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OCTOBER 2016 EVENTS AND EXHIBITS AT SMU’S MEADOWS SCHOOL OF THE ARTS & MEADOWS MUSEUM

Meadows Distinguished Performer Concert Series: Concert Trio with Andrés Díaz, Chee-Yun Kim and Wendy Chen
Saturday, October 1, 2016 (NOTE: This concert was originally scheduled for September 30 but has been moved to October 1.)
7:30 p.m.
Caruth Auditorium – Owen Arts Center, 6101 Bishop Blvd. on the SMU campus, Dallas 75205
$14 for adults, $11 for seniors, $8 for students, faculty & staff
International performing artists Andrés Díaz, professor of cello; Chee-Yun Kim, violin artist-in-residence; and Wendy Chen, piano, present a not-to-be-missed fall concert including works by Mendelssohn. For more information call 214.768.2787.

Play: Twelfth Night by William Shakespeare
Directed by Jack Greenman
September 28-October 2, 2016
8 p.m. Wed.-Sat.; 2 p.m. Sat. & Sun.
Greer Garson Theatre – Owen Arts Center, 6101 Bishop Blvd. on the SMU campus, Dallas 75205
$14 for adults, $11 for seniors, $8 for students, faculty & staff
One of Shakespeare’s most beloved comedies, the play is a whirligig of disguise, mistaken identity, posing, posturing, cunning, confusion, music, madness, mayhem, sensuality, swordplay, revelry and romance. For more information call 214.768.2787.

Fall Brown Bag Dance Series
October 3-7, 2016
12 p.m. Mon., Wed. & Fri.; 12:30 p.m. Tues. & Thurs.
Bob Hope Lobby – Owen Arts Center, 6101 Bishop Blvd. on the SMU campus, Dallas 75205
FREE
The Division of Dance presents lunchtime performances of 10-15 original, student-choreographed ballet, modern and jazz works. For more information call 214.768.2787.

Liudmila Georgievskaya: Faculty Piano Recital
Monday, October 3, 2016
7:30 p.m.
Caruth Auditorium – Owen Arts Center, 6101 Bishop Blvd. on the SMU campus, Dallas 75205
FREE
Award-winning Russian pianist Liudmila Georgievskaya presents a solo recital. An honors graduate of the Moscow Tchaikovsky Conservatory, she received an Artist Certificate from SMU and is currently on the Meadows faculty. Described as “authoritative and musical” (Dallas Morning News) with a “sharp, inquisitive mind shaping the performance” (The Guardian), she has performed in Russia, Ukraine, Italy, Netherlands, France, England, Hungary, Uzbekistan, Panama and across the United States. For more information call 214.768.2787.

Vice Presidential Debate: Viewing and Discussion
Tuesday, October 4, 2016
7 p.m.
Room 241 – Umphrey Lee Center, 3300 Dyer St. on the SMU campus, Dallas 75205
FREE
SMU Debate will host a public viewing of the sole vice presidential debate of the 2016 election. Dr. Ben Voth, associate professor and director of debate in Meadows’ Corporate Communication and Public Affairs Division, will moderate the event. Audience members will watch the debate together and have a public argument session at the end of the broadcast, followed by a vote on who won the debate. Dr. Voth will give a pre-debate lecture about the ongoing social significance of the American presidential debate process. For more information call 214.768.1574.

Widening Circles - A Call for Peace
Meadows Chorale, Meadows Concert Choir and Diva Dolce
Thursday, October 6, 2016
7:30 p.m.
Caruth Auditorium – Owen Arts Center, 6101 Bishop Blvd. on the SMU campus, Dallas 75205
FREE
Poet and novelist Rainer Maria Rilke wrote, “I live my life in widening circles…” In this opening concert of the season, the Meadows choirs use the medium of music to express a commitment to spreading a message of love, acceptance and freedom throughout a broken world. For more information call 214.768.2787. *In lieu of admission, the Meadows choirs ask that you make a donation to the North Texas Food Bank through ntfb.org; cash donations or nonperishable food items for the food bank will also be accepted at the concerts.

International Symposium on Modern Spanish Art
Friday, October 7, 2016
10 a.m. – 1 p.m.
Bob and Jean Smith Auditorium – Meadows Museum, 5900 Bishop Blvd. on the SMU campus, Dallas 75205
FREE
An international panel of scholars will present papers related to the Meadows Museum’s exhibition Modern Spanish Art from the Asociación Colección Arte Contemporáneo, including exhibition curator Eugenio Carmona, distinguished professor of art history, Universidad de Málaga. For more information call 214.768.4677.

Meadows Wind Ensemble: MWE Plays the Classics
Friday, October 7, 2016
7:30 p.m.
Caruth Auditorium – Owen Arts Center, 6101 Bishop Blvd. on the SMU campus, Dallas 75205
$14 for adults, $11 for seniors, $8 for students, faculty & staff
The Meadows Wind Ensemble’s “classics” program has become somewhat of a tradition, and is always one of the season’s most popular programs for audience and ensemble alike! All of the music is chosen by members of the MWE; selections may include works by such diverse composers as Frank Zappa, Olivier Messiaen, David Maslanka and Gustav Holst. For more information call 214.768.2787.

Meadows Museum Exhibit Opening: Modern Spanish Art from the Asociación Colección Arte Contemporáneo
October 9, 2016 – January 29, 2017
10 a.m.-5 p.m. Tues.-Sat.; 10 a.m.-9 p.m. Thurs.; 1-5 p.m. Sun. Closed Mon.
Meadows Museum, 5900 Bishop Blvd. on the SMU campus, Dallas 75205
$12 for adults; $8 for seniors; $4 for non-SMU students; FREE for members, children under 12, SMU students, faculty & staff; FREE Thurs. after 5 p.m.
Modern Spanish Art from the Asociación Colección Arte Contemporáneo presents the most comprehensive survey of Spanish modern art to be shown in the United States in 50 years. The exhibition, which features more than 90 works of art dated from 1915 to 1960 by approximately 50 artists, is drawn predominantly from the Asociación Colección Arte Contemporáneo (ACAC), one of the most significant repositories of Spanish modern art in the world, with select masterpieces from the renowned collection of the Meadows Museum. The collaboration and exhibition mark the first time many of these works will travel to the U.S., and the first opportunity for American audiences to experience the exceptional breadth and depth of the ACAC’s modern art collection. For more information call 214.768.2516.

Meadows Museum Exhibit Opening: The Festival Book for San Fernando: Celebrating Sainthood in Baroque Seville
October 9, 2016 – January 29, 2017
10 a.m.-5 p.m. Tues.-Sat.; 10 a.m.-9 p.m. Thurs.; 1-5 p.m. Sun. Closed Mon.
Meadows Museum, 5900 Bishop Blvd. on the SMU campus, Dallas 75205
$12 for adults; $8 for seniors; $4 for non-SMU students; FREE for members, children under 12, SMU students, faculty & staff; FREE Thurs. after 5 p.m.
Rarely seen etchings by Juan de Valdés Leal (1622-90) and other Spanish Baroque masters from the lavishly illustrated festival book Fiestas de la Santa Iglesia Metropolitana y Patriarcal de Sevilla al nuevo culto del Señor Rey San Fernando el tercero de Castilla y de León (Seville: Viuda de Nicolás Rodríguez, 1671) provide a fascinating look at the extravagant five-day festival in 1671 Seville that was held for the cult of King Ferdinand III of Castile, or San Fernando (1201-52). For more information call 214.768.2516.

