| Date: | 10/03/2008 |
| Location: | 10-4 pm, M-F, UC Gallery |
| Notes: | New Exhibit Opens At UC Gallery An art exhibit featuring new works by Kayla Romberger and Ramsay Hay is now on display at UM's University Center Gallery. The "Bean Weighter Goat Driver" exhibit addresses ideas of personal place and presence. Romberger's works on paper mediate distilled images of graffiti, abandoned structures and natural history. Hay explores familial and personal identity using domestic materials and expressions of daily chores. The gallery is located on the second floor of the University Center in Room 227. Gallery hours are from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Friday. The exhibit runs until Oct. 31. It is free and open to the public. |
| Date: | 09/05/2008 |
| Location: | Montana Musuem of Art & Culture, PAR/TV Center |
| Notes: | Asian Exhibits Open At Montana Museum Of Art & Culture Two exhibitions that feature ceramic artworks and a collection of Southeast Asian textiles will open Friday, Sept. 5, at the Montana Museum of Art & Culture, located in the Performing Arts and Radio/Television Center at The University of Montana. “Weaving Cultures…Highlights of the Helen Cappadocia Collection of Southeast Asian Textiles” will be on view in the museum’s Meloy Gallery. A collection of ceramic artworks by Steven Young Lee titled “notions…” will be in the museum’s Paxson Gallery. The exhibitions will be at the museum through Saturday, Oct. 25. The textiles in “Weaving Cultures…” – 74 pieces out of the more than 600 comprising the Helen Cappadocia Collection – range from historical pieces to traditional and contemporary works. The textiles are exhibited in two groups. One focuses on pieces produced by the various Thai Lao groups who lived in Northern Laos, Thailand and China in the late 19th and 20th centuries. The other focuses on contemporary textiles created by Hmong refugees living in Thailand and the United States and more traditional pieces, many of which were made in Laos and date back to the first half of the 19th and 20th centuries. The exhibition includes textiles created by Hmong communities in Missoula. The majority of the textiles in the exhibition were never intended to be presented in the context of an art gallery. Most of the hand-stitched and woven fabrics, which have survived relatively intact, were made to serve specific and practical functions in domestic and religious life. But such utility has not inhibited the creation of beautiful and exquisitely complex objects that demonstrate the establishment of sophisticated aesthetic traditions which have stood the test of time. Fashioned into costumes, collars, skirts, money vests, story cloths, blankets and prayer shawls, the textiles have been used to identify and honor family members, language groups and spiritual forces. The museum’s exhibition “notions…” features a selection of ceramic artworks by Lee, who is the resident artist director at the Archie Bray Foundation for the Ceramic Arts in Helena. “The objects I create often refer to the form, decoration, color and materials of historical ceramics, yet ask viewers to confront their contemporary context,” Lee said. “These parallels can exist in my work through decorative motifs or traditional visual surfaces on forms of various origins.” Three events in conjunction with the exhibitions will be held at the museum’s Meloy Gallery. They are free and open to the public. Lee will give an artist talk at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 9. A panel discussion titled “Hmong Culture – Conversation and Context” will be held at 7 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 9. Panelists include anthropologist Suzanne Bessac, UM anthropology Professor G.G. Weix and a representative from the Hmong community. At 7 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 23, the museum will present “A Conversation with the Collector: Helen Cappadocia.” MMAC hours are 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Tuesday through Thursday and 4 to 8:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday. There is no charge for admission, and free parking is available near the northwest corner of the PAR/TV Center. For more information, call 406-243-2019 or go to the museum’s Web site at http://www.umt.edu/montanamuseum. |
| Date: | 10/10/2008 |
| Location: | 10 am, UC Theater |
| Notes: | PRESENTATIONS BY DR. AHMED RASHID – Note from the Provost’s Office We are extremely lucky to have such an outstanding expert on the Taliban, Pakistan, and Afghanistan visiting UM. October 9, 8:00 pm : Dr. Ahmed Rashid will deliver a talk, entitled “Descent into Chaos: The United Sates and the Failure of Nation Building in Pakistan, Afghanistan, and Central Asia” in the University Center Ballroom. Dr. Rashid has been on campus before (several years ago) and his talk brought a standing-room only crowd. Students, faculy, staff, and the community are invited. October 9, 3:40 pm : Dr. Rashid will offer a seminar, “The Strength, Appeal, and Prospects of Osama Bin Laden” in the University Center Theatre. Students, faculty, staff, and the community are invited. October 10, 10:00 am : Especially for first-year students, Dr. Rashid will meet for a Q&A regarding the book “Taliban: Militant Islam, Oil and Fundamentalism in Central Asia.” (Others may attend.) In the UC Theater. October 18—entries for Essay Contest due. First-year (only) students may enter an essay responding to “Taliban: Militant Islam, Oil and Fundamentalism in Central Asia.” Monetary prizes will be given to the top three essays ($400, $200, $100). Information regarding the essay may be found at: http://www.lib.umt.edu/firstyear/readingexperience.htm |
