arts and culture calendar
Lectures and Debates
FEBRUARY
saturday morning science series: THE LIFE AND SCIENCE OF BENJAMIN BANNEKER
Smith Hall Room 326
Saturday, February 4, 10 a.m. and Noon
Actor and professional storyteller, Bob Smith presents The Life and Science of Benjamin Banneker.
Admission is free
Asian Arts and Culture Center
iona rozeal brown lecture
Center for the Arts, Lecture Hall, Room 2032
Thursday, February 9, 6:30 p.m.
In connection with an exhibition of her prints and paintings on view in the Asian Arts and Culture Center, brown will discuss her exploration of the theme of Afro-asiatic allegory in which she utilizes the processes of self-sampling and remixing found in the music industry to produce dramatic images that address issues of race, gender and class. brown is a highly trained artist who is also a DJ in the commercial music industry. She links the two worlds of Japanese Ukiyo-e prints and hip hop. Her more recent work concentrates on the pressures that young Black women face today and represents a highly developed and complex narrative. She also looks to African folk stories for motivation. brown is represented by G Fine Art Gallery in Washington, D.C.
Admission is free.
saturday morning science series: TELESCOPES AS TIME MACHINES: THE NEW JAMES WEBB SPACE TELESCOPE
Smith Hall Room 326
Saturday, February 18, 10 a.m. and Noon
Dr. Jason Kalirai of the Space Telescope Science Institute presents this program.
Admission is free
MARCH
saturday morning science series: THE SCIENCE BEHIND CYBER SECURITY
Smith Hall Room 326
Saturday, March 3, 10 a.m. and Noon
Craig Holcomb of the National Security Agency presents The Science Behind Cyber Security.
Admission is free
REBELS WITH A CAUSE: RELIGIOUS LEADERSHIP AND GENDER
University Union, Chesapeake 1
Tuesday, March 6, 3:30 – 5 p.m.
Reverend Jane Saphr and Imam Daayiee Abdullah will address issues of gender, gender exclusivity, and equal marriage within Protestant and Muslim religious traditions. Both are religious leaders who have courageously challenged gender prejudice and discrimination within their religious communities.
Admission is free.
COOK LIBRARY BOOK CLUB: GUESTS OF THE AYATOLLAH
Albert S. Cook Library Towson Room
Wednesday, March 28, 12:30 – 1:30 p.m.
In honor of author Mark Bowden’s visit to campus on April 11th, Cook Library Book Club will meet to discuss his book Guests of the Ayatollah. The meeting begins with Dr. Charles Schmitz, Associate Professor of Geography, providing background on this book that chronicles the Iranian Hostage Crisis as told through the eyes of the hostages. Then Librarian Joyce Garczynski will lead attendees in a discussion about the book. Light refreshments will be served. Copies of the book will be available for purchase at the University Store.
Admission is free.
Department of Art + Design
LUBA LUKOVA LECTURE
Center for the Arts Harold J. Kaplan Concert Hall
Thursday, March 29, 6:30 p.m.
An internationally recognized New York based artist, Lukova is regarded as one of the most distinctive image-makers working today. Social consciousness has long been part of her vocabulary, and her artwork uses metaphors, the juxtaposition of symbols, and bold, deceptively simple graphics to comment on many of today’s social and political issues. Lukova has had solo exhibitions around the world. Her many awards include the Grand Prix Savignac at the International Poster Salon, Paris; the ICOGRADA Excellence Award and the Gold Medal at the International Poster Biennial, Mexico City. She has received commissions from The New York Times, Adobe Systems, Time, Sony Music, Canon, Harvard University, the Cultural Ministry of France and the War Resisters League. Her work is included in the permanent collections of the Museum of Modern Art, New York; the Library of Congress, Washington, DC; and the Bibliotheque Nationale de France.
Admission is free.
APRIL
BEST SELLING AUTHOR MARK BOWDEN
Towson Literary Series Celebration of National Library Week
Towson University West Village Commons Ballrooms 404-405
Wednesday, April 11, 6 – 7:30 p.m.
