MCCM Calendar Fall 2011 by Emory University's Michael C. Carlos Museum

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Friday, 7:30 pm, Reception Hall Saturday, 10 am–2 pm, Reception Hall Symposium: Atlanta Art Now

23&NOV06

Atlanta Art Now, a new biennial publishing project by Possible Futures Inc., presents a two-day symposium highlighting the issues raised in its inaugural volume Noplaceness: Art in a Post-Urban Landscape. Artists, writers, and scholars from throughout the Atlanta art world and beyond will tackle such issues as “What is ‘local’ art in a global age?” and “How has Atlanta’s public space changed in response to recent activities in public art?” Please check carlos.emory.edu for more information.

Sundays, 2–4 pm, Reception Hall Workshop for Children:

Make Your Own Mummy ✺

See September 18/October 2 listing.

Thursday, 5 pm, Tate Room and Galleries Workshop for Teachers: Sacred Carving of the Ancient Egyptians ✺

Dr. Michelle Marlar, Assistant Professor in the Visual Arts Program at Morehouse College, will discuss the development of Egyptian hieroglyphs and some of the major texts that preserve the ancient Egyptian belief system. Dr. Marlar will look at hieroglyphic writing in the Museum’s Egyptian Galleries and in the exhibition Life and Death in the Pyramid Age. $7 for Carlos Museum members; $10 for non-members. Registration is required by contacting Julie Green at jgree09@emory.edu or 404-727-2363.

Thursday, 7:30 pm, John Howett Works on Paper Gallery Gallery Talk ✺

Andi McKenzie, Assistant Curator of Works on Paper, will explore Hogarth’s innovations in serial graphic art aimed at a popular audience.

William Hogarth (British, 1697–1764) A Harlot’s Progress, Plate 1, detail Engraving Gift of Dr. Robert P. Coggins

Friday, 6:30 pm, Reception Hall Mummies and Milkshakes ✺

The Carlos Museum and Jake’s Ice Cream present the seventh annual Mummies and Milkshakes. Visit several animal and human mummies in the Egyptian galleries, and the oldest mummy in the Western Hemisphere in the exhibition Life and Death in the Pyramid Age. Choose your favorite Jake’s Ice Cream flavor for a milkshake, and watch vintage mummy cartoons and the hilarious Three Stooges short We Want Our Mummy, followed by Abbot and Costello Meet the Mummy. Free to Carlos Museum members; $5 for non-members. Milkshakes sold separately. rsvp required by Wednesday, October 27 by calling 404-727-0519.

Sunday, 4 pm, Reception Hall Family Concert

The Emory Chamber Music Society presents the annual Halloween Family Concert with frightfully good music and treats. Free to Carlos Museum Family level members; all others $4 at the door.

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Thursday, 7:30 pm, Reception Hall Lecture: Seeing and Reading in the World of Spirits ✺

Friday, 7:30 pm, Reception Hall Concert

Dr. Dianne Diakite, Associate Professor in Emory’s Department of Religion, will give a lecture titled Seeing and Reading in the World of Spirits: Divination Practices in the African Diaspora.

Internationally known Tibetan musician and newly appointed Emory artist affiliate Techung will perform twelve ancient and modern pieces taken from the rich but not widely known lay Tibetan musical tradition, accompanied by Guang Wang, cellist for the Vega String Quartet, Emory’s Quartet-in-Residence. The musical selections have three primary themes: spiritual teachers, sacred places, and divine figures.

Sunday, 2 pm, Tate Room Workshop: The Art of the Print in Social Commentary ✺

The Harlot’s Progress is a series of engravings by British artist William Hogarth that tells the story of Moll Hackabout, a fictional young woman who arrives in London seeking employment, but is lured into a life of dissolution. Through these works, Hogarth uses satire to bring the darker side of the city to light in a humorous yet poignant way, and reveals a cast of characters identifiable as well-known eighteenth-century Londoners. By using a sequence of images to tell this story, Hogarth paved the way for future artists and photojournalists who address themes of injustice through their serial graphic work. Participants will view the exhibition and other works on paper from the collection dealing with social justice, develop a series of images addressing issues of social justice important to them, and make an etching from one of the images. Due to the mature themes of these art works, this workshop is for ages 14 and up. $12 for Carlos Museum members; $15 for non-members. Registration is required by contacting Nina West at nwest@emory.edu or 404-727-0519.

