arts and culture calendar
Art Exhibitions
MANY MOONS FESTIVAL 2008
Center for the Arts
Saturday, September 6, 11 a.m. – 6 p.m.
In response to the overwhelming demand of over 2000 participants of the previous Many Moons Festival 2006, the Asian Arts & Culture presents the 4th Many Moons Festival. Towson University’s Center for the Arts will come alive with this vibrant and popular festival that engages the community in the richness and diversity of Asian cultural traditions. This full day festival features performances by accomplished dancers and musicians, enthralling hands-on arts and crafts workshops and martial arts demonstrations. The Crossroads Marketplace will be filled with colorful handicrafts and delicious Asian foods and teas. Traditional Asian healing arts will be demonstrated by skilled practitioners. Asian community non-profit organizations are invited to set up tables to provide information about their services to the public. In the Asian Arts Gallery, a dynamic visual arts exhibition will be open to the public. It is a full day filled with delightful learning and discoveries for all ages.
Tickets: $15 adult; $10 Asian Arts & Culture Center members; $5 students and children over 3; free for children 3 and under with a paying adult
MYTH AND SYMBOL IN KOREAN AMERICAN ART
Center for the Arts Asian Arts Gallery
Saturday, September 6 – Friday, October 17
Gallery Hours: Monday – Friday, 11 a.m. – 4 p.m.; Saturday, 1 – 4 p.m.
In response to the growing population of Korean Americans in the region, the Asian Arts & Culture Center hosts a joint exhibition to feature works by six talented nationally known artists including David Chung, Wanjin Kim, Sunhee Jung, Namu Cho, Taek Lee and Hwa Jin Lee. Created in a variety of media ranging from oil painting, ink to metal and multi-media, these works replete with personal myths and symbols are both beautiful and powerful expressions of life experience. Guest curator is Ock-Kyung Lee.
Admission is free.
NEW + ALTERNATIVE/METHODS, MATERIALS + VENUES LECTURE, ARTHUR HASH, ARTIST
Department of Art + Design, Art History, Art Education Lectures
Center for the Arts, Lecture Hall Room 2032
Thursday, September 11, 6:30 p.m.
Arthur Hash is an artist who works in new and alternative methods, materials and formats. His work ranges from small-scale wearable objects to large installations. Hash is represented by the Sienna Gallery, Lenox, MA.
Admission is free.
NEW WORKS: ART FACULTY EXHIBITION
Center for the Arts Gallery
Friday, September 12 – Saturday, October 4
Opening Reception: Thursday, September 11, 7:30 – 9 p.m.
Gallery Hours: Tuesday – Saturday, 11 a.m. – 4 p.m.
Faculty of Towson University’s Department of Art + Design, Art History, Art Education presents examples of their recent aesthetic concerns in a broad range of media.
Admission is free.
GRAY LYONS: MFA THESIS EXHIBITION: BLINDNESS
Center for the Arts, Holtzman MFA Gallery
Friday, September 12 – Saturday, October 4
Opening Reception: Thursday, September 11, 7:30 – 9 p.m.
Gallery Hours: Tuesday – Saturday, 11 a.m. – 4 p.m.
Gray Lyon’s images are narrative-based self-portraits, focusing on issues of identity. Her images are an examination of the body and self. She believes that using the body as an instrument of this exploration grants a point of entry to its history, memory and experience, instead of the traditional voyeur perspective of the photographer.
Admission is free.
FALL ART CLASSES FOR CHILDREN, TEENS AND ADULTS
Bonnie Reynolds, Director
Center for the Arts, Community Art Center
Saturday, September 20 - Saturday, November 15
Saturdays: 9:30- 11:45 and 9:45- noon
Weekday Classes: 4:30- 6 p.m.
Evening Adult Classes: 6:45- 9 p.m.