Drawing From the Masters
Select Sundays: October 9 & 23, 2016
1:30 p.m.
Meadows Museum, 5900 Bishop Blvd. on the SMU campus, Dallas 75205
FREE with museum admission: $12 for adults; $8 for seniors; $4 for non-SMU students; FREE for members, children under 12, SMU students, faculty & staff
Enjoy afternoons of informal drawing instruction as artist Ian O’Brien leads participants through the Meadows Museum’s galleries. Each session will provide an opportunity to explore a variety of techniques and improve drawing skills. Designed for adults and students ages 15 and older, and open to all abilities and experience levels. Drawing materials will be available, but participants are encouraged to bring their own sketchpads and pencils. Attendance is limited to 20 and is on a first-come, first-served basis. For more information call 214.768.4677.

Second Presidential Debate: Viewing and Discussion
Sunday, October 9, 2016
7 p.m.
Room 241 – Umphrey Lee Center, 3300 Dyer St. on the SMU campus, Dallas 75205
FREE
SMU Debate presents the second of three public viewings and discussions of the 2016 presidential debates. Dr. Ben Voth, associate professor and director of debate in Meadows’ Corporate Communication and Public Affairs Division, will moderate the event. Audience members will watch the debate together and have a public argument session at the end of the broadcast, followed by a vote on who won the debate. Dr. Voth will give a pre-debate lecture about the ongoing social significance of the American presidential debate process. For more information call 214.768.1574.

Artina McCain Guest Lecture: “Discover Yourself: Making Opportunities”
Wednesday, October 12, 2016
1 p.m.
Caruth Auditorium – Owen Arts Center, 6101 Bishop Blvd. on the SMU campus, Dallas 75205
FREE
Artina McCain, Meadows alum and assistant professor of piano at the University of Memphis, presents a workshop encouraging music students to discover their own potential. She will teach ways to prepare, promote and establish a successful career in one’s musical field. Described as a pianist with “power and finesse,” McCain enjoys an active career as a solo and chamber performer, educator and lecturer. For more information call 214.768.2787.

Meadows First Performances Recital Series
Thursday, October 13, 2016
12:30 p.m.
Taubman Atrium – Owen Arts Center, 6101 Bishop Blvd. on the SMU campus, Dallas 75205
FREE
Bring your lunch and hear Meadows musicians perform solo works and chamber music in a relaxed, informal setting. For more information call 214.768.2787.

Meadows Museum Access Program: Re-Connections
Friday, October 14, 2016
10:30 a.m. – 12 p.m.
The Gates – Meadows Museum, 5900 Bishop Blvd. on the SMU campus, Dallas 75205
FREE
Pre-registration encouraged but not required.
Individuals with early stage dementia, their care partners and family members are invited to attend this relaxed social gathering. Attendees visit with friends over coffee and light refreshments, explore the galleries, and enjoy an informal gallery activity. For more information call 214.768.3980.

Lecture Series: “The Spanish Labyrinth: Spain, Its Civil War, and Modern Art, 1915-1975”
Luis Martín Lecture Series in the Humanities
Kenneth Andrien, Edmund J. and Louise W. Kahn Chair in History, SMU
October 14, 21 & 28 and November 4, 11 & 18, 2016
10:30 a.m.
Bob and Jean Smith Auditorium – Meadows Museum, 5900 Bishop Blvd. on the SMU campus, Dallas 75205
$50 for the 6-part series; FREE for museum members and SMU faculty, staff & students. Pre-registration is required.
This series of six lectures will focus on the political conflicts that led to the Spanish Civil War and its aftermath, a period that shaped much of the history of 20th-century Spain and formed the historical backdrop to the artistic production in the Meadows Museum’s exhibition Modern Spanish Art from the Asociación Colección Arte Contemporáneo. Professor Andrien will explore the links between the major events of the Civil War era, its aftermath and the production of these modern masterpieces. Coffee and pastries will be served in the Founder’s Room before each lecture, from 10 to 10:25 a.m. This program is made possible by gifts from The Fannie and Stephen Kahn Charitable Foundation and The Eugene McDermott Foundation. For more information and to register, call 214.768.2740.

Meadows Museum Family Day
Saturday, October 15, 2016
10 a.m. – 1 p.m.
Meadows Museum, 5900 Bishop Blvd. on the SMU campus, Dallas 75205
FREE
The Meadows Museum offers free admission from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. for Family Day, featuring special entertainment, art activities and more. Discover Modern Spanish paintings and sculptures through hands-on experiences and sensory approaches that will engage visitors of all ages through sound, touch, taste and smell. For more information call 214.768.4677.

SYZYGY: 24HC
Saturday, October 15, 2016
8 p.m.
O’Donnell Hall, Room 2130 – Owen Arts Center, 6101 Bishop Blvd. on the SMU campus, Dallas 75205
FREE
Music so new it was written last night! Meadows’ contemporary music ensemble SYZYGY, directed by Lane Harder, presents 24HC in partnership with the Meadows music composition department. 24HC stands for “24-hour concert,” meaning that composers will write music for randomly selected players from within SYZYGY between 8 p.m. and 8 a.m., the performers will rehearse the work from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m., and the concert will be presented at 8 p.m. Come have fun at what is sure to be an entertaining evening of diverse approaches to contemporary music from SMU’s student composers. For more information call 214.768.2787.

Third Presidential Debate: Viewing and Discussion
Wednesday, October 19, 2016
7 p.m.
Room 241 – Umphrey Lee Center, 3300 Dyer St. on the SMU campus, Dallas 75205
FREE
SMU Debate presents the third of three public viewings and discussions of the 2016 presidential debates. Dr. Ben Voth, associate professor and director of debate in Meadows’ Corporate Communication and Public Affairs Division, will moderate the event. Audience members will watch the debate together and have a public argument session at the end of the broadcast, followed by a vote on who won the debate. Dr. Voth will give a pre-debate lecture about the ongoing social significance of the American presidential debate process. For more information call 214.768.1574.

Light Shining in Buckinghamshire by Caryl Churchill
Directed by Rhonda Blair
October 19-23, 2016
8 p.m. Wed.-Sat.; 2 p.m. Sat. & Sun.
Margo Jones Theatre – Owen Arts Center, 6101 Bishop Blvd. on the SMU campus, Dallas 75205
$14 for adults, $11 for seniors, $8 for students, faculty & staff
Arguably the most brilliant playwright writing in English, with every play Caryl Churchill invents a new and dazzling form for a new and compelling question. The play centers on the political upheaval of England’s Civil War and its effect on ordinary citizens, dramatizing the conflicts of a time when hierarchies and conventions had been shaken and the revolutionary belief in the second coming of Christ reached a pitch. Written in 1976, set in 1646, the play is a stunning illumination of world conditions in 2016. For more information call 214.768.2787.

Emerging Artists Recital Series
Thursday, October 20, 2016
7:30 p.m.
Caruth Auditorium – Owen Arts Center, 6101 Bishop Blvd. on the SMU campus, Dallas 75205
FREE
The Emerging Artists Recital Series is a new initiative by Stefan Engels, professor and chair of organ, that brings together outstanding students from various departments in the Division of Music to present engaging concerts for the community. This is the second of four recitals to be held throughout the school year, featuring masterworks from the piano, organ, strings, voice, brass and woodwind repertory. For more information call 214.768.2787.


