Arts and Culture at Wake Forest

June 4 – August 30, 2013
Tuesday – Saturday, 10:00am – 4:30pm
Museum of Anthropology

EXHIBIT: Descendants Of The Maya: Photography By Dr. Morton W. Huber

This exhibit features twenty-seven black-and-white photographs of Maya people, traditional craft activities, archaeological sites, and colonial constructions taken in Guatemala during the 1960s. Weavings and other items collected by Dr. Huber at the time are also on display. High Point resident Dr. Huber, a biochemist by training, is also an accomplished artist and photographer. His art and photography have been featured in three books and galleries in North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Maryland, and Japan.

Admission is free.

3/3/3/13

February 28 – March 28, 2013

Reception 5-7 pm / Thursday Feb 28

3/3/3/13 – three video presentations for three weeks in March – was conceived specifically as an all-video exhibition. While the viewer will likely find commonality in the works’ approaches and themes, the videos are distinct, occupying very different sensory and emotional spaces. With one taking a prolonged look at the wall of a building with its crepuscular inhabitants glimpsed through windows (Seitenflügel), another concerning the grim vitality of existential struggle (Where is the Black Beast?), and the third depicting a beautiful and menacing polar seascape (Kivanrepu), perhaps these three works are entirely consonant with the indecisively damp and mercurial nature of late winter.

Admission is free. For more information visit: hanesgallery.wfu.edu/video3

“Chinese Ceramics from the Changsha Kilns: Reflections of Tang Dynasty Openness and Tolerance”

The exhibit provides an overview of the ceramics produced by families at the Changsha Kilns during the Tang Dynasty more than 1,000 years ago — putting Tang ceramics into their historical, geographic and cultural context.

The exhibit features more than 100 ceramic objects from the museum’s Lam Collection. In January 2012, Wake Forest alumnus Timothy See-Yiu Lam (’60) donated to the Museum of Anthropology nearly 600 ceramic pieces that he collected over more than 25 years. The Tang Dynasty bowls, ewers, cups, teapots, small toys and other pieces in the collection represent the largest and most comprehensive group of ceramics from the Changsha Kilns in the United States.

Yidan Fu, a junior accountancy major from China, worked with Museum Director Stephen Whittington to develop the exhibit. Yidan helped organize and analyze the hundreds of pieces in the Lam Collection. She also conducted research on Changsha ceramics in Chinese language texts and contributed an insider’s view of Chinese culture to the exhibit. Whittington also worked with Salem College student Victoria Smith to complete the final arrangement and installation of the exhibit.

The Tang Dynasty (618 to 907 AD) was a time of peace, prosperity, and acceptance in China, during which Changsha ceramics and other goods were traded overland along the Silk Road and overseas to reach as far away as western Asia and Africa.

Some of the pieces in the collection were broken (but painstakingly repaired) because, due to slight flaws in shape or glazing, kiln inspectors discarded them by burying them in refuse piles which were then excavated by archaeologists in the 1960s and 1970s. Ironically, most of the pieces that passed inspection were sold, used and ultimately broken—meaning they can rarely be fully reconstructed.

The Museum of Anthropology is open to the public Tues. through Sat. from 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Admission is free. For more information contact the museum at 336-758-5282 or visit moa.wfu.edu.

January 15 – October 26, 2013
Tuesday – Saturday, 10:00am – 4:30pm

EXHIBIT: Celebrating 50 Years of the Museum of Anthropology

As the MOA commemorates its 50^th year, this student-curated retrospective exhibit showcases the Museum’s history through a detailed timeline featuring photographs from the institutional archives and artifacts from around the world.  Admission is free.

January 22 – May 19, 2013
Tuesday – Saturday, 10:00am – 4:30pm

EXHIBIT: This Beautiful World

This touring exhibit features the work of photographer and world traveler Robert Radin.  It contains images of the people and landscapes of six continents, a presentation of Radin’s life work selected from more than 6,000 photos.  Admission is free.

