Events
The Museum of Art presents a variety of popular events and programs that enhance exhibitions. Opening receptions, weekly ArtBreak programs, lectures, and special events are open to the public free of charge unless otherwise noted.
September 2008
Brian Chu, Furor
Friday, September 5, 5-7 p.m
Museum of Art, Paul Creative Arts Center
Preview Reception Conley Harris: Lyrical Tableaux and Art Faculty Review: Benjamin Cariens, Brian Chu, Craig Hood, and Maryse Searls McConnell
Join us for the opening reception for a new exhibition featuring the works of Conley Harris, a Boston artist and former University of New Hampshire art faculty member, as well as an exhibition of works by four current studio art faculty members in the Department of Art and Art History.
Arthur Ganson, Machine with Artichoke Pedal (full image and details)
Wednesday, September 10, noon
Room A219, Paul Creative Arts Center
ArtBreak: Slide Lecture An Unfolding Process Kinetic sculptor and UNH alumn (BFA, 1978) Arthur Ganson discusses his work.
Self-described as a cross between a mechanical engineer and a choreographer, Ganson creates machines composed of a range of materials-from delicate wire to welded steel and concrete. Most are viewer-activated or driven by electric motors. All are driven by a wry sense of humor or a probing philosophical concept. "When making a sculpture," Ganson says, "It's always a challenge to say enough but not say too much, to coax with some kind of recognizable bait, then leave the viewer to draw his or her own conclusions and thereby find personal meaning."
A longtime resident of the Boston area, Ganson has explored kinetic sculpture for thirty years. His colorful career includes sculpture racing with the World Sculpture Racing Society in the 1980s. He is also the creator of the popular foam construction toy, "Toobers and Zots." Ganson has held residencies in science museums, collaborated with the Studebaker Movement Theatre, and been featured in one-man shows at MIT Museum , Harvard's Carpenter Center , the DeCordova Museum , and the Ricco/Maresca Gallery in New York . His work is also on display as part of a permanent installation at the National Inventors Hall of Fame. Ganson appeared as a character on a 2003 episode of PBS's popular animated television show "Arthur."
Ganson's work was featured in the exhibition "Thoughtful Mechanisms: The Lyrical Engineering of Arthur Ganson" at the Museum of Art, University of New Hampshire in 2000.
For more information, visit http://www.arthurganson.com/
Conley Harris, Flying Paisleys, 36" x 36"
oil on canvas, courtesy of the artist
and Victoria Munroe Fine Art, Boston
Wednesday, September 17, noon
Museum of Art, Paul Creative Arts Center
ArtBreak: Gallery Talk Boston artist and former University of New Hampshire art faculty member Conley Harris, discusses his work on view in the exhibition Conley Harris: Lyrical Tableaux.
Wednesday, September 24, noon
Paul Creative Arts Center
ArtBreak: Slide Lecture by Mary McWilliams, Norma Jean Calderwood curator of Islamic and Later Indian Art, Harvard Art Museum.
October 2008
Wednesday, October 1, noon
Museum of Art, Paul Creative Arts Center
ArtBreak: Gallery Talk Exhibiting faculty artists from the University of New Hampshire's Department of Art & Art History, Brian Chu, Craig Hood, and Maryse Searls McConnell, discuss their works on view in the exhibition Art Faculty Review: Benjamin Cariens, Brian Chu, Craig Hood, and Maryse Searls McConnell.
Wednesday, October 8, noon
Room A219, Paul Creative Arts Center
ArtBreak: Slide Lecture The Legacy: The Parthenon Sculptures and Modern Day Debate of Repatriation is discussed by University of New Hampshire student Elizabeth Lapan.
Sunday, October 12, 2 p.m
Museum of Art , Paul Creative Arts Center
Vocal Music Rendition Carnatic Classical Music presented by vocalist Anupama Sankaran. This special musical presentation is offered in conjunction with the exhibition Conley Harris: Lyrical Tableaux.
Carnatic music is a traditional South Indian classical music form which honors Indian gods and goddesses. This vocal presentation will be performed in several well-known South Indian languages, including Tamil, Telugu, and Kannada.
Ben Cariens, Katib II
Wednesday, October 15, noon
Room A219 & Museum of Art, Paul Creative Arts Center
ArtBreak: Slide Lecture & Gallery Talk From Faith to Form The function of artifice in the expression of religious faith and in recent sculptures is presented by University of New Hampshire faculty artist Benjamin Cariens.
Wednesday, October 22, noon
Room A219, Paul Creative Arts Center
ArtBreak: Slide Lecture New England Currents: Animating the Museum with Contemporary Art by Katherine French, curator and director of the Danforth Museum of Art.
Carl Chiarenza
Peace Warrior (Don Quitoe 275)
2003, gelatin silver print
Friday, October 31, 5-7 p.m
Museum of Art, Paul Creative Arts Center
Preview Reception Peace Warriors and Solitudes: Recent Photographs
by Carl Chiarenza and Gabriel Laderman: Unconventional Realist
Join us for the opening reception for two new exhibitions featuring
works by the preeminent American photographer Carl Chiarenza, and Gabriel Laderman, a founding father of post-modern figuration.
January 2009
Friday, January 23, 5-7 p.m
Museum of Art, Paul Creative Arts Center
Preview Reception Drawing the Line and Renewal: Printmakers from the New Northern Ireland
Join us for the opening reception for a new exhibition featuring drawings from the 18th to the late 20th centuries, drawn primarily from the collection of the Museum of Art at the University of New Hampshrie, as well as an exhibition showcasing the work of eighteen contemporary Northern Ireland printmakers.
April 2009
Friday, April 17, 6-8 p.m
Museum of Art, Paul Creative Arts Center
Preview Reception 2009 Senior B.A. and B.F.A. Exhibition and 2009 M.F.A. Thesis Exhibition (I)
Join us for the opening reception for two new exhibitions featuring works by graduating art students, and paintings by candidates for the University of New Hampshire's Master of Fine Arts degree in painting.
May 2009
Friday, May 8, 5-7 p.m
Museum of Art, Paul Creative Arts Center
Preview Reception 2009 M.F.A. Thesis Exhibition (II)
Join us for the opening reception for this exhibition featuring paintings by candidates for the University of New Hampshire's Master of Fine Arts degree in painting.
The Museum of Art exhibitions and programs are supported in part by the Friends of the Museum of Art.