Sun, Nov 26, 2006
November 22-26, 2006
Campus Takes a Holiday
UNL's Thanksgiving Break starts Wednesday, November 22 for students (UNL offices are open). All offices will then be closed November 23-26 for the holiday. Regular classes and office hours are set to resume November 27.
ACADEMIC CALENDAR
KRUGER GALLERY
Kruger Gallery Hosts Miniature Paintings by Joseph Yetto
The Kruger Gallery of miniature furnishings and decorative arts at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln continues an exhibition of smaller artworks by Joseph Yetto through Dec. 22. "Paintings in Little: The Small Works of Joseph Yetto" features recent works by the artist and includes a brief history of miniature painting and its application in 1-to-12 scale interiors.
Yetto, a native of Stillwater, N.Y., paints from life and works in a range of scales. "The idea of juxtaposing different scales can determine the size of the work," he said. "If I am observing something of small scale, I generally prefer to greatly increase its scale in my work. There is the feeling of experiencing new worlds and yet they are of our own world. The small-scale works tend to be interior spaces, still life, portraits or landscapes." more...
KRUGER COLLECTION
SHELDON MEMORIAL ART GALLERY
Sheldon Photo Exhibit Examines Harlem Renaissance
Eighteen prints, representing a cross-section of photographer James VanDerZee's work in the 1920s and 1930s, are on exhibit at the Sheldon Memorial Art Gallery through Dec. 17. A superlative studio photographer, VanDerZee (1886-1983) captured the spirit and energy of life in Harlem during the early 20th century. With his second wife, Gaynella, he opened a photo studio in 1916 and quickly established himself as Harlem's preeminent photographer. He photographed successful African-American families and celebrities in carefully staged portraits, using costumes, furniture and painted backdrops to achieve an aura of glamour. He also photographed landmarks, parades, funerals and social clubs.
VanDerZee's business declined as did Harlem after World War II. He was nearly destitute before his collection was discovered and shown in the Metropolitan Museum of Art in 1969. His work won widespread attention during the 1970s and has been the subject of numerous exhibitions and scholarship. The James VanDerZee Photographic Collections are at The Studio Museum in Harlem. This exhibition of prints held in the Sheldon's collection is presented in conjunction with professor Patrick Jones' course, "Americans in the Jazz Age," at UNL this fall.
SHELDON MEMORIAL ART GALLERY
MARY RIEPMA ROSS MEDIA ARTS CENTER
Fast Food Nation, This Film Is Not Yet Rated, Keeping Mum Show at the Ross
UNL's Mary Riepma Ross Media Arts Center presents Fast Food Nation, This Film Is Not Yet Rated, and Keeping Mum. All films will be showing through December 7.
When it was published in 2001, Fast Food Nation quickly became a New York Times bestseller, with its no-holds-barred, non-fiction exploration of "the dark side of the All-American meal." The big screen version Fast Food Nation is a dramatic feature penned by Fast Food Nation author Eric Schlosser and Oscar® nominee Richard Linklater, who also serves as director. Explains Linklater: "The movie is not a documentary, but a character study of the lives behind the facts and figures. I'm more interested in fiction than non-fiction. You get to the point through human storytelling."
Passionate cinephiles can be found casting quizzical glances at the erratic and often conflicting decisions made by the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) as they slap ratings onto movies. So in an attempt to make sense of their working methods--which, until now, have remained shrouded in mystery--one of those cinephiles, Kirby Dick (Twist Of Faith), has made this full-length motion picture about the inner workings of the MPAA. Entertaining and informative, Dick's movie is everything a documentary should be. Revelations come thick and fast throughout, and the director skillfully creates a palpable feeling of injustice that will leave many viewers feeling the MPAA is in urgent need of a drastic overhaul.
Keeping Mum stars Rowan Atkinson as an absent-minded vicar of a rural parish who is so distracted by the pressures of his job that he fails to notice his wife's (Kristin Scott Thomas) dalliance with her brash golf instructor (Patrick Swayze), his daughter's parade of new boyfriends, and his young son's regular trouncing by the school's bullies. Enter their charming new housekeeper, Grace (Maggie Smith), the answer to the family's prayers: a sweet, grey-haired old lady with her own distinctive definition of cleaning house. One by one, the family members find that Grace is able to solve their problems, but they don't realize that her means are leading to a lot of ends and the population of their sleepy hamlet is rapidly diminishing.
More information is available at the Ross website.
MRRMAC | FAST FOOD NATION | THIS FILM IS NOT YET RATED | KEEPING MUM
