Arts at Wellesley Spring 2013 Calendar by Wellesley College Alumnae Association

WELLESLEY ARTS AND CULTURE EVENTS CALENDAR SPRING 2013

CA L E NDAR OF EVENTS

01 1/10–2/3, p. 30

Holiday Ruth Nagel Jones Theatre 1/30–7/7, p. 7

Festina lente: Conserving Antiquity The Davis.

02 2/3 (Sun), p. 10

Arts and Culture at Wellesley

Spring 2013

Music Department Honors Concert 7:00 PM Jewett Auditorium 2/4–2/15, p. 26

Hend al-Mansour EXHIBITION Multifaith Center 2/4–2/28, p. 29

Stacey McCarthy: Works on Paper EXHIBITION Jewett Art Gallery 2/5 (Tue), p. 26

Hend al-Mansour LECTURE 4:30 PM Multifaith Center 2/6–6/9, p. 13

Prepared Box for John Cage The Davis. 2/6 (Wed), p. 4

Mythos/Melos LECTURE/RECITAL 12:30 PM Jewett Auditorium

2/9 (Sat), p. 4

2/26 (Tue), p. 21

3/8 (Fri), p. 8

Mythos/Melos

Don Lee and Stephanie Reents

Global Science Fiction Conference (GSFC): Keynote Address

CONCERT 8:00 PM Jewett Auditorium 2/10 (Sun), p. 19

A Trip to the Moon and Aelita: Queen of Mars CINÉPHILE SUNDAYS 3:00 PM Collins Cinema 2/12 (Tue), p. 21

Junot Díaz DISTINGUISHED WRITERS SERIES 4:30 PM Newhouse Center 2/13 (Wed), p. 27

Iyeoka: When Women Were Drummers 7:00 PM Multifaith Center

DISTINGUISHED WRITERS SERIES 4:30 PM Newhouse Center

4:00 PM Collins Cinema

2/27 (Wed), p. 24

3/8 (Fri), p. 8

Margaret Keane: Insights from Amnesia

GSFC: Screening of Cloud Atlas 7:00 PM Collins Cinema

DISTINGUISHED FACULTY LECTURE 12:30 PM Pendleton West 212

GSFC: Symposium

2/27–2/28, 3/1, p. 17

9:00 AM–5:00 PM Collins Cinema

3/9 (Sat), p. 8

Anand Patwardhan Film Festival

3/9 (Sat), p. 29

Collins Cinema

Early Photography

WELLESLEY DEERFIELD SYMPOSIUM 9:00 AM–5:00 PM White Church Community Center, Deerfield, MA

3/2 (Sat), p. 11

Freedom Jazz Dance

3/13 (Wed), p. 18

Glass Heart (bells for Sylvia Plath)

8:00 PM Jewett Auditorium

Hitchcock’s Blondes, Feminism and Psychoanalytic Theory

EXHIBITION The Davis.

3/3 (Sun), p. 19

5:30 PM Collins Cinema

2/20–6/8, p. 14

2/23 (Sat), p. 10

Glass Heart and Other Stories CONCERT 5:30 PM Houghton Chapel 2/24 (Sun), p. 19

La Jetée and 12 Monkeys CINÉPHILE SUNDAYS 3:00 PM Collins Cinema 2/26–6/30, p. 14

Josef Albers: Geometries The Davis.

Yeelen (Brightness) CINÉPHILE SUNDAYS 3:00 PM Collins Cinema 3/6 (Wed), p. 27

Diversity and Inclusion Through Interactive Art 7:00 PM Houghton Chapel 3/7–3/10, p. 31

God of Carnage by Yasmina Reza UPSTAGE SERIES Ruth Nagel Jones Theatre

3/26 (Tue), p. 21

Walter Mosley and China Miéville DISTINGUISHED WRITERS SERIES 4:30 PM Newhouse Center 3/26 (Tue), p. 28

Andrea Fraser: Institutional Critique DR. RUTH MORRIS BAKWIN '19 LECTURE 5:00 PM Collins Cinema

The Davis. 4/4 (Thu), p. 25

Hayden White: The Future of Enlightenment ELIZABETH TURNER JORDAN LECTURE 4:30 PM Newhouse Center

BlueJazz Strings and Combos

Dancing at Lughnasa by Brian Friel

7:00 PM Jewett Auditorium

Ruth Nagel Jones Theatre

Brandeis-Wellesley Orchestra

4/11–4/14, p. 31

8:00 PM Houghton Chapel

You Can’t Take It With You by Kaufman and Hart Ruth Nagel Jones Theatre 4/12 (Fri), p. 12

Roomful of Teeth 8:00 PM Houghton Chapel

4/4 (Thu), p. 18

ST Y E A TR EN

4/29 (Mon), p. 12

Chamber Music Society Concert 8:00 PM Pendleton Concert Salon

Changing Faces of Audio-Visual Documents

4/20 (Sat), p. 12

5/2 (Thu), p. 12

Jonathan Moyer, organ

Chamber Music Society Concert

5:30 PM Collins Cinema

8:00 PM Houghton Chapel

7:00 PM Pendleton Concert Salon

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Wellesley College Club

Admission Office

East Campus

Multifaith Center (Chapel)

Academic Quad

Tupelo Lane rar y p Lib

Whitin Observatory

4/28 (Sun), p. 12

7:00 PM Multifaith Center

TABLE OF CONTENTS Widening Circles ............................................................... 2 College Buildings

April Brief: From the Color Field

4/10 (Wed), p. 27

Songs of Hope

5/23–6/23 (Thu), p. 31 4/26 (Fri), p. 12

Public Buildings

4/3–5/5, p. 15

5:00–7:00 PM The Davis.

7:00 PM Jewett Auditorium

Lake Waban

LECTURE 7:00 PM Collins Cinema

SYMPOSIUM 2:30PM Davis Museum

Each semester, artists—and the academics who reflect on their work—explore questions of history, memory, and social responsibility; limits and transcendence; what it is to observe and what it is to respond, intuitively and intellectually. Please join us this spring to celebrate the arts at Wellesley; most events are free of charge and open to the public (unless otherwise noted).

Clap

4/3 (Wed), p. 16

4/26 (Fri), p. 16

A Lady from Lima

West Campus

4/10 (Wed), p. 16

SPRING FLING! at the Davis.

5/6 (Mon), p. 12

Chamber Music Society Concert

Alumnae Valley

DISTINGUISHED WRITERS SERIES 4:30 PM Newhouse Center

Pendleton

Marilyn Nelson and Anis Mojgani

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UPSTAGE SERIES Alumnae Hall Auditorium

Melancholia CINÉPHILE SUNDAYS 3:00 PM Collins Cinema

Alexandra Botanic Garden

4/9 (Tue), p. 22

Jewett Art Gallery

Krzysztof Wodiczko

5/5 (Sun), p. 19

On the Razzle by Tom Stoppard

Diana Chapman Walsh Alumnae Hall & Ruth Nagel Jones Theatre

5/9–5/31, p. 29

Senior Majors Exhibition

4/25–4/28, p. 31

7:30 PM Jewett Auditorium

Wang Campus Center

2:00 PM Jewett Auditorium

Tishman Commons

CINÉPHILE SUNDAYS 3:00 PM Collins Cinema

8:00 PM Jewett Auditorium

Visitor Parking

3/31 (Sun), p. 19

The Tree of Life

Zolotoj Plyos, Russian Folk Music Ensemble

Collegium Musicum

5/5 (Sun), p. 12

Wellesley’s immersive, transformative educational environment is evident in the innovative, thought-provoking arts programs on campus. We welcome the larger community to share in these stimulating, mind-opening events. The arts are central to the Wellesley educational experience. They both complement and illuminate a wide range of liberal arts disciplines. These, in turn, contextualize and interpret the work of the artists, writers, musicians, dancers, filmmakers, and videographers who participate in our arts programs. A rich, interand cross-disciplinary dialogue among artists and philosophers, scientists, mathematicians, sociologists, and interpreters of history and literature enriches and enlivens Wellesley’s curriculum and intellectual culture. Our arts programs reflect this ethos.

