BU celebrates The Caversham Press
The Boston University College of Fine Arts School of Visual Arts and the Boston University Art Gallery will exhibit 170 works by South African artists in two major exhibitions celebrating The Caversham Press. The exhibitions speak to Caversham’s history as it reflects artists’ responses to the dramatic political and cultural shifts that have occurred in South Africa over the past two and half decades.
February 8-March 27
Opening Receptions: Wednesday, February 9, 6-8pm (free and open to the public)
South Africa: Artists, Prints, Community / Twenty Five Years at The Caversham Press
808 Gallery at Boston University
Three Artists at the Caversham Press – Deborah Bell, Robert Hodgins and William Kentridge
Boston University Art Gallery at the Stone Gallery
View a full schedule of related public programming surrounding these exhibitions, including a free lecture by William Kentridge on February 28.
Tuesday, February 8 – Sunday, March 27
South Africa: Artists, Prints, Community
Twenty Five Years at The Caversham Press
This exhibition features a survey of work from the printmaking studio The Caversham Press located in KwaZulu Natal, South Africa. It will include over 120 prints and community-based projects produced by a diverse roster of South African and international artists. Founded in 1985 during the turbulent years of late apartheid, The Caverhsam Press has occupied an important place in the development of South African printmaking. From the founding years in which it focused almost exclusively on formally trained artists, to its current dedication to training young, emergent artists, Caversham’s history reflects the political and cultural shifts that have taken place in South Africa over the past two and half decades. Presented by the Boston University School of Visual Arts at the College of Fine Arts.
Opening Reception: Wednesday, February 9, 6:00-8:00pm
808 Gallery
Tuesday, February 8 – Sunday, March 27
Three Artists at The Caversham Press – Deborah Bell, Robert Hodgins and William Kentridge
Presented concurrently with South Africa: Artists, Prints, Community/Twenty Five Years at The Cavesham Press, this companion exhibition features the work of three South African artists who were important participants in the early years of The Caversham Press. Comprising over 65 prints, the exhibition features selections from three collaborative print portfolios—Hogarth in Johannesburg, Little Morals, and Ubu Tells the Truth—as well as individual prints created by Bell, Hodgins and Kentridge at Caversham from 1985 to the present. Collectively, the work reflects Caversham’s beginnings as well as articulates the artists’ perspectives of living and working in South Africa during the years between late apartheid and the transition to the new democracy. Presented by the Boston University Art Gallery.
Opening Reception: Wednesday, February 9, 6:00-8:00pm
BUAG at the Stone Gallery
Monday, February 28, 6:30pm
Tim Hamill Visiting Artist Lecture: William Kentridge
One of South Africa’s leading visual artists, William Kentridge is best known for his remarkable films, works on paper, and theatrical works. His recently acclaimed exhibition at the Museum of Modern Art in New York featured work from the past two decades, along with films and motorized theater sets. Kentridge’s work touches on the atrocities of apartheid and social injustice, yet also reflects the new South Africa. In an introductory note to his film Felix in Exile, Kentridge writes, “In the same way that there is a human act of dismembering the past there is a natural process in the terrain through erosion, growth, and dilapidation that also seeks to blot out events. In South Africa this process has other dimensions. The very term ‘New South Africa’ has within it the idea of a painting over the old, the natural process of dismembering, the naturalization of things new.” Presented by the Boston University School of Visual Arts at the College of Fine Arts.
Morse Auditorium
Please call 617.353.3371 for more information about any of these events, and read the full press release here.
