CA L E NDAR OF EVENTS
Arts and Culture at Wellesley
Fall 2015
ARTS AND CULTURE AT WELLESLEY FALL 2015
09 9/8-10/16 Exhibition: Ricardo De Lima Jewett Arts Center
9/10 (Thu) Russia NOW: The Current State of the Former Soviet Union
8:00 PM Margaret Clapp Library Lecture Room
9/16 (Wed) Anatoly Smeliansky: Konstantin Stanislavsky and After My Life in Art 4:30 PM The Newhouse
9/16 (Wed) Davis Museum Fall Opening Celebration 5:00 PM the Davis.
9/16-12/13 Bunny Harvey: Four Decades the Davis.
9/16-12/13 Farideh Lashai: Only A Shadow the Davis.
9/16-12/13 Measuring the World: Photography, Geography, and Description the Davis.
9/16-10/25, 11/3–12/13 Sight Unseen: The Davis Reveals Its Hidden Tapestries
9/16-12/13 The Krieg Cycle: Käthe Kollwitz and World War I the Davis.
9/17 (Thu) Alex Epstein: The Moral Case for Fossil Fuels 6:00 PM Pendleton East
9/19 (Sat) Organ Concert: Jacob Street
8:00 PM Houghton Chapel
9/20 (Sun) Cinéphile Sundays: Soy Cuba 5:00 PM Collins Cinema
9/22 (Tues) Distinguished Thinkers at the Newhouse: Amitav Ghosh 4:30 PM The Newhouse
9/24 (Thu) Curatorial Gallery Talk: The Krieg Cycle 3:00 PM the Davis.
9/28 (Mon) Mark Blyth: Whatever Happened to Europe? 7:00 PM The Newhouse
9/30 (Wed) Weimar Film Series: Metropolis 6:30 PM Collins Cinema
10 10/1-10/3 Global Conference: The Future of Freedom of Expression in Liberal Democracies 9:00 AM Margaret Clapp Library Lecture Room
10/1 (Thu) Midday Muse: The Afro-Cuban Roots of Jazz
12:30 PM Jewett Auditorium
10/1 (Thu) Curatorial Gallery Talk: Measuring the World 3:00 PM the Davis.
10/1 (Thu) The Harry Halverson Lecture on American Architecture: Margaret Maile Petty 5:00 PM Jewett Arts Center
10/2 (Fri) Latin Jazz Jam and Dance
7:30 PM Jewett Auditorium
10/3 (Sat) Public Workshop: Cuban Rhythm Inside Out 1:00 PM Jewett Auditorium
10/3 (Sat) Evening Concert: Rebeca Mauléon & the Afro Kuban Quartet 8:00 PM Jewett Auditorium
10/4 (Sun) Cinéphile Sundays: Memorias del subdesarrollo 5:00 PM Collins Cinema (2nd screening 10/8, 5:30 PM)
10/7 (Wed) Shelley Rice: Local Space/ Global Visions 6:30 PM Collins Cinema
10/8-10/10 Actors From The London Stage: A Midsummer Night’s Dream 7:00 PM Alumnae Hall Auditorium
10/14 (Wed) Educator Workshop with Bunny Harvey 3:30 PM the Davis.
10/14 (Wed) In Conversation with Bunny Harvey 6:00 PM the Davis.
10/15 (Thu) Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial Lecture 7:00 PM Tishman Commons
10/17 (Sat) Family Day at the Davis: Paint + Canvas 11:00 AM the Davis.
the Davis.
www.wellesley.edu/events | 781.283.2373
ARTS AND CULTURE AT WELLESLEY FALL 2015
10/17 (Sat) The Orlando Consort: Vocal Soundtrack, La Passion de Jeanne d’Arc 8:00 PM Houghton Chapel
10/18 (Sun) The Orlando Consort Public Workshop: Medieval Voices 3:30 PM Jewett Auditorium
10/18 (Sun) Cinéphile Sundays: Fresa y chocolate 5:00 PM Collins Cinema
10/19 (Mon) The Orlando Consort: Newhouse Center Salon/Workshop 4:30 PM The Newhouse
10/19 (Mon) Benjamin Powell: Are Sweatshops Defensible? 6:00 PM Pendleton East
10/21 (Wed) Midday Muse: The Orlando Consort: All the Ends of the Earth 12:30 PM Houghton Chapel
10/22 (Thu) The Diane Silvers Ravitch Lecture 7:30 PM Alumnae Hall Auditorium
10/23 (Fri) Davis Discoveries: 17th-Century Dutch Pen-Painting 2:00 PM the Davis.
10/28 (Wed) Midday Muse: The Music of World War I
12:30 PM Jewett Auditorium
10/28 (Wed) Weimar Film Series: The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari 6:30 PM Collins Cinema
10/29 (Thu) David William Foster: Film and Overcoming Homophobia in Cuba 4:30 PM Collins Cinema
11 11/3 (Tue) Sight Unseen: Tapestry Unrolling Demonstration 1:00 PM the Davis.
11/4 (Wed) Weimar Film Series: The Blue Angel 6:30 PM Collins Cinema
11/4 (Wed) Eric Helleiner: The Deep History of the North-South Dialogue
11/8 (Sun) Composers Conference 70th Anniversary Concert 3:00 PM Jewett Auditorium
11/8 (Sun) Cinéphile Sundays: La vida es silbar 3:00 PM Collins Cinema (2nd screening 11/12, 5:30 PM)
11/10 (Tue) Curatorial Gallery Talk: Only a Shadow 3:00 PM the Davis.
11/12 (Thu) Distinguished Thinkers at the Newhouse: Salman Rushdie 6:30 PM Alumnae Hall Auditorium
11/18 (Wed) Jazz Midday Muse: Illuminations Project 12:30 PM Jewett Auditorium
11/18 (Wed) Weimar Film Series: Mädchen in Uniform 6:30 PM Collins Cinema
11/18-11/22 A Civil War Christmas: An American Musical Celebration
Ruth Nagel Jones Theatre, Alumnae Hall
7:00 PM The Newhouse
www.wellesley.edu/events | 781.283.2373
11/19 (Thu) Bakwin Lecture: Why Fakes Matter: Authenticity in Ancient Art 5:00 PM Collins Cinema
12 12/4 (Fri) In Celebration of Bunny Harvey: A Symposium 3:00 PM Collins Cinema
12/6 (Sun) Cinéphile Sundays: Viva Cuba 3:00 PM Collins Cinema
12/6 (Sun) Christmas Vespers 7:30 PM Houghton Chapel
12/13–12/19 Love, Loss, and What I Wore Collins Cinema
01 1/7–1/31 The House of Blue Leaves
Ruth Nagel Jones Theatre, Alumnae Hall
Please note that student performances are not included in our pullout section. Please see page 15 for student music ensembles and page 29 for student theatre productions.
Keohane r Sports Cente
West Campus
Wang Campus Center
College Buildings
Public Buildings
Lake Waban
Alumnae Valley
Diana Chapman Walsh Alumnae Hall & Ruth Nagel Jones Theatre
Tishman Commons
Visitor Parking
WEST ENTRY
Clap
Severance Green
p Lib ra
AudJewett itor ium
Davis Museum Collins Cinema
rs
Multifaith Center (Chapel)
n de
Tupelo Lane
Fou
Academic Quad
Pendleton
ry
DOWNTOWN WELLESLEY
all nH ee Gr
TO NATICK
Newhouse Center
Wellesley College Club
Admission Office
East Campus
Botanic Garden Visitor Center
Whitin Observatory
Science Center
Hunnewell Arboretum
Alexandra Botanic Garden
CENTRAL STREET – ROUTE 135
ST Y E A TR EN
Child Study Center
WELLESLEY CAMPUS MAP
For directions to Wellesley College, please visit: www.wellesley.edu/about/visit.
