News for the Smith College Community //November 18, 1999
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Museum Prepares for Closing with Flurry of Exhibits In preparation for the $31 million renovation and expansion project of the Fine Arts Center, the Smith College Museum of Art will shut its doors December 22 and remain closed until the fall of 2002. But rather than close down quietly, the museum is presenting a flurry of exhibitions this fall, ranging from the large-scale exhibition of its 18th-century masterworks, "American Spectrum," to a collaboration with a fall class titled "Excavating the Museum." "It's typical for the museum to host several concurrent exhibitions," says Margi Caplan, director of membership and marketing for the museum. "However, we're also very conscious of the fact that we'll be closing at the end of the day on December 22. We wanted to make sure to share highlights from the collections." Included among those highlights are two exhibits currently on display: "Illuminating Words: The Artist's Books of Christopher Gausby" and "The Poetic Imagination: Explorations in Photography." "Illuminating Words," which is displayed in the museum's lower level, is a large and ambitious project. A collection of works by contemporary New York City book artist Christopher Gausby, the exhibition is a complex display of words, thoughts, and information that blends passages from early Christian mystic texts with Dadaist compositional techniques. Gausby's books and papers are diverse in form and content. Some of his works, like Notebook VI and Triptych, are ordinary letters, composed on yellowed paper in an out-dated typeface. Others, like The Order of St. Bonaventure and The Mystic Way are large, ornate displays of calligraphy that humorously explore Gausby's ideas of religion. Still others contain only clippings of words in Hebrew, French, English, Latin and some Asian dialects. "What interests me," Gausby explains, "is an entirely different kind of language, of visual communication. Something that bypasses the part of our brain, or the thought process, that we now articulate through words and could instead be expressed visually." Gausby was inspired to begin creating his unusual art several years ago when he found an extract from Plato's Symposium written out by British calligrapher Edward Johnston in the form of an illuminated manuscript. "Here was the perfect graphic incarnation of logic and mysticism," says Gausby. "I had to know how it was done." Using Johnston's work as a guide, he taught himself calligraphy and began to experiment and create his books as record-books, illuminated albums and scrapbooks. "They are all records of experience," he says. And while he didn't intend to show his works, he came to realize "a piece is not complete until it is seen by a viewer." Gausby's exhibition at the Museum of Art is the first of his work. In contrast, the print room show "The Poetic Imagination" is a more modest endeavor. Composed of 22 black-and-white photographs, "The Poetic Imagination" displays photographers' visions of the world at the turn of the century. Through seemingly ordinary people and places, the photographs present their subjects in unusual ways with creative, unique images. Some of the photographs, like Alfred Stieglitz's Portrait of Sophie Raab (1904) and Untitled, and Heinrich Kuhn's Portrait of Hans Kuhn (1906), portray people. Others, like Stieglitz's Spring Showers and The Street-Design for a Poster, show images of city streets flooded with rain, or bustling with carriages and buggies. The collection also features unusual photographs like Imogen Cunningham's On Mount Rainier (1915), which features a bathing-suit clad woman surrounded by mountains, mist, and evergreens; and George Seeley's The Burning of Rome, which pictures two young women embracing while fire rages behind them. Both "The Poetic Imagination" and "Illuminating Words" will be on display until the museum closes December 22. While it's closed, selections from of the museum's collection will be shown throughout the United States during three traveling exhibitions. No Speaking EnglishAllowed By Adele Johnsen '02 This past summer, Emily Evans '02, Alexandra Carroll '99, Rebecca Kastl '02, Ayesha Ramachandran '01, Ruth Mantilla '02, and Lorraine Robidoux '01 were no exceptions. They spent their summer at Middlebury College Language Schools in Vermont, focusing on languages such as German and Russian. A student registered for the Middlebury Language Schools is committed to six to nine weeks of classes and extracurricular activities, all conducted in her language of concentration. She is not allowed to speak other than in her target language (a target language can be Arabic, Chinese, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Russian or Spanish). According to a news release from Middlebury, "A typical summer program offers the scholar an equivalent of about a year's worth of college-level language study." Evans, who studied German at Middlebury, enjoyed and benefited from the intensive academic program she experienced in her language school, she says. She was not new to