In conjunction with the Atlanta Opera’s staging of Gluck’s magnificent opera Orfeo and Euridice, the Carlos invites you to spend An Evening with Orpheus, featuring readings from ancient and contemporary literature that explore the myth in which art triumphs over death, and performances of works.

Attend this event and receive a coupon for 20% off on the purchase of tickets for The Atlanta Opera's performance of Gluck's Orfeo and Eurydice!

This program is co-sponsored by the Atlanta Opera, presenting Gluck’s Orfeo and Euridice, November 14, 17, 20 & 22. 

The task of reading and interpreting the Bible is complex. In a lecture titled Reading the Bible through Images: Vision and Analogy in Two Monuments of Sixteenth-Century Printmaking, Dr. Walter Melion, co-curator of Scripture for the Eyes and Asa Griggs Candler Professor of Art History at Emory University, explores this topic as he decodes several prints from the exhibition. For example, in Balaam and the Angel in a Panoramic Landscape, Maarten van Heemskerck uses a new pictorial format and a relatively new subject — the biblical landscape— to explore the theme of prophecy in the complex scriptural text Numbers 22-24.  Other works to be discussed include Jan Swart van Groningen’s Christ Preaching from the Ship and several emblems from Benito Arias Montano’s Monuments of Human Salvation.

Educational Programs in conjunction with the exhibition were made possible by grants from Ed and Dina Snow and Burr & Forman LLP, Emory College of Arts & Sciences Center for Creativity and the Arts, the David Goldwasser Series in Religion and the Arts, the Emory University Strategic Initiative in Religion and the Arts, the Hightower Lecture Fund, and the Lovis Corinth Lecture Fund.

PLEASE NOTE:  THIS EVENT IS FULL. LOOK FOR MORE CARLOS READS PROGRAMS IN THE COMING MONTHS.
The Carlos Museum announces Carlos Reads, a new book club in which distinguished members of the Emory faculty guide participants through great literature from around the world and throughout time.

Alfred North Whitehead’s famous quote characterizing the western philosophical tradition “a series of footnotes to Plato” underscores the importance of the 5th century Athenian to the history of thought up to the present day.  Beginning on Monday, November 9, Dr. Richard Patterson, Professor of Philosophy at Emory, will lead readers through Plato’s most influential work, the Republic.  Over four evenings, Dr. Patterson will lead lively a lively discussion of Plato's attempt to answer the questions, "What is justice?" and "Why should we be just?" (among others) through an examination of human nature, politics, the role of art in society, and the foundations of all reality. 

For the book club, Dr. Patterson has selected G. M. A. Grube's masterful translation of the Republic, which preserves the subtlety of Plato's philosophical argument while rendering the dialogue in lively fluent English that remains faithful to the original Greek.

Sessions meet Mondays, November 9, 16, 30 and December 7.
Fee: $35 for non-members; $25 for members and includes the book.  Space is limited and pre-registration is required.  To register, contact Elizabeth Hornor by phone at 404. 727.6118 or by email at ehornor@emory.edu.

The Atlanta Sacred Chorale, one of the Southeast’s foremost vocal ensembles, dedicated to performing the repertoire of sacred choral music, is renowned for its transcendent sound.  This program, titled Come Rejoice, will include motets and mass excerpts by Franco-Flemish composers of the Renaissance along with traditional and modern anthems and spirituals. Tickets $15, $10 for Museum Members, Emory students, and senior citizens, will be available beginning September 11 at the Arts at Emory Box Office, 404 727-5050.
Educational Programs in conjunction with the exhibition were made possible by grants from Ed and Dina Snow and Burr & Forman LLP, Emory College of Arts & Sciences Center for Creativity and the Arts, the David Goldwasser Series in Religion and the Arts, the Emory University Strategic Initiative in Religion and the Arts, the Hightower Lecture Fund, and the Lovis Corinth Lecture Fund.

As chief among the poets and musicians it was said that Orpheus could coax the trees and rocks to dance.  In a lecture titled The Power of Song:  Orpheus in Literature and Art, Dr. Peter Bing, Professor of Classics at Emory, will explore the ways in which artists, writers, and musicians throughout history have interpreted the myth as a triumph of art over death.  

This program is co-sponsored by The Atlanta Opera, presenting Gluck’s Orfeo & Euridice November 14, 17, 19 (student performances), 20 & 22 at the Cobb Energy Centre.

Attend this event and receive a coupon for 20% off on the purchase of tickets for The Atlanta Opera's performance of Gluck's Orfeo and Eurydice!

 Based on a real-life soup kitchen for the homeless run by a family in a Colorado Springs church, A Rose for Abby is the story of a young girl who finds a way to help feed the hungry in her community. Feeding the Hungry is an image from The Last Judgment and the Six Works of Mercy in the special exhibition, Scripture for the Eyes. After reading the story in the galleries and looking at some of the good deeds depicted in the exhibition, children will help put together a basket of food to be donated to a local food bank. Ages 3 to 5 years and an adult. Free to the public. Registration is required by calling 404.727.0519.

Atlanta printmaker Jess Hinshaw will teach workshop participants the techniques of carving a wood block to create prints using a manual press. Tree of Life imagery in the exhibition, Scripture for the Eyes will be the inspiration. 12 years and up. $12 for Carlos Museum members; $15 for non-members. Registration is required by calling 404.727.0519.

Dr. Uzi Avner of Ben Gurion University and the Arava Institute discusses The Desert Role in the Early History of Israel.

Jamie Smith, Ph.D. examines themes of foreignness and familiarity in Baptism of the Eunuch by Allaert Claesz, Isaiah’s Prophesy over Jerusalem by Philips Galle, and other works. She elucidates imagery that signifies Christ as the intermediary who resolves otherness and discord to reconcile God and man. Dr. Smith’s discussion underscores the function of biblical prints in the sixteenth century as accessible devotional instruments for the pursuit of unity with God. Dr. Smith, an independent researcher, is currently writing a book titled Jan van Eyck’s Mirrors of Nature and God: Specular and Speculative Picturing in Early Netherlandish Painting.

Educational Programs in conjunction with the exhibition were made possible by grants from Ed and Dina Snow and Burr & Forman LLP, Emory College of Arts & Sciences Center for Creativity and the Arts, the David Goldwasser Series in Religion and the Arts, the Emory University Strategic Initiative in Religion and the Arts, the Hightower Lecture Fund, and the Lovis Corinth Lecture Fund.

Violinist and Concertmaster of the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra Cecylia Arzewski performs solo works of J. S. Bach.