ARTS AND CULTURE AT WELLESLEY
Now that our digital society makes information available instantaneously, it is increasingly important to ask precisely those questions that do not yield immediate answers: to paraphrase Plutarch, the mind is not a vessel to be filled, but a fire to ignite. For many, the pursuit and study of the arts and the humanities can be a simple source of self expression and personal pleasure. From an educational perspective, they offer much more, enriching the learner by deepening her appreciation of the world in which she lives, and helping her develop the kind of practical skills that students can utilize in any area of study. Steve Jobs knew the benefits of an interdisciplinary approach to creativity and design, and contended that what made the Mac great “was that the people working on it were musicians and poets and artists and zoologists and historians who also happened to be the best computer scientists in the world.” Likewise, Wellesley seeks out artists of all kinds to share their talents: Musicians. Actors. Visual artists. Authors. Economists. Scientists. Leaders in their fields who help us understand the world around us and inspire us to consider it in new ways. Please join us. All of the arts and cultural events listed in this calendar are free and open to the public (unless otherwise noted), and ample parking is available at no cost. For additional information about any event listed, please contact the host department listed at the bottom of the event page.
TABLE OF CONTENTS ................................................ 2–3 Actors From The London Stage ............................ 4–5 Bunny Harvey: Four Decades ............................... 6–7 Salman Rushdie
Cinema and Media Studies............................................. 8–9 The Concert Series ..................................................... 10–15 The Davis Museum...................................................... 16–23 The Newhouse Center................................................. 24–26 Theatre......................................................................... 27–29 Art and the Liberal Arts................................................ 30–35 Cover and side image: Bunny Harvey, Tiverton Jazz, 2000. Oil on canvas, 78 x 54 in. Collection of the artist.
For disability services, contact Jim Wice at 781.283.2434. www.wellesley.edu/events | 781.283.2373
2
Photo courtesy of Beowulf Sheehan-PEN American Center
THE SUSAN AND DONALD NEWHOUSE CENTER FOR THE HUMANITIES PRESENTS
SALMAN RUSHDIE Distinguished Thinkers at the Newhouse: Salman Rushdie Thursday, November 12 | 6:30 PM Diana Chapman Walsh Alumnae Hall
Sir Salman Rushdie is one of the most celebrated authors of our time—of any time. A brilliant provocateur, he’s penned a handful of classic novels, influenced a generation of writers, and was created a Knight Bachelor by Queen Elizabeth II for “services to literature.” He stands as both a pop culture icon and one of the most thoughtprovoking proponents for free speech today. Rushdie’s 11 novels, greeted always with anticipation and acclaim, include The Satanic Verses, The Moor’s Last Sigh, and 2008’s The Enchantress of Florence. His work has won dozens of top literary awards, and has been translated into more than 40 languages. Random House will publish his new novel, Two Years Eight Months and Twenty-Eight Nights, in September 2015. For his masterwork of magic realism, Midnight’s Children, he won the prestigious Booker Prize and, later, the Best of the Booker. The novel
has since been adapted to film by the Academy Award-nominated director Deepa Mehta and premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival. Rushdie himself adapted the story for the stage, and it was performed in London and New York by the Royal Shakespeare Company. His novel The Ground Beneath Her Feet, in which the Orpheus myth winds through a story set in the world of rock music, was turned into a song by U2 with lyrics by Rushdie. He is also the author of a book of stories and four works of nonfiction, and the co-editor of two anthologies. His Luka and the Fire of Life is a children’s novel and a companion to Haroun and the Sea of Stories, the latter of which inspired an opera that was premiered by the New York City Opera at Lincoln Center. Rushdie served for two years as president of the PEN American Center, the world’s oldest human rights organization. He continues to work as Chairman of the Pen World Voices International Literary Festival, which he helped to create. In 2008, he became a member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters and was named a Library Lion of the New York Public Library.
3
THEATRE STUDIES PRESENTS
ACTORS FROM THE LONDON STAGE Actors From The London Stage Present A Midsummer Night’s Dream October 8–10 | 7:00 PM each day Diana Chapman Walsh Alumnae Hall Auditorium
Wellesley’s Theatre Studies program is proud to welcome Actors From The London Stage for their 10th-anniversary performance at Wellesley College, in the 40th anniversary of the company’s performance history. Actors From The London Stage is one of the oldest established touring companies in the world. AFTLS’s classically trained actors hail from such prestigious companies as the Royal Shakespeare Company, the Royal National Theatre of Great Britian, and Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre. They are equally dedicated to presenting professional performances in their signature spare, dynamic style, and to working with the students at the American colleges and universities where they perform. This season, they present one of William Shakespeare’s most beloved works: A Midsummer Night’s Dream. The play follows four interconnected stories, all centering around the wedding festivities of the Duke of Athens and the Queen of the Amazons. This program is generously supported by the Ruth Nagel Jones Endowed Fund for Theatre Studies, the Rosalind Sperber Frye ’25 and Constance Frye Martinson ’53 Fund, the English Department, Upstage Theatre Student Organization, The Shakespeare Society, The Wilson Fund, and The Harman Cain Foundation. Free and open ot the public. No reservations necessary. www.wellesleysummertheatre.com 781.283.2000 4
ACTORS FROM THE LONDON STAGE
Photo: A previous cast of A Midsummer Night’s Dream with Actors From The London Stage
5
THE DAVIS PRESENTS
BUNNY HARVEY: FOUR DECADES Bunny Harvey: Four Decades On View: September 16 – December 13, 2015 Marjorie and Gerald Bronfman Gallery/Camilla Chandler and Dorothy Buffum Chandler Gallery
This fall, the Davis Museum proudly presents the work of Bunny Harvey, artist and Elizabeth Christy Kopf Professor of Art at Wellesley. In addition to her well-known landscape paintings, Bunny Harvey: Four Decades features works from Harvey’s 40 years at the College, during which she has engaged an array of diverse themes: archaeology and the ancient world; scientific observation and discovery; and the visual response to nonvisual sensation in time and space. Throughout her prolific career, Harvey has explored the concept of sustained, subjective observation and its relationship to accumulated knowledge and memory. Brought together at the Davis for the first time, this substantial selection from Harvey’s body of work—including drawings and both small- and large-scale paintings—illuminates her abiding engagement with these themes, and highlights her important contribution to Wellesley as a teacher, mentor, and participant in the academic community.
Curated by Meredith Fluke, Kemper Curator of Academic Programs. The exhibition and related programs are supported entirely through the generosity of Wellesley College Friends of Art, now celebrating 50 years of giving. The exhibition catalogue is published with the generous support of the Office of the Provost and Dean of the College.
6
photo credit
7
film still: La Partida, 2013
CINEMA AND MEDIA STUDIES The Cinema and Media Studies program aims to offer film lovers a communal viewing experience, sharing the beauty of 35mm films on the big screen of Wellesley’s Collins Cinema. In a time when people too often watch film in the isolation of their homes in front of their computers, we offer the opportunity to come together, in the dark and in the light, to view film on the big screen, hear from major film theorists, and meet filmmakers.
FILM SCREENING AND LECTURE
who provide their financial support— who begin a dangerous romance.
La Partida and David William Foster Lecture: Film and Overcoming Homophobia in Cuba
Following the film, Foster will discuss this and others that examine relationships within a Latin culture that has resisted nontraditional roles of sexuality. Foster is the Regents’ Professor of Latin American urban cultures and gender studies at Arizona State University. He has written extensively on Argentine narrative and theater, and has held Fulbright teaching appointments in Argentina, Brazil, and Uruguay. He also served as an Inter-American Development Bank professor in Chile.
October 29 (Thu) | Film screening at 4:30 PM; Lecture to immediately follow Collins Cinema
The program begins with a screening of La Partida (The Last Match), Antonio Hens’ 2013 film about two teenage boys in Havana—both in relationships with women 8
Events above are free and open to the public.
CINÉPHILE SUNDAYS: CUBA SI CAMS’ Cuba Si series celebrates—and perhaps interrogates—the restoration of ties between the United States and Cuba. Chronologically and politically, the series’ examination of Cuba moves from a film that lauds the revolution, to others that openly question it, to more modern fare that seeks to move beyond the binary. All films are shown in Collins Cinema. For our guests’ convenience, two films will be presented in a second, weeknight screening.
Soy Cuba (I Am Cuba)
Fresa y chocolate (Strawberry and Chocolate) Tomás Gutiérrez Alea and Juan Carlos Tabio, 1993 October 18 (Sun) | 5:00 PM
Based on the short story “The Wolf, The Forest and the New Man” by Senel Paz, who also wrote the screenplay for the film, Fresa y chocolate tells the story of the developing relationship of two young men who seem opposed in every way—including personality, sexuality, and political perspective.