the language. She had grown up hearing German at home and last year completed a 200-level German class at Smith. Evans still felt a need for improvement, though, so she entered Middlebury. "I feel like it developed my skills. Everyone who went there learned something. If you're thinking about going, you should definitely look into it. It's good for learning things you don't learn in textbooks -- things like slang, things you'd learn around people your own age." Mantilla, a student in the Italian school, says she went to Middlebury to improve her pronunciation and fluency. Italian "became automatic," she says. "At Middlebury, you had to talk in the language, think about it, think in it -- you couldn't just drift off in English." In all, 1,165 students attended Middlebury's Language Schools this summer. Since the schools were founded in 1915, more than 30,000 students have participated in the program. A Grant for Peace It comes at a critical moment. The Five College Peace and World Security Studies Program (PAWSS) has received a grant of $250,000 from the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation to continue the work that has made PAWSS a national leader in the field of peace and conflict studies. The program came into being as an outgrowth of a Five College faculty seminar devoted to understanding the arms race. Throughout the remaining years of the Cold War period, it served as a clearinghouse of vital information on many issues involving peace and world security. It's focus has now shifted from the known set of assumptions used to understand the events of the Cold War to those not centered around political or ideological purposes, but around criminal violence against people, communities and their environment that are currently taking place in Sierra Leone, Bosnia and elsewhere. "Helping students and faculty understand these new forms of conflict in collaboration with international scholars and practitioners, is one of the three major goals that PAWSS will focus on over the next several years," says Michael Klare, Five College Professor of Peace and World Security Studies, and program director since 1986. The fives colleges, he believes, "are ideally suited to the task because it will require collaboration among scholars both here and abroad. And collaboration is something our schools use to best advantage." The grant will enable PAWSS to develop strategies designed to confront and examine the changing nature of conflict and the global forces that produce it; enable the development of curriculum to understand the new manifestations of conflict and violence; and link scholars, students, practitioners and policy makers from every level together in an international network where opportunities for learning are shared. The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, with assets of about $4 billion, is a private, independent grant-making institution dedicated to helping groups and individuals foster lasting improvement in the human condition. It pursues this mission by supporting research, policy development, dissemination, education and training and practice. Y2K The Y2K Coordinating Committee has posed a series of questions to campus administrators that are designed to elicit information about Smith Y2K readiness. The questions, with their answers will run in AcaMedia between now and the end of the millennium. Q. Are Smith students who will be studying abroad during the December/January period being given any special instructions? A. Students abroad in January are being asked to review our Y2K Web page (https://www.smith.edu/studyabroad/Y2K.html, linked to our advice for prospective study-abroad students and to a page "for Smithies Abroad"), and in particular to keep written records of transactions prior to the new year and exercise caution in making travel plans. They are being referred to the State Department Y2K Web sites, and given a host of things to think about (e.g. buses may be safer than trains, travel delays should be factored into planning travel connections, travelers checks may be more reliable than credit cards). The topics covered on our Web page (based on a page developed by the University of Georgia) are transportation, money, insurance, personal computers, hotels, medical information, utilities, a State Department update, and "Back Home." Screening to Aid Homeless Students in Frances Volkmann's Psychology 378 Seminar, Behavior in Nonprofit Organizations, get more than book learning. For the service-learning component of the seminar, they volunteer in local nonprofit organizations for several hours each week. This fall, several who are working with the Hampshire Interfaith Cot Shelter have organized a benefit showing of Jupiter's Wife, a documentary about an unusual homeless woman in New York City's Central Park. The film will be shown in Wright Hall Auditorium on Wednesday, December 1, at 7 p.m. Tickets ($5, general; $3, students) will be available at the door and proceeds will benefit the cot shelter. The 78-minute film is a haunting real-life mystery that begins with a chance encounter in Central Park between the filmmaker Michel