Textile Sculptor Jen Pack
Edwina Milner Women in the Arts Lecture/Exhibit Opening
Thursday November 4, 2018
6:30 p.m. Lecture in Parotti Hall, 7:30 p.m. Exhibit Opening in McCray Gallery
Pack said, “I have always been profoundly responsive to color and the sensations color can provoke. My work has been described as an artistic oxymoron: both loud and quiet, solid and transparent, hand-made and precise, delicate and aggressive, exuberant and restrained, formal and emotional. It is a reflection of me, an artist of blended culture who is both loud and quiet, urban and rural, delicate and aggressive, masculine and feminine, adventurous and routine.
I was born in the stormy seaside of rural northwest Oregon and lived on the West Coast for most of my life. I now reside in the sparse arid beauty of southwest New Mexico. I miss the ocean, but find solace in the high desert.”
Go to Jen's website here.
Co-Sponsor: Western Institute of Lifelong Learning
Film Presentation: History of Filmmaking in New Mexico
Sunday, November 11, 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. in Light Hall Theater
The Revelers in Concert
Swamp Pop from Lafayette, Louisiana
Thursday, November 15 at 7:00 p.m. in Light Hall Theater
“Get Ready is the Reveler’s second collection of original material and it finds the group ready, willing, and able to rock the house. The Revelers’ brand of [Louisiana] music is a masterful mix of Cajun, zydeco, and ‘50s inflected swamp rock, featuring all new compositions that capture the spirit and drive of their stylistic origins, and it is presented by a band of musicians playing at the top of their game.” – Ed Whitelock, Popmatters
Visit their website here.
Listen to some tracks here.
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Sponsor: Western Institute of Lifelong Learning (WILL)
President's Chamber Music Series
Willy Sucre and Friends featuring Steinway Artist Sandra Rivers
Tuesday, November 27 at 7:00 p.m. in Light Hall Theater
Sandra Rivers is a Steinway Artist who has concertized throughout the world, and has appeared at the Mostly Mozart Festival, Tanglewood, the Schleswig-Holstein Festival, Aspen, the Kennedy Center and on the Great Performers Series at Lincoln Center. She has worked with such noted conductors as Arthur Fiedler, Anshel Brushilow, Jean Morel, Isaiah Jackson, Michael Morgan and Keith Lockhart. In addition to her solo career, Rivers has become widely known for her concert partnerships with many of the world’s leading soloists including Itzhak Perlman, Kathleen Battle, Kyung-Wha Chung, Anne Akiko Meyers, Elmar Oliveira, Cho-Liang Lin, Joshua Bell, Sarah Chang, Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg among others. Her collaborations with Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg and with Sarah Chang have twice taken her onto the Tonight Show with Johnny Carson and with Jay Leno.
Dohnany’s Piano Quintet No. 1 in C Minor Op 1 and Dvorak’s Piano Quintet in A Major Op 81 will be performed.
Premier Sponsor: James Edd Hughs/Edward Jones Investments
Co-Sponsor: Western Institute of Lifelong Learning (WILL)
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SPRING EVENTS - 2019
1/17 Chad Colby — Painting Exhibit & Reception
1/23 Flor de Toloache — Latin Grammy winners/All female mariachi band
1/29 President's Chamber Music Series — Willy Sucre & Friends Horn Quintets
1/31 We Banjo 3 — Billboard # 1 Artists from Ireland (Irish, Bluegrass, Old Time, Folk)
Check out the Season Calendar here.
Tickets at Hunter Hall or Online!
One FREE ticket to students, faculty and staff with Mustang ID available at Hunter Hall. General admission tickets to all performances and events are available online or by contacting the WNMU Office of Cultural Affairs at 575-538-6469.