PUBLIC PROGRAMMING AND RELATED EVENTS:
All events are free and open to the public unless otherwise noted:
South Africa: Artists, Prints, Community / Twenty Five Years at The Caversham Press
February 8 – March 27
Opening Reception: Wednesday, February 9, 6-8pm
808 Gallery (808 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston)
Three Artists at the Caversham Press – Deborah Bell, Robert Hodgins and William Kentridge
February 8 – March 27
Opening Reception: Wednesday, February 9, 6-8pm
BUAG at the Stone Gallery (855 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston)
Lecture: Repositioning: White South African Artists in the ‘New’ South Africa
Pamela Allara, Professor emerita of Brandeis University
Presented by Boston University’s Graduate Student Art History Association
Monday, February 14, 5:30pm
BU College of Arts and Sciences (725 Commonwealth Avenue, Room 200, Boston)
Lecture: Social Imprinting, Paper Evidence: Pre- and Post-Apartheid South African Printmaking
Dr. Marion Arnold, Art Historian and Postgraduate Research Degrees Coordinator, School of the Arts, Loughborough University
Tuesday, February 15, 12:30-2pm
BU College of Fine Arts (855 Commonwealth Avenue, Room 500, Boston)
The Road to Mecca, a play by Athol Fugard
February 16-March 5
BU Theatre, Lane-Comley Studio 210 (264 Huntington Avenue, Boston)
South Africa’s preeminent playwright explores the transformative power of art in this tale of an eccentric sculptor. A production from the Boston Center for American Performance (BCAP), the professional extension of the BU School, of Theatre. Directed by Judy Braha.
Tickets: $20 general admission; additional details available at www.bu.edu/cfa/bcap
Gallery Talk with the staff of Caversham Center for Artists & Writers: Malcolm Christian, Founder & Director; Jabu Mtheku, Administrator; Sbusiso Mvalese, artist and intern; and Hlengiwe Dlamini, artist and intern
Thursday, February 17, 12:30-2pm
808 Gallery (808 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston)
Gallery Talk with Malcolm Christian
Friday, February 25, 3-4pm
808 Gallery (808 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston)
Tim Hamill Visiting Artist Lecture: William Kentridge
Monday, February 28, 6:30pm
Morse Auditorium (602 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston)
April 20th, 2012 in CFA, Theatre
New program represents a unique collaboration between Boston University’s Graduate School of Arts and Sciences and the College of Fine Arts
BOSTON, MA – Boston Playwrights’ Theatre and the School of Theatre at Boston University are proud to announce a new Master of Fine Arts Degree in Playwriting. This collaboration—the only one of its kind in universities and colleges across the nation—combines resources from both these award-winning programs for the first time.
This distinctive MFA collaboration combines the best traditions of the scholarly and professional practices of both programs. Housed in the English Department of the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, but in cooperation with the College of Fine Arts, the MFA program will incorporate its playwrights into a vibrant community of artists and ready them for lives in both the professional theatre and in academia.
Founded by Nobel Laureate Derek Walcott in 1981 and a nationally recognized playwriting program in its own right, BU’s Boston Playwrights’ Theatre will collaborate with the innovative “new conservatory” at the celebrated School of Theatre, focusing on cooperation, a rigorous curriculum, and the artistic growth of the “playwright as thinker and as collaborator.” This three-year MFA will offer a regimen of literature and dramaturgy classes but add to those the gifts of artistic partnerships with working actors, directors, designers and other theatre professionals plus fully rendered productions.
“I am excited to offer full productions to all of our writers for the first time,” reports Kate Snodgrass, Artistic Director of Boston Playwrights’ Theatre, “and the School of Theatre is the best in the nation in terms of collaboration and innovation. Not only will our writers learn about their work, they’ll be prepared for future collaborations. It’s a win-win proposition.”
Further, alumni will have the opportunity to network their plays with the members of the Boston University Professional Theatre Initiative. Current members include the Boston Center for American Performance, Boston Playwrights’ Theatre, Olney Theatre Center, the Potomac Theatre Project, Huntington Theatre Company, Actors’ Shakespeare Project, Vineyard Playhouse, New Repertory Theatre, Wellfleet Harbor Actors Theatre, and many others.
“While we have enjoyed a strong relationship with Boston Playwrights’ Theatre over the years, this new collaborative degree program actualizes our mission in a new and fundamental way,” says Jim Petosa, Director of Boston University’s School of Theatre. “Playwrights at the graduate level will now be integrated members of the artistic home that is the BU School of Theatre. It will benefit them and us in our united mission of exploring new holistic approaches that nurture the generation of new plays born in collaboration with theater-makers of all kinds.”
“The Department of English welcomes the MFA in Playwriting as part of a broad and ambitious effort to make BU a leader in the study of dramaturgy and of drama across all periods of literary history,” says Gene Jarrett, Professor and Chair of the Department of English.
