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❖ Tibetan Wall Hangings Children’s Workshop Sunday, October 16; 2–4 pm, Tate Room For the people of the Tibetan plain, the perfect amount of rain is essential—too little means drought and too much, a deluge. This balance is one of the messages found in the kafen and tsekhor, the silk wall-hangings in the Tibetan shrine. Teaching artist Pam BeagleDaresta will teach children to make paper kafen. For 9–12 year olds. August Exploring Identity with Digital Storytelling Teen Workshop Sundays, August 28, Sept 4, 11, and 18; 2–5 pm, Tate Room Teens will talk with Tibetan-born artist Gonkar Gyatso as he installs Family Album, and then use personal objects, clothing, and photographs to create short videos that express their own identities. For 13–15 year olds. $45 for members; $60 for non-members. September September 2 and 3 “Andrew Sullivan might deserve to be remembered as the most influential political writer of his generation.” —The New York Times In 1992 the architectural firm of Nix Mann & Associates (now Perkins and Will) endowed this lecture to bring distinguished speakers to campus on an annual basis. Atlanta Beltline Lantern Parade Workshop for Adults Friday, September 2; 6:30–9:30 pm, Ackerman Hall Relax with an artisanal beer from Orpheus Brewing and a tour of the Carlos galleries before creating your own unique lantern for the Atlanta Beltline Lantern Parade inspired by the collections with artist Chantelle Rytter of the Krewe of the Grateful Gluttons. Register online at bit.ly/GlobeEvent. Lecture Wednesday, October 19; 4:30 pm, Ackerman Hall In a lecture titled To Know the Place for the First Time, Elizabeth Vandiver, Clement Biddle Penrose Professor of Latin and Classics at Whitman College, explores the extraordinary influence of Homeric epic on later Western artists as diverse as Herodotus, Virgil, J.M.W. Turner, James Joyce, Margaret Atwood, and Wolfgang Peterson. Atlanta Beltline Lantern Parade Workshop for Families Saturday, September 3; 2–5 pm, Tate Room Let the round-bellied Ganesha from India or the fierce Pataky jaguar from Costa Rica inspire your lantern design in a workshop with artist Chantelle Rytter. Show off your lantern at the annual Beltline Lantern Parade on September 10. Open to children of all ages with an accompanying adult. Register online at bit.ly/KidsGlobeEvent. Tibetan Shrine Lecture Wednesday, September 7; 7:30 pm, Ackerman Hall In a lecture titled Bodyguard Buddhas: Protector Deities in Tibetan Buddhism, Sara McClintock of Emory’s Department of Religion will introduce stories and practices connected to the key protector deities and their roles as guardians of the Dharma. ✸ Carlos Reads Shakespeare‘s Titus Andronicus Monday, September 12; 7:30 pm, Board Room In conjunction with the exhibition of Shakespeare’s First Folio this fall, the Carlos Reads Book Club will read and discuss all of the Bard’s plays set in antiquity, guided by Emory Professor of English Sheila Cavanaugh. We begin with Titus Andronicus, a tale of competing families trapped in a dangerous cycle of lust and betrayal. While bowing to 16th-century audiences’ taste for revenge tragedies, the play also investigates many important questions about masculinity, political order, civilization, and (native) tongues. September 7 Family Album Lecture Friday, September 16; 7:30 pm, Ackerman Hall Leigh Miller, director of academic programs and adjunct professor of contemporary Buddhism at Maitripa College, discusses the artistic processes of Tibetan artists using photography to explore mythological and political representations of Tibetan-ness in a lecture titled Photography in Contemporary Tibetan Art: Method, Memory, and Modernity. October 13 October 15 October 16 October 18 Eleventh Annual Mummies and Milkshakes Saturday, October 29; 6–9:30 pm, Ackerman Hall Costumed children can explore the rituals of mummification with Anubis, god of embalming, through a new scavenger hunt, enjoy milkshakes from Jakes Ice Cream and screenings of the hilarious Three Stooges short, We Want Our Mummy, and Abbot and Costello Meet the Mummy. Free to Carlos Museum members; $5 for