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| Calendar of Programs & Events: May 2008 | June 2008 | July 2008 |
The following programs at the Michael C. Carlos Museum, unless otherwise noted, are free. May 2008 Friday, May 2 The Emory Chamber Music Society and the Carlos welcome Rie Doi, piano, performing music by Domenico Scarlatti (1685-1757), Frederic Chopin (1810-1849) and Franz Liszt (1811-1886). Sunday, May 4 Sunday, May 11 Celebrate this Mother’s Day at an elegant afternoon tea with a Nubian flare. Enjoy scones, tarts, finger sandwiches, and afternoon tea as your children make “shabti” sugar cookies and “puzzle” over their placemat activity sheet. Members: $15 for children and $20 for adults; non-members: $20 for children and $25 for adults. Fee includes admission to Lost Kingdoms of the Nile and the permanent collection. RSVP by Thursday, May 8 by calling 404 727-4280. Sunday, May 18 Session 1: 1-3 PM Session 2: 3:15-5:15 PM Land of the Bow Archery Workshop for Kids Ta-Seti, “Land of the Bow”, was the name given to Nubia by the ancient Egyptians, whose hieroglyphs represented the word with a bow and a strip of land. In this workshop, children will visit the exhibition Lost Kingdoms of the Nile: Nubian Treasures from the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston and see the ancient equipment of Nubian bowmen, including a longbow, arrows and arrowheads, and thumbrings worn when drawing the bow string. Afterwards, participants will go outside and practice the skills and self-discipline archery requires with master bowyer, Len Henry. Ages 6-12 years. Pre-registration is required by calling 404.727.0519. Please specify session 1 or 2. $12 for Museum members; $15 for non-members. June 2008 Monday - Friday, June 2 - 6 Camp Carlos Earthmovers and Shakers Ceramic Studio Shaping and firing clay began thousands of years ago in Nubia and continues today throughout Africa. In this session of camp ceramic artist Ana Vizurraga will work with campers to use a variety of hand-building techniques to form works of clay based on African traditions, ancient to modern. We’ll visit clay animals, people, and pots from the Carlos’ African collection and the special exhibition Lost Kingdoms of the Nile: Nubian Treasures from the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston for inspiration. $185 for non-members and $225 for members per week. Aftercare is available from 3 to 5 PM for an additional $60 for the week. Download a PDF of the camp brochure with registration form. Sunday, June 8 Monday - Friday, June 9-13 Camp Carlos Earthmovers and Shakers Ceramic Studio This Session is Full. Shaping and firing clay began thousands of years ago in Nubia and continues today throughout Africa. In this session of camp ceramic artist Ana Vizurraga will work with campers to use a variety of hand-building techniques to form works of clay based on African traditions, ancient to modern. We’ll visit clay animals, people, and pots from the Carlos’ African collection and the special exhibition Lost Kingdoms of the Nile: Nubian Treasures from the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston for inspiration. $185 for non-members and $225 for members per week. Aftercare is available from 3 to 5 PM for an additional $60 for the week. Download a PDF of the camp brochure with registration form. Monday - Friday, June 16 -20 Camp Carlos Pyramid Building Bookmaking Studio An artist’s book is a unique work of art created in a book form that is conceived of as a whole by the artist. This means that the content and the form of the book are equally important and are the product of a total concept of the artist. Combining many processes and mixed-media, an artist’s book invites the viewer to interact with it in multiple ways so that the book may be looked at traditionally but may also transform into a work that is more sculptural. Using the pyramids of ancient Nubia, Egypt, and the ancient Americas as inspiration, artist Pam Beagle-Daresta will work with campers to make pyramid-shaped artist’s books. Finished books will include text and imagery drawn from pyramid references but shaped to reflect personal content. $185 for non-members and $225 for members per week. Aftercare is available from 3 to 5 PM for an additional $60 for the week. Download a PDF of the camp brochure with registration form. Monday - Friday, June 23 -27 An artist’s book can be created in many different forms, its content exploring and communicating ideas in an individual way. One of the many forms a book can have is that of a codex, a book with screen-folded pages arranged so it can be looked at one page at a time or as one continuous page. Ancient Maya and Aztec codices (plural of codex) had pages made from the inner bark of certain fig trees or from animal skins. Through pictures painted on their screen-folded pages, these books recorded important dates, rituals, and events. In this session of camp, artist Pam Beagle-Daresta will use the codex form to work with campers who will make an artist’s book/codex based on their own lives, with thought to how the codex form relates to the content. Because our access to fig bark is limited, codices will be made of anything from plexiglass to recycled materials and will be scribed, painted, folded, and stitched to create a unique work of book art. $185 for non-members and $225 for members per week. Aftercare is available from 3 to 5 PM for an additional $60 for the week. Download a PDF of the camp brochure with registration form. Sunday, June 29 Archaeologist Charles Bonnet, author of Nubian Pharaohs: Black Kings on the Nile, discusses Forty Years of Excavations at Kerma and Dukki Gel (Sudan) by the Swiss Mission of Archaeology. Monday - Friday, July 7 - 11 Long ago, before there were books, one way people told their culture’s stories was through images that were painted, inscribed, and drawn on the things they created. Artist Ande Cook will teach campers to paint and draw stories represented on works of art in the Carlos’ collections, from the ancient Greek story of Aktaion, devoured by his own hunting dogs to the ancient Egyptian sky goddess Nut arched across the heavens to stories of transformation told with animals like the jaguar and crocodile in the Ancient Americas and many more. $185 for non-members and $225 for members per week. Aftercare is available from 3 to 5 PM for an additional $60 for the week. Download a PDF of the camp brochure with registration form. Thursday, July 10 Renowned photographer Chester Higgins discusses his brilliantly evocative photographs of ancient Nubian monuments and the land and people of Sudan. Monday - Friday, July 14 -18 Long ago, before there were books, one way people told their culture’s stories was through images that were painted, inscribed, and drawn on the things they created. Artist Ande Cook will teach campers to paint and draw stories represented on works of art in the Carlos’ collections, from the ancient Greek story of Aktaion, devoured by his own hunting dogs to the ancient Egyptian sky goddess Nut arched across the heavens to stories of transformation told with animals like the jaguar and crocodile in the Ancient Americas and many more.$185 for non-members and $225 for members per week. Aftercare is available from 3 to 5 PM for an additional $60 for the week. Download a PDF of the camp brochure with registration form. Monday - Friday, July 21 - 25 Throughout their history and across the vast African continent, the peoples of Africa have traded resources and products with those of other cultures and countries of the world. African imagination and a willingness to embrace materials as varied Venetian glass beads, cowrie shells, and recycled materials such as telephone wire, bottle caps, and tin cans resulted in works of beauty, color, and whimsy. Using similar materials, jewelry artist Gail Walter will work with campers create to items of personal adornment with an African influence. $185 for non-members and $225 for members per week. Aftercare is available from 3 to 5 PM for an additional $60 for the week. Download a PDF of the camp brochure with registration form. Monday - Friday, July 28 -August 1 Throughout their history and across the vast African continent, the peoples of Africa have traded resources and products with those of other cultures and countries of the world. African imagination and a willingness to embrace materials as varied Venetian glass beads, cowrie shells, and recycled materials such as telephone wire, bottle caps, and tin cans resulted in works of beauty, color, and whimsy. Using similar materials, jewelry artist Gail Walter will work with campers create to items of personal adornment with an African influence. $185 for non-members and $225 for members per week. Aftercare is available from 3 to 5 PM for an additional $60 for the week. Download a PDF of the camp brochure with registration form.
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