For more information about this new collaborative MFA program, visit bostonplaywrights.org or bu.edu/cfa/Theatre/ or bu.edu/English.
About Boston Playwrights’ Theatre at Boston University—Founded in 1981 at Boston University by Nobel Laureate Derek Walcott, Boston Playwrights’ Theatre is an award-winning professional theatre dedicated to new works. At the core of our five programs is the Playwriting MFA offered as part of Boston University’s Graduate School of Arts & Sciences. Our award-winning alumni have been produced in Regional and New York houses as well as in London’s West End, and our alumni productions have garnered regional and Boston awards, including regular Elliot Norton Awards and IRNE Awards for “Best New Script”. Notable alumni include Lydia Diamond, Zayd Dohrn, John Kuntz, Russell Lees, Melinda Lopez, Molly Smith Metzler, Ronan Noone, Wesley Savick, Kate Snodgrass, Joyce Van Dyke, and Karen Zacarias, among many others.
About Boston University School of Theatre—The School of Theatre in the College of Fine Arts at Boston University was established in 1954 as one of the country’s leading institutions for the study of acting, stage management, design, production, and all aspects of the theatrical profession. In recent years, the School of Theatre has evolved into an energetic place that values the notion of “the new conservatory” and seeks to provide students with opportunities for artistic growth through a rigorous curriculum, professional connections, and an emphasis on collaboration and new work.
About Boston University Department of English—The central mission of the Department of English is the study of literatures in English in all their complexity. Department faculty members help undergraduates develop the critical, linguistic, and imaginative skills required to understand literary and cultural texts in their historical and social settings, and constantly work to develop the ability of their students to write clear, effective, expository prose. The Department enrolls approximately 400 undergraduates in a challenging major and over 60 students in its nationally ranked graduate program in literature. Located adjacent to the historic Back Bay of Boston, the Boston University Department of English offers strong connections to the rich intellectual, historical, and social resources of Boston and New England.
About Boston University Graduate School of Arts & Sciences—Founded in 1874 and granting its first PhD in 1877, the Graduate School of Arts & Sciences enrolls approximately 1,800 candidates in MA, MS, MFA, and PhD programs in nearly forty fields. The Graduate School of Arts & Sciences draws on the strength of its faculty, research programs, facilities and Boston location to provide unparalleled educational opportunities to its students. The Graduate School is dedicated to fulfilling the educational needs of each graduate student, including a sustained concern for the student’s development as a researcher, scholar, practitioner, and teacher.
April 20th, 2012 in CFA, Theatre
Boston, MA – The Boston University College of Fine Arts School of Theatre will present Stephen Sondheim’s Assassins, running May 4-10 at the Boston University Theatre at 264 Huntington Avenue. The production is directed by Jim Petosa, with music direction by Matthew Stern and choreography by Judith Chaffee. The production features students and designers from the School of Theatre, supported by a live orchestra.
General admission is $12, with discounts available. Details and tickets are available at www.bostontheatrescene.com or 617.933.8600.
With music and lyrics by the legendary Stephen Sondheim and book by John Weidman, the original New York run of Assassins was staged Off-Broadway in 1990. During the 2004 presidential election year, a Broadway revival won five Tony Awards.
Assassins is a striking satire of the anarchic political violence that tragically persists at the core of our culture. The musical explores the history of presidential assassinations in America, ranging from well-known historical figures such as John Wilkes Booth, John Hinckley, Jr., and “Squeaky” Fromme to lesser known assassins and attempted assassins including Samuel Byck (attempted assassin of President Richard Nixon), Leon Czolgosz (assassin of President William McKinley), and Charles Guiteau (assassin of President James Garfield). The musical style of each song in the 90-minute production reflects the historical period in which the individual “assassins” lived.
With the 2012 presidential election process well underway, Sondheim’s Assassins investigates the American political system and suggests that political assassinations are a byproduct of that culture.
Petosa, who also serves as Director of the BU School of Theatre, states, “It is typical for Sondheim and his collaborators to develop theatrical pieces that explore surprisingly complex concepts. Assassins probes the minds of these notorious American characters, who dared to change the world by employing the darkest of means. The musical’s assertion of their motives and our own societal response to them makes for compelling theatre.”