non-members. Children ages 5 and under are free. Limited space available. Registration is required at carlos.emory.edu/ mummiesandmilkshakes. The Bard in Bollywood Film Series Tuesday November 1; 7:30 pm, Ackerman Hall In conjunction with the exhibition of Shakespeare’s First Folio, the Carlos will screen Vishal Bhardwaj’s Shakespeare trilogy, which brought the Indian filmmaker and composer international critical acclaim. Deepika Bahri, of Emory’s English Department, will introduce the series, which opens with Maqbool, Bhardwaj’s interpretation of Macbeth set against the backdrop of Mumbai’s criminal underworld. The Bhojanic Food Truck will arrive at the Carlos at 6:30 pm, offering Indian street food to moviegoers. African Coffee Tasting and Gallery Talk Saturday, November 5; 10 am, Ackerman Hall Wake up in Africa! Ren Doughty of Batdorf and Bronson Coffee Roasters introduces the coffees of Africa followed by a tour of the new African galleries with curator Amanda Hellman. Space is limited and a reservation is required by calling 404-727-4280. October 23 October ✸ Carlos Reads Shakespeare‘s Anthony and Cleopatra Monday, November 7; 7:30 pm, Board Room Shakespeare’s Anthony and Cleopatra is Romeo and Juliet for grown-ups as Mark Antony and Cleopatra fight to keep both their love and their immense power intact. The play shifts scenes from a calcified Egypt to a dynamic Rome, and sensual, natural spaces juxtapose urban, austere ones. The Bard in Bollywood Film Series Tuesday, November 8; 7:30 pm, Ackerman Hall Vishal Bhardwaj’s Shakespeare trilogy continues with Omkara, Shakespeare’s Othello amid the intertwined worlds of politics and organized crime in Bhardwaj’s native Uttar Pradesh. The Bhojanic Food Truck will arrive at the Carlos at 6:30 pm, offering Indian street food to moviegoers. ❖ Baskets of the Pomo Children’s Workshop Sunday, October 2; 2–4 pm, Tate Room Children will explore the decorated basketry of the Pomo Indians of Southern California in Coiling Culture, and then use beads, pendants, and feathers to decorate their own baskets with teaching artist Suzy Ferriss. For 9–12 year olds. ❖ Shakespeare’s First Folio Homeschool Day Wednesday, November 9; 12–3 pm, Rotunda Homeschool families are invited to spend the afternoon with Shakespeare. View the first printed collection of his plays, experiment with the printing process used to create the Folio, and play with the language of Shakespeare in an acting workshop led by Emory Theater students. For children 6–16 years old and an accompanying adult. Family Concert Sunday, October 2; 4 pm, Ackerman Hall Waltzes, mazurkas, minuets, tangos, and more by the Vega String Quartet and pianist William Ransom will have you dancing in your seats! ✸ Carlos Reads Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar Monday, October 3; 7:30 pm, Board Room Only appearing for a short time in the play, the figure of Julius Ceasar casts a large shadow over the entire drama. As much about Brutus as Caesar, this tragedy of the back-stabbing friend and the consequences of his actions play out across the very public spectacle of a burgeoning empire. Though grounded in Roman history the play lends itself well to critical dialogue about democratic processes and popular sovereignty that sound familiar in a 21st-century American context. Mummies & Mixers Thursday, October 27; 7–9 pm, Ackerman Hall Back and bigger than ever, Mummies & Mixers will feature music, costumes, a classic Boris Karloff film, and mouthwatering bites from Atlanta’s favorite caterers. Get ready to taste two spine-tingling specialty cocktails crafted by Julian Goglia (lately of The Mercury, The Pinewood Tippling Room, and Proof Cocktail Syrups), sample devilishly delicious treats, and show off your most bewitching costume at the event everyone’s howling about. Visit carlos.emory. edu/mummiesandmixers for more details. November ❖ Warp and Woof! Woof! Children’s Workshop Sunday, September 25; 2–4 pm, Tate Room Children will examine a one-hundred-year-old Ndeh (Apache) tray woven of plant fibers that features images of both humans and dogs and learn to manipulate traditional over-under weaving techniques