Playwright Julia Brownell’s Smart Cookie is a wickedly funny comedy about how a shocking surprise helps a wealthy Manhattan socialite become the woman she never realized she wanted to be. The clear favorite of the 2008 Kendeda Graduate Playwriting Competition judges, this World Premiere play combines laugh-out-loud humor with a provocative story about social image and the powers that can change a person’s attitudes. For those who loved the film Juno, here is another unexpected tale of teenagers and pregnancy. The play is directed by Jeremy B. Cohen (Associate Artistic Director at Hartford Stage) on the intimate Hertz Stage. Opening Night is Wednesday, Feb. 4, 2009 at 8 p.m. on the Hertz Stage. Tickets are available at the Woodruff Arts Center Box Office by calling 404.733.5000 or online at www.alliancetheatre.org.
Smart Cookie is the fifth winner of the nationally recognized Kendeda Graduate Playwriting Competition. At the beginning of this hilarious play, socialite Cookie Walsh has the perfect life on Manhattan’s Upper East Side—including a handsome and successful husband and a Park Avenue triplex. However, her world is split wide open when her son comes home from prep school with his Spanish exchange student girlfriend and a big announcement. Cookie, used to running the show, now faces a situation utterly out of her control.
Julia Brownell, originally from Ridgewood, New Jersey, graduated from New York University – Tish School of the Arts with an M.F.A. in Playwriting. Propelled into the national spotlight of talented playwrights, Brownell has had works produced/read at Actors Theatre of Louisville, The Public Theater, The Minneapolis Playwrights’ Center and Babel Theatre Project. Brownell is the first comic writer to win the Kendeda Graduate Playwriting Competition.
The Kendeda Graduate Playwriting Competition is a one-of-a-kind national competition that exposes student playwrights to the world of professional theatre through experiences working with a nationally recognized theatre. Brownell is the fifth talented young playwright to win the Kendeda GPC, which began in the 2003-04 Season.
The six-member cast includes four local actors – Rebecca Blumhagan, Courtenay Collins (Managing Maxine and Jacques Brel is Alive and Well and Living in Paris), Dori Garziano and Larry Larson (Managing Maxine and Gem of the Ocean) – in addition to Blake Lowell and Nancy Lemenager from New York. (Biographical information on the cast may be found in the attached fact sheet.)
Members of the artistic team that will bring this exciting new work to life on stage are Lee Savage, set designer; Miranda Hoffman, costume designer; Jaymi Lee Smith, lighting designer; Lindsay Jones, sound designer/composer; and Celise Kalke and Sarah Slight, dramaturgs.
Performances are Tuesday through Friday at 8 p.m., Saturdays at 2:30 p.m. and 8 p.m., and Sundays at 2:30 p.m. and 7:30 p.m., Jan. 30 – Feb. 22, 2009 on the Hertz Stage. There will not be a matinee performance on Saturday, Jan. 31.
Opening/Media Night is Feb. 4 at 8 p.m. The Sunday, Feb. 15 show at 2:30 p.m. will be Audio Described for the visually impaired.
Tickets are $25 and $30 and are available at the Woodruff Arts Center Box Office by calling 404.733.5000 or online at www.alliancetheatre.org. Discount rates for groups of 10 or more are available by calling 404.733.4690. Discount rates are also available for members of the military, seniors and students. The Alliance Theatre is located at the Woodruff Arts Center, corner of Peachtree and 15th Street, in Midtown Atlanta.
Do More: Kendeda Graduate Playwriting Competition Finalist Readings
To coincide with the World Premiere of Smart Cookie, Atlanta's finest actors and directors will come together to present FREE staged readings of the plays by the other four 2008 finalists. This is an intimate chance to hear works by some of America's most interesting up-and-coming writers. The full schedule for the readings and play information can be found online on the events page of the Alliance Theatre Web site. Tickets for the FREE seats may be reserved online or by calling the Box Office at 404.733.5000. Seating is limited.
Smart Cookie is part of the Turner Series on the Hertz Stage.
Additional Sponsors: Smart Cookie is sponsored by Delta Air Lines – Official Airline of the Alliance Theatre; Marriott Residence Inn – Official Hotel of the Alliance Theatre; and The Home Depot – Set Construction Sponsor of the Alliance Theatre.
Production of Smart Cookie is made possible with grants from the City of Atlanta Office of Cultural Affairs, the Fulton County Arts Council, the Georgia Council for the Arts and the National Endowment for the Arts.
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Friday, January 16, 2009
"The Blues Brothers" Movie Screening at The Plaza Theatre
Thursday, January 22, 7:30 p.m.
One-Night Only Screening of 1980 Cult Classic
Bid on Blues Brothers Formal Classic Revue Auction Items
Photo Opportunities with Famous Blues Brothers Mobile
A one-night only screening of the wildly popular cult classic film "The Blues Brothers" will help fans gear up for the upcoming Blues Brothers Formal Classic Revue charity event and live show at the Tabernacle in Atlanta, Ga. this February.
The historic Plaza Theatre in the Poncey-Highlands will host the one-night only movie screening on Thursday, January 22 at 7:30 p.m. Moviegoers will have the opportunity to purchase tickets for the Blues Brothers Formal Classic Revue charity event and live show, bid on a variety of auction items, and see the famous Blues Brothers Mobile. General admission tickets are available for $8. For more details or to purchase tickets to see the original The Blues Brothers movie, visit www.brownpapertickets.com/event/52811 or call 404.873.1939.
The one-night only movie screening is leading up to The Blues Brothers Formal Classic Revue On a Mission from G-d charity event and live show starring Dan Aykroyd as Elwood Blues, Jim Belushi as Zee Blues and the Sacred Hearts Band on Saturday, February 7, 2009 at 8 p.m. at the Tabernacle in Downtown Atlanta. The event will help raise funds for the multi-campus culture and lifestyle student organization, Hillels of Georgia, and will feature a VIP meet and greet, a silent auction, private sound check and much more. The renowned high-energy live show will include the Blues Brothers greatest hits, including "Soul Man," "Everybody Needs Somebody," "Gimme Some Lovin'," "Rawhide," "Sweet Home Chicago," and many more.
Tickets for the "Blues Brothers Formal Classic Revue On a Mission from G-d are available for purchase online for $55 - $75. Special VIP packages including VIP seating, green room access and Blues Brothers merchandise will be available for $180, $500 and $1,000. Visit www.BluesBrothersATL.com or call 404.727.2089 for more information and to purchase tickets.
The Plaza Theatre is located 1049 Ponce de Leon Ave. NE. Visit www.plazaatlanta.com or call 404.873.1939 for more information.
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One-Night Only Screening of 1980 Cult Classic
Bid on Blues Brothers Formal Classic Revue Auction Items
Photo Opportunities with Famous Blues Brothers Mobile
A one-night only screening of the wildly popular cult classic film "The Blues Brothers" will help fans gear up for the upcoming Blues Brothers Formal Classic Revue charity event and live show at the Tabernacle in Atlanta, Ga. this February.
