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| Saturday, February 25, 2012 |
 | Exhibition: “the invisible connectedness of things”
9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
The exhibit the invisible connectedness of things created by internationally recognized visual artist Kim Abeles and co-presented by the University of Colorado Museum of Natural History and EcoArts Connections will be on display Tuesday Jan. 17 – Monday Oct. 1, 2012.
The exhibit is inspired by the spectacular structure, colors and longevity of lichens and the fact that they are bio-monitors of pollution. With a 16’ video wall, photos, paintings, puzzles, sculpture, “smog collector" plates and more, the exhibit explores the effects that transportation choices have on Boulder’s air quality. The project has been created in collaboration with atmospheric scientists, emissions specialists, lichenologists, transportation professionals and middle school students, among others. This exhibit is commissioned by EcoArts Connections (EAC) and co-presented by the University of Colorado Museum of Natural History and EAC in collaboration with Envirotest - Air Care Colorado, Manhattan Middle School and Spark: UCAR Science Education. |
 | The Criminal Hero
9:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Paul Gordon, professor of humanities, will examine the frequent appearance of “criminal heroes” in literature and film, beginning with The Bible (Eve, Cain) and Greek literature (Prometheus, Oedipus, Antigone) and continuing with more modern literary works (Macbeth, The Stranger, The Executioner’s Song) and films (A History of Violence, Taxi Driver, Aguirre, The Usual Suspects) in order to understand the surprising popularity and our particular fascination with these repugnant figures.
This program is part of the CU on the Weekend program, a series of one-day classes offered through Continuing Education. Take advantage of the unique opportunity to interact with some of CU-Boulder's best faculty and learn more about their academic passions. For complete class descriptions visit conted.colorado.edu/programs/cu-on-the-weekend. Advance registration is required. |
 | Friends of the CU Libraries brings you Spring Treasures
10:00 AM - 11:30 AM
Join the Friends of the CU Libraries for “The Air We Breathe Ain’t What It Used To Be," a talk by Russell Schnell. Schnell is the deputy director of the Global Monitoring Division of NOAA’s Earth System Research Laboratory, co-recipient of the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize, and winner of NOAA’s 2011 Albritton Outstanding Science Communicator Award.
Dr. Schnell will simplify complex environmental issues like global warming and climate change for us and translate them into stories that are colorful, understandable and focused. Light catered reception follows program. |
 | Keeping It Real: Korean Artists in the Age of Multi-Media Representation
12:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Opening Reception February 2, 2012, 6-8pm with a major related symposium February 4, 2012 in ATLAS 100. Further details about the symposium to be announced.
Curated by J.P. Park, Assistant Professor of Art History, University of Colorado Boulder
This exhibition comments on the contemporary state of South Korean art by offering a unique and unprecedented opportunity to experience new art forms pioneered by emerging Korean artists working in Seoul, New York, and Europe. The artists in this exhibition lead us into a mysterious, ironic, and hybrid reality, a reality that completely challenges our perceptions of the world as we are conditioned to think about it. The works on view are a series of dialogues that illuminate conjunctures between real life and fantasy which present objects and human behaviors through a creative and conceptual kaleidoscope. The virtual reality in their art—a hyper-reality materialized in scientific, technological, and global idioms—unerringly subverts our intellectual, experienced, and intuitive knowledge about art and society. These artists belong to a new generation, born since the tumultuous social and political phase of modern Korean society subdued; without the Cold War, without riot police, yet possessing access to the larger world via the internet, opportunities to travel abroad, and products promoted locally by global corporations. The exhibition features photography, video, site-specific installation, and sculpture and includes the work of eight artists including:
Kyung Woo Han
Yong-ho Ji
Yeondoo Jung
Shin-il Kim
Sun K. Kwak
Hyungkoo Lee
Jaye Rhee
Kiwoun Shin
This exhibition is generously supported in part by the NBT Charitable Trust, the HBB Foundation, Arts Council Korea, Wayne F. Yakes, MD, the CU Art Museum benefactors and members, as well as by the CU Boulder Student Arts and Cultural Enrichment (ACE) fees. Additional funding for the related symposium is generously provided by the James and Rebecca Roser Visiting Artist Program and the Center for Asian Studies, University of Colorado Boulder. |
 | The Anxiety of Influence: Selections from the CU Art Museum's Ceramics Collection
12:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Curated by Lisa Tamiris Becker, Director, CU Art Museum and Kim Dickey, Professor, Department of Art and Art History, University of Colorado Boulder
Drawing on Harold Bloom's seminal work of poetic criticism, "The Anxiety of Influence," to interpret the significant role that "influence" plays within the global history, culture, and tradition of ceramics, this exhibition will present Modern and Contemporary Ceramics as well as selected historic works from the CU Art Museum's permanent collection. The exhibition will feature major pieces by Scott Chamberlin, Rick Dillingham, Arthur Gonzalez, Wayne Higby, Anne Kraus, Graham Marks, Jim Melchert, Linda Sikora, Suo Tan, Peter Voulkos, Betty Woodman and many others. The exhibition will also include works on paper by noted ceramic artists such as Robert Arneson and Ken Price to further explore the conceptual, aesthetic, and methodological influences on Modern and Contemporary ceramic artists. While many previous exhibitions have chronicled the decorative and technological influences of various ceramic traditions as they travelled across Eastern and Western cultures, this exhibition is the first to apply Bloom's complicated post-Freudian theories of "influence" to the realm of ceramics and its poetics, in order to construct a more complex understanding of the medium.