Mythos/Melos..................................................................... 4 Festina lente........................................................................ 6 Global Science Fiction Conference ................................ 8 The Concert Series............................................................ 10 The Davis........................................................................... 13 Cinema and Media Studies................................................ 19 Newhouse Center for the Humanities................................ 20

Keohane r Sports Cente

4/9 (Tue), p. 11

Chamber Music Society Concert

CENTRAL STREET – ROUTE 135

8:00 PM Jewett Auditorium

4/23 (Tue), p. 12

DOWNTOWN WELLESLEY

CAREY CONCERT 7:00 PM Jewett Auditorium

WEST ENTRY

Terri Lyne Carrington: The Mosaic Project

8:00 PM Jewett Auditorium

TO NATICK

Charles Fisk, piano

Au dJ ewe t t itor ium

3/30 (Sat), p. 11

Yanvalou

CINÉPHILE SUNDAYS 3:00 PM Collins Cinema

all

4/7 (Sun), p. 11

Severance Green

5/4 (Sat), p. 12

Fo u

4/21 (Sun), p. 19

Children of Men

Davis Museum Collins Cinema

Campus Center

Newhouse Center

THE BAUM CONCERT 8:00 PM Houghton Chapel

Botanic Garden Visitor Center

CALDERWOOD LECTURE 4:30 PM Pendleton Atrium

7:00 PM Jewett Auditorium

BlueJazz Big Band

Science Center

Chamber Music Marathon

Hunnewell Arboretum

Wellesley College Choral Program

Amy Finkelstein: Health Care for All?

4/21 (Sun), p. 12

4/6 (Sat), p. 12

ARTS AND CULTURE AT WELLESLEY

Child Study Center

WELLESLEY CAMPUS MAP 5/3 (Fri), p. 12

3/27 (Wed), p. 25

The Art of Good Taste........................................................ 23 The Spoken Word: Major Lectures and Symposia ........... 24 Art and Soul at the Multifaith Center.................................. 26 The Art Department............................................................ 28 Theatre............................................................................... 30 About Wellesley College.................................................... 32 Visiting Wellesley .............................................................. 33

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Cover image: Melancholia, by Lars von Trier. See page 19.

ARTS AND CULTURE AT WELLESLEY

SPRING 2013

WIDENING CIRCLES This spring, Critics and Commentary goes well beyond the exercise of critical response to an esthetic experience. We focus on the act of reflection and the “feedback loop” it generates, creating novelty and deepening meaning with each iteration. In February, Mythos/Melos: The Intertwining Threads of Music and Narrative explores Stravinsky’s Petrouchka in multiple works that weave in extra-musical elements. Performances include a rare two-piano and a six-hand performance of its score, as well as a world premiere that reimagines Petrouchka. In April, an evening of folk music—its roots and expressions researched and performed by the world-renowned ensemble Zolotoj Plyos—further enlarges our appreciation of the Russian musical tradition. Reimagination and the revealing of fresh perspectives is what GRAMMY Award–winning drummer, producer, and vocalist Terri Lyne Carrington, known for her eclectic approach to traditional jazz forms, specializes in; in March, she will celebrate female musicians with works from her recent album, The Mosaic Project. And the octet Roomful of Teeth expands the music vocabulary as well with their non-classical vocal techniques. Explorations into the synaesthetic experience are planned: the Collegium Musicum immerses us in 17th-century London through music and an environmental soundscape—using change-ringing on the College’s carillon, bird song, and readings from the diary of Samuel Pepys—while Jenny Olivia Johnson’s Glass Heart “compositions” of complementary multimedia works (inspired by Sylvia Plath’s poetry and Sol LeWitt prints) engage us directly in her interactive sight-and-sound installation at the Davis and a complementary opening concert of her work.

William James’s “reaching out to other selves through widening rings of relation” is what art like Hend al- Mansour’s does in exploring our most fundamental belief systems with unusual inventiveness; she creates intensely resonant portraits of women with her use of multiple media, from calligraphy to scent. Filmmaker Anand Patwardhan interrogates social injustice by documenting local and international oppression; we will be showing his much anticipated Jai Bhim Comrade about a community of “untouchable” activists. And Laura Mulvey, the internationally respected film theorist, extends her inquiries on Surrealism and Feminism beyond the medium of film itself. Don’t miss the longer programs: Cinephile Sundays explores the theme of “Wandering Lost Souls” through eight remarkable films; Junot Díaz, author of the Pulitzer Prize–winning The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao, will kick off our Distinguished Writers Series (which also welcomes Walter Mosley). Finally, Wellesley will host a Global Science Fiction Conference, bringing together writers, filmmakers, and scholars to exchange their views on science fiction in its global and historic contexts. This is only a small sample of spring’s mind-and-heart opening events. They will bring new depth and resonance to your ways of seeing and hearing, thinking and feeling.

THE DEPARTMENT OF MUSIC PRESENTS

MYTHOS/MELOS THE INTERTWINING THREADS OF MUSIC AND NARRATIVE Lecture/Recital: February 6 (Wed) / 12:30 PM Concert: February 9 (Sat) / 8:00 PM Jewett Auditorium

Join acclaimed faculty pianists Lois Shapiro and Randall Hodgkinson for a rare two-piano performance of Stravinsky’s revolutionary ballets, Petrouchka and The Firebird. Guest performers include Colin Gee, mime, and exceptional Wellesley student pianists in a six-hand arrangement by Mr. Hodgkinson. The program will also feature the world premiere of faculty composer Martin Brody’s True Pete, offering a fresh exploration of Petrouchka that inverts Stravinsky’s approach to the character as existential persona. Each work will involve the intimate marriage of music (Melos) with some extra-musical narrative or theatrical element (Mythos).

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THE DAVIS PRESENTS

FESTINA LENTE: CONSERVING ANTIQUITY

Festina lente offers an unconventional behind-thescenes opportunity to survey the Greek and Marjorie and Gerald Bronfman Gallery Roman holdings in the Davis Museum’s Camilla Chandler and Dorothy Buffum Chandler Gallery permanent collections. Focused on collecting, conservation, and stewardship, the exhibition invites new research and scholarship regarding a range of objects—some deeply beloved long-time fixtures in the Davis galleries, others hidden from view for decades. On View: January 30–July 7

The exhibition and programs illuminate the particular challenges facing museum antiquities collections, including questions of attribution, provenance, and authenticity; the science of investigation; changing strategies and shifting aesthetics in restoration; the function of and framework for managing fragmentary objects; the search for traces in abraded and eroded surfaces; and trends in collecting over time. Featuring vases and vessels of all sorts and designs, relief portraits and standing figures, mosaics, coins and jewelry, human and animal forms, the scope of the collection reveals tremendous vitality of form and function rendered in glass, terracotta, clay, metal, and stone. The classical adage Festina lente—to “make haste slowly”—was greatly favored by the first Roman emperor, Augustus, and seems particularly apt in relation to the collecting and conservation of antiquities. The balance of urgency and diligence, risk and caution is a perfect description for the dynamic focus on collecting, art history and archaeology, scientific research and conservation treatment that distinguishes this project—and indeed, to the larger project of museums overall. Curated by Lisa Fischman, Ruth Gordon Shapiro ’37 Director of the Davis. FESTINA LENTE and related programs have been generously supported by Wellesley College Friends of Art.