The production marks the conclusion of the Keyword Violence, the BU College of Fine Arts’ year-long examination of the theme of violence.
Sondheim is a New York-born composer and lyricist for stage and film best known for Assassins, A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, Company, Follies, A Little Night Music, Sweeney Todd, Sunday in the Park with George, and Into the Woods. He also wrote the lyrics for West Side Story and Gypsy. Sondheim is the winner of an Academy Award, eight Tony Awards (more than any other composer) including a Special Tony Award for Lifetime Achievement in the Theatre, multiple Grammy Awards, a Pulitzer Prize and the Laurence Olivier Award. The Boston University School of Theatre previously produced Sondheim’s musical Merrily We Roll Along in May 2010.
According to Joanne Gordon’s 1990 book, Art Isn’t Easy: The Theater of Stephen Sondheim, “(Sondheim) confronts pain in order to cauterize the decay and heal the sicknesses which lurk at the core of our society.”
For more information, visit www.bu.edu/cfa/theatre.
ABOUT BOSTON UNIVERSITY
Founded in 1839, Boston University is an internationally recognized private research university with more than 30,000 students participating in undergraduate, graduate, and professional programs. BU consists of 17 colleges and schools along with a number of multi-disciplinary centers and institutes which are central to the school’s research and teaching mission. The Boston University College of Fine Arts was created in 1954 to bring together the School of Music, the School of Theatre, and the School of Visual Arts. The University’s vision was to create a community of artists in a conservatory-style school offering professional training in the arts to both undergraduate and graduate students, complemented by a liberal arts curriculum for undergraduate students. Since those early days, education at the College of Fine Arts has begun on the BU campus and extended into the city of Boston, a rich center of cultural, artistic and intellectual activity.
The School of Theatre in the College of Fine Arts at Boston University was established in 1954 as one of the country’s leading institutions for the study of acting, stage management, design, production, and all aspects of the theatrical profession. In recent years, the School of Theatre has evolved into an energetic place that values the notion of “the new conservatory” and seeks to provide students with opportunities for artistic growth through a rigorous curriculum, professional connections, and an emphasis on collaboration and new work.
AT A GLANCE
Assassins
Stephen Sondheim, music and lyrics
John Weidman, book
Jim Petosa, director
Matthew Stern, music director
Judith Chaffee, choreographer
Friday, May 4, 7:30pm
Saturday, May 5, 8pm
Sunday, May 6, 2pm (Talk-Back)
Tuesday, May 8, 7:30pm
Wednesday, May 9, 7:30pm
Thursday, May 10, 10am (ASL interpreted) and 7:30pm (ASL interpreted)
Boston University Theatre
264 Huntington Avenue, Boston
T Green “E” Line, Symphony stop
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BU Bus Stop C2/M6; schedule at www.bu.edu/thebus
Tickets: $12 general public, $10 BU Alumni, WGBH members, Huntington subscribers, students, senior citizens, and groups of 10 or more; BU Community: one free ticket with BU ID at the door, day of performance, subject to availability.
Box Office: www.BostonTheatreScene.com or 617.933.8600.
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April 9th, 2012 in CFA, Visual Arts
PRESS RELEASE
For immediate release: April 4, 2012
Press Contact:
Lynne Cooney/358-0200/lcooney@bu.edu
Boston University College of Fine Arts School of Visual Arts presents
MFA Student Exhibitions 2012
Friday, April 13 – Sunday, April 29, 2012
Boston, MA – The Boston University College of Fine Arts is proud to announce the 2012 graduate student exhibitions, featuring the work of students receiving their Master of Fine Arts (MFA), and Master of Arts (MA) degrees from the School of Visual Arts this spring. On Friday, April 13th, the MFA Graphic Design exhibition will open at BUAG at the Stone Gallery, and the MFA Painting and Sculpture exhibition will open at the 808 Gallery. On that day, opening receptions will be held concurrently for both shows from 6:00-8:00 pm. These openings are free and open to the public.