Alternate ROOTS Weekend-Dallas
October 20-23, 2016
Multiple times and locations around Dallas (short summary below)
Free and ticketed events
This four-day event is presented by Alternate ROOTS, an arts service organization founded in 1976 and composed of artists and cultural organizations in the South. The Dallas event is one of six regional gatherings that Alternate ROOTS is convening throughout the South in 2015-17. Through the theme of “creating vibrant communities,” the event will bring together artists, community organizers and cultural workers to share their work with the public and build community through performance, visual arts displays, workshops and discussions. Alternate ROOTS’ goal is to support the creation and presentation of original art that is rooted in community, place, tradition or spirit and champions social and economic justice. This is ROOTS’ first major event in Texas, and is presented in partnership with SMU Meadows’ Ignite/Arts Dallas, the Latino Cultural Center (LCC) and the South Dallas Cultural Center (SDCC). The ROOTS Weekend Series is made possible by the generous support of The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. For more information and to register, visit https://alternateroots.org/roots-weekend-dallas/.
Thursday, Oct. 20
7-10 p.m. – Art party/gallery opening – South Dallas Cultural Center
A showcase of work by local Dallas artists and ROOTS members curated around
the weekend’s theme of creating vibrant communities
Friday, Oct. 21
9 a.m.-3 p.m. – Dallas tour and excursions
7-8 p.m. – Reception – Latino Cultural Center
8-10 p.m. – A Night of Activist Art – Latino Cultural Center
Performances presented by Alternate ROOTS in association with SDCC,
LCC and Ignite/Arts Dallas
Saturday, Oct. 22
10:30 a.m.-4 p.m. – Workshops and art sharing – South Dallas Cultural Center
4-7 p.m. – Dinner break
8 p.m. – Evening of experimental films curated by Black Radical Imagination – SDCC
Black Radical Imagination is an international touring program of short films by
black filmmakers, focusing this year on the concept of posthumanism; presented
by Ignite/Arts Dallas
10 p.m.-1 a.m. – Band Jam
Sunday, Oct. 23
9 a.m.-1 p.m. – Workshops and formal closing session – SMU
3 p.m. – Bonus art activity – Theater Mitu’s Juárez: A Documentary Mythology – LCC
Presented by Ignite/Arts Dallas


Theater Mitu: Juárez: A Documentary Mythology
October 20, 22 & 23, 2016
8 p.m. Thurs. & Sat.; 3 p.m. Sun.
Latino Cultural Center – 2600 Live Oak St., Dallas 75204
$10 per person
Ignite/Arts Dallas and Cara Mia Theatre Company present three performances of a theater work created by New York-based Theater Mitu from a series of interviews Mitu conducted in and around Ciudad Juárez, Mexico. Once bearing the label “Murder Capital of the World,” the northern Mexican city of Ciudad Juárez is a bustling laboratory of the future – a glimpse into the perfect storm of economy-driven politics, U.S. drug consumption, government corruption, religious fervor and familial honor, all within the landscape of border politics. Drawn by the contradictions, history and myth within and around this unique landscape, Theater Mitu conducted a series of interviews and investigations over a two-year period to explore the ever-complicated landscape of the U.S./Mexico border. Led by Theater Mitu’s Artistic Director Rubén Polendo (who was raised in Juárez), the company creates an artistic and emotional map of El Paso/Juárez, incorporating verbatim transcripts and a deep investment in corporeal authenticity in performance. The work frames Mitu actors as witnesses to memory and myth and as vehicles for transmission of the many stories that create a contemporary map of this incredible polemic border. For more information call 214.768.2417 or visit smu.edu/igniteartsdallas.

Modern Spanish Art from the Asociación Colección Arte Contemporáneo
Friday Afternoon Gallery Talk
Scott Winterrowd, Curator of Education, Meadows Museum
Friday, October 21, 2016
12:15 p.m.
Virginia Meadows Galleries – Meadows Museum, 5900 Bishop Blvd. on the SMU campus, Dallas 75205
FREE with museum admission: $12 for adults; $8 for seniors; $4 for non-SMU students; FREE for members, SMU faculty, staff & students
Meadows Museum gallery talks feature art research and perspectives from local guest speakers. For more information call 214.768.4677.

Kevin Hanlon: “Caruth: A Love/Hate Story”
Friday, October 21, 2016
7:30 p.m.
Caruth Auditorium – Owen Arts Center, 6101 Bishop Blvd. on the SMU campus, Dallas 75205
FREE
Caruth Auditorium has been the primary venue for decades of stirring, beautiful music-making at SMU. At the same time, Caruth is a confounding space full of acoustical anomalies on- and off-stage, “dead” spots, resonances, etc. At times, the electrical realities of the hall are fine for electric instruments, in other instances a total pain, a nightmare of distracting problem-solving. Composer/performer Kevin Hanlon is well acquainted with Caruth in all its glory and infamy and has organized a concert of original music that celebrates, comments on and condemns in turn the venerable space. Hanlon will be joined by guest artists to share in the joy and travail. The concert will include a heart-felt tribute to Frank Zappa and a work with audience participation; audience members will be able to receive recordings of their performance sometime after the concert. For more information call 214.768.2787.

CLOSING: The Triple Carbs Society (The Built-In Kitchen of M. Duchamp)
Through October 22, 2016
Pollock Gallery in the Hughes-Trigg Student Center, 3140 Dyer St. on the SMU campus, Dallas 75205
New gallery hours: 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Tues.-Sat.; closed Sun. & Mon.
FREE
The Triple Carbs Society is a conceptual constructed space, created by Berlin-based artist Marco Bruzzone, composed of a built-in kitchen resembling the middle class American kitchen and a long communal table referencing the furniture of minimalist artist Donald Judd. Bruzzone focuses on merging daily life activities and artistic practice, offering the spectator a moment of reflection on the domestic space and its function as a “readymade” (a term coined by French artist Marcel Duchamp around 1913 to indicate an everyday object that has been selected and designated as art). With this exhibit, the Triple Carbs Society questions hospitality and human interaction in the form of a social experience. Every day while the gallery is open at lunch time, gallery workers will cook and serve to visitors a bowl of plain white spaghetti with butter and cheese. In order to test the hardness of the pasta, each day a single strand of spaghetti will be thrown against the wall of the gallery space. The 13-foot-long, Judd-style picnic table will be laminated with noodle-doodle, a graphic conceived by Bruzzone that recreates the form of the individual strands of spaghetti thrown on the walls. The laminate covering the table boards is produced by the historic Italian company Abet Laminati. Pollock Curatorial Fellow Sofia Bastidas said, “In this deceptively simple conceptual piece, the artist invites the visitor to interact with contemporary art in a more sociable way, blurring the distance between artist and viewer. Referencing Marcel Duchamp’s famous ‘readymades,’ here the art becomes a ‘readymade’ as it once was in Duchamp’s own daily experience of eating simple white pasta. The visitor isn’t looking at the art, but is part of it – and is, in fact, making the art as she or he eats pasta.” Sponsors of the event are Abet Laminati and Dallas-based Jimmy’s Food Store. For more information call 214.768.4439.

How the News Got Made: A Rare Look at SMU’s WFAA Newsfilm and a Conversation with the People Who Created It
Saturday, October 22, 2016
5 p.m.
Angelika Film Center – 5321 E. Mockingbird Lane, Dallas 75206
Ticket cost TBD
Learn how the news was captured and shared and gain a new appreciation for the hard work and ingenuity that went into making the WFAA nightly news throughout the 1960s and ’70s. A panel of notable WFAA staff, including on-screen personalities and behind-the-scenes personnel, will present clips from SMU’s Jones Film and Video Collection and share stories of their experiences together making the news. For ticketing information, please visit http://www.videofest.org.