to make small horse and dog figures. For 6–8 year olds. Lecture Wednesday, September 28; 7:30 pm, Ackerman Hall In the Western world, buddhas and bodhisattvas are frequently used as carriers for advertising luxury goods, as objets d’art, and as body ornaments. In a lecture titled Buddha in a Shopping Bag, Martin Brauen, chief curator emeritus at the Rubin Museum of Art, explores such uses of sacred Buddhist images and ways in which contemporary artists are depicting and transforming Buddhist symbols. Coiling Culture Gallery Talks Sunday, October 23; 2 and 4 pm, Level One Galleries Assistant Curator of Art of the Americas, Laura Wingfield, will give two back-to-back gallery talks in Coiling Culture: Basketry Art of Native North America, with a reception in between. Enjoy wine and light snacks and hear Dr. Wingfield discuss the materials, making, and meaning of baskets from nineteen different Native American nations, at either 2 or 4 pm. Space is limited and a reservation is required by calling 404-727-4280. ✸ Carlos Reads Shakespeare‘s Troilus and Cressida Monday, October 24; 7:30 pm, Board Room In 1602, Shakespeare channeled Chaucer, Homer, and countless other writers into Troilus and Cressida, an epic tragedy of doomed lovers set within the larger scope of the Trojan War. ▲ Artful Stories: Kunu’s Basket: A Story from Indian Island Saturday, September 17; 10 am, Art of the Americas Galleries Surrounded by Native American baskets in Coiling Culture,, children will hear Lee DeCora Francis’ story of how Kunu, a Penobscot boy from Maine, learns the family tradition of basketmaking. After looking closely at the Penobscot “porcupine” basket in the gallery, children will weave a flat “basket bottom” just like Kunu. For 3–5 year olds with an adult companion. Gonkar Gyatso in Residence Sunday, September 18–Saturday, September 24 Tibetan-born British artist Gonkar Gyatso will be at the Carlos conducting a number of engaging programs for students and the public including gallery talks, a public conversation with Emory’s Tara Doyle, and a participatory installation of traditional Tibetan tsa tsas. For more information about events, visit carlos.emory.edu/gonkar-residency. Coiling Culture Teacher Workshop Thursday, October 20; 5 pm, Tate Room As much math as art, Native American basketry is sophisticated and complex. Dr. Laura Wingfield, assistant curator of art of the Americas, will introduce teachers to the diverse materials and techniques of Native American baskets on view in Coiling Culture. Hands-on activities for the classroom will be part of this steam workshop. Registration required by calling 404-727-2363. Chamber Music Concert Friday, October 21; Noon, Ackerman Hall Dynamic virtuosos Timothy Fain, violin, and Matt Haimovitz, cello, perform music for solo strings. AntiquiTEA Thursday, September 15; 4 pm, Ackerman Hall Enjoy afternoon tea and scones as Dr. Laura Wingfield, assistant curator of art of the Americas, discusses Pacific Northwest Coast whale stories, traditional basket styles depicting whales and paddlers, and innovative Alaskan baleen baskets. Chamber Music Concert Friday, September 16; Noon, Ackerman Hall In the first concert in the John and Linda Cooke Noontime Series, the Vega String Quartet welcomes their new first violinist, Elizabeth Fayette. Nix Mann Endowed Lecture Tuesday, October 18; 7:30 pm, Ackerman Hall Political commentator and author, contributing editor at New York, pioneer of the political blog, and former editor of The New Republic, Andrew Sullivan delivers this year’s Nix Mann Endowed Lecture, What Plato Can Tell Us About American Democracy. November 5 AntiquiTEA Thursday, November 10; 4 pm, Ackerman Hall Enjoy afternoon tea and scones as Laura Somenzi, graduate student in Emory’s Art History Department, explores Andrea Mantegna’s masterful interpretation of antiquity in the engraving Bacchanal with Silenus. Chamber Music Concert Friday, November 11; Noon, Ackerman Hall The Emory Chamber Music Society of Atlanta and the Vega String Quartet welcome cellist Christopher Rex for a performance of Anton Arensky’s dramatic Quartet for Violin, Viola, and Two Celli. AntiquiTEA