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Tuesday, April 14th, 2009
APRIL 2009
Focus on Photography: Peter FeldsteinLECTURE THURSDAY, APRIL 16, 7 P.M.
In a Focus on Photography event, photographer Peter Feldstein discusses his new book The Oxford Project, a 20-year project photographing and interviewing the residents of Oxford, Iowa, on Thursday, April 16, at 7 p.m. at the Harry Ransom Center. A book signing follows.
VIEW A LIVE WEBCAST of this event starting at approximately 7 p.m. on Thursday, April 16.
In 1984, photographer Peter Feldstein set out to photograph every single resident of his town, Oxford, Iowa (pop. 676). He converted an abandoned storefront on Main Street into a makeshift studio and posted flyers inviting people to stop by. At first they trickled in slowly, but in the end, nearly all of Oxford stood before Feldstein’s lens.
Twenty years later, Feldstein decided to do it again. He invited writer Stephen G. Bloom to join him, and together they went in search of the Oxford residents Feldstein originally shot in 1984. Some had moved. Most had stayed. Others had passed away. All were marked by the passage of time.
What emerges is a living portrait of Small Town, USA, told with the words and images of its residents—then and now—and textured by their own words. It tells the compelling story of one archetypal American community—its struggles, accomplishments, failures, and secrets—and how it has both changed and stayed the same over the course of the years.
Feldstein will do a reading from the book with a narrated slide presentation, followed by a question-and-answer discussion.
Seating is free, but limited.
Poetry on the Plaza: Marathon reading of Shake-speares SonnetsREADING WEDNESDAY, APRIL 22, NOON
In a special Poetry on the Plaza event in honor of National Poetry Month, the Harry Ransom Center presents a marathon reading of Shake-speares Sonnets (1609) on Wednesday, April 22, at noon.
Shake-speares Sonnets turns 400 this year, and to celebrate, Shakespeare scholars, poets, and others will read from Shakes-speares Sonnets and The Lovers Complaint.
Birthday cake will be served at this free event to honor William Shakespeare’s birthday on April 23.
VIEW A LIVE WEBCAST of this event starting at approximately noon on Wednesday, April 22.
2009 Pforzheimer-Cranfill Lecture:
“Did Shakespeare Revise? And Why We Should Care”LECTURE CANCELLED
Rubáiyát Film Series: The Keeper: The Legend of Omar KhayyámFILM SERIES TUESDAY, APRIL 28, 7 P.M.
The Rubáiyát Film Series continues with Kayvan Mashayekh’s The Keeper: The Legend of Omar Khayyám (2005), starring Vanessa Redgrave and Adam Echahly, on Tuesday, April 28, at 7 p.m.
Kamran is a 12-year-old boy who is consumed by the responsibility of keeping the story of his heritage alive for future generations. Upon hearing a story from his dying brother, he travels from the United States to England and finally to Iran in search of the story of his ancestor, Omar Khayyám. The film takes the audience from the modern day to the epic past where the relationship between Omar Khayyám, Hassan Sabbah (the original creator of the sect of Assassins), and their mutual love for a beautiful woman separate them from their eternal bond of friendships.
Seating is free, but limited.
VIEW TRAILER for this film on the Ransom Center’s YouTube channel
This program is in conjunction with The Persian Sensation: The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám in the West, which is on display through August 2. The year 2009 marks the 150th anniversary of Edward FitzGerald’s landmark translation of the poetry of the medieval Persian astronomer Omar Khayyám. These gemlike verses about mortality, fate, and doubt became an unprecedented popular phenomenon in England and America but have since fallen into obscurity. Featuring 200 items from the Ransom Center’s extensive collections, the exhibition narrates The Rubáiyát’s history through such items as Persian manuscripts, miniature editions, and illustrated parodies.
MAY 2009
In the Galleries: Frida Kahlo’s Self-portrait with Thorn Necklace and HummingbirdOPENING TUESDAY, MAY 5, 10 A.M.–5 P.M.
The Ransom Center celebrates the homecoming of one of its most famous and frequently borrowed artworks, Frida Kahlo’s Self-portrait with Thorn Necklace and Hummingbird (1940). The painting will be on display on the first floor through December 31, 2009.