Black Radical Imagination Film Screening
Saturday, October 22, 2016
8 p.m.
South Dallas Cultural Center – 3400 S. Fitzhugh Ave., Dallas 75210
FREE
Black Radical Imagination is an international touring program of short films that delve into the worlds of new media, video art and experimental narrative. Focusing on new stories within the Diaspora, each artist contributes his or her own vision of post-modern society through the state of current black culture. This year’s program, co-curated by Erin Christovale and Amir George, includes films that explore the concept of posthumanism through themes of space travel, digital interfacing and cyborg “performativity.” The screening is presented by Ignite/Arts Dallas and the South Dallas Cultural Center, in collaboration with Alternate ROOTS and the SMU Meadows Divisions of Art and Film & Media Arts. For more information call 214.768.2417 or visit smu.edu/igniteartsdallas.

Meadows First Performances Recital Series
Monday, October 24, 2016
12 p.m.
Taubman Atrium – Owen Arts Center, 6101 Bishop Blvd. on the SMU campus, Dallas 75205
FREE
Bring your lunch and hear Meadows musicians perform solo works and chamber music in a relaxed, informal setting. For more information call 214.768.2787.

Meadows Distinguished Performer Concert Series: Double Bassist Brian Perry
Tuesday, October 25, 2016
7:30 p.m.
Caruth Auditorium – Owen Arts Center, 6101 Bishop Blvd. on the SMU campus, Dallas 75205
$14 for adults, $11 for seniors, $8 for students, faculty & staff
Faculty member and Dallas Symphony double bassist Brian Perry presents a recital of transcriptions and duos for double bass and other instruments. For more information call 214.768.2787.

Organ Studio Fall Concert
Thursday, October 27, 2016
7:30 p.m.
Caruth Auditorium – Owen Arts Center, 6101 Bishop Blvd. on the SMU campus, Dallas 75205
FREE
The SMU Organ Studio will present its fall recital featuring works by Frescobaldi, Buxtehude, Bach, Reger, Vierne, Messiaen and others. For more information call 214.768.2787.

Meadows Opera Theatre’s Opera Free For All: “It Ain’t Over ’Til the Big Bad Wolf Sings”
Friday, October 28, 2016
1 p.m.
Bob Hope Lobby – Owen Arts Center, 6101 Bishop Blvd. on the SMU campus, Dallas 75205
FREE
Fairy godmothers, giants, mermaids, witches and trolls populate the fairy tales of our childhood, capturing our collective imagination for centuries, spanning across continents and cultures. In the hands of brilliant composers and librettists like Stravinsky, Rossini, Barab, Rodgers and Sondheim, these stories, full of magic and wisdom from the ages, still have the power to enchant, entertain and enlighten us. For more information call 214.768.2787.

R3clamation: Routes & Roots, An Installation by Basil Kincaid
October 28 – December 11, 2016
Opening reception: Friday, October 28, 6-8 p.m.
Hawn Gallery – Hamon Arts Library, 6100 Hillcrest Ave. on the SMU campus, Dallas 75205
Hours: 8 a.m.-midnight Mon.-Thurs.; 8 a.m.-6 p.m. Fri.; 12-5 p.m. Sat.; 1 p.m.-midnight Sun.
FREE
R3clamation: Routes & Roots, An Installation by Basil Kincaid [If the map to freedom was etched on the inside of your forehead, would you carve back the skin and follow the route to your roots?] is an exhibition by St. Louis-based artist Basil Kincaid. This exhibition launches the Hamon Arts Library’s contemporary arts exhibition program for the Hawn Gallery and is curated by the first curatorial fellow for the Hawn Gallery, Georgia Erger. Kincaid reclaims seemingly innocuous materials and repurposes them to create assemblage sculptural and textile works. These quilts, garments and costumes, comprised of the debris and clutter we encounter daily, are intimately relevant to their place of cultivation. They speak to a community’s collective past and present and emphasize the implicit impact of our physical surroundings. By no means static, these art works are worn by the artist, ensuring the body is always present in the work, whether physically or symbolically. The installation
will extend beyond the Hawn Gallery, throughout the Hamon Arts Library and its exterior lobby, and feature the artist’s recent photography and video work. An opening reception will be held in the gallery on Friday, October 28 from 6 to 8 p.m., during which the artist will present a performance art piece and conduct a gallery talk. For more information call 214.768.2779.

Meadows Symphony Orchestra: Chopin, Rimsky-Korsakov, Wagner and Harder
October 28 & 30, 2016
7:30 p.m. Fri.; 2:30 p.m. Sun.
Caruth Auditorium – Owen Arts Center, 6101 Bishop Blvd. on the SMU campus, Dallas 75205
$14 for adults, $11 for seniors, $8 for students, faculty & staff
The concert will open with the world premiere of Ghost Boxes by percussionist/composer and Meadows faculty member Lane Harder. Chopin’s Piano Concerto in F minor follows, with Alessandro Mazzamuto (Performer’s Diploma ’15, Artist Diploma ’17), winner of more than 60 national and international piano competitions, as soloist. The second half of the program begins with Rimsky-Korsakov’s Russian Easter Overture, described by one writer as a “musical marriage of Christian ritual and pagan enthusiasm.” It concludes with Wagner’s Prelude and Liebestod, in which two lovers’ endless longing finds redemption only in death – from his groundbreaking and influential opera Tristan und Isolde. For more information call 214.768.2787.

Meadows Jazz Orchestra Swing Dance Concert: “It Don’t Mean a Thing if It Ain’t Got That Swing”
Saturday, October 29, 2016
6:30 p.m. – Introductory/brush-up swing dance lesson
7:30 p.m. – Concert
Martha Proctor Mack Ballroom – Umphrey Lee Center, 3300 Dyer St. on the SMU campus, Dallas 75205
$10; $5 with SMU I.D.
By popular demand, the Meadows Jazz Orchestra presents its second annual swing dance! Get ready to jump and jive as Meadows time-travels back to the 1930s and ʼ40s for an evening of dancing, swing and fun! The evening will feature the music of the great swing era big bands, Glenn Miller, Benny Goodman, Count Basie, Woody Herman and more. Grab your fedoras and dancing shoes and join the Meadows Jazz Orchestra for a wonderfully entertaining “blast from the past”! Light refreshments will be served (cost included in ticket price). For more information call 214.768.2787.

Cézanne Quartet
Saturday, October 29, 2016
7:30 p.m.
Caruth Auditorium – Owen Arts Center, 6101 Bishop Blvd. on the SMU campus, Dallas 75205
FREE
Join the Cézanne Quartet, Meadows’ Peak Fellowship Ensemble-in-Residence, as they perform a preview of their first CD, to be released in spring 2017. Following the theme of tragedy, Kevin Puts’ Credo opens the program, written as a response to the Virginia Tech massacre. Felix Mendelssohn’s dark and brooding String Quartet in F minor ends the first half, conveying his utter despair after the death of his sister Fanny. Ending the program is Béla Bartók’s String Quartet No. 6, the last work he wrote in Nazi-occupied Hungary before immigrating to the U.S. Since winning Second Place Ensemble in the Senior Division of the Coltman Chamber Music Competition, the Cézanne Quartet has collaborated with cellist Andrés Díaz and violist Matt Albert, performed with the Bridge the Gap Chamber Players, Ensemble 75, and Open Classical Artist Series, and participated in the Mimir Chamber Music Festival. For more information call 214.768.2787 or visit http://www.cezannequartet.com.