Lectures and Gallery Talks: Regarding Ancient Objects

Family Day at the Davis: When in Rome

The Davis welcomes eminent scholars,

March 30 (Sat) / 11:00 AM–1:00 PM Davis Galleries and Lobby

curators, and conservators to share new information and perspectives on the Greek and Roman objects in the permanent collections. Please see the website for a schedule of speakers, dates, and times.

Inspired by Festina lente, Family Day invites visitors of all ages to engage with antiquities at the Davis. Free and open to the public www.davismuseum.wellesley.edu

Image: Unknown, Rinceaux and Meander, 1st Century C.E. Mosaic (stone and glass tesserae, mortar), 73 in. x 28 in. Gift of the Committee of Excavation, Antioch and Vicinity (given in appreciation of Prof. W.A. Campbell’s work), 1933.10

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SUSAN AND DONALD NEWHOUSE CENTER FOR THE HUMANITIES AND CINEMA AND MEDIA STUDIES PRESENT

GLOBAL SCIENCE FICTION CONFERENCE March 8–9 (Fri–Sat) Collins Cinema Keynote Address with Andrea Hairston, accompanied by live music of Musician Pan Morigan March 8 (Fri) 4:00 PM Screening of Cloud Atlas March 8 (Fri) 7:00 PM Symposium March 9 (Sat) 9:00 AM–5:00 PM

In March, the Newhouse Center and the Cinema and Media Studies department take an in-depth look at science fiction in literature and film. The Global Science Fiction Conference will open on Friday with a keynote address by renowned science fiction author Andrea Hairston. She will read from her recent novels, to the accompaniment of live music by Pan Morigan, and give a short talk on science fiction and fantasy in the age of globalization. This performance will be followed by a special screening of the 2012 science fiction film Cloud Atlas.

science fiction as a genre within a global context? How does national imagery function within the science fiction genre? How are the familiar science fiction themes of utopianism and dystopianism deployed in different national literary contexts? How is post-humanity manifested in this literature—in terms of gender, race, technology, or something else? How does science fiction engage with imperialism and post-colonialism in a global literary context?

On Saturday, an international group of scholars will participate in a series of panels intended to engage critically with science fiction from a broad range of national and cultural traditions. How can we situate

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Cloud Atlas.

Jenny Olivia Johnson, Assistant Professor of Music Composition and Theory, presents a program of original multimedia compositions in conjunction with the opening of her sight and sound installation at the Davis Museum. Her music, which has been hailed as “gorgeous, ominous, and hypnotic” by the Boston Globe, explores themes of musical synaesthesia, acoustic memory, and childhood trauma. Johnson is joined by faculty members Eliko Akahori, piano; David Russell, cello; Aaron Sheehan, tenor; and Jenny Tang, piano; with guest artists Andrew Delclos, bassoon; P. Lucy McVeigh, soprano; Alec Schumacker, tenor; and Jude Traxler, percussion.

Terri Lyne Carrington. Photo by Tracy Love.

THE CAREY CONCERT

Charles Fisk, piano April 7 (Sun) / 7:00 PM

Freedom Jazz Dance: Jazz and World Music Faculty Concert

Jewett Auditorium

Pianist and Phyllis Henderson Carey Professor of Music Charles Fisk presents a concert of music by—and inspired by—Johann Sebastian Bach. The program will include Bach’s Goldberg Variations, a selection from Book II of The WellTempered Clavier, and two transcriptions: one by Busoni of the chorale prelude Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland, and one by Mary Howe of the aria Sheep May Safely Graze. The concert will also feature the world premiere of a work based on Bach’s Sheep May Safely Graze by Wellesley composition faculty member Martin Brody.

March 2 (Sat) / 8:00 PM Reception to Follow Jewett Auditorium

THE CONCERT SERIES With concerts ranging from early music to jazz and featuring musicians from around the world, the Concert Series features both visiting artists and members of Wellesley College’s performing faculty. Organized by the Department of Music, the Series complements the department’s academic offerings and augments the cultural life of both the College and the surrounding community.

Mythos/Melos: The Intertwining Threads of Music and Narrative

PROFESSIONAL SERIES The Music Department Honors Concert

Lecture/Recital: February 6 (Wed) / 12:30 PM Concert: February 9 (Sat) / 8:00 PM Jewett Auditorium

February 3 (Sun) / 7:00 PM Reception to Follow

Please see page 4 for more information.

Jewett Auditorium

The Music Department at Wellesley College fosters an environment in which students combine serious musical study with the depth and richness of a traditional liberal arts curriculum. This concert showcases eight Music Department students who have exhibited exceptional promise as performing musicians.

Glass Heart and Other Stories Jenny Olivia Johnson, composer Concert: February 23 (Sat) / 5:30 PM Houghton Chapel Exhibition/Installation February 20–June 8

The transformative power of creative music has long been associated with the quest for personal and social liberation throughout history. This year, the jazz and world music faculty at Wellesley celebrates the 150th anniversary of the Emancipation Proclamation. Performers include: Kris Adams, voice; David Harris, trombone; Mark Henry, bass; Russell Hoffmann, piano; Steven Kirby, guitar; Steve Langone, drums; Lance Martin, flute; Cercie Miller, saxophones; Kera Washington, percussion and voice; and Paula Zeitlin, violin.

Terri Lyne Carrington: The Mosaic Project March 30 (Sat) / 8:00 PM Jewett Auditorium

GRAMMY Award–winning drummer, producer and vocalist Terri Lyne Carrington has crafted an eclectic brand of jazz that incorporates elements of bebop, soul, funk and much more. Since her debut in 1989, she has established a reputation for assembling artists of varying styles and perspectives to create music that adheres to the traditions of jazz yet speaks to a much broader and more diverse audience. Carrington will present a program featuring trumpet player Ingrid Jensen and works from her most recent album, The Mosaic Project, which celebrates female musicians from both a musical and social perspective.

Zolotoj Plyos: Russian Folk Music Ensemble.

Zolotoj Plyos: Russian Folk Music Ensemble April 9 (Tue) / 7:30 PM Jewett Auditorium

The Russian Department and the Department of Music invite you to a spectacular evening of Russian folk music! Zolotoj Plyos was founded in 1994 by Alexander Solovov, Elena Sadina, and Sergei Grachev, all graduates of the Saratov State Conservatory. The group’s repertoire includes folk songs and instrumental pieces from various parts

Davis Museum (See page 14.)

STUDENT ENSEMBLES

of Russia, Ukraine, Belarus, Moldova, Georgia, and other areas, and also features Gypsy music, Russian popular music, and Jewish music. The Zolotoj Plyos ensemble has performed all over the world, including concerts at the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts and the main hall of the Moscow State Tchaikovsky Conservatory.

THE BAUM CONCERT

The Wellesley College Choral Program April 6 (Sat) / 8:00 PM

This event is supported by the Russian Department’s Maria Opasnov Tyler ’52 Fund

Houghton Chapel

Chamber Music Society April 21 (Sun) Marathon Campus Center April 29 (Mon) / 8:00 PM Pendleton Concert Salon May 2 (Thu) / 7:00 PM Pendleton Concert Salon May 5 (Sun) / 2:00 PM Jewett Auditorium May 6 (Mon) / 7:00 PM

Roomful of Teeth.