The historic Plaza Theatre in the Poncey-Highlands will host the one-night only movie screening on Thursday, January 22 at 7:30 p.m. Moviegoers will have the opportunity to purchase tickets for the Blues Brothers Formal Classic Revue charity event and live show, bid on a variety of auction items, and see the famous Blues Brothers Mobile. General admission tickets are available for $8. For more details or to purchase tickets to see the original The Blues Brothers movie, visit www.brownpapertickets.com/event/52811 or call 404.873.1939.
The one-night only movie screening is leading up to The Blues Brothers Formal Classic Revue On a Mission from G-d charity event and live show starring Dan Aykroyd as Elwood Blues, Jim Belushi as Zee Blues and the Sacred Hearts Band on Saturday, February 7, 2009 at 8 p.m. at the Tabernacle in Downtown Atlanta. The event will help raise funds for the multi-campus culture and lifestyle student organization, Hillels of Georgia, and will feature a VIP meet and greet, a silent auction, private sound check and much more. The renowned high-energy live show will include the Blues Brothers greatest hits, including "Soul Man," "Everybody Needs Somebody," "Gimme Some Lovin'," "Rawhide," "Sweet Home Chicago," and many more.
Tickets for the "Blues Brothers Formal Classic Revue On a Mission from G-d are available for purchase online for $55 - $75. Special VIP packages including VIP seating, green room access and Blues Brothers merchandise will be available for $180, $500 and $1,000. Visit www.BluesBrothersATL.com or call 404.727.2089 for more information and to purchase tickets.
The Plaza Theatre is located 1049 Ponce de Leon Ave. NE. Visit www.plazaatlanta.com or call 404.873.1939 for more information.
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Thursday, January 15, 2009
The Georgia Review Features a Famous Feminist on Suicide and the Holocaust, a Forgotten German Painter, a Sightless Poet on His Freedoms, and More
The recently released Winter 2008 issue of The Georgia Review, the quarterly journal of arts and letters founded at the University of Georgia in 1947, features a new essay by one of the country's best-known feminist critics, Susan Gubar--coauthor (with Sandra Gilbert) of The Madwoman in the Attic: The Woman Writer and the Nineteenth-Century Literary Imagination and the three-volume No Man's Land: The Place of the Woman Writer in the Twentieth Century.
"My Franziska, Charlotte Salomon, and the Decision Not to Be: Suicide Before, During, and After the Holocaust" is a wrenching personal and public examination of patterns of European selbstmord (self-killing). Gubar meditates upon several suicides among her ancestors as well as those of well-known figures such as Virginia Woolf and Simone Weil--and she looks most intensely at an overlooked German masterwork of paintings and writings by Charlotte Salomon (1917-1943), sent to Auschwitz and killed there on the day of her arrival.
Salomon's posthumously published Life? or Theatre? A Play with Music is a thick volume comprising more than seven hundred impressionistic gouaches, many of them incorporating or accompanied by written commentary. As a group they tell the story of Salomon's several family suicides and tales of the unfolding war in her native country. Gubar discusses many of these paintings, fourteen of which are reproduced in The Georgia Review.
"Thinking inevitably within the precincts of the shadow that the Holocaust threw on my family," says Gubar, "I believe that the will to die preoccupied Jewish women before as well as during the Shoah not (or at least not simply) as an escape from suffering, and not (or at least not simply) as an expression of hunger, rebellion, and rage. This preoccupation was, more precisely, a means of transmuting suffering, of turning it into a voluntary testimonial to (or witnessing of) grievously betrayed love."
Also featured in this issue is an interview with Stephen Kuusisto, author of one poetry collection (Only Bread, Only Light) and two volumes of nonfiction (Planet of the Blind and Eavesdropping: A Memoir of Blindness and Listening). Kuusisto, who currently teaches at the University of Iowa in both the creative writing program and the College of Medicine, is intensively questioned by another poet/memoirist, Lia Purpura.
Virtually blind from birth, Kuusisto notes that "not seeing allows me some luck--not necessarily an advantage, but opportunity for luck, because luck is, after all, entirely about opportunity. The opportunity is not seeing the woman, or the tree, or the cathedral, or the cobblestone streets, or the queen's horses. I can't conjure them by enunciating them, and so I'm not trapped in the tyranny of much modern journalistic writing: having to explain," he said.
"All I can do is suggest that I'm an impressionist. There's freedom in impressionism, and with that freedom comes luck, because then, if your language has a kind of compensatory sweetness, musicality, energy, and rightness, literary consciousness unfolds and something larger than the writer occurs. That's where I get lucky."
Gubar, Salomon, Kuusisto, and so much more await Review readers: Paul Zimmer is here with "London and a Friend," an evocative reminiscence about a bygone publishing world--including the time he covertly laid his head "on a cushion that Lord Byron had used for a nap." Veteran short-story writers George Singleton and Jack Driscoll are here, along with newcomer Elea Carey. Veteran poets Coleman Barks, Albert Goldbarth, and Sydney Lea are here, along with newcomer Tyler Caroline Mills. Edward Butscher reviews memoirs by women, Judith Kitchen discusses new poetry collections, Anis Shivani takes on recent books about terrorism and politics, and Gerald Weales examines a lifetime of letters by the inimitable Noel Coward.
All in all, the Winter 2008 Georgia Review offers up the usual unusual riches from what novelist Terry Kay has called "the best literary publication in the country, period."
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"My Franziska, Charlotte Salomon, and the Decision Not to Be: Suicide Before, During, and After the Holocaust" is a wrenching personal and public examination of patterns of European selbstmord (self-killing). Gubar meditates upon several suicides among her ancestors as well as those of well-known figures such as Virginia Woolf and Simone Weil--and she looks most intensely at an overlooked German masterwork of paintings and writings by Charlotte Salomon (1917-1943), sent to Auschwitz and killed there on the day of her arrival.
Salomon's posthumously published Life? or Theatre? A Play with Music is a thick volume comprising more than seven hundred impressionistic gouaches, many of them incorporating or accompanied by written commentary. As a group they tell the story of Salomon's several family suicides and tales of the unfolding war in her native country. Gubar discusses many of these paintings, fourteen of which are reproduced in The Georgia Review.
"Thinking inevitably within the precincts of the shadow that the Holocaust threw on my family," says Gubar, "I believe that the will to die preoccupied Jewish women before as well as during the Shoah not (or at least not simply) as an escape from suffering, and not (or at least not simply) as an expression of hunger, rebellion, and rage. This preoccupation was, more precisely, a means of transmuting suffering, of turning it into a voluntary testimonial to (or witnessing of) grievously betrayed love."
Also featured in this issue is an interview with Stephen Kuusisto, author of one poetry collection (Only Bread, Only Light) and two volumes of nonfiction (Planet of the Blind and Eavesdropping: A Memoir of Blindness and Listening). Kuusisto, who currently teaches at the University of Iowa in both the creative writing program and the College of Medicine, is intensively questioned by another poet/memoirist, Lia Purpura.
Virtually blind from birth, Kuusisto notes that "not seeing allows me some luck--not necessarily an advantage, but opportunity for luck, because luck is, after all, entirely about opportunity. The opportunity is not seeing the woman, or the tree, or the cathedral, or the cobblestone streets, or the queen's horses. I can't conjure them by enunciating them, and so I'm not trapped in the tyranny of much modern journalistic writing: having to explain," he said.
