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JUNE 2, FRIDAY
"Out of the Inkwell"
Slide Lecture and Reception:
Edward Koren: New Yorker Cartoons 1990-2005
4:00 P.M., Center for the Arts, Room 221
Enjoy a slide lecture by the artist and an inaugural reception for the Museum's summer exhibition, on view through August 13. Edward Koren sold his first cartoon to the New Yorker in 1962, and since then he has drawn nearly a thousand cartoons and several dozen covers for the magazine. In addition, he has written and illustrated many books, and his work has been exhibited in shows across the United States, as well as in France, England, and Czechoslovakia. The Museum's exhibition focuses on his work for the New Yorker during the past 15 years. Free
JUNE 29, THURSDAY
Vermont Symphony Orchestra
7:30 P.M., Middlebury College Alumni Stadium
The Henry Sheldon Museum presents its annual Independence Day tradition: a Vermont Symphony Orchestra Pops Concert and fireworks. The program features light classical music concluding with the 1812 Overture and Sousa marches. Grounds open at 5:30 for picnics, concessions offer food. The concert will be held at Middlebury College's Field House in case of rain. Tickets: pre-concert, adult $20, youth $8; at gate, adult $22, youth $12; children under 12 admitted free. Tickets available by phone: Henry Sheldon Museum, 802-388-2117, or by mail at 1 Park Street, Middlebury, VT 05753
JUNE 29, THURSDAY
Gallery Talk and Opening Reception:
The Past Within the Present:
Contemporary Classical Chinese Paintings from the John and Alice Z. Berninghausen Collection
4:00 P.M., Center for the Arts, Museum of Art
John and Alice Berninghausen will speak about their collection and the exhibition, on view though August 13. The past two decades have witnessed a renaissance in the long history of Chinese painting. Contemporary Chinese artists, grounded in the traditional medium and techniques (writing brush, ink and color on paper), have been creating new versions of a venerable art form. Landscape depictions, for centuries the canonical genre of Chinese painting, have been reinvigorated by painters throughout China with a new range of techniques and effects including dynamic brushwork. In bird and flower painting the painters have created compositions that often border on the abstract with striking new wash techniques and subtle chromatic effects. Alongside these genres, figure painting also flourishes, sometimes invoking classical themes, but often drawing on contemporary society, which it presents with whimsical or satiric humor. Personal friends of many of the artists, John and Alice Berninghausen have amassed one of the most distinguished collections of its kind, from which more than fifty paintings are included in this exhibition. This exhibition is presented in conjunction with the 30th anniversary of the establishment of the Chinese Department at Middlebury College. Museum Admisison and the opening reception are free.
JUNE 30, FRIDAY
Carillon Recital: Suzanne Magassy
4:00 P.M., Mead Chapel and surrounding lawns
The Summer Carillon Series continues with this recital by Suzanne Magasy of Canberra, Australia. Free