Negroponte and Maggie, a beguiling homeless woman whose conversation is laced with psychic messages, bits of Greek mythology and other seemingly bizarre fictions. Determined to piece together the riddle of who Maggie is and how she came to her misfortune, Negroponte, who will be present at the Smith showing of his film, visited with Maggie over a two-and-a-half-year period and, with the help of his S-VHS camcorder, pieced together her story. At the showing, Negroponte will introduce the film and respond to questions. Jupiter's Wife won the special jury prize at the Sundance Film Festival in 1995 and the grand jury prize for best feature documentary at the Vancouver and Santa Barbara film festivals. Negroponte, whose television and motion picture pieces have earned him numerous festival showings and awards, has worked as an editor, cameraman, director and producer for more than 15 years. Since 1987, he has been an instructor in the undergraudate film and television department at New York University. The cot shelter, which is housed in Northampton's former fire station this winter, can accommodate 16 people each night and operates from November through March. Students in Volkmann's seminar are hoping to raise $2,000 toward the shelter's budget of $25,000, to be used for renovations to the fire station and other expenses, including utilities, insurance and supplies. Junior Phi Betas Named Eighteen students were elected this fall as junior Phi Beta Kappa members in the Zeta of Massachusetts Chapter of Phi Beta Kappa. They are: Shweta Bhatia, New Delhi, India; Kristen Pamela Bowler, Worcester, Mass.; Megan Louisa Brown, Sunapee, N.H.; Katherine Jeanne Delse, Palo Alto, Calif., Amanda Jean Glesmann, Benicia, Calif., Brooke Lauren Harrison, Guilford, Conn.; Lesley Erin Holford, Hamden, Conn.; Alison Martin Kachmar, Groveland, Mass.; Biliana Krassimirova Kaneva, Sofia, Bulgaria; Muneeba Kayani, Karachi, Pakistan; Katherine Riley Kogut, Plantsville, Conn.; Alexandra L. Kutik, Northampton, Mass.; Megan Christine Lindley, Tucson, Ariz.; Elizabeth Marie Nolan, Niskayuna, N.Y.; Chelsea Gillian Shriver, Half Moon Bay, Calif.; Ayako Takamore, Bothell, Wash.; Laura R. Vanderleeden, Longmeadow, Mass.; Jenny Anne Walldorf, Madson, N.J. Basketball Team Makes the Grade When the Women's Basketball Coaches Association recently released its Academic Top 25 honor roll for 1998-99, Smith's Pioneers were there on the list. With the team's collective GPA of 3.308, the Pioneers earned the distinction of being the only member of the New England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference (NEWMAC) to be named to the list. Other schools on the honor roll include Emory University and Ithaca and Haverford colleges. Smith was 24th. "I'm really proud of them, and I'm really pleased, not just at the honor. I'm proud of their performance," says coach Petra Farias. "I'm happy that their efforts are being recognized. They're very willing and hardworking and they want to be successful. They're as motivated and hardworking on the basketball court as they are in the classroom, and that says a lot about Smith women." The team is pleased at the honor, too, Farias reports. "It's striking to see how happy and proud they were to hear me read the release to them. It makes a difference to them when it's not just me telling them how hard they're working. Now it's national recognition and recognition by the college." Only five players have returned for this season from last year's high-achieving squad, which included Antonia Bowman '00, Rachel DeFina '00, Mary Grieb '02, Christina Hobson '99, Lauren Kernochan '00, Katya Levitan-Reiner '02, Beth Rist '01, Brandyn Sanderson '99, Cara Singer '99, and Malkah Spivak-Birndorf '01. This year is, as Farias terms it, a "rebuilding year," which can be difficult for a team. "It's harder to start a rebuilding year than when you're starting one where you're peaking." So for the team, "the timing of this honor is really important. I think getting this kind of accolade is something that's going to be a compelling thing for us to start the season with." Tryouts to select the remainder of this year's team began Monday, October 18. The season opens November 19 when the Pioneers host the Tyler Tip-off Tournament. The tournament, a two-day competition, begins with a 6 p.m. game between Brandeis and Albertus Magnus. At 8 p.m., Smith's Pioneers will face Gordon. United Way Draws More Winners The 1999 United Way Campaign held its second lottery drawing November 5, and added 15 more people to its list of winners (15 were chosen in the first drawing held October 29): Kathy Santos won a free lunch at the Smith College Club; Margaret Zelljadt, a $50 gift certificate to the Eastside Grill; Suzanne Payne, two tickets to the Academy of Music; Janice McDowell, a reserved parking space; Audrey Pomeroy, a one-hour massage from Lynn Koerbel; David Cohen, a fruit basket from State Street Fruit Store; Joanne Nadolny, a $5 gift certificate for Davis; Pam McCarthy, a $25 gift certificate at Packard's; Elizabeth von Klemperer, pianist Kenneth Fearn's Beethoven ; Mark Swanson, a $25 gift certificate