IEW 2011 Exhibitions and Displays
Global Art K-12 Exhibition
Artwork produced by students of the Alachua County schools. Sponsored by the International Center and the School Board of Alachua County. Portions of this entire collection will be exhibited simultaneously on campus (Nov. 14-18) as follows:
- Education Library, Norman Hall - College of Education
- Marston Science Library (near Turlington Plaza, north of the French fries landmark)
- Criser Cancer Resource Center in the Shands Cancer Hospital on Archer Rd.
Works of Nobel Prize in Literature 2011: Tomas Tranströmer, Swedish writer, located at Library West, 3rd floor exhibit space.
Global Photo Competition Exhibit – The exhibit sponsored by the International Center features photographs portraying the theme of “Global Culture” taken by study abroad students; international students; faculty, staff and alumni; and UF photography and photojournalism students. Nov. 14 – Dec. 2, 2011 at Grinter Gallery, http://www.ufic.ufl.edu/pd/photocontest.html
Special discount admission rate to visit the Florida Museum of Natural History during IEW! The FLMNH will offer a special discount admission rate this week of $10 for a combination ticket to both the Butterfly Rainforest and the Wild Music: Sounds and Songs of Life exhibits. The offer is open to all UF students, faculty and staff who show their Gator 1 card. For more information Paul Ramey, FLMNH, pramey@flmnh.ufl.edu www.flmnh.ufl.edu
International Education through Shared Communication sponsored by UF Libraries
All UF students, faculty, and staff invited to share their stories of culture surprise or shock(!) as they navigate life here in Gainesville and on the UF campus, encountering different cultures, peoples, languages, and customs among our diverse and exceptional population. Please visit the UF blog site http://blogs.uflib.ufl.edu/cultureshock and tell us your story.
International Exhibits at the Samuel P. Harn Museum of Art:
--Exhibitions: http://www.harn.ufl.edu/exhibitions/index.php
- Open Engagement: Strategies in Art, Love and War.
Open Engagement presents 25 international artists, who explore, recreate and imagine the nuances of love and war across time and place. The artists consider the bonds of connectivity in personal and community relationships as well as the conflicts of civil and international war. Works by Louise Bourgeois and Christine Borland touch on intimate and familial love, while the work of Armando Morales refers to civil and nationalist war in Nicaragua. University of Florida graduates Jake and Josh Kubisz examine social relations and states of paranoia and euphoria in response to risks at home and on the road. This exhibition is made possible by the 150th Anniversary Cultural Plaza Endowment. - Sebastião Salgado: World Witness
Featuring the work of Sebastião Salgado, considered the most recognized photojournalist in the world, the exhibition includes 42 photographs, selected from two series, Workers and Sahel: The End of the Road. The images depict working and living conditions in Latin America, Asia, Africa and Europe in the late 1980s and early 1990s. Emerging out of a humanist perspective, Salgado’s work chronicles the wrenching experience of people caught in a shift to a new world order dominated by transnational capitalism. This exhibition also features a display of Salgado’s books and a Leica camera, similar to the one Salgado used to capture these images. The exhibition is made possible by the Sidney Knight Endowment. - A Sense of Place: African Interiors
Comprised of works from the Harn Museum’s African collection, A Sense of Place features objects from homes, palaces, shrines and other sacred spaces, including sculptures, paintings, ceramic vessels and architectural elements such as doors, window frames and roof ornaments. Groupings of objects suggest particular 20th-century spaces, including an Owo Yoruba ancestral shrine, a Yoruba palace, a Bamana tent dwelling, an Ethiopian church, a Somali pastoralist home, Igbo guardian deity shrines and a men’s communal house. Contextual images accompany each display and give the viewer a sense of how art enhances and defines spaces for everyday activities, worship and royal courts. The exhibition is made possible by the Harn Program Endowment.
- Soaring Voices: Contemporary Japanese Women Ceramic Artists (October 16, 2011 - December 31, 2011)
This exhibition features 87 works by 25 exceptional women artists who reflect Japan’s rich and innovative ceramic culture. For thousands of years, women have been highly active in the production of ceramics but their names have largely been unknown. Soaring Voices demonstrates the shift in Japanese society toward individual women artists becoming recognized in an artistic realm traditionally held by men.
Pre-IEW Events:
November 9, 2011:
- International Development Career Networking Day -This event will increase UF faculty and students’ awareness of non-profits and private voluntary organizations in the international development field. The event is featured with expert panels on current topics of international importance, networking sessions for faculty and career information fair for students. 9am-5pm at the Reitz Union. For more information kearl@ufic.ufl.edu
- Global Art K-12 Exhibition Opening Reception
Opening reception for students and families. Artwork produced by students of the Alachua County schools. Portions of this entire collection will be exhibited simultaneously at various campus locations. Sponsored by the International Center and the School Board of Alachua County. (For locations see above.) 6pm at the Hub (UF Campus).
November 10, 2011:
- Free, LIVE, book club event: Discussion with Carrie Wagner, Author of Village Wisdom
Free, online international book club event that you and your students, faculty and community can participate in. 3pm EST. Please visit: http://melibeeglobal.com/events/) - Museum Nights - Soaring Voices of University of Florida
UF Women’s Chorale, Asian-American Student Union, H.O.T. Clay, UF Study Abroad, and the UF Honors Program contribute to celebrate an evening of art-making and demonstrations, performances, Japanese language lessons, and refreshments. 6-9pm at the Harn Museum.
