Enjoy tea and scones as Dr. James Meyer, Winship Distinguished Associate Professor of Art History, discusses a new acquisition in the Works on Paper Collection, a preparatory drawing by Robert Smithson for Meandering Jetty, an unrealized work. Smithson was a pioneer in the Land Art movement and the creator of Spiral Jetty in the Great Salt Lake, Utah. Meandering Jetty was an idea for another earthwork in Emmen in the Netherlands that followed closely on the completion of Spiral Jetty. Dr. Meyer will contextualize the preparatory drawing within Smithson’s body of work.

In conjunction with the exhibitions Tutankhamun: The Golden King and the Great Pharaohs and Wonderful Things: The Harry Burton Photos and the Discovery of the Tomb of Tutankhamun, the Carlos Museum and the Center for Lifelong Learning will offer an exceptional opportunity to study ancient Egypt with two of the nation’s most respected Egyptologists. Dr. Gay Robins, Samuel Candler Dobbs Professor of Art History at Emory and faculty consultant for Egyptian Art at the Michael C. Carlos Museum, will offer a new six-week course designed to explore the ideas of kingship that shaped pharaonic Egypt from the Old Kingdom to the time of King Tutankhamun by examining the visual materials from tombs, temples, and palaces.

In part two of the course, offered along with Dr. Robins’ class as a part of the new Emory Quest program, Dr. Peter Lacovara, archaeologist and Senior Curator of Ancient Egyptian, Near Eastern, and Nubian art at the Michael C. Carlos Museum will teach two intensive two-hour sessions on the History of Egyptian Archaeology. Dr. Lacovara, who has worked in Egypt for over 30 years, will discuss objects from the great international archaeological expeditions of the 19th and 20th centuries that form the exhibition Tutankhamun: The Golden King and The Great Pharaohs. Dr. Lacovara will provide an engaging look at the great practitioners of Egyptian archaeology as well as first hand tales of the tedium and excitement of this sometimes romanticized science. Fee: $165 for Part One only; $350 for full course (Part Two is not available as a single course).

Get ready for Tutankhamun: The Golden King and the Great Pharaohs with monthly TUTorials, informal and fun explorations of objects and themes in the exhibition led by Emory Egyptologists. Enjoy “TUTinis” or non-alcooholic karkaday tea, the Egyptian national drink of welcome, as Flora Anthony, graduate student in Egyptian art history discusses a royal pectoral of gold, carnelian, lapis lazuli, and other semi-precious stones that belonged to Princess Mereret, daughter of Middle Kingdom Pharaoh Senwosret III.

$10 admission fee includes complimentary “TUTinis” and karkaday tea. $8 for Carlos Museum members.

Due to popular demand, the Carlos offers a third tour of Atlanta's new Hindu Temple. Dr. Joyce Flueckiger, Professor of Religion at Emory University, leads a tour of Shri Swaminarayan Mandir in Lilburn. Made of Turkish limestone, Italian Carrara marble, and pink Indian sandstone, each piece was hand-carved in India, numbered, and sent to Atlanta, where it was assembled like a giant jigsaw puzzle. Participants will board a bus at the Carlos at 2:30 pm. Dr. Flueckiger will begin her discussion of the mandir on the bus and continue at the site.
Fee: $15 for members; $20 for non-members. Pre-registration is required by calling 404 727-4280. Space is limited. Appropriate dress is required—no bare shoulders or legs. A donation of canned vegetarian food is appreciated and will go toward the Temple's outreach programs. This event is fully booked. Registration is closed.

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!

To register contact Jeanne Andres at psmetro3@girlscoutsnwga.org or 404 527-7449. Registration ends September 19^th.

Dr. Barbara Tsakirgis, Associate Professor of Classics and the History of Art at Vanderbilt University gives an illustrated lecture titled To Honor the Gods:  Greek Domestic Religion.
This lecture is made possible by the Archaeological Institute of America.