"All I can do is suggest that I'm an impressionist. There's freedom in impressionism, and with that freedom comes luck, because then, if your language has a kind of compensatory sweetness, musicality, energy, and rightness, literary consciousness unfolds and something larger than the writer occurs. That's where I get lucky."
Gubar, Salomon, Kuusisto, and so much more await Review readers: Paul Zimmer is here with "London and a Friend," an evocative reminiscence about a bygone publishing world--including the time he covertly laid his head "on a cushion that Lord Byron had used for a nap." Veteran short-story writers George Singleton and Jack Driscoll are here, along with newcomer Elea Carey. Veteran poets Coleman Barks, Albert Goldbarth, and Sydney Lea are here, along with newcomer Tyler Caroline Mills. Edward Butscher reviews memoirs by women, Judith Kitchen discusses new poetry collections, Anis Shivani takes on recent books about terrorism and politics, and Gerald Weales examines a lifetime of letters by the inimitable Noel Coward.
All in all, the Winter 2008 Georgia Review offers up the usual unusual riches from what novelist Terry Kay has called "the best literary publication in the country, period."
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Tuesday, January 13, 2009
Events at the High Museum Sunday, January 18 to Sunday, January 25
Louvre Atlanta Art Change: January 25 will be the last day to see the Michelangelo drawings in “The Louvre in the Masterpiece.” They will be replaced with nature drawings by Pisanello, and two sculptures by the Master of Mussy will replace Messerschmidt's “Character Head.”
ART IN THE CITY
Thursday, January 22, 5 to 8 p.m.
The Museum offers extended hours every Thursday until 8 p.m. This is a great way to see special exhibitions and avoid the weekend crowds, especially to see “The First Emperor,” which has already received nearly 150,000 visitors since its opening and was named a Top 10 Exhibition of 2008 by Time Magazine. Free with Museum admission and free to members.
Lecture: Inside the Louvre's Drawings Cabinet: Caring for Works on Paper
Saturday, January 24, 1 to 3:30 p.m.; Hill Auditorium
This is the second annual program of the Gudmund Vigtel Works on Paper Fund. Carel van Tuyll, Chief Curator of the Department of Prints and Drawings, Musée du Louvre, will discuss caring for the world’s greatest drawings collection. Mr. van Tuyll is one of the world’s foremost drawings experts and has written extensively on the drawings of Annibale Carracci and Rembrandt. Joining Mr. van Tuyll is Leslie Paisley, works on paper conservator at the Williamstown Art Conservation Center, and Dr. Sheldon Peck, a collector of Dutch and Flemish Old Master drawings.
This program is free and seating is limited. Tickets are available through the Woodruff Arts Center Box Office at 404-733-5000 and online at www.high.org. Tickets to the Museum are sold separately.
SPECIAL EVENT: College Night ARTBreak
Saturday, January 24, 7 p.m. to midnight
The 11th annual College Night will celebrate Chinese New Year and is themed in cooridnation with the museum’s current popular exhibition, “The First Emperor: China’s Terracotta Army.” In addition to live musical performances by Beatrix*JAR and The Grapetree Collective (featuring groups No Face, Supreme, and The Hotels), students and visitors will enjoy a night of gallery viewing, art-making, a Kung-fu film festival, and food and non-alcoholic bevergaes for purchase. Admission: $8 with valid student I.D.; free for student members; $18 general public
FILM SERIES: 4th annual Danish Film Festival
Friday, January 16 and Saturday, January 17; Rich Theatre
The Danish Film Festival returns to the High Museum of Art for its fourth year, from January 16 through January 24, 2009.
“Hugo the Movie Star” Sunday, January 18, 3 p.m.
This English-language version of the popular animated Danish children's series is about Hugo, the world's rarest and cutest creature. Because he is so adorable, he ends up being kidnapped by a pair of filmmakers who are hungry for a hit. Hugo's long-lost best friend, a fox named Rita, is determined to set him free. But by the time she finds him, Hugo has become accustomed to celebrity and isn't sure that he wants to return to life in the forest. This film is appropriate for children 3 and older. (Denmark, 1996, 69 minutes.) In English.
“The Monastery: Mr. Vig and the Nun” Friday, January 23
Winner of the Danish Critics’ Prize for documentary, “The Monastery” is an oddly endearing, seriously funny film that offers definitive proof that truth is stranger than fiction. It’s the story of an ornery, isolated, and retired parish priest and a confirmed bachelor named Mr. Vig, who nurtures the dream of turning the crumbling castle he calls home into a monastery. This obsession leads him to contact the Russian Orthodox Church, whose officials are intrigued but not entirely sold on the offer. They decide to send out an exploratory force of nuns, led by Sister Amvrosija, a vigorous, determined woman half Vig’s age whose take-charge attitude quickly sets her at odds with her host. The battle of wills is on, and director Pernille Rose Gronkjaer captures it in what “Eye for Film’s” Andrew Robertson called “a wonderful little film, a delightful portrait of two very different characters . . . a meditation on the nature of faith and desire.” (Denmark, 2007, 84 minutes.) In Danish, Russian, and English with subtitles.
“Just Like Home” Saturday, January 24
This charming comedy from director Lone Scherfig (“Italian for Beginners”, “Wilbur Wants to Kill Himself”) centers on a small Danish town where the comfortingly predictable cycle of life is threatened by the report of a naked man roaming the streets at night. Hearing about the anonymous streaker, the village’s construction workers call a strike, leaving the town square looking like a bomb site. A group of concerned citizens takes over the community’s emergency hotline and decides to use it to ferret out the culprit. Scherfig’s amiable cast of eccentrics and her loose, improvisational style make for a film that, in the director’s words, affirms “the fundamental belief that people you hardly know will want the best for you.” (Denmark, 2007, 97 minutes.) In Danish with subtitles.
REGULAR FAMILY PROGRAMMING:
TODDLER THURSDAYS
Thursdays; 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.; Greene Family Education Center
· Thursday, January 22: Painted Lanterns - Light up the sky with your own decorative lantern. Play with patterns and shapes to create a unique design all your own!
Experience this popular pre-school art education program! Parents and their children ages 2 to 4 are encouraged to look at works of art within the Museum’s special exhibitions and permanent collections as well as to create a masterpiece to take home. Drop by any time and stay as long as you like. A treat for parents and toddlers! Sponsored by Carters/ OshKosh.
No registration required. Free with Museum admission and free to members.
SATURDAY STUDIO
Saturdays: 1 p.m. – 4 p.m.; Greene Family Education Center
Saturday, January 24: DIY Discoveries: Fabric Fortune Cookies - An exciting and creative opportunity awaits you in the studio. Find yourself full of fortune as we hand-sew a colorful assortment of the popular Chinese cookie.
With activities ranging from three-dimensional sculptures to figural collages, your family is sure to have an enriching hands-on art making experience! Saturday Studio is offered each Saturday at the High.
No registration required. Free with museum admission and free to members
GENERAL VISITOR INFORMATION
MUSEUM HOURS
Mondays CLOSED
Tuesday and Wednesday 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Thursday 10 a.m. to 8 p.m.
Friday and Saturday 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Sunday 12 to 5 p.m.
* Friday Jazz (3rd Friday of every month) 5 to 10 p.m.
Check www.High.org for special extended hours during special exhibitions and events.
Closed January 1, July 4, Thanksgiving and December 25.
GENERAL ADMISSION
$18 Adult
$15 Senior citizens and college students with ID
$11 Children ages 6 to 17
Free Children under age 6 and Members
Tickets are available online at www.High.org. Tickets may also be purchased at the High Museum admission desk, Woodruff Arts Center box office, or by phone, 404-733-5000 (404-733-5386 TTD). All ticket orders placed via phone will incur a $3.00/ticket service charge.
Audio Guides
An audio guide including both “The First Emperor” and “The Louvre and the Masterpiece” will be available for purchase—$5 for general public; $3 for Members, complete group bookings, and ages 17 and under. The audio guide will be included for school group admission.
CityPass Tickets
Includes admission to 6 Atlanta attractions. $69 for adults (a $119 value) and $49 for children 3 – 12 (an $89 value). For more information on CityPass, please visit www.citypass.com/city/atlanta.
WHERE
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1280 Peachtree Street
Midtown Atlanta
MARTA: Arts Center
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ART IN THE CITY
Thursday, January 22, 5 to 8 p.m.
The Museum offers extended hours every Thursday until 8 p.m. This is a great way to see special exhibitions and avoid the weekend crowds, especially to see “The First Emperor,” which has already received nearly 150,000 visitors since its opening and was named a Top 10 Exhibition of 2008 by Time Magazine. Free with Museum admission and free to members.
Lecture: Inside the Louvre's Drawings Cabinet: Caring for Works on Paper
Saturday, January 24, 1 to 3:30 p.m.; Hill Auditorium
This is the second annual program of the Gudmund Vigtel Works on Paper Fund. Carel van Tuyll, Chief Curator of the Department of Prints and Drawings, Musée du Louvre, will discuss caring for the world’s greatest drawings collection. Mr. van Tuyll is one of the world’s foremost drawings experts and has written extensively on the drawings of Annibale Carracci and Rembrandt. Joining Mr. van Tuyll is Leslie Paisley, works on paper conservator at the Williamstown Art Conservation Center, and Dr. Sheldon Peck, a collector of Dutch and Flemish Old Master drawings.
This program is free and seating is limited. Tickets are available through the Woodruff Arts Center Box Office at 404-733-5000 and online at www.high.org. Tickets to the Museum are sold separately.
SPECIAL EVENT: College Night ARTBreak
Saturday, January 24, 7 p.m. to midnight
The 11th annual College Night will celebrate Chinese New Year and is themed in cooridnation with the museum’s current popular exhibition, “The First Emperor: China’s Terracotta Army.” In addition to live musical performances by Beatrix*JAR and The Grapetree Collective (featuring groups No Face, Supreme, and The Hotels), students and visitors will enjoy a night of gallery viewing, art-making, a Kung-fu film festival, and food and non-alcoholic bevergaes for purchase. Admission: $8 with valid student I.D.; free for student members; $18 general public
FILM SERIES: 4th annual Danish Film Festival
Friday, January 16 and Saturday, January 17; Rich Theatre
The Danish Film Festival returns to the High Museum of Art for its fourth year, from January 16 through January 24, 2009.
“Hugo the Movie Star” Sunday, January 18, 3 p.m.
This English-language version of the popular animated Danish children's series is about Hugo, the world's rarest and cutest creature. Because he is so adorable, he ends up being kidnapped by a pair of filmmakers who are hungry for a hit. Hugo's long-lost best friend, a fox named Rita, is determined to set him free. But by the time she finds him, Hugo has become accustomed to celebrity and isn't sure that he wants to return to life in the forest. This film is appropriate for children 3 and older. (Denmark, 1996, 69 minutes.) In English.
“The Monastery: Mr. Vig and the Nun” Friday, January 23
Winner of the Danish Critics’ Prize for documentary, “The Monastery” is an oddly endearing, seriously funny film that offers definitive proof that truth is stranger than fiction. It’s the story of an ornery, isolated, and retired parish priest and a confirmed bachelor named Mr. Vig, who nurtures the dream of turning the crumbling castle he calls home into a monastery. This obsession leads him to contact the Russian Orthodox Church, whose officials are intrigued but not entirely sold on the offer. They decide to send out an exploratory force of nuns, led by Sister Amvrosija, a vigorous, determined woman half Vig’s age whose take-charge attitude quickly sets her at odds with her host. The battle of wills is on, and director Pernille Rose Gronkjaer captures it in what “Eye for Film’s” Andrew Robertson called “a wonderful little film, a delightful portrait of two very different characters . . . a meditation on the nature of faith and desire.” (Denmark, 2007, 84 minutes.) In Danish, Russian, and English with subtitles.
“Just Like Home” Saturday, January 24
This charming comedy from director Lone Scherfig (“Italian for Beginners”, “Wilbur Wants to Kill Himself”) centers on a small Danish town where the comfortingly predictable cycle of life is threatened by the report of a naked man roaming the streets at night. Hearing about the anonymous streaker, the village’s construction workers call a strike, leaving the town square looking like a bomb site. A group of concerned citizens takes over the community’s emergency hotline and decides to use it to ferret out the culprit. Scherfig’s amiable cast of eccentrics and her loose, improvisational style make for a film that, in the director’s words, affirms “the fundamental belief that people you hardly know will want the best for you.” (Denmark, 2007, 97 minutes.) In Danish with subtitles.
REGULAR FAMILY PROGRAMMING:
TODDLER THURSDAYS
Thursdays; 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.; Greene Family Education Center
· Thursday, January 22: Painted Lanterns - Light up the sky with your own decorative lantern. Play with patterns and shapes to create a unique design all your own!
Experience this popular pre-school art education program! Parents and their children ages 2 to 4 are encouraged to look at works of art within the Museum’s special exhibitions and permanent collections as well as to create a masterpiece to take home. Drop by any time and stay as long as you like. A treat for parents and toddlers! Sponsored by Carters/ OshKosh.
No registration required. Free with Museum admission and free to members.
SATURDAY STUDIO
Saturdays: 1 p.m. – 4 p.m.; Greene Family Education Center
Saturday, January 24: DIY Discoveries: Fabric Fortune Cookies - An exciting and creative opportunity awaits you in the studio. Find yourself full of fortune as we hand-sew a colorful assortment of the popular Chinese cookie.
With activities ranging from three-dimensional sculptures to figural collages, your family is sure to have an enriching hands-on art making experience! Saturday Studio is offered each Saturday at the High.
No registration required. Free with museum admission and free to members
GENERAL VISITOR INFORMATION
MUSEUM HOURS
Mondays CLOSED
Tuesday and Wednesday 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Thursday 10 a.m. to 8 p.m.
Friday and Saturday 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Sunday 12 to 5 p.m.
* Friday Jazz (3rd Friday of every month) 5 to 10 p.m.
Check www.High.org for special extended hours during special exhibitions and events.
Closed January 1, July 4, Thanksgiving and December 25.
GENERAL ADMISSION
$18 Adult
$15 Senior citizens and college students with ID
$11 Children ages 6 to 17
Free Children under age 6 and Members
Tickets are available online at www.High.org. Tickets may also be purchased at the High Museum admission desk, Woodruff Arts Center box office, or by phone, 404-733-5000 (404-733-5386 TTD). All ticket orders placed via phone will incur a $3.00/ticket service charge.
Audio Guides
An audio guide including both “The First Emperor” and “The Louvre and the Masterpiece” will be available for purchase—$5 for general public; $3 for Members, complete group bookings, and ages 17 and under. The audio guide will be included for school group admission.
CityPass Tickets
Includes admission to 6 Atlanta attractions. $69 for adults (a $119 value) and $49 for children 3 – 12 (an $89 value). For more information on CityPass, please visit www.citypass.com/city/atlanta.
WHERE
High Museum of Art
1280 Peachtree Street
Midtown Atlanta
MARTA: Arts Center
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Monday, January 12, 2009
Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater Celebrates 50th Anniversary in Atlanta Feb. 19 - 22
Features Live Onstage Performances by Sweet Honey In The Rock
The Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater (AAADT) will return to Atlanta’s Fabulous Fox Theater, February 19-22, during a 50-city global tour in celebration of its 50th anniversary. Led by the world-renowned Artistic Director Judith Jamison, the Company will present a diverse repertory of exciting premieres, dramatic new productions, revered classics, and repertory favorites... Click here to read more: Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater Celebrates 50th Anniversary in Atlanta Feb. 19 - 22
The Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater (AAADT) will return to Atlanta’s Fabulous Fox Theater, February 19-22, during a 50-city global tour in celebration of its 50th anniversary. Led by the world-renowned Artistic Director Judith Jamison, the Company will present a diverse repertory of exciting premieres, dramatic new productions, revered classics, and repertory favorites... Click here to read more: Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater Celebrates 50th Anniversary in Atlanta Feb. 19 - 22
Major Exhibition of Prints by David C. Driskell Opens at the High Spring 2009
“Evolution: Five Decades of Printmaking by David C. Driskell”
April 21 – August 2, 2009
The first exhibition to highlight the prints of renowned artist and scholar David C. Driskell will be on view at the High Museum of Art in 2009. “Evolution: Five Decades of Printmaking by David C. Driskell” will open on April 21, and will remain on view through August 2, 2009. Featuring 80 prints which provide insight into Driskell’s artistic process and development, the exhibition will be presented in conjunction with the fifth anniversary of the High’s David C. Driskell Prize for achievement in African American art and scholarship.
Organized by the David C. Driskell Center for the Study of the Visual Arts and Culture of African Americans and the African Diaspora at the University of Maryland, College Park, “Evolution” premiered at the Driskell Center and traveled to the Wichita Art Museum before its exhibition at the High. It will subsequently travel to the Portland Museum of Art, where it will be on view October 27, 2009, through January 17, 2010.
“Since the High’s relationship with David C. Driskell first began in 2000, we have been significantly impacted by his contribution to the field of African American art and art history both internationally and here in Atlanta,” said Michael E. Shapiro, Nancy and Holcombe T. Green, Jr. Director of the High. “The innovative work of Dr. Driskell is an inspirational force in the field of African American art. Through his remarkable prints, visitors this spring will be able to trace his development as an artist, as well as the evolution of African American art.”
Throughout his work, Driskell has drawn upon diverse sources while developing an artistic language of his own. “Evolution” will feature woodcuts such as the “Bakota Girt” series (1972-1974) and “Benin Woman” (1975), which reveal the influence of the artist’s travels to Africa and his desire to enrich his own connection to African culture. In “Bakota Girl 1,” Driskell draws inspiration from a Kota reliquary, while also referencing Byzantine Christian iconography through his use of gilt and jewel tones.
Over the course of his career, Driskell has explored the intersection between African sculpture, Modernist aesthetics, and the tradition of Western art. In his “Reclining Nude” (2000), Driskell references Matisse’s “Blue Nude” of 1906, reclaiming the African imagery which served as a key source of inspiration to 20th-century modernists.
Examples of Driskell’s self-portraits will also play an important role in the exhibition. Spanning more than thirty years, these works reflect the artist’s wide range of stylistic approaches, from the traditional pose and naturalistic representation of “Self Portrait” (1970), to “Pensive” (2004), in which Driskell transforms his own features into to those of an African mask.
Exhibition Organization, Support and Catalogue
“Evolution: Five Decades of Printmaking by David C. Driskell” is organized by the David C. Driskell Center for the Study of the Visual Arts and Culture of African Americans and the African Diaspora at the University of Maryland, College Park. It is curated by the Driskell Center’s Curator-in-Residence, Dr. Adrienne L. Childs. The exhibition includes works executed in a range of techniques, including woodcuts and linocuts, lithographs, collographs, etchings, a rare hand-colored lithograph and several hand-colored woodcuts and linocuts.
Accompanying the exhibition is a fully illustrated 120-page catalogue published by Pomegranate Communications. It includes a curatorial essay by Dr. Adrienne Childs; an essay by Ruth Fine, Curator of Special Projects in Modern Art, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.; and an introduction by Deborah Willis, Professor of Art, Tisch School of Arts, New York University. The catalogue is among the very few that document the medium of printmaking by African American artists, and it is the most comprehensive exploration of Driskell’s work to date.
David C. Driskell
Born in 1931 in Eatonton, Georgia, Driskell is Distinguished Professor Emeritus at the University of Maryland, College Park. He received his Bachelor of Arts degree from Howard University in 1955 and his Master of Fine Arts degree from Catholic University in 1962. He also attended the Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture in Maine in 1953, and studied art history at The Hague, The Netherlands, in 1964. In 1976, Driskell curated the groundbreaking exhibition “Two Centuries of Black American Art: 1750–1950,” which laid the foundation for the field of African American art history. Since 1977, he has served as cultural advisor to Camille O. and William H. Cosby and as the curator of the Cosby Collection of Fine Arts. In a White House ceremony in 2000, Driskell received the National Humanities Medal from President Bill Clinton, and in 2007 he was elected as a National Academician by the National Academy.
David C. Driskell Center
The David C. Driskell Center for the Study of the Visual Arts and Culture of African Americans and the African Diaspora at the University of Maryland, College Park, celebrates the legacy of David C. Driskell by preserving the rich heritage of African American visual art and culture. Established in 2001, the Center provides an intellectual home for artists, museum professionals, art administrators and scholars of color, broadening the field of African diasporic studies. The Driskell Center is committed to preserve, document and present African American art as well as to replenish and expand the field of African American art. More information about the Driskell Center is available at www.driskellcenter.umd.edu.
David C. Driskell Prize at the High Museum of Art
Established by the High in 2005, the David C. Driskell Prize is the first national award to honor and celebrate contributions to the field of African American art and art history. Past recipients include artist Xaviera Simmons (2008), scholar/curator Franklin Sirmans (2007), artist Willie Cole (2006) and scholar Dr. Kellie Jones (2005). A cash award of $25,000 accompanies the prize. Proceeds from the High Museum’s annual Driskell Prize Dinner go toward both the David C. Driskell African American Art Acquisitions Fund and the David C. Driskell African American Art Endowment. Through the David C. Driskell African American Art Acquisitions Fund, the High has acquired works by such artists as Radcliffe Bailey, Nick Cave, Willie Cole, John T. Scott and Renee Stout. The High will honor the 2009 prizewinner at the annual David C. Driskell Prize Award Dinner on April 20, 2009.
High Museum of Art
The High Museum of Art, founded in 1905 as the Atlanta Art Association, is the leading art museum in the southeastern United States. With more than 11,000 works of art in its permanent collection, the High Museum of Art has an extensive anthology of 19th- and 20th-century American and decorative art; significant holdings of European paintings; a growing collection of African American art; and burgeoning collections of modern and contemporary art, photography and African art. The High is also dedicated to supporting and collecting works by Southern artists and is distinguished as the only major museum in North America to have a curatorial department specifically devoted to the field of folk and self-taught art. The High’s media arts department produces acclaimed annual film series and festivals of foreign, independent and classic cinema. In November 2005 the High opened three new buildings by architect Renzo Piano that more than doubled the Museum’s size, creating a vibrant “village for the arts” at the Woodruff Arts Center in midtown Atlanta. For more information about the High, please visit www.High.org.
The Woodruff Arts Center
The Woodruff Arts Center is ranked among the top four arts centers in the nation. A not-for-profit center for performing and visual arts, its campus comprises the Alliance Theatre, the Atlanta College of Art, the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, the High Museum of Art, Young Audiences and the 14th Street Playhouse.
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April 21 – August 2, 2009
The first exhibition to highlight the prints of renowned artist and scholar David C. Driskell will be on view at the High Museum of Art in 2009. “Evolution: Five Decades of Printmaking by David C. Driskell” will open on April 21, and will remain on view through August 2, 2009. Featuring 80 prints which provide insight into Driskell’s artistic process and development, the exhibition will be presented in conjunction with the fifth anniversary of the High’s David C. Driskell Prize for achievement in African American art and scholarship.
Organized by the David C. Driskell Center for the Study of the Visual Arts and Culture of African Americans and the African Diaspora at the University of Maryland, College Park, “Evolution” premiered at the Driskell Center and traveled to the Wichita Art Museum before its exhibition at the High. It will subsequently travel to the Portland Museum of Art, where it will be on view October 27, 2009, through January 17, 2010.
“Since the High’s relationship with David C. Driskell first began in 2000, we have been significantly impacted by his contribution to the field of African American art and art history both internationally and here in Atlanta,” said Michael E. Shapiro, Nancy and Holcombe T. Green, Jr. Director of the High. “The innovative work of Dr. Driskell is an inspirational force in the field of African American art. Through his remarkable prints, visitors this spring will be able to trace his development as an artist, as well as the evolution of African American art.”
Throughout his work, Driskell has drawn upon diverse sources while developing an artistic language of his own. “Evolution” will feature woodcuts such as the “Bakota Girt” series (1972-1974) and “Benin Woman” (1975), which reveal the influence of the artist’s travels to Africa and his desire to enrich his own connection to African culture. In “Bakota Girl 1,” Driskell draws inspiration from a Kota reliquary, while also referencing Byzantine Christian iconography through his use of gilt and jewel tones.
Over the course of his career, Driskell has explored the intersection between African sculpture, Modernist aesthetics, and the tradition of Western art. In his “Reclining Nude” (2000), Driskell references Matisse’s “Blue Nude” of 1906, reclaiming the African imagery which served as a key source of inspiration to 20th-century modernists.
Examples of Driskell’s self-portraits will also play an important role in the exhibition. Spanning more than thirty years, these works reflect the artist’s wide range of stylistic approaches, from the traditional pose and naturalistic representation of “Self Portrait” (1970), to “Pensive” (2004), in which Driskell transforms his own features into to those of an African mask.
Exhibition Organization, Support and Catalogue
“Evolution: Five Decades of Printmaking by David C. Driskell” is organized by the David C. Driskell Center for the Study of the Visual Arts and Culture of African Americans and the African Diaspora at the University of Maryland, College Park. It is curated by the Driskell Center’s Curator-in-Residence, Dr. Adrienne L. Childs. The exhibition includes works executed in a range of techniques, including woodcuts and linocuts, lithographs, collographs, etchings, a rare hand-colored lithograph and several hand-colored woodcuts and linocuts.
Accompanying the exhibition is a fully illustrated 120-page catalogue published by Pomegranate Communications. It includes a curatorial essay by Dr. Adrienne Childs; an essay by Ruth Fine, Curator of Special Projects in Modern Art, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.; and an introduction by Deborah Willis, Professor of Art, Tisch School of Arts, New York University. The catalogue is among the very few that document the medium of printmaking by African American artists, and it is the most comprehensive exploration of Driskell’s work to date.
David C. Driskell
Born in 1931 in Eatonton, Georgia, Driskell is Distinguished Professor Emeritus at the University of Maryland, College Park. He received his Bachelor of Arts degree from Howard University in 1955 and his Master of Fine Arts degree from Catholic University in 1962. He also attended the Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture in Maine in 1953, and studied art history at The Hague, The Netherlands, in 1964. In 1976, Driskell curated the groundbreaking exhibition “Two Centuries of Black American Art: 1750–1950,” which laid the foundation for the field of African American art history. Since 1977, he has served as cultural advisor to Camille O. and William H. Cosby and as the curator of the Cosby Collection of Fine Arts. In a White House ceremony in 2000, Driskell received the National Humanities Medal from President Bill Clinton, and in 2007 he was elected as a National Academician by the National Academy.
David C. Driskell Center
The David C. Driskell Center for the Study of the Visual Arts and Culture of African Americans and the African Diaspora at the University of Maryland, College Park, celebrates the legacy of David C. Driskell by preserving the rich heritage of African American visual art and culture. Established in 2001, the Center provides an intellectual home for artists, museum professionals, art administrators and scholars of color, broadening the field of African diasporic studies. The Driskell Center is committed to preserve, document and present African American art as well as to replenish and expand the field of African American art. More information about the Driskell Center is available at www.driskellcenter.umd.edu.
David C. Driskell Prize at the High Museum of Art
Established by the High in 2005, the David C. Driskell Prize is the first national award to honor and celebrate contributions to the field of African American art and art history. Past recipients include artist Xaviera Simmons (2008), scholar/curator Franklin Sirmans (2007), artist Willie Cole (2006) and scholar Dr. Kellie Jones (2005). A cash award of $25,000 accompanies the prize. Proceeds from the High Museum’s annual Driskell Prize Dinner go toward both the David C. Driskell African American Art Acquisitions Fund and the David C. Driskell African American Art Endowment. Through the David C. Driskell African American Art Acquisitions Fund, the High has acquired works by such artists as Radcliffe Bailey, Nick Cave, Willie Cole, John T. Scott and Renee Stout. The High will honor the 2009 prizewinner at the annual David C. Driskell Prize Award Dinner on April 20, 2009.
High Museum of Art
The High Museum of Art, founded in 1905 as the Atlanta Art Association, is the leading art museum in the southeastern United States. With more than 11,000 works of art in its permanent collection, the High Museum of Art has an extensive anthology of 19th- and 20th-century American and decorative art; significant holdings of European paintings; a growing collection of African American art; and burgeoning collections of modern and contemporary art, photography and African art. The High is also dedicated to supporting and collecting works by Southern artists and is distinguished as the only major museum in North America to have a curatorial department specifically devoted to the field of folk and self-taught art. The High’s media arts department produces acclaimed annual film series and festivals of foreign, independent and classic cinema. In November 2005 the High opened three new buildings by architect Renzo Piano that more than doubled the Museum’s size, creating a vibrant “village for the arts” at the Woodruff Arts Center in midtown Atlanta. For more information about the High, please visit www.High.org.
The Woodruff Arts Center
The Woodruff Arts Center is ranked among the top four arts centers in the nation. A not-for-profit center for performing and visual arts, its campus comprises the Alliance Theatre, the Atlanta College of Art, the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, the High Museum of Art, Young Audiences and the 14th Street Playhouse.
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Sunday, January 11, 2009
Don Quixote!
WHEN FANTASY AND REALITY COLLIDE, ADVENTURE ABOUNDS IN THE CENTER’S NEW BILINGUAL ADAPTATION OF THE CERVANTES CLASSIC
Ever wished for that one opportunity to “get it right?” To start over and live your life the way you always dreamed it should be? To see how one man attempts to correct his past, visit the Center for Puppetry Arts to enjoy Don Quixote, a new production about a man who journeys to the brink of madness and back in his quest for one more chance to “get it right.” This bilingual show adapted by the Center’s Associate Producer Bobby Box, in collaboration with Manuel Moran of Teatro SEA (Sociedad Educativa de las Artes/Society of the Educational Arts) of New York, is presented Feb 3-15, 2009, as part of the 2008-2009 New Directions Series.
In this lively adaptation of Miguel de Cervantes’ classic adventure Don Quixote de la Mancha, Don Quijano, a nobleman who longs for the gallant days of his youth, and his faithful servant Sancho embark on a quest for chivalry and romance that leads them on the journey of a lifetime. In this legendary tale, Don Quijano becomes convinced that he is the noble knight Don Quixote de La Mancha. His fantasy and reality collide as windmills become giants, an inn becomes a castle, a flock of sheep turns into an army, and the old gentleman and his servant become defenders of faith, honor, and glory. It’s a story about a man who attempts to bring honor and good will to the world, but instead, finds himself.
Directed by Bobby Box, Don Quixote showcases puppeteers Luis Hernandez, Anthony Rodriguez, Yolanda Hernandez and Alejandro Gutierrez, who operate rod marionettes designed by Patrick Martel. The composer and musical director is Thom Jenkins and the musician/guitarist is Mark Cohn. Sound for the show is designed by Mimi Epstein and the lighting is designed by Liz Lee. The set is designed by Kat Conley and costumes are designed by Jamie Bullins.
Suggested for audiences 12 and up, Don Quixote will be presented in the Downstairs Theater. Showtimes are as follows: February 3-15, 2009: Matinees are Tue - Fri @ 11am; Evening Showtimes are Thurs-Sat @ 8pm; Sun @ 5pm.
MUSEUM & SPECIAL EXHIBITS
The Center’s Museum and special exhibits should not be missed! For a preview of our new Jim Henson Museum, visit Jim Henson: A Man and His Frog, Jim Henson: Puppeteer, and our newest exhibit, Jim Henson: Wonders from His Workshop, featuring puppets and ground-breaking technology from film and television productions including Fraggle Rock, Labyrinth, and Sid the Science Kid.
Tickets for Don Quixote are $18.52 – $22.22 + tax and include a performance, and admission into the permanent, interactive Museum exhibit Puppets: The Power of Wonder and special exhibits, including Jim Henson: Wonders from His Workshop. Member and group rates are available. This show is recommended for ages 12 and up.
Order your tickets “FEE-FREE” online at www.puppet.org or call the Ticket Sales Office at 404.873.3391. The Ticket Sales Office is open Monday through Saturday from 9am – 5pm and Sunday 11am – 5pm, with extended hours during evening performances. The Center is located in Midtown Atlanta, across the bridge from Atlantic Station, is accessible from MARTA, and has limited free parking.
Ever wished for that one opportunity to “get it right?” To start over and live your life the way you always dreamed it should be? To see how one man attempts to correct his past, visit the Center for Puppetry Arts to enjoy Don Quixote, a new production about a man who journeys to the brink of madness and back in his quest for one more chance to “get it right.” This bilingual show adapted by the Center’s Associate Producer Bobby Box, in collaboration with Manuel Moran of Teatro SEA (Sociedad Educativa de las Artes/Society of the Educational Arts) of New York, is presented Feb 3-15, 2009, as part of the 2008-2009 New Directions Series.
In this lively adaptation of Miguel de Cervantes’ classic adventure Don Quixote de la Mancha, Don Quijano, a nobleman who longs for the gallant days of his youth, and his faithful servant Sancho embark on a quest for chivalry and romance that leads them on the journey of a lifetime. In this legendary tale, Don Quijano becomes convinced that he is the noble knight Don Quixote de La Mancha. His fantasy and reality collide as windmills become giants, an inn becomes a castle, a flock of sheep turns into an army, and the old gentleman and his servant become defenders of faith, honor, and glory. It’s a story about a man who attempts to bring honor and good will to the world, but instead, finds himself.
Directed by Bobby Box, Don Quixote showcases puppeteers Luis Hernandez, Anthony Rodriguez, Yolanda Hernandez and Alejandro Gutierrez, who operate rod marionettes designed by Patrick Martel. The composer and musical director is Thom Jenkins and the musician/guitarist is Mark Cohn. Sound for the show is designed by Mimi Epstein and the lighting is designed by Liz Lee. The set is designed by Kat Conley and costumes are designed by Jamie Bullins.
Suggested for audiences 12 and up, Don Quixote will be presented in the Downstairs Theater. Showtimes are as follows: February 3-15, 2009: Matinees are Tue - Fri @ 11am; Evening Showtimes are Thurs-Sat @ 8pm; Sun @ 5pm.
MUSEUM & SPECIAL EXHIBITS
The Center’s Museum and special exhibits should not be missed! For a preview of our new Jim Henson Museum, visit Jim Henson: A Man and His Frog, Jim Henson: Puppeteer, and our newest exhibit, Jim Henson: Wonders from His Workshop, featuring puppets and ground-breaking technology from film and television productions including Fraggle Rock, Labyrinth, and Sid the Science Kid.
Tickets for Don Quixote are $18.52 – $22.22 + tax and include a performance, and admission into the permanent, interactive Museum exhibit Puppets: The Power of Wonder and special exhibits, including Jim Henson: Wonders from His Workshop. Member and group rates are available. This show is recommended for ages 12 and up.
Order your tickets “FEE-FREE” online at www.puppet.org or call the Ticket Sales Office at 404.873.3391. The Ticket Sales Office is open Monday through Saturday from 9am – 5pm and Sunday 11am – 5pm, with extended hours during evening performances. The Center is located in Midtown Atlanta, across the bridge from Atlantic Station, is accessible from MARTA, and has limited free parking.
Friday, January 9, 2009
Shorter’s Arnold Gallery To Feature Work Of Eilis Crean
Shorter College’s Art Department will present “Presence,” an exhibit of work by artist Eilis Crean, from Jan. 20 until Feb. 20.
Crean, assistant professor of painting at the University of West Georgia, will host an artist lecture on Jan. 20 at 4 p.m. inside Shorter’s Arnold Gallery. Her two current series of paintings – Memorial Wall and Portraits – connect philosophical issues of presence and being.
“My work is embedded in introspection and interpretation of my personal experience and the transformation of that through the act of painting,” said Crean, a native of Ireland.
“Contemplation, phenomenological being, cultural picturing, and the presence of witness are key components as I seek to create work that connects with spiritual, concrete, psychological, sociological and personal aspects of my life.”
Her work is held in the state collections of Ireland, Latvia, and France; the LaGrange Art Museum; King and Spalding, Atlanta, and in private collections in Ireland and the United States. Her work has been exhibited in numerous juried and groups show of national acclaim.
The exhibit is free and open to the public. The Arnold Gallery is located inside the Minor Fine Arts Building on the Shorter campus. Gallery hours are 9 a.m. until 5 p.m., Monday through Friday. For information, contact Brian Taylor at (706) 233-7332.
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Crean, assistant professor of painting at the University of West Georgia, will host an artist lecture on Jan. 20 at 4 p.m. inside Shorter’s Arnold Gallery. Her two current series of paintings – Memorial Wall and Portraits – connect philosophical issues of presence and being.
“My work is embedded in introspection and interpretation of my personal experience and the transformation of that through the act of painting,” said Crean, a native of Ireland.
“Contemplation, phenomenological being, cultural picturing, and the presence of witness are key components as I seek to create work that connects with spiritual, concrete, psychological, sociological and personal aspects of my life.”
Her work is held in the state collections of Ireland, Latvia, and France; the LaGrange Art Museum; King and Spalding, Atlanta, and in private collections in Ireland and the United States. Her work has been exhibited in numerous juried and groups show of national acclaim.
The exhibit is free and open to the public. The Arnold Gallery is located inside the Minor Fine Arts Building on the Shorter campus. Gallery hours are 9 a.m. until 5 p.m., Monday through Friday. For information, contact Brian Taylor at (706) 233-7332.
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Thursday, January 8, 2009
Photo Exhibit at Emory Law Explores the Unexpected
"Point of View," an exhibition of photographs by award winning San Diego artist Dana Levine, is on display at Emory University's Macmillan Law Library through March 8.
The exhibition's title refers to the artist's unique point of view. Levine uses the camera to search for vulnerability and beauty in unexpected, unlikely places. Through color and composition, her images achieve an atmosphere of mystery while at the same time evoking a peaceful serenity.
Levine spent her professional career as a scientist and science educator at a New Jersey engineering college and interactive science museum. After moving to San Diego several years ago, she became a painter and photographer. Today her work is shown in galleries and museums.
"As an artist and a scientist, I can tell you that art and science are not an unlikely combination," says Levine. "Both strive to see nature with a fresh eye. In my work I explore the inner richness of nature and the human form in a visual medium, looking for the structure beneath the surface using the original colors our eyes combine together. My style is impressionism; my ideas expressed in pigments and through the camera lens."
Many of the photographs in the exhibition were taken during a recent trip to Oaxaca, Mexico, for the festival of the Day of the Dead (Dia de los Muertos), a weeklong cultural celebration held in cities and villages throughout Mexico where family and friends gather to pray for and remember their loved ones. Traditions include building private altars honoring the deceased, decorating graves using sugar skulls, marigolds, mementos and favorite foods and beverages. Cemeteries fill with those who stay up all night to remember and honor their departed. The origin of the modern holiday can be traced back thousands of years to an Aztec festival dedicated to the goddess Mictecacihuatl (The Lady of the Dead).
Macmillan Law Library is located at Emory University School of Law, 1301 Clifton Rd. NE, Atlanta. The exhibition is free and open to the public during regular library hours:
• Monday-Thursday, 9 a.m. - 8 p.m.
• Fri. 9 a.m. - 5 p.m.
• Saturday and Sunday, 1 - 5 p.m.
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The exhibition's title refers to the artist's unique point of view. Levine uses the camera to search for vulnerability and beauty in unexpected, unlikely places. Through color and composition, her images achieve an atmosphere of mystery while at the same time evoking a peaceful serenity.
Levine spent her professional career as a scientist and science educator at a New Jersey engineering college and interactive science museum. After moving to San Diego several years ago, she became a painter and photographer. Today her work is shown in galleries and museums.
"As an artist and a scientist, I can tell you that art and science are not an unlikely combination," says Levine. "Both strive to see nature with a fresh eye. In my work I explore the inner richness of nature and the human form in a visual medium, looking for the structure beneath the surface using the original colors our eyes combine together. My style is impressionism; my ideas expressed in pigments and through the camera lens."
Many of the photographs in the exhibition were taken during a recent trip to Oaxaca, Mexico, for the festival of the Day of the Dead (Dia de los Muertos), a weeklong cultural celebration held in cities and villages throughout Mexico where family and friends gather to pray for and remember their loved ones. Traditions include building private altars honoring the deceased, decorating graves using sugar skulls, marigolds, mementos and favorite foods and beverages. Cemeteries fill with those who stay up all night to remember and honor their departed. The origin of the modern holiday can be traced back thousands of years to an Aztec festival dedicated to the goddess Mictecacihuatl (The Lady of the Dead).
Macmillan Law Library is located at Emory University School of Law, 1301 Clifton Rd. NE, Atlanta. The exhibition is free and open to the public during regular library hours:
• Monday-Thursday, 9 a.m. - 8 p.m.
• Fri. 9 a.m. - 5 p.m.
• Saturday and Sunday, 1 - 5 p.m.
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Tuesday, January 6, 2009
Events Chase Winter Blues Away in Carrollton
The University of West Georgia's 20th anniversary season at the Townsend Center for the Performing Arts brings an internationally acclaimed acoustic steel guitarist and the Chicago Jazz Ensemble to town this month. Both shows are sure to chase those January doldrums away.
Often cited as one of the world's top finger style, steel-string guitarists, Grammy nominee Alex de Grassi brings a unique voice to the art of acoustic guitar with his show, “Now and Then,” on Saturday, January 10, at 7:30 p.m.....More
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Often cited as one of the world's top finger style, steel-string guitarists, Grammy nominee Alex de Grassi brings a unique voice to the art of acoustic guitar with his show, “Now and Then,” on Saturday, January 10, at 7:30 p.m.....More
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