On Monday, April 9th, the MA Art Education Teacher and Student exhibition will open in Gallery 5, and will be on view until Friday, April 27th. A closing reception for K-12 students and their families will take place on the 27th from 5:30-7:30 PM.
All exhibition spaces are within easy walking distance of each other and visitors are encouraged to take a self-guided gallery tour.
The School of Visual Arts at the College of Fine Arts was established in 1954 as a professional training school at Boston University. With faculty composed of practicing professional artists, the school offers an intensive program of studio training combined with liberal arts studies leading to the Bachelor’s of Fine Arts (BFA) and Master of Fine Arts (MFA) degrees. Courses prepare students for future study or professional practice in painting, sculpture, graphic design, or art education. This exhibition serves as a showcase of the finest examples of this practice. Notable alumni include painters Brice Marden and Pat Steir; Gael Towey, chief creative officer of Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia; Ira Yoffe, former vice president/creative director of PARADE magazine; and Rick Heinrichs, the production designer whose credits include “Fargo” and the “Pirates of the Caribbean” series.
The intensive program in graphic design leading to the MFA degree is a conceptually based course of study consisting of regular critiques by a faculty of practicing designers, accompanied by rigorous training in advanced design technology. Students are encouraged to innovate, while maintaining and promote the highest design standards, while staying abreast of contemporary developments in the graphic design field.
Each student in the MFA painting program focuses on developing a personal artistic vision through commitment to studio practice. This vision is enriched through regular contact with the insights of a distinguished painting faculty, and complemented by lectures and studio visits by a diverse selection of contemporary visiting artists. Students acquire new painting techniques and explore ideas and images by generating paintings, drawings, and prints, which culminate in this exhibition.
Students in the MA studio teaching and art education programs concentrate on developing methods that teach children and adolescents to think visually and create art with personal meaning. The exhibition consists of the work students have done in extensive studio art classes, presented alongside work generated by their school pupils, and the personal teaching philosophies each student has developed through student teaching.
Boston University is one of the leading private research and teaching institutions in the world, with two primary campuses in the heart of Boston and programs around the world. The Boston University College of Fine Arts was created in 1954 to bring together the School of Music, the School of Theatre, and the School of Visual Arts. The University’s vision was to create a community of artists in a conservatory-style school offering professional training in the arts to both undergraduate and graduate students, complemented by a liberal arts curriculum for undergraduate students. Since those early days, education at the College of Fine Arts has begun on the BU campus and extended into the city of Boston, a center of rich cultural, artistic and intellectual activity.
BU School of Visual Arts: 2012 Student Exhibitions
MFA Painting & Sculpture Exhibition
808 Gallery
Friday, April 13 – Sunday, April 29, 2012
Opening Reception: Friday, April 13, 6-8pm
MFA Graphic Design Exhibition
Boston University Art Gallery at the Stone Gallery
Friday, April 13 – Sunday, April 29, 2012
Opening Reception: Friday, April 13, 6-8pm
MA Studio Teaching/BFA Art Education Exhibition
Gallery 5
Monday, April 9– Friday, April 27, 2012
Closing Reception: Friday, April 27, 5:30-7:30pm
BFA Exhibitions
Friday, May 4 – Sunday, May 11
Opening Receptions: Friday, May 4, 6:00-8:00pm
808 Gallery
808 Commonwealth Avenue
Admission to the exhibition and all related events is free and open to the public.
Venue Information
Art Galleries at Boston University:
617.353.3371
www.bu.edu/cfa/visual-arts
808 Gallery: 808 Commonwealth Ave
BUAG at the Stone Gallery: 855 Commonwealth Ave., 1st floor
Gallery 5: 855 Commonwealth Ave., 5th floor
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Emily Wade at 617-353-5572 or ecwade@bu.edu
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March 7th, 2012 in CFA, Visual Arts
A Sherman Gallery exhibition, “Antoniadis & Stone: Animal Mother,” received the Critic’s Pick for best sculpture exhibition at the New England Art Awards. The show was part of an ongoing collaborative enterprise between artists Alexi Antoniadis and Nico Stone, formed in 2006.
Read an excerpt of their Boston Globe review here.
Read about the New England Art Awards here.