07–Dec12

Mondays, 5–6:30 pm, Reception Hall African Dance for Health and Well-being ✺

For six Monday afternoons, the Carlos Museum invites you to dance to the rhythms of live African drums with Giwayen Mata. Move to the direction of Omelika Kuumba and members of this three-time winner of Creative Loafing’s Critic’s Choice Award for Top Traditional/World Music and Dance group. Giwayen Mata will warm you up, work you out, and cool you down with movement, rhythm, and song. You are guaranteed to experience your muscles thoroughly and leave feeling revived and rejuvenated. $60 for Carlos Museum members; $80 for non-members. rsvp required by calling 404-727-0519.

Thursday, 5 pm, Tate Room and Galleries Teacher Workshop: Learning to See, Learning to Draw

Drawing in museums is a time-honored tradition. Led by veteran art teacher Cathy Amos, teachers will receive resource materials and will spend time in the galleries practicing a variety of “drawing for learning” methods including drawing to record and drawing to analyze. $7 for Carlos Museum members; $10 for non-members. Registration is required by contacting Julie Green at jgree09@emory.edu or 404-727-2363.

Thursday, 7:30 pm, Reception Hall Lecture: The World of Hogarth ✺

Friday, Noon, Reception Hall Concert

Dr. Martine Brownley, Goodrich C. White Professor of English and Director of the Fox Center for Humanistic Inquiry, will discuss London in the 18th century, the treatment of women and the use of satire to expose it, in literature and art, and literary influences on Hogarth.

Violinst Eun Sun Lee and cellist Charae Krueger play Mendelssohn’s Trio in D Minor with pianist William Ransom.

11&12

This program is co-sponsored by Emory’s Program in Visual Arts, the Emory College Center for Creativity and the Arts, and the Michael C. Carlos Museum.

Saturday, 7:30 pm, Reception Hall Artful Stories: Aesop’s Fables

Tuesday, 4 pm, Reception Hall AntiquiTEA ✺

For more than 2,500 years, and originating in Greece, the stories attributed to Aesop have been told as a way to entertain and to teach lessons useful in daily life. Come hear a selection of Aesop’s Fables, where animals behave like humans. After the story we will search for animals in the collections and create an image on a “black-figure vase” in paper. For ages 3 to 5 years and accompanying adults. These programs are free but a reservation is required by calling 404-727-0519.

Enjoy tea and scones as graduate student Annie Shanley discusses an Old Kingdom relief from a private tomb that features an image of the family pet, a dog.

Thursday, 7:30 pm, Reception Hall Lecture: Ancient Celebrities, Eternal Real Estate: The Emory Old Kingdom Mummy and Excavations at Abydos, Egypt ✺

Location, location, location. In ancient Egypt, the “where” of your tomb was just as important as the “what” — its decoration and contents—especially for wealthy and politically prominent people. Dr. Janet Richards, Director of the University of Michigan excavations in the Abydos Middle Cemetery, sheds new light not only on the character of the exclusive burial enclave that was home to Emory’s Old Kingdom mummy, but also on the lives and afterlives of his famous neighbors, and the very nature of ancient celebrity.

Tuesday, 7:30 pm, Reception Hall Lecture: No Ordinary Mummy ✺

Dr. Bob Brier, Senior Research Fellow, C.W. Post Campus of Long Island University and world-renowned mummy expert, discusses the Emory Old Kingdom mummy and the origin of mummification in Egypt. Tickets are required for this event; call 404-727-6118. Free to Carlos Museum members and Emory students (limit of two free tickets); $8 general admission.

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Diviner’s Bag (Apo Ifa). Nigeria, Yoruba. 20th century. Beads, fabric, leather. Lent by Charles S. Ackerman

Calendar fall 2011