Poetry on the Plaza: Surrealism in Latin AmericaREADING WEDNESDAY, MAY 6, NOON
Poetry on the Plaza: Surrealism in Latin America
JUNE 2009
Orientalist Silents Film Series: The SheikFILM SERIES THURSDAY, JUNE 11, 7 P.M.
To kick off the Orientalist Silents Film Series, the Harry Ransom Center screens George Melford’s film The Sheik (1921), starring Rudolph Valentino, on Thursday, June 11, at 7 p.m.
Sheik Ahmed (Valentino) desperately desires fiesty British socialite Diana, so he abducts her and carries her off to his luxurious desert tent-palace. The free-spirited Diana recoils from his advances and yearns to be released. Only after being kidnapped by desert bandits does Diana realize she has grown to love Ahmed.
Seating is free, but limited.
VIEW TRAILER for this film on the Ransom Center’s YouTube channel
This program is in conjunction with The Persian Sensation: The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám in the West, which is on display through August 2. The year 2009 marks the 150th anniversary of Edward FitzGerald’s landmark translation of the poetry of the medieval Persian astronomer Omar Khayyám. These gemlike verses about mortality, fate, and doubt became an unprecedented popular phenomenon in England and America but have since fallen into obscurity. Featuring 200 items from the Ransom Center’s extensive collections, the exhibition narrates The Rubáiyát’s history through such items as Persian manuscripts, miniature editions, and illustrated parodies.
2009 Amon Carter Lecture:
“Frida Kahlo: Her Art and Life”LECTURE THURSDAY, JUNE 18, 7 P.M.
For the 2009 Amon Carter Lecture, Hayden Herrera, art historian and biographer of Frida Kahlo, presents “Frida Kahlo: Her Art and Life” on Thursday, June 18, at 7 p.m.
Herrera’s talk interweaves Frida Kahlo’s art and life, focusing on her childhood, the accident that turned her to painting, her tumultuous marriage to the muralist Diego Rivera, Rivera’s influence and other sources of inspiration for Kahlo’s art, Kahlo’s childlessness, her frequent surgeries, and her passionate love for her native Mexico.
Seating is free, but limited.
VIEW A LIVE WEBCAST of this event starting at approximately 7 p.m. on Thursday, June 18.
Herrera is a New York-based art historian and critic whose first book, Frida: A Biography of Frida Kahlo, was published in 1983 and in 2002 became the basis for a major motion picture. Her second full-length biography, Arshile Gorky: His Life and Work, published by Farrar, Straus & Giroux in 2003, was a finalist for a Pulitzer Prize. She has also written artist’s biographies, including Mary Frank (1990), Matisse: A Portrait (1993), and Joan Snyder (2005). Herrera has curated a number of exhibitions, including a Frida Kahlo show that opened at the Chicago Museum of Contemporary Art in 1978 and traveled for a year in the United States. More recently she co-curated the Frida Kahlo centennial exhibition that opened at the Walker Art Center in 2007 and traveled to the Philadelphia Museum of Art and the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art. Currently she is working on a biography of the sculptor Isamu Noguchi.
Herrera’s talk is in conjunction with the homecoming of one of the Ransom Center’s most famous and frequently borrowed art works, Frida Kahlo’s Self-portrait with Thorn Necklace and Hummingbird (1940). Since 1990 the painting has been on almost continuous loan, featured in exhibitions at 28 museums in the United States, Australia, Canada, France, and Spain. The portrait is on display at the Ransom Center from May 5 through January 3, 2010.
Orientalist Silents Film Series: The Thief of BagdadFILM SERIES THURSDAY, JUNE 25, 7 P.M.
The Orientalist Silents Film Series continues as the Harry Ransom Center screens Raoul Walsh’s film The Thief of Bagdad (1924), starring Douglas Fairbanks, on Thursday, June 25, at 7 p.m.
A thief falls in love with the Caliph of Bagdad’s daughter. The Caliph will give her hand to the suitor who brings back the rarest treasure after seven moons, prompting the thief to set off on a magical journey while, unbeknownst to him, another suitor, the Prince of the Mongols, is not playing by the rules.
Seating is free, but limited.
