Arts Calendar
April 14-April 20
2011
Weekly updates on the Arts at Babson, Olin, and Wellesley. Styles include art, music, dance, theater, and film.
The Arts at Babson, Olin, and Wellesley
ARTS CALENDAR [BABSON, OLIN, WELLESLEY] : [APRIL 14-APRIL 20]
visual art Today. EL ANATSUI: WHEN I LAST WROTE TO YOU ABOUT AFRICA Today. WAAM-SLAM EXHIBITION Today. FRANCIS ALYS: THE MOMENT WHERE SCULPTURE HAPPENS Today. DAVIS DESIGN CONTEST Today. JOHN UDVARDY: A SCUPTORS VISION Today. STUDENT SCULPTURES Today-April 23. ART SALE: PROFITS GO TO ARTISTS FOR HUMANITY
music dance April 21. 8pm. DANCE”R”US April 22. 8pm. DANCE”R”US April 23. 8pm. DANCE”R”US
theater film Today. BORN THIS WAY VIDEO CAMPAIGN Today. SANTOS Y PECADORES : CINEMATIC DRAMA IN MEXICO
Have an event tip or an open call? Email lowolabi1@babson.edu with details. View the Arts Calendar online at the Sorenson Center on facebook and forward this info to any interested people.
April 14, 2011
literary
ARTS CALENDAR [BABSON, OLIN, WELLESLEY] : [APRIL 14-APRIL 20]
visual art BABSON COLLEGE today-friday, april 23. Art Sale : Profits go to Artists for Humanity When: Tuesday, April 19, 5:00 PM to Friday, April 22, 7:00 PM Location: Sorenson Visual Arts Center (Trim) Hosted by: Babson Fine Arts Association ART SALE! HOSTED BY BFAA AND SORENSON!! Reception Tue 19 5-7PM (COME EARLY!)
April 14, 2011
PROFITS GO TO ARTISTS FOR HUMANITY!
ARTS CALENDAR [BABSON, OLIN, WELLESLEY] : [APRIL 14-APRIL 20]
Dreams, nature, and the private sea of ice are just a few emotions emitted by this art installation in the Hollister Gallery. The artist, Chris Faust, makes use of materials that can be found in hardware stores, and has a unique process to creating these amazing paintings. Using tyvek, wall paint, and household painting brushes, Chris Faust sought inspiration from photographs of natural ice landscapes and created a dreamlike world of ice. View more about the creative process behind the Private World on a Sea of Ice.
April 14, 2011
today-friday, april 29. Private World on a Sea of Ice. Hollister Gallery
ARTS CALENDAR [BABSON, OLIN, WELLESLEY] : [APRIL 14-APRIL 20] WELLELSEY COLLEGE
today-june 26. El Anatsui : When I Last Wrote to You about Africa. Davis Museum
The exhibition, which features 54 works from the artist’s four-decade career, encompasses sculptures in wood, ceramic, and metal, as well as rarely seen paintings and drawings. A richly illustrated catalogue, with entries by Kwame Anthony Appiah, Laurance S. Rockefeller University professor of philosophy at Princeton University; Lisa Binder, assistant curator at the Museum for African Art, New York; Olu Oguibe, professor of art and art history at the University of Connecticut; Chika Okeke-Agulu, assistant professor of art and archaeology at Princeton University; and Robert Storr, dean of the Yale School of Art, accompanies the exhibition and will be available at the Davis.
April 14, 2011
El Anatsui: When I Last Wrote to You about Africa, the Ghanaian artist’s first career retrospective, makes its U.S. debut at the Davis. Widely lauded for magnificent large-scale wall hangings made from thousands of discarded liquor-bottle tops “sewn” together with copper wire, and for installation pieces similarly crafted from refuse, Anatsui draws on traditional idioms and contemporary art practices to create work that resonates materially and symbolically with the cultural and historical conditions of West Africa.
ARTS CALENDAR [BABSON, OLIN, WELLESLEY] : [APRIL 14-APRIL 20]
today – Sunday, april 24. WAAM-SLAM Exhibition. Jewett Art Gallery 3r d Floor Sculpture Court
Our WAAM/SLAM exhibition challenges this myth. Our exhibition intends to find the story behind the myth – putting voices to the individual experiences and illuminating the behind-the-scenes negotiations and work done by administrators, students and staff. We explore the controversial decision to hunger strike and the final compromise, which shapes our multicultural model today. Most importantly, we display WAAM/SLAM as a moment in Wellesley's MULTICULTURAL HISTORY in which students came together for ALLIED CAUSES – a coalition of students who were in our same positions and taking the same classes, not too different from ourselves. Created in an effort to increase institutional memory among students, we hope this
April 14, 2011
Only ten years ago, the Wellesley student body was galvanized in dramatic PROTESTS AND NEGOTIATIONS for a variety of multicultural demands, as a part of the Wellesley Asian Action Movement and Sisters Leading Action for Multiculturalism (WAAM and SLAM, referred to as WAAM/SLAM). The story of WAAM/SLAM is a powerful one. Those who are familiar with the protests and the successful push for two full-time employees who became the Directors of Multicultural Programs and Services and advisors to the Asian/Asian American and Latina communities tell the story with awe and weight, giving the history a mythical status.
