Public Programs for Fall 2008

(All events below are free and open to the public, unless otherwise noted)

- Thursday, September 4, 2008, 7 to 9 p.m.
7p.m., Lecture, Cousins Studio Theatre, Modlin Center for the Arts
“Circumpolar View of the Arctic by an American,” Dan Albrecht, collector
8 to 9 p.m., Reception and preview of Arctic Spirit: Inuit Art from Albrecht Collection at the Heard Museum
Joel and Lila Harnett Museum of Art, Modlin Center for the Arts

- Friday, September 19, 2008, 12:30 to 1 p.m.
Gallery Talk: Chi-Yun: Breath Resonance in Far Eastern Painting, Lora Robins Gallery of Design from Nature
“Chi-Yun: What is the Connection?,” Students enrolled in the course “Chi-Yun, Breath Resonance in Asian and Contemporary Art,” taught by Stephen Addiss, Tucker-Boatwright Professor of Humanities-Art and Professor of Art History, and Erling Sjovold, Associate Professor of Art, University of Richmond

- Friday, September 19, 2008, 2 to 2:30 p.m.
Curator’s Talk: Transformations: Inuit Sculptures from the Collection, Lora Robins Gallery of Design from Nature
“Transformations in Inuit Culture,” Schuyler Swartout, ’11, philosophy major, University of Richmond, and 2008 Arts and Sciences Summer Research Fellow in the University Museums, and co-curator of the exhibition

- Friday, September 19, 2008, 3 to 3:30 p.m.
Curator’s Talk: Building the Collection: Recent Acquisitions in the Harnett Print Study Center, Joel and Lila Harnett Print Study Center, Modlin Center for the Arts
“Building the Collection,” Katie Der, ’11, business administration and studio art double major, University of Richmond, 2008 Harnett Summer Research Fellow in the University Museums, and co-curator of the exhibition

- Saturday, September 27, 2008, 1 to 4 p.m.
Museum Day Open House
40th Anniversary Party for the Harnett Museum of Art
Gallery tours, music, games for children, and refreshments Joel and Lila Harnett Museum of Art,
Modlin Center for the Arts

- Sunday, October 5, 2008, 3 to 6 p.m.
3 p.m., Lecture, Camp Concert Hall, Modlin Center for the Arts
Neumann Lectures on Music, Department of Music: “Music and Torture,” Suzanne G. Cusick, Associate Professor of Music, New York University
4 to 6 p.m., Reception and preview of This is War! The Pain, Power, and Paradox of Images
Joel and Lila Harnett Museum of Art and Print Study Center, Modlin Center for the Arts

- Tuesday, October 21, 2008, 7 to 9 p.m.
7 p.m., Lecture, Brown Alley Room, Weinstein Hall
“Kente Strip-Woven Cloth: Its Significance on Both Sides of the Atlantic,” Babatunde Lawal, Professor of Art History, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond
8 to 9 p.m., Reception with African drumming performed by Olumide and preview of Wrapped in Pride: Ghanaian Kente and African American Identity
Lora Robins Gallery of Design from Nature

- Friday, October 24, 2008, 12:30 to 1 p.m.
Gallery Talk: Arctic Spirit Inuit Art from the Albrecht Collection at the Heard Museum, Joel and Lila Harnett Museum of Art, Modlin Center for the Arts
“Arctic Spirit,” Schuyler Swartout, ’11, philosophy major, University of Richmond, and
2008 Arts and Sciences Summer Research Fellow in the University Museums

- Saturday, October 25, 2008, 1 to 2 p.m.
African Drumming (weather permitting)
In conjunction with the exhibition, Wrapped in Pride: Ghanaian Kente and African American Identity
Lora Robins Gallery of Design from Nature

- Friday, November 21, 2008, 6:30 to 8 p.m.
Music and Lecture, Brown Alley Room, Weinstein Hall
Abdallah Zablong Zakariah, lecturer, Kwame Nkrumah Institute for African Studies, University of Ghana, Legon, Accra, and visiting artist-scholar, Department of Music, University of Richmond
In conjunction with the exhibition Wrapped in Pride: Ghanaian Kente and African American Identity