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Re: OCTOBER EVENTS @ MEADOWS

Postby PonySnob » Thu Sep 15, 2016 4:31 am

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OCTOBER 2016 EVENTS AND EXHIBITS AT SMU’S MEADOWS SCHOOL OF THE ARTS & MEADOWS MUSEUM

Meadows Distinguished Performer Concert Series: Concert Trio with Andrés Díaz, Chee-Yun Kim and Wendy Chen
Saturday, October 1, 2016 (NOTE: This concert was originally scheduled for September 30 but has been moved to October 1.)
7:30 p.m.
Caruth Auditorium – Owen Arts Center, 6101 Bishop Blvd. on the SMU campus, Dallas 75205
$14 for adults, $11 for seniors, $8 for students, faculty & staff
International performing artists Andrés Díaz, professor of cello; Chee-Yun Kim, violin artist-in-residence; and Wendy Chen, piano, present a not-to-be-missed fall concert including works by Mendelssohn. For more information call 214.768.2787.

Play: Twelfth Night by William Shakespeare
Directed by Jack Greenman
September 28-October 2, 2016
8 p.m. Wed.-Sat.; 2 p.m. Sat. & Sun.
Greer Garson Theatre – Owen Arts Center, 6101 Bishop Blvd. on the SMU campus, Dallas 75205
$14 for adults, $11 for seniors, $8 for students, faculty & staff
One of Shakespeare’s most beloved comedies, the play is a whirligig of disguise, mistaken identity, posing, posturing, cunning, confusion, music, madness, mayhem, sensuality, swordplay, revelry and romance. For more information call 214.768.2787.

Fall Brown Bag Dance Series
October 3-7, 2016
12 p.m. Mon., Wed. & Fri.; 12:30 p.m. Tues. & Thurs.
Bob Hope Lobby – Owen Arts Center, 6101 Bishop Blvd. on the SMU campus, Dallas 75205
FREE
The Division of Dance presents lunchtime performances of 10-15 original, student-choreographed ballet, modern and jazz works. For more information call 214.768.2787.

Liudmila Georgievskaya: Faculty Piano Recital
Monday, October 3, 2016
7:30 p.m.
Caruth Auditorium – Owen Arts Center, 6101 Bishop Blvd. on the SMU campus, Dallas 75205
FREE
Award-winning Russian pianist Liudmila Georgievskaya presents a solo recital. An honors graduate of the Moscow Tchaikovsky Conservatory, she received an Artist Certificate from SMU and is currently on the Meadows faculty. Described as “authoritative and musical” (Dallas Morning News) with a “sharp, inquisitive mind shaping the performance” (The Guardian), she has performed in Russia, Ukraine, Italy, Netherlands, France, England, Hungary, Uzbekistan, Panama and across the United States. For more information call 214.768.2787.

Vice Presidential Debate: Viewing and Discussion
Tuesday, October 4, 2016
7 p.m.
Room 241 – Umphrey Lee Center, 3300 Dyer St. on the SMU campus, Dallas 75205
FREE
SMU Debate will host a public viewing of the sole vice presidential debate of the 2016 election. Dr. Ben Voth, associate professor and director of debate in Meadows’ Corporate Communication and Public Affairs Division, will moderate the event. Audience members will watch the debate together and have a public argument session at the end of the broadcast, followed by a vote on who won the debate. Dr. Voth will give a pre-debate lecture about the ongoing social significance of the American presidential debate process. For more information call 214.768.1574.

Widening Circles - A Call for Peace
Meadows Chorale, Meadows Concert Choir and Diva Dolce
Thursday, October 6, 2016
7:30 p.m.
Caruth Auditorium – Owen Arts Center, 6101 Bishop Blvd. on the SMU campus, Dallas 75205
FREE
Poet and novelist Rainer Maria Rilke wrote, “I live my life in widening circles…” In this opening concert of the season, the Meadows choirs use the medium of music to express a commitment to spreading a message of love, acceptance and freedom throughout a broken world. For more information call 214.768.2787. *In lieu of admission, the Meadows choirs ask that you make a donation to the North Texas Food Bank through ntfb.org; cash donations or nonperishable food items for the food bank will also be accepted at the concerts.

International Symposium on Modern Spanish Art
Friday, October 7, 2016
10 a.m. – 1 p.m.
Bob and Jean Smith Auditorium – Meadows Museum, 5900 Bishop Blvd. on the SMU campus, Dallas 75205
FREE
An international panel of scholars will present papers related to the Meadows Museum’s exhibition Modern Spanish Art from the Asociación Colección Arte Contemporáneo, including exhibition curator Eugenio Carmona, distinguished professor of art history, Universidad de Málaga. For more information call 214.768.4677.

Meadows Wind Ensemble: MWE Plays the Classics
Friday, October 7, 2016
7:30 p.m.
Caruth Auditorium – Owen Arts Center, 6101 Bishop Blvd. on the SMU campus, Dallas 75205
$14 for adults, $11 for seniors, $8 for students, faculty & staff
The Meadows Wind Ensemble’s “classics” program has become somewhat of a tradition, and is always one of the season’s most popular programs for audience and ensemble alike! All of the music is chosen by members of the MWE; selections may include works by such diverse composers as Frank Zappa, Olivier Messiaen, David Maslanka and Gustav Holst. For more information call 214.768.2787.

Meadows Museum Exhibit Opening: Modern Spanish Art from the Asociación Colección Arte Contemporáneo
October 9, 2016 – January 29, 2017
10 a.m.-5 p.m. Tues.-Sat.; 10 a.m.-9 p.m. Thurs.; 1-5 p.m. Sun. Closed Mon.
Meadows Museum, 5900 Bishop Blvd. on the SMU campus, Dallas 75205
$12 for adults; $8 for seniors; $4 for non-SMU students; FREE for members, children under 12, SMU students, faculty & staff; FREE Thurs. after 5 p.m.
Modern Spanish Art from the Asociación Colección Arte Contemporáneo presents the most comprehensive survey of Spanish modern art to be shown in the United States in 50 years. The exhibition, which features more than 90 works of art dated from 1915 to 1960 by approximately 50 artists, is drawn predominantly from the Asociación Colección Arte Contemporáneo (ACAC), one of the most significant repositories of Spanish modern art in the world, with select masterpieces from the renowned collection of the Meadows Museum. The collaboration and exhibition mark the first time many of these works will travel to the U.S., and the first opportunity for American audiences to experience the exceptional breadth and depth of the ACAC’s modern art collection. For more information call 214.768.2516.

Meadows Museum Exhibit Opening: The Festival Book for San Fernando: Celebrating Sainthood in Baroque Seville
October 9, 2016 – January 29, 2017
10 a.m.-5 p.m. Tues.-Sat.; 10 a.m.-9 p.m. Thurs.; 1-5 p.m. Sun. Closed Mon.
Meadows Museum, 5900 Bishop Blvd. on the SMU campus, Dallas 75205
$12 for adults; $8 for seniors; $4 for non-SMU students; FREE for members, children under 12, SMU students, faculty & staff; FREE Thurs. after 5 p.m.
Rarely seen etchings by Juan de Valdés Leal (1622-90) and other Spanish Baroque masters from the lavishly illustrated festival book Fiestas de la Santa Iglesia Metropolitana y Patriarcal de Sevilla al nuevo culto del Señor Rey San Fernando el tercero de Castilla y de León (Seville: Viuda de Nicolás Rodríguez, 1671) provide a fascinating look at the extravagant five-day festival in 1671 Seville that was held for the cult of King Ferdinand III of Castile, or San Fernando (1201-52). For more information call 214.768.2516.

