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Carleton College’s Weitz Center for Creativity is the setting for two new art exhibits opening in January 2012 in the College’s Perlman Teaching Museum. In the Kaemmer Family Gallery, “Running the Numbers: Portraits of Mass Consumption” presents large but intricate color images based on statistics to visually dramatize aspects of contemporary American culture. In the adjoining Braucher Gallery, “A Complex Weave: Women and Identity in Contemporary Art” reveals the ongoing vitality of the Feminist artist movement with works by 17 contemporary women artists exploring aspects of identity through painting, drawing, needlework, photography and other media. Both exhibits will be on display Friday, January 13 through Sunday, March 11, 2012. Gallery admission is free and open to the public.
This exhibition focuses on the rich artistic and cultural exchange that has taken place between Japan and the US since WWII. Tracing the remarkable career of Yoshida Hodaka, the exhibition explores issues of cultural identity and globalization for Japanese and Japanese Americans.
Flaten Gallery Hours Monday: 10 am - 5 pm Tuesday: 10 am - 5 pm Wednesday: 10 am - 5 pm Thursday: 10 am - 8 pm Friday: 10 am - 5 pm Saturday: 2 pm - 5 pm Sunday: 2 pm - 5 pm The gallery is closed summers, holidays and college breaks. Julie Fakler creates vibrant domestic animal paintings using acrylic on hardboard; Philip Taylor paints improvisationally with acrylic on canvas; John Wells applies paint and other materials in layers to create abstract works. Oil paintings of local interest by Marsha Kolstad Morrill Kitchel are featured in this exhibit that runs from February 27 through April 9, 2012. This gallery is located near the lab waiting area at Allina Medical Clinic of Northfield at 1440 Jefferson Road. Regular Clinic Hours are 7 am to 8 pm Monday through Thursday, 7 am to 7 pm Fridays, and 9 am to 3 pm Saturdays. Start: Feb 29 2012 4:00 pm
An informal dialog with Professors Karil Kucera and Matthew Rohn who discuss the post-World War II Japanese and American Artistic Exchange. Start: Feb 29 2012 7:00 pm
An ongoing series of films at Carleton College’s Weitz Center for Creativity, showcasing the best of contemporary cinema from around the world, will present John Sayles' "Lone Star" on Wednesday, Feb. 29 at 7 p.m. The Global Cinema series, presented by the College’s Department of Cinema and Media Studies and curated by assistant professor Jay Beck, is free and open to the public. Written and directed by John Sayles "Lone Star" (1996) stars Kris Kristofferson, Matthew McConaughey, Chris Cooper, and Elizabeth Pena. In a small town in Texas, the skeleton of the former sheriff is unearthed and, in his investigation of his predecessor’s murder, the new sheriff stumbles into a complicated mystery. For more information about all screenings, including disability accommodations, contact Carleton College Director of the Art Steve Richardson at (507) 222-4389. The Weitz Center for Creativity is located at 320 Third Street East in Northfield. Start: Feb 29 2012 7:30 pm
The Carleton College Department of Theater and Dance will present a special Winter Dance Showcase on Wednesday, Feb. 29 at 7:30 p.m. in the Weitz Center for Creativity Studio. Featuring guest artist Heather Klopchin and members of the acclaimed Stuart Pimsler Dance and Theater Company along with 35 Carleton students, this event is free and open to the public.
The showcase will include Klopchin’s driving and exciting piece of choreography, “Gridlock,” as well as performances by Carleton senior Chelsea Lau (Hastings, Neb.) and first-year student Kelly Banker (Harvard, Mass.). The evening will culminate with performances through the Weitz Center for Creativity by members of the “Performing Politics” class, led by Stuart Pimsler and company members who have been in residence at Carleton this winter term.
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