Mon, Jan 15, 2007
January 15, 2007
SHELDON MEMORIAL ART GALLERY GALLERY
'Expressing Identity, American Prints Since 1980' Continues at Sheldon
More that 20 prints from Sheldon Memorial Art Gallery's collections will compose "Expressing Identity, American Prints Since 1980," an intimate yet diverse exhibition, running through Jan. 28.
Referencing personal experiences and cultural influences, these works reveal the creative power of printmaking. Among the artists included are: Rupert Garcia, Keith Jacobshagen, Ed Ruscha, Martin Puryear, Judith Shea, Tanya Softic and Roger Shimomura. more...
SHELDON GALLERY
NEBRASKA UNION | LIVE WEBCAST AVAILABLE AT 2PM
Jane Elliott, Chancellor's Awards Highlight MLK Events
Jane Elliott, teacher, diversity trainer and creator of "Blue Eyes/Brown Eyes" exercise, is the keynote speaker for University of Nebraska-Lincoln's observance of Martin Luther King Jr. Day. At a 2 p.m. program Jan. 15 at the Nebraska Union, 1400 R St., Barbara Couture, senior vice chancellor, will introduce the program and winners of chancellor Harvey Perlman's annual "Fulfilling the Dream" awards.
The 2007 recipients of the Chancellor's Fulfilling the Dream award are Oscar Harriot, deputy ombudsman for the state of Nebraska, and Christy Horn, ADA/504 compliance officer for the University of Nebraska. Horn founded UNL's Office of Services for Students with Disabilities and now works with all four NU campuses to ensure that the university offers equal educational and employment opportunities for individuals with disabilities. In addition to his work as deputy ombudsman, Harriot is an active community leader who founded the Lincoln Community Gospel Choir and serves on the Lincoln Human Rights Commission. He helped establish the annual MLK Capitol Commemoration in the Capitol Rotunda and co-chairs the Chief Standing Bear Capitol Rotunda Commemoration. more...
MLK WEEK AT UNL
MARY RIEPMA ROSS MEDIA ARTS CENTER
Sweet Land, Shut Up And Sing Show at the Ross
UNL's Mary Riepma Ross Media Arts Center presents Sweet Land and Shut Up And Sing. Both films will be showing through Thurs, January 18.
Winner of the Audience Award for Best Narrative Feature at the 2005 Hamptons International Film Festival, Sweet Land is a poignant and lyrical celebration of land, love, and the American immigrant experience. Based on Will Weaver's short story A Gravestone Made of Wheat and shot on location in Southern Minnesota, Sweet Land is that rare independent feature that uses painterly images and understated performances to tell a universal story of love and discovery. David Tumblet's glorious magic-hour cinematography recalls classic American art cinema like Days of Heaven, transforming the amber majesty of Southern Minnesota's farm country into an elegiac metaphor for memory, family, and history.
While performing in 2003, singer Natalie Maines ignited a maelstrom of controversy and red-state rage when she declared--from a London stage on the eve of the Iraqi conflict--that she was ashamed President George W. Bush was from her home state of Texas. When a rabidly right-wing group picked up on it, the band found themselves in the center of controversy regarding the nature of patriotism, freedom of speech, feminism, and the split between pro- and antiwar Americans. In Shut Up And Sing, Filmmaker Barbara Kopple brings us the fly-on-the-wall view of the next three years: we find Haines and sisters Emily Robison and Martie Maguire in dressing rooms, on stage, and in recording studios, bonding with each other, their families, producer Rick Rubin, and their supportive manager Simon Renshaw. Through the crises, they keep their sense of humor and sisterhood, not backing down from their liberal stance, and turning the backlash into a triumph. They also make some great music, and the film includes plenty of riveting, intense footage of the band in performance onstage and in the studio. Among the faces appearing in archival footage are President Bush, Bill Maher, and rabidly right-wing country star Toby Keith.
More information is available at the Ross website.