In conjunction with the exhibitions Tutankhamun: The Golden King and the Great Pharaohs and Wonderful Things: The Harry Burton Photos and the Discovery of the Tomb of Tutankhamun, the Carlos Museum and the Center for Lifelong Learning will offer an exceptional opportunity to study ancient Egypt with two of the nation’s most respected Egyptologists. Dr. Gay Robins, Samuel Candler Dobbs Professor of Art History at Emory and faculty consultant for Egyptian Art at the Michael C. Carlos Museum, will offer a new six-week course designed to explore the ideas of kingship that shaped pharaonic Egypt from the Old Kingdom to the time of King Tutankhamun by examining the visual materials from tombs, temples, and palaces. Dr. Lacovara will provide an engaging look at the great practitioners of Egyptian archaeology as well as first hand tales of the tedium and excitement of this sometimes romanticized science. Fee: $165 for Part One only; $350 for full course (Part Two is not available as a single course).

The Michael C. Carlos Museum partners with The Signature Shop & Gallery for an intimate two-day event with four of Georgia’s best practicing ceramic artists! Join Rick Berman, Ron Meyers, Ted Saupe, and Sunkoo Yuh in the museum galleries on Friday evening as they discuss objects in the Carlos collections that speak to them, inspire them, or inform their work. Then return on Saturday morning for a bus tour that will take you to the artists’ studios to experience their bodies of work, watch engaging demonstrations, and perhaps take home your favorite piece! Lunch will be provided on location. $40 for members, $50 for non-members. Pre-registration is required by calling 404 727-4280.

The Michael C. Carlos Museum partners with The Signature Shop & Gallery for an intimate two-day event with four of Georgia’s best practicing ceramic artists!  Join Rick Berman, Ron Meyers, Ted Saupe, and Sunkoo Yuh in the museum galleries on Friday evening as they discuss objects in the Carlos collections that speak to them, inspire them, or inform their work.  Then return on Saturday morning for a bus tour that will take you to the artists’ studios to experience their bodies of work, watch engaging demonstrations, and perhaps take home your favorite piece!  Lunch will be provided on location.  $40 for members, $50 for non-members.  Pre-registration is required by calling 404 727-4280. 

The Emory Chamber Music Society of Atlanta presents Music of Many Lands featuring a wonderful variety of music from India, China, Africa, and the Middle East.  Family concerts are free to Carlos Museum members.  Tickets for non-members are $4 and available at the Arts at Emory Box Office, 404 727-5050 or at the door.

Have you ever felt filled with curiosity? If so, come hear Robert Burleigh’s telling of the ancient Greek story of Pandora, a young woman who could not contain her curiosity about a mysterious jar and its contents. This story will be read in the galleries near an extremely large, mysterious jar from ancient Greece. After the story we’ll go to the Tate Room to shape clay and press patterns onto the surface of containers we create. Ages 3 to 5 years, and an adult. $8 for Museum member child/adult pairs; $10 for non-member child/adult pairs. Pre-registration is required by calling 404 727-0519.

In conjunction with the exhibitions Tutankhamun: The Golden King and the Great Pharaohs and Wonderful Things: The Harry Burton Photos and the Discovery of the Tomb of Tutankhamun, the Carlos Museum and the Center for Lifelong Learning will offer an exceptional opportunity to study ancient Egypt with two of the nation’s most respected Egyptologists. Dr. Gay Robins, Samuel Candler Dobbs Professor of Art History at Emory and faculty consultant for Egyptian Art at the Michael C. Carlos Museum, will offer a new six-week course designed to explore the ideas of kingship that shaped pharaonic Egypt from the Old Kingdom to the time of King Tutankhamun by examining the visual materials from tombs, temples, and palaces. Dr. Lacovara will provide an engaging look at the great practitioners of Egyptian archaeology as well as first hand tales of the tedium and excitement of this sometimes romanticized science. Fee: $165 for Part One only; $350 for full course (Part Two is not available as a single course).

 

“Emory’s Young Artists” features some of the most gifted students from Emory’s Department of Music. This concert is free and open to the Emory community and the public.

Mummies and Milkshakes moves outdoors! The Carlos Museum and Jake’s Ice Cream present the fourth annual Mummies and Milkshakes, this year outside on the beautiful quadrangle of Emory Univerisity. Visit the mummies in the Egyptian galleries, choose your favorite Jake’s Ice Cream flavor for a milkshake, and watch the hilarious 1955 classic film Abbott and Costello Meet the Mummy and a series of funny vintage mummy cartoons. 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 Thursday, October 23 by calling 404 727-0519.