to LaSalle Florists; Kathleen Benoit, two medium pizzas and a soda from Bob's King St. Mobil; Jill de Villiers, Jane Bryden's Hugo Wolf Moorike Lieder; Idene Martin, Eric Sean Weld's CD, Might As Well Say Goodbye; Howard Gold, two tickets to the Renaissance buffet dinner at the Smith College Club, February 25, 2000; and Christine Manter, a free one-hour massage at Northampton Athletic Club. Two more drawings will be held during the campaign. Only United Way contributors are eligible for prizes and there's still plenty of time to make a donation. Prof Turns Wood into Aid Last month the attention of the world focused on the winner of this year's Nobel Peace Prize, Doctors Without Borders (DWB), a group that offers medical service worldwide without influence from governments and governmental priorities. The announcement excited many. But it had special meaning to Eric Reeves, professor of English literature and language. Reeves has no official tie to DWB, but he does have a substantial commitment: the organization is the chief recipient of profits from the sales of his wood turnings -- vessels of various forms, woods and designs turned on a lathe -- that are offered for sale in more than 50 galleries around the country. Reeves produces about 800 turnings a year. First captivated by woodcraft in the fifth grade, Reeves decided six years ago to again take up the hobby he'd acquired as a child. After perfecting his skills and inundating his friends and relatives with handmade presents, he decided to sell his work and donate the proceeds where they would make the greatest difference. In his quest for humanitarian philanthropy, Reeves identified DWB, an organization often cited as a model of effectiveness in the world of humanitarian aid. Founded in the 1960s as a response to the genocidal civil war in Nigeria, DWB now provides independent medical relief to victims around the world. It has evolved over the past three decades into an organization that offers a vast array of emergency medical services with special emphasis on AIDS in Africa and the re-emergence of once-controlled diseases. It was through his commitment to DWB that Reeves' involvement with humanitarian issues in Sudan developed. "My sense of catastrophe grows out of the information which I got in the main from DWB, in large measure because Sudan until recently has been so little reported in the American media, " he says. "I've tried to change that." Reeves has generously applied his literary talents in a flurry of recent editorial activity that focuses on the opposing interests of the Canadian oil company Talisman and those who seek western business divestment from Sudan. He has authored numerous letters, op-eds, commentaries and articles that have appeared in major newspapers in the U.S. and Canada, all drawing attention to the plight of those least able to help themselves in this African geopolitical conflict. In October he joined a panel of experts and witnesses at hearings held by the Council of the City of New York to discuss the city's contract with entities that do business in Sudan. The government of Sudan is the only one in the world today engaged in chattel slavery and the only one that continually bombs hospitals, refugee camps and civilian targets in its genocidal war, Reeves says. Reeves' philanthropy has had a local impact as well. This summer he donated the entire proceeds of the sale of his local gallery show to the Northampton Survival Center and the Food Bank of Western Massachusetts, raising $4,000 for the two agencies. "I've wanted to give back to this community that has given so much to my family and me," he said in an interview with the Daily Hampshire Gazette. Reeves' turnings are on sale in the Don Muller gallery on Main Street. Those who make a purchase can designate one of five local agencies -- Northampton Survival Center, the Food Bank of Western Massachusetts, Necessities/Necesidades, the Grove Street Inn, and Hospice of Hampshire County-identified by Reeves to receive the profits from the sale. Ergo Argot An appropriate height for your computer monitor is with the top of the screen directly at eye level. If your monitor is too high, raise the height of your chair, but always make certain your feet remain on the floor or a footrest. Some monitors sit atop a hard drive well above eye level. If that describes your workstation, carefully place your monitor beside the hard drive on a stand or upon some large, sturdy books. ScoreBoard Volleyball Cross Country Swimming and diving Renowned Ghanaian poet, playwright
and novelist Ama Ata Aidoo, last year's Gwendolen Carter Visiting
Professor in African Studies, was honored October 30, at a dinner
hosted by President Simmons and attended by Smith faculty members
and friends from Mount Holyoke College, from which Aidoo received
an honorary doctorate last year. Also present was Aidoo's daughter,
Kinna Likimani, a Smith graduate in 1993. Residence and Dining Services Cook
Dies Sources of further information, if any, are indicated in parentheses. Notices should be submitted by mail, by e-mail (mstanton@colrel.smith.edu) or by fax (extension 2174).
