Thursday, September 23
7 pm, Reception Hall
Lecture
Dr. David Roxburgh, Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Professor of Islamic Art History, Department of History of Art and Architecture, Harvard University. Spiritual Geometries and Bodily Instruments: The Art and Practice of Calligraphy.
Friday, September 24
Noon, Reception Hall
Chamber Music Concert
The new season of programs by the Emory Chamber Music Society and special guest artists begins with a program of piano music. Pianist Jonathan Shames performs Chopin's Sonata No. 2, Funeral March and Schumann's Fantasy. This program is part of Society’s Frederic Chopin/Robert Schumann Bicentennial Celebration Series.
Friday, September 24
7 pm, Reception Hall
Symposium Keynote Address
Professor Andrew Stewart, Professor of Greek Art at the University of California, Berkeley opens the symposium Phaos aphthiton aiei (Immortal Light): The Battle of Marathon and its Athenian Legend with a keynote address titled Go tell the Spartans . . . War and the Warrior in Archaic Greek Art.
Saturday, September 25
9 am, Emory University (8:30 Registration)
Dolichos*, a 2.62-mile race through the beautiful Emory campus that will offer runners a less sedentary way of marking the battle of Marathon.
The entry fee is $12 for Carlos Museum members, Emory staff and faculty, and alumni; Emory students run for free; all others $15. Runners will receive a Dolichos @ the Carlos technical t-shirt. Winners in each category will receive gift cards generously provided by Phidippides Running Center.
To register, please download this form, fill it out, save and email it to ehornor@emory.edu. You may also fax or mail it in.
To register online through the Emory Alumni Association, click here and find the form under the events for Saturday, September 25 (this page may take a moment to load).
These programs are made possible by Emory’s Program in Mediterranean Studies; the Art History Department Endowed Lecture Fund, the Michael C. Carlos Museum, Mr. and Timothy S. Sotos; Emory Athletics and Recreation; the Emory Alumni Association; Phidippides Running Center, serving Atlanta's running community since 1972; WABE 90.1, and the Coca-Cola Company.
* Dolichos is the Greek word for a race 2-3 miles in length.
Saturday, September 25
10 am, Greek Galleries
Artful Stories
To mark the 2500 year anniversary of Phidippides’ legendary run from Marathon to Athens to announce the Greek victory over the Persians, children ages 3-5 are invited to hear the story of Phidippides and how his famous run lives on in contemporary culture. We will explore images of ancient Greek athletes in the galleries and make a victory headband like those worn by ancient Greek athletes.
For ages 3 to 5 years and accompanying adults. The workshop is free but an RSVP is required by calling 404.727.0519.
Saturday, September 25
1 pm, Reception Hall
Symposium
Distinguished faculty from Emory’s Program in Mediterranean Studies give short papers highlighting the importance of the battle and its electrifying impact on the society and artistic production of the time.
Featured speakers and topics include:
Niall Slater, Samuel Candler Dobbs Professor of Latin and Greek
Aristophanes and comedic responses to Marathon
Philipa Lang, Assistant Professor of Classics
Five ways to extract an arrow: a user's guide to battlefield surgery
in antiquity
Bonna Wescoat
Memorializing Marathon
Sandra Blakely, Associate Professor of Classics
Heroes, Horses, and Hoplites of Unusual Size: Ghostly Apparitions at
Marathon
Cindy Patterson, Professor of History
Herodotus & Marathon: Myth and Memory
Peter Bing, Chair and Professor of Classics
The Marathon Epigrams
Jasper Gaunt, Curator of Greek and Roman Art
Heroes at Marathon: The great burial mound at the battlefield and
other Athenian dedications
Sunday, September 26 (Part 1)
1:30 to 4 pm, Tate Room
Sunday, October 17 (Part 2)
2 to 5 pm, Serenbe Photography Center
Wondrous Transformations Photography Workshop with Kathryn Kolb
Photographer Michael Smith wrote "…as I move the camera around, the world comes and goes, flattening itself into pictures, wondrous transformations often occur—small details can appear as landscapes and vast landscapes are sometimes diminished." Like Smith, Atlanta photographer Kathryn Kolb uses her keen eye and camera to probe the natural world for sources of imagery.
