Updated March 6, 2020: Many of the events in this roundup have been postponed or cancelled. Information for a specific event will be at the link provided for that event.
This week in the arts, School of Art faculty Whitney Lynn gives a lecture at the Art Building, UW Symphony and combined choirs perform at Meany Hall, Dr. Charlotte Cot茅聽shares lessons from the w菨色菨b蕯altx史 – Intellectual House, and more! To learn about more events taking place,听.
Faculty Lecture with Whitney Lynn
March 9, 5:30 – 6:30 PM | Art Building
Interdisciplinary Visual Arts Assistant Professor Whitney Lynn gives a lecture titled “Ambiguous Figures.”
Whitney Lynn mines artifacts from art history and popular culture to reframe narratives of familiar objects, images, and events. Utilizing expanded forms of sculpture, photography, drawing and performance, her work amplifies and subverts embedded meanings, seeking to destabilize what is seemingly inherent.
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Guest Artist Concert: Meridian
March 11, 7:30 PM聽| Meany Hall
Percussion trio Meridian鈥�Tim Feeney,听Sarah Hennies, and聽Greg Stuart鈥攑erforms聽both improvised and composed works, approaching percussion in a way that places the exploration of sound in the foreground in favor of a musical approach that is concerned with exploring acoustic phenomena,听rather than rhythm, gesture, or technique.聽Meridian performs unique original compositions and improvisations in this performance, and the 天美影视传媒 Percussion Ensemble joins the聽group in a few pieces written by Meridian Ensemble members.
Tickets are $10 – $20聽触听
Note: The group also leads a free master class on March 12.聽 Details聽
Art+Feminism Wikipedia Edit-a-thon
March 11, 4:00 – 8:00 pm | Jacob Lawrence Gallery
To help address the imbalance of representation on Wikipedia, the Jacob Lawrence Gallery is organizing an Art + Feminism Wikipedia Edit-a-thon.聽Childcare, snacks from local businesses, editing tutorials, books, and lists of artists will be provided.
Everyone is welcome, no previous Wikipedia experience needed! Please bring your own laptop and create a Wikipedia account before the event.
Critical Issues in Contemporary Art Practice: Lisa Robertson
March 12, 7:00 PM – 8:30 PM聽| Henry Art Gallery
Lisa Robertson is one of Canada’s most celebrated poets. Her subject matter includes political themes, such as gender and nation, as well as the problems of form and genre. She has written works that explore literary forms such as the pastoral, epic, and weather forecast. She currently lives in rural France and works as a freelance teacher, lecturer, translator, and essayist while continuing her independent work in poetry.
This lecture wraps up the 2020 Critical Issues Lecture Series! Critical Issues is organized by the School of Art + Art History + Design in collaboration with the Henry Art Gallery. The general public is invited to sit alongside degree-seeking individuals studying fine art in order to share ideas and raise questions about contemporary art.
Free, RSVP encouraged聽|
Samuel E. Kelly Distinguished Faculty Lecture:聽Dr. Charlotte Cot茅
March 12, 5:30 PM聽触听w菨色菨b蕯altx史 – Intellectual House
Charlotte Cot茅, associate professor in the Department of American Indian Studies, will present her lecture titled 鈥溾�業ndigenizing鈥� the 天美影视传媒: Lessons from the w菨色菨b蕯altx史 – Intellectual House.鈥� The lecture will be followed by a special panel discussion reflecting on the first five years of the longhouse.
Named in honor of the UW鈥檚 first vice president for the Office of Minority Affairs & Diversity (1970), the annual Samuel E. Kelly Distinguished Faculty Lecture is dedicated to acknowledging the work of distinguished faculty by spotlighting nationally recognized research focusing on diversity and social justice. This year, the lecture will be held in conjunction with the five-year anniversary of the w菨色菨b蕯altx史 – Intellectual House opening its doors, creating an Indigenous intellectual and cultural space at the 天美影视传媒.
Free, RSVP required聽|
UW Symphony with Combined UW Choirs
March 13, 7:30 PM聽触听Meany Hall
David Alexander Rahbee conducts the University Symphony in a performance of Schubert’s 鈥淯nfinished鈥� Symphony and music by Italian composer聽Luigi Dallapicolla. The orchestra is then joined by the Combined UW Choirs to perform Schumann鈥檚聽Nachtlied,聽Op. 108 and Ravel鈥檚聽Daphnis et Chlo茅:聽Suite No. 2.
Tickets are $10 – $15聽|