Campus Center Update Literature at Lunch Weather Alert Health Services Mid-December Scheduling Faculty & Staff Parking at St. Mary's Church Students Head Resident Applications Information sessions on life as a head resident and the applications process will be held Thursday, November 18, 7-8 p.m., in Ziskind House living room and Friday, November 19, 4-5 p.m., in Wright common room. Current HRs/RCs will speak about their experiences working in residence life from a variety of perspectives. Final Examinations Winter Break Oxford Summer Seminar Essay Competition Carnegie Junior Fellowships President's Open Hours |
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Sources of further information, if any, are shown in parentheses at the end of event descriptions. An asterisk following a listing indicates that the event is open to the public. Admission charges, if any, are listed when known. Items for this section must be submitted on Event Service Request Forms. Monday, November 22 Lectures/Symposia Meetings/workshops Informational meeting on sea kayaking in Costa Rica during spring break. Sponsor: Smith Outdoors. 7:30 p.m., Ainsworth Student Labor Action Coalition general meeting 8:30 p.m., Women's Resource Center, Davis third floor Other events/activities Hebrew table with Rabbi Ed Feld. Chat B'Ivrit with pizza. 12:15 p.m., Bodman Lounge, Chapel Language lunch tables Yoga class Noncredit, for students. Limited to 40. 4:30-5:45 p.m., Davis ballroom Tuesday, November 23 Meetings/workshops Newman Association dinner meeting All welcome. 6 p.m., Bodman Lounge, Chapel SGA Senate meeting Open forum. All students welcome. 7:15 p.m., Seelye 201 CDO workshop Job-search strategies. 7 p.m., group room, CDO CDO workshop How to find an internship. 8 p.m., internship room, CDO Religious Life Other events/activities CDO open hours Peer advisers available. 7-9 p.m., CDO Wednesday, November 24 -- Sunday, November 28 Thanksgiving recess Monday, November 29 Lectures/Symposia Performing arts/films Meetings/workshops Debate Society general
meeting. Association of Low-Income Students meeting 7 p.m., Women's Resource Center, Davis third floor CDO informational meeting Anderson Consulting. 7:30 p.m., Neilson Browsing Room Student Labor Action Coalition general meeting 8:30 p.m., Women's Resource Center, Davis third floor Other events/activities Hebrew table with Rabbi Ed Feld. Chat B'Ivrit with pizza. 12:15 p.m., Bodman Lounge, Chapel Language lunch tables Yoga class Noncredit, for students. Limited to 40. 4:30-5:45 p.m., Davis ballroom Tuesday, November 30 Lectures/Symposia Lecture "Human Rights in Tibet, Part I." John Powers, reader in Indo-Tibetan Buddhist studies, Australian National University. Second in a three-part Five College lecture series. 4 p.m., Dewey common room* Lecture "Archaeological Reconstruction in Turkey." Kent Severson, senior site conservator, New York University, and Aphrodisias excavations conservator, Boston Museum of Fine Arts, who has recently been in charge of archaeological conservation at Aphrodisias and Sardis. Sponsors: Archaeological Institute of America, Archaeology Program. 4:30 p.m., Hillyer 117* Lecture "Making Theater, Performing Ritual: AIDS, Healing, and Latino Queer Performance." Lucy M. Burns and Lisa Hori Garcia, New World Theatre, will explore the contemporary arts and activism, collaboration and community engagement. Sponsors: Women's Studies and American Studies programs, anthropology department, Office of Institutional Diversity, Lecture Committee. 4:30 p.m., Wright common room Lecture "Artemisia Gentileschi: Trials and Triumphs of a Woman Painter in Baroque Italy." R. Ward Bissell, professor of the history of art, University of Michigan. 