In this two part workshop in conjunction with the special exhibition Wondrous Transformations, Kathryn will lead an expedition on the Emory campus to photographically discover the beauty of the natural world in places large and small, hidden and out in the open but overlooked. In the second part of this workshop participants will go to Kathryn's studio at the Serenbe Photography Center to print their own black and white, color, and digital images of the photographs taken on September 26. Transportation to Serenbe Photography Center will be provided by the Carlos Museum.
$20 for Museum members; $25 for non-members. Ages 12-17 years. Bring your 35 mm and/or digital camera. Cost of materials, including one role of film, is included in the registration fee. Pre-registration is required by calling 404 727-0519.
Wednesday, September 29
7 pm, Reception Hall
Lecture
Dr. Roxani Margariti, Associate Professor of Middle Eastern Studies, Emory University. From Parchment to Paper: The Material History of the Qur’an
Friday, October 1
5-7 pm, Reception Hall
Evening for Educators
K-12 teachers are invited to view the exhibitions Writing the Word of God and Traces of the Calligrapher, hear from Dr. Devin Stewart from Emory’s Department of Middle Eastern Studies, and enjoy Moroccan delicacies and mint tea from Atlanta’s Imperial Fez restaurant. RSVP required by phone at 404. 727.2363 or email at jgree09@emory.edu.
Sunday, October 3
Noon – 4 pm
To Make Writing Beautiful: Islamic Calligraphy Family Day
Together, children and families can explore the exhibitions, make handmade paper, create the beautiful marbleized paper used in many of the Qur’ans, observe calligraphers at work, try their hand with pen and ink, make decorative pen cases, and more. $5 for Museum members; $10 for non-members (includes Museum admission)
Tuesday, October 5
7 pm, Reception Hall
Lecture
Photographer Michael A. Smith, whose work is featured in the exhibition Wonderous Transformations in the John Howett Works on Paper Gallery, discusses his work in a talk titled A Visual Journey.
Saturday, October 9
10 am to 4 pm
Emory’s Big Draw
The Big Draw is an international movement that began in Britain and is now held throughout the month of October each year in cities across the U.S. to encourage people to slow their hectic pace, pick up a pencil, and draw. On Wednesday October 6, Big Draw sites will be located throughout the Emory campus including the Carlos Museum, the Visual Arts building, the Quadrangle, and others.
Try contour drawings and explore light and shadow with a Classical sculpture, or make cubist drawing from African masks at the Carlos; sketch landscapes and architecture on the Quad, and draw from live models in the Visual Arts building. Bring your own materials or pick up a sketch-pad and pencil at the Visual Arts Building, the Carlos Museum, or at the DUC. This program is co-sponsored by the Center for Creativity and the Arts, the Program in Visual Art, and Wonderful Wednesdays.
Wednesday, October 13
7 pm, Reception Hall
Lecture
Dr. Devin Stewart, Associate Professor of Arabic and Islamic Studies, Emory University
Reading Manuscripts of the Qur’an: The Evolution of Arabic Script
Friday, October 15
Noon, Reception Hall
Chamber Music Concert
As part of the Frederic Chopin/Robert Schumann Bicentennial Celebration Series, pianist Keiko Yamashita Ransom performs Chopin's Nocturne in B Major, Op. 9, No. 3 and Ballade Op. 52, No. 4 as well as Schumann's Sonata in G Minor, Op. 22 and Scenes from Childhood, Op. 15.
Friday, October 15
8 pm, Glenn Auditorium
Music from Islamic Lands Concert — Salar Aghili and the Raz O Niaz Ensemble
Prominent among the young generation of Iranian traditional musicians, vocalist Salar Aghili carries on the tradition of Persian music masters such as Mohammad Reza Shajarian. Known for his silky voice and passion, Aghili has performed with the Tehran Symphonic Orchestra, the Iran National Orchestra, and the Dastan Ensemble. On October 15, Aghili will perform with Raz O Niaz, the traditional ensemble he founded in 1998. Together they blend traditional instrumentation with the ecstatic yearnings of Sufism. Tickets are $40 and $30. For ticket information, please call 678-357-3572.