VIEW TRAILER for this film on the Ransom Center’s YouTube channel
This program is in conjunction with The Persian Sensation: The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám in the West, which is on display through August 2. The year 2009 marks the 150th anniversary of Edward FitzGerald’s landmark translation of the poetry of the medieval Persian astronomer Omar Khayyám. These gemlike verses about mortality, fate, and doubt became an unprecedented popular phenomenon in England and America but have since fallen into obscurity. Featuring 200 items from the Ransom Center’s extensive collections, the exhibition narrates The Rubáiyát’s history through such items as Persian manuscripts, miniature editions, and illustrated parodies.
JULY 2009
Orientalist Silents Film Series: The Adventures of Prince AchmedFILM SERIES THURSDAY, JULY 23, 7 P.M.
The Orientalist Silents Film Series concludes as the Harry Ransom Center screens Lotte Reiniger’s film The Adventures of Prince Achmed (1926), one of the earliest animated features ever produced, on Thursday, July 23, at 7 p.m.
Based on stories from The Arabian Nights, The Adventures of Prince Achmed tells the story of a wicked sorcerer who tricks Prince Achmed into riding a magical flying horse. The heroic prince subdues the magical horse, which he uses to fly off on many adventures. While traveling, he falls in love with the beautiful Princess Peri Banu and must defeat an army of demons to win her heart. The entire film is animated using the silhouette technique, which employs movable cardboard and metal cutouts posed in front of illuminated sheets of glass.
Seating is free, but limited.
VIEW TRAILER for this film on the Ransom Center’s YouTube channel
This program is in conjunction with The Persian Sensation: The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám in the West, which is on display through August 2. The year 2009 marks the 150th anniversary of Edward FitzGerald’s landmark translation of the poetry of the medieval Persian astronomer Omar Khayyám. These gemlike verses about mortality, fate, and doubt became an unprecedented popular phenomenon in England and America but have since fallen into obscurity. Featuring 200 items from the Ransom Center’s extensive collections, the exhibition narrates The Rubáiyát’s history through such items as Persian manuscripts, miniature editions, and illustrated parodies.
GENERAL INFO
All events take place at the Ransom Center unless otherwise noted and are subject to change.
Please be aware that the Ransom Center’s Charles Nelson Prothro Theater has limited seating. Doors open 30 minutes in advance. Many programs are webcastlive.
All programs and exhibitions are free unless otherwise noted.
Please request ASL or ADA accommodation two weeks in advance by contacting 512-232-5170 ordsigler@mail.utexas.edu.
Event times are noted in Central Standard Time.
ONGOING EVENTS
Free docent-led tours of theexhibitions on Tuesdays at noon and Saturdays at 2 p.m.
Stay up to date with the Ransom Center’s latest news and events with eNews, the Center’s free monthly electronic newsletter.
Watch broadcast journalist Mike Wallace’s interviews from the television programThe Mike Wallace Interview. Wallace donated the show’s footage on 16mm kinescope to the Ransom Center in the early 1960s. Most episodes have not been seen since they aired.
To the Moon
Thursday, April 9th, 2009
The LBJ Library & Museum presents To the Moon: The American Space Program in the 1960s, a major exhibit celebrating man’s venture into space.
From the time he was Senate Majority Leader in the 1950s, Lyndon Johnson did more to facilitate the rapid progress of the space program than any other American leader. Johnson co-sponsored legislation for the creation of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) in 1958, and as Vice-President, was appointed Chairman of the National Space Council by President John F. Kennedy.
The primary focus of the exhibit will cover the period of “Sputnik” (late 1950s) through the first moon landing of Apollo 11 in 1969. Each step of the space programs Mercury, Gemini, Apollo, will be featured, as well as the “milestone” flights of astronauts Alan Shepard, John Glenn, and Ed White. To the Moon will feature eye-catching, visually attractive state-of-the-art elements to match the ambitious scope of the subject.
The LBJ Library’s space exhibit will coincide with a space exhibit featuring Skylab, the Shuttle Missions, and the International Space Station at the George H. W. Bush Library at Texas A&M University at College Station.
The exhibit runs until the 40th anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing, July 20, 2009. The exhibit also coincides with the 50th anniversary of NASA.