La vida es silbar (Life Is to Whistle) Fernando Perez, 1993 November 8 (Sun) | 3:00 PM
Mikhail Kalatozov, 1964
November 12 (Thu) | 5:30 PM
September 20 (Sun) | 5:00 PM
The famed Georgian director Kalatozov managed to survive Stalin’s terror, and concluded his career with this jewel on Cuban (post) revolutionary identity. The film was rediscovered by filmmakers in the U.S. 30 years after its release, when Martin Scorsese began the successful campaign to restore it.
Situated somewhere between magical realism and absurdist comedy, the film’s story follows three characters who must choose between clinging to their own self-restricting beliefs and living more freely.
Viva Cuba Juan Carlos Cremata and Iraida Malberti Cabrera, 2005 December 6 (Sun) | 3:00 PM
The first Cuban film to be awarded the Grand Prix Écrans Juniors for children’s cinema at the 2005 Cannes Film Festival, Viva Cuba is a parable for present-day Cuba seen from the point of view of two children who reimagine the story of Romeo and Juliet in a political context. At once a road movie and fairy tale, the film can be appreciated by both children and adults.
film still: Soy Cuba, 1964
Memorias del subdesarrollo (Memories of Underdevelopment) Tomás Gutiérrez Alea, 1968 October 4 (Sun) | 5:00 PM October 8 (Thu) | 5:30 PM
Arguably the most critically acclaimed and influential Cuban film of all time, Memorias del subdesarrollo depicts the alienation of the Cuban bourgeois struggling to adapt to the social change brought about by the Revolution. www.wellesley.edu/CAMS | 781.283.2042
film still: Viva Cuba, 2005
9
Rebeca Mauléon; photo by Manolo Santana
THE CONCERT SERIES The Wellesley College Concert Series brings world-class performers to campus, complementing the department’s academic offerings and augmenting the cultural life of the College and surrounding community. With concerts from classical to jazz, early music to electronic, and world music from every continent, the series features concerts and residencies with visiting artists as well as performing faculty.
All Wellesley College Concert Series performances are generously supported by the Marjorie Copland Baum Memorial Fund, in addition to funds noted for individual programs.
Organ Concert: Jacob Street September 19 (Sat) | 8:00 PM Houghton Chapel
Performed on the historic Fisk Organ in beautiful Houghton Chapel, this concert features organist and harpsichordist Jacob Street. Street performs extensively throughout New England as a solo recitalist and continuo player.
10
He has performed with such renowned artists as the Boston Symphony Orchestra, across Europe and the United States. In 2013, he traveled to Lübeck, Germany, as a Fulbright Scholar, studying on the many historical instruments there and giving recitals throughout northern Germany. Street has been a prizewinner in multiple competitions, most recently the Prix de la Ville d’Angers in the Jean-Louis Florentz International Organ Competition. This program is generously supported by The Charles Benton Fisk Memorial Fund.
Events above are free and open to the public with general seating. www.wellesley.edu/music/concertseries
Jimmy Branley
LATIN JAZZ RESIDENCY: REBECA MAULÉON Rebeca Mauléon is an internationally acclaimed musician, bandleader, composer, Grammynominated producer, and educator whose impressive expertise in Afro-Caribbean and Latin American music places her at the forefront of the musicological community. Mauléon has become one of the most multifaceted artists on the world-music scene, recording and performing with a number of Grammy-winning legends, producing diverse compositional projects, and publishing a number of successful books and articles. All Rebeca Mauléon residency events are generously supported by The Florence Jeup Ford ’22, Mary M. Crawford ’22, and Virginia Ford ’48 Artist in Residence Endowment Fund.
Midday Muse: The Afro-Cuban Roots of Jazz
Carlitos Puerto
Latin Jazz Jam and Dance October 2 (Fri) | 7:30 PM Jewett Auditorium
Bring your instrument and your dancing shoes for an evening of making music. Refreshments provided. Reservations available but not required.
Public Workshop: Cuban Rhythm Inside Out October 3 (Sat) | 1:00–2:15 PM Jewett Auditorium
This hands-on workshop in Cuban rhythm, movement, and song is ideal for musicians and nonmusicians alike, ages 14 and older. Reservations recommended.
Concert: Rebeca Mauléon and the Afro Kuban Quartet October 3 (Sat) | 8:00 PM Jewett Auditorium
Jewett Auditorium
Reception and ensemble showcase to follow at approximately 9:30 PM
Bring a lunch and join pianist and composer Rebeca Mauleón as she highlights the intersection between jazz and Cuban music, two musical traditions born in the Americas that share a legacy of ancestral rhythms and melodies tracing back centuries. Mauleón, joined by percussionist Miké Ringquist, will share historic audio recordings and provide live demonstrations, with an opportunity for Q&A.
Infused with contemporary jazz and an amalgam of musical textures, the Afro Kuban Quartet presents classic to contemporary Afro-Cuban and pan-Caribbean music, along with original compositions by Rebeca Mauleón. Featuring Mauleón as musical director and pianist, with Justo Almario on saxophone and flute, Carlitos Puerto on bass, and Jimmy Branly on drums. Reservations strongly suggested.
October 1 (Thu) | 12:30 PM
For updates, text CONCERTS to 42828. For reservations, when recommended: concerts@wellesley.edu or 781.283.2028
11
film still: La Passion de Jeanne d’Arc, 1928
THE ORLANDO CONSORT: KATHRYN GAUBATZ ’63 EARLY MUSIC RESIDENCY The Orlando Consort is one of Britain’s most important chamber music ensembles, performing repertoire from the years 1050 to 1550. Their work combines captivating entertainment with fresh scholarly insight. All Orlando Consort residency events are generously supported by a gift from Kathryn Gaubatz ’63, the Moffett Fund, and The Florence Jeup Ford ’22, Mary M. Crawford ’22, and Virginia Ford ’48 Artist in Residence Endowment Fund.
Public Workshop: Medieval Voices October 18 (Sun) | 3:30–4:30 PM Jewett Auditorium
Sing with the Orlando Consort and explore some of the medieval repertoire for which they are famous, focusing on chansons by Guillaume Dufay. The workshop is open to singers of any style and range, but the ability to read music is beneficial. Scores will be available in advance, so sight reading is not essential. Observers are also welcome. Reservations recommended.
The Orlando Consort: Newhouse Center Salon/Workshop October 19 (Mon) | 4:30 PM
Concert: The Orlando Consort Vocal Soundtrack for the 1928 film La Passion de Jeanne d’Arc October 17 (Sat) | 8:00 PM Houghton Chapel
Carl Theodor Dreyer’s 1928 silent movie La Passion de Jeanne d’Arc is widely recognized as a cinematic masterpiece and regularly appears in lists of top 10 greatest films ever made. Inspired by Dreyer’s vision, the Orlando Consort presents an original, carefully crafted soundtrack of music from the era in which the film is set. The intricate beauty of works by Binchois, Dufay, and other 15th-century composers combine with haunting plainsong to produce a unique and highly evocative accompaniment that amplifies and illuminates Joan’s interrogation and suffering. This program is presented in collaboration with Cinema and Media Studies. 12
The Newhouse Center, Green Hall
This performance and conversation offers the ensemble an opportunity to discuss the genesis of their musical accompaniment for La Passion de Jeanne d’Arc and its place in the world of early music.
Midday Muse: The Orlando Consort All the Ends of the Earth October 21 (Wed) | 12:30 PM Houghton Chapel
The 13th century was an exciting time in the Western world, as major leaps forward were made in the arts and sciences, religion, education, law, and politics. Acknowledging Paris as a center of creative activity, the Consort, with Wellesley College’s Chamber Singers and Collegium Musicum, present music associated with the great cathedral of Notre Dame.
Events above are free and open to the public with general seating. www.wellesley.edu/music/concertseries
Orlando Consort 13 For updates, text CONCERTS to 42828. For reservations, when recommended: concerts@wellesley.eduThe or 781.283.2028
Steven Kirby
Midday Muse: The Music of World War I, a Time of Horror and Hope October 28 (Wed) | 12:30 PM Jewett Auditorium
Performance faculty Lois Shapiro, Gabriela Diaz, and David Russell present the works of Debussy, Fauré, Janáček, and Ravel in an exploration of the music of the Great War. These composers were all profoundly impacted by the devastation and scale of World War I; music was for each of them a means of “binding all of mankind into one spirit, one kind of happiness, one kind of bliss” (Leoš Janáček).
