A Free Arts & Cultural Series Presented by the UMSL Center for the Humanities.
When: Mondays, September 9–November 18, 2013 | 12:15–1:15 PM
Where: J.C. Penney Conference Center | Room 402 (unless noted otherwise)
Park in Monday Noon series Continuing Studies spaces in Lot C (2 on map), except for the September 9 and October 21 events, which are located at Gallery 210, you will park in MSC Garage North (54 on map).
Schedule
September 9 | Site: A Gallery 210 Artist’s Talk & Exhibition Preview
Sarah Frost discusses her installation Site, which she designed for and constructed in Gallery 210 on the UMSL campus. She explains how her background as a theatrical scenic artist has influenced her work. Frost is a St. Louis-based artist and has exhibited her work in New York; Miami; Savannah, Ga.; Houston; Washington, D.C.; and Basel, Switzerland. The Site exhibition runs September 12–December 7, 2013. Opening reception: 4 p.m., Saturday, September 14, at Gallery 210.
Location: Gallery 210 Auditorium, Telecommunity Center (west of the North campus Metrolink stop – park in MSC Garage North).
September 16 | Crossing Boundaries
Asako Kuboki, violinist with the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra, and Dave Black, St. Louis jazz guitarist, perform a variety of works ranging from Latin, gypsy, and contemporary jazz, to classical and tango. In addition to performing, Kuboki and Black discuss the musical works with the audience.
September 23 | Windows, Doors, and Women in Three Film Adaptations
Meg Sempreora, English professor at Webster University, looks at cinematic techniques that compassionately transport the viewer into the private worlds of characters’ lives. Viewing clips from film adaptations of two works by Henry James – Washington Square and Daisy Miller: A Study – and Willy Russell’s play Educating Rita, we move with the camera through literal windows and doors into the revealing interior spaces of three female characters’ lives.
September 30 | “At the Point of Dutchmen’s Bayonets”: German Immigrants and the Civil War in St. Louis
Kristen Anderson, assistant professor of history at Webster University, describes the role German immigrants played in the Civil War in St. Louis and the conflicts they experienced with native-born white Missourians as a result. Anderson’s research on the evolving attitudes of St. Louis German immigrants toward the institution of slavery is the basis for her book manuscript in progress.
October 7 | Practical Theater
Marsha Coplon, director of education at The Repertory Theatre of St. Louis, has used theater with children and adults of all ages and abilities to educate, enrich, and entertain. She describes how live theater has value in any community and helps explore theater's place in our lives. Play along with her as we use theater games to practice some important life skills.
October 14 | Double Fret
The duo Double Fret garners wide praise for their unique combination of oboe and classical guitar. Oboist Laura Guyer Ross and guitarist Patrick Rafferty joined forces in fall 2011 with the intention of stepping outside the classical canon to perform their own arrangements of folk tunes and original compositions. The works are inspired by traditional music of Latin America, Europe, and American jazz. Ross and Rafferty are educators as well as performers and enjoy speaking to audiences during their performances in a relaxed forum. They explain compositional strategies, difficulties of the individual instruments and other aspects of this unique combination.
October 21 | Cape Dorset Prints: The Kinngait Studios
Jeff Sippel, professor of fine art at UMSL, describes his impressions of Cape Dorset and Kinngait Studios, which house the co-operative’s graphic arts program and are Canada’s longest continually running print studios. The studios are internationally renowned for excellence and innovation in Inuit graphic art. Sippel’s research in the art of printmaking has taken him to every corner of the globe, collaborating with artists of all nationalities. During spring 2011, Sippel received a guest artist invitation from Kinngait Studios to collaborate with Inuit graphic artists. The Cape Dorset Prints exhibition runs October 17–December 7 in Gallery 210.
Location: Gallery 210 Auditorium, Telecommunity Center (west of the North campus Metrolink stop – park in MSC Garage North).
October 28 | St. Louis Parks
Esley Hamilton, longtime preservation historian for St. Louis County, tells this surprising story using pictures from his recent book, St. Louis Parks, that he wrote with NiNi Harris. From only two parks in 1950, St. Louis County has created one of the most outstanding park systems of the country. Books are available for signing.
November 4 | A Creative Celebration for UMSL’s Birthday!
John Dalton and Mary Troy, award-winning fiction writers and two of the forces behind UMSL’s MFA program, present a reading and discussion of their recent works. They are UMSL alumni themselves, with BAs in English, 1987 and 1970 respectively, and are joined in this event by two recent UMSL MFAs, award-winning poet Sally Van Doren and fiction writer Ron Austin. This program is part of the celebration of UMSL’s Jubilee Anniversary. Come to celebrate reading, literature and creativity. Come to learn the what and why and how of teaching creative writing. Come to be entertained and enlightened. Books are available for signing.
November 11 | The Rise and Fall and Rise of the Delmar Loop
M. M. Costantin reads from the new book she wrote, St. Louis's Delmar Loop, with foreword by Joe Edwards. She discusses this pictorial history of the Delmar Loop from its founding in 1906 to what lies ahead in 2014. Published by Arcadia Publishing (May 2013), St. Louis’s Delmar Loop is part of the Images of America series. Costantin, who has lived in the Loop for more than 40 years, also is the author of two novels and a book of essays.
November 18 | Writing the Palimpsest: Creation, Destruction, and Overwriting
Ruth Ellen Kocher, associate professor of English and director of the Creative Writing Program at the University of Colorado, focuses on her new book of poems, domina Un/blued, and the experimental process of "palimpsestic" writing that she used as her inspiration in the creation of the text. Kocher is author of Goodbye Lyric: Gigans and Selected Poems (2014), domina Un/blued (Tupelo Press 2013), One Girl Babylon (2003), When the Moon Knows You’re Wandering (2002) – winner of the Green Rose Prize in Poetry, and Desdemona’s Fire (1999) – winner of the Naomi Long Madget Award for African American Poets. Kocher’s poems appear in several anthologies, and she has garnered several writing fellowships in recognition of her talent. She also is a contributing editor at Poets & Writers Magazine. Books are available for signing.
Financial assistance for this season was provided to the Center for the Humanities by the Missouri Arts Council, a state agency; the Regional Arts Commission of Saint Louis; the Missouri Humanities Council; and Gallery 210.
- Parking and buildings are disabled accessible.
- Park in Monday Noon Series Continuing Studies spaces in Lot C for J.C. Penney Conference Center, unless otherwise noted.
- A Free Arts & Culture Series Presented by the Center for the Humanities.
- Free and open to the public.
- Location: 402 J.C. Penney Conference Center, unless otherwise noted.
- No registration required.
- Campus accessible by MetroLink and serviced by free campus shuttle.
- For more information, email lucask@umsl.edu or call (314) 516-5698
