Arts at Amherst Fall 2017

ARTS AT AMHERST FALL 2017 Exhibitions & Events Art and the History of Art, Arts at Amherst Initiative, Center for Humanistic Inquiry, Creative Writing Center, Mead Art Museum, Music, Theater & Dance and The Common literary magazine

EXHIBITIO #AMHERSTIBELONG Keefe Campus Center Opening reception: Thursday, Sept. 14, 4–6 p.m.

Mead Art Museum

NICHOLAS MUELLNER: IN MOST TIDES AN ISLAND On view Sept. 11–Oct. 6 Eli Marsh Gallery, 105 Fayerweather Hall Opening lecture and reception: Thursday, Sept. 14, 4:30 p.m.

Pruyne Lecture Hall, 115 Fayerweather Hall MEAD FALL EXHIBITIONS On view Sept. 12–Dec. 31 Opening reception: Tuesday, Sept. 12, 5–8 p.m.

Mead Art Museum • Tell It Like It Is—or Could Be • Rotherwas Project 3: Saya Woolfalk: Life Products and the ChimaCloud • Home Away from Home: Russian Artists Abroad • From the Picturesque to the Modern Vision: Landscape Painting in Europe Across the Centuries • Picturing American Identity, curated by Mead interns Shreeansh Agrawal ’20E, Jane Bragdon ’20, Claire Cho ’20, Crystal Ganatra ’19 and Nekhoe Hogan ’19 Sonya Clark, The Beaded Prayers Project. On view in the Eli Marsh Gallery in Fayerweather Hall, Oct. 19–Nov. 17. Image courtesy of the artist.

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SONYA CLARK: THE BEADED PRAYERS PROJECT On view Oct. 19–Nov. 17 Eli Marsh Gallery, 105 Fayerweather Hall Opening lecture and reception: Thursday, Oct. 19, 4:30 p.m.

Pruyne Lecture Hall, 115 Fayerweather Hall

SONGS OF THE CITY: ELENA GURO AND THE ARTISTS OF HER TIME On view through Sept. 29 Gallery, Amherst Center for Russian Culture HALL WALLS: RICO GATSON On view through Dec. 31 Mead Art Museum PERSPECTIVES ON MICHAEL MAZUR On view through Dec. 31 Mead Art Museum

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SEPTEMBER

MAMMOTH WEEK! MIDNIGHT TOUR OF THE MEAD Thursday, Sept. 7, 11:15 p.m.–midnight Mead Art Museum FACULTY ORIENTATION DANCE CONCERT, FOLLOWED BY STUDENT DANCE PARTY WITH DJ JAKE MEGINSKY Friday, Sept. 8, 7:30 p.m.

Kirby Theater and Holden Theater JAZZ FACULTY CONCERT Sunday, Sept. 10, 7 p.m.

Buckley Recital Hall, Arms Music Center MEAD FALL EXHIBITIONS OPENING: CURATORIAL REMARKS Tuesday, Sept. 12, 5 p.m.

Mead Art Museum MEAD FALL EXHIBITIONS OPENING: RECEPTION WITH ARTIST MIMI CHERONO NG’OK Tuesday, Sept. 12, 6–8 p.m.

Mead Art Museum Live music. Refreshments served.

GRAB & DON’T GO LUNCH WITH ARTIST MIMI CHERONO NG’OK, ALL STUDENTS WELCOME Wednesday, Sept. 13, noon Multicultural Resource Center, Keefe Campus Center CENTER FOR HUMANISTIC INQUIRY SALON Wednesday, Sept. 13, 4:30–6:30 p.m.

Center for Humanistic Inquiry, Frost Library (2nd floor) Refreshments served.

ARTIST TALK BY MIMI CHERONO NG’OK Wednesday, Sept. 13, 5 p.m.

Mead Art Museum FICTION READING: PETER KIMANI Wednesday, Sept. 13, 8 p.m.

Amherst Books (8 Main Street, downtown Amherst) Followed by reception with refreshments.

#AMHERSTIBELONG KICK-OFF RECEPTION Thursday, Sept. 14, 4–6 p.m.

Mead Art Museum OPENING LECTURE AND RECEPTION FOR NICHOLAS MUELLNER: IN MOST TIDES AN ISLAND Thursday, Sept. 14, 4:30 p.m.