Composers Conference 70 th Anniversary Concert November 8 (Sun) | 3:00 PM Jewett Auditorium
The Composers Conference has been guided for nearly 40 years by Pulitzer Prize-winning composer Mario Davidovsky. It provides young, emerging composers with the opportunity to participate in an intense two-week composition workshop as well as showcase one of their compositions in a live, professional concert. This concert will feature works by Davidovsky and other composers who have worked with the Composers Conference in its summer residencies 14
at Wellesley College through the years. The ensemble includes James Baker, conductor; Miranda Cuckson, violin; Chris Gross, cello; Barry Crawford, flute; Benjamin Fingland, clarinet; Christopher Oldfather, piano; and Matthew Gold and Pablo Rieppi, percussion.
Jazz Midday Muse: Illuminations Project featuring Steven Kirby November 18 (Wed) | 12:30 PM Jewett Auditorium
Steven Kirby’s “Illuminations” project has been described as “richly textured, multi-layered, ebullient, and lyrical jazz.” It features original compositions and arrangements, as well as creative arrangements of standard tunes, using a quintet of instrumentalists and a virtuosic singer performing both wordless and lyrical vocals as a primary, featured color in the compositions. Award-winning guitarist/composer Kirby is a Wellesley guitar faculty member and associate professor of harmony at Berklee College of Music. His music is most often categorized as contemporary jazz, but he is influenced by multiple genres. His arrangements will be accompanied by Aubrey Johnson, voice; Bill Vint, saxophone, flute; John Funkhouser, piano, keyboard; Ed Lucie, bass; and Mike Connors, drums.
Events above are free and open to the public with general seating. www.wellesley.edu/music/concertseries
STUDENT ENSEMBLES Jazz & World Music and A Cappella Welcome Concert September 25 (Fri) | 7:30pm | Jewett Auditorium
BlueJazz Strings & Combos Fall Concert Paula Zeitlin, Director November 20 (Fri) | 7:30 PM | Refreshments to follow Jewett Auditorium Wellesley College Choral Program
“Manteca”: Wellesley BlueJazz Plays Latin Jazz Cercie Miller, Director December 4 (Fri) | 7:30 PM | Jewett Auditorium
Brandeis-Wellesley Orchestra Fall Concert Neal Hampton, Conductor November 21 (Sat) | 8:00 PM | Houghton Chapel
This program is generously supported by the Dr. and Mrs. Arthur George Griffin Memorial Fund, the Ella A. Sweet Fund, and the Hsi Keng Peng Endowment Fund for the Wellesley College Department of Music.
Yanvalou Fall Concert
CHORAL PROGRAM Dober Concert: Voices Unite Lisa Graham, Director November 7 (Sat) | 8:00 PM | Houghton Chapel
The choir will be joined by the Radcliffe Choral Society, Andrew Clark, conductor. This program is generously supported by the Betty Edwards Dober Memorial Fund.
Christmas Vespers December 6 (Sun) | 7:30 PM | Houghton Chapel
This long-standing Wellesley holiday tradition of candlelight, music, readings, and carols is hosted by the Choral Music Program and the Office of Religious and Spiritual Life.
Kera Washington, Director December 5 (Sat) | 8:00 PM | Jewett Auditorium
GUILD OF CARILLONNEURS
Collegium Musicum Fall Concert
Carillon Masterclasses and Concert
Andrew Arceci and Tom Zajac, Directors
Margaret Angelini, Director
December 8 (Tue) | 8:00 PM | Houghton Chapel
Masterclass: September 25 (Fri) | 4:00 PM Concert: September 27 (Sun) | 2:00 PM
Chamber Music Society Fall Concerts David Russell, Director; Jenny Tang, Assistant Director December 2 (Wed) | 12:30 PM | Jewett Auditorium December 3 (Thu) | 7:00 PM | Concert Salon (JAC372) December 6 (Sun) | 2:00 PM | Jewett Auditorium December 7 (Mon) | 7:00 PM | Concert Salon
Carillon Haunted Open Tower October 31 (Sat) | 2:00 PM–4:00 PM | Galen Stone Tower
Carillon Holiday Open Tower December 6 (Sun) | 1:00 PM–3:00 PM | Galen Stone Tower
For updates, text CONCERTS to 42828. For reservations, when recommended: concerts@wellesley.edu or 781.283.2028
15
Bunny Harvey, Releasing Forces (detail), 1998. Oil on canvas, 80 x 66 in. Collection of the artist.
THE DAVIS. The Davis Museum at Wellesley College is one of the oldest and most acclaimed academic art museums in the United States. Dynamic gallery presentations and richly varied temporary exhibitions create an environment that encourages visual literacy, inspires new ideas, and fosters involvement in the arts as a vital element of crossdisciplinary teaching and study.
EXHIBITIONS AND RELATED EVENTS
Fall Opening Celebration September 16 (Wed) | 5:00–7:00 PM Davis Lobby and Galleries
Join the Davis and the Wellesley community for a lively reception to celebrate the opening of the fall 2015 exhibitions, and be among the first to view our many new offerings. Free and open to the public.
Museum Hours Tuesday–Sunday, 11:00 AM–5:00 PM Closed Mondays, major holidays, and campus recesses. 16
Bunny Harvey: Four Decades On View: September 16–December 13 Marjorie and Gerald Bronfman Gallery/Camilla Chandler and Dorothy Buffum Chandler Gallery
The Davis is pleased to present the work of Bunny Harvey, artist and Elizabeth Christy Kopf Professor of Art at Wellesley. Please see page 6 for details.
MassCulturalCouncil.org
The Davis is supported in part by a grant from the Massachusetts Cultural Council.
Free and open to the public, Tuesday–Sunday 11:00 AM–5:00 PM
Bunny Harvey instructs a student in the classroom.
Educator Workshop with Bunny Harvey October 14 (Wed) | 3:30–5:00 PM
presentations by former students and colleagues of Harvey, and will conclude with a festive celebration in the Davis Lobby.
Davis Lobby and Galleries
The Davis welcomes local K–12 educators to a free workshop with artist Bunny Harvey and Davis education staff to explore the exhibition Bunny Harvey: Four Decades. In addition to sketching activities and discussion, participants will learn how to develop lesson plans based on the exhibition and schedule customized tours for their classrooms. Light refreshments will be provided.
In Conversation with Bunny Harvey October 14 (Wed) | 6:00 PM Davis Lobby and Galleries
Join Meredith Fluke, Kemper Curator of Academic Programs, in conversation with Bunny Harvey as they explore her retrospective exhibition, which spans four decades of Harvey’s work. Reception in the Davis Museum Lobby to follow.
In Celebration of Bunny Harvey: A Symposium December 4 (Fri) | 3:00 PM Collins Cinema, Davis Galleries and Lobby
On the occasion of her retirement from Wellesley, join us in honoring the career of Bunny Harvey and her four decades of service. The symposium includes
Bunny Harvey, Field Chatter, 2006. Oil on canvas, 54 x 66 in. Collection of the artist.
The Krieg Cycle: Käthe Kollwitz and World War I On View: September 16–December 13 Morelle Lasky Levine ’56 Works on Paper Gallery
This exhibition offers visitors the singular opportunity to examine the genesis and impact of Käthe Kollwitz’s groundbreaking print series, Krieg (War), published nine years after her son was killed on a World War I battlefield in October 1914. The seven woodcuts from the series will be displayed alongside supporting lithographs and sculpture as well as rare preparatory drawings and trial proofs. Organized 100 years after the earliest work on
www.thedavis.org | Information: 781.283.2051; Tours: 781.283.3045
17
Measuring the World: Photography, Geography, and Description On View: September 16– December 13 Lawrence and Ina Lee Brown Ramer Gallery
Käthe Kollwitz, The Parents (plate 3) from the portfolio “War,” 1923. Sheet: 18 x 22 in. Museum purchase, Marjorie Schechter Bronfman ’38 and Gerald Bronfman Endowment for Works on Paper. 2014.127.3. ©2015 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York/ VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn
view, this exhibition explores Kollwitz’s artistic development in conjunction with her process of mourning—one that proceeded from very devastating, personal grief to a perspicacious meditation on war and its cost to society. Please note that an exhibition catalogue, Kollwitz and the Women of War: Femininity, Identity, and Art in Germany During World War I and II, will be released in February. The catalogue links exhibitions of Kollwitz’s work at the Davis Museum and the Smith College Museum of Art on view during the 2015-2016 academic year, and features essays by curators from both museums as well as original research from professors at both Wellesley and Smith Colleges. Launch celebration information will be announced. Curated by Claire Whitner, Associate Curator, with generous support from Wellesley College Friends of Arts, the Claire Freedman Lober ’44 Davis Museum Program Endowment Fund, and The Judith Blough Wentz ’57 Museum Programs Fund.
