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Arts@Brandeis Calendar
January 2009
All events are free and open to the public unless otherwise noted.
Wednesday, January 14
Opening Celebration: Winter Exhibitions
Rose Art Museum
6 p.m. - 8 p.m.
Celebrate three extraordinary exhibitions: Hans Hofmann: Circa 1950, Saints and Sinners, and Master of Reality. Visit the Rose website for complete descriptions.
Saturday, January 24
Mentors and Protégés: Elliott Carter at 100
Slosberg Music Center
8 p.m.
Lydian String Quartet cellist Joshua Gordon and pianist Randall Hodgkinson celebrate Elliott Carter’s 100th birthday with works for solo cello and solo piano by Ives, Carter, and Machover, then join forces for Carter’s landmark 1948 Cello and Piano Sonata. Tickets $10-$20, available online or by calling 781-736-3400.
Wednesday, January 28
Lydian Wednesday: Music at Noon
Rose Art Museum
12 p.m.
Put the day on pause and enjoy a free preview performance of the Lydian String Quartet's January 31 concert.
Saturday, January 31
Lydian String Quartet
Slosberg Music Center
8 p.m. (7 p.m. lecture)
Brandeis's acclaimed ensemble in residence continues its "Around the World in a String Quartet" series with music from the United States, France, and Germany: Yehudi Wyner 's "Brandeis Sunday," Henri Dutilleux's "Ainsi la nuit," and Ludwig van Beethoven's Quartet in E Minor, Op. 59, No. 2. Tickets $10-$20, available online or by calling 781-736-3400.
Ongoing
January 15 - April 5
Hans Hofmann: Circa 1950, Saints and Sinners, and Master of Reality
Rose Art Museum
Saints and Sinners, guest curated by Laura Hoptman, New Museum, takes advantage of the rich diversity of the Rose Art Museum’s collection, as well as its distinctive architecture, to present a light-hearted look at a fundamental division in modern and contemporary art between the spiritual and the material, the eternal and the everyday, abstraction and the natural world.
Master of Reality, curated by Joseph Wardwell, features the work of five New York-based artists who represent a culturally mixed approach to what Wardwell calls “artificial realism”: Kanishka Raja, Angela Dufresne, Chie Fueki, Francesca DiMattio, and Matthew Day Jackson.
Upcoming
February 5 - 15
Siddhartha: A Jungian Fantasy in Three Movements With Prelude
Spingold Theater Center
In this fantastical stage adaptation of Hermann Hesse's classic novel, young Siddhartha pursues truth and enlightenment with the help of Jung, Freud, and three Hindu goddesses. Tickets: $16 - $20, available online or by calling 781-736-3400.
Through January 9
On Equal Terms: Women in Trades 30 Years StrongWomen’s Studies Research Center
The WSRC recognizes the 30th anniversary of the historic legislation that opened the construction industry to women with a mixed-media installation by Susan Eisenberg (an artist, poet, activist, WSRC scholar, and master electrician), that combines realistic and fanciful works of art with personal testimonies. For a preview video of the exhibition, click here. Visit the Brandeis news page for a schedule of related events, including a tradeswomen conference and a poetry reading.
Through January 16
Rising to the Top: Senior Art Exhibition
Spingold Theater Center
The talented Studio Arts class of 2009 shows new work in the Dreitzer Gallery.
The Art Behind the Portrait
Goldfarb Library
Inspired by the library's collection of photographer Carl Van Vechten's African American portraits, this display highlights African American luminaries such as Sammy Davis, Jr., Harry Belafonte, and Billie Holiday. Display created by Gail Goldspiel ’09 and produced by Lisa Zeidenberg, arts and culture librarian. Creative Arts, Farber Library, Level 2.