February 10th, 2012 in CFA, Theatre
Eight months after Kate Warner abruptly resigned as artistic director, Watertown’s New Repertory Theatre has settled on a successor: Jim Petosa, the longtime director of the School of Theatre at Boston University’s College of Fine Arts…http://www.bostonglobe.com/arts/2012/02/10/new-rep-names-jim-petosa-artistic-director/FCR4pQoaEZXdQsYP351zOK/story.html
February 6th, 2012 in CFA, Visual Arts
(Above) Laurie Anderson’s “O Superman,” as displayed in MOMA
MONDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 2012 6:30 P.M.
Morse Auditorium
602 COMMONWEALTH AVE
FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC
New York-based artist Laurie Anderson has created large-scale theatrical works that combine a variety of media–music, video, storytelling, projected imagery, sculpture–in which she is an electrifying performer. As a visual artist, her work has been shown at the Guggenheim Museum in New York, as well as extensively in Europe, including the Centre Georges Pompidou in Paris. She has also released seven albums for Warner Brothers including “Big Science,” featuring the song “O Superman,” which rose to number two on the British pop charts. In 1999 she staged “Songs and Stories from Moby Dick,” an interpretation of Herman Melville’s 1851 novel.
February 6th, 2012 in CFA, Visual Arts
The School of Visual Arts Presents: Nicole Eisenman
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 2012 6:30 P.M.
MORSE AUDITORIUM
602 COMMONWEALTH AVE
FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC
New York-based artist Nicole Eisenman has created a self-aware and psychologically probing body of work that includes installations, animations, drawings, collages, assemblages, found objects, murals, and paintings. Much of her work focuses on different ways of coping; however she uses humor in a way that is different from her contemporaries. Her flair for drawing pulls you in, then stops you in your tracks with content that might not be so funny. Eisenman offers an insight into the isolation experienced in the pursuit of artistic creation and the very human need to seek diversion from that same pursuit.
Eisenman’s work will be on view in the 2012 Whitney Biennial, March 1-May 27, 2012
January 31st, 2012 in CFA, Visual Arts
Boston University College of Fine Arts
PRESS RELEASE
For immediate release: January 19, 2012
Press Contacts:
Lynne Cooney: 617.358.0200 / lcooney@bu.edu
Shaw Hubbard 617.353-3350 / shubbard@bu.edu
Boston University College of Fine Arts School of Visual Arts presents
The Calender’s Tales: Fantasy, Figuration, and Representation
February 2 – March 31, 2012
Boston, MA – The Boston University School of Visual Arts (SVA) presents the group exhibition The Calender’s Tales: Fantasy, Figuration, and Representation on view Thursday, February 2 through Saturday, March 31, 2012 at the 808 Gallery at Boston University. The opening reception is open to the public and will be held on Thursday, February 2, 6:00-8:00pm with several of the artists present.
The Calender’s Tales: Fantasy, Figuration and Representation presents the work of contemporary artists who have invented mythical beings, fantastical creatures, allegorical figures, and personal avatars in order to critically engage and challenge concepts of otherness. Ranging from the humble to the heroic, these characters are not limited to permutations of the cultural or racial Other; indeed otherness can also connote in this context alternate states of being or perceptions of self or society.
The title of the exhibition takes its inspiration from The Arabian Nights, the classic anthology of Middle Eastern and South Asian folktales. Employing pictorial strategies that encompass elements of fantasy and allegory (also surrealism and mythopoeia mixed with occasional subversive humor), the participating artists construct and explore diverse identity formations. These “fictionalized” representations inhabit a psychological and physical space that is simultaneously alien and familiar. Expressed broadly and intimately, the works address a range of interconnected issues including the construction of cultural identity and stereotypes, metamorphoses and transcendence, and consumption and desire.
Conceptually driven and visually complex, the exhibition places formal emphasis on painting and works on paper—reminiscent of book illustrations or graphic novels—to demonstrate the various ways studio artists exploit and mobilize traditional materials to create hybrid forms and imaginary bodies.
