst) Refreshments served

“WHIRLWINDS OF BEING” An original theater/dance work created by Sheila Chukwulozie Thursday, Nov. 10–Saturday, Nov. 12, 8 p.m.

Holden Theater Admission FREE, reservations recommended: 413-542-2277

CONVERSATION WITH RUSSIAN-BORN ARTIST VITALY KOMAR AND PROFESSOR STANLEY RABINOWITZ Friday, Nov. 11, 5:30 p.m.

Mead Art Museum Preceded by a reception at 4:30 p.m.

AMHERST COLLEGE JAZZ ENSEMBLE CONCERT Friday, Nov. 11, 8:30 p.m.

Arms Music Center, Buckley Recital Hall Arts a la Carte dance performance at the Mead Art Museum, spring 2016.

AMHERST COLLEGE CHORAL SOCIETY CONCERT Saturday, Nov. 12, 7 p.m.

Arms Music Center, Buckley Recital Hall AMHERST SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA CONCERT Saturday, Nov. 12, 9:30 p.m.

Arms Music Center, Buckley Recital Hall

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GALLERY TALK WITH YALE UNIVERSITY ART GALLERY CURATOR LAURENCE KANTER AND AMHERST COLLEGE PROFESSOR NICOLA COURTRIGHT Thursday, Dec. 1, 6:30 p.m.

Mead Art Museum Refreshments served

MUSIC @ AMHERST PRESENTS JUPITER STRING QUARTET WITH JAMES DUNHAM, VIOLA Friday, Dec. 2, 8 p.m.

Arms Music Center, Buckley Recital Hall FREE student rush tickets available at 7 p.m.

Advance regular-price tickets: amherst.universitytickets.com

FACULTY CONCERT WITH VISITING VALENTINE PROFESSOR JOHN MCDONALD “Mythos/Melos, The Intertwining Threads of Music and Narrative” with performance artist Colin Gee Saturday, Dec. 3, 8 p.m.

Arms Music Center, Buckley Recital Hall AMHERST COLLEGE CHORAL SOCIETY VESPERS Sunday, Dec. 4, 4 p.m. & 7:30 p.m. (repeat) Johnson Chapel GALLERY TALK WITH PROFESSOR EMERITA CAROL CLARK Tuesday, Dec. 6, noon Mead Art Museum Refreshments served

PERFORMANCE PROJECT, AN EVENING OF ORIGINAL WORKS IN DANCE, THEATER AND VIDEO BY STUDENTS ENROLLED IN THDA353 Friday, Dec. 9, and Saturday, Dec. 10, 8 p.m.

Holden Theater Admission FREE, reservations recommended: 413-542-2277

DECEMBER

OPENING RECEPTION: FIVE COLLEGE ADVANCED STUDIO SEMINAR EXHIBITION Thursday, Dec. 1, 4:30 p.m.

105 Fayerweather Hall, Eli Marsh Gallery

AMHERST COLLEGE JAZZ ENSEMBLE CONCERT Friday, Dec. 9, 8 p.m.

Arms Music Center, Buckley Recital Hall AMHERST SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA CONCERT Saturday, Dec. 10, 8 p.m.

Arms Music Center, Buckley Recital Hall MUSIC @ AMHERST PRESENTS IMANI WINDS Sunday, Dec. 11, 3 p.m.

Arms Music Center, Buckley Recital Hall FREE student rush tickets available at 2 p.m.

Advance regular-price tickets: amherst.universitytickets.com Jupiter String Quartet performs with violist, James Dunham, on December 2.

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Front cover from left to right: Mikhail Fedorovich Larionov, Landscape with Wagon (Paysage, Étude), ca. 1909. Featured in the Mead Art Museum’s fall exhibition From Russia with Love: Selections from the Thomas P. Whitney, Class of 1937, Collection of Russian Art; Imani Winds; Amanda Valdez, Ivory You, 2014. Featured in the Mead Art Museum’s fall exhibition Rotherwas Project 1: Amanda Valdez, Ladies’ Night. © Amanda Valdez. Photo courtesy Denny Gallery.

This page: Arts a la Carte dance performance at the Mead Art Sponsored Museum, spring by 2016.The Arts at Amherst Intiative.