Young Artist Workshop (ages 5-7), Studio Sampler (ages 7-10), Drawing & Design (ages 7-10), Clay is the Way (ages 7-11), Cartooning (ages 10-15), Drawing II/Painting (ages 11-16), Printmaking (ages 11-16), Jewelry (ages 12-adult), Potter’s Wheel & Handbuilding (ages 12-up), Intro to Game Design (ages 12 – up); Animation (ages 12 – up); Collage (ages 17 – up) and Adult Art Studio (ages 17- up). Contact the Community Art Center at 410-704-2351 for more information. Additional classes can be found at www.towson.edu/cac.
MARCIA LAUSEN: ELECTION DESIGN REFORM
Department of Art + Design, Art History, Art Education Lectures
Center for the Arts Harold J. Kaplan Concert Hall
Thursday, September 25, 6:30 p.m.
The confusing ballots in 2000 presidential elections called for designers, researchers and policy-makers to drastically improve election design. Marcia Lausen answered that call, as the advisor for Design for Democracy, a strategic initiative of American Institute of Graphic Arts (AIGA). Design for Democracy advocates for the use of design to increase civic participation by making interactions between the U.S. government and its citizens more understandable, efficient and trustworthy. Lausen presents a lecture on election design reform. Co-sponsored by the Baltimore Chapter of the AIGA.
Admission is free.
PARTICULARITIES AND ABSTRACTIONS: PAINTINGS BY CHRISTINE GRAY, W.C. RICHARDSON, FIONA ROSS AND ERLING SJOVOLD
Center for the Arts Gallery
Friday, October 10 – Saturday, November 8
Opening Reception: Thursday, October 9, 7:30 – 9 p.m.
Gallery Hours: Tuesday – Saturday, 11 a.m. – 4 p.m.
Painting from elaborate models, Christine Gray orchestrates fantastic landscapes, which present the tensions between the real and the synthetic, the pathetic and the magical, and the anxieties of prolonged revelry. W.C. Richardson’s paintings are geometric structures that interact with freely drawn contradictory and shifting spatial cures and explore the tipping point between order and chaos. Fiona Ross’s paintings on paper explore the order of crystal formation, bubble rafts, fractals and labyrinths as she observes them in the dehydration and evaporation of fluids and solids in her studio. Erling Sjovold’s landscapes are on the edge between reality and invention. The exhibition is curated by Professor Chris Bartlett, gallery director.
Admission is free.
ZOË CHARLTON, ARTIST: RECENT WORKS LECTURE
Department of Art + Design, Art History, Art Education Lecture Series
Center for the Arts Lecture Hall, Room 2032
Thursday, October 9, 6:30 p.m.
Charlton is an assistant professor of art at American University. She creates paintings, drawings and videos that are narrative and figurative, which address issues of race and gender. Her work has been included in exhibitions regionally, nationally, and internationally.
Admission is free.
ZOË CHARLTON, ARTIST: RECENT WORKS LECTURE AND EXHIBIT- FLOATIES
Department of Art + Design, Art History, Art Education Lecture Series
Center for the Arts, Holtzman MFA Gallery
Friday, October 10 – Saturday, November 8
Opening Reception: Thursday, October 9, 7:30 – 9 p.m.
Charlton exhibition Floaties includes her work which addresses issues of race and gender. An assistant professor of art at American University, she creates paintings, drawings and videos that are narrative and figurative.
Admission is free.
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN: IN SEARCH OF A BETTER WORLD EXHIBITION
Albert S. Cook Library
Wednesday, October 15 – Friday, December 5
Opening Reception: Wednesday, October 22, 4 -6 p.m.
A national traveling exhibition celebrating one of America’s most remarkable personalities, Benjamin Franklin, will be on display at Cook Library. Based on a major exhibition by the Benjamin Franklin Tercentenary, the 1,000 sq. ft. panel exhibit combines original papers with artwork and artifacts to explore Franklin’s life and contributions as a scientist, inventor, entrepreneur, humorist, philanthropist and diplomat. Many of the exhibit’s documents come from organizations that Franklin helped create, such as the American Philosophical Society and the Library Company of Philadelphia, along with many other museums and libraries. The opening reception includes a Benjamin Franklin interpreter, music and refreshments. For additional information, please call 410-704-2461 or visit www.cooklibrary.towson.edu.