Drawing From the Masters
Select Sundays: October 9 & 23, 2016
1:30 p.m.
Meadows Museum, 5900 Bishop Blvd. on the SMU campus, Dallas 75205
FREE with museum admission: $12 for adults; $8 for seniors; $4 for non-SMU students; FREE for members, children under 12, SMU students, faculty & staff
Enjoy afternoons of informal drawing instruction as artist Ian O’Brien leads participants through the Meadows Museum’s galleries. Each session will provide an opportunity to explore a variety of techniques and improve drawing skills. Designed for adults and students ages 15 and older, and open to all abilities and experience levels. Drawing materials will be available, but participants are encouraged to bring their own sketchpads and pencils. Attendance is limited to 20 and is on a first-come, first-served basis. For more information call 214.768.4677.

Second Presidential Debate: Viewing and Discussion
Sunday, October 9, 2016
7 p.m.
Room 241 – Umphrey Lee Center, 3300 Dyer St. on the SMU campus, Dallas 75205
FREE
SMU Debate presents the second of three public viewings and discussions of the 2016 presidential debates. Dr. Ben Voth, associate professor and director of debate in Meadows’ Corporate Communication and Public Affairs Division, will moderate the event. Audience members will watch the debate together and have a public argument session at the end of the broadcast, followed by a vote on who won the debate. Dr. Voth will give a pre-debate lecture about the ongoing social significance of the American presidential debate process. For more information call 214.768.1574.

Artina McCain Guest Lecture: “Discover Yourself: Making Opportunities”
Wednesday, October 12, 2016
1 p.m.
Caruth Auditorium – Owen Arts Center, 6101 Bishop Blvd. on the SMU campus, Dallas 75205
FREE
Artina McCain, Meadows alum and assistant professor of piano at the University of Memphis, presents a workshop encouraging music students to discover their own potential. She will teach ways to prepare, promote and establish a successful career in one’s musical field. Described as a pianist with “power and finesse,” McCain enjoys an active career as a solo and chamber performer, educator and lecturer. For more information call 214.768.2787.

Meadows First Performances Recital Series
Thursday, October 13, 2016
12:30 p.m.
Taubman Atrium – Owen Arts Center, 6101 Bishop Blvd. on the SMU campus, Dallas 75205
FREE
Bring your lunch and hear Meadows musicians perform solo works and chamber music in a relaxed, informal setting. For more information call 214.768.2787.

Meadows Museum Access Program: Re-Connections
Friday, October 14, 2016
10:30 a.m. – 12 p.m.
The Gates – Meadows Museum, 5900 Bishop Blvd. on the SMU campus, Dallas 75205
FREE
Pre-registration encouraged but not required.
Individuals with early stage dementia, their care partners and family members are invited to attend this relaxed social gathering. Attendees visit with friends over coffee and light refreshments, explore the galleries, and enjoy an informal gallery activity. For more information call 214.768.3980.

Lecture Series: “The Spanish Labyrinth: Spain, Its Civil War, and Modern Art, 1915-1975”
Luis Martín Lecture Series in the Humanities
Kenneth Andrien, Edmund J. and Louise W. Kahn Chair in History, SMU
October 14, 21 & 28 and November 4, 11 & 18, 2016
10:30 a.m.
Bob and Jean Smith Auditorium – Meadows Museum, 5900 Bishop Blvd. on the SMU campus, Dallas 75205
$50 for the 6-part series; FREE for museum members and SMU faculty, staff & students. Pre-registration is required.
This series of six lectures will focus on the political conflicts that led to the Spanish Civil War and its aftermath, a period that shaped much of the history of 20th-century Spain and formed the historical backdrop to the artistic production in the Meadows Museum’s exhibition Modern Spanish Art from the Asociación Colección Arte Contemporáneo. Professor Andrien will explore the links between the major events of the Civil War era, its aftermath and the production of these modern masterpieces. Coffee and pastries will be served in the Founder’s Room before each lecture, from 10 to 10:25 a.m. This program is made possible by gifts from The Fannie and Stephen Kahn Charitable Foundation and The Eugene McDermott Foundation. For more information and to register, call 214.768.2740.

Meadows Museum Family Day
Saturday, October 15, 2016
10 a.m. – 1 p.m.
Meadows Museum, 5900 Bishop Blvd. on the SMU campus, Dallas 75205
FREE
The Meadows Museum offers free admission from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. for Family Day, featuring special entertainment, art activities and more. Discover Modern Spanish paintings and sculptures through hands-on experiences and sensory approaches that will engage visitors of all ages through sound, touch, taste and smell. For more information call 214.768.4677.

SYZYGY: 24HC
Saturday, October 15, 2016
8 p.m.
O’Donnell Hall, Room 2130 – Owen Arts Center, 6101 Bishop Blvd. on the SMU campus, Dallas 75205
FREE
Music so new it was written last night! Meadows’ contemporary music ensemble SYZYGY, directed by Lane Harder, presents 24HC in partnership with the Meadows music composition department. 24HC stands for “24-hour concert,” meaning that composers will write music for randomly selected players from within SYZYGY between 8 p.m. and 8 a.m., the performers will rehearse the work from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m., and the concert will be presented at 8 p.m. Come have fun at what is sure to be an entertaining evening of diverse approaches to contemporary music from SMU’s student composers. For more information call 214.768.2787.

Third Presidential Debate: Viewing and Discussion
Wednesday, October 19, 2016
7 p.m.
Room 241 – Umphrey Lee Center, 3300 Dyer St. on the SMU campus, Dallas 75205
FREE
SMU Debate presents the third of three public viewings and discussions of the 2016 presidential debates. Dr. Ben Voth, associate professor and director of debate in Meadows’ Corporate Communication and Public Affairs Division, will moderate the event. Audience members will watch the debate together and have a public argument session at the end of the broadcast, followed by a vote on who won the debate. Dr. Voth will give a pre-debate lecture about the ongoing social significance of the American presidential debate process. For more information call 214.768.1574.

Light Shining in Buckinghamshire by Caryl Churchill
Directed by Rhonda Blair
October 19-23, 2016
8 p.m. Wed.-Sat.; 2 p.m. Sat. & Sun.
Margo Jones Theatre – Owen Arts Center, 6101 Bishop Blvd. on the SMU campus, Dallas 75205
$14 for adults, $11 for seniors, $8 for students, faculty & staff
Arguably the most brilliant playwright writing in English, with every play Caryl Churchill invents a new and dazzling form for a new and compelling question. The play centers on the political upheaval of England’s Civil War and its effect on ordinary citizens, dramatizing the conflicts of a time when hierarchies and conventions had been shaken and the revolutionary belief in the second coming of Christ reached a pitch. Written in 1976, set in 1646, the play is a stunning illumination of world conditions in 2016. For more information call 214.768.2787.

Emerging Artists Recital Series
Thursday, October 20, 2016
7:30 p.m.
Caruth Auditorium – Owen Arts Center, 6101 Bishop Blvd. on the SMU campus, Dallas 75205
FREE
The Emerging Artists Recital Series is a new initiative by Stefan Engels, professor and chair of organ, that brings together outstanding students from various departments in the Division of Music to present engaging concerts for the community. This is the second of four recitals to be held throughout the school year, featuring masterworks from the piano, organ, strings, voice, brass and woodwind repertory. For more information call 214.768.2787.


