Monday, November 26, 2007
Art of Engagement: Tales from a New York Art Dealer
For 30 years, Douglas Walla has had the pleasure of working with a number of thrilling and thought provoking artists and situations which address the architecture of amnesia, issues of “conscience”, emotionally urgent subject matter (both personal as well as public in origin) and obsessive, compulsive personal undertakings. Mr. Walla will touch upon several past projects to illuminate the possibilities.
While undertaking studies at the University, he worked in various capacities in the local community, first assisting the painters B.J. McCoon and Rollin Pickford, later apprenticeships with the Hans Sumpf Company constructing large scale architectural reliefs and as a preparatory for the Fresno Arts Center. From 1973 to 1976, Mr. Walla was curator of the Fresno Arts Center organizing three exhibitions and publications entitled Masterworks of Modern Sculpture, 200 Years of American Painting, and the first retrospective for Alex Katz. At the time of his enrollment in the Master’s Degree Program in Fine Art, he also was given one man shows at the Monterey Museum of Art, the Fresno Arts Center with Rollin Pickford, and a graduate installation at the University.
In 1976, Mr. Walla relocated to New York City where he would become the Vice-President of Marlborough Gallery and coordinated the exhibitions and activities for Francis Bacon, Larry Rivers, Alex Katz, Red Grooms and the Estates of Jacques Lipchitz and Barbara Hepworth. With the departure from Marlborough in 1985, Mr. Walla founded a new gallery on the corner of Madison and 57th Street named Kent Fine Art, Inc. The new entity would publish over 40 scholarly books, and organize over 200 exhibitions worldwide. Representing the surrealists Dorothea Tanning and Meret Oppenheim, the Estate of Herbert Bayer (Bauhaus), to the larger group of mid-career conceptual artists of conscience, Dennis Adams, Chris Burden, Llyn Foulkes, Antoni Muntadas, the gallery would provide support, and coordination on all projects.
Recent activities include the recent Venice Blennale project by Emily Prince entitled American Servicemen and Women Who Have Died in Iraq and Afghanistan (but Not Including the Wounded, nor the Iraqis nor the Afghans) which documents over 3900 casualties in drawing form which has been favorably reviewed by The International Herald Tribune, The New York Times, and New York magazine along with numerous European journals.
This project is viewable online at www.alltheamericanservicemenandwomen.com and the gallery archive may be accessed through www.kentgallery.com.
by Douglas Walla
B.A. Art 1973, M.A. Art 1974
Founder, Kent Gallery
Tuesday, November 13, 2007
Letters from Um el-Dunya: Journeys Through Modern Egypt
Alice Peters Auditorium
Presentation of Imagery from a Recent Visit to Egypt
by
Dr. Sameh El Kharbawy, Assoc. Prof. of Art and Design
and
Bill Minschew, Professor Emeritus of Art
Beyond romantic visions of ancient monuments, awe-inspiring pyramids, turquoise beaches, majestic minarets and desert sunsets, this Portrait reveals one of the greatest places of the modern imagination, and tells the story of its extraordinary and cosmopolitan people.
Drawing on observations and friendships past and present, a narrative is weaved around a collection of letters and poems that Dr. El Kharbawy has received, for over ten years, from "Um el-Dunya". In those letters, there is a fascinating study of a uniquely modern place, and a special window onto its majestic and fascinating capital, Cairo , revealing the grandeur of its art and architecture, the beauty of its poetry, its multi-layered complexity and centuries of historical change and upheaval.
In those letters, a broader appreciation of the intricate textures of the modern Middle East emerges.
Bill Minschew, internationally renowned artist and Professor Emeritus of Art, will showcase and speak about his latest work that is a contemporary integration of ancient Egypt inspired by a recent visit there.
Forgotten Bread: First-Generation Armenian American Writers
The California State University, Fresno
College of Arts and Humanities
Armenian Studies Program
Department of English
Armenian Students Organization
and the Armenian General Benevolent Union (Greater Fresno) present:
Forgotten Bread: First-Generation Armenian American Writers an anthology of 17 first-generation writers
This outstanding collection of literature from seventeen first-generation Armenian American authors, each introduced by a member of the second generation, is intense, magical, and filled with the love of life. It is also characterized by the unspeakable sadness that accompanies the loss of many of their countrymen and women in the Armenian Genocide of 1915-1917. What coalesces is a deeply American story about the forces that propel individuals forward in a new world.
Copies of Forgotten Bread will be available for purchase at the lecture.
Student Recreation Center
Leon and Pete Peters Educational Center Auditorium
NE corner of Shaw and Woodrow Aves. * Fresno State campus
Call the ASP at 559-278-2669 for more information.