ARTS CALENDAR [BABSON, OLIN, WELLESLEY] : [APRIL 14-APRIL 20] exhibition will inspire students to draw CONNECTIONS BETWEEN OUR PREVIOUS STRUGGLES AND THE ISSUES OUR COMMUNITY IS TAKING ON IN THIS MOMENT, and (in the spirit of WAAM-SLAM) encourage collaboration across student and administrative lines and multicultural divisions. The exhibition will run throughout the month of April, coinciding with the tenth anniversary of WAAM-SLAM. It will be open to all members of the Wellesley community and the general public. Extensive research by students has created a collection consisting of visual materials such as fliers, posters, and photos from the overnight sit-in and the rally, a five-minute documentary using video footage of the protests, archived documents including timelines, emails, press releases, statements from the president, and senate minutes, as well as audio material featuring 16 oral history interviews lasting an hour each with alumnae, faculty, and administrators who were involved in the events.
Francis Alÿs: The Moment Where Sculpture Happens features the artist’s subtle performances and extended documentation of life in the congested colonial center of Mexico City. This multimedia presentation includes 35mm slide shows, video projections, and a light-table with slides and studies, to demonstrate the diverse range of Alÿs’s artistic practice over the past 20 years. This will be the artist’s first one-man show
April 14, 2011
today – Sunday, april 24. Francis Alÿs: The Moment Where Sculpture Happens. Davis Museum
ARTS CALENDAR [BABSON, OLIN, WELLESLEY] : [APRIL 14-APRIL 20] in the Boston area.
OFF CAMPUS Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.
Francis Alÿs is one of the leading figures on the The MFA is free for University Member students international contemporary (YES, Babson, Olin, and Wellesley students can art scene. This exhibition come for free anytime!) every day of the year. All highlights the Davis’s you need to do is show your college ID to join and recent acquisition of Alÿs’s enjoy all that the Museum has to offer. major painting triptych, Cityscape (1996–97), and related drawings, also on view. This exhibition is funded by the Wellesley College Friends of Art, whose generosity also made possible the acquisition of Francis Alÿs’s Cityscape. Davis Museum Hours: Tuesday – Saturday, 11:00am – 5:00pm Wednesday until 8:00pm Sunday, 12:00pm – 4:00pm Closed Monday and holidays
today – june 26. Davis Design Contest Wellesley Museum.
April 14, 2011
Come see the fabulous designs of 14 student designers on display at the Davis Vote for your favorite!’
ARTS CALENDAR [BABSON, OLIN, WELLESLEY] : [APRIL 14-APRIL 20]
today – april 20. John Uvardy: A Sculptor’s Vision. Jewett Art Gallery On View: March 16–April 20 Opening Reception: April 7 / 4:45–6:00 PM Gallery talk: April 8 / 1:30 PM Gallery Hours: Tu-Fri 11am-4pm, Sat 12-4pm John Udvardy’s sculptures, drawings, and collages invite us into one of the most rarified of experiences—an unforgettable vehicle for contemplation. His work is masterfully crafted and imbued with secrets, like our own elusive memories and dreams that we forget at our peril. John’s work is one of the strangest and most satisfying visual experiences one can have: it is as if his work transports all the senses, giving sight, smell, proportion, and silence a raw, unpolluted collective power, like wisps of the seemingly lost, yet re-discovered, essential.
today. Student Sculptures. Sorenson Visual Arts Center at Trim
April 14, 2011
Come and see student artwork in the upstairs Trim gallery made by students in Danielle Krcmar's sculture course.
ARTS CALENDAR [BABSON, OLIN, WELLESLEY] : [APRIL 14-APRIL 20]
music dance BABSON COLLEGE
Thursday, april 21-Saturday april 23 BDE Spring Show: DANCE”R”US. 8pm. Carling-Sorenson Theater Its that time of year again.. BDE aka best day ever aka best dancers ever is back and better than ever before ! come see our show next THURSDAY 4/21 FRIDAY 4/22 SATURDAY 4/23 AT 8:00 pm TICKETS $5
film today. Born This Way: Beyond Bias Campaign. View it Here To take action with Sarina in sustaining our community here at Babson, please do the following:
April 14, 2011
BABSON COLLEGE
ARTS CALENDAR [BABSON, OLIN, WELLESLEY] : [APRIL 14-APRIL 20] Go to the campaign Facebook page and record a video or add a post saying: "I AM __________ AND I WAS BORN THIS WAY." The most creative delivery will get a special prize! Those who participate will get a special t-shirt to be worn on 4/13 where a special campus-wide event will take place. If seen with your T-shirt on 4/13, you will receive a raffle ticket to be entered to win a new iPad2! The “Born This Way: Beyond Bias” campaign was conceptualized out of a passion to create exposure around comments being said, and actions taking place in residence halls, classrooms, during and after Knight parties, and “after hours” all over campus. Sometimes these incidents are reported, sometimes they are not. Either way, they leave students feeling marginalized and unwelcomed. As aspiring entrepreneurs, engineers, and global citizens, your professional and personal success will be determined by your ability to recognize talent and opportunity and solve real world problems. The real world is comprised of real people. Real people are white, female, Latino, gay, black, heterosexual, Muslim, male, lesbian, Christian, Asian, transgendered, African, bisexual, European and much more. Instead, the goal is to celebrate the unique spirit of our community and ensure that everyone feels welcome.