In celebration of National Library Week, award-winning journalist Mark Bowden talks about his nonfiction, including works such as Worm: the First Digital World War, about Internet security, and Guests of the Ayatollah, about the Iran hostage crisis, and discusses his approach to creative nonfiction. Bowden is the author of Black Hawk Down and numerous best-sellers, former journalist for the Philadelphia Inquirer, and editor for Atlantic Monthly and Vanity Fair. He began his journalism career in Baltimore, taught journalism and creative writing at his alma mater, Loyola University Maryland, and now teaches at the University of Delaware. The presentation will be followed by Q&A, book signings and an opportunity to meet the author.
Admission is free.
saturday morning science series: THE SCIENCE OF ARCHIVING AND PRESERVING OUR NATURAL TREASURES
Smith Hall Room 326
Saturday, April 14, 10 a.m. and Noon
Admission is free
Department of Art + Design
NANCY G. HELLER LECTURE: AMALIE ROTHSCHILD: QUIET FEMINIST
Center for the Arts, Lecture Hall, Room 2032
Thursday, April 19, 6:30 p.m.
Nancy G. Heller will discuss how artist Amalie Rothschild managed to fulfill her numerous, seemingly contradictory roles—as a full-time wife and mother in mid-20th-century Baltimore, a pioneering art therapist, a passionate activist on behalf of artists' rights, an important patron of the arts, and a prolific, fearlessly experimental artist in her own right who produced work in many different media, techniques and styles, over six and a half decades. Dr. Heller is Professor of Modern and Contemporary Art History at The University of the Arts in Philadelphia. Her most recent books include the 4th revised-and-expanded edition of Women Artists: An Illustrated History (Abbeville Press) and Why a Painting is Like a Pizza: A Guide to Understanding and Enjoying Modern Art (Princeton University Press). Dr. Heller has received awards from the Smithsonian Institution and the Richard C. Von Hess Foundation.
Admission is free.
Department of Art + Design
ANTHONY MANGIERI LECTURE: VIRGIN SACRIFICE IN GREEK ART: WOMEN IN THE TROJAN WAR
Center for the Arts, Lecture Hall, Room 2032
Thursday, April 26, 6:30 p.m.
Although the Greeks never practiced human sacrifice, the subject of virgin sacrifice resonates powerfully in ancient art and myth. Iphigeneia and Polyxena are the only sacrificial virgins represented in Greek art, and their murders frame the Trojan War. This presentation explores the myths of the sacrificial virgins in Greek art and myth and their place in the Trojan War, with particular attention to their relation to Helen of Troy. Dr. Anthony Mangieri is an Assistant Professor of Art History at Salve Regina University in Newport, RI.
Admission is free.
MAY
ANTHROPOLOGY BY THE WIRE
College of Liberal Arts Room 2110
Friday, May 4, 2 – 5 p.m.
Anthropology By the Wire is a multi-media research project on urban and visual anthropology in Baltimore that is part of a National Science Foundation Research Experience for Undergraduates grant at Towson University. In this project, students conducted research on neighborhoods in Baltimore utilizing anthropological methods through the lens of a public anthropology with a variety of digital media. At this event, students will present the results of their collaborative research, followed by discussion with members of the community and researchers from other universities.
Admission is free.
Department of Art + Design
J. SUSAN ISAACS, PHD SABBATICAL LECTURE:
AMALIE ROTHSCHILD: THE EVOLUTION OF AN ABSTRACT STYLE
Center for the Arts, CA 2032
Thursday, May 10, 6 pm
Dr. Isaacs is curator of the exhibition, Amalie Rothschild: A Retrospective View in the Center for the Arts Gallery and also wrote two of the chapters for the book Life and Work of Amalie Rothschild, 2012. She will be speaking on Rothschild's development as an artist. The Center for the Arts Gallery will be open until 9:30 pm that evening and there is a related concert at 7:30 in the Center for the Arts Recital Hall of music commissioned by the artist's husband, Randolph S. Rothschild, featuring Towson University faculty. Admission is free.
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