This inventive exhibition explores the camera as a device for measuring the world, mediating relations between individuals and their environments. Developed from the Davis’s extensive collection of historic to contemporary photography, it considers ideas about land and colonial expansion, mapping, the World Atlas, the question of scale, travel, tourism, and globalization, the photograph as document, the archive, the body, society, being, and co-habitation. Measuring the World proposes an interdisciplinary approach, recognizing that photography is both an aesthetic and a scientific practice, or rather that the two histories are often intertwined. Curated by Ileana L. Selejan, Linda Wyatt Gruber ’66 Curatorial Fellow in Photography, the exhibition is generously supported by The Constance Rhind Robey ’81 Fund for Museum Exhibitions.
Curatorial Gallery Talk: Measuring the World October 1 (Thu) | 3:00 PM Lawrence and Ina Lee Brown Ramer Gallery
Gruber Curatorial Fellow Ileana L. Selejan introduces the challenges and possibilities of working with photographic materials brought from around the world into the space of the museum.
Curatorial Gallery Talk: The Krieg Cycle September 24 (Thu) | 3:00 PM Morelle Lasky Levine Gallery ’56 Works on Paper Gallery
Join Associate Curator Claire Whitner for a behind-the-scenes look at the historic, artistic, and psychological contexts of Käthe Kollwitz’s Krieg (War).
18
John Baldessari, Throwing Three Balls in the Air to Get a Straight Line (Best of Thirty-Six Attempts), sheet from artist book consisting of folio cover and fourteen leaves, 1973. 9 5/8 in. x 12 3/4 in. Museum purchase, The Nancy Gray Sherrill, Class of 1954, Acquisition Fund. 2007.161
Free and open to the public, Tuesday–Sunday 11:00 AM–5:00 PM
Tatiana Parcero, CartografĂa interior (Interior Cartography) #38, Acetate and C-print, 1996. 24 1/4 in. x 17 1/2 in. Gift of Elizabeth Ferrer, www.thedavis.org | Information: 781.283.2051; Tours: 781.283.3045 Class of 1980. 2013.55
19
Shelley Rice Lecture: Local Space/ Global Visions October 7 (Wed) | 6:30 PM Collins Cinema
NYU professor Shelley Rice explores the “visual geography” of the year 1900, the moment when amateur cameras, half-tone reproduction processes, and multinational corporations expanded photographic production and distribution exponentially and set the stage for a “world culture” of imagery based on mobility, deracination, and reproducibility.
from the 15th to the 18th centuries. Although tapestries were among the most costly and important objects created in the Early Modern period, they are often relegated to storage in American museums due to their large size and light sensitivity. Taking advantage of the open floor plan in preparation for the fall 2016 reinstallation of the permanent collections galleries, we seize the opportunity to unroll them, photograph them, and assess their conservation needs. This exhibition further highlights the Davis as a repository of a great wealth and diversity of objects. Co-curated by Meredith Fluke, Kemper Curator of Academic Programs; Eve Straussman-Pflanzer, Assistant Director of Curatorial Affairs/Senior Curator of Collections; and Claire Whitner, Associate Curator. The exhibition and related programs are supported entirely through the generosity of Wellesley College Friends of Art, now celebrating 50 years of giving.
Sight Unseen: Tapestry Unrolling Demonstration November 3 (Tues) | 1:00–4:00 PM Dorothy Johnston Towne Gallery
During this drop-in program, visitors have the extremely rare opportunity to view the unrolling of the Davis’s largescale tapestries in Sight Unseen. Join textile conservators and Davis curatorial staff in discovering these heretofore unseen gems.
Farideh Lashai: Only a Shadow On View: September 16–December 13 At the Farnsworth Art Gallery, a Woman Studying the Unknown (Flemish) Tapestry (Lovers?). Overall: 169¾ x 105 in. Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Galen Stone. 1924.9
Sight Unseen: The Davis Reveals Its Hidden Tapestries On View: September 16–October 25 and November 3–December 13 Dorothy Johnston Towne Gallery
The Davis takes an unprecedented look at a rarely studied area of its encyclopedic holdings to offer two rotations of tapestries
20
Joan Levine Freedman ’57 and Richard I. Freedman Gallery
Farideh Lashai’s exquisite 2012–13 multimedia installation, When I Count, There Are Only You…But When I Look, There Is Only a Shadow finds its point of departure in one of art’s modern masterpieces, Francisco Goya’s Los Desastres de la Guerra (1810–20), which articulates the cruelties of warfare as both historically specific and timelessly universal. A celebrated Iranian painter, translator, and novelist, Lashai (1944–2013) expanded her practice to include media installation during
Free and open to the public, Tuesday–Sunday 11:00 AM–5:00 PM
Farideh Lashai, When I Count, There Are Only You … But When I Look, There Is Only a Shadow, 2012–2013. Suite of 80 photo-intaglio prints with projection of animated images, 11 3 /4 x 9 in. (each) | 75 1/2 x 122 in. (overall size). Courtesy of Leila Heller Gallery, New York/ Dubai and The Estate of Farideh Lashai.
the last years of her life. For this piece, she meticulously re-etched each plate in Goya’s famous series. Lashai’s work is presented in conjunction with five very fine Goya prints, recently acquired by the Davis. Curated by Lisa Fischman, Ruth Gordon Shapiro ’37 Director, with generous support from The Maryam and Edward Eisler/ Goldman Sachs Gives Fund on Art and Visual Culture in the Near, Middle, and Far East.
Curatorial Gallery Talk: Only a Shadow November 10 (Tue) | 3:00 PM Joan Levine Freedman ’57 and Richard I. Freedman Gallery
Join Maneli Keykavoussi, the artist’s daughter and trustee of the Farideh Lashai Foundation, and Lisa Fischman for a conversation regarding Lashai’s life and practice.
FILM SERIES: GENDER + SOCIAL CHANGE IN WEIMAR CINEMA The four films in this series demonstrate the anxieties, uncertainties, and aspirations intertwined with changing gender norms within the young Weimar Republic. Generously supported by the Davis Museum Film Program Gift. All screenings begin at 6:30pm in Collins Cinema. *Indicates special presentations in 35mm.
Metropolis* Fritz Lang, 1927 September 30 (Wed)
Metropolis takes place in 2026, when the populace is divided between workers who
www.thedavis.org | Information: 781.283.2051; Tours: 781.283.3045
21
film still: The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari, 1920. Courtesy of Kino Lorber, Inc.
SPECIAL PROGRAMS AND EVENTS
must live in the dark underground and the rich who enjoy a futuristic city of splendor. Metropolis stands today as the crowning achievement of the German silent cinema.
Family Day at the Davis: Paint + Canvas
The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari
October 17 (Sat) | 11:00 AM–3:00 PM
Robert Wiene, 1920
Davis Lobby, Plaza, and Galleries
October 28 (Wed)
Wiene and a visionary team of designers crafted a nightmare realm in which a demented doctor and a carnival sleepwalker perpetrate a series of ghastly murders—jolting the postwar masses and catapulting the movement known as German Expressionism into film history.
The Blue Angel (Der blaue Engel)*
Generously supported by the Palley Endowment Fund for Davis Museum Outreach Programs.
Josef von Sternberg, 1930 November 4 (Wed)
The crowning achievement of the Weimar cinema, The Blue Angel is an exquisite parable of one man’s fall from respectability, presented in the newly restored German version.
Davis Discoveries: An Afternoon Symposium on a Rare 17th -Century Pen-Painting by Willem van de Velde the Elder (Dutch, 1611-1693)
Mädchen in Uniform
October 23 (Fri) | 2:00–4:30 PM
Leontine Sagan, 1931
Davis Galleries and Lobby
November 18 (Wed)
Dutch artist Willem van de Velde I (1611–1693) developed the subgenre of “pen-paintings” in the 17th century. These astonishingly detailed works, executed with fine brushes and quill pens, are particularly rare in American collections. Davis curators were delighted to discover a superlative example tucked away in storage,
When a withdrawn teenage boarding school student is brought out of her shell by a beautiful and sympathetic young teacher, the girl’s fondness for her teacher becomes a schoolwide scandal.