Alternate ROOTS Weekend-Dallas
October 20-23, 2016
Multiple times and locations around Dallas (short summary below)
Free and ticketed events
This four-day event is presented by Alternate ROOTS, an arts service organization founded in 1976 and composed of artists and cultural organizations in the South. The Dallas event is one of six regional gatherings that Alternate ROOTS is convening throughout the South in 2015-17. Through the theme of “creating vibrant communities,” the event will bring together artists, community organizers and cultural workers to share their work with the public and build community through performance, visual arts displays, workshops and discussions. Alternate ROOTS’ goal is to support the creation and presentation of original art that is rooted in community, place, tradition or spirit and champions social and economic justice. This is ROOTS’ first major event in Texas, and is presented in partnership with SMU Meadows’ Ignite/Arts Dallas, the Latino Cultural Center (LCC) and the South Dallas Cultural Center (SDCC). The ROOTS Weekend Series is made possible by the generous support of The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. For more information and to register, visit https://alternateroots.org/roots-weekend-dallas/.
Thursday, Oct. 20
7-10 p.m. – Art party/gallery opening – South Dallas Cultural Center
A showcase of work by local Dallas artists and ROOTS members curated around
the weekend’s theme of creating vibrant communities
Friday, Oct. 21
9 a.m.-3 p.m. – Dallas tour and excursions
7-8 p.m. – Reception – Latino Cultural Center
8-10 p.m. – A Night of Activist Art – Latino Cultural Center
Performances presented by Alternate ROOTS in association with SDCC,
LCC and Ignite/Arts Dallas
Saturday, Oct. 22
10:30 a.m.-4 p.m. – Workshops and art sharing – South Dallas Cultural Center
4-7 p.m. – Dinner break
8 p.m. – Evening of experimental films curated by Black Radical Imagination – SDCC
Black Radical Imagination is an international touring program of short films by
black filmmakers, focusing this year on the concept of posthumanism; presented
by Ignite/Arts Dallas
10 p.m.-1 a.m. – Band Jam
Sunday, Oct. 23
9 a.m.-1 p.m. – Workshops and formal closing session – SMU
3 p.m. – Bonus art activity – Theater Mitu’s Juárez: A Documentary Mythology – LCC
Presented by Ignite/Arts Dallas


Theater Mitu: Juárez: A Documentary Mythology
October 20, 22 & 23, 2016
8 p.m. Thurs. & Sat.; 3 p.m. Sun.
Latino Cultural Center – 2600 Live Oak St., Dallas 75204
$10 per person
Ignite/Arts Dallas and Cara Mia Theatre Company present three performances of a theater work created by New York-based Theater Mitu from a series of interviews Mitu conducted in and around Ciudad Juárez, Mexico. Once bearing the label “Murder Capital of the World,” the northern Mexican city of Ciudad Juárez is a bustling laboratory of the future – a glimpse into the perfect storm of economy-driven politics, U.S. drug consumption, government corruption, religious fervor and familial honor, all within the landscape of border politics. Drawn by the contradictions, history and myth within and around this unique landscape, Theater Mitu conducted a series of interviews and investigations over a two-year period to explore the ever-complicated landscape of the U.S./Mexico border. Led by Theater Mitu’s Artistic Director Rubén Polendo (who was raised in Juárez), the company creates an artistic and emotional map of El Paso/Juárez, incorporating verbatim transcripts and a deep investment in corporeal authenticity in performance. The work frames Mitu actors as witnesses to memory and myth and as vehicles for transmission of the many stories that create a contemporary map of this incredible polemic border. For more information call 214.768.2417 or visit smu.edu/igniteartsdallas.

Modern Spanish Art from the Asociación Colección Arte Contemporáneo
Friday Afternoon Gallery Talk
Scott Winterrowd, Curator of Education, Meadows Museum
Friday, October 21, 2016
12:15 p.m.
Virginia Meadows Galleries – Meadows Museum, 5900 Bishop Blvd. on the SMU campus, Dallas 75205
FREE with museum admission: $12 for adults; $8 for seniors; $4 for non-SMU students; FREE for members, SMU faculty, staff & students
Meadows Museum gallery talks feature art research and perspectives from local guest speakers. For more information call 214.768.4677.

Kevin Hanlon: “Caruth: A Love/Hate Story”
Friday, October 21, 2016
7:30 p.m.
Caruth Auditorium – Owen Arts Center, 6101 Bishop Blvd. on the SMU campus, Dallas 75205
FREE
Caruth Auditorium has been the primary venue for decades of stirring, beautiful music-making at SMU. At the same time, Caruth is a confounding space full of acoustical anomalies on- and off-stage, “dead” spots, resonances, etc. At times, the electrical realities of the hall are fine for electric instruments, in other instances a total pain, a nightmare of distracting problem-solving. Composer/performer Kevin Hanlon is well acquainted with Caruth in all its glory and infamy and has organized a concert of original music that celebrates, comments on and condemns in turn the venerable space. Hanlon will be joined by guest artists to share in the joy and travail. The concert will include a heart-felt tribute to Frank Zappa and a work with audience participation; audience members will be able to receive recordings of their performance sometime after the concert. For more information call 214.768.2787.

CLOSING: The Triple Carbs Society (The Built-In Kitchen of M. Duchamp)
Through October 22, 2016
Pollock Gallery in the Hughes-Trigg Student Center, 3140 Dyer St. on the SMU campus, Dallas 75205
New gallery hours: 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Tues.-Sat.; closed Sun. & Mon.
FREE
The Triple Carbs Society is a conceptual constructed space, created by Berlin-based artist Marco Bruzzone, composed of a built-in kitchen resembling the middle class American kitchen and a long communal table referencing the furniture of minimalist artist Donald Judd. Bruzzone focuses on merging daily life activities and artistic practice, offering the spectator a moment of reflection on the domestic space and its function as a “readymade” (a term coined by French artist Marcel Duchamp around 1913 to indicate an everyday object that has been selected and designated as art). With this exhibit, the Triple Carbs Society questions hospitality and human interaction in the form of a social experience. Every day while the gallery is open at lunch time, gallery workers will cook and serve to visitors a bowl of plain white spaghetti with butter and cheese. In order to test the hardness of the pasta, each day a single strand of spaghetti will be thrown against the wall of the gallery space. The 13-foot-long, Judd-style picnic table will be laminated with noodle-doodle, a graphic conceived by Bruzzone that recreates the form of the individual strands of spaghetti thrown on the walls. The laminate covering the table boards is produced by the historic Italian company Abet Laminati. Pollock Curatorial Fellow Sofia Bastidas said, “In this deceptively simple conceptual piece, the artist invites the visitor to interact with contemporary art in a more sociable way, blurring the distance between artist and viewer. Referencing Marcel Duchamp’s famous ‘readymades,’ here the art becomes a ‘readymade’ as it once was in Duchamp’s own daily experience of eating simple white pasta. The visitor isn’t looking at the art, but is part of it – and is, in fact, making the art as she or he eats pasta.” Sponsors of the event are Abet Laminati and Dallas-based Jimmy’s Food Store. For more information call 214.768.4439.

How the News Got Made: A Rare Look at SMU’s WFAA Newsfilm and a Conversation with the People Who Created It
Saturday, October 22, 2016
5 p.m.
Angelika Film Center – 5321 E. Mockingbird Lane, Dallas 75206
Ticket cost TBD
Learn how the news was captured and shared and gain a new appreciation for the hard work and ingenuity that went into making the WFAA nightly news throughout the 1960s and ’70s. A panel of notable WFAA staff, including on-screen personalities and behind-the-scenes personnel, will present clips from SMU’s Jones Film and Video Collection and share stories of their experiences together making the news. For ticketing information, please visit http://www.videofest.org.