7:30 p.m., Wright auditorium* Lecture "Theory and Modeling of 'Stereoselective Reactions.'" Kendall Houk, professor of chemistry, UCLA. Part of the Five College lecture series. 8 p.m., McConnell Auditorium* Performing arts/films Film The Thomas Crown Affair. Sponsor: Rec Council. 9 p.m., Wright auditorium Meetings/workshops Amnesty International meeting 4:15 p.m., Seelye 105 SGA Senate meeting Open forum. All students welcome. 7:15 p.m., Seelye 201 CDO workshop Job-search strategies. 7 p.m., group room, CDO CDO workshop How to find an internship. 8 p.m., internship room, CDO Religious Life Other events/activities Language lunch tables CDO open hours Peer advisers available. 7-9 p.m., CDO Wednesday, December 1 Lectures/Symposia Lecture "Galilei v. Bellarmino." Michael Dettelbach and Frederick McGinness, both of the history department, will recreate the 1616 audience Galileo Galilei had with Cardinal Roberto Bellarmino, special theologian to His Holiness Pope Paul V, on the truth of Copernican astronomy, that foreshadowed Galileo's condemnation by the Inquisition. Sponsor: Kahn Liberal Arts Institute. 5 p.m., McConnell auditorium* Lecture/film Jupiter's Wife. Screening and lecture by the director. See story, page 4. 7 p.m., Wright Auditorium* Performing arts/films Meetings/workshops Peer adviser résumé critique 10 a.m.-noon, CDO HR workshop "Understanding the Stock Market, Session I: Basics of Investing." 1 p.m., Dewey common room* CDO workshop How to write an effective résumé. 4:15 p.m., group room, CDO CDO informational meeting Federal Reserve Bank of New York. 7:30 p.m., Neilson Browsing Room Meeting for Biology 111, Unity study groups. 8-10 p.m., Unity House Religious Life Buddhist service and discussion 7:15 p.m., Bodman Lounge, Chapel Other events/activities Language lunch tables Yoga class Noncredit, for students. Limited to 40. 4:30-5:45 p.m., Davis ballroom Annual Student Members' Party "Ciao Bella!" Eat, drink, destress, and bid "ciao" to the art museum's collections before the museum closes for renovation and expansion. Reservations, ext. 2760. Tickets: $5; free for student members. 7-9 p.m., Museum of Art |
Thursday, December 2 Lectures/Symposia Lecture "Human Rights in Tibet, Part II." John Powers, reader in Indo-Tibetan Buddhist studies, Australian National University. Final event of a three-part Five College lecture series. 4:30 p.m., Ruth Hammen Auditorium, Adele Simmons Hall, Hampshire College Slide lecture Artist Georgia Marsh on her work. 4:15 p.m., Hillyer 117* Performing arts/films Film The Thomas Crown Affair. Sponsor: Rec Council. 9 p.m., Wright auditorium Meetings/workshops HR workshop "Understanding the Stock Market, Session II: Developing an Investment Road Map." 1 p.m., Dewey common room* CDO workshop How to prepare for a successful interview. 4:15 p.m., group room, CDO Community update on the Campus Center with Maureen Mahoney, Dean of the College, and architects Marion Weiss and Michael Manfredi. All welcome. 5 p.m., Neilson Browsing Room Debate Society general meeting. 5-6 p.m., Seelye 101 Reflection session for America Reads. 7 p.m., Wright common room Smith Christian Fellowship meeting 7:45 p.m., Seelye 206 United in Anti-Racist Action meeting 9 p.m., Seelye 101 Other events/activities Special event Model auction to provide dates to the Black Student Alliance's dinner dance on Friday. Tickets: $1. 9 p.m., Davis Friday, December 3 Performing arts/films Meetings/workshops CDO workshop How to find an internship. 2:15 p.m., internship room, CDO Smith Science-Fiction and Fantasy Society meeting. 4:30-6:15 p.m., Seelye 208* Religious Life Other events/activities Alumnae House tea Chapin and Scales are cordially invited to attend. 4 p.m., Alumnae House Living Room Special event BSA party with DJ. Tickets: $10. Midnight, Mwangi Cultural Center* Saturday, December 4 Performing arts/films Meetings/workshops Catholic Mass will be held today due to Vespers on Sunday. 