| Date: | 10/10/2008 |
| Location: | 3:10-4 pm, EL 226 |
| Notes: | GET READY FOR INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL The biggest foreign student event of the year is coming! The annual UM International Culture and Food Festival – presented to the community by the International Student Association and all the international students and scholars - will be held this academic year on Sunday, March 15, 2009 – just a few weeks after the start of spring semester. We need you to start thinking and planning for it Fall Semester so we can be ready in time. This is one of the biggest public events at UM, attracting 4,000 people to a day-long festival featuring over 90 different things ranging from food booths, stage performances, exhibits, and cultural demonstrations, to events for children. We need all of you and your friends to contribute your unique talents and ideas to the festival, and we’d like you to start planning your contribution now. One-hour information sessions will be offered in October to tell you more about the I- Festival, and how you can participate and contribute. Please come to one of them and learn more. New students and scholars who’ll be here Spring 2009 should plan to attend to find out what it’s all about and how to get involved! FOOD GROUPS Please Note: Food Booth Reservations will be accepted starting October 10 – don’t miss out! Come to one of these sessions to learn more : *Friday October 10 , 3:10 - 4:00 pm and repeated again at 4:10 -5:00 pm. in Lommasson Center Conference Room 226, (just down the hall from FSSS) *Friday, October 24 , 12:10 - 1:00 pm; and repeated at 1:10-2:00 pm in Lommasson Center Conference Room 226. Feel free to bring your lunch! |
| Date: | 10/03/2008 |
| Location: | deadline is Nov 15, see text |
| Notes: | INTERNATIONAL PROGRAMS HOUSING SCHOLARSHIP International Programs provides housing scholarships for a duration of one semester up to one academic year to international students enrolled in one of the following: The English Language Institute, the ELI Bridge Program, or The University of Montana. Each scholarship award varies in value. Application deadlines: November 15 for spring housing. For more information and application, please visit the International Programs website at www.umt.edu/ip or the International Programs office in the International Center. |
| Date: | 10/07/2008 |
| Location: | Masquer Theater |
| Notes: | WANT TO SEE THE PLAY “FOREIGNER”? From September 30 through October 4, October 7 trough 11, 2008, UM Theatre & Dance presents a funny play “Foreigner” at the Masquer Theatre. The tickets price for students is $12.00; however, groups can get some good discounts. Depending on the size of a group, it would cost around $9 or less. Contact Yelena Ablaeva via e-mail lexsis1@yahoo.com if you are interested to form a group and get some good price deals. Hurry up as the play will be on only this week and next week! Here is a brief description of the play: “All the locals at a rural Georgia fishing lodge mistakenly think Charlie, a pathologically shy visitor, speaks no English. Before long, everyone begins spilling secrets within earshot of the "foreigner," making him an unwilling witness to confessions, revelations, and devious plots. Enjoy nonstop hilarity with this Obie Award-winning comic romp!” Thank you very much! Please let me know if you have any questions. Best, Yelena |
| Date: | 10/04/2008 |
| Location: | Masquer Theatre |
| Notes: | WANT TO SEE THE PLAY “FOREIGNER”? From September 30 through October 4, October 7 trough 11, 2008, UM Theatre & Dance presents a funny play “Foreigner” at the Masquer Theatre. The tickets price for students is $12.00; however, groups can get some good discounts. Depending on the size of a group, it would cost around $9 or less. Contact Yelena Ablaeva via e-mail lexsis1@yahoo.com if you are interested to form a group and get some good price deals. Hurry up as the play will be on only this week and next week! Here is a brief description of the play: “All the locals at a rural Georgia fishing lodge mistakenly think Charlie, a pathologically shy visitor, speaks no English. Before long, everyone begins spilling secrets within earshot of the "foreigner," making him an unwilling witness to confessions, revelations, and devious plots. Enjoy nonstop hilarity with this Obie Award-winning comic romp!” Thank you very much! Please let me know if you have any questions. Best, Yelena |
| Date: | 10/10/2008 |
| Location: | 7 & 9:30 pm., UC Theater |
| Notes: | check them out |