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| Calendar of Programs & Events: December 2007 | January 2008 | February 2008 |
The following programs at the Michael C. Carlos Museum, unless otherwise noted, are free. December 2007 Monday, December 3 On
the occasion of the 50th Anniversary of the death of Greek author Nikos Kazantzakis,
Dr. Peter Bien, Professor of English and Comparative Literature Emeritus
at Dartmouth College, will discuss Kazantzakis's Religious Mania. Friday, December 7 Noon, Reception Hall Concert The Carlos Museum and the Emory Chamber Music Society of Atlanta welcome "Emory's Young Artists.” Enjoy the finest talent from Emory’s Department of Music performing voice, piano, clarinet, and violin. Sunday, December 9 4 pm, Reception Hall Family Concert The Vega String Quartet performs the most beautiful chamber music of the season including Bach, Beethoven and Mozart. January 2008 Friday,
January 18 Tuesday, January 22 4 pm AntiquiTEA Enjoy afternoon tea and scones as Jasper Gaunt, curator of Greek and Roman Art at the Carlos, discusses a recent acquisition, an acrolithic head of the Greek goddess Demeter. Sunday, January 27 2 pm, Tate Room Curries and Kabobs: Indian Cooking Class for Kids Warm the chilly afternoon air with the spices of India. Archna Becker of Bhojanic Restaurant leads an introduction to Indian cooking for children and teens.After preparing food, family is invited to return and feast with workshop participants and visit the recently re-installed Asian collection. Ages 8–17 years. $12 for Museum members; $15 for non-members. Pre-registration is required by calling 404.727.0519. Monday, January 28 7 pm, Reception Hall Lecture Dr. Ron A. Messier, Professor of Middle East History at Vanderbilt University, presents An Archaeological View of Medieval Aghmat. A joint Moroccan-American team under the direction of Dr. Ronald Messierhas spent three seasons excavating the hammam (public bath) of medieval Aghmat, a city 18 miles south of Marrakech. Beyond defining the structure itself and its various uses over time, the archaeologists are gaining insight into the urban landscape in the immediate vicinity of the hammam, what was at one time the center of the medieval city. The researchers have detected evidence of urban slide in a southeasterly direction, and has dared to speculate why the capital moved to Marrakech. This lecture is part of the Mediterranean Archaelogy Series sponored by the Department of Middle Eastern and South Asian Studies. Tuesday, January 29 7 pm, Reception Hall Lecture Dr. Gay Robins, Professor of Egyptian Art History at Emory, discusses The Small Golden Shrine of Tutankhamun. February 2008 Friday, February 8 Sunday, February
10 Tuesday, February 12 10:30–11:30 am, African Galleries and Tate Room Face to Face Workshop for Very Young Children See the fascinating faces that people the newly installed African galleries, make masks of your own, and learn about the ways that costumes and masks are animated as part of lively performances in Africa. Ages 3 and 4 years, and their parents. $12 for Museum members; $15 for non-members per parent/child pair. Pre-registration is required by calling404-727-0519. Friday, February 15 Noon, Reception Hall Chamber Music Concert Violinist Eun-Sun Lee, a graduate of the Juilliard School, makes her Emory debut performing with pianist William Ransom. Sundays, February 17 & March 2 2 pm, Tate Room Workshop for Children: Shaping the Clays of Kerma and Kush In this two-part workshop, Atlanta ceramic artist Ana Vizuragga introduces children to the ceramic techniques of ancient Nubia, where potters fashioned some of the earliest known ceramics. Children in the workshop will explore the Nubian pottery in the exhibition Lost Kingdoms of the Nile: Nubian Treasures from the Museum of Fine Arts Boston and then practice the construction, decorative, and firing techniques of these ancient masters of clay. $12 for Museum members; $15 for non-members. Pre-registration is required by calling 404-727-0519. Monday, Feburary 25 7 pm, Reception Hall Lecture Master stone carver and historian Peter Rockwell discusses The Carving Techniques of the Column of Trajan. Tuesday, February 26 Noon, Reception Hall Food for Thought Master stone carver Peter Rockwell discusses his own work, from the playful gargoyles of Washington's National Cathedral and the capitals of the cloister of the Diocesan Museum near Venice, to the statue of children in motion and the Tree of Life fountain at Boston College. Bring a brown bag lunch or purchase a gourmet sandwich, chips, and a drink from Alon's for $7. Wednesday, February 27 7 pm. Reception Hall Lecture Dr. Peter Lacovara, Senior Curator of Ancient Egyptian, Nubian, and Near Eastern Art at the Carlos, discusses Creations in Clay: Masterpieces of Nubian Ceramic Art. Thursday, February 28 4 pm, Reception Hall AntiquiTEA Enjoy afternoon tea and scones as master stone carver Peter Rockwell discusses the magnificent 7th century rock-cut temples in Mamallapuram, South India. Thursday, February 28 5-7 pm, Tate Room and Galleries Workshop for Teachers Dr. Peter Lacovara, Senior Curator of Ancient Egyptian, Nubian, and Near Eastern Art at the Carlos, presents the fascinating history of the great Nubian civilizations that existed south of ancient Egypt. The ancient Nubians controlled the gold trade into Egypt and the Greco-Roman world, at times rivaled the Egyptians in power and prestige, and ruled Egypt for several generations. This workshop is held in conjunction with the exhibition Lost Kingdoms of the Nile: Nubian Treasures from the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. Background information and a CD of images will be provided. Museum Members: $10; non-members: $15. Space is limited and registration is required by calling 404-727-2363. Thursday, February 28 7 pm, Reception Hall Lecture In a lecture co-sponsored by Emory’s Middle Eastern Studies Department and the Carlos, Professor Tim Harrison, Associate Professor in the Department of Near and Middle Eastern Civilizations at the University of Toronto discusses The Battle for Armageddon: David, Solomon, and the Early Israelite Monarchy as Viewed from Megiddo.
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