Opening February 5 (ongoing)
Tuesday – Saturday, 10:00am – 4:30pm

EXHIBIT: Chinese Ceramics from the Changsha Kilns: Reflections of Tang Dynasty Openness and Tolerance

MOA’s new permanent exhibit provides an overview of the ceramics produced by families at the Changsha Kilns during the Tang Dynasty more than one thousand years ago.  The exhibit puts Tang ceramics into their historical, geographic, and cultural context. The Tang Dynasty was a time of peace, prosperity, and acceptance in China, during which Changsha ceramics and other goods were traded to reach as far away as western Asia and Africa. The exhibit features more than 100 spectacular ceramic objects from the MOA’s Lam Collection.

Thursday, February 7 , 7:00pm
LECTURE: Trade and Treasure: The Silk Road on Land and Sea

Virginia Bower, a scholar of Chinese art and archaeology from the University of the Arts in Philadelphia will present an overview of the history of “The Silk Road” of China including the origin of this term.  She will also discuss Tang dynasty Changsha ceramics, comparing and contrasting pieces on display at the Museum with examples in other collections and works that have been excavated or recovered in China and elsewhere including those from a 9^th century shipwreck.  Admission is free.

Saturday, March 23 12:00 – 4:00pm
MOA Turns 50! Birthday Party & Family Day

This exciting event for all ages will feature birthday cake, Chinese dance performances, and crafts activities from cultures around the world as the Museum celebrates its 50^th birthday.  Join us for an afternoon of educational fun!  Admission is free.

For more information about the series and purchasing tickets,
Additionally, please enjoy our blog, www.secrestseries.blogspot.com
for more information about artists and insights into upcoming performances
please visit our website, www.secrest.wfu.edu.

Jamazon: Wayne Shorter Jazz Quartet
Thursday, Sept. 20, 7:30 pm in Wait Chapel

This event includes extensive additional Secrest “Accents”:
• Jazz Clinic and Workshop. Wednesday, Sept. 19, at 3:30 PM in Brendle Recital Hall. WFU students and jazz educators and musicians from other regional jazz programs will participate.
• Photography Slide/Lecture Talk (Rain Forest Images) of Sam Abell, of National Geographic. Wednesday, Sept. 19, at 5:30 PM at Kulynch Auditorium, Byrum Center
• “No Return: The Humanities Confronting Climate Change.” A talk by Karen Pinkus (Humanities Institute). Wednesday, Sept. 19, at 4 PM in DeTamble in Tribble Hall.
• Secrest Signature pre-performance talk, Thursday, Sept. 20 at 6:40 PM in the Balcony Room of Wait Chapel. Speaker is Jacqui Carrasco, Associate professor of Music.
• “Amazon Gold”, documentary film screenings, preceded by Miles Silman, Director of CEES and Professor of Biology. Friday, Sept. 21 at 7:00 in Kulynch/Byrum Center. (Additional screenings on Thursday, Sept. 20 at 11 am in Pugh Auditorium and Wednesday, Sept. 19 at 7 PM in Pugh Auditorium)

Love Fail: Anonymous 4 in a new project by David Lang
Thursday, October 4
7:30 pm in Brendle Recital Hall

The Secrest accents to accompany Love Fail will be a talk by Brian Gorelick, associate Professor of Music. 6:40 PM in Room 208, adjacent to Brendle Hall.

Danu: A Christmas in Ireland
Wednesday, November 28
7:30 pm in Wait Chapel

Venice Baroque Orchestra
Thursday, January 24, 2013
7:30 pm in Wait Chapel

The Secrest Signature Speaker for this event will be Peter Kairoff, pianist, director of Casa Artom in Venice, and Professor of Music.

Strata
Thursday, March 21, 2013
7:30 pm in Brendle Recital Hall

Kenneth Frazelle, composer and faculty member at UNCSA, with lead the Secrest accents talk at 6:40PM in Room 201, adjacent to the Brendle Hall lobby.

Shantala Shivalingappa: Indian Classical Dancer
Friday, April 19, 2013
7:30 pm in Brendle Recital Hall

For Information Please Contact 336.758.5757
Lillian Shelton, director
Anne Hillgartner, student intern
secrest@wfu.edu