Pruyne Lecture Hall, 115 Fayerweather Hall AMHERST POETRY FESTIVAL AND EMILY DICKINSON POETRY MARATHON Thursday, Sept. 14–Sunday, Sept. 17, various times and locations More info: www.emilydickinsonmuseum.org/amherstpoetryfestival

THE SCARLET PROFESSOR A new opera composed by Professor Eric Sawyer and directed by Professor Ron Bashford Professional Premiere: Friday, Sept. 15, and Saturday, Sept. 16, 8 p.m.; Sunday, Sept. 17, 3 p.m.

Young Artists’ Performances: Saturday, Sept. 23, 8 p.m. and Sunday, Sept. 24, 3 p.m.

Theatre 14, Mendenhall Center for the Performing Arts, Smith College, Northampton, MA Tickets: www.thescarletprofessoropera.com Five College students get in free; call 413-542-5955 or email boxoffice@smith.edu to reserve tickets.

THE SCARLET PROFESSOR PUBLIC SYMPOSIUM Saturday, Sept. 16, 9 a.m.–5:15 p.m.

Sage Hall, Smith College More info: www.thescarletprofessoropera.com

M@A MASTERCLASS: ANAT COHEN QUARTET Saturday, Sept. 16, 4–5 p.m.

Arms Music Center M@A PERFORMANCE: ANAT COHEN QUARTET Saturday, Sept. 16, 8 p.m.

Buckley Recital Hall, Arms Music Center Tickets required: www.amherst.universitytickets.com FREE student rush tickets available at the door at 7 p.m.

Anat Cohan Quartet on Sept. 16.

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BIG INK: ARTIST PRINTMAKER LYELL CASTONGUAY PRINTS LARGE-SCALE WOODCUTS Tuesday, Sept. 19, 10 a.m.–5 p.m.

Grounds in front of Fayerweather Hall Held in conjunction with Art Ecologies, a year-long Arts at Amherst program. More info: www.amherst.edu/arts

CENTER FOR HUMANISTIC INQUIRY SALON Wednesday, Sept. 20, 4:30–6:30 p.m.

Center for Humanistic Inquiry, Frost Library (2nd floor) Refreshments served.

PERFORMANCE BY MUSICIAN VIC RAWLINGS Thursday, Sept. 21, 12:50 p.m.

Grounds in front of Fayerweather Hall Held in conjunction with Art Ecologies, a year-long Arts at Amherst program. More info: www.amherst.edu/arts

SONIC IMPROVISATION WORKSHOP WITH MUSICIAN VIC RAWLINGS Thursday, Sept. 21, 4:30 p.m.

Yūshien Japanese Garden (between Webster Hall and Kirby Theater) Held in conjunction with Art Ecologies, a year-long Arts at Amherst program. More info: www.amherst.edu/arts

LUNCH WITH ROTHERWAS PROJECT ARTIST SAYA WOOLFALK All students welcome Friday, Sept. 22, noon Women’s and Gender Center, Keefe Campus Center TALK WITH ROTHERWAS PROJECT ARTIST SAYA WOOLFALK Friday, Sept. 22, 4:30 p.m.

Mead Art Museum Held in conjunction with Art Ecologies, a year-long Arts at Amherst program. More info: www.amherst.edu/arts Mimi Cherono Ng’ok, Untitled, 2014. Featured in Tell It Like It Is—or Could Be, on view at the Mead Art Museum through Dec. 31. Image courtesy of the artist.

CLASS OF 2021 WELCOME CONCERT: AMHERST SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA Saturday, Sept. 23, 8 p.m.

Buckley Recital Hall, Arms Music Center Tickets at the door. Free for Five College students.

FICTION READING: MAAZA MENGISTE Tuesday, Sept. 26, 8 p.m.

Amherst Books (8 Main Street, downtown Amherst) Followed by reception with refreshments.

WOMEN IN THEATER: VISITING ARTISTS’ RESIDENCY WITH FIVE COLLEGE THEATER ALUMNAE Wednesday, Sept. 27–Friday, Sept. 29, various times and locations More info: www.fivecolleges.edu/theater CENTER FOR HUMANISTIC INQUIRY SALON Wednesday, Sept. 27, 4:30–6:30 p.m.

Center for Humanistic Inquiry, Frost Library (2nd floor) Refreshments served.

FIVE COLLEGE THEATER ALUMNAE PRESENTATION SHOWCASE Thursday, Sept. 28, 7:30 p.m.

Kirby Theater JEFF HOLMES BIG BAND FEATURING DAWNING HOLMES Thursday, Sept. 28, 9 p.m.

