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Okamura Designs Exhibit Space that Speaks to Futurist Designs of Abstract Artist El Lissitzky 9/26/08 - Contemporary artist Hideyo Okamura spent two weeks at the U.Va. Art Museum transforming a rectangular white room into a three-dimensional space, inspired by two futurist portfolios by abstract artist Lazar Markovich (El) Lissitzky. Okamura describes how he uses Lissitzky |
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With Good Reason: A Musical Bridge to China 8/2/08 - This week on Virginia's only statewide public radio program: What do you get when you combine 150 singers from American choral groups with an 55-piece Chinese orchestra and put them under Virginia Commonwealth University conductor John Guthmiller? Answer: a musical tribute to the 2008 Beijing Olympics. Also: in light of the continuing controversy surrounding China |
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Racial Purity: A History of Black and White7/26/08 - In America, we tend to see race in black and white. And for much of history, a drop of African blood was enough to label you ìblack.î But dig a little deeper, and things get mixed up. This week on BackStory, we explore the historical roots of Americaís most stubborn color line. |
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Civil War Reconciliation7/25/08 - During the Civil War, Winchester witnessed some of the bloodiest battles for control of
the Shenandoah Valley and suffered under Union occupation. Jonathan Noyalas (LFCC) tells how Union veterans' return to the Valley in 1883 sparked a spirit of reconciliation. Also: Spencer Crew (GMU) looks at the Underground Railroad and makes a connection to activism in the modern world. And James Robertson (VT) shows that many modern conveniences that have their origin in the
Civil War. |
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Jim Collins on Good to Great for Non-Profits 6/14/08 - Best-selling business writer Jim Collins (Batten Institute at the University of
Virginia's Darden School for Business) believes the special factors that lie at the heart of rare
and truly great businesses are the same factors that make for the most successful organizations in
the non-profit world |
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Crossing the Color Line: From Rhythm and Blues to Rock and Roll 6/7/08 - From his student days as a founder of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee to his former position as chairman of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), Julian Bond has been a leader in the movements for civil rights, economic justice, racial equality, and peace. In this talk from Reunions Weekend 2008, Bond presents the civil rights movement through a history of American music and traces the melding of jazz, blues, country music, and pop into rock and roll. |
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Living Up to Jefferson's Artistic Dreams; Transforming the Cultural Landscape 6/6/08 - Thomas Jefferson was not simply a classically educated gentleman of his time. He had far exceptionally far-ranging interests, was a dedicated amateur musician, and drew up plans to build an ambitious art collection at Monticello while still in his twenties. In the spirit of our founder, the arts are moving to center stage at U.Va. Alumni at Reunions Weekend 2008 received an update on the University's ambitious arts campaign, and the panel includes: Tom Bloom, chair of the drama department; Larry Goedde, chair of the art department; Bruce Holsinger, chair of the music department; and Elizabeth Turner, vice provost for the arts. The panel is introduced by Andrea Douglas, Curator of the University of Virginia Art Museum. |
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Kluge-Ruhe: A Safe Keeping Place: Shifting Museum Spaces and Embedded Aboriginal Cultural Protocols 4/25/08 - Kimberly Christen, Assistant Professor in Comparative Ethnic Studies at Washington State University, delivers a lecture entitled A Safe Keeping Place: Shifting Museum Spaces and Embedded Aboriginal Cultural Protocols at the Kluge-Ruge Collection of Aboriginal Art.
Christen discusses her work in developing cultural protocols to protect sacred and sensitive information while creating a community digital archive in collaboration with the Warumungu community in Tennant Creek, Northern Territories. |
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