Jewett Auditorium

Roomful of Teeth April 12 (Fri) / 8:00 PM

THE DAVIS.

Collegium Musicum

Houghton Chapel

Tom Zajac, Director

Winners of the 2010 American Prize, two-time TimeOut New York Critic’s Pick and featured ensemble in the 2011 Merkin Hall Ecstatic Music Festival, Roomful of Teeth is a vocal octet dedicated to re-imagining singing in the 21st century. Through study with vocal masters from non-classical traditions the world over, Roomful of Teeth continually expands its vocabulary of singing techniques and, through an ongoing commissioning project, invites today’s brightest composers to create a repertoire without borders.

Bells, Birds and Ballads: Popular Music from 17th-Century London April 23 (Tue) / 8:00 PM Jewett Auditorium

Wellesley BlueJazz

One of the oldest and most acclaimed academic fine arts museums in the United States, the Davis Museum is a vital force in the intellectual, pedagogical, and social life of Wellesley College. The Museum’s mission is to create an environment that encourages visual literacy, inspires new ideas, and fosters involvement with the arts in the academy and in life.

Cercie Miller, Director BlueJazz Strings and Combos April 26 (Fri) / 7:00 PM Jewett Auditorium BlueJazz Big Band

Festina lente: Conserving Antiquity

COLLECTION AND CONSERVATION

On View January 30–July 7 Marjorie and Gerald Bronfman Gallery

May 3 (Fri) / 7:00 PM

Jonathan Moyer, organ

Camilla Chandler and Dorothy Buffum Chandler Gallery

Jewett Auditorium

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April 20 (Sat) / 8:00 PM Houghton Chapel

Brandeis-Wellesley Orchestra

Jonathan Moyer maintains a dynamic career as an organist, pianist, harpsichordist, and conductor. He is the music director and organist of the Church of the Covenant in Cleveland and Lecturer of Organ at Baldwin Wallace University. Described by critics as “ever-expressive, stylish, and riveting,” Moyer has performed throughout the northeastern United States, Europe, and Japan.

EXHIBITIONS

Neal Hampton, Conductor April 28 (Sun) / 8:00 PM Houghton Chapel

Prepared Box for John Cage

Yanvalou

February 6–June 9 Morelle Lasky Levine ’56 Works on Paper Gallery In 1987, artist Allan Kaprow invited contributions to an exhibition catalogue honoring the 75th birthday of composer, artist, and innovator John Cage. Forty-five artists, composers, curators, and writers responded to Kaprow’s call with the poems, drawings, essays, photographs, games,

Kera Washington, Director May 4 (Sat) / 8:00 PM Jewett Auditorium

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and scores that make up Prepared Box for John Cage. This eclectic assortment of material explores the influence of Cage’s teaching, writings, and music on 20th-century visual art, music, poetry, dance, and film. Curated by Elaine Mehalakes, Kemper Curator of Academic Programs, this exhibition displays the portfolio in its entirety, including contributions by Robert Rauschenberg, Allen Ginsberg, and Nam June Paik; it will also offer opportunities to see Cage’s scores and listen to performances of his work.

Plath’s poetry, and causes the lights of the glass hearts to dance to the sound. Johnson’s work, a daring foray into the potential of intersecting emotional undertones among distinct pieces of literature, music, and visual art, is linked to synesthetic experiences, in which certain sounds evoke particular colors in the mind. The exhibition is curated by Elaine Mehalakes. Glass Heart (bells for Sylvia Plath) is supported by The Mary Tebbetts Wolfe ’54 Program Fund and the Marjorie Baum Fund.

Prepared Box for John Cage is supported by the Sandra Cohen Bakalar ’55 Fund.

Louise Nevelson, Luminous Zag, 1971. Painted wood, 96 in. x 76 in. x 10 in. Gift of Milly and Arne Glimcher (Mildred L. Cooper, Class of 1961) in honor of Louise Nevelson. 1986.2

Louise Nevelson: Black Josef Albers, Transformation of a Scheme No. 27, 1952 Machine engraving on black vinylite, 17 in. x 22 1/2 in. Gift of Martina Schaap Yamin (Class of 1958), 1999.98

Jenny Olivia Johnson, Glass Heart, 2012, installation view (detail).

Glass Heart (bells for Sylvia Plath)

Josef Albers: Geometries

February 20–June 8, 2014 Dorothy Johnston Towne Gallery

On View February 26–June 30 Robert and Claire Freedman Lober Viewing Alcove

Gallery Talk: The Making of Glass Heart April 30 (Tue) / 3:00 PM Dorothy Johnston Towne Gallery Concert: Glass Heart and Other Stories February 23 (Sat) / 5:30 PM Houghton Chapel (See page 10 for information)

This small selection of works by Josef Albers (1888–1976) from the Davis collections invites close consideration of the geometric line in relation to color—or its absence—through prints and drawings, spanning 1944 to 1976. Albers— teacher, writer, painter, and color theorist—was an influential member of the Bauhaus before immigrating with his artist wife, Anni, to the United States in 1933. His work continued at Black Mountain College and the Yale University School of Art. In 1971, he was the first living artist celebrated with a solo retrospective at the Metropolitan Museum in New York.

Jenny Olivia Johnson, Assistant Professor of Music Composition and Theory, debuts a Davis Museum commission, Glass Heart (bells for Sylvia Plath). Johnson’s work is linked to synaesthetic experiences, in which certain sounds evoke particular colors in the mind. Inspired both by Sol LeWitt’s 1991 series of etchings, All Combinations of Red, Yellow, and Blue, with Scribbles, and the poetry of Sylvia Plath, Johnson has created an interactive musical instrument that will share the gallery space with LeWitt’s prints. The instrument consists of seven glass bell jars fitted with microphones and lights. A touch triggers a sound sample of a new composition written by Johnson and featuring

Curated by Lisa Fischman, Ruth Gordon Shapiro ’37 Director of the Davis. This exhibition is supported by the Claire Freedman Lober ’44 Endowment Fund.

On View March 6–June 9 Joan Levine Freedman ’57 and Richard I. Freedman Gallery Curated by Lisa Fischman and installed in the Davis’s “black-box” gallery, this exhibition offers a rare opportunity to consider the work of Louise Nevelson (1900–1988) in the lighting she preferred. For Nevelson, whose monochrome strategies in assemblage became legendary, black “symbolized harmony and continuity.” As her long-time gallerist Arne Glimcher notes, “For her first shows of environments in the fifties…she painted the entire place black and she had almost no light in there. So your perception had to become hyper-active because of the light deprivation.”

Helen Frankenthaler, Out of the Blue, 1985. Acrylic on canvas, 77 in. x 42 in. Gift of Philip M. Stern, Washington, D.C., 1993.7

by major figures associated with the “Color Field” movement—Jules Olitski, Helen Frankenthaler, Kenneth Noland, Friedel Dzubas, Jack Bush, and Larry Poons. Playing on the variable definitions of “brief,” this exhibition of striking but little-seen works from the Davis permanent collections is both short-lived and instructive. This presentation, curated by Lisa Fischman, explores tensions between the aesthetic pleasures and curatorial initiatives that align in display on one hand, and the conservation concerns and stewardship priorities regarding preservation on the other. And so, the bold and bright shapes of these large-scale paintings will command the gallery space for just one month, a duration determined by standards of safe exposure to high levels of natural light.

