LINING: SHEATHING
Exhibition: January 16 – May 4
Reception: Thursday, April 19 from 5-7pm
Lining: Sheathing is a large-scale installation about the tactile and protective qualities of textiles by collaborators Denise Bookwalter and Lee Running. The artists have been working together for five years, creating installations and artist books that include printed fabric, handmade paper, woodblock prints, custom garments and embroidery. This installation has been developed in residencies at Penland School of Crafts, Penland NC, Constellation Studios, Lincoln NE, and Small Craft Advisory Press, Tallahassee FL. The focal point of the installation is a room-size tent suspended beneath a skylight. The tent is made from large printed and dyed textile panels which create a space that viewers can enter. Viewers are invited to try on one of the handmade garments and view the series of eight queen bed sized woodblock prints on handmade paper. For the exhibition at the WCU Fine Art Museum, Bookwalter and Running will also create a three-story site-specific window installation for the atrium of the Bardo Arts Center.

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Image Caption: Detail: Denise Bookwalter, Lee Emma Running, “LINING:SHEATHING”, 2011

Willie Cole: Soles and Boards from Highpoint Editions
Exhibition: January 16 – May 4, 2018

Since 1989, Willie Cole has employed the image of the clothes iron in his work. Cole morphs this utilitarian object to represent and reference a range of associations from African masks to scarification to slavery and the transatlantic slave trade. This exhibition presents prints from Cole’s time working at Highpoint Editions in Minneapolis, Minnesota from 2011-2012.

Image Caption: Image Courtesy of Highpoint Editions and Willie Cole

guest speaker

lecture series

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Concert

Violinist

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Movie

Jessica Nash C&E Senior Recital

Movie

N/A

Movie

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Movie

student seminar

Iva Veazey is a visiting presenter who will lead a meditation session for School of Art and Design students. 

LIFE@Western Carolina meeting meets on Tuedsay's from 10am-12pm

Promotional Event

School of Music Faculty Recital presented by Wil Peebles (bassoon) and Michael Schallock (tuba), accompanied by Lillian Pearson.

Renown NYC based dance company, Urban Bush Women brings their new work Hair & Other Stories to the Bardo Arts Center Stage. Hair & Other Stories is a multidisciