Year of Arts & Culture | 2007-08

"Picturing Faith" is a unique series of photographs showing the place of religion in American society through the lenses of some of America's most well-known photographers-Walker Evans, Dorothea Lange, and Gordon Parks. It also presents the works of equally talented but lesser known photographers-John Collier, Jr., Marion Post Wolcott, Russell Lee, Jack Delano and Marjory Collins. Supported by a grant from the Lilly Endowment, the exhibition includes 45 black-and-white photographs gathered from the Library of Congress archives. In 1935, in order to generate support for New Deal reforms, the Historical Division of the Farm Security Administration (FSA) began making a photographic survey of economic struggle and social dislocation in Depression era America. Historical Division director Roy E. Stryker also wanted to produce a composite picture of American society, so in the "scripts" he sent out to his photographers, he asked them to include pictures of America's religious life. These "sociologists with cameras" entered the homes and churches of the poor as well as the middle class. They photographed people in prayer, domestic shrines, dinner graces, parishioners going into their churches, revival meetings, and even the gospel trucks of itinerate preachers. While many of the FSA (and later Office of War Information) photographs are familiar, this is the first exhibition of how government photographers represented religion during this critical time in our nation's history. "Picturing Faith" was curated by Colleen McDannell, Sterling M. McMurrin Professor of Religious Studies at the University of Utah, and is based on her recent book, "Picturing Faith: Photography and the Great Depression" (Yale University Press).

This is an interactive exhibition that brings artists and visitors together by providing a hands-on art making experience. The exhibition is composed of works by 29 artists, drawn on flat sheets of paper and stacked in the gallery space. The visitor chooses a project, takes the printed sheet, cuts out and assembles the three-dimensional sculpture. As the weeks pass, the gallery spaces become filled with art work.

Aloka Kanungo will be performing Odissi (Indian classical dance) on September 8 at Brody Auditorium from 7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. Shreelina Ghosh, a doctoral student of MSU is honored to be sharing the stage with her Guru. The recital is free and all are welcome. Aloka will conduct workshops from September 4 to 8 where she plans to demonstrate the history and grammar of the dance, and also teach Odissi items to those interested in trying out the dance themselves. She will also give advanced training in Odissi. MSU students are entitled to discounts. Aloka Kanungo is a nationally acclaimed Odissi dancer from India and is currently on a US-tour with a series of workshops and recitals at Houston, Phoenix, Austin, New York, Detroit and yes, East Lansing. Please download the flyer and workshop registration form here:- Recital Flyer--- Workshop registration form---

The five architectural designs proposed for the future Eli and Edythe Broad Art Museum will be on display. Unveiled on July 18 before a jury, these designs represent the ideas of internationally renowned architectural firms: Coop Himmelb(l)au; Kohn Pederson Fox Architects, PC; Randall Stout Architects, Inc.; Zaha Hadid Architects, and Morphosis. Models, drawings and CD presentations reveal the range of designs for MSU's art museum's future home on Grand River Avenue to open in 2010.

The Asian Studies Center presents the Odissi classical Indian dance recital featuring Aloka Kanungo, reknowned dancer and choreographer from India and Shreelina Ghosh, MSU Ph.D student and dance student.

Design legend Massimo Vignelli will lecture in conjunction with the screening of "Helvetica". His significant contributions to design influence how we experience our environment and the stature of graphic design in contemporary society. Far-ranging in media and scope, Vignelli's work is included in collections from the MOMA to the Die Neue Sammlung in Munich.

Sponsored jointly by the Department of Art&Art History and AIGA Detroit Chapter, this independent film explores typography, graphic design and global visual culture as part of a larger conversation about the way type affects our lives.

Best known for his Soundsuits, fiber and performance artist Nick Cave transforms found and recycled materials into sculptural and ritualistic costumes. Cave is currently Professor and Chairperson of the Fashion Department at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago.

Art museum staff will give a guided tour of the BAM architectural models in The Future.

An up-and-coming graphic designer, Hudd Byard is an Art Director with Contemporary Media in Memphis, TN. Before taking his current position, Byard worked at GQ Magazine in New York, NY.

This event celebrates excellence in arts and humanities outreach. Exhibits prepared by faculty and students in the College of Arts and Letters will illustrate the wide range of ways that MSU engages with communities throughout Michigan. Refreshments will be served. RSVP by September 14 to Bets Caldwell at (517) 432-2479 or caldwell@msu.edu.

The Kresge Art Center will buzz with activity until midnight on Friday, September 28, when the Department of Art&Art History and Kresge Art Museum host The Arts Blitz, a variety of art-centered events, activities and programs in the building. Be "a part of the art" and complete paper sculptures to display in the museum as a part of The Paper Sculpture Show. Enjoy a live DJ (Jeff Owens (Bloom/Ghostly) in the museum 9 p.m. – midnight. Get a peek at models and renderings of proposals for the future Eli&Edythe Broad Art Museum, or watch a screening of the film Basquiat in 108 KAC at 7p.m. See student work in a variety of media at The Graduate Show closing reception in KAC Galleries 101 and 114 (8-11 p.m.), and "draw on the walls" on large, continuous sheets of paper set up throughout Kresge Art Center. This programming is coordinated and supported by Kresge Art Museum, Department of Art and Art History, and the College of Arts and Letters.

Join us for a guided tour of the exhibition, The Paper Sculpture Show and then learn how to make handmade paper using recycled materials. The handmade paper will be turned into your own paper sculptures to take home.

Art Museum Walk (a part of Walking Towards Sustainability Week).

Gallery walk and docent-assisted activity for The Paper Sculpture Show.

Please join us for The Friends Annual Meeting at Kresge Art Museum. Plan to attend the 2 p.m. meeting to hear about the year's achievements and future plans. Then join a reception from 3–5 p.m where you can create a paper sculpture to add to the growing exhibition in the gallery and enjoy refreshments.

Before the Nazi Holocaust, it was a generally-held belief that protecting human rights was the concern of individual governments. But the international alliance formed during World War II, combined with the final revelation of the horrors that had taken place at the hands of the Nazis, convinced many people of the necessity of making human rights a universal concern monitored under universal standards. The prints featured in this exhibition were produced by a diverse group of artists from all over the world, from Africa, Asia and the Middle East to Australia and the Americas. These striking, sometimes disturbing works are accompanied by artist biographies and statements by the artists that reveal their individual perspectives on issues of art and human rights. The set of prints, owned by the Michigan State University Museum, is being circulated in North America as one of a series of activities between Michigan State University and a consortium of agencies in South Africa, including the African National Congress; Centre for Cultural Studies, University of Fort Hare; and Mayibuye Centre, University of the Western Cape. This exhibition revolves around a special human rights theme at the MSU Museum during 2007-2008.

Last day to view The Paper Sculpture Show, The Future: The Eli&Edythe Broad Art Museum, and Prints from South Africa.

The RCAH Center for Poetry presents "Walk. Chalk. Poetry," an MSU community event in the heart of campus. What is commonly known as "the rape trail" is one of MSU's most beautiful stretches of riverbank. Themed poems about space and the transformative power of language will be transferred from paper to pavement in an effort to encourage MSU community members to reexamine their own use of language about this space. Doughnuts and cider will be available for participants while chalking. Come join us by the river and play with poetry!

Marion Post Wolcott Photographs and Robert Birmelin (Works on Paper Gallery) open.

An exhibition of over 40 photographs by Marion Post Wolcott featuring her work from the 1930s and 1940s, and specifically her best known photographic documentation for the Farm Security Administration between 1938 and 1941 in New England and the South. They provide a look at daily life during this period, portraying both the poor and the wealthy as well as racial discrimination in the south.

Opening reception for Marion Post Wolcott Photographs.

Part of the first generation of figure painters following the abstract expressionist movement, Robert Birmelin's work explores the crowded streets of the urban landscape. His work has been acquired by 40 public collections, including the Metropolitan, MOMA and the Hirshhorn.

Please join us for a lecture by visual artist Tanya Hartman, associate professor of art at the University of Kansas. Hartman will address memory and its translation into words and narrative imagery. The preoccupation with memory and with words in her work is an attempt to synthesize a shared experience of historic upheaval common to Americans of Jewish heritage who were displaced during the Second World War. The importance of remembering personal as well as our collective history are important themes in her artistic work.

Exhibit of Christie's work in Room 190 (Push-Pin Gallery) now through mid-November. The stunning and talked-about computer-generated artwork now on display in room 190 was created by New Jersey-based artist Bryan Christie for a variety of clients. His art appears regularly in WIRED, Newsweek, The New York Times, Esquire, Field&Stream and many other publications and his work covers a broad range of complex topics, from the microbiological to the gastrointestinal. Journalism instructor Karl Gude curated this inaugural exhibit. Christie will sign prints purchased prior to his arrival and has offered to donate most of the proceeds from the sale of his work to help fund future exhibits in CAS.

This documentary film from Actual Films tells two strains of the story: how Hitler's hand-picked art historians and dealers conspired to steal great masterpieces from private and public European collections while the American forces fighting towards Berlin took the cultural heritage of the occupied countries seriously and saved what they could. Based on Lynn H. Nicholas' book of the same title, the movie presents a mesmerizing morality play, rich in rare archival footage and complete with heroic Allied saviors (Variety). One of the greatest antiwar films ever produced… using art as a vehicle to convey the greed, ethnic bias and sheer cruelty of the Axis. (Kenneth Lindsay, Binghamtom University, and member of the American Monument Men team). Presented by Kresge Art Museum, Jewish Studies, and the MSU Libraries. Discussants: Prof. Kenneth Waltzer, Professor of History and Director, Jewish Studies, and Susan J. Bandes, director, Kresge Art Museum.

In the on-going tradition of spectacular touring productions, Neil Goldberg and Cirque Productions have once again reinvented the circus with European flair, imaginative theatrics and world-class acrobatics. Cirque Dreams Jungle Fantasy is an all-new adventure that takes audiences soaring into a magical forest through the air and on stage. An international cast of graceful aerialists, spine bending contortionists, vine swinging characters, strong men and balancers bring this jungle dream to life in a lush Broadway setting filled with wildly unpredictable designs, special effects, inventive choreography, puppeteering and dazzling costumes. Cirque Dreams Jungle Fantasy is an exhilarating journey the entire family can experience together.

Diana Cooper combines drawing, painting, sculpture and installation by using unorthodox but commonly available materials such as foamcore, felt, and pom-poms to create work that is simultaneously chaotic and orderly. She has received the prestigious Rome Prize and a Guggenheim Fellowship.

Often working collaboratively, Suzanne Lacy creates installations, video and large-scale performances that incorporate social themes and urban issues. Supported by the National Endowment for the Arts, Guggenheim and Rockefeller Foundations, Lacy is also noted for her writings focused on public and politically relevant art.

In collection of original scenes ranging from the hilarious to the disturbing, this premiere explores censorship and snobbery involved in judging the artistic. From early Greek architecture to Christina Aguilera—nothing is safe from this biting and incisive new work.

At this 22nd annual festival, MSU international student organizations and area nationality groups will share their cultures with exhibits, performances of ethnic dances and music; fashion shows; and demonstrations of native games and crafts. The World Gift shop offers a variety of international art works, jewelry, glassware, clothing, stamps and a multitude of gift items (proceeds support scholarship fund for spouses of international students to attend MSU classes). The Global Cafe serves ethnic cuisine.

Rania Matar, a documentary photographer who has been photographing the aftermath of the war in Lebanon, will be giving a public lecture on Tuesday evening, November 27 at 7 p.m. An exhibit of her photographs, most of which deal with the life of women in a war ravaged country, will be in the new Push Pin Gallery (Room 190 Communication Arts & Sciences building)from late November until the end of January 2008.

Professor at University of Minnesota, Clarence Morgan is a painter, printmaker and writer. He is interested in spontaneity and visual systems. Morgan's current work combines geometric and painterly abstraction within the realms of subjectivity and materiality.

33 artists who participated in the Impressionist shows in Paris and are included here with works on paper. Spanning the 1860s-1890s, these mentors, forerunners, competitors and followers were united in their willingness to experiment and question traditional aesthetic standards. Opening Reception 1/13/08, 3-5, at Museum.

An exhibition featuring the artwork of students studying printmaking in the Department of Art & Art History.

MSU will be displaying the 2007 Photo Imaging Education Association's Annual Student Photo Exhibition. The show features 67 images chosen from over 6,493 entries submitted by students and faculty from countries around the world.

Berlin artist Max Klinger represents a late 19th century artistic trend that explored psychological effects in art rather than recording the visual sensations of modern life as the Impressionists did. Although he was well known in his day for his paintings, he is now best rememberes for his series of prints, among them Intermezzi, Opus IV. These twelve etchings from the Kresge Art Museum's collection, acquired in 2006, are on view for the first time.

Hosted by Friends of Kresge Art Museum

Dr. Dolan is a 19th century French painting specialist whose interdisciplinary research brings together the visual arts, music, theater and literature, weaving together artists such as Manet, Bizet, Wagner, Liszt and Baudelaire. A prize-winning teacher, she has lectured extensively across the country and at many museums. Sponsors: The Department of French, Classics, and Italian; Art&Art History Department, MSU.

Lecture by Theresa Dolan, Professor of Art History, Tyler School of Art, Philadelphia. Sponsored by the Department of French, Classics, and Italian; Art & Art History Department; and Kresge Art Museum.

After viewing the exhibit, The Impressionist Era: Works on Paper, join us for a painting activity in the style of the Impressionists. FREE, ages 7-11. Registration required. To register, call the museum at (517) 353-9834 or email Cari Wolfe at wolfeca1@msu.edu.

Merging western and non-western influences, Akio Takamori draws on his childhood in Japan when creating his large figurative ceramic sculptures. Takamori is currently a Professor at University of Washington and has received awards from the National Endowment for the Arts and the Joan Mitchell Foundation.

As the manager of the legendary Hatch Show Print shop in Nashville, Tenn., Jim Sherraden uses letterpress processes that date back to the 15th century to individually hand-pull posters from the shop's archives.

An exhibition featuring the artwork of students studying graphic design in the Department of Art & Art History.

This gallery walk will be led by Phylis Floyd, an Associate Professor of Art History at MSU, who teaches modern and contemporary art. Dr. Floyd's background is in Nineteenth-century French art and the influence of Japanese and Far Eastern art on that of Europe and the United States. These fields converge in KAM's current exhibition, The Impressionist Era: Works on Paper. Dr. Floyd will share her insight with visitors through this guided tour.

This contemporary blockbuster film with Nicole Kidman juxtaposes recent rock and pop hits with a tragic romance that takes place in Paris in the late 1890s. Among the musicals colorful cast of characters is artist Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, who introduces lead character Christian to the scandalous cancan and other decadence of the Montmartre Moulin Rouge, a dancehall, theatre, and brothel. In fact, Lautrec lived in the area, frequented its night life, and often portrayed the cabaret dancers and customers.

After a sold-out performance in 2005 at Wharton Center, Five By Design is back with their latest show Stay Tuned. From top hits to cool riffs, from classic skits to comedy bits, Five By Design takes you back to the small screen legends with their newest production, Stay Tuned. Presented in the style of the television variety show, Stay Tuned is a musical journey through the early days of television, full of memorable songs, commercials, and sketches, all presented live and in living color.

Kresge Art Museum is privileged to exhibit recent drawings by Julie Mehretu, whose paintings are featured currently at the Detroit Insititute of Arts as their inaugural special exhibition in the newly reopened museum. Mehretu was born in Ethiopia and grew up in East Lansing where her father is on the MSU faculty. She has lived in New York, Rhode Island, Addis Ababa, Daka, and Berlin and currently is in residence in mid-Michigan. Her works has been featured internationally including at the Whitney Biennial and Carnegie International and she is the recipient of a MacArthur Fellowship (2005) and Joan Mitchell Foundation grant.

As contemporary art continues to challenge the boundaries of conventional museum practices and arts education, how can curators and educators become better equipped to inform and engage the public? This lecture will give examples of contemporary Asian art which focuses on 20th century conflict, and how museum professionals have designed and accompanied these works in exhibitions. Art and artists inspired by the atomic attacks of World War II, the Vietnam Conflict, and the Cambodian Civil War will be highlighted.

Julie Mehretu is an internationally-known artist who spent much of her childhood in East Lansing. Her work is currently featured at the Detroit Institute of Arts, and she was the recipient of a 2005 MacArthur Fellowship. Jessica Rankin's work is also widely known, with a 2006 exhibition at P.S. 1 in New York. Mehretu and Rankin share a 7,500 square foot studio in Okemos. This open studio is an extraordinary opportunity to view work in progress by these world-renowned artists. For more information on the artists and this special event, please visit the attached link to download a PDF invite. Space is limited and RSVPs for this event must be received no later than Feb. 1. Call the museum at (517) 353-9834, or fill out and return the PDF reply card.

Menilmontant (37 min., 1926), and La glace a trois faces (33 min., 1927) Speaker: Jennifer Fay, Associate Professor of English, MSU This showing of two French Impressionist films will highlight linkages between the philosophies of the Impressionist painters in the 19th century, and French Impressionist filmmakers in the 1920s. Impressionist film created a series of images which forced the audience to participate, putting various parts together into a whole.

Louise Siddons, Visiting Assistant Professor of Art History at Michigan State University, will present her research in a lecture titled Self-fashioning in the Harlem Renaissance: James VanDerZee's Identical Twins.

An exhibition featuring the artwork of students studying photography in the Department of Art & Art History.

Dr. David Penney has been at the Detroit Institute of Arts since 1980, serving as curator of Native American Art, Chief Curator, and since 2003, Vice President of Exhibitions and Collections Strategies. In this capacity he directed the DIA reinstallation project, the planning, design and installation of 5000 objects from the permanent collection in 150,000 square feet of renovated gallery space. He has oversight of the DIA exhibition program. He will discuss the innovative and integrative approach the DIA staff took to the reinstallation of the collection, a six-year planning process that has resulted in some of the most innovative educational strategies in the museum field. Penney has served as a consultant on exhibitions of Native American art to numerous museums across the country and authored "Native North American Art," Thames and Hudson World of Art Series, 2004.

An exhibition featuring the artwork of students studying painting in the Department of Art & Art History.

A professor at the Art Institute of Chicago, James Elkins' study goes beyond art and into culture at large. Authoring nearly 20 books that explore visual thinking and representation systems, his research stretches into the fields of science, religion, nature, writing systems and archaeology.

Take a peek inside the walls of Kresge Art Center as graduate and undergraduate students in the Department of Art&Art History at Michigan State University open studio doors to share and discuss their work.

No matter the stupidity, the illogic or the injustice, Lewis Black, the most indignant, exasperated man in America, will find it and tell us about it. We laugh until our organs ache and it - the stupid, illogical or unjust -- loses a little power. It's all in the telling, and the Black, who basks in his Back in Black spotlight on "The Daily Show" as the most acerbic of commenators, is a great storyteller.

In public settings across the Roman empire some remarkably large maps were painted on walls, carved in stone, and etched in bronze. During recent years, those that survive have attracted interest, and intense re-thinking. As well as offering us the chance to marvel at the cartographers' skill, the lecture asks what impression they intended to make on the viewers of their work, and by what techniques. What carefully considered choices do the content and the presentation of the maps reflect? How are Romans' conceptions of their wider surroundings molded by them?

Eleanor Heartney is contributing editor for Art in America. She has written extensively on contemporary art subjects ranging from gender to politics to religion. Heartney's recent books include "Defending Complexity: Art, Politics and the New World Orde" and "After the Revolution: Women Who Transformed Contemporary Art."

This beautiful pottery created from Japanese clay is a specialty craft of Shiga Prefecture, Michigan's sister-state in Japan. Artists will demonstrate how Shigaraki pottery is made, and how pieces are used in the traditional Japanese tea ceremony.

Sign up and learn to make your own pot in the Shigaraki style with visiting artists Eizan Okuda and Shizuo Tamura. Seats are strictly limited to 16 people and registration is required.

In anticipation of the opening of the Broad Art Museum in 2010, participants will learn about architecture and how buildings are designed. They will create their own museum exhibit space and fill it with artwork they make. Boxes and materials provided. Just bring you imagination and creativity! Ages 8-11. Pre-registration required; please call (517) 353-9834.

She was beautiful, smart, and searching. He was an emerging genius in the world of photography. When Edward Weston and Charis Wilson met in the 1930s they instantly fell in love. He was 50 and she 21. She became his model, his muse, his collaborator and even his wife. Now 90, Charis Wilson recounts her years with Weston with great humor, candor, and some regret. Combining insight from leading scholars, rare archival images, and convincingly authentic reenactments, Eloquent Nude presents a remarkable true story of love and loss, travel and adventure, and an intimate look at the making of Modern photography. Director Ian McCluskey is scheduled to attend. KAM is co-sponsoring this event as part of the East Lansing Film Festival.

An exhibition featuring the artwork of students studying ceramics in the Department of Art & Art History.

Partner in the design firm Allemann, Almquist and Jones, Hans-Ulrich Alleman's work originates from Bauhaus sensibilities and addresses fundamental links between perception and expression in graphic design. Recognized in design collections internationally, Allemann is a recent recipient of the AIGA Fellows Award.

Join 2008 MFA candidates to celebrate the exhibition opening. This exhibition and opening reception are generously sponsored by the MSU Graduate School.

2008 MFA candidates Helena Craules (painting), Grace Frost (painting), James Shurter (graphic design), and Nicole Sowinski (painting)will discuss their work.

Four MSU MFA students will participate in this year's Michigan State University Department of Art&Art History Master of Fine Arts Exhibition: Helena Craules (painting), Grace Frost (painting), James Shurter (graphic design), and Nicole Sowinski (painting).

This exhibition is a required part of their MFA degree, in addition to coursework in art history and related fields. The art on view represents the culmination of years of study and artistic development in the classroom and studio. As part of the MFA curriculum, the candidates work closely with curators and staff at Kresge Art Museum to plan, promote, and mount the show.

The exhibition and opening reception are generously sponsored by the MSU Graduate School.

Opening Reception: Friday, March 21, 2008, Kresge Art Museum, 7–9 p.m.

Public Talks: Monday, March 24, 9:30 a.m. and Thursday, March 27, 1 p.m. Kresge Art Museum

2008 MFA candidates Helena Craules (painting), Grace Frost (painting), James Shurter (graphic design), and Nicole Sowinski (painting)will discuss their work.

An exhibition featuring the artwork of students studying sculpture in the Department of Art & Art History.

Artist and critic Amalia Mesa-Bains explores contemporary dilemmas of the Latino community in her installation altar pieces and extensive writings on Chicano art and culture. Mesa-Bains has been honored as a MacArthur Fellow and by the Association of Hispanic Artists in New York.

Meet quilt artist April Shipp of Auburn Hills, Michigan, and talk with her about her quilt Strange Fruit: A Century of Lynching from 1865-1965, which is featured in the exhibit "Quilts and Human Rights." At 3:00 p.m. Shipp will give a presentation about the inspiration for and the research that went into making her quilt.

Posing questions of identity and spirituality, Egyptian artist Amer creates hand-embroidered paintings encompassing both elements of Western and Islamic culture. Amer's work has been included in the Venice Biennale, The Whitney Biennial, Kwangju Biennial, and the Johannesburg Biennale.

Workshop for High School, Middle School teachers and graduate students that focus on subject of "Children during the Holocaust."

Kresge Art Museum will display works of art created by MSU undergraduate students in ceramics, drawing, graphic design, painting, photography, sculpture, and printmaking courses in this annual, juried exhibition.

Meet and informally talk with quilt artist, Dr. Diana N'Diaye. N'Diaye is an antropologist, visual artist, Cultural Heritage Specialist and a Research Associate, Michigan State University Museum. At 3:00 p.m. Dr. N'Diaye will give a formal presentation about her work that is featured in the exhibit, "Quilts and Human Rights."

An exhibition featuring the artwork of students studying in foundation level courses in the Department of Art&Art History.

MSSA is hosting a Student Gala Evening Event at Kresge Art Museum, free and open to all students.

It will include finger food, fun drinks and live music to enjoy while exploring the museum with your friends and peers.

KAM intern (and former Museum Studies graduate student) Carrie Butt will host a gallery talk on her Works on Paper Gallery exhibit Atelier 17: An International Workshop, 1933-1950 at 8 p.m.

Join student artists in celebrating this annual exhibition of undergraduate work from a variety of disciplines.

A weekend celebrating all of the arts on the campus of MSU. Observe, participate and celebrate the arts.

Learn about natural and built environments, and the organic and geometric shapes that form them. Beginning with a tour of museum landscapes and cityscapes the participants will then make their own nature inspired work with mixed media materials. Ages 8-11. Pre-registration required.

Quilt artist Meena Schaldenbrand, of Plymouth, Michigan, will demonstrate making her art and be on hand to talk with visitors about her work, including "Nelson Mandela's Presence," "Merits of Bombs:." and "Peeling Layers Back to Basics" featured in Quilts and Human Rights.

Poster presentations by the students of IAH206 Self, Society, Technology sections 7-12.

Songs of Peace, Protest,&Social Justice - A Communty Sing is a singing event led by musicians Rachel Alexander, Catherine Ellis, and Alma Muxlow. This program is inspired by the exhibit "Quilts and Human Rights," which is located in the Main Gallery of the MSU Museum.

This exhibition, organized by the University of Michigan Museum of Art and drawn from their collection, covers over 1000 years of Chinese porcelains to illustrate the important role of foreign trade and changing domestic markets in stimulating Chinese potters — and their counterparts in Japan and Korea — to continually reinvent their repertoire of shapes and decorative techniques. The exhibition traces the exchange along the Silk Road between the Chinese Han dynasty and ancient Persia and the Mediterranean world; porcelains made for domestic use, foreign exchange and imperial families.

This tour of Silk Road will be lead by Dr. Natsu Oyobe, Curatorial Research Specialist, Asian Art, UMMA Having received her Ph.D. in Japanese art history from the University of Michigan in 2005, Dr. Oyobe is working on the reinstallation of the Museum's new Asian galleries.