Barlow Der Mugrdechian
Armenian Studies Program
5245 N Backer Ave PB4
Fresno , CA 93740-8001
Email: barlowd@csufresno.edu
ASP Office: 559-278-2669
Office: 559-278-4930
FAX: 559-278-2129
Visit the Armenian Studies Program Web Page at
http://armenianstudies.csufresno.edu/
Fresno State Symphony Orchestra
December 10, 2007: 7:30PM
Concert Hall
$6.00: General; $5.00: Faculty/Staff/Seniors/Students
Guitar Studio Recital
Wahlberg Recital Hall
$6.00: General; $5.00: Faculty/Staff/Seniors/Students
President's Quintet in Concert
December 9, 2007: 7:30PM
Wahlberg Recital Hall
$5.00: General; $3.00: Faculty/Staff/Seniors/Students
Winterreise by Franz Schubert
Franz Schubert's last song cycle followed the stark interior journey of a young man as he abandons love and society and descends into madness
December 8, 2007: 7:30PM
Concert Hall
$10.00: General; $8.00: Faculty/Staff; $5.00: Seniors/Students
Symphonic Band
December 6, 2007: 7:30PM
Concert Hall
$6.00: General; $5.00: Faculty/Staff/Seniors/Students
Fresno State Jazz Bands Holiday Concert
December 5, 2007: 7:30PM
Concert Hall
$6.00: General; $5.00: Faculty/Staff/Seniors/Students
Student Composers Recital
December 4, 2007: 7:30PM
Wahlberg Recital Hall
$6.00: General; $5.00: Faculty/Staff/Seniors/Students
Piano Majors in Recital
Wahlberg Recital Hall
$5.00: General; $2.00: Faculty/Staff/Seniors/Students
Proceeds to benefit the Special Piano Events Fund
Fresno State Saxophone Festival
December 1, 2007
1:00-6:00PM: Clinics
6:00PM: Concert
Concert Hall
All Day Pass: $10.00
Concert Prices: $6.00: General; $5.00: Faculty/Staff/Seniors/Students
Faculty Guitar Recital
November 30, 2007: 7:30PM
Wahlberg Recital Hall
$10.00: General; $6.00: Faculty/Staff/Seniors/Students
Flute Ensemble
November 29, 2007: 7:30PM
Wahlberg Recital Hall
$6.00: General; $5.00: Faculty/Staff/Seniors/Students
Guitar Ensemble
Wahlberg Recital Hall
$6.00: General; $5.00: Faculty/Staff/Seniors/Students
Jazz Clinics with Bill Mays, piano and Marvin Stamm, trumpet
November 26, 2007
12:00-12:50PM: Improvisation Clinic
1:00-1:50PM: Student Performances and Feedback Clinic
2:00-2:50: The Art of Rehearsing and Making Music
Concert Hall
Free Admission; Seating Limited
Bill Mays and Inventions
Presented by the Philip Lorenz Memorial Keyboard Concert Series, JazzFresno, and 90.7 KFSR.
Bill Mays, Piano; Marvin Stamm, trumpet; Alisa Horn, cello
Celebrated pianist, composer, and arranger Bill Mays remains one of the most creative forces in jazz. His extraordinarily versatile career has brought him together with many of th world's leading jazz artists including Al Jarreau, Gerry Mulligan, Toots Thielemands, and Ron Carter.
November 25, 2007: 7:30PM
Concert Hall
$12.50: General; $7.00: Seniors; $5.00: Students
Reservations are encouraged
Band Spectacular
November 19, 2007: 7:30PM
Concert Hall
$6.00: General; $5.00: Faculty/Staff/Seniors/Students
Opera Workshop
November 18, 2007: 11:30AM
Wahlberg Recital Hall
$10.00: General; $8.00: Faculty/Staff/Seniors/Students
Clendenin Brass Quintet
November 18, 2007: 7:30PM
Wahlberg Recital Hall
$5.00: General; $3.00: Faculty/Staff/Seniors/Students
Piano Master Class with Paul Badura-Skoda
November 17, 2007: 9:30-11:30AM
Concert Hall
Free Admission; Seating Limited
Paul Badura-Skoda
November 16, 2007: 8:00PM
Concert Hall
$12.50: General; $7.00: Seniors; $5.00: Seniors
Reservations are encouraged
Presented by the Philip Lorenz Memorial Keyboard Concert Series
Works by Haydn, Beethoven, Martin and Schumann
Music Department Events
Paul Badura-Skoda, piano
November 16, 2007: 8:00PM
Concert Hall
$12.50: General; $7.00: Seniors; $5.00: Students
Reservations are encouraged
Piano Master Class with Paul Badura-Skoda
November 17, 2007: 9:30 - 11:30AM
Concert Hall
Free Admission; Seating Limited
Opera Workshop
November 17, 2007: 7:30PM
November 18, 2007: 3:00PM
Concert Hall
Free Admission; Seating Limited
Clendenin Brass Quintet