4:30 p.m., Chapel* Other events/activities Sunday, December 5 Lectures/Symposia Performing arts/films Meetings/workshops Religious Life Morning worship in the Protestant tradition. Prayers at 10 a.m. 10:30 a.m., Chapel Association of Smith Pagans meeting Organization for those who practice nature-based religions. Seekers welcome. 4 p.m., Lamont basement* Roman Catholic Eucharistic Liturgy Fr. Bill McConville, OFM, celebrant; Elizabeth Carr, Catholic chaplain. A peaceful liturgy to end the weekend. All welcome. 10 p.m., Chapel* Other events/activities CDO open hours Peer advisers available. 1-4 p.m., CDO Special event Christmas Vespers, with Scripture readings by members of the student body, faculty, and staff. Special music for the Advent season is presented by the Smith College Orchestra, Chorale, Handbell Choir, Chamber Singers, Glee Club, Smith College Choir, and the Worcester Polytechnic Institute Men's Glee Club. Presented by the Chapel and music department. 4 p.m. and 7:30 p.m., John M. Greene Hall* Kwaanza celebration including dinner. 5 p.m., Unity House Exhibitions "In the Shadow of Intolerance" features documentary photographs from the collection of Samuel Zaitlin of Biddeford, Maine. It was originally mounted in Hillyer gallery in conjunction with the recent "What's Next?" race and ethnicity conference and has been moved to Neilson Library. Through December 20. Collacott Room, third level, Neilson Library. "Duyst/Akpem: A Tale of Two Families." Using wood, metal and photographs to create hanging sculptures, D. Denenge Akpem '97 has assembled a multidimensional exhibition that explores the bicultural experience by linking Akpem's paternal and maternal families, which trace their lineage to Nigeria and the Netherlands. Through January 2, 2000. Alumnae House Gallery, 33 Elm St.* "Excavating the Museum." In collaboration with Patricia Erickson's fall class, "Objects, Selves, and Others: The Anthropology of Material Culture," this show concentrates on works collected by former professor Harris Hawthorne Wilder and examines issues regarding the collecting of Native American art and artifacts. Through December 22. Museum of art* "The Poetic Imagination: Explorations in Photography" features works by Alfred Stieglitz, Gertrude Kasebier, Clarence White, Anne Brigman and other photographers who, at the turn of the last century, were interested in creating the imaginative vision of the photographer rather than a literal record of the natural world. Organized by Maureen McKenna, Luce Curatorial Assistant for American Art. Throught December 22. Print room, Museum of Art* "The Book of Books: Pen & Ink to Polymer Plate" features manuscript and printed Bibles from the 13th through 20th centuries, including the 1999 Pennyroyal Caxton Bible, designed and illustrated by Barry Moser. Through December 22. Morgan Gallery, Neilson Library, first floor "Barry Moser & Pennyroyal Press" features books illustrated with wood engravings by artist Barry Moser. Through December 22. Mortimer Rare Book Room foyer, Neilson Library, third floor "Illuminating Words: The Artist's Books of Christopher Gausby" blends philosophical reflections and passages from early Christian mystic texts with Dadaist compositional techniques. Cocurated by Martin Antonetti, curator of rare books, and Veronique Plesch, assistant professor of art history, Colby College. Sponsors: Museum of Art, Salloch Rare Book Fund, Neilson Library. Through December 22. Museum of Art * "American Spectrum" features American masterworks from the early 18th century to the present with an installation of paintings and sculptures on two floors of the Museum. Through December 22. Museum of Art* |
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