The Powerhouse “THEATER IN OUR TIMES”: FIVE COLLEGE THEATER ALUMNAE PANEL Friday, Sept. 29, 5 p.m.

Kirby Theater Followed by reception and meet-and-greet for Five College students.

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OCTOBER

FICTION READING: JESS ROW Monday, Oct. 2, 8 p.m.

Amherst Books (8 Main Street, downtown Amherst) Followed by reception with refreshments.

LUNCHTIME GALLERY TALK WITH ALLA ROSENFELD, CURATOR OF RUSSIAN & EUROPEAN ART, in conjunction with the exhibition Home Away from Home: Russian Artists Abroad Wednesday, Oct. 4, noon Mead Art Museum CENTER FOR HUMANISTIC INQUIRY SALON Wednesday, Oct. 4, 4:30–6:30 p.m.

Center for Humanistic Inquiry, Frost Library (2nd floor) Refreshments served.

JAZZ@SCHWEMM’S Thursday, Oct. 5, 9 p.m.

Schwemm’s Coffee House Backroom, Keefe Campus Center LECTURE BY ALLA ROSENFELD, Curator of Russian & European Art, in conjunction with the exhibition Home Away from Home: Russian Artists Abroad Wednesday, Oct. 11, 4:30 p.m.

Mead Art Museum CENTER FOR HUMANISTIC INQUIRY SALON Wednesday, Oct. 11, 4:30–6:30 p.m.

Center for Humanistic Inquiry, Frost Library (2nd floor) Refreshments served.

JAZZ@SCHWEMM’S Thursday, Oct. 12, 9 p.m.

Schwemm’s Coffee House Backroom, Keefe Campus Center Antoine Pevsner, Self-portrait, 1913. Featured in Home Away from Home: Russian Artists Abroad, on view at the Mead Art Museum through Dec. 31.

SOURCING THE STREAM: a video and performance installation

by Professor Wendy Woodson, created in collaboration with the performers and composer/singer Zeina Nasr ’06 Friday, Oct. 13, and Saturday, Oct. 14, 7:30 p.m.

Holden Theater Held in conjunction with Art Ecologies, a year-long Arts at Amherst program. More info: www.amherst.edu/arts

M@A PERFORMANCE: JONATHAN BISS, PIANO, AND MIRIAM FRIED, VIOLIN Friday, Oct. 13, 8 p.m.

Buckley Recital Hall, Arms Music Center Tickets required: www.amherst.universitytickets.com FREE student rush tickets available at the door at 7 p.m.

M@A MASTERCLASS: JONATHAN BISS, PIANO, AND MIRIAM FRIED, VIOLIN Saturday, Oct. 14, 10 a.m.

Arms Music Center CENTER FOR HUMANISTIC INQUIRY SALON Wednesday, Oct. 18, 4:30–6:30 p.m.

Center for Humanistic Inquiry, Frost Library (2nd floor) Refreshments served.

OPENING LECTURE AND RECEPTION FOR SONYA CLARK: THE BEADED PRAYERS PROJECT Thursday, Oct. 19, 4:30 p.m.

Pruyne Lecture Hall, 115 Fayerweather Hall JAZZ@SCHWEMM’S Thursday, Oct. 19, 9 p.m.

Schwemm’s Coffee House Backroom, Keefe Campus Center HOMECOMING CONCERT: AMHERST COLLEGE JAZZ ENSEMBLE Friday, Oct. 20, 8 p.m.

Buckley Recital Hall, Arms Music Center OCT./cont.

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HOMECOMING CONCERT: AMHERST SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA Saturday, Oct. 21, 7 p.m.

Buckley Recital Hall, Arms Music Center Tickets at the door. Free for Five College students.

HOMECOMING CONCERT: AMHERST COLLEGE CHORAL SOCIETY Saturday, Oct. 21, 9 p.m.

Buckley Recital Hall, Arms Music Center Tickets at the door. Free for Five College students.

JAZZ FACULTY CONCERT FEATURING EUGENE UMAN’S CONVERGENCE PROJECT Sunday, Oct. 22, 3 p.m.

Buckley Recital Hall, Arms Music Center CENTER FOR HUMANISTIC INQUIRY SALON Wednesday, Oct. 25, 4:30–6:30 p.m.

Center for Humanistic Inquiry, Frost Library (2nd floor) Refreshments served.