Thursday, October 21
7 pm, Reception Hall
Professor Barry Kemp, Emeritus Professor of Egyptology at the McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research, University of Cambridge, gives an illustrated lecture titled Towards a better understanding of Amarna: Recent Research in the City and its Main Cemetery. This lecture is made possible by the Atlanta Chapter of the American Research Center in Egypt.
Sunday, October 24
Noon-5 pm
Girl Scout Ceramics Badge Day
Junior Girl Scouts in the NW Georgia Council are invited to complete the requirements for the Ceramics Badge at the Carlos Museum. A scavenger hunt will guide scouts through the galleries looking for ceramics styles and techniques from Egypt, the ancient Americas, Greece, and Sub-Saharan Africa. Artists will demonstrate wheel throwing and hand-building techniques, and scouts may try many of these techniques themselves!
Registration begins July 24 and ends September 25. To register contact Sabrina Jones by email at sjones@girlscoutsofgreateratlanta.org or by phone at 678-420-6870.
Mondays, October 25 and November 1
7 pm, Board Room, Level Two
Carlos Reads Book Club
Dr. Roxani Margariti leads participants through My Name is Red, by Nobel Prize winning author Orhan Pamuk. At once a fiendishly devious mystery, a beguiling love story, and a brilliant symposium on the power of art, My Name Is Red is a transporting tale set amid the splendor and religious intrigue of sixteenth-century Istanbul. Part fantasy and part philosophical puzzle, My Name is Red offers a kaleidoscopic journey to the intersection of art, religion, love, sex and power.
"It is neither passion nor homicide that makes My Name is Red, the rich and essential book that it is. . . . It is Pamuk's rendering of the intense life of artists negotiating the devilishly sharp edge of Islam 1,000 years after its birth that elevates My Name is Red to the rank of modern classic. . . . To read Pamuk is to be steeped in a paradox that precedes our modern-day feuds between secularism and fundamentalism." —Jonathan Levi, Los Angeles Times Book Review
Pre-registration is required by phone at 404 727-6118, or by email at ehornor@emory.edu. Fee, which includes the cost of the book: $25 for Museum members, $35 for non-members
Wednesday, October 27
7 pm, Reception Hall
Lecture
Dr. Vincent Cornell, Asa Griggs Candler Professor of Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies, Emory University. God Taught Adam the Names of All Things: The Mysticism of the Word in Medieval Islam
Friday, October 29
7 pm
Mummies and Milkshakes on the Quadrangle!
The Carlos Museum and Jake’s Ice Cream present the sixth annual Mummies and Milkshakes outside on the beautiful quadrangle of Emory University. Visit the mummies in the Egyptian galleries, choose your favorite Jake’s Ice Cream flavor for a milkshake, and watch funny vintage mummy cartoons and the hilarious Three Stooges short, We Want Our Mummy followed by Abbot and Costello Meet the Mummy.
Milkshakes for sale beginning at 6:30 pm, cartoons at 7 pm, film begins at 7:45 pm. Free to Museum members; $5 for non-members. Outdoor seating. Bring blankets and chairs to sit on. Costumes encouraged! Milkshakes sold separately. Galleries open from 6 to 9:30 pm. In case of inclement weather, this event will take place in the Carlos Museum Reception Hall. Please RSVP by Wednesday, October 27 by calling 404 727-0519.
Sunday, October 31, 4 pm
Reception Hall
Family Concert
Scary (but FUN) music for the whole family played by the Vega String Quartet. Come in costume and collect some treats! $4 (Museum Family-level and above members receive 4 free tickets) Tickets go on sale September 10 at the Arts at Emory Box Office, 404 727-5050.
Wednesday, November 3
7 pm, Reception Hall
Lectures
Gay Robins, Samuel Candler Dobbs Professor of Art History at Emory, and Melinda Hartwig, Associate Professor of Ancient Egyptian and Near Eastern Art & Archaeology at Georgia State University present a program on Death and Dining in Ancient Egypt.
In a talk titled Meals for the Dead, Dr. Robins discusses one of the images most frequently found on ancient Egyptian funerary monuments— the image of the deceased seated before a table of offerings laden with food and drink. What appears to be a very simple image, in fact, has multiple layers of meaning and depends on living performers of the offering ritual to complete the image and "activate" it.
