October 24, 2005
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EISENTRAGER-HOWARD GALLERY
Eisentrager-Howard Gallery Holds Opening Reception for MFA Ceramic Exhibition
The Department of Art and Art History will recognize the achievements of recent ceramics alumni with the exhibition "UNL MFA Ceramics: A Decade 1993-2003." The exhibition opens Oct. 17 and continues through Nov. 17 in the Eisentrager-Howard Gallery on the first floor of Richards Hall. An opening reception will be held from 5 pm to 7 pm Oct. 24 in the Gallery.
Eleven recent alumni will participate in the exhibition. They are: Leigh Cohen, Ellen Huie, Matt Kelleher, Michael Morgan, Kari Radasch, Monica Ripley, Micki Skudlarczyk, Amy Smith, Michael Strand, Charles Timm-Ballard and Chad Wolf.
In 1993, the same year Morgan and Timm-Ballard graduated, Gail Kendall, professor of art, was the only faculty member in ceramics. Today, the program has three faculty members and eight MFA candidates. Ceramics applicants constitute 60 percent of all graduate student applications to the Department of Art and Art History.
EISENTRAGER-HOWARD GALLERY
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EAST UNION, 3PM
Center for Grassland Studies Seminar - "Observations of Changes Occurring in Grasslands in Kenya,"
Mike Kelley, Sutherland, Nebraska
121 HOME ECONOMICS BUILDING, 3PM
Osher Lifelong Learning Institute Quilt Lecture Series - "Beyond the Myth: The True History of American Quilts"
Carolyn Ducey and Dr. Patricia Crews
EAST CAMPUS, 4PM
Entomology Seminar - "Application of Insect Genomics in the Identification of Resistance Mechanisms and Novel Target Sites - Ph.D. Proposal"
Analiza Alves, graduate student, UNL
145 VBS, EAST CAMPUS, 4PM
Veterinary and Biomedical Sciences Seminar - "Bovine Herpesvirus Neuropathogenesis and Neuronal Transport Studies"
Dr. Shafiqul Chowdhry, Kansas State University
DUDLEY BAILEY LIBRARY, 7:30PM
Medieval and Renaissance Studies Lecture - "Preaching and Society: Methodological Reflections on Sermons in Early Modern Danzig"
Sven Tode of the University of Frankfurt
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HOME ECONOMICS BUILDING, EAST CAMPUS, 6PM
Apparel Designer and Fabric Artist Anna Carlson to Give Talk
Anna Carlson, independent designer of fabrics and distinctive apparel, will present a free public lecture Oct. 24 at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. The lecture begins at 6 pm in Room 11 of the Home Economics Building, northeast of 35th and Holdrege streets on East Campus. Carlson will guide the audience on a journey through the creation and development of her distinctive and sophisticated textured fabrics and the classic modern garments she cuts from them. Examples of her garments will be available for viewing by the audience.
They're very special. Her clothing fits to a T and makes you feel luxurious," said Layna Bentley, visiting textiles lecturer at UNL. "Anna proves that every step to create and bring an innovative and fashionable garment to the wearer can be done successfully by one person from her home base. You don't have to work for a big design house in New York or Paris to do something fabulous."
Carlson creates the fabric, designs the garments, makes the patterns, and constructs the clothing, all in her St. Paul, Minn., studio. Her creations, sometimes called "wearable art," have won numerous awards. Her work has been featured in Surface Design Journal and Threads Magazine, and in several fiber arts books. Carlson's techniques involve taking ordinary fabrics, often white, and transforming them with color and texture. She uses layering, dyeing, painting, stitching, and embroidery to create the rich and luxurious yardages from which she makes her one-of-a-kind and limited edition garments.
Real people, not runway models, wear Carlson's garments. "My clothes aren't designed to look good on a hanger. They're meant to complement the women who buy them, move in them, accessorize and enjoy them," Carlson said. "The average American woman wears a 14, and I make clothes for real women. We come in all different sizes, and we're all beautiful."
For further information about the event or about parking, please phone (402) 472-2911.
UNL DEPT. TEXTILES, CLOTHING & DESIGN
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ROBERT HILLESTAD TEXTILE GALLERY, OCT 10 - 28
Hillestad Textile Gallery Presents "Celebration of Youth XII: Envision"
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Danae Sunderman
Age 13, Dodge county
Dragonfly Dreams
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Twenty-two clothing and home environment youth creations make up the vibrant twelfth annual Celebration of Youth: Envision exhibition at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln East Campus Robert Hillestad Textiles Gallery.
The 4-H'ers items were selected by jurors from the more than 2,400 clothing and home environment State Fair exhibits. The youth will present their work at the Robert Hillestad Textiles Gallery opening, Sunday, October 23rd from 12:00 pm to 3:00 pm. Visitors can also view the exhibit each day from 10:00 am to 4:00 pm October 10 through October 28.
Four-H'ers will arrive on campus, Saturday, October 22 to enjoy an afternoon of workshops and experiments with the faculty in the Textiles, Clothing and Design Department. 4-H'ers and their parents experience the college climate and work in groups to examine the textile industry, tour the International Quilt Study Center and the Historic Costume collection and join in other classroom activities.
This exhibition is sponsored by the Friends of the Robert Hillestad Textiles Gallery, a nonprofit group, in cooperation with the University of Nebraska–Lincoln Extension, the Textiles, Clothing and Design Department, and the College of Education and Human Sciences.
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MARY RIEPMA ROSS MEDIA ARTS CENTER
Continuing This Week At The Ross: Junebug
UNL's Mary Riepma Ross Media Arts Center
presents Junebug, the first feature film from director Phil
Morrison.
Giving an art-film aesthetic to a touching family drama, director
Phil Morrison and screenwriter Angus MacLachlan present their first
feature, which was shot in their hometown of Winston-Salem, North Carolina.
The film is set in nearby Pfafftown and Pilot Mountain, and location
is itself a character in the film as long sequences of soundless photography
show rows of houses, or rooms in a house, or stretches of farmland--capturing
the essence of this area of the South. Successful, cosmopolitan,
and adorable Chicago couple Madeleine (Embeth Davidtz) and George (Alessandro
Nivola) meet at a fancy art auction where she is working as a dealer,
and they are married six months later. Madeleine is recruiting
an outsider artist, and she travels to rural North Carolina to meet him.
George accompanies her, as he is originally from Pfafftown, and though
it has been three years since he visited home, Madeleine insists on meeting
his family. When she does, she finds herself in a world totally different
from her own, and sees a new side of her husband. His mother Peg (Celia
Weston) and father Eugene (Scott Wilson) are quiet homebodies who aren't
sure what to make of Madeleine's sophisticated career and lilting British
accent. George's deadbeat brother Johnny (Ben McKenzie) never finished
high school, and lives at home with his young wife Ashley (Amy
Adams), who is naive and bubbly--and very pregnant. While the family's
simplicity, traditional values, and religion make them suspicious of
Madeleine, Ashley is the one bright-eyed spirit who is happy to have
Madeleine as a sister-in-law and celebrates her marriage to George. Junebug is
an affecting film that sheds light both on the always-surprising nature
of in-laws, and the unique culture of the South.
More information is available at the Ross website.
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