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Thursday Evening Salon Series
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Thursday Evening Salon Series

Sip a glass of wine or a soft drink and relax in a comfortable social setting while discussing current topics in the arts, humanities, and the social sciences. Your hosts will include artists, art historians, curators, philosophers, writers, musicians, stage designers, and more. Eclectic in content and social in nature, the Salon Series provides an opportunity for everyone – regardless of educational or professional background – to gather and learn more about the world of art and artists and how it impacts other disciplines.

The fifth season of the Thursday Evening Salon Series runs from January through May 2012. Programs are held at the Art Center from 7:30 pm - 9 pm.


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Prision Art / Public Culture
 
1
Nicole Fleetwood, Associate Professor of American Studies, Rutgers University
1/12/2012
7:30PM - 9:00PM
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Dr. Fleetwood presents a fascinating examination of published and unpublished photography and visual art produced by US prison inmates. Historic projects documenting prison art as well as contemporary work by inmates or former inmates will be highlighted. The efforts and practices of inmates to communicate with loved ones on the outside through the visual arts will also be viewed.
Fashioning the Grotesque Body
 
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Francesca Granata, Professor of Fashion Studies, Parsons The New School for Design
1/26/2012
7:30PM - 9:00PM
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Grotesque images of the body proliferate in fashion at the turn of the twenty-first century. Looking at the link between art and fashion through the work of experimental designer Rei Kawakubo of Comme des Garçons to the designer and performance artist Leigh Bowery, Dr. Granata provides an insider’s look at the explosion of grotesque imagery within contemporay fashion.
A Tale of Two Louies: Interpreting an Archetypal American Musical Icon
 
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Christopher Doll, Assistant Professor of Composition and Theory, Rutgers University
2/9/2012
7:30PM - 9:00PM
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The infamous song "Louie Louie" was enormously influential on early sixties rock 'n' roll, to the extent that Frank Zappa dubbed it an "Archetypal American Musical Icon." In this presentation, Dr. Doll discusses the tangled roots of this noteworthy recording and investigates the various strands of its influence from the sixties to the present day.
Encounters with Beauty through Poetry
 
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Lynne McEniry, Academic Affairs Division Coordinator, College of Saint Elizabeth
2/23/2012
7:30PM - 9:00PM
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This engaging, interactive presentation will explore ideas about beauty in contemporary poems by Mary Oliver, Mark Doty, and others. Lynne McEniry will discuss the poets’ visions of beauty as they consider the natural world, visual art, and our human relationships. The connection between a poem’s beauty and concepts of language, line breaks, and metaphor will also be addressed.
The Duke & the Tiger
 
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Dan Morgenstern, Former Director, Institute of Jazz Studies at Rutgers University
3/8/2012
7:30PM - 9:00PM
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Introduced in 1917, "Tiger Rag" became a staple of the jazz repertoire for decades. In 1930 Duke Ellington subjected it to more than a dozen ingenious transformations, among them several masterpieces. Join eight-time Grammy-award-winning jazz historian Dan Morgenstern as he presents recorded highlights – spanning six decades – to shed light on Ellington’s genius, methodology and great band.
The Body & Psyche in Modern & Contemporary Art
 
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Anne Swartz, Professor of Art History, Savannah College of Art and Design
3/22/2012
7:30PM - 9:00PM
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Much of Modernist art centered on the re-definition of the body in space, both in its representation and in the ways that artists like Duchamp, Bourgeois, Pollock and Gorky produced art. Dr. Swartz will address the transparency of the process and its relationship to the artist’s body via the work of several 20th century artists who explored their autobiographies in their art.
Dreads: A Photo History of Dreadlocks
 
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Francesco Mastalia, Internationally Published Documentary Photographer
4/5/2012
7:30PM - 9:00PM
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For five years, photographer and author Francesco Mastalia traveled the world photographing the diverse cultures of tribal, religious, indigenous and spiritual people. Hear the stories behind this amazing journey around the globe documenting the different cultures of people with dreadlocks. Dreads is now in its seventh printing in four languages and includes an introduction by Pulitzer-Prize-winning author Alice Walker.
Hope & Resiliency in Film
 
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Laura Winters, Professor of English, College of St. Elizabeth
4/26/2012
7:30PM - 9:00PM
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This interactive presentation with Dr. Winters will use clips from American and international films to explore how the media of film is unique in its ability to convey the way human beings can overcome suffering and loss to develop hope and resiliency. Clips from Sweetland, Lars and the Real Girl, Of Gods and Men, and Departure will be shown.
Damn Yankees... You Gotta Have Good Design
 
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Mark Hoebee, Artistic Director, Paper Mill Playhouse
5/3/2012
7:30PM - 9:00PM
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A behind-the-scenes look at the Paper Mill Playhouse’s production of Damn Yankees. Mark S. Hoebee, Paper Mill's Producing Artistic Director and director of the production, focuses on the scenic design and visual aspects of re-imagining this musical theatre classic. Learn the entire process from the first design idea to the fully realized production on the grand Paper Mill Playhouse stage.
Artist / Curator Dialogue
 
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Mary Birmingham, Curator, and John Goodyear, Spring/Summer solo-exhibiting artist
5/24/2012
8:00AM - 8:00AM
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Join Art Center Curator, Mary Birmingham, in conversation with internationally-recognized artist John Goodyear. Goodyear was a Professor of Art at Rutgers University from 1964-1997. His paintings and constructions investigate the experience of seeing by incorporating shifting illusions and elements of chance. Listen in and ask your own questions as Mary delves into the artist’s long and prolific career.

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