The exhibition is supported by the Davis Museum Program Endowed Fund.

April Brief: From the Color Field April 3–May 5 Joanne Larson Jobson Gallery Harold and Estelle Newman Tanner Gallery

Curated by Lisa Fischman, Ruth Gordon Shapiro ’37 Director of the Davis. April Brief is generously supported by the Davis Museum Program Endowed Fund.

The soaring light-filled galleries that crown Rafael Moneo’s architecturally stunning Davis Museum building are the setting for large-scale paintings 15

Krzysztof Wodiczko April 3 (Wed) / 7:00 PM Collins Cinema World-renowned artist Krzysztof Wodiczko speaks about his highly acclaimed practice of large-scale projections on architectural facades and monuments. Wodiczko has realized more than 80 such public projects around the world, and in 1998 was awarded the Hiroshima Prize for his contributions to world peace. The recipient of the Skowhegan Medal for Sculpture, the György Kepes Award, the Katarzyna Kobro Prize, and the “Gloria Artis” Golden Medal from the Polish Ministry of Culture, Wodiczko represented Poland in the 2009 Venice Biennale. Organized by Visiting Lecturer Jay Miller, the event is cosponsored by the Philosophy Department, the Art Department, and the Davis.

EVENT

Cloud Atlas.

SPRING FLING! at the Davis.

Unknown (Lima School). Portrait of a Young Woman, Late 18th century. Oil on canvas, 54 3/4 in x 39 1/4 in. Museum purchase with funds provided by Wellesley College Friends of Art, 2011.17

April 10 (Wed) / 5:00–7:00 PM Davis Galleries and Lobby

Jewelry,” Julie Knight of Hirsch and Associates on “Her Gilded Frame”; and conservator Elizabeth Leto Fulton on “Her Condition.”

Join us to celebrate the many exhibitions and programs on view at the Davis this spring, with an evening of gallery talks, festive treats and fun for all!

TOURS: GET TO KNOW THE DAVIS.

SYMPOSIUM

CINEMA AND MEDIA STUDIES Cinema and Media Studies, by its very nature, entails public programming: What is cinema, if not a medium designed to bring a broad spectrum of viewers together? In these days when people too often watch film in the isolation of their homes or their computers, we offer the opportunity to come together, in the dark and in the light, to view film on the big screen, to hear from major film theorists, and to meet filmmakers.

Increase your enjoyment and understanding by taking a guided tour of the Davis. Our knowledgeable tour guides can customize a tour for any group, concentrating on specific interest areas or exhibitions on view. Admission is free, and we welcome audiences from the Wellesley College campus and beyond.

A Lady from Lima: Culture, Collecting, Conservation April 26 (Fri) / 2:30 PM Dorothy Johnston Towne Gallery This afternoon symposium brings together a team of experts to celebrate the 2011 acquisition of a marvelous portrait of a young woman, painted in Lima, Peru, in the late 18th century and not previously exhibited. Subsequently conserved and reframed, the work raises fascinating questions for scholars and students: Who was the artist? Who was the patron? What can this work tell us about art and society in colonial Lima, one of the richest cities in the Spanish Empire? A series of short papers will be presented, including: James Oles, Senior Lecturer in the Art Department and Adjunct Curator of Latin American Art at the Davis on “Her Context in Colonial Lima;” Pamela A. Parmal of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, on “Her Dress and

Anand Patwardhan: Pioneer of Activist Documentary Film February 27, 28, and March 1 (Wed, Thu, Fri) Collins Cinema

World-renowned filmmaker Anand Patwardhan joins us for a festival of screenings and discussions. Working from Mumbai, India since the late 1970s, Patwardhan has fashioned a mode of committed filmmaking that interrogates and disrupts social injustice on local and international levels. He has created some of the most important films in the canon of global activist documentary.

Guided tours are available during weekday open hours, Tuesday through Friday from 11:00 AM to 5:00 PM. Contact davistours@wellesley.edu or call 781.283.3569.

Museum Hours Tuesday–Saturday, 11:00 AM–5:00 PM Wednesday until 8:00 PM Sunday, 12:00 PM–4:00 PM Closed Mondays, major holidays, and campus recesses

The centerpiece of the festival will be a screening of Patwardhan’s latest, much-anticipated masterpiece Jai Bhim Comrade (2012). Shot over 14 years, the film is a paean to a community of Dalit (“Untouchable”) activists, poets and musicians who have responded to extreme

The Davis is supported in part by a grant from the Massachusetts Cultural Council.

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Jai Bhim Comrade.

Cloud Atlas.

Moana.

oppression and violence with inspiring insight and irrepressible spirit. The festival will also include screenings of selections from his foundational oeuvre and discussions with Wellesley faculty.

film theory now and in relation to one of her specialties, cinema of the 1920s. Mulvey is Professor, Department of History of Art and Screen Media, Birkbeck, University of London and is among the most sought-after and widely quoted film theorists working today; her work has influenced scholars in many fields beyond film studies. Her more recent books (Fetishism and Curiosity, 1996, and Death 24x a Second, 2006) have continued to break new ground in both film and photography.

This event is supported by The Wilson Fund.

This event is supported by the Annette Finnigan Fund.

Changing Faces of Audio-Visual Documents: Moana and Fokus

Death 24x a Second.

Sami van Ingen, Experimental Filmmaker, Finland

Cloud Atlas

April 4 (Thu) / 5:30 PM

March 8 (Fri) / 7:00 PM

Collins Cinema

Sami van Ingen is a filmmaker and visual artist, and is the great-grandson of Robert Flaherty, considered to be “the father of documentary.” Van Ingen works primarily in video, film, installation and performance art. This exceptional event combines a screening of van Ingen’s tantalizing short film Fokus, with the virtually never-screened sound version of Moana, the documentary shot by Flaherty as a silent film in 1926 in Samoa and later meticulously dubbed by his daughter Monica.

Cloud Atlas is being screened as part of the Global Science Fiction Conference taking place in collaboration with the Newhouse Center on March 8 and 9. See page 8 for details.

Hitchcock’s Blondes, Feminism and Psychoanalytic Theory Laura Mulvey, Professor, University of London March 13 (Wed) / 5:30 PM

From top left: 12 Monkeys, The Tree of Life, A Trip to the Moon, La Jetée, Children of Men, Melancholia.

CINÉPHILE SUNDAYS:

A Trip to the Moon Aelita: Queen of Mars

WANDERING LOST SOULS

By Georges Méliès, France, 1902 and Yakov Protazanov, Soviet Union, 1924

Since its earliest days, cinema has cut the human subject free of its moorings; Siegfried Kracauer saw in certain films an “unhappy homeless soul [moving] like a stranger through the world of normal reality.” The image of wandering souls haunts us, and so we pursue these lost souls throughout our spring film series— from past to present, from earth to space, from fiction to science fiction, from memory to magic…souls wandering through the

February 10 / 3:00 PM

La Jetée 12 Monkeys By Chris Marker, France, 1962 and Terry Gilliam, U.S., 1995 February 24 / 3:00 PM

Yeelen (Brightness) By Souleymane Cissé, Mali/Portugal, 1987 March 3 / 3:00 PM

universe of film.

The Tree of Life By Terrence Malick, France, 2011 March 31 / 3:00 PM

Children of Men By Alfonso Cuarón, U.S. and UK, 2006 April 21 / 3:00 PM

Melancholia

This event is supported by the Marjorie Copland Bound Fund.

