Events
February 2012
Cultural Excursion
Pre-register now for a special day-trip to the Boston Symphony Orchestra Open Rehearsal and Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
on Thursday, April 26, 2012.
Wednesday, February 15, noon, Rm. A218, PCAC
Artist Talk by Tim Gaudreau
New Hampshire eco-artist and photographer Tim Gaudreau speaks about his work in conjunction with the current exhibition, Chris Jordan Running the Numbers. Gaudreau is passionate about the environment and the interconnections between people and nature. His work combines photography, video, new-media, graphics, and sculpture with humor and irony to create collaborations that advocate for a greater awareness of eco-issues and empowerment. His work initiates dialogue about social and environmental issues and serves as an entryway to improve our relationship to Nature and consider each individual impact.
Awards including the Artist Advancement Fellowship from the NH Charitable Foundation, Fellowships from the MacDowell Colony and NH State Council on the Arts, and commissions from the city of Portsmouth have given Gaudreau the opportunity to create public art projects that stimulate collaboration and interaction while challenging conventional thinking. Gaudreau has traveled extensively and his intimate portraits reveal people and cultures. With residencies stretching from California, India, and South America to Laos and Africa, he has returned with lots of stories and thousands of images. His work is represented on Greenmuseum.org and has been featured in exhibits internationally, in magazines such Orion Magazine, books such as Cycle-Logical Art, Recycling Matters for Eco-Art, and on such shows as That’s Clever (HGTV), New Hampshire Chronicle (WMUR-TV), New Hampshire Outlook (NH-PTV), and The Front Porch (NHPR).
Gaudreau completed his Master of Fine Arts degree in interdisciplinary studio art and critical theory through the intensive program at the Maine College of Art in 2002. Gaudreau’s photography and design background grew from a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from the University of New Hampshire completed in 1992.
He works (and, arguably, lives) in his sustainable studio in Portsmouth, New Hampshire on a homestead with his wife, daughter and cats and a surprising number of deer.
Monday, February 20, 4-5:30 pm, MOA
Conversation Café
Issues of mass consumption presented in the work of exhibiting artist
Chris Jordan are discussed. Join us for small group conversations
presented as part of the Discovery Program Finding Common Ground:
A University Dialogue on Solving Complex Problems. For more information, visit http://unh.edu/discovery/dialogue.
Wednesday, February 22, noon, MOA
Gallery Talk by Kristina Durocher
Kristina Durocher, director, Museum of Art, discusses selected works on view in the current exhibitions, Chris Jordan: Running the Numbers and What's New: Recent Additions to the Collection.
March 2012
Wednesday, March 7, noon, MOA
Gallery Talk: A Different View
Museum of Art Fellows Sarah Nelson, Sam Rheaume and Hillary Schwartz discuss their choices for favorite works of art on view in the current exhibition, What's New: Recent Additions to the Collection.
Wednesday, March 21, noon, Rm. A219, PCAC
Video Competition Presentation
Finalists in the "What Does Sustainability Mean to Me?" video competition present their final videos. Presented in conjunction with the current exhibition, Chris Jordan: Running the Numbers.
Sunday, March 25, 2 p.m.
Concert: The Back Bay Guitar Trio
David Newsam, John Mason and Sharon Wayne
The Back Bay Guitar Trio was formed in 2002 and has performed at Dartmouth College, Longy School of Music, Berklee College of Music, St. Anselm College, University of New Hampshire, The House of Blues and at the world renowned Boston Hatch Shell. The BBGT have also been featured artists in concert series for the Boston Classical Guitar Society, the New York City Classical Guitar Society, and opened up for guitarist Al Dimeola at the Lebanon (NH) Opera House. The Back Bay Guitar Trio toured Germany in the summer of 2009 and appeared as featured artists at the Hildener Meisterkurs in Hilden and a concert sponsored by the U.S. Consulate at the Nebbiensches Gartenhaus in Frankfurt.
April 2012
Wednesday, April 4, noon
ArtBreak: Learning to See Better
This program features Dr. Brian Kennedy, who became Director of the Toledo Museum of Art after serving as Director of Dartmouth College's Hood Museum.
He has also administered museums in Canberra, Australia and Dublin.
He will address the question of how looking at art can hone skills useful in many walks of life. This ArtBreak follows the lecture is he giving on April 3 at 5 p.m., A Dublin Caravaggio: An Unlikely Story, both sponsored by the Class of 1954 Fund with additional funding from the Center for the Humanities.
Saturday, April 7, 10 a.m. - 2 p.m.
Family Program: Draw On!
Get your Draw On! during this special family program designed for children of all ages! Use one of the Museum of Art's still life set-ups for inspiration, add to a themed illustration, or free-hand draw on our public mural! Draw On! was developed by the Aldrich Museum in Ridgefield, Connecticut as part of a annual community-wide program to encourage creativity and expression. For more information, visit www.drawon.org.
Wednesday, April 18, noon
ArtBreak: Gallery Talk: Clara Coleman and Lennie Mullaney
Degree candidates from the M.F.A. degree program in the Department of Art and Art History, UNH, Clara Coleman and Lennie Mullaney, discuss their works on view.
Wednesday, April 25, noon
ArtBreak: Gallery Talk
Degree candidates from the B.F.A. degree program in the Department of Art and Art History, UNH, discuss their works on view.
Thursday, April 26, noon
ArtBreak: Gallery Talk
Degree candidates from the B.F.A. degree program in the Department of Art and Art History, UNH, who are also participating the Undergraduate Research Conference, discuss their works on view.
Thursday, April 26, 2012
Cultural Excursion
This day trip travels to the Boston Symphony Orchestra Open Rehearsal and to the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. The program at the Boston Symphony Orchestra features Bernard Haitink, conductor, and Till Fellner, piano. It includes: Debussy's Prelude to the Afternoon
of a Faun; Mozart's Piano Concerto No. 22 in Eb, K. 482; and Beethoven's Symphony No. 6, Pastoral. Pre-registration is required.
May 2012
Wednesday, May 9, noon
ArtBreak: Gallery Talk: Jesse James Thomas and Liz Wilson
Degree candidates from the M.F.A. degree program in the Department of Art and Art History, UNH, Jesse James Thomas and Liz Wilson, discuss their works on view.