Admission is free.
TAIWAN’S THREE MASTERS OF MODERN ART
Center for the Arts Asian Arts Gallery
Saturday, November 1 – Saturday, December 13
Closed for Thanksgiving Break: Thursday, November 27- Saturday, November 29
Opening Reception: Saturday, November 1, 3 – 5 p.m.
Gallery Hours: Monday – Friday 11 a.m. – 4 p.m.; Saturday, 1 – 4 p.m.
Rooted in the fashions of the twentieth century, yet grounded firmly in tradition, modern Taiwanese art boasts a history of surprising diversity and change. With increased Western influence, artists took a critical break with tradition and embraced the avant-garde movement of the 60’s, among them, Liao Shieu-Ping, Li Shi-Chi and Chu Wei-Ber. These widely celebrated artists have developed a distinctively individual style through decades of exploration and ingenious innovations. Their joint exhibition displays the recent output of their creative works on paper, canvas, wood and lacquer.
Admission is free.
ANNUAL STUDENT JURIED ART EXHIBITION
Center for the Arts, Center for the Arts Gallery
Friday, November 21 - Saturday, December 13
Closed for Thanksgiving Break: Thursday, November 27- Saturday, November 29
Opening Reception: Thursday, November 20, 7:30- 9 p.m.
Gallery Hours: Tuesday- Saturday, 11 a.m.- 4 p.m.
The annual undergraduate juried exhibition features students works that represent the various tracks, including painting, sculpture, illustration, graphic design, metalworking/jewelry, ceramics, digital art and design, photography, and printmaking. Julie Ann Cavnor, the Executive Director of Maryland Art Place (MAP), is the juror for the exhibition.
Admission is free.
JULIE ANN GAVNOR: CONTEMPORARY ART AND MARYLAND ART PLACE
Department of Art + Design, Art History, Art Education Lecture Series
Center for the Arts Lecture Hall, Room 2032
Thursday, November 20, 6:30 p.m.
Julie Ann Cavnor, the Executive Director of Maryland Art Place (MAP), the juror for the 2008 Annual Student Exhibition, will discuss contemporary art in Maryland and the role of MAP in the region.
Admission is free.
MFA THESIS EXHIBITION: ALLISON LONG: ORDERED CHAOS AND PENNY SHEARER: ALLUDING TO FUNCTION
Center for the Arts, Holtzman MFA Gallery
Friday, November 21 - Saturday, December 13
Closed Thanksgiving Holiday: Thursday, November 27 – Saturday, November 29
Opening Reception: Thursday, November 20, 7:30- 9 p.m.
Gallery Hours: Tuesday- Saturday, 11 a.m.- 4 p.m.
Master of Fine Arts candidates Allison Long and Penny Shearer display their thesis work. Long explores basis human experiences in her work through traditional and non-traditional means of expression including painting, drawing, printmaking and video. Shearer’s focus is to create vessels which appear animated and graceful, and investigate the relationship between the organic and the formal elements, but also explore the relationship between sensuous forms and surfaces and the human body.
Admission is free.
35TH ANNUAL HOLIDAY POTTERY SALE
Center for the Arts, Ceramics Studio, Room 3012
Friday, December 5- Saturday, December 6, 9 a.m.- 7 p.m.
A vast selection of handcrafted functional ceramics created by students and faculty will be for sale. Works are ideal for holiday gift giving. The selection includes functional and decorative ceramics.
Admission is free.
Gallery Hours and Locations
MFA Holtzman Art Gallery, Center for the Arts: Tuesday - Saturday, 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Asian Arts Gallery, Center for the Arts: Monday-Friday, 11 a.m. -4 p.m.; Saturday 1-4 p.m.
Center for the Arts Gallery: Tuesday - Saturday 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Box Office
Center for the Arts, 3rd Floor (map)
Hours: Tuesday - Saturday, noon - 4 p.m.
Phone: 410-704-ARTS (2787)
Fax: 410-704-6006
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