Thursday, October 13; 4 pm, Ackerman Hall Enjoy afternoon tea and scones as Emory art history graduate student Kimberly Schrimsher explores a set of rare scrimshawed cattle horns in the African galleries that depict a fierce battle from the Anglo-Zulu War of 1879 and how they functioned as pro-Zulu propaganda. Evening for Educators Friday, November 11; 7:30 pm, Ackerman Hall Margaret Edson, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Wit and survivor of 25 years of classroom teaching, presents a stand-up essay exploring the free-wheeling, slapdash world of Elizabethan theater and places “To Be or Not to Be” smack dab in the middle of it. Registration required by calling 404-727-2363. ▲ Artful Stories: We’re Sailing Down the Nile: A Journey Through Egypt Saturday, October 15; 10 am, Egyptian Galleries Take a trip down the Nile from the temples of Abu Simbel to the pyramids of Giza in this lovely story by Laurie Krebs and Anne Wilson. Children will explore an image of the Nile Goddess in the galleries before painting their own story of a journey down the Nile. For 3–5 year olds, with an adult companion. ▲ All the World’s a Stage Family Storytelling Event Saturday, November 12; 2 pm, Ackerman Hall Megan Hicks, the popular storyteller also known as the Origami Swami, will share tales from Taming of the Shrew and As You Like It and show children how to make table-top origami stages and stick puppets to use in their own dramatic productions. Open to children of all ages with an accompanying adult. Lecture Sunday, October 164 pm, Ackerman Hall In a lecture titled Etruscan Translations of Greek Myth, Dr. Larissa Bonafonte, professor of Classics emerita at New York University, explores the ways in which the Etruscans adopted Greek myths and transformed them in accordance with their own beliefs and ways of life. November 8 continued other side Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them…in the Museum! Family Tour Sunday, November 13; 2 pm, Rotunda Become an apprentice magizoologist, searching the galleries for the mythical creatures from the new Harry Potter film Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them. Free to Carlos Museum members; regular admission price for non-members. Space is limited. Registration is required by contacting Alyson Vuley at 404-727-0519 or [email protected]. ❖ Carlos Reads YA! Gareth Hinds’ Romeo and Juliet Friday, November 18; 6 pm, Tate Room Shakespeare’s works continue to inspire writers and artists today. Teens are invited to read the dynamic graphic novel version of Romeo and Juliet by Gareth Hinds before meeting with Justin Shaw, Emory PhD candidate, to discuss the story in this after-hours museum experience. For 13–15 year olds. Please register by November 4 to receive a copy of the book. Staged Reading Sunday, November 13; 3 pm, Ackerman Hall Theater Emory welcomes Emory alumna and award-winning playwright Lauren Gunderson for a staged reading of The Book of Will, her play about the search for and survival of Shakespeare’s words. ▲ Artful Stories: The Fantastic Adventures of Krishna Saturday, November 19; 10 am, Asian Galleries The 13th-century th-century bronze sculpture of Krishna, incarnation of Lord Vishnu, recalls the story of how he defeated the king of the snakes and danced upon his head. Children will hear Demi’s beautifully illustrated version of the story before creating gold and paper Krishna collages. For 3–5 year olds with an adult companion. November 17 ✸ Carlos Reads Shakespeare’s Coriolanus Monday, November 14; 7:30 pm, Board Room Shakespeare’s Coriolanus, based on Plutarch’s account of the life of Roman general Caius Martius, is a violent, fast-paced contest for power. After a military triumph, the general is given the honorary title Coriolanus and the position of Consul. Too proud to respect the will of the people, however, he soon finds himself despised by the mob, and speaks out passionately against popular rule. Driven from the city as a traitor, he allies himself with his old enemies and begins to plot a merciless revenge. ▲ Shakespeare Bookmaking Children’s Workshop Sunday, November 20; 2–4 pm, Tate Room Children will view one