Upcoming Art Shows
Thursday, April 9th, 2009
UPCOMING SHOWS
Totally Cool, Totally Art Annual Student ExhibitionMay 6 -15
Totally Coot/Totally Art (TCTA) Program is holding its annual End-of-Year Teen Art Exhibition. From painting and photography to sculpture and performance, this exhibit’s spotlight will be firmly focused on the rich talent of Austin’s young artists. The Dougherty Arts Center is excited to open its gallery space for the next generation of creative thinkers to exhibit their amazing work!
RECEPTION
Thursday, May 14, 6 - 8pm
Forgotten Gateway: Coming to America Through Galveston Island
Bob Bullock Student WorkMay 19-29
An Immigration Nation Student Exhibit will showcase artworks by local school-aged theatre arts students on the topic of immigration based on their family or community experiences. This is a collaborative project coordinated by Theatre Action Project (TAP), The Bob Bullock Texas State History Museum (TSHM) and The Dougherty Arts Center (DAC) held in conjunction with the TSHM’s upcoming exhibit Forgotten Gateway: Coming to America Through Galveston Island.
RECEPTION
Tuesday, May 19, 6-8pm
A Sacred Return: Images on the Feminine Divine and Other Abstract WorksJune 3-25
A solo exhibition featuring the work of Hollyana Anderson Melear. The imagery of these works express the Feminine Sacred of the Ancient Near East. Additional works will explore the union between the spiritual and physical self.
RECEPTION
Wednesday, April 3, 6-8pm
Big Chief, You Da Prettiest!
(He Knocks ‘em Dead with Needle and Thread)July 2-27
A two person exhibition featuring the photography of Gene Vandiver and video work by Donna Pardue. A look at the elusive Mardi Gras Indians of New Orleans who are national treasures of outsider art. The gangs of Big Chiefs, Flag Boys, Spy Boys, Wild Men and Queens sew until their fingers bleed. They make dazzling suits of feathers and beads that will only be worn three times and have showdowns in the street to see who is the prettiest.
RECEPTION
Thursday, July 2, 6-8pm
Austin Palette Club ShowAugust 3-29
A group exhibit featuring various works from the Austin Palette Club in diverse styles and mediums.
RECEPTION
TBD
The AVAA’s Invitational ExhibitionSeptember 4-28
A statewide juried exhibition of multi media works by the Austin Visual Arts Association celebrating the 32nd Anniversary in the contemporary arts. This innovative exhibit brings together an impressive collection of art, placing works by well-known veteran artists side by side with up-and-coming emerging artists.
RECEPTION
Wednesday, September 9, 6-8pm
Drawing with LightCurators:
Terri St. Arnauld, Frank Yezer, Ann Texter & Michael Rigby
Austin Alternative Process Group (AAPG)
October 3-30
This exhibit shows modern examples of some of the photographic processes developed throughout the medium’s history but prior to digital printing. It includes a recreation of the process used to make the first photograph and historical and interpretive variations of some of the later processes, as practiced by Austin area members of the AAPG.
RECEPTION
Friday, October 9, 6-8pm
GALLERY TALK
Saturday, Oct. 10, 2pm
NarrativesNovember 4-28
A two person show featuring works by Margaret Adie and Stephanie Strange
The objects used in the assemblages of Margaret Adie cease to be themselves and are given new life; often the direction is dictated by the objects themselves. The result is a thoughtful and often whimsical mix of memories and associations.
In this body of work by Stephanie Strange, the typewriter takes on a dual role of both creator and creation. Drawings grow from typed characters, while electric typewriter keys lend themselves to sculpture. The typewriter is a medium to bring into existence visual stories.
RECEPTION
Wednesday, November 4, 6-8pm
Walk Around Austin
Works by Natasha MyliusDecember 4 - 29
A one person show featuring the works for Natasha Mylius. In this show Mylius presents a series of cityscapes in attempt to illustrate the collective portrait of Austin. She explains “every city is a living body with its own face, age lines, and stories”. The audience is invited to take a walk around Austin through her eyes.
RECEPTION
Tuesday, December 8, 6-8pm
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George Washington Carver - April Events
Thursday, April 2nd, 2009
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April 2009
The whole world is listening to our voices
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Cultural Lunch
April 29, 2009
11:30 a.m. -
1:00 p.m.
Put a Poem in Your Pocket!
Read a new poem!
Recite an old poem!
Write a poem!!!