The Calender’s Tales artists are Larissa Bates, Iris Charabi-Berggren, dieRaul-Raul Gonzalez and Elaine Bay, Rebecca Doughty, Trenton Doyle Hancock, Kojo Griffin, Hilary Harkness, Julie Heffernan, Loren Holland, David Huffman, Wangechi Mutu, Virgo Paraiso, Joyce Pensato, Tino Rodriguez, Howie Tsui, and Summer Wheat. The exhibition is curated by School of Visual Arts Exhibitions Director, Lynne Cooney is curated by School of Visual Arts Exhibitions Director, Lynne Cooney.
The School of Visual Arts at the College of Fine Arts was established in 1954 as a professional training school at Boston University. With faculty composed of practicing professional artists, the school offers an intensive program of studio training combined with liberal arts studies leading to the Bachelor’s of Fine Arts and Master of Fine Arts degrees. Courses prepare students for future study or professional practice in painting, sculpture, graphic design, and art education. Notable alumni include painters Brice Marden and Pat Steir; Ira Yoffe, former vice president/creative director of PARADE magazine; and Rick Heinrichs, the production designer whose credits include the “Pirates of the Caribbean” film series, “Fargo,” and “Sleepy Hollow,” for which he received an Oscar for Art Direction in 1999.
The Boston University College of Fine Arts was created in 1954 to bring together the School of Music, the School of Theatre, and the School of Visual Arts. The University’s vision was to create a community of artists in a conservatory-style school offering professional training in the arts to both undergraduate and graduate students, complemented by a liberal arts curriculum for undergraduate students. Since those early days, education at the College of Fine Arts has begun on the BU campus and extended into the city of Boston, a rich center of cultural, artistic and intellectual activity.
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January 31st, 2012 in CFA, Visual Arts
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For immediate release: January 19 2012
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Boston University College of Fine Arts
School of Visual Arts presents
Shira Avidor & Cathy Lees: Interior Reflections
January 24 – March 9, 2012
Boston, MA – The Boston University School of Visual Arts (SVA) presents new and recent work by SVA alumni Shira Avidor (CFA ’06) and Cathy Lees (CFA ’07). Shira Avidor & Cathy Lees: Interior Reflections will be on view Tuesday, January 24 through Friday, March 9, 2012 at the Sherman Gallery at Boston University. The opening reception is open to the public and will be held on Thursday, January 26, 5:30-7:30pm, with the artists present.
The Sherman Gallery presents this two-person exhibition featuring School of Visual Arts alumni Shira Avidor and Cathy Lees. Although Avidor and Lees graduated a year apart and developed their work independently, the artists’ both express in their work a moody stillness accentuated by an acute attention to detail and an exactness of brushwork. Conceptually, Avidor and Less create atmospheric and psychologically charged interiors, exploring the disquiet of domestic space.
Shira Avidor received her BFA from the Bezalel Academy of Art & Design in Jerusalem in 1998, Israel and her MFA in painting from SVA in 2006. Avidor has exhibited her work in solo and group exhibitions locally at the Nielson and Alpha Galleries, Boston, the Moti Hasson Gallery, New York among others and internationally in Tel Aviv and Jerusalem, Israel. She has received numerous grants and awards including a Pollock Krasner grant in 2010 and an Esther B. and Albert Kahn award in 2006. Most recently, Avidor was an Assistant Professor of painting at Lyme Academy College of Art, Lyme, CT. Cathy Lees received her BFA from the Maryland Institute College of Art and an MFA in painting from SVA in 2007. She has exhibited her paintings throughout the Northeast including the Alpha Gallery, Boston, Durham Art Guild, Durham, and John Fonda Gallery, Baltimore. She has received numerous awards including The Blanche Colman Award in 2011 and the Elizabeth Greenshields Foundation Grant in the 2007 and 2010. Her work is several collections including the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco and the Arkansas Arts Center.
The School of Visual Arts at the College of Fine Arts was established in 1954 as a professional training school at Boston University. With faculty composed of practicing professional artists, the school offers an intensive program of studio training combined with liberal arts studies leading to the Bachelor’s of Fine Arts and Master of Fine Arts degrees. Courses prepare students for future study or professional practice in painting, sculpture, graphic design, and art education. Notable alumni include painters Brice Marden and Pat Steir; Ira Yoffe, former vice president/creative director of PARADE magazine; and Rick Heinrichs, the production designer whose credits include the “Pirates of the Caribbean” film series, “Fargo,” and “Sleepy Hollow,” for which he received an Oscar for Art Direction in 1999.