GALLERY TALK WITH SENIOR RESIDENT ARTIST BETSEY GARAND, in conjunction with the exhibition Perspectives on Michael Mazur Thursday, Oct. 26, 2 p.m.

Mead Art Museum PICTURE THIS: OPEN PHOTO SESSIONS WITH PHOTOGRAPHER JONATHAN JACKSON ’19 (open to all, first come, first served) Thursday, Oct. 26, 7–9 p.m.

Mead Art Museum POETRY READING: MARY JO SALTER Thursday, Oct. 26, 8 p.m.

Amherst Books (8 Main Street, downtown Amherst) Followed by reception with refreshments.

Join Amherst’s award-winning literary magazine The Common, for a special Family Weekend event at the Mead Art Museum, Nov. 3.

JAZZ@SCHWEMM’S Thursday, Oct. 26, 9 p.m.

Schwemm’s Coffee House Backroom, Keefe Campus Center CLARINET FACULTY PERFORMANCE: MICHAEL SUSSMAN ENSEMBLE Friday, Oct. 27, 7 p.m.

Buckley Recital Hall, Arms Music Center COMMUNITY DAY AT THE MEAD! Saturday, Oct. 28, 1–3 p.m.

Mead Art Museum POETRY AND POLITICS: A CELEBRATION OF THE LIFE AND LEGACY OF PRESIDENT JOHN F. KENNEDY Saturday, Oct. 28, 1 p.m.

Cole Assembly Room, Converse Hall

NOVEMBER “JOURNEY INSIDE THE MEAD’S RENOWNED COLLECTION OF AMERICAN ART”: LUNCHTIME GALLERY TALK WITH VANJA MALLOY, CURATOR OF AMERICAN ART Wednesday, Nov. 1, noon Mead Art Museum CENTER FOR HUMANISTIC INQUIRY SALON Wednesday, Nov. 1, 4:30–6:30 p.m.

Center for Humanistic Inquiry, Frost Library (2nd floor) Refreshments served.

UNCOMMON LITERATURE, A RECEPTION AND BRIEF READINGS HOSTED BY THE COMMON LITERARY MAGAZINE Friday, Nov. 3, 5 p.m.

Mead Art Museum NOV./cont.

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FAMILY WEEKEND CONCERT: AMHERST SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA Friday, Nov. 3, 8 p.m.

Buckley Recital Hall, Arms Music Center

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NOV./cont.

Tickets at the door. Free for Five College students.

FAMILY WEEKEND CONCERT: AMHERST COLLEGE CHORAL SOCIETY Saturday, Nov. 4, noon Buckley Recital Hall, Arms Music Center Preceded by 11 a.m. brunch in Arms Music Center lobby.

Tickets at the door. Free for Five College students.

FAMILY WEEKEND CONCERT: AMHERST COLLEGE JAZZ ENSEMBLE Saturday, Nov. 4, 8 p.m.

Buckley Recital Hall, Arms Music Center CENTER FOR HUMANISTIC INQUIRY SALON Wednesday, Nov. 8, 4:30–6:30 p.m.

Center for Humanistic Inquiry, Frost Library (2nd floor) Refreshments served.

ARTISTS ZACKARY DRUCKER AND TARRAH VON LINTEL IN CONVERSATION, AS A PART OF TRANS EMPOWERMENT MONTH Wednesday, Nov. 8, 7 p.m.

Stirn Auditorium ARTIST LUNCH WITH ZACKARY DRUCKER AND TARRAH VON LINTEL All students welcome Thursday, Nov. 9, 1:30 p.m.

Queer Resource Center AMHERST COLLEGE THEATER AND DANCE DEPARTMENT PRESENTS PEER GYNT, A THEATRICAL FANTASY, Directed by Professor Yagil Eliraz Thursday, Nov. 9–Saturday, Nov. 11, 8 p.m.

Kirby Theater

M@A PERFORMANCE: ANGELA HEWITT, PIANO Friday, Nov. 10, 8 p.m.

Buckley Recital Hall, Arms Music Center Tickets required: www.amherst.universitytickets.com FREE student rush tickets available at the door at 7 p.m.

M@A MASTERCLASS: ANGELA HEWITT, PIANO Saturday, Nov. 11, 10–11:30 a.m.

Arms Music Center SENIOR THESIS PERFORMANCE: PHUONG-NGHI PHAM ’18, PIANO Saturday, Nov. 11, 7 p.m.