April is National
Poetry Month
Bring your lunch to the Carver on the last Wednesday of the month, and let’s talk aboutpoetry. Bring your thoughts, feelings, and questions too. Share your favorite or least favorite verse, and let’s celebrate National Poetry Month. Cultural Lunches are an opportunity to discuss topics related to African American history, art, life and culture. Please call Danita Nelson, Culture and Arts Education Coordinator, at 974-3651, with your suggestions about interesting topics and discussion facilitators.
Having a good discussion is like having riches.
– Kenya Proverb
Read along with
Folktales
Black Women’s
Literary
Society
Life is Short but Wide
by J. California Cooper
Discussion group meets on
Friday April 17, 2009
at 6:00 pm
Please contact
for details.
Coming in May
Get your
creative skills
and imagination
prepared.
This will be the third year for this exhibit. The project idea celebrates the many diverse faces who make up the wonderful fabric of Austin. 100%brings the professional and emerging artist, community leader and activist, student, politician, mom and pop, civic activist, religious voice, infant, senior and Joe and Jane citzen together in the name of Art.
Exhibit
May 7 - May 31, 2009
Thursday, May 7 - May
Reception
Thursday, May 7th
6:30 - 8:00 p.m.
For more information call
(512) 974.4926
100%
Call for Participation
On behalf of the Carver Museum and Jerry’s Artarama - Austin, we invite you to participate in our Third Anniversary exhibit and fundraiser silent auction 100%. This exhibition fundraiser is designed to represent the entire community of Austin. The project idea celebrates the many diverse faces who make up the wonderful fabric of Austin.
If you are interested in participating, please contact Bob Jones, Exhibit Coordinator, atrobert.jones2@ci.austin.tx.us or 512.974.3683. Your name will be placed on the list of artists/participants to pick up
an “Artist’s Pack” at the Carver Museum, 1165 Angelina.
Your pack can be picked up April
6th-10th, during our regular hours of operation.
Completed work must be returned by Thursday, April 30, before 6:00 p.m.
No work will be accepted after the deadline date and time. All artwork not purchased in the exhibit’s auction period will become the property of the museum.
We look forward to seeing your work as a part of the 100% exhibit!
Texas Historical Marker Dedication Ceremony
On Friday, March 27, a Texas Historical Marker for Desegregation of Texas Public Schools was unveiled near the grounds of The George Washington Carver Museum and Cultural Center.
The marker, property of the State of Texas, relays the message that methods of desegregation varied from district to district. It also indicates that desegregation is remembered in Texas as a pivotal event in the Civil Rights Movement as well as the end of an era for African American schools.
Pictured are - Para L. Agboga, Museum Site Coordinator/Theatre Manager at the Carver Museum and Lynn R. Ellison, Representative of Booker T. Washington High School, Texas City.
Quote
for
the
Day
Growth means change and change involves risk, stepping from the known to the unknown.
–Author Unknown
Carver
Archives Valuable
Resource
for the Community
Are you researching a historic Black settlement in Austin?
Are you looking for pictures of a prominent African American person or place in our community? Then the Carver Museum’s archives can be a valuable resource for you.
The archives’ resources are available for research and photographicrequests.We have a collection of research, biographical, and obituary files as well as traveling exhibits available.
Research and photographic requests forms can be picked up at the front desk and filled-out for our registrar to assist you; requests can be made during hours of operation.
Copies of research materials are 25 cents a piece, and there is a price list for special photo requests.
For more information and/or to make a request, please contact Faith Weaver, Culture and Arts Education Specialist (Archives) at 974.3671 or via email at
The archives are a repository of art, artifacts, memorabilia, books, and magazines with a Black cultural emphasis.
Please consider donating any of these items to the Carver, so that we can all enjoy and learn from them.
Make
your memory
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Record your History in the
Carver’s Memory Room.
Reserve 45 minutes time slot
Some items to discuss…
Where you were born
Your growing up years
Marriage and professional life
Retirement
How do you want to be remembered
Tell us about your hobbies
Room open M-F 11am-4pm and Sat. 2-4pm
Call (512) 974.4926
for scheduling
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The George Washington Carver Museum and Cultural Center is dedicated to the collection, preservation, research, interpretation, and exhibition of historical and cultural material reflecting all dimensions of experiences of persons of African descent living in Austin, Travis County, Texas and in the United States. The museum is a key source of information on the history and celebration of Juneteenth.