Black Radical Imagination Film Screening
Saturday, October 22, 2016
8 p.m.
South Dallas Cultural Center – 3400 S. Fitzhugh Ave., Dallas 75210
FREE
Black Radical Imagination is an international touring program of short films that delve into the worlds of new media, video art and experimental narrative. Focusing on new stories within the Diaspora, each artist contributes his or her own vision of post-modern society through the state of current black culture. This year’s program, co-curated by Erin Christovale and Amir George, includes films that explore the concept of posthumanism through themes of space travel, digital interfacing and cyborg “performativity.” The screening is presented by Ignite/Arts Dallas and the South Dallas Cultural Center, in collaboration with Alternate ROOTS and the SMU Meadows Divisions of Art and Film & Media Arts. For more information call 214.768.2417 or visit smu.edu/igniteartsdallas.

Meadows First Performances Recital Series
Monday, October 24, 2016
12 p.m.
Taubman Atrium – Owen Arts Center, 6101 Bishop Blvd. on the SMU campus, Dallas 75205
FREE
Bring your lunch and hear Meadows musicians perform solo works and chamber music in a relaxed, informal setting. For more information call 214.768.2787.

Meadows Distinguished Performer Concert Series: Double Bassist Brian Perry
Tuesday, October 25, 2016
7:30 p.m.
Caruth Auditorium – Owen Arts Center, 6101 Bishop Blvd. on the SMU campus, Dallas 75205
$14 for adults, $11 for seniors, $8 for students, faculty & staff
Faculty member and Dallas Symphony double bassist Brian Perry presents a recital of transcriptions and duos for double bass and other instruments. For more information call 214.768.2787.

Organ Studio Fall Concert
Thursday, October 27, 2016
7:30 p.m.
Caruth Auditorium – Owen Arts Center, 6101 Bishop Blvd. on the SMU campus, Dallas 75205
FREE
The SMU Organ Studio will present its fall recital featuring works by Frescobaldi, Buxtehude, Bach, Reger, Vierne, Messiaen and others. For more information call 214.768.2787.

Meadows Opera Theatre’s Opera Free For All: “It Ain’t Over ’Til the Big Bad Wolf Sings”
Friday, October 28, 2016
1 p.m.
Bob Hope Lobby – Owen Arts Center, 6101 Bishop Blvd. on the SMU campus, Dallas 75205
FREE
Fairy godmothers, giants, mermaids, witches and trolls populate the fairy tales of our childhood, capturing our collective imagination for centuries, spanning across continents and cultures. In the hands of brilliant composers and librettists like Stravinsky, Rossini, Barab, Rodgers and Sondheim, these stories, full of magic and wisdom from the ages, still have the power to enchant, entertain and enlighten us. For more information call 214.768.2787.

R3clamation: Routes & Roots, An Installation by Basil Kincaid
October 28 – December 11, 2016
Opening reception: Friday, October 28, 6-8 p.m.
Hawn Gallery – Hamon Arts Library, 6100 Hillcrest Ave. on the SMU campus, Dallas 75205
Hours: 8 a.m.-midnight Mon.-Thurs.; 8 a.m.-6 p.m. Fri.; 12-5 p.m. Sat.; 1 p.m.-midnight Sun.
FREE
R3clamation: Routes & Roots, An Installation by Basil Kincaid [If the map to freedom was etched on the inside of your forehead, would you carve back the skin and follow the route to your roots?] is an exhibition by St. Louis-based artist Basil Kincaid. This exhibition launches the Hamon Arts Library’s contemporary arts exhibition program for the Hawn Gallery and is curated by the first curatorial fellow for the Hawn Gallery, Georgia Erger. Kincaid reclaims seemingly innocuous materials and repurposes them to create assemblage sculptural and textile works. These quilts, garments and costumes, comprised of the debris and clutter we encounter daily, are intimately relevant to their place of cultivation. They speak to a community’s collective past and present and emphasize the implicit impact of our physical surroundings. By no means static, these art works are worn by the artist, ensuring the body is always present in the work, whether physically or symbolically. The installation
will extend beyond the Hawn Gallery, throughout the Hamon Arts Library and its exterior lobby, and feature the artist’s recent photography and video work. An opening reception will be held in the gallery on Friday, October 28 from 6 to 8 p.m., during which the artist will present a performance art piece and conduct a gallery talk. For more information call 214.768.2779.

Meadows Symphony Orchestra: Chopin, Rimsky-Korsakov, Wagner and Harder
October 28 & 30, 2016
7:30 p.m. Fri.; 2:30 p.m. Sun.
Caruth Auditorium – Owen Arts Center, 6101 Bishop Blvd. on the SMU campus, Dallas 75205
$14 for adults, $11 for seniors, $8 for students, faculty & staff
The concert will open with the world premiere of Ghost Boxes by percussionist/composer and Meadows faculty member Lane Harder. Chopin’s Piano Concerto in F minor follows, with Alessandro Mazzamuto (Performer’s Diploma ’15, Artist Diploma ’17), winner of more than 60 national and international piano competitions, as soloist. The second half of the program begins with Rimsky-Korsakov’s Russian Easter Overture, described by one writer as a “musical marriage of Christian ritual and pagan enthusiasm.” It concludes with Wagner’s Prelude and Liebestod, in which two lovers’ endless longing finds redemption only in death – from his groundbreaking and influential opera Tristan und Isolde. For more information call 214.768.2787.

Meadows Jazz Orchestra Swing Dance Concert: “It Don’t Mean a Thing if It Ain’t Got That Swing”
Saturday, October 29, 2016
6:30 p.m. – Introductory/brush-up swing dance lesson
7:30 p.m. – Concert
Martha Proctor Mack Ballroom – Umphrey Lee Center, 3300 Dyer St. on the SMU campus, Dallas 75205
$10; $5 with SMU I.D.
By popular demand, the Meadows Jazz Orchestra presents its second annual swing dance! Get ready to jump and jive as Meadows time-travels back to the 1930s and ʼ40s for an evening of dancing, swing and fun! The evening will feature the music of the great swing era big bands, Glenn Miller, Benny Goodman, Count Basie, Woody Herman and more. Grab your fedoras and dancing shoes and join the Meadows Jazz Orchestra for a wonderfully entertaining “blast from the past”! Light refreshments will be served (cost included in ticket price). For more information call 214.768.2787.

Cézanne Quartet
Saturday, October 29, 2016
7:30 p.m.
Caruth Auditorium – Owen Arts Center, 6101 Bishop Blvd. on the SMU campus, Dallas 75205
FREE
Join the Cézanne Quartet, Meadows’ Peak Fellowship Ensemble-in-Residence, as they perform a preview of their first CD, to be released in spring 2017. Following the theme of tragedy, Kevin Puts’ Credo opens the program, written as a response to the Virginia Tech massacre. Felix Mendelssohn’s dark and brooding String Quartet in F minor ends the first half, conveying his utter despair after the death of his sister Fanny. Ending the program is Béla Bartók’s String Quartet No. 6, the last work he wrote in Nazi-occupied Hungary before immigrating to the U.S. Since winning Second Place Ensemble in the Senior Division of the Coltman Chamber Music Competition, the Cézanne Quartet has collaborated with cellist Andrés Díaz and violist Matt Albert, performed with the Bridge the Gap Chamber Players, Ensemble 75, and Open Classical Artist Series, and participated in the Mimir Chamber Music Festival. For more information call 214.768.2787 or visit http://www.cezannequartet.com.


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Re: OCTOBER EVENTS @ MEADOWS

Postby smusportspage » Thu Sep 15, 2016 8:34 am

Awesome. Thanks for posting!
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