October 18, 2019
ArtsUW Roundup: Music of Today, School of Art faculty lectures, and more
This week in the arts, celebrate flamenco with the Paco de Lucía Project, attend the opening reception for Irreducible Forms, tour the Henry Art Gallery with Ariel Goldberg, and more.
Exhibition Opening: Irreducible Forms
October 24 – November 9 | Jacob Lawrence Gallery
Celebrate work by the second-year Master of Fine Arts students working in and between the media of installation, time-based visual art, painting, and sculpture.
Attend the Opening Reception
October 23, 5 – 7pm | Jacob Lawrence Gallery
Free | More info
Music of Today
October 23, 7:30 pm | Meany Center
DXARTS and the School of Music present a program of classic works for loudspeaker orchestra. Featuring work from Richard Karpen, Edgard Varèse, and Francis Dhomont.
Free | More info
A Century: Reading and Conversation with Ariel Goldberg
October 24, 4 – 5 pm | Henry Art Gallery
Join writer and artist Ariel Goldberg for a reading from A Century, their current novel-in-progress. Immediately following the reading, Goldberg will be joined by writer and UW Bothell Senior Artist-in-Residence Rebecca Brown for a conversation about the process of writing A Century and the challenges, surprises, and responsibilities of narrating the invisible.
Tickets are $0 – $10 | More info
Guided Tour with Ariel Goldberg
October 26, 2 – 3pm | Henry Art Gallery
Join writer and artist Ariel Goldberg for a guided tour of the works in Carrie Yamaoka’s first solo exhibition, recto/verso. Goldberg’s tour will consider how themes of visibility, perception, and subjectivity manifest themselves in Yamaoka’s personal studio practice.
Free with limited space | More info
School of Art + Art History + Design Faculty Lectures
Six faculty members will each give presentations during autumn quarter as part of the promotion process. They are listed below in order of date. All lectures take place in the Art Building.
Free | More info
Painting’s Dreams at the End of the World
Stuart Lingo, Associate Professor, Art History
October 24, 5pm | Room 227/229
Making Meaning: Digital Forms, Tactile Processes
Timea Tihanyi, Senior Lecturer, Interdisciplinary Visual Arts
October 30, 6pm | Room 227/229
Faculty Recital: Rachel Lee Priday
October 24, 7:30 pm | Meany Center
The School of Music’s newest faculty member, violinist Rachel Lee Priday, performs works by Bernstein, Bartók, Salonen, Stravinsky, and Franck in her debut UW recital. With guest pianist Julio Elizalde. After the concert, enjoy wine and dessert with Rachel Lee Priday in the West Lobby of Meany Hall.
Tickets are $10 – $20 | More info
Chamber Winds Ensemble
October 27, 1:30 pm | Brechemin Auditorium
Timothy Salzman directs UW Wind Ensemble members as they perform pieces from Jean Françaix, Brian Balmages, and more.
Free | More info
Halloween Organ Concert
October 27, 7:30 pm | Kane Hall
Current and former students of the UW Organ program present this annual favorite—an evening of spooky organ classics—including Bach’s Toccata and Fugue in D minor—on the UW’s Littlefield Organ. With guest curator, recently retired UW Professor of Organ Carole Terry.
Free | More info
The Paco de Lucía Project; Flamenco Legends by Javier Limón
October 29, 8 pm | Meany Center
Paco de Lucía was widely considered the world’s premier flamenco guitarist and by some to be Spain’s greatest music ambassador. Javier Limón, his longtime collaborator, producer and a ten-time Latin Grammy winner, has reassembled the original band that toured with de Lucía for the last decade of his career. With The Paco de Lucía Project, Limón honors the master’s legacy while paving a new path into the future of flamenco.
Tickets are $47 – $55 | More info
