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Campus Events: May - Summer, 1998 |
April 8 through May 8
The work of printmaker Robert Marx will be on display in the String
Room Gallery at Wells College Wednesday, April 8 through Friday,
May 8. A reception will be held in honor of the artist on Tuesday,
April 21 at 7:00 p.m. The show and reception are free and open
to the public.
Marx, a resident of Rochester, New York, shows literary broadsides which combine etchings and selected, hand-printed verses from poems by notable authors.
Marx's work is represented in collections across the country including the Corcoran Gallery of Art, and the Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.; the Everson Museum, Syracuse; the Memorial Art Gallery, Rochester; and the Los Angeles County Museum, Los Angeles, California.
"Images come from my surroundings," says Marx of his work. "I distort my images according to my personal bias, and this distortion comes from remembering and inventing. I am a spectator, watching both myself and others. My paintings are a wordless game of conscience. The game is uncertain. My part in the game is observer. "
Gallery hours are Monday through Friday 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.; Wednesday evenings from 7:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. and Saturday and Sunday 1:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Thursday, Friday, and Saturday, May 7, 8, and 9
Wells College senior Lisa Thibodeau will present her senior project,
"We're Not Famous," Thursday, Friday, and Saturday,
May 7, 8, and 9 in the Sommer Center on the Wells College campus.
The show starts at 8:00 p.m. each night. It is free and open to
the public.
The project utilizes performance as a tool for individual change in response to a societal phenomenon - fame in the media. The show approaches the influence of fame as a social problem. It assumes that the individual's response to famous idols can lower self-esteem.
"Modern media cause people to look up to famous people, making others feel less significant. We all have a story to tell that validates our own life," explains Thibodeau.
"We're Not Famous" is a compilation of everyday autobiographies, and when the storyteller accomplishes the telling of her story, she validates her own life, and understands her own significance.
Thibodeau directs and performs. Also performing is senior Sharity Bassett and sophomores Allison Winters and Raven Herndon.
May 11 - May 23, opening reception Monday, May 11
Wells senior Rose Hill will have her work on display in the String
Room Gallery Monday, May 11 through Saturday, May 23. The show
is free and open to the public. An opening reception will be held
on Monday, May 11, from 7:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m.
Hill's work is created from the contents of dumpsters, abandoned houses, canvas, paint, water, clay and photography. Sometimes she searches for objects with a theme, but often she says, her ideas are sparked by the find.
She takes objects from all places, from all aspects of her work, then breaks them down and uses the pieces to create an expression of her experience. While her art is partly autobiographical, Hill says she also plays with words, using colloquial expressions, personal prose, poetry and journal writing.
"I have a lot of questions about the world, about people, about relationships, and self-knowledge," Hill says. "I think about the masks I wear and the things I hide behind. My art is an attempt at removing the mask, opening the doors, and letting whatever spills out be what it is."
Gallery hours are Monday through Friday 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.; Saturday and Sunday from 1:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.; and Wednesday evenings from 7:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m.
Friday, July 24
The nationally acclaimed Renaissance music group Elizabethan Conversation
will perform a concert of Baroque music on Friday, July 24 at
8:00 p.m. in the Alice Barler Recital Hall on the Wells College
campus. The event is free and the public is welcome.
The program will feature the works of artists Arcangelo Corelli, Matthew Locke, Francois Couperin, and Johann Sebastian Bach. The music will be performed on period instruments including the alto recorder, harpsichord, and bass viola da gamba.
Elizabethan Conversation is led by Susan G. Sandman, Professor of Music at Wells College. Dr. Sandman is an early music performer and musicologist. She teaches music history courses and directs the Wells Consort, a student collegium that performs on period instruments. She has been published in professional journals in the areas of early music and women composers.
Lee R. Johnston has been the Minister of Music at the First English Lutheran Church in Syracuse for four years and has been at the Onondaga Music Service since 1985. He performs on the harpsichord and viola da gamba.
Alexander Korolov is a 15 year old student at Cortland High School who performs with the Viola Consort of the Schola Cantorum of Syracuse.
Alexander Raykov is the director of the Early Music program at Syracuse University. Professor Raykov is instrumental director of Schola Cantorum of Syracuse, a group representing works from the 11th to the 18th centuries. He received his training in conducting, composition, and performance from the Leningrad Conservatory of Music in Russia.
For more information on campus events call Wells College Public Relations at (315) 364-3209
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