Weekly updates on the Arts at Babson, Olin, and Wellesley. Styles include art, music, dance, theater, and film.
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.
BABSON COLLEGE Points of View. Hollister Gallery On display until January 21, 2011
Dana Clancy’s artwork is about the rituals associated with traveling and looking, with places that are specifically set up as viewing spaces. The artist is interested in the way we use photography to remember and communicate a visual experience. She only paints places that she has experienced in person and works from multiple photographs to create a complex composite image whose geometric edges draw attention to the touch of the artist and reference the immersive sometimes overwhelming experience of being in these particular environments. The paintings on view at Babson are an expansion of her series exploring people’s interaction with art and architecture in museums. Clancy has used her finely tuned sense of color and form to re-frame spaces
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Hours: Monday – Thursday 8:00 am-7:00 pm
within the Guggenheim, MOMA, Tate, and Mass MOCA, to make paintings that speak to the intensity and alteration of memory. In “Points of View” she has made a new series of shaped paintings based on Anish Kapoor’s sculpture Cloud Gate and the Renzo Piano addition to the Art Institute of Chicago. Taking her geometric perspective explorations into three dimensions through the use of architectural model board as a painting surface allows Clancy to create intimate sculptural paintings whose lines, shapes, and silver surfaces change as the viewer moves. Dana Clancy is a painter and assistant professor at Boston University's School of Visual Arts. She received a BA in English Literature from Vassar College and an MFA in Painting from Boston University. Ms. Clancy has exhibited her work in solo exhibitions at Boston University, the Danforth Museum of Art, the Brattleboro Museum & Art Center, and Laconia Gallery in Boston's South End. She has been included in group exhibitions nationally, including Delta Axis at Marshall Arts, Memphis, and Bowery Gallery, New York.
SAVE THE DATE January 20th – February 20th Babson Student Art Show. Hollister Art Gallery.
Do you make art?
Share your drawing, photography, painting, sculpture, ceramics and other crafts with the Babson Community! Sorenson will be hosting a student art show in Hollister Gallery from January 20th- February 20th. Drop off dates for art work are January 17thand 18th at Trim 217 from 10-4:30. Please RSVP to dkrcmar@babson.edu by December 10th so we know how many students will be showing and how many artworks each may submit. Students are welcome to show unframed or framed work, we do have a small selection of free frames of various sizes available for students interested in framing their work. Contact Babson artist in Residence, Danielle Krcmar with any questions.
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Don’t keep it a secret!
[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
WELLESLEY COLLEGE Calculated Risks: New Work by Faculty Artists. 11am -5pm. Chandler Gallery Ongoing until December 12. Calculated Risks celebrates the inventive diversity represented among the faculty studio artists in the Art Department at Wellesley. It features paintings, sculpture, drawings, collage, photographs, film, video, and interactive new media and will be installed in gallery spaces throughout the museum.
Installation: Johanna Unzueta. Jewett Art Gallery Johanna Unzueta was born in Chile and currently lives and works in Brooklyn, New York. Her sculptures and installation examine the notion of labor and its technological, historical, and social impact on the human condition. Using materials such as fabric, wood, and cardboard, Unzueta creates pieces that are inspired by architecture and industrial elements in objects. Her art will be on view from November 15- December 9.
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Artists: Judith Black, Carlos Dorrien, Bunny Harvey, Clara Lieu, Phyllis McGibbon, Salem Mekuria, Qing-Min Meng, Andrew Mowbray, David Olsen, Daniela Rivera, Christine Rogers, and Jeffrey Skoller
OFF CAMPUS Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. The MFA is free for University Member students (YES, Babson, Olin, and Wellesley students can come for free anytime!) every day of the year. All you need to do is show your college ID to join and enjoy all that the Museum has to offer.
BABSON COLLEGE tuesday, nov 30. Jazz Night at Roger’s Pub. 7:30pm. Roger’s Pub
Wellesley College BlueJazz Founded in 1990, Wellesley BlueJazz is the faculty-directed instrumental jazz ensemble of Wellesley College. As members of Wellesley BlueJazz, students become familiar with the work of the jazz greats: Monk, Mingus, Ellington and many others. Students are encouraged to solo, and develop fluency in jazz improvisation. Wellesley BlueJazz performs frequently on the Wellesley Campus and presents joint concerts with other groups from Wellesley and colleges in the Boston area. Students also learn from visiting guest artists at Master classes
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Babson-Olin Jazz Ensemble The Babson/Olin Jazz Ensemble is a full big band ensemble directed by Joseph M. Brogan. Members are from Babson, Olin, and Wellesley Colleges. The ensemble is open to all undergraduate and graduate students. Interested new musicians can contact me at jbroganjazz@gmail.com. We'll be performing, Nov. 30th at Roger's Pub, 7:30 PM featuring jazz works from Buddy Rich, Sammy Cahn, Chick Corea and Gordon Goodwin.
and workshops. Past visiting artists have included Jimmy Heath, Mark Turner, Geri Allen, and Greg Hopkins. SYNERGY Synergy is a jazz/world ensemble for string players (violin, viola, cello, bass), made up of students from Wellesley and Olin. Synergy performs blues, jazz, rock, and Latin music several times a year, as an acoustic ensemble as well as with a rhythm section. Weekly rehearsals focus on learning new styles and improvisation. Coached by Paula Zeitlin, Wellesley Music Department jazz/world faculty. This performance includes a rock arrangement by Synergy cellist and Olin student Dan Grieneisen.