Dr. Hartwig’s talk, Banqueting for Life or Death, explores banqueting scenes in ancient Egyptian tombs from the 18th Dynasty. These scenes may be connected to a specific burial, a festival, or both. The participants may be a mixture of living and dead relatives, colleagues, and friends. Dr. Hartwig examines how these scenes functioned, and the role of banqueting for the tomb owner and the larger Egyptian culture.
Saturday, November 6
1 pm
Bus Tour to the Al-Farooq Mosque
Imam Plemon T. El-Amin, founding board member and former Chairperson of the Faith Alliance of Metro Atlanta, leads a tour of the Al-Farooq Masjid of Atlanta. Participants will board a bus at the Carlos at 1 pm. $15 for Museum members; $20 for non-members. Pre-registration is required by calling 404 727-6118.
Wednesday, November 10 – Saturday, November 13
Artist-in-Residence
Calligrapher Elinor Aisha Holland discovered Islamic calligraphy on a trip to Turkey at the age of 18 and has spent the last 20 years mastering the art form. A student of Master Calligrapher Mohamed Zakariya, Ms. Holland teaches, presents, and exhibits throughout the US and Canada, and has conducted residencies at the Museum of Natural History and the Public Library in New York, the Smithsonian Institution, and the Society of Scribes.
Wednesday, November 10
5-7 pm, Reception Hall
Workshop for Teachers
Thursday, November 11
1 am – 5 pm, Reception Hall
Public Demonstration & Discussion
Saturday, November 13
11 am – 3 pm, Reception Hall
Public Demonstration & Discussion
Friday, November 12
Noon, Reception Hall
Chamber Music Concert
The Vega String Quartet continues the Frederic Chopin/Robert Schumann Bicentennial Celebration Series with a performance of Schumann's 1st Quartet in A Minor.
Saturday, November 13
10 am, Exhibition Galleries
Artful Stories
In The House of Wisdom, Florence Parry Heide and Judith Heide Gilliland weave an historic, yet timeless tale of 9th century Baghdad. A young boy, Ishaq, lives with his scholar father in the House of Wisdom, a vast library where manuscripts from all around the known world have been gathered and preserved. Ishaq grows up in this center of learning, knowing how prized these ancient books are but not fully grasping the importance of the legacy they represent, until the Caliph presents him with a challenge. After the story, participants will explore the beauty of the written word in the exhibitions and make a simple book. For ages 3 to 5 years and accompanying adults. The program is free, but an RSVP is required by calling 404.727.0519.
Mondays, November 15 & 22
7 pm, Board Room
Carlos Reads Book Club
Sara McClintock, Assistant Professor in Emory’s Department of Religion, leads participants though Ashvaghosha's epic poem Life of the Buddha. Composed by a Buddhist monk named Ashvaghosha in the first or second century CE, Life of the Buddha is the earliest surviving example of the Sanskrit literary genre called kāvya (ornate epic poetry). The fourteen Cantos extant in Sanskrit take the reader from the birth of Siddhártha, the future Buddha, to his Awakening when he discovered the truths of the Buddhist doctrine. Some of the most poignant scenes of the text take place when the young prince is, on the one hand, confronted by the reality of human life subject to sickness, old age, and death, and, on the other, seduced by the charms of the women employed by his father to keep him at home. Life of the Buddha was translated into English for the Clay Sanskrit Library by Patrick Olivelle, Professor of Sanskrit and Indian Religions at the University of Texas.
Pre-registration is required by phone at 404 727-6118, or by email at ehornor@emory.edu. Fee, which includes the cost of the book: $25 for Museum members, $35 for non-members
Wednesday, November 17
7 pm, Reception Hall
Lecture and Book Signing
Andrew W. Mellon Visiting Conservator Patricia Ewer’s new book Textile Conservation: Advances in Practice, explores the changing role and practice of the textile conservator over the last twenty-five years, and captures the diversity of the textile conservators' work. Ms. Ewer will explore that diversity through a discussion of several case studies from her recent work at the Carlos Museum, which focused on textiles from the ancient Americas. Her book will be available for purchase and signing.