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Tuesday, April 14th, 2009APRIL 2009
Focus on Photography: Peter FeldsteinLECTURE THURSDAY, APRIL 16, 7 P.M.
In a Focus on Photography event, photographer Peter Feldstein discusses his new book The Oxford Project, a 20-year project photographing and interviewing the residents of Oxford, Iowa, on Thursday, April 16, at 7 p.m. at the Harry Ransom Center. A book signing follows.
VIEW A LIVE WEBCAST of this event starting at approximately 7 p.m. on Thursday, April 16.
In 1984, photographer Peter Feldstein set out to photograph every single resident of his town, Oxford, Iowa (pop. 676). He converted an abandoned storefront on Main Street into a makeshift studio and posted flyers inviting people to stop by. At first they trickled in slowly, but in the end, nearly all of Oxford stood before Feldstein’s lens.
Twenty years later, Feldstein decided to do it again. He invited writer Stephen G. Bloom to join him, and together they went in search of the Oxford residents Feldstein originally shot in 1984. Some had moved. Most had stayed. Others had passed away. All were marked by the passage of time.
What emerges is a living portrait of Small Town, USA, told with the words and images of its residents—then and now—and textured by their own words. It tells the compelling story of one archetypal American community—its struggles, accomplishments, failures, and secrets—and how it has both changed and stayed the same over the course of the years.
Feldstein will do a reading from the book with a narrated slide presentation, followed by a question-and-answer discussion.
Seating is free, but limited.
Poetry on the Plaza: Marathon reading of Shake-speares SonnetsREADING WEDNESDAY, APRIL 22, NOON
In a special Poetry on the Plaza event in honor of National Poetry Month, the Harry Ransom Center presents a marathon reading of Shake-speares Sonnets (1609) on Wednesday, April 22, at noon.
Shake-speares Sonnets turns 400 this year, and to celebrate, Shakespeare scholars, poets, and others will read from Shakes-speares Sonnets and The Lovers Complaint.
Birthday cake will be served at this free event to honor William Shakespeare’s birthday on April 23.
VIEW A LIVE WEBCAST of this event starting at approximately noon on Wednesday, April 22.
2009 Pforzheimer-Cranfill Lecture:
“Did Shakespeare Revise? And Why We Should Care”LECTURE CANCELLED
Rubáiyát Film Series: The Keeper: The Legend of Omar KhayyámFILM SERIES TUESDAY, APRIL 28, 7 P.M.
The Rubáiyát Film Series continues with Kayvan Mashayekh’s The Keeper: The Legend of Omar Khayyám (2005), starring Vanessa Redgrave and Adam Echahly, on Tuesday, April 28, at 7 p.m.
Kamran is a 12-year-old boy who is consumed by the responsibility of keeping the story of his heritage alive for future generations. Upon hearing a story from his dying brother, he travels from the United States to England and finally to Iran in search of the story of his ancestor, Omar Khayyám. The film takes the audience from the modern day to the epic past where the relationship between Omar Khayyám, Hassan Sabbah (the original creator of the sect of Assassins), and their mutual love for a beautiful woman separate them from their eternal bond of friendships.
Seating is free, but limited.
VIEW TRAILER for this film on the Ransom Center’s YouTube channel
This program is in conjunction with The Persian Sensation: The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám in the West, which is on display through August 2. The year 2009 marks the 150th anniversary of Edward FitzGerald’s landmark translation of the poetry of the medieval Persian astronomer Omar Khayyám. These gemlike verses about mortality, fate, and doubt became an unprecedented popular phenomenon in England and America but have since fallen into obscurity. Featuring 200 items from the Ransom Center’s extensive collections, the exhibition narrates The Rubáiyát’s history through such items as Persian manuscripts, miniature editions, and illustrated parodies.
MAY 2009
In the Galleries: Frida Kahlo’s Self-portrait with Thorn Necklace and HummingbirdOPENING TUESDAY, MAY 5, 10 A.M.–5 P.M.