The Boston University College of Fine Arts was created in 1954 to bring together the School of Music, the School of Theatre, and the School of Visual Arts. The University’s vision was to create a community of artists in a conservatory-style school offering professional training in the arts to both undergraduate and graduate students, complemented by a liberal arts curriculum for undergraduate students. Since those early days, education at the College of Fine Arts has begun on the BU campus and extended into the city of Boston, a rich center of cultural, artistic and intellectual activity.
OPENING RECEPTION
Thursday, January 26, 5:30–7:30pm
Sherman Gallery
Sherman Gallery at Boston University
775 Commonwealth Avenue, Second Floor, Boston
www.bu.edu/cfa or 617-358-0295
Gallery Hours
Tuesday-Friday, 11:00am–5:00pm
Saturday and Sunday, 1:00–5:00pm
Admission is free and open to the public.
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Lynne Cooney at 617-358-0200 or lcooney@bu.edu
January 26th, 2012 in Music
ALEA III Contemporary
Music Ensemble in residence at Boston University
Theodore Antoniou, music director
Contact: Alex Kalogeras
781/793-8902
aleaiii@bu.eduwww.aleaiii.com
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
BOSTON – BU Composers Conduct Their Own Works. ALEA III, the Contemporary Music Ensemble at Boston University, Theodore Antoniou, Music Director, teams up with guest conductors and performers to present an evening of new music by Boston University faculty composers.
Works by Martin Amlin, Richard Cornell, Joshua Fineberg, Samuel Headrick, Rodney Lister, and John H. Wallace. Guests: Boston Symphony Orchestra’s principal bassist Edwin Barker and the 8-member Boston University Double Bass Ensemble.
Wednesday, February 1, 2012, 8:00 pm. Tsai Performance Center, 685 Commonwealth Avenue. Free admission. (781) 793-8902. www.aleaiii.com
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BOSTON – BU Composers Conduct Their Own Works. ALEA III, the Contemporary Music Ensemble at Boston University, Theodore Antoniou, Music Director, teams up with guest conductors and guest performers to present an evening of new music by Boston University faculty composers.
Works by Martin Amlin, Richard Cornell, Joshua Fineberg, Samuel Headrick, Rodney Lister, and John H. Wallace.
Guests:
The 8-member Boston University Double Bass Ensemble.
Edwin Barker, double bass (principal, Boston Symphony Orchestra)
Ceceilia Allwein, soprano
Linda Toote, piccolo
Jessie Wen-Chieh Lo and Yukiko Shimazaki, piano
Mark Berger, violaDavide Ianni, conductor
When: Wednesday, February 1, 2012, 8:00 pm.
Where: Tsai Performance Center, 685 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston
Admission: Free
Featured works:
Martin Amlin, Invention and Pantoum for piccolo and piano With the composer at the piano. Linda Toote, piccolo.
Richard Cornell Scherzofor viola and piano. Mark Berger, viola, Yukiko Shimazaki, piano.
Richard Cornell Toccatafor piano. Jessie Wen-Chieh Lo, piano.
Joshua Fineberg Tremors arranged for ensemble by Davide Iannifor a large chamber ensemble. Davide Ianni, conductor.
Samuel Headrick Concertante 314 for Eight Double Basses. Edwin Barker, soloist. The Boston University 8-member Double Bass Ensemble. Samuel Headrick, conductor.
Rodney Lister Songs from Delmore Schwartzfor soprano, clarinet, viola and piano. Elissa Alvarez, soprano. Rodney Lister, conductor.
John H. Wallace Five Miniatures for a large chamber ensemble.John H. Wallace, conductor.
The event is sponsored by Boston University.
Tsai Performance Center is located on the B branch of the MBTA Green Line, at Boston University East stop, and is wheelchair accessible.
For more information please contact the ALEA III office, 855 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston, MA 02215; Tel: (617) 353-3340; aleaiii@bu.edu and http://www.aleaiii.com
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