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Wednesday, September 18, 2019
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6:30 AM - 7:00 AM
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(All Day)
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Dental Interim, RMSC306
(Academic)
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If you are interested in registering for the interim project "An Introduction to Dental Medicine, please sign the list in the Chemistry Department. Only 8 students can register and you need an override to get in. Students must have a minimum gpa of 3.2. Preference will be given to juniors and seniors. Higher gpas and making your request known earlier will help your chances of getting an override.
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RMSC306 |
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Dr. Charles Bass
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1:00 PM - 5:00 PM
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Art Exhibit: Otherness²: Hiding in Plain Sight by Lee Ann Harrison-Houser, Richardson Family Art Gallery
(Arts and Cultural (On Campus))
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Otherness²:
Hiding in Plain Sight explores the outsider’s perspectives and the impact of
“Othering.” During the creative process, Harrison-Houser pursues authenticity
and begins to reveal untold stories in her work. However, she instinctively
hides within the mark-making with her use of symbolism, sgraffito, and
abstraction. Layer after layer of gesso and paint erase her disclosures.
Subsequently, the art installation shares these stories only in a type of
Hide-and-Seek game for the viewer. For deeper connections, the viewer
physically moves to a separate space to match the conceptual titles back to the
abstract squares. Through this physical movement and mindfulness, the
storyteller role shifts away from the artist and moves to the viewer to create
awareness, conversation, and the momentum for change.
September
10- October 12, 2019
Richardson
Family Art Gallery
Exhibit Hours: Tuesday,
Wednesday, Friday, Saturday: 1 – 5 p.m.
Thursday: 1 – 9 p.m.
Closed on Sunday and Monday
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Richardson Family Art Gallery |
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Youmi Efurd
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1:00 PM - 5:00 PM
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Art Exhibit: Props: Personal Identities in the Portrait Photography of Richard Samuel Roberts, Richardson Family Art Museum (lower level)
(Arts and Cultural (On Campus))
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Props:
Personal identities in the Portrait Photography of Richard Samuel Roberts
The
term “props” brings to mind the objects used in the theater that help establish
the meaning of a scene. In this theater context, the word is shortened from
“properties,” things collectively owned by a theater group. But could the term
also reflect the notion that props show “properties” of a character, offering
layers of information and meaning to a viewer.? “Props” is also a slang term,
meaning “proper respect.” In this show, we analyze the props in photographic
portraits taken by RSR between 1920-1936 to see the way that the “props”—most
often objects chosen by the sitters themselves—tell us something about the
self-identity of the sitters. The objects chosen often underscore the proper
respect due the sitters based on their attainments, but also can give
insights—in an otherwise very formulaic genre—into the inner desires and
predilections of the sitters. Props thus can help us see beyond the surface,
or, perhaps conversely, can reify socially-agreed upon tropes.
September 3 –
December 14, 2019
Richardson
Family Art Museum (lower level)
Exhibit Hours: Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday: 1 – 5 p.m.
Thursday: 1 – 9 p.m.
Closed on Sunday and Monday
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Richardson Family Art Museum (lower level) |
Contact: |
Youmi Efurd
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1:00 PM - 5:00 PM
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Art Exhibit: Southern Gothic: Literary Intersection with Art from the Johnson Collection, Richardson Family Art Museum (upper level)
(Arts and Cultural (On Campus))
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From the haunting novels of William
Faulkner to the gritty short stories of Flannery O'Connor, the Southern Gothic
literary tradition has exhumed and examined the American South’s unique
mystery, contradictions, and dark humor. Beginning in the mid-nineteenth
century, American writers, epitomized by Edgar Allan Poe and Nathaniel
Hawthorne, sought to reinterpret the Gothic imagination of their European
counterparts, dramatizing the cultures and characters of a region in the midst
of civil war and its tumultuous aftermath. Decades later, a new generation of
authors—including Tennessee Williams, Carson McCullers, and Toni Morrison—wove
Gothic elements into their own narratives, exploring the complexities of a changing
social terrain and the ancient spirits that linger in its corners.
With works drawn exclusively from the
Johnson Collection, Southern Gothic illuminates how nineteenth- and
twentieth-century artists employed a potent visual language to transcribe the
tensions between the South’s idyllic aura and its historical realities. Often
described as a mood or sensibility rather than a strict set of thematic or
technical conventions, features of the Southern Gothic can include horror,
romance, and the supernatural. While academic painters such as Charles Fraser
and Thomas Noble conveyed the genre’s gloomy tonalities in their canvases,
Aaron Douglas and Harry Hoffman grappled with the injustices of a modern world.
Other artists, including Alexander Brook and Eugene Thomason, investigated
prevailing stereotypes of rural Southerners—a trope often accentuated in
Southern Gothic literature. Collectively, these images demonstrate that
definitions of the Gothic are neither monolithic nor momentary, inviting us,
instead to contemplate how the Southern Gothic legacy continues to inform our
understanding of the American South.
September 3 –
December 14, 2019
Richardson
Family Art Museum (upper level) Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday: 1 - 5 p.m. Thursday: 1 - 9 p.m. Closed on Sunday and Monday
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Richardson Family Art Museum (Upper Level) |
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Youmi Efurd
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3:30 PM - 5:00 PM
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Imagine Science Films: The Wofford Tour III, McMillan Theater
(Academic)
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Description: |
The Imagine Science Films Festival is held every fall in New York City. For the event, film makers from all over the world submit works that humanize science through the lens of personal reflection and cultural metaphor. The result is a collection of interdisciplinary art films tangentially focused on science and society. This year, the Imagine Science organization has created a custom-made mini-film, just for Wofford College. This mini-film is a collection of short features, all centered on the theme of trans-humanism, the use of future technology to enhance our lives and potentially alter our physical form. Please join us for this unique event; the popcorn and candy concessions are free.
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McMillan Theater in the Student Center |
Contact: |
Steve Zides
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4:30 PM - 5:30 PM
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6:00 PM - 6:30 PM
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6:30 PM - 7:00 PM
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7:00 PM - 7:30 PM
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7:00 PM - 8:30 PM
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Imagine Science Films: The Wofford Tour III, McMillan Theater
(Academic)
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Description: |
The Imagine Science Films Festival is held every fall in New York City. For the event, film makers from all over the world submit works that humanize science through the lens of personal reflection and cultural metaphor. The result is a collection of interdisciplinary art films tangentially focused on science and society. This year, the Imagine Science organization has created a custom-made mini-film, just for Wofford College. This mini-film is a collection of short features, all centered on the theme of trans-humanism, the use of future technology to enhance our lives and potentially alter our physical form. Please join us for this unique event; the popcorn and candy concessions are free.
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McMillan Theater in the Student Center |
Contact: |
Steve Zides
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7:30 PM - 8:30 PM
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