The Ransom Center celebrates the homecoming of one of its most famous and frequently borrowed artworks, Frida Kahlo’s Self-portrait with Thorn Necklace and Hummingbird (1940). The painting will be on display on the first floor through December 31, 2009.
Poetry on the Plaza: Surrealism in Latin AmericaREADING WEDNESDAY, MAY 6, NOON
Poetry on the Plaza: Surrealism in Latin America
JUNE 2009
Orientalist Silents Film Series: The SheikFILM SERIES THURSDAY, JUNE 11, 7 P.M.
To kick off the Orientalist Silents Film Series, the Harry Ransom Center screens George Melford’s film The Sheik (1921), starring Rudolph Valentino, on Thursday, June 11, at 7 p.m.
Sheik Ahmed (Valentino) desperately desires fiesty British socialite Diana, so he abducts her and carries her off to his luxurious desert tent-palace. The free-spirited Diana recoils from his advances and yearns to be released. Only after being kidnapped by desert bandits does Diana realize she has grown to love Ahmed.
Seating is free, but limited.
VIEW TRAILER for this film on the Ransom Center’s YouTube channel
This program is in conjunction with The Persian Sensation: The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám in the West, which is on display through August 2. The year 2009 marks the 150th anniversary of Edward FitzGerald’s landmark translation of the poetry of the medieval Persian astronomer Omar Khayyám. These gemlike verses about mortality, fate, and doubt became an unprecedented popular phenomenon in England and America but have since fallen into obscurity. Featuring 200 items from the Ransom Center’s extensive collections, the exhibition narrates The Rubáiyát’s history through such items as Persian manuscripts, miniature editions, and illustrated parodies.
2009 Amon Carter Lecture:
“Frida Kahlo: Her Art and Life”LECTURE THURSDAY, JUNE 18, 7 P.M.
For the 2009 Amon Carter Lecture, Hayden Herrera, art historian and biographer of Frida Kahlo, presents “Frida Kahlo: Her Art and Life” on Thursday, June 18, at 7 p.m.
Herrera’s talk interweaves Frida Kahlo’s art and life, focusing on her childhood, the accident that turned her to painting, her tumultuous marriage to the muralist Diego Rivera, Rivera’s influence and other sources of inspiration for Kahlo’s art, Kahlo’s childlessness, her frequent surgeries, and her passionate love for her native Mexico.
Seating is free, but limited.
VIEW A LIVE WEBCAST of this event starting at approximately 7 p.m. on Thursday, June 18.
Herrera is a New York-based art historian and critic whose first book, Frida: A Biography of Frida Kahlo, was published in 1983 and in 2002 became the basis for a major motion picture. Her second full-length biography, Arshile Gorky: His Life and Work, published by Farrar, Straus & Giroux in 2003, was a finalist for a Pulitzer Prize. She has also written artist’s biographies, including Mary Frank (1990), Matisse: A Portrait (1993), and Joan Snyder (2005). Herrera has curated a number of exhibitions, including a Frida Kahlo show that opened at the Chicago Museum of Contemporary Art in 1978 and traveled for a year in the United States. More recently she co-curated the Frida Kahlo centennial exhibition that opened at the Walker Art Center in 2007 and traveled to the Philadelphia Museum of Art and the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art. Currently she is working on a biography of the sculptor Isamu Noguchi.
Herrera’s talk is in conjunction with the homecoming of one of the Ransom Center’s most famous and frequently borrowed art works, Frida Kahlo’s Self-portrait with Thorn Necklace and Hummingbird (1940). Since 1990 the painting has been on almost continuous loan, featured in exhibitions at 28 museums in the United States, Australia, Canada, France, and Spain. The portrait is on display at the Ransom Center from May 5 through January 3, 2010.
Orientalist Silents Film Series: The Thief of BagdadFILM SERIES THURSDAY, JUNE 25, 7 P.M.
The Orientalist Silents Film Series continues as the Harry Ransom Center screens Raoul Walsh’s film The Thief of Bagdad (1924), starring Douglas Fairbanks, on Thursday, June 25, at 7 p.m.
A thief falls in love with the Caliph of Bagdad’s daughter. The Caliph will give her hand to the suitor who brings back the rarest treasure after seven moons, prompting the thief to set off on a magical journey while, unbeknownst to him, another suitor, the Prince of the Mongols, is not playing by the rules.