Buckley Recital Hall, Arms Music Center POETRY READING: VIEVEE FRANCIS Monday, Nov. 13, 8 p.m.

Amherst Books (8 Main Street, downtown Amherst) Followed by reception with refreshments.

CENTER FOR HUMANISTIC INQUIRY SALON Wednesday, Nov. 15, 4:30–6:30 p.m.

Center for Humanistic Inquiry, Frost Library (2nd floor) Refreshments served.

“HOME IS WHERE THE ART IS:” TIPS FOR MAKING THE MOST OF MUSEUMS WHILE STUDYING ABROAD Thursday, Nov. 16, 7–9 p.m.

Mead Art Museum RAPAPORT LECTURE IN CONTEMPORARY ART: ARTIST ANICKA YI Wednesday, Nov. 29, 4:30 p.m.

Pruyne Lecture Hall, 115 Fayerweather CENTER FOR HUMANISTIC INQUIRY SALON Wednesday, Nov. 29, 4:30–6:30 p.m.

Center for Humanistic Inquiry, Frost Library (2nd floor) Refreshments served.

A 1940 production of Henrik Ibsen’s Peer Gynt at Amherst College. See it performed in Kirby Theater, Nov. 9-11.

DECEMBER

CHAMBER PERFORMANCES OF THE MUSIC OF CLAUDE DEBUSSY BY AMHERST COLLEGE STUDENT MUSICIANS, in conjunction with the exhibition From the Picturesque to the Modern Vision: Landscape Painting in Europe Across the Centuries Friday, Dec. 1, 7 p.m.

Mead Art Museum SENIOR THESIS PERFORMANCE: JOSHUA FERRER ’18E, CELLO Saturday, Dec. 2, 7 p.m.

Buckley Recital Hall, Arms Music Center CHORAL SOCIETY VESPERS Sunday, Dec. 3, 4 p.m., repeats at 7:30 p.m.

Johnson Chapel LUNCHTIME GALLERY TALK WITH ALLA ROSENFELD, Curator of Russian & European Art, in conjunction with the exhibition From the Picturesque to the Modern Vision: Landscape Painting in Europe Across the Centuries Wednesday, Dec. 6, noon Mead Art Museum CENTER FOR HUMANISTIC INQUIRY SALON Wednesday, Dec. 6, 4:30–6:30 p.m.

Center for Humanistic Inquiry, Frost Library (2nd floor) Refreshments served.

THEATER & DANCE PERFORMANCE PROJECT Thursday, Dec. 7–Saturday, Dec. 9, 8 p.m.

Holden Theater AMHERST COLLEGE JAZZ ENSEMBLE PERFORMANCE Friday, Dec. 8, 8 p.m.

Buckley Recital Hall, Arms Music Center M@A MASTERCLASS: THE TALLIS SCHOLARS Saturday, Dec. 9, 4–5:30 p.m.

Arms Music Center

AMHERST SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA PERFORMANCE Saturday, Dec. 9, 8 p.m.

Buckley Recital Hall, Arms Music Center Tickets at the door. Free for Five College students.

M@A PERFORMANCE: THE TALLIS SCHOLARS Sunday, Dec. 10, 3 p.m.

Buckley Recital Hall, Arms Music Center Tickets required: www.amherst.universitytickets.com FREE student rush tickets available at the door at 7 p.m.

STUDENT JAZZ COMBOS PERFORMANCES Sunday, Dec. 10, and Monday, Dec. 11, 7 p.m.

Room 7, Arms Music Center CENTER FOR HUMANISTIC INQUIRY SALON Wednesday, Dec. 13, 4:30–6:30 p.m.

Center for Humanistic Inquiry, Frost Library (2nd floor) Refreshments served.

STUDY AT THE MEAD! Sunday, Dec. 17, and Tuesday, Dec. 19–Thursday, Dec. 21, 9 a.m.–midnight Mead Art Museum CENTER FOR HUMANISTIC INQUIRY SALON Wednesday, Dec. 20, 4:30–6:30 p.m.

Center for Humanistic Inquiry, Frost Library (2nd floor) Refreshments served.

Join the Amherst College Jazz Ensemble for performance on Dec. 8.

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Cover: Saya Woolfalk, Conjuring the Four Virtues, 2017.

Featured in Rotherwas Project 3: Saya Woolfalk: Life Products and the ChimaCloud, on view at the Mead Art Museum through Dec. 17. Join Woolfalk for an artist talk at the Mead, Sept. 22.

Image courtesy of the artist.