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 | Small Things Considered Movie Day at the CU Museum of Natural History
1:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Watch Microcosmos with us. We'll provide the popcorn, you bring something or someone to cuddle with. This movie has incredible close-ups, slow motion, and
time-lapse photography of the natural world. We'll have some real
specimens on hand for you to look at up close. We will show the movie twice - at 1:00 and 2:30. |
 | Kids in Space
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Join interstellar traveler Captain Ann Dromeda and her crew of kids in space. Go along for the ride and explore our solar system as the planetarium turns into a spaceship! |
 | Laser: Peter & the Wolf
3:15 PM - 4:15 PM
Prokofiev's masterpiece in laser light. The story of Peter and his adventures comes to life through laser images and animation. "Peter & the Wolf" is an entertaining story that teaches children of all ages about music. |
 | (Cancelled) Undergraduate Student Recital: Victoria DiMarzio, viola
4:30 PM - 6:30 PM
Franz Anton Hoffmeister - Concerto in D Major
J.S. Bach - Suite No. 2 in D Minor, BWV 2008
Béla Bartók - Duets for Two Violas
With Beth Nielsen, piano, and Adrian Davis, viola. |
 | Sights and Sounds
5:30 PM - 9:00 PM
This event will be very exciting and entertaining, featuring dances from the Gulf, Egypt, Tajikistan, Afghanistan, Turkey, Iran, South Asia and Africa! We will have music, cultural booths, henna tattoos, calligraphy, and a fashion show!
This event will also feature the famous comedian Amer Zahr!
Come enjoy a night full of culture and entertainment and FREE food!!
Contact us at: msa@colorado.edu for any questions/comments. |
 | (Cancelled) Boulder Laptop Orchestra (BLOrk)
7:30 PM - 9:30 PM
The emergence of the laptop orchestra in the last several years has given improvisers innovative tools for creating novel musical experiences. BLOrk integrates technology with improvisers in an ensemble setting providing live interaction between the two. The ensemble consists of 6 performers each equipped with a laptop, a hemispherical speaker, and a variety of control devices, which can include traditional instruments or voice. The use of hemispherical speakers projects sound in a way similar to that of an acoustic instrument, creating a unique sonic experience. The ensemble builds on the research of the Princeton Laptop Orchestra (PLOrk) begun by Perry Cook and Dan Trueman in 2005. |
 | Boulder Philharmonic: The Creative & The Great with Joshua Roman, cello
7:30 PM
SHOSTAKOVICH: Jazz Suite No. 1
GULDA: Cello Concerto
SCHUBERT: Symphony No. 9, “The Great”
Experience Shostakovich as you may not have heard him before—jazzy and lighthearted. Friedrich Gulda’s eclectic and virtuosic Cello Concerto will be played by star cellist Joshua Roman, recently named a TED Fellow as part of the global conference on innovation. The concert concludes with Schubert’s magnum opus, the “Great C Major.” |
 | Undergraduate Student Recital: Rachael Gonzales, clarinet
7:30 PM - 9:30 PM
Poulenc - Sonata for Clarinet and Piano
Debussy - Première rhapsodie
Copland - Concerto for Clarinet, Strings, and Harp
With Doreen Lee, piano. |
 | Undergraduate Student Recital: William Cleary, saxophone
7:30 PM - 9:30 PM
Henri Tomasi - Ballade
Pierre Sancan - Lamento et Rondo
David Maslanka - Song Book, no. VI "Song for Allison"
Pierre Max Dubois - Concerto
Perry Goldstein - Pieces of Elsewhere, I. "Out of Bounds"
With Beth Nielsen, piano; Garrett Aman, marimba; Madeleine Sprowell, soprano saxophone; Alex Cazet, tenor saxophone; and Matt Shugert, baritone saxophone. |
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