November 18, 2007: 7:30PM
Wahlberg Recital Hall
$5.00: General; $3.00: Faculty/Staff/Seniors/Students
Band Spectacular
November 19, 2007: 7:30PM
Concert Hall
$6.00: General; $5.00: Faculty/Staff/Seniors/Students
Bill Mays and Inventions
Special Event – not part of the subscription series
November 25, 2007: 7:30PM
Concert Hall
$12.50: General; $7.00: Seniors; $5.00: Students
Reservations are encouraged
Jazz Clinics with Bill Mays, piano and Marvin Stamm, trumpet
November 26, 2007
12:00 - 12:50PM: Improvisation Clinic
1:00 – 1:50PM: Student Performances and Feedback Clinic
2:00 – 2:50PM: The Art of Rehearsing and Making Music
Concert Hall
Free Admission; Seating Limited
Percussion Studio Recital
November 26, 2007: 7:30PM
Wahlberg Recital Hall
Free: Seating Limited
Guitar Ensemble
November 28, 2007: 7:30PM
Wahlberg Recital Hall
$6.00: General; $5.00: Faculty/Staff/Seniors/Students
Flute Ensemble
November 29, 2007: 7:30PM
Wahlberg Recital Hall
$6.00: General; $5.00: Faculty/Staff/Seniors/Students
Faculty Guitar Recital
November 30, 2007: 7:30PM
Wahlberg Recital Hall
$10.00: General; $6.00: Faculty/Staff/Seniors/Students
Fresno State Saxophone Festival
December 1, 2007
Clinics: 1:00 – 6:00PM; Concert: 6:00PM
Concert Hall
All Day Pass: $10.00
Concert Prices: $6.00: General; $5.00: Faculty/Staff/Seniors/Students
Piano Majors in Recital
December 2, 2007: 7:30PM
Wahlberg Recital Hall
$5.00: General; $2.00: Faculty/Staff/Seniors/Students
Proceeds to benefit the Special Piano Events Fund
Student Composers Recital
December 4, 2007: 7:30PM
Wahlberg Recital Hall
$6.00: General; $5.00: Faculty/Staff/Seniors/Students
Fresno State Jazz Bands Holiday Concert
December 5, 2007: 7:30PM
Concert Hall
$6.00: General; $5.00: Faculty/Staff/Seniors/Students
Symphonic Band
December 6, 2007: 7:30PM
Concert Hall
$6.00: General; $5.00: Faculty/Staff/Seniors/Students
Winterreise by Franz Schubert
December 8, 2007: 7:30PM
Concert Hall
$10.00: General; $8.00: Faculty/Staff/Seniors/Students
President’s Quintet in Concert
December 9, 2007: 7:30PM
Wahlberg Recital Hall
$5.00: General; $3.00: Faculty/Staff/Seniors/Students
Fresno State Symphony Orchestra
December 10, 2007: 7:30PM
Concert Hall
$6.00: General; $5.00: Faculty/Staff/Seniors/Students
Guitar Studio Recital
December 11, 2007: 7:30PM
Wahlberg Recital Hall
$6.00: General; $5.00: Faculty/Staff/Seniors/Students
Fresno State Gospel Choir
December 16, 2007: 4:00PM
Concert Hall
$7.00: General
Wednesday, November 7, 2007
2007-2008 Lecture Series
by Dr. Diana Meehan
September 26, 2007: 6-7PM
Wahlberg Recital Hall
The Mystique of the Ancient Greek Olympics by Dr. Greg Anderson
September 27, 2007: 7-8PM
Peters Education Center Auditorium
This is Not the Life I Ordered: Fifty Ways to Keep Your Head Above Water When Life Keeps Dragging You Down by Jan Yanehiro
October 2, 2007: 7:30-9PM
Satellite Student Union
The State of the State by Dan Walters
October 5, 2007: 9AM-12PM
Satellite Student Union
Film Scoring: Past and Present by Jeff Atmajian
October 22, 2007: 7-8PM
Concert Hall
Art of Engagement: Tales from a New York Art Dealer by Douglas Walla
November 26, 2007: 7-8PM
Alice Peters Auditorium
Photojournalism Exhibit Opening Reception by Robert Gauthier
January 17, 2008: 6:30-8PM
President's Gallery
Digital Rights, Virtual Worlds and New Media - Your New Reality by Dennis L. Wilson, J.D.
February 26, 2008: 7-8PM
Alice Peters Auditorium
John Hultberg in Context by Dr. Harry Rand
March 11, 2008: 7-8PM
Alice Peters Auditorium
TV to New Media: Now Everyone's A Producer by Howard Bolter
April 2, 2008: 7-8PM
Alice Peters Auditorium
Friday, November 2, 2007
Doubt
November 2-4 & 6-10, 2007
Fresno premier of the critically acclaimed Tony and Pulitzer winning Broadway hit drama – a “gripping story of suspicion cast on a priest’s behavior that is less about scandal than about fascinatingly nuanced questions of moral certainty.”