arts and culture calendar
Art Events
September
 Furniture for the Divine: Selections from the Foo Collection
Center for the Arts Asian Arts Gallery
Saturday, September 12 – Saturday, December 12
Curator’s Lecture: Saturday, September 12, 2 – 3 p.m.; Reception: 3 – 5 p.m.
Gallery Hours: Monday – Friday, 11 a.m. – 4 p.m.; Saturday, 1 – 4 p.m. Closed Thanksgiving weekend.
The exhibition features Chinese furniture and accessories from the Foo Collection dating from the Ming and Qing dynasties (1368-1912), which were used in the worship of deities and ancestors related to Taoism, Buddhism and Confucianism. The main categories include alter tables, incense tables, shrines and spiritual tablets, offering accessories and ornaments, and tributary carvings of the divine. Hardwood and softwood used for the furniture (such as baimu, hetaomu, yumu, and nanmu) will be examined. Pei-Hwa Foo is the guest curator.
Admission is free.
October
Exuberant Pattern: Caroline Lathan-Stiefel, Piper Shepard, Merle Temkin, Huguette Caland, and Astrid Bowlby 
Center for the Arts Gallery
Friday, October 9 – Saturday, November 7
Opening Reception: Thursday, October 8, 7:30 – 9 p.m.
Gallery Hours: Tuesday – Saturday, 11 a.m. – 4 p.m.
Exuberant Pattern features the work of Caroline Lathan-Stiefel, Piper Shepard, Merle Temkin, Huguette Caland and Astrid Bowlby. Lathan-Stiefel creates architectural installations using pipe cleaners and other re-purposed items of the post-industrial, commercial and global economy. Shepard creates lace patterns by printing and hand-cutting patterns in lengths of fabric. Her sources are varied and range from nineteenth-century Belgian lace to Islamic tile work. Temkin uses her left index finger print as a kind of self-portrait, exploring issues of identity and creating paintings and collages that emphasize the pattern of her unique print. Caland is a painter and sculptor who has also worked in fashion design and filmmaking. Her work demonstrates a love of color and pattern that is influenced by her Lebanese heritage, as well as her years in Paris. Bowlby produces black-and-white drawing installations that are sculptural and interpret decorative patterns.
Admission is free.
Master of Fine Arts Exhibition: Jocelyn Sowa
Center for the Arts Holtzman MFA Gallery
Friday, October 9 – Saturday, November 7
Opening Reception: Thursday, October 8, 7:30 – 9 p.m.
Gallery Hours: Tuesday – Saturday, 11 a.m. – 4 p.m.
Sowa presents works in digital photography and video formats, creating images and films that are autobiographical and focus on themes of gender and identity. She is interested in domestic routine and the monotony of daily life. She pairs her digital video works with castings in resin and soap to create installations.
Admission is free.
November
Caroline Lathan-Stiefel Lecture 
Center for the Arts Room 2032
Thursday, November 19, 6:30 p.m.
Lathan-Stiefel, whose work is on view in the Center for the Arts Gallery in October and early November, is this year’s juror for the annual student juried exhibition. Lathan-Stiefel creates architecture installations using pipe cleaners and other repurposed items of the post-industrial, commercial and global economy, such as plastic grocery bags and newspapers. She views these installations as drawings in space. Integral to the work is the idea of sprawl, as in makeshift, proliferating growth. She has shown her work in numerous spaces across the United States and Canada. She will speak about her work and about the annual student juried exhibition.
Admission is free.
Annual Student Juried Exhibition
Center for the Arts Gallery
Friday, November 20 – Saturday, December 12
Opening Reception: Thursday, November 19, 7:30 – 9 p.m.
Gallery Hours: Tuesday – Saturday, 11 a.m. – 4 p.m.
Closed for Thanksgiving Break: Wednesday, November 25 – Saturday, November 28
The annual undergraduate juried exhibition features student works that represent the art + design programs, including painting, sculpture, graphic design, illustration, crafts, metalworking/jewelry, ceramics, digital art and design, photography and printmaking.
Admission is free.
Master of Fine Arts Exhibition: Matt Voelker
Center for the Arts Holtzman MFA Gallery
Friday, November 20 – Saturday, December 12
Opening Reception: Thursday, November 19, 7:30 – 9 p.m.
Gallery Hours: Tuesday – Saturday, 11 a.m. – 4 p.m.
Closed for Thanksgiving Break: Wednesday, November 25 – Saturday, November 28
Matt Voelker’s exploration of clay as a medium for dimensional illustrations results in eccentric worlds that juxtapose figures, objects and scenery. The sculpted objects are composed in these imagined worlds and then photographed with the final image serving as an illustration. Built on the concept of postmodern picture books, Voelker’s illustrations reposition the viewer’s relationship with the text.
Admission is free.
December
37th Annual Holiday Pottery Sale 
Center for the Arts Ceramics Studio Room 3012
Friday, December 4 and Saturday, December 5, 9 a.m. to 7 p.m.
Start your holiday shopping by attending this crowd-pleasing annual event! Art + Design students and faculty present functional and fine art ceramic works for sale. A vast selection of hand crafted items, including stoneware, earthenware and fanciful objects, will be available.
Admission is free.
Box Office
Center for the Arts, 3rd Floor (map)
Hours: Tuesday - Saturday, noon - 4 p.m.
Phone: 410-704-ARTS (2787)
Fax: 410-704-6006
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