22
Paint, canvas, and brushes, oh my! This special Family Day will explore the various materials and processes that artists use to create paintings. Go on a themed scavenger hunt, experiment with watercolors, take an interactive family tour through the galleries, meet visiting painters, listen to stories with Wellesley Free Library, have your face painted, and more! Free and open to the public.
Free and open to the public, Tuesday–Sunday 11:00 AM–5:00 PM
and have pursued conservation treatment to restore it. This symposium features presentations by Associate Curator Claire Whitner on the painting’s history; Rhona MacBeth, the Eijk and Rose-Marie van Otterloo Conservator and Head of Paintings Conservation at the MFA Boston, who conducted the technical study and treatment; and Daniel Finamore, Russell W. Knight Curator of Maritime Art and History at the Peabody Essex Museum. Supported through the generosity of Wellesley College Friends of Art, now celebrating 50 years of giving.
School tours are available at the Davis.
Guided Tours By reservation during open hours
Special exhibition and permanent collection tours are led by Student Guides and may be customized to areas of interest. School groups are encouraged to plan visits to the Davis and to apply for our School Bus Subsidy, generously funded by the Palley Endowment Fund for Davis Museum Outreach Programs.
Drop-in Tours Pen-painting by Willem van de Velde the Elder (Dutch, 1611–1693)
Saturdays 9/19–12/12 (excluding 10/10 and 11/28) | 2:00 PM Meet in the Davis Lobby
NEW! Mashup November 15 (Sun) | 2:00 PM Davis Galleries
In this pilot program, Wellesley students are challenged to submit proposals for ingallery performances related to an object in the Davis permanent collections. Possible performances include, but are not limited to, music, dance, theatre, and poetry. One submission will be chosen by a committee comprised of Davis staff and Student Advisory Council members to be performed on this date. The winner will be announced in October. Generously supported by the Wellesley College Friends of Art Student Initiative Programming Fund.
Thematic tours of special exhibitions and permanent collections led by a Student Guide are free and open to the public on a first-come, first-served basis. For a full schedule of tours, please visit theDavis.org.
COMING SOON: Reinstallation of the Davis Permanent Collections Galleries The Davis is pleased to announce a major reinstallation of the permanent collections galleries, opening in fall 2016. Highlighting an array of exceptional objects, many unknown to the Wellesley College community and the public at large, this project will reveal artworks of the highest quality from the Museum’s encyclopedic holdings, and foreground Wellesley’s rich legacy of collecting and philanthropy. Please expect temporary closures as we transform the Davis over the coming year.
www.thedavis.org | Information: 781.283.2051; Tours: 781.283.3045
23
Mark Blyth
THE SUSAN AND DONALD NEWHOUSE CENTER FOR THE HUMANITIES The mission of the Newhouse Center for the Humanities is to create a dynamic and cosmopolitan intellectual community that extends from Wellesley to the wider Boston area and beyond. Founded in 2004 through a generous gift from Susan Marley Newhouse ’55 and Donald Newhouse, the Newhouse Center generates and supports innovative, world-class programming in the humanities and arts. Programs listed are associated with Newhouse Courses in the Humanities.
Mark Blyth: Whatever Happened to Europe? From Social Democratic Heartland to Heartless Creditors’ Paradise September 28 (Mon) | 7:00 PM Newhouse Center, Green Hall
Whatever happened to social democratic Europe? Mark Blyth, professor of political economy at Brown University and author of 24
the award-winning book Austerity: The History of a Dangerous Idea will address this question in a public lecture. Blythe will talk about how policies of austerity in the Eurozone, supported in many cases by parties of the left, are the wrong solutions to the economic problems of debt-ridden countries like Greece. He will also discuss how the idea of austerity gained ground and where it is likely to lead.
Events above are free and open to the public. nch@wellesley.edu
25
Eric Helleiner
Eric Helleiner: The Deep History of the North-South Dialogue: Neglected Southern Pioneers of International Development November 4 (Wed) | 7:00 PM Newhouse Center, Green Hall
Eric Helleiner’s lecture will build on his recent book The Forgotten Foundations of Bretton Woods, which shows how those gathered at the famous 1944 meeting in New Hampshire to build the postwar financial system included many officials and analysts from poorer regions of the world. He will show how their innovative proposals anticipated more contemporary debates about how to reconcile the existing liberal global economic order with the development aspirations of emerging powers such as India, China, and Brazil. Helleiner is Faculty of Arts Chair in International Political Economy and professor in the Department of Political Science of the University of Waterloo.
Amitav Ghosh. Photo by Emilio Madrid-Kuser.
Amitav Ghosh September 22 (Tue) | 4:30 PM Newhouse Center, Green Hall
Amitav Ghosh was born in Calcutta and grew up in India, Bangladesh, and Sri Lanka. He is the author of The Circle of Reason, The Shadow Lines, In an Antique Land, Dancing in Cambodia, The Calcutta Chromosome, The Glass Palace, The Hungry Tide, and the Ibis trilogy: Sea of Poppies, River of Smoke, and his newest novel, Flood of Fire. Ghosh is the recipient of many awards, and his novels were shortlisted for the Man Booker International Prize in both 2008 and 2015. His books have been translated into more than 20 languages, and his essays have been published in the New Yorker, the New Republic, and the New York Times. He has taught in many universities including Delhi University, Columbia, Queens College, and Harvard.
Salman Rushdie November 12 (Thurs) | 6:30 PM
DISTINGUISHED THINKERS AT THE NEWHOUSE
Diana Chapman Walsh Alumnae Hall
Please see page 2 for details.
The events presented via the Distinguished Thinkers at the Newhouse series powerfully showcase different aspects of thinking in the humanities that exemplify creative, imaginative, critical, and analytical engagement with the world. The program includes a reading, lecture, or performance by the invited speaker, followed by a more dynamic engagement with the audience. Please note that books pictured are not necessarily those from which the authors will read. Salman Rushdie
26
Events above are free and open to the public. nch@wellesley.edu
Wellesley Summer Theatre Company’s ORLANDO, Catherine LeClair* ’98 and Victoria George ’05 (*AEA). Photo by David Brooks Andrews.
THEATRE The Department of Theatre Studies allows Wellesley students to explore the history and literature of the theatre, and then to bring their knowledge from the classroom to a handson application of the craft. To facilitate this essential experiential learning, the department hosts multiple active performance programs on campus, including allowing students to work on and off the stage with visiting artists and with the professional Equity company in residence at Wellesley.
ACTORS FROM THE LONDON STAGE A Midsummer Night’s Dream October 8–10 | 7:00 PM each day Diana Chapman Walsh Alumnae Hall Auditorium
Please see page 4 for details.
Photo: A previous cast of A Midsummer Night’s Dream with Actors From The London Stage
For reservations for Wellesley Repertory Theatre and Wellesley College Theatre productions, please call 781.283.2000
27
Rachel Nagin leads the WCT ensemble in Home Front: Women’s Voices from the Great War. Photo by David Brooks Andrews.
PROFESSIONAL PRODUCTIONS: WELLESLEY REPERTORY THEATRE
Einhorn, now a successful Hollywood producer, who holds the key to Artie’s dream of getting out of Queens and away from the life he so despises. $20 General Admission, $10 Seniors and Students.
Formerly known as the Wellesley Summer Theatre Company, the Wellesley Repertory Theatre is the professional Equity company in residence at Wellesley College. The award-winning company attracts audiences and artists from across New England.
The House of Blue Leaves Written by John Guare; Directed by Marta Rainer January 7–31 | 7:00 PM performances each Thursday, Friday, and Saturday; 2:00 PM performances each Saturday and Sunday Ruth Nagel Jones Theatre, Alumnae Hall
Artie Shaughnessy is a songwriter with visions of glory. Toiling by day as a zookeeper, he suffers in seedy lounges by night. On the day the Pope is making his first visit to the city, Artie’s son Ronny goes AWOL from Fort Dix, stowing a homemade bomb intended to blow up the Pope in Yankee Stadium. Also arriving, with a starlet girlfriend in tow, is Artie’s old school chum, Billy
28
Angela Bilcik ’15 in Wellesley Summer Theatre’s production of Three Sisters. Photo by David Brooks Andrews
COLLEGE PRODUCTIONS: WELLESLEY COLLEGE THEATRE Under the direction of Wellesley College Theatre Studies, this program blends casts from Wellesley, Olin, and Babson
For reservations for Wellesley Repertory Theatre and Wellesley College Theatre productions, please call 781.283.2000
Colleges and members of the Boston theatre community, including members of Actors Equity Association (AEA).