Collins Cinema

Laura Mulvey is the author of the groundbreaking 1975 manifesto of feminist film criticism, Visual Pleasure and Narrative Cinema. She returns to Wellesley in March to offer reflections on feminist

By Lars von Trier, Denmark, 2011 May 5 / 3:00 PM

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Junot Díaz.

Don Lee.

Stephanie Reents.

THE DISTINGUISHED WRITERS SERIES

The mission of the Newhouse Center for the Humanities is to create a dynamic and cosmopolitan intellectual community that extends from Wellesley College to the wider Boston-area community and beyond. Founded in 2004 by a generous gift from Susan Marley Newhouse ’55 and Donald Newhouse, the Newhouse Center generates and supports innovative, world-class programming in the humanities and arts.

Global Science Fiction Conference March 8–9 (Fri–Sat) Collins Cinema The conference is organized by the Newhouse Center and the Cinema and Media Studies Program. See page 8 for more information.

All Distinguished Writers Series events take place at 4:30 PM | Newhouse Center, Green Hall, 2nd floor

Junot Díaz February 12 (Tue)

Junot Díaz was born in the Dominican Republic and raised in New Jersey. A graduate of Rutgers College, he is the author of Drown and The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao, which won the 2008 Pulitzer Prize, the John Sargent, Sr. First Novel Prize, the National Book Critics Circle Award, the Anisfield-Wolf Book Award, and the Dayton Literary Peace Prize. His fiction has appeared in The New Yorker, African Voices, Best American Short Stories, Pushcart Prize XXII and in The O. Henry Prize Stories 2009. He is the recipient of a MacArthur “genius” award in 2012, and his most recent work This Is How You Lose Her, a collection of connected short stories, was nominated for the National Book Award.

Stephanie Reents, currently an assistant professor at the College of the Holy Cross, is the author of The Kissing List. Her fiction has been included in The O. Henry Prize Stories, noted in Best American Short Stories, and has appeared in numerous journals, including Epoch. She has been a Bread Loaf Writers’ Conference Scholar, a Stegner Fellow, and Rhodes Scholar.

Don Lee and Stephanie Reents

Walter Mosley and China Miéville

February 26 (Tue)

March 26 (Tue)

Don Lee’s most recent novel is The Collective. Previous work include Wrack and Ruin, which was a finalist for the Thurber Prize; Country of Origin, which won an American Book Award, the Edgar Award for Best First Novel, and a Mixed Media Watch Image Award for Outstanding Fiction; and

Global Sciene Fiction Conference keynote speaker Andrea Hairston (r) accompanied by live music of Pan Morigan (l).

China Miéville.

the story collection Yellow, which won the Sue Kaufman Prize for First Fiction from the American Academy of Arts and Letters and the Members Choice Award from the Asian American Writers’ Workshop. Lee has received an O. Henry Award and a Pushcart Prize. He is currently the director of the M.F.A. program in creative writing at Temple University.

This series reminds us that reading, writing, conversation, and laughter are related arts. The venue is intimate and the format is simple: the writers read, have a conversation with a faculty member, and then engage in an open dialogue with the audience.

THE SUSAN AND DONALD NEWHOUSE CENTER FOR THE HUMANITIES

Walter Mosley.

Walter Mosley is one of the most versatile and admired writers in America today. He is the author of more than 37 critically acclaimed books, including the major best-selling mystery series featuring Easy Rawlins. His work, which includes

China Miéville’s Waste Books.

Anis Mojgani.

literary fiction, science fiction, political monographs, and a young adult novel, has appeared in The New York Times Magazine and The Nation, among other publications, and has been translated into 23 languages. He is the winner of numerous awards, including an O. Henry Award, a GRAMMY and PEN America’s Lifetime Achievement Award.

Wolf Award and The Fields of Praise: New and Selected Poems, which won the 1998 Poets’ Prize and was a finalist for the 1997 National Book Award. Her honors include two NEA creative writing fellowships, the 1990 Connecticut Arts Award, a Fulbright teaching fellowship, a 2001 Guggenheim Fellowship, and the Frost Medal from the Poetry Society of America. She is a professor emeritus of English at the University of Connecticut and the founder and director of Soul Mountain Retreat, and was Poet Laureate of the State of Connecticut from 2001–2006.

China Miéville describes his fiction as “weird fiction” (after early 20th-century pulp and horror writers such as H.P. Lovecraft), and he belongs to a loose group of writers sometimes called New Weird. He is the author of King Rat; Perdido Street Station, winner of the Arthur C. Clarke Award and the British Fantasy Award; The Scar, winner of the Locus Award and the British Fantasy Award; Iron Council, winner of the Locus Award and the Arthur C. Clarke Award; and Un Lun Dun, his New York Times-bestselling book for younger readers.

Anis Mojgani is a two-time National Poetry Slam champion and winner of the International World Cup Poetry Slam. He has performed at numerous universities, festivals, and venues as varied as the House of Blues and the United Nations, and his work has appeared on HBO, NPR, and in the pages of such journals as Rattle, Used Furniture Review, Muzzle, and The Lumberyard. A founding member of the touring Poetry Revival, he is also the author of two poetry collections, both published by Write Bloody Publishing: Over the Anvil We Stretch and The Feather Room.

THE ART OF GOOD TASTE The Wellesley College Club, situated on the shores of Lake Waban, is delighted to open its doors to the public for three culinary events designed to complement programs in the Spring Calendar. THE CONCERT SERIES PRESENTS

DEPARTMENT OF THEATRE STUDIES

MYTHOS/MELOS

PRESENTS

DANCING AT LUGHNASA

Pre-concert dinner

Opening night pre-theatre dinner

February 9 (Sat)

May 23 (Thu)

Our chef will prepare a special prix fixe menu to include an appetizer, entrée, dessert, and one glass of wine. Other alcoholic beverages, tax, and gratuity not included. (Please see page 4 for information about the concert.)

Join us for a special Irish-themed prix fixe menu, to include an appetizer, entrée, dessert, and one glass of wine. Other alcoholic beverages, tax, and gratuity not included. (Please see page 31 for information about the performance, and contact the box office at 781.283.2000 to arrange for tickets.)

THE CONCERT SERIES AND THE DAVIS PRESENT

GLASS HEART AND OTHER STORIES

Marilyn Nelson.

Post-concert dinner Marilyn Nelson and Anis Mojgani

February 23 (Sat)

April 9 (Tue)

Marilyn Nelson is a poet, translator and children’s book author. Her poetry collections include The Homeplace, which won the 1992 Anisfield-

All events are free and open to the public. www.newhouse-center.org

All Art of Good Taste dinners are $40 per person. Reservations are required. Please call 781.283.2700 for reservations and membership inquiries. www.wellesleycollegeclub.com

behavior outside of our awareness, and how memory enables us to envision the future.

public policy on these markets. She is the Ford Professor of Economics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. She graduated summa cum laude from Harvard University in 1995, and received a Ph.D. from MIT in 2001. Among many awards and fellowships, she recently won the John Bates Clark Medal, awarded annually to the American economist under age 40 who is judged to have made the most significant contribution to economic thought and knowledge.

Margaret Keane is Professor of Psychology at Wellesley College and Associate Director of the Memory Disorders Research Center at the VA Boston Healthcare System and Boston University School of Medicine. She received her Ph.D. in Cognitive Neuroscience from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Her courses contribute to the curriculum in psychology, neuroscience, and cognitive science. She was awarded The Anna and Samuel Pinanski Teaching Prize in 2012. THE WELLESLEY-DEERFIELD SYMPOSIUM

Early Photography in New England: From Heliography to the Handheld Kodak, 1830–1900 March 9 (Sat) / 9:00 AM–5:00 PM

THE SPOKEN WORD:

White Church Community Center, Historic Deerfield, MA

Hayden White.