SAVE THE DATE sunday, dec 5. Sunday Afternoon Jazz at Babson. 3pm. Sorenson Theater.
A performance that you don’t want to miss! More details soon!
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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 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
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Ask Michèle Oshima moshima@babson.edu how you can take private music lessons at Wellesley.
The Rocket Pitches are seeking experienced male vocalists. Please contact Allie Lamb if you are interested in auditioning. 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
BABSON COLLEGE SAVE THE DATE thursday, dec 2-dec 4.
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Roger’s Pub – Available for student shows and equipped with a small stage, lights, and sound reinforcement. Contact pbaptiste@babson.edu
Babson Dance Ensemble Presents: DTV! Dance Television. 8pm. Carling-Sorenson Theater Save the date for the BDE fall show. "BDE Presents: DTV! Dance Television.” Tickets will be sold for $5 the week leading up to the show, which is December 2, 3, and 4 at 8pm in Sorenson.
saturday, dec 11. The Nutcracker Ballet. 2pm. Sorenson Center for the Arts Save the date for this winter classic! Reserved seats are $18. To purchase tickets call (781) 431-9711 or visit http://www.kathymccrohondancecenter.com/ Performance dates and times: December 11 – 2pm December 11 – 6pm December 12 – 2pm
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Performing Arts Facilities at Babson Sorenson Dance Studio – Studio with wood floor, two mirrored walls, and dance bar Contact Sorenson@babson.edu
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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 Contact Zachary.brass@students.olin.edu OFAC Contact Kevin.simon@students.olin.edu
[clubs] Babson Players Contact kliszka1@babson.edu TheatreWorks Contact tba Vagina Monologues Contact agreenslet1@babson.edu FWOP Contact megan.elsenbeck@students.olin.edu
BABSON COLLEGE SAVE THE DATE tuesday, dec 7. Movie Night: Despicable Me. 7pm. Sorenson Theater The Class of 2012 Steering Committee has organized a Despicable Me movie night! Come watch the movie on Tuesday December 7 at 7:00 pm in the Sorenson Theater.
Irena Salina's award-winning documentary investigation into what experts label the most important political and environmental issue of the 21st Century - The World Water Crisis. Salina builds a case against the growing privatization of the world's dwindling fresh water supply with an unflinching focus on politics, pollution, human rights, and the emergence of a domineering world water cartel.
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thursday, dec 9. Green Tower Movie Night: Flow. 8pm. Reynolds Back Dining Room
Interviews with scientists and activists intelligently reveal the rapidly building crisis, at both the global and human scale, and the film introduces many of the governmental and corporate culprits behind the water grab, while begging the question "CAN ANYONE REALLY OWN WATER?" Beyond identifying the problem, FLOW also gives viewers a look at the people and institutions providing practical solutions to the water crisis and those developing new technologies, which are fast becoming blueprints for a successful global and economic turnaround.
[clubs] FILM. Tuesdays. 9pm. Olin Auditorium. contact Eli.Sheldon@students.olin.edu CINE. Contact asmith28@babson.edu
BABSON COLLEGE wednesday, dec 1. Tri-College Discussion Series. 7pm. Olin
wednesday, dec 1. Kanwal Rekhi, “An Entrepreneurial Journey.� 7:30am. Olin 220 Join the Graduate Student Community in an engaging conversation with Dr. Kanwal Rekhi, founder of Inventus Capital and The IndUS Entrepreneurs (TiE), around the topics of entrepreneurship, technology, and investments. Breakfast will be available at 7:30AM. The formal program begins at 8AM
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Tentative: Wed, Dec 1st @Olin Speaker: Robert Martello Time: Tentative 7pm Location: Olin
SAVE THE DATE thursday, dec 2. The Power of Positive Deviance: How Unlikely Innovators Solve the World’s Toughest Problems. 5pm. Olin 120 Globally, private and public institutions spend $50 billion annually on change efforts, yet 70 percent of these efforts fail. How do you even begin to find solutions? Positive Deviance is based on the observation that in every community there are certain individuals or groups whose uncommon behaviors and strategies enable them to find better solutions to problems than their peers, while having access to the same resources and facing similar or worse challenges. Positive deviants see solutions where others don't. And they're the key to spreading and sustaining needed change. Monique Sternin co- founder of The Positive Deviance Approach and Randa Wilkinson, lead trainer of Positive Deviance from the Positive Deviance Initiative at Tufts University will share stories on how Positive Deviance has changed seemingly intractable problems in multiple sectors. To learn more about Positive Deviance, visit: http://www.powerofpositivedeviance.com
monday, dec 6.
Tentative: Mon, Dec 6th @Wellesley Special "Talkback" session Critique the discussion series, throw around ideas for next semester, just talk, etc Time: Tentative 7:30pm Location: Punch's Alley (Wellesley Pub) For more information or for a ride, contact: Babson: Adrian Herr '11 (adrian.j.herr@gmail.com) Olin: Steven Zhang '12 (steven.zhang@students.olin.edu)
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Tri-College Discussion Series. 7:30pm. Punch’s Alley
Lily Dixon '11 (elizabeth.s.dixon@gmail.com)
[clubs] Babson Literary Magazine The Babson Literary Magazine prints in full color and will be published by the first week of December. It features submissions from students, faculty, or staff members. Categories include art, photography, poetry, and writing. For more information, please email us at litmag@babson.edu.
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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.