A Civil War Christmas: An American Musical Celebration Written by Paula Vogel; Music by Daryl Waters; Directed by Nora Hussey November 18-21 | 7:00 PM performances each night November 21 (Sat) & 22 (Sun) | 2:00 PM Ruth Nagel Jones Theatre, Alumnae Hall
It’s 1864, and Washington, D.C. is settling down to the coldest Christmas Eve in years. In the White House, President and Mrs. Lincoln plot their gift giving. On the banks of the Potomac, a young rebel challenges a Union blacksmith’s mercy. In the alleys downtown, an escaped slave loses her daughter just before finding freedom. This musical by Pulitzer Prize-winner Paula Vogel intertwines many lives, showing us that the gladness of one’s heart is the best gift of all. $15 General Admission, $10 Seniors and Students, $5 Wellesley College Faculty, Staff, and Students.
Love, Loss, and What I Wore Written by Nora Ephron and Delia Ephron; Staged readings performed by the college community December 13–19 | Please see wellesley.edu/events for performance times in Collins Cinema
Love, Loss, and What I Wore is a play of monologues and ensemble pieces about women, clothes, and memory, covering all the important subjects—mothers, prom dresses, mothers, buying bras, mothers, hating purses, and why we only wear black. Based on the best-selling book by Ilene Beckerman. Free and open to the public; please check wellesley.edu/events for performance details.
STUDENT PRODUCTIONS: THE UPSTAGE SERIES Upstage productions are student-produced and directed. They provide Wellesley students with the opportunity to explore all aspects of working in theatre independently.
Upstage: Sessen Mengist ’15 and Maile Wong ’15
A Taste of Honey Written by Shelagh Delaney; Directed by Hero Ashman ’16 October 22–24 | 7:00 PM October 24 (Sat) & 25 (Sun) | 2:00 PM Ruth Nagel Jones Theatre, Alumnae Hall
A Taste of Honey tells the story of Jo, a 17-yearold working-class girl, and her mother, Helen. Their contentious relationship plays out in a cramped, one-bedroom apartment. When Helen runs off to marry a younger man, Jo is left alone and forced to grow up fast. The play was written by Delaney when she was 18 years old and addresses issues of class, gender, race, and sexuality. $5 General Admission, Free for Wellesley Students.
Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo Written by Rajiv Joseph; Directed by Kanika Vaish ’17 December 3–5 | 7:00 PM December 5 (Sat) & 6 (Sun) | 2:00 PM Diana Chapman Walsh Alumnae Hall Auditorium
Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo is set in wartime Baghdad, Iraq, in 2003. A biting, sarcastic, and witty Bengal tiger is shot at the Baghdad Zoo by two U.S. Marines and immediately becomes a ghost. He haunts the streets of Iraq, frustrated with life after death, and his presence eventually drives the guilt-ridden Marines to madness. Each character struggles with the war differently, yet they are all connected to one another. Each one seeks redemption, approval, recognition, and companionship, whether Iraqi or not, whether human or animal, whether dead or alive. $5 General Admission, Free for Wellesley Students.
For reservations for Upstage Series productions, please email upstage@wellesley.edu.
29
Ricardo De Lima, Undocumented Portrait #1, 2012, caramelized sugar tools, dimensions variable.
ART AND THE LIBERAL ARTS The arts and humanities are a vibrant part of the greater intellectual community at Wellesley College. Every year, various academic departments bring art, artists, and experts in their respective fields from all over the world to campus to both enrich their own curriculum and enliven the cultural life of the greater Wellesley community.
JEWETT ARTS CENTER Exhibition: Ricardo De Lima On View: September 8–October 16 Jewett Arts Center
Ricardo De Lima is a Colombo-Venezuelan artist, technologist, curator, and DJ based in Boston who will serve as Visiting Faculty in the Media Arts and Sciences Department at Wellesley for the 2015/16 year. His work fuses the investigation of visual arts and material culture through video, sculpture, sound, and programming into a hybrid art practice. De Lima links the visibility of race, culture, class, gender, ethnicity, ability, and sexual orientation. Collaboration is a principal locus of concern, serving as a common thread that unites varied platforms for exploring how artists, curators, 30
and cultural workers activate what Homi K. Bhabha defines as “third spaces”: spaces created so that cross-disciplinary relationships can flourish. De Lima is the 2015 winner of the James and Audrey Foster Prize from the Institute of Contemporary Art in Boston and was the sübSamsøn resident at Samson Projects in Boston’s South End in the winter of 2014– 2015. He received the Kara Fournier Fellowship at Brandeis University and was a resident artist of the Department of Public Imagination, a social practice fellowship, working with Chelsea Collaborative in Chelsea, MA. He also curates Spectacle Boston, a collaborative performance space for experimental music and visual art, and Pico Picante, a monthly transnational bass music and culture event.
Events above are free and open to the public.
RUSSIAN AREA STUDIES Russia NOW: The Current State of the Former Soviet Union September 10 (Thu) | 8:00 PM Margaret Clapp Library Lecture Room
A defiantly resurgent Russia has faced down economic sanctions and declining oil prices to consolidate its gains in Ukraine, strengthen its ties to China, and confront the West. With determination, its government pursues a policy of protecting its national interests in the former Soviet space and maintains a rhetoric of blaming the United States for its many woes. This year’s annual Russia NOW panel will shed light on our planet’s largest country in a time fraught with dangerous tensions. Panelists include Thomas Hodge, Russian Department; Igor Logvinenko, Political Science Department; and Nina Tumarkin, History Department. This program is generously supported by the Davis Fund for Russian Area Studies.
Anatoly Smeliansky: Konstantin Stanislavsky and After My Life in Art: New Materials, Discoveries, Reflections September 16 (Wed) | 4:30 PM Newhouse Center, Green Hall
Konstantin Stanislavsky (1863–1938) was a world-renowned Russian stage actor and director who developed a performance process known as the “Stanislavsky method,” or method acting, allowing actors to use their personal histories to express authentic emotion and create rich characters. He co-founded the Moscow Art Theatre and staged Anton Chekhov’s four major works, beginning with its production of The Seagull in 1898. His autobiography My Life in Art was first published in Boston in 1924, in English, and was later published in Russian in Moscow. Smeliansky will talk about new materials and discoveries in Stanislavsky studies and reflect on the great thespian’s legacy in Russia and beyond. This is a collaborative program of the Russian and Theatre Studies departments, and is generously supported by The Maria Opasnov Tyler ’52 Endowed Fund for the Russian Department. www.wellesley.edu/education | 781.283.3232
Anatoly Smeliansky
THE FREEDOM PROJECT The Freedom Project promotes interdisciplinary understandings of the idea of freedom in the classical liberal tradition in relation to ideas of freedom from other traditions. It explores how freedom has been understood—or misunderstood—in the contemporary university, and the fate of freedom of expression in that context.
Alex Epstein: The Moral Case for Fossil Fuels September 17 (Thu) | 6:00 PM Pendleton Hall, Room 239
Epstein challenges many conventional wisdoms about the fossil fuel industry and provides fascinating and controversial moral and sociological arguments about the importance of fossil fuels for human thriving. He is the director of the Center for Industrial Progress, a for-profit think tank he founded in 2011 to “inspire Americans to embrace industrial progress as a cultural ideal.” Epstein is also a blogger at Master Resource and a past fellow of the Ayn Rand Institute.