See page 29 for more information.

ELIZABETH TURNER JORDAN ’59 LECTURE

Hayden White: The Future of Enlightenment

MAJOR LECTURES AND SYMPOSIA

April 4 (Thu) / 4:30 PM Newhouse Center for the Humanities, Green Hall Hayden White, Distinguished Professor Emeritus, History of Consciousness Department at University of California, Santa Cruz, is a prominent American historian, critic, essayist and editor. White is best known for his analysis of the literary structures of the works of 19th- and 20thcentury historians and philosophers. Although his work has drawn criticism from historians and literary critics alike, White is widely respected for raising vital questions about the latent assumptions that inform all kinds of historical interpretation.

Wellesley enriches its vibrant academic community by inviting today’s thought leaders to speak at the College. Coming from a broad range of disciplines, past speakers have ranged from Hillary Clinton ’69 to journalist E.J. Dionne to author Pico Iyer.

THE DISTINGUISHED FACULTY LECTURE

Margaret Keane: Remembrance of Things Past and Future: Insights from Amnesia February 27 (Wed) / 12:30 PM Pendleton West 212 Much of what we know about the forms and functions of memory comes from research with individuals who have become amnesic as a result of brain damage. Such work has not only elucidated the brain structures critical for establishing memories, but has also yielded fascinating insights about how memory shapes

Margaret Keane. Photo by Richard Howard.

Amy Finkelstein. Photo by Ed Quinn.

THE CALDERWOOD LECTURE IN ECONOMICS

Amy Finkelstein: Health Care for All? The Economics of Expanding Health Insurance Coverage

All events are free and open to the public. new.wellesley.edu/events or 781.283.2373

March 27 (Wed) / 4:30 PM Pendleton Atrium Amy Finkelstein is a renowned expert in public finance and health economics, specifically market failures in insurance markets and the impact of

Participants will assist in the creation of parchment and pine lanterns which will encircle the interior of the chapel–so that they may illuminate the pathways of inclusion within our campus community. The lanterns will go on to be part of a large scale environmental art installation at Castle Hill. Michael Dowling, the artistic director, won renown with Medicine Wheel, an annual 24-hour vigil within a major sculptural art installation at the Boston Center for the Arts commemorating World AIDS Day.

Iyeoka.

Iyeoka: When Women Were Drummers February 13 (Wed) / 7:00 PM Multifaith Center

Women of Arabia 14. Acrylic on pale, 15" x 18", 2001. Hend al-Mansour.

ART AND SOUL AT THE MULTIFAITH CENTER Education at Wellesley College can be both an intellectual and a spiritual journey. With this

A night of spoken-word poetry, music and open mic. Nigerian-born Iyeoka Ivie Okoawo is one of the most sought after poetry slammers in the country, a 2010 TED Global Fellow and a powerful songstress whose lyrical prowess and vocal talents invoke the spirit of soul-shakers. “When Women Were Drummers” is the featured art performance and digital installation of the “Lyrics for Literacy” project, which delivers native folk songs, proverbs and wisdom from Esan elders, weaving a diverse tapestry of African and Western language with song and modern poetry.

Beth DeSombre.

Songs of Hope: An Evening with Singer/Songwriters Beth DeSombre and Barbara Kessler

mission in mind, the Office of Religious and Spiritual Life has developed Art and Soul as a

April 10 (Wed) / 7:00 PM

program to foster a community exploration of spirituality and the arts.

Multifaith Center, Houghton Chapel

Two accomplished singer/songwriters perform in concert. Beth DeSombre sings new songs that spring from old traditions, telling the stories of people and places that awaken vision and hope. Though she has played primarily in New England, she has begun touring across the U.S. and internationally as well. In addition to her awardwinning songwriting career, she is also a prominent scholar and teacher and serves as chair of the Environmental Studies program at Wellesley. Barbara Kessler writes honest, engaging lyrics that reflect the human condition, the universal experiences people share but have been socialized not to reveal.

Hend al-Mansour: Women, Power, Freedom and Art Exhibit: February 4–15 Lecture: February 5 (Tue) / 4:30 PM A Beacon to the Dream.

Multifaith Center, Houghton Chapel

Hend al-Mansour uses the beautiful language of art for the sake of social change toward justice, equality, and freedom of expression. Her work explores religious and social belief systems, especially those dealing with women, sexuality and understanding the other. Combining media such as Arabic calligraphy, fabrics, sculptures and scents, al-Mansour often creates portraits of women she has researched or interviewed directly. Come experience and be inspired by al-Mansour’s intricate and expressive works of contemporary Arab art and social commentary!

Diversity and Inclusion Through Interactive Art: A Beacon to the Dream with Michael Dowling March 6 (Wed) / 7:00 PM Houghton Chapel

All members of the community are invited to honor Dr. Martin Luther King’s legacy of inclusion as it shines light upon our own vision and dreams.

All events are free and open to the public. www.wellesley.edu/RelLife

Hend al-Mansour.

Barbara Kessler.

The Symposium is sponsored by the Grace Slack McNeil Program for Studies in American Art at Wellesley College and the Office of Academic Programs at Historic Deerfield.

JEWETT ART GALLERY Stacey McCarthy: Works on Paper On View February 4–28

A Poem in Trees, Hunnewell’s Grounds, Boston, Mass. 1894. Jarvis, J.F.

Addressing social constructs surrounding concepts of home and family, Boston-based artist Stacey McCarthy will present a group of new works on paper exploring the illusion, promise and failure of the American domestic structure.

contemporary art world, pointing out, for instance, the relationship between the hyperinflation of art prices and growing social and economic inequality. Andrea Fraser is currently Professor of New Genres in the Department of Art at the University of California, Los Angeles. Photo: Jewett Art Gallery, Flickr.

THE ART DEPARTMENT The Art Department is home to art history, studio art, architecture, and media arts at Wellesley. Each year the department brings guest lecturers, exhibitions, and visiting artists to the campus and community. The Jewett Art Gallery is the department’s teaching gallery; it hosts exhibitions generated by faculty for teaching purposes as well as exhibitions of student work.

Senior Majors Exhibition On View May 9–31

This exhibition, featuring work by the talented senior thesis students and senior art majors, highlights a broad range of different artistic media and conceptual approaches.

A Lady from Lima: Culture, Collecting, Conservation April 26 (Fri) / 2:30 PM Dorothy Johnston Towne Gallery, Davis Museum Presented by the Art Department and the Davis Museum. Please see page 16 for information.

Gallery Hours Monday–Friday, 9:00 AM–5:00 PM Weekends, 12:00–5:00 PM Closed major holidays and campus recesses

THE WELLESLEY-DEERFIELD

AT BABSON COLLEGE The innovative Babson-Olin-Wellesley ThreeCollege Collaboration presents two exhibitions.

SYMPOSIUM

Early Photography in New England: From Heliography to the Handheld Kodak, 1830–1900

Lina Giraldo: Algorithmics On View January 23–March 14 Artist Talk February 5 (Tue) / 5:00 PM Hollister Gallery, Babson College

March 9 (Sat) / 9:00 AM–5:00 PM

DR. RUTH MORRIS BAKWIN CLASS OF 1919 LECTURE

LECTURES AND SYMPOSIA

Andrea Fraser: Institutional Critique Tuesday, March 26, 5:00 PM Collins Cinema

“At all levels of the art world one finds extreme wealth breezing past grinding poverty.”— Andrea Fraser, “There’s No Place Like Home,” 2012 Whitney Biennial Andrea Fraser’s provocative critiques of the contemporary art world take the form of performance pieces, video installations, museum tours, art lectures and critical essays. In her work as an “institutional critic,” Fraser explores the political and economic underpinnings of the

Andrea Fraser.