of the world’s most famous books, Shakespeare’s First Folio, the first printed collection of his plays from 1623, before experimenting with bookmaking techniques. For 9–12 year olds. ✸ Carlos Reads Shakespeare’s Timon of Athens Monday, November 28; 7:30 pm, Board Room In Timon of Athens, a philanthropist frivolously gives away large sums of money to his friends, enabling them to ease through life, and then, when he goes broke, he asks for it back. As the play unfolds, Timon’s actions send him on a downward spiral until he has lost friends and fortune. Timon confronts the nature of friendship, the politics of inclusion, and the meaning of charity. The Bard in Bollywood Film Series Tuesday, November 15; 7:30 pm, Ackerman Hall Vishal Bhardwaj’s Shakespeare trilogy concludes with the critically acclaimed Haider, which sets Hamlet during the 1995 insurgency in Kashmir, with Shahid Kapoor as Haider and Irrfan Khan as the ghost of the king. The Bhojanic Food Truck will arrive at the Carlos at 6:30 pm, offering Indian street food to moviegoers. all programs subject to change November 18 I Visitorinformation n 2019 the Michael C. Carlos Museum will celebrate the 100th anniversary of its formal founding at Emory University’s Atlanta campus. The Carlos Museum is planning a series of exhibitions, programs, and special events as part of the centennial year and will offer 100 free days to celebrate this important milestone. One hundred free admission days are scheduled between now and 2019 as a way to thank the community whose support has played such a significant role in the story of the museum’s success. Visit carlos.emory. edu for a list of upcoming dates with free admission from 1–4 pm. Hours Tuesday through Friday: 10 am–4 pm; Saturday: 10 am– 5 pm; Sunday: noon–5 pm; Closed Mondays and University holidays. Admission $8 general admission. Carlos Museum members, Emory students, faculty, and staff: Free. Students, seniors, and children ages 6–17: $6 (Children ages 5 and under free). Visit our website to find out about Free Afternoons. ▲ These programs are free, but a reservation is required by contacting Alyson Vuley at 404-727-0519 or [email protected]. Public transportation marta bus line 6 ❖ Fee: $15 for Carlos Museum members; $20 for non-members. Registration is required by contacting Alyson Vuley at 404-727-0519 or [email protected]. Emory from Inman Park/Reynoldstown & Lindbergh stations or 36 North Decatur from Avondale and Midtown stations. KEY ✸ Fee: $20 for Carlos Museum members; $25 for non-members, which includes the cost of the book. Registration required by calling 404-727-6118. Parking Paid visitor parking in the visitor sections of the Fishburne and Peavine parking decks and in the new Oxford Road parking deck, located behind the new Barnes and Noble @ Emory, 1390 Oxford Road. Children’s and Family Programming Stayconnnected Accessible parking Drop off at Plaza Level entrance on South Kilgo Circle. Accessible parking is available in the Oxford Road and Peavine parking decks. Limited accessible parking spaces are available along Kilgo Circle during weekends, and cars must display state issued hangtag. An accessible shuttle (shuttle D) runs from the Peavine parking deck weekdays every 10 minutes. For further assistance contact the Disability Services Office at 404-727-9877. Tours Advanced booking required for weekday or weekend groups of 10 or more. For reservations call 404-727-0519 at least two weeks before your group would like to visit. Public tours Depart from the rotunda on Sundays at 2 pm. Call in advance, 404-727-4282. Multimedia audio guide $2. Free for museum members. Museum information 404-727-4282 Web access carlos.emory.edu Stay connected on our Facebook page with event reminders, specials, notes from curators, and exhibition information. Subscribe to our Carlos Museum newsletter and enjoy lectures, the Carlos Reads book club, AntiquiTEA, family events, and more. Visit carlos.emory.edu/connect Gonkar Gyatso September October November 2016 michael c. carlos museum emory university 571 south kilgo circle atlanta, ga 30322 carlos.emory.edu Calendar September October November 2016 Calendar