WELLESLEY COLLEGE
Santos y Pecadores, an innovative installation of photographs, prints, and film, features the work of pioneering modernist photographer Paul Strand and major Mexican graphic artist Leopoldo Méndez. The exhibition examines how the juncture of visual arts
April 14, 2011
wednesday, feb 16-jun 5. Santos y Pecadores: Cinematic Drama in Mexico
ARTS CALENDAR [BABSON, OLIN, WELLESLEY] : [APRIL 14-APRIL 20] and cinema addressed a critical point in Mexican art, society, and revolutionary politics. This exhibition is funded by the Wellesley College Friends of Art. Davis Museum Hours: Tuesday – Saturday, 11:00am – 5:00pm Wednesday until 8:00pm Sunday, 12:00pm – 4:00pm Closed Monday and holidays
theater
April 14, 2011
literary
ARTS CALENDAR [BABSON, OLIN, WELLESLEY] : [APRIL 14-APRIL 20]
INFO Have an event tip or an open call? Email lowolabi1@babson.edu with details. View the Arts Calendar online at the Sorenson Center on facebook and forward this info to any interested people.
the arts at babson. the arts at wellesley. the arts at olin. [art clubs] BFAA –Babson Fine Arts Association Contact cbao1@babson.edu Pottery Club Contact david.gardner@students.olin.edu Art Club Contact tiama.hamkins-indik@students.olin.edu Studio Art facilities at Babson Babson Ceramics studio – Open to experienced potters/sculptors $75/$150 fee for 8 weeks Babson Wet Photography Lab – Open to experienced photographers with the permission of the instructor. $75/$150 fee for semester Drawing/Painting Studio – Available to use with the permission of staff. Contact Sorenson@babson.edu
[music clubs] Babson College Radio Contact eshea2@babson.edu Babson Entertainment Initiative Contact tjoyce1@babson.edu Babson Musicians Union Contact cdevlin1@babson.edu Babson/Olin Jazz Ensemble Contact jbroganjazz@gmail.com Brandeis-Wellesley Orchestra
April 14, 2011
Ask Michèle Oshima moshima@babson.edu how you can take private music lessons at Wellesley.
ARTS CALENDAR [BABSON, OLIN, WELLESLEY] : [APRIL 14-APRIL 20] Anyone wishing to audition for the Brandeis-Wellesley Orchestra should contact Neal Hampton, the director, at hampton@brandeis.edu. Rocket Pitches Contact alamb1@babson.edu Conductorless Orchestra Contact Diana.dabby@olin.edu Powerchords Contact Jessica.rucker@students.olin.edu Jazz Sarah.waksom@students.olin.edu Wellesley College: Choir, Chamber Singers, Collegium Musicum, Chamber Music Society, Wellesley BlueJazz, and Yanvalou. Performing Arts Facilities at Babson Carling-Sorenson Theater – State of the art 441 seat proscenium theater. Park Manor Central Band Room – Open to all musicians. Equipped with bass, guitar amps, drum set, electric piano, and instrument lockers. Sorenson Piano Practice Rooms – Open to the Babson community - first come first serve. Contact Sorenson@babson.edu Roger’s Pub – Available for student shows and equipped with a small stage, lights, and sound reinforcement. Contact pbaptiste@babson.edu
AMAN Contact ebawa1@babson.edu Babson Dance Ensemble (BDE) Contact atoorock1@babson.edu BAPSA Contact jchan4@babson.edu ODP Contact tiama.hamkins-indik@students.olin.edu Butterfingers
April 14, 2011
[dance clubs]
ARTS CALENDAR [BABSON, OLIN, WELLESLEY] : [APRIL 14-APRIL 20] Contact Zachary.brass@students.olin.edu OFAC Contact Kevin.simon@students.olin.edu Performing Arts Facilities at Babson Sorenson Dance Studio – Studio with wood floor, two mirrored walls, and dance bar Contact Sorenson@babson.edu
[theater clubs] Babson Players Contact kliszka1@babson.edu TheatreWorks Contact tba Vagina Monologues Contact agreenslet1@babson.edu FWOP Contact megan.elsenbeck@students.olin.edu
[film clubs] FILM. Tuesdays. 9pm. Olin Auditorium. contact Eli.Sheldon@students.olin.edu CINE. Contact irahvar1@babson.edu
Babson Literary Magazine Submit your photography and art to litmag@babson.edu now to enter our contest for a chance to win: 1st place: $100 and the cover of the magazine 2nd place: $50 3rd place: $25 The deadline is April 16. Every person is limited to three entries. Submit now!
April 14, 2011
[literary clubs]