Video still of Alex Epstein during the People’s Climate March in New York; source: YouTube.com
31
Global Conference: The Future of Freedom of Expression in Liberal Democracies October 1–3 | 9:00 AM–4:00 PM Margaret Clapp Library Lecture Room
The conference, co-organized with Justitia, a human rights organization in Copenhagen, will explore four major themes: the defense of freedom of expression against violent extremism; freedom of expression versus laws against hatred and offense; the rise and fall of freedom of expression as a cultural force; and freedom of expression and terrorism. Featured speakers include: Jacob Mchangama, President of Justitia; Flemming Rose, Jyllands Posten, Copenhagen; Kenan Malik, author of From Fatwa to Jihad: The Rushdie Affair and Its Legacy; Jodi Ginsberg, Editor of Index on Censorship; Douglas Murray, Associate Director of the Henry Jackson Society, London; Suzanne Nossel, Executive Director, PEN American Center; Mustafa Akyol, author of Islam Without Extremes: A Muslim Case for Liberty; Knut Olav Aamås, Director of Norwegian freedom organization Fritt Ord; and others.
Paris rally in support of the victims of the 2015 Charlie Hebdo shooting, January 2015. Place de la Republique. Photo by Olivier Ortelpa.
THE HARRY HALVERSON LECTURE ON AMERICAN ARCHITECTURE Margaret Maile Petty: Glamour Pink: The Negotiation of Feminine Beauty, Identity, and Illumination in the American Domestic Interior, 1900–1960 October 1 (Thu) | 5:00 PM Jewett Arts Center, Room 450
Glamour Pink explores the development of a specific gendered discourse in the first half of the 20th century that united key beliefs of feminine beauty, identity, and the domestic interior with particular electric lighting technologies and effects. Largely driven by the electrical industry’s marketing rhetoric, American women were encouraged to adopt electric lighting as a beauty aid and ally in a host of domestic tasks. Drawing evidence from such texts as women’s magazines, trade journals, and manufacturergenerated marketing materials, this talk shifts traditional historical focus on lighting as a utility or neutral technology to its role as a cultural construct and means of individual expression. Margaret Maile Petty is the Head of School, Design, Victoria University of Wellington, Aotearoa-New Zealand. Her research broadly investigates the discourse, production, and representation of artificial light in the built environment, with a particular focus on architectural lighting design and interiors. She is widely published on the historical significance and development of lighting design.
Benjamin Powell: Are Sweatshops Defensible? October 19 (Mon) | 6:00 PM Pendleton Hall, Room 239
Benjamin Powell is the Director of the Free Market Institute at Texas Tech University and author of Out of Poverty: Sweatshops in the Global Economy. Using economic and sociological theory, he argues that global activism against sweatshops would harm workers and undermine development, with serious negative human consequences. 32
Margaret Maile Petty
Events above are free and open to the public.
Cover illustration, The Magazine of Light, General Lamp Department, General Electric, vol. 19, no. 4, Nov., 1950. 33 www.wellesley.edu/education | 781.283.3232
the New York Times, the Toronto Globe and Mail, Sojourners, Charisma Magazine, and numerous books, and has lectured at Harvard, Yale, Princeton, and Columbia universities. This program is produced by Africana Studies with generous support from the Wilson Fund.
DR. RUTH MORRIS BAKWIN CLASS OF 1919 ART LECTURE Ken Lapatin: Why Fakes Matter: Authenticity in Ancient Art November 19 (Thu) | 5:00 PM Collins Cinema
Eugene F. Rivers III
THE MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR. MEMORIAL LECTURE Reverend Eugene F. Rivers III: The Martin Luther King, Jr. Legacy: Present-Day Challenges and the Way Forward October 15 (Thu) | 7:00 PM Lulu Chow Wang Campus Center, Tishman Commons
This annual lecture pays tribute to the legacy of Dr. King and his enormous contribution to advancing civil rights in the United States. This year’s address will be delivered by Rev. Eugene Rivers, who honors King with his own grassroots work in promoting social justice. Rivers is a widely published writer, diligent community activist, and renowned worldwide speaker. He has served three presidential administrations as an advisor on faith-based initiatives and foreign policy on the AIDS crisis in Africa. Rivers has provided commentary for ABC, NBC, CBS, PBS, and Fox TV, and has been featured in a CNN documentary and cover stories in Newsweek, the New Yorker, and Christianity Today. He has been published in Boston Review, The Boston Globe,
34
The memory of alumna Ruth Morris Bakwin, Class of 1919, is honored by bringing a leading figure in the art world to campus. This year, Dr. Ken Lapatin takes up the controversial issue of fakes and asks what they can tell us about how we understand and define authenticity today. Lapatin is Associate Curator of Antiquities at the Getty Villa in Pacific Palisades, California. He is the author of Mysteries of the Snake Goddess: Art, Desire, and the Forging of History, as well as Chryselephantine Statuary in the Ancient Mediterranean World. He has curated numerous exhibits, including Power and Pathos: Bronze Sculpture of the Hellenistic World; Ancient Luxury and the Roman Silver Treasure from Berthouville; and The Last Days of Pompeii: Decadence, Apocalypse, Resurrection.
Ken Lapatin
Events above are free and open to the public.
THE DIANE SILVERS RAVITCH LECTURES Wellesley is proud to welcome Diane Silvers Ravitch ’60 for the inaugural lecture in a new series of talks on current issues in public education.
How to Ruin or Revive Public Education October 22 (Thu) | 7:30 PM
Diane Silvers Ravitch ’60
Diana Chapman Walsh Alumnae Hall Auditorium
Ravitch is a leading national advocate for public schools and is ranked at the top of Education Week’s 2015 listing of influential public scholars. She is the author of the New York Times bestsellers The Death and Life of the Great American School System: How Testing and Choice Are Undermining Education and Reign of Error: The Hoax of the Privatization Movement, and many other books and articles on education history and policy, as www.wellesley.edu/education | 781.283.3232
well as a popular blog with over 21 million page reviews. In the first lecture of this new series, she will talk about how testing and privatization are damaging children, teachers, schools, and communities and threatening public education as a common good. Ravitch will put forth her plan for what we should do to preserve and strengthen public education, and for inaugurating a new education agenda for the future, and why we need to do it now. 35
ABOUT WELLESLEY
Attending an event at Wellesley is as stress-free as it is affecting. Just 12 miles from Boston, Wellesley’s rich and diverse arts scene feels worlds away. Parking is free and readily accessible, our performance spaces are intimate and inviting, and the town of Wellesley offers a variety of fine restaurants nearby. The professional arts programming is of the highest quality available, yet the majority of our events are offered free to the public. Take in the celebrated landscape and architecture. The landscape has always been central to the identity of Wellesley College and to the experience of its students. Combine your visit to Wellesley with a stroll through the grounds and see if you don’t feel as inspired by our surroundings as our guest artists do. Designed in consultation with landscape architect Frederick Law Olmsted Jr., the campus is a historic landmark
36
that showcases the work of distinguished architects, including Ralph Adams Cram, Paul Rudolph, and Rafael Moneo. Wellesley’s 500 acres include a private lake, a golf club, groves of conifers and hardwoods, and the Botanical Gardens with its own butterfly garden. Stunning brick and stone buildings rise from wooded hills. The view across Lake Waban showcases elaborate topiary on the far shore. Paths wind down open meadows and sweeping lawns past century-old oaks with magnificent gnarled branches. Share Wellesley’s passion for cultural and intellectual pursuits. The world’s preeminent college for women, Wellesley College is known for its intellectual rigor, its belief in the enduring importance of service, and its cultivation of an inclusive, pragmatic approach to leadership.
VISITING WELLESLEY
We take great pride in what we produce here: women who know how to succeed in every arena, public and personal, while keeping their values intact; women who bring world-changing vision and an inimitable sense of purpose to even the smallest endeavor; women who understand that effective leadership means tempering the exercise of power with the commitment to serve. From the moment they step onto the campus, our students are cultivating not only their minds, but also an aspirational drive and sense of responsibility. They know they are carrying forward a very special legacy, one in which purposeful leadership is a way of life, regardless of the life they choose—and one in which they are committed to taking their place at the table, to getting things done, to making a difference.
Visit us, on campus and online. We look forward to seeing you soon. For directions: wellesley.edu/about/visit Your gift to Wellesley helps maintain the excellence of our arts programming and keeps our events free of charge. To give: wellesley.edu/give or 800.358.3543 If you did not receive our Calendar by mail, or if you would like to receive our monthly WellesleyNOW email update on upcoming events, we invite you to join our mailing and/or email list. To sign up: wellesley.edu/events/artevents Our web site provides the most current and in-depth information about arts events at Wellesley, and our dedicated arts Facebook page offers a closer look at some of our performers and programs. For more: wellesley.edu/events and facebook.com/TheArtsatWellesley
37