Seating is free, but limited.
VIEW TRAILER for this film on the Ransom Center’s YouTube channel
This program is in conjunction with The Persian Sensation: The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám in the West, which is on display through August 2. The year 2009 marks the 150th anniversary of Edward FitzGerald’s landmark translation of the poetry of the medieval Persian astronomer Omar Khayyám. These gemlike verses about mortality, fate, and doubt became an unprecedented popular phenomenon in England and America but have since fallen into obscurity. Featuring 200 items from the Ransom Center’s extensive collections, the exhibition narrates The Rubáiyát’s history through such items as Persian manuscripts, miniature editions, and illustrated parodies.
JULY 2009
Orientalist Silents Film Series: The Adventures of Prince AchmedFILM SERIES THURSDAY, JULY 23, 7 P.M.
The Orientalist Silents Film Series concludes as the Harry Ransom Center screens Lotte Reiniger’s film The Adventures of Prince Achmed (1926), one of the earliest animated features ever produced, on Thursday, July 23, at 7 p.m.
Based on stories from The Arabian Nights, The Adventures of Prince Achmed tells the story of a wicked sorcerer who tricks Prince Achmed into riding a magical flying horse. The heroic prince subdues the magical horse, which he uses to fly off on many adventures. While traveling, he falls in love with the beautiful Princess Peri Banu and must defeat an army of demons to win her heart. The entire film is animated using the silhouette technique, which employs movable cardboard and metal cutouts posed in front of illuminated sheets of glass.
Seating is free, but limited.
VIEW TRAILER for this film on the Ransom Center’s YouTube channel
This program is in conjunction with The Persian Sensation: The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám in the West, which is on display through August 2. The year 2009 marks the 150th anniversary of Edward FitzGerald’s landmark translation of the poetry of the medieval Persian astronomer Omar Khayyám. These gemlike verses about mortality, fate, and doubt became an unprecedented popular phenomenon in England and America but have since fallen into obscurity. Featuring 200 items from the Ransom Center’s extensive collections, the exhibition narrates The Rubáiyát’s history through such items as Persian manuscripts, miniature editions, and illustrated parodies.
GENERAL INFO
All events take place at the Ransom Center unless otherwise noted and are subject to change.
Please be aware that the Ransom Center’s Charles Nelson Prothro Theater has limited seating. Doors open 30 minutes in advance. Many programs are webcastlive.
All programs and exhibitions are free unless otherwise noted.
Please request ASL or ADA accommodation two weeks in advance by contacting 512-232-5170 ordsigler@mail.utexas.edu.
Event times are noted in Central Standard Time.
ONGOING EVENTS
Free docent-led tours of theexhibitions on Tuesdays at noon and Saturdays at 2 p.m.
Stay up to date with the Ransom Center’s latest news and events with eNews, the Center’s free monthly electronic newsletter.Watch broadcast journalist Mike Wallace’s interviews from the television programThe Mike Wallace Interview. Wallace donated the show’s footage on 16mm kinescope to the Ransom Center in the early 1960s. Most episodes have not been seen since they aired.To the Moon
Thursday, April 9th, 2009
The LBJ Library & Museum presents To the Moon: The American Space Program in the 1960s, a major exhibit celebrating man’s venture into space.
From the time he was Senate Majority Leader in the 1950s, Lyndon Johnson did more to facilitate the rapid progress of the space program than any other American leader. Johnson co-sponsored legislation for the creation of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) in 1958, and as Vice-President, was appointed Chairman of the National Space Council by President John F. Kennedy.
The primary focus of the exhibit will cover the period of “Sputnik” (late 1950s) through the first moon landing of Apollo 11 in 1969. Each step of the space programs Mercury, Gemini, Apollo, will be featured, as well as the “milestone” flights of astronauts Alan Shepard, John Glenn, and Ed White. To the Moon will feature eye-catching, visually attractive state-of-the-art elements to match the ambitious scope of the subject.
The LBJ Library’s space exhibit will coincide with a space exhibit featuring Skylab, the Shuttle Missions, and the International Space Station at the George H. W. Bush Library at Texas A&M University at College Station.
The exhibit runs until the 40th anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing, July 20, 2009. The exhibit also coincides with the 50th anniversary of NASA.
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