Monthly Archives: October 2016

October 20

WHY “DIVERSITY” IS NOT ENOUGH IN THE AGE OF INEQUALITY – KHALIL GIBRAN MUHAMMAD- HARVARD KENNEDY SCHOOL

Dr. Khalil Muhammad, professor of history, race and public policy at Harvard Kennedy School. He is a leading scholar on matters of race, social justice, and opportunity. Dr. Muhammad will be offering workshops for parents on how to address these issues with students. POSSE PHOTOS:  

October 19

SPELMAN MUSEUM OF FINE ART: AFRICA FORECAST: FASHIONING CONTEMPORARY LIFE OPENING LECTURE

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October 19

SPELMAN MUSEUM OF FINE ART: AFRICA FORECAST: FASHIONING CONTEMPORARY LIFE OPENING

The Spelman College Museum of Fine Art is proud to announce AFRICA FORECAST: Fashioning Contemporary Life, an original exhibition that will launch its 20th anniversary. The exhibition will position fashion through two overlapping perspectives: an ever-changing global marketplace and the unique ways that black women throughout the African Diaspora construct their lives. AFRICA FORECAST features work by black women […]

October 16

ATLANTA OPERA: THE ABDUCTION FROM THE SERAGLIO

Belmonte, with his sidekick Pedrillo, sets off to Turkey to rescue his betrothed Konstanze. The caper plays out in hilarious, action-packed circumstances wherein our heroes and heroines must outwit their captors, particularly the fiendish Osmin, overseer of the Pasha’s harem. The Abduction from the Seraglio is a farcical, colorful romance, and was one of Mozart’s first successes […]

October 14

THE HIGH: GORDON BAILEY

A Cut Above presents the varied approaches of a group of artists to a common material. From discarded or inexpensive manufactured board to naturally occurring branches, roots, and stumps, wood is widely available to artists without access to or interest in traditional art supplies or schools. Some sculptors are uniquely receptive to how the natural properties […]

October 12

THE HIGH: GORDON BAILEY COLLECTION: A CUT ABOVE

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October 08

MET OPERA LIVE IN HD: TRISTAN & ISOLDE

Tristan und Isolde opens the Met season in a new production by Mariusz Treliński (the director responsible for the 2014–15 season’s double bill of Iolanta and Bluebeard’s Castle), and will be well served by a cast of outstanding Wagnerians: Nina Stemme as Isolde, Stuart Skelton as Tristan, Ekaterina Gubanova as Brangäne, and René Pape as King Marke, […]

October 07

MASON FINE ART: LUCINDA BUNNEN OPENING

This exhibition includes recent color images from Georgia and vintage experimental black and white photographs taken throughout the South. Lucinda Bunnen is a practicing artist in Atlanta. She has traveled worldwide to find subject matter for her work and has had numerous solo and group exhibitions throughout the United States and internationally. POSSE PHOTOS:

October 07

JACKSON FINE ART: TRINE SONDERGAARD: GULDNAKKE

FRI OCT 7 2016 — SAT DEC 3 2016 Trine Søndergaard (b. 1972) is a Danish photography-based visual artist. Søndergaard lives and works in Copenhagen, Denmark. In 1996 she graduated from Fatamorgana, the Danish School of Art Photography. Trine Søndergaard’s work is marked by a precision and a sensibility that co-exist with an investigation of […]

October 07

JACKSON FINE ART: DUANE MICHALS: THE NARRATIVE PHOTOGRAPH

DUANE MICHALS FRI OCT 7 2016 — SAT DEC 3 2016 Duane Michals (b. 1932, McKeesport, PA) is one of the great photographic innovators of the last century, widely known for his work with series, multiple exposures, and text. Michals first made significant, creative strides in the field of photography during the 1960s. In an […]

October 05

MASON FINE ART: JOSHUA RASHAAD MCFADDEN: COME TO SELFHOOD

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