White Church Community Center, Historic Deerfield, MA

Lina Giraldo will be exhibiting her compelling video works Plus and Minus, Fractal Maps, and Rain.

Digital technology has radically changed the art—and business—of photography. As useful as they are, electronic resources can neither replace the analog photographer’s sensory engagement with cameras and film, negative plates and darkroom developing equipment, nor replicate the artistry and technical skill evident in the manipulation of this equipment to produce photographic images. And in New England historical images of people and places, captured by mechanical means, continue to powerfully shape perceptions of the region. This one-day symposium aims to explore, and to celebrate, the technologies, materials, methods and settings of New England’s early photographers and their work.

David Akiba: Sightlines On View March 26–May 25 Opening Reception March 28 (Thu) / 5:00 PM Artist Talk April 4 (Thu) / 5:00 PM Hollister Gallery, Babson College During “the fraction of a second that the shutter is open,” David Akiba’s telephoto lens captures solitary figures as they travel through a nearly unpopulated urban landscape. All events are free and open to the public. new.wellesley.edu/art | 781.283.3873 29

Dancing at Lughnasa

$10 General Admission, $5 for Seniors and Students. Reservations required: Call 781.283.2000 or visit wellesleysummertheatre.com

by Brian Friel May 23–June 23 Ruth Nagel Jones Theatre

THEATRE The Department of Theatre Studies at Wellesley College allows students to explore the history and literature of the theatre, and then to bring their knowledge from the classroom to a hands-on application of the craft. To facilitate this essential experiential learning, the department hosts three active performing programs on campus: Wellesley Summer Theatre,

In the golden late summer of 1936 anything seems possible for the five Mundy sisters—even love. The return of their elder brother to the family home in Donegal, Ireland after missionary work in Africa heralds the end of their golden season, and as the summer draws to a close the sisters must face their own bitter harvest.

THE UPSTAGE SERIES Upstage productions are produced and directed by Wellesley College students, providing them with the opportunity to explore all aspects of working in theatre independently.

$20 General Admission, $10 for Seniors and Students. Reservations required: Call 781.283.2000 or visit wellesleysummertheatre.com

God of Carnage by Yasmina Reza, translated by Christopher Hampton Directed by Vanessa Greenleaf ’14 and Annie Wong ’14

Please see page 23 for information on our special Opening night pre-theatre dinner at the Wellesley College Club.

March 7–10 Ruth Nagel Jones Theatre

Two sets of parents meet for a civilized discussion of an incident between their children—but the meeting becomes increasingly uncivilized as the evening goes on. The play has received acclaim in productions around the world, and won both Tony and Olivier awards in 2009.

Wellesley College Theatre, and the Upstage Series.

WELLESLEY COLLEGE THEATRE WELLESLEY SUMMER THEATRE COMPANY Wellesley Summer Theatre Company is the professional, Equity theatre company in residence at Wellesley College. The award–winning company attracts audiences and artists from across New England.

Julia and pledges to marry her, over her father’s strenuous objections. With one more big deal to set him up for life, it’s all falling into place for him. But it’s Julia’s sister, Linda, who turns out to be Johnny’s kindred soul in this upper-class comedy of manners.

The Wellesley College Theatre shows blend casts from Wellesley, Olin College, and Babson College with professionals from the Boston theatre community.

$20 General Admission, $10 for Seniors and Students

by Moss Hart and George S. Kaufman

Reservations required: Call 781.283.2000 or visit wellesleysummertheatre.com

Holiday by Philip Barry January 10–February 3 Ruth Nagel Jones Theatre

Ambitious Johnny Case thinks he’s met the girl of his upwardly-mobile dreams when he falls for

Reservations required: Call 781.283.2220 or email upstagereservations@gmail.com

On the Razzle

You Can’t Take It with You

by Tom Stoppard, Directed by Jane Adkins ’13 April 25–28

April 11–14

Alumnae Hall Auditorium

Ruth Nagel Jones Theatre

On the Razzle, which debuted in 1981, is a comedy of mistaken identities, double entendres, and romantic entanglements by one of today’s most acclaimed playwrights.

Meet the Sycamores: three generations of eccentrics living in their New York City brownstone. When daughter Alice falls in love with Tony, son of a straightlaced Wall Street banker, the two families clash in a disastrous dinner party, which shows that while the Sycamores are crazy, the rest of the world may be even crazier.

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ABOUT WELLESLEY

The world’s preeminent college for women, Wellesley College is known for its intellectual rigor, its belief in the enduring importance of service, and its cultivation of an inclusive, pragmatic approach to leadership. We take great pride in what we produce here: women who know how to succeed in every arena, public and personal, while keeping their values intact; women who bring worldchanging vision and an inimitable sense of purpose to even the smallest endeavor; women who understand that effective leadership means tempering the exercise of power with the commitment to serve. And as the sense of what it means to be an effective leader evolves, the crucial role that women are playing in making the world a better place is becoming increasingly apparent.

Preparing women for this role is perhaps Wellesley’s unique strength. From the moment they step onto the campus, our students are cultivating not only their minds, but also an aspirational drive and sense of responsibility. They know they are carrying forward a very special legacy, one in which purposeful leadership is a way of life, regardless of the life they choose—and one in which they are committed to taking their place at the table, to getting things done, to making a difference. Your gift to Wellesley helps maintain the excellence of our arts programming, and keeps our events free of charge. new.wellesley.edu/alumnae/give/ | 800.358.3543

VISITING WELLESLEY

Just 12 miles from Boston, Wellesley’s rich and diverse arts scene feels worlds away. Nearby neighbors and Bostonians alike will discover that Wellesley is a wonderful untapped resource for cultural and intellectual pursuits.

Take in the celebrated landscape and architecture. Combine your visit to Wellesley with a stroll through the grounds and see if you don’t feel as inspired by our surroundings as our guest artists do. Designed in consultation with landscape architect Frederick Law Olmsted Jr., the campus is a historic landmark that showcases the work of distinguished architects, including Ralph Adams Cram, Paul Rudolph, and Rafael Moneo.

Attending an event at Wellesley is as stress-free as it is affecting. Parking is free and readily accessible, our performance spaces are intimate and inviting, and the nearby town of Wellesley offers a variety of fine restaurants. Or join students and faculty on campus for a lively meal at the Lulu Chow Wang Campus Center, affectionately called the Lulu. The Wellesley College Club is another option for lunch or dinner.

Podcast tours are available at the Davis Museum—check out Landscape and Architecture and walk with Professor John Rhodes as he presents highlights of the campus. You’ll see Wellesley’s Alumnae Valley, awarded first prize for design by the American Society of Landscape Architects in 2006 for returning a parking lot to native wetland. Pause on the shores of Lake Waban to take in the elaborate topiary on the far shore. And don’t miss the Botanical Gardens, featuring specimens from around the world and its own butterfly garden. Leave inspired. Even if you visit us for just an afternoon or an evening, you’ll find Wellesley will leave you feeling renewed and enriched. For directions to campus, please visit: new.wellesley.edu/about/visit

Be part of the vibrant arts and culture scene at Wellesley this spring!

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