Ever wish you could go back to college, just for one day? Here's your chance! The MSU College of Arts and Letters will offer a FREE day-long series of stimulating lectures, behind-the-scenes tours, art walks, and demonstrations on Friday, May 16. This event is designed for adults who want to reconnect with their love of learning in an informal university setting. Participants may attend one, some, or all events. Lectures will include time for audience participation and questions. Admission is free; an optional buffet lunch with the lecturers and special guests is available for $10. For more information and a complete schedule, visit www.cal.msu.edu.

Join the museum at the East Lansing Art Festival. Look for our booth where you can make and decorate masks and crowns. FREE, all ages welcome. NO registration required.

A lecture by Virginia Bower, Adjunct Associate Professor, University of the Arts, Philadelphia. Ms. Bower (MSU, '72) is a well-known scholar of Chinese art and has been guest curator for numrous exhibits on Asian art around the country. She will give an overview of the objects in this exhibit.

Join the Friends of KAM for a day in Grand Rapids. First stop: coffee and sweets at the home of Mary Ann Keeler to see her modern art collection. Next on the agenda is a visit the new Grand Rapids Art Museum to experience the building and the collection, as well as a docent-guided tour of Rapid Exposure: Warhol in Series. Lunch follows at Leo's Restaurant in downtown Grand Rapids. The day concludes at the Frederick Meijer Gardens and Sculpture Park with a docent-led tour of the exhibition Degas in Bronze: The Complete Sculptures and time to explore the gardens. Cost: $85.00 per person for Friends of Kresge; $95.00 per person for general public. Click here to download a registration form (http://www.artmuseum.msu.edu/PDF/grandrapids08.pdf) or call KAM today for details (517) 353-9834. After April 21, call for space availability.

Led by art educators, art historians and museum docents, participants of Kresge Art Museum's Summer Art Camp will EXPLORE, ENJOY, and CREATE original art during the course of a week. By experiencing different ways of looking at art through interactive tours and activities in the museum, kids will then make their own original work in the studios of the MSU Department of Art. At the end of the week, participants will host an exhibition of their own artwork and tour friends and family through the museum. Ages 4th–6th grade. Sign up will begin April 1, 2008. For details and registration, download this PDF form below. For information contact Cari Wolfe at (517) 353-9834. http://www.artmuseum.msu.edu/education/summer/08_creative_kids_summer.pdf

Dr. Catherine Ryu, Associate Professor of Japanese Language and Culture, Department of Linguistics and Languages, MSU leads a lecture considering the exhibition theme in relation to the circulation of ideas, objects, and people in the increasingly globalized contemporary world order. Ryu's work reassesses the Silk Road as a conceptual metaphor used to analyze the interweaving of technology and knowledge and the dissemination of knowledge and power.

This is an award-winning 1991 Chinese-Hong Kong-Taiwan film, directed by Zhang Yimou and starring Gong Li. An adaptation of the 1990 novel Wives and Concubines by Su Tong, it is noted for its opulent visuals and sumptuous use of colors, the fi lm tells the story of a young woman who becomes a concubine of a wealthy man during the Warlord Era.

160 Polaroids and silver prints were recently donated to KAM by the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts. These, plus prints of Marilyn Monroe and Jackie Kennedy, will be on view in the Works on Paper Gallery. Come dressed as your favorite "larger than life" Warhol character and spend the evening in the presence of the 20th century's most colorful personalities! Enjoy appetizers, beer, wine and non-alcoholic beverages along with 60s film, lighting and decor. Prizes for the best costumes will be awarded by celebrity judges. $15 for RSVPs made by July 11. $20 after that date/at the door. Click here for more details and a PDF invite/ RSVP form. Special thanks to Grand River Connection, Suits and the City, Canada Dry Bottling Co. of Lansing, and Triola's for their support.

Hands on Japanese calligraphy with Kitty Douglass, Program Assistant, Asian Studies Center, MSU. After a brief overview of the history of calligraphy, join us for a lesson in the way of writing. All materials provided, FREE, ages 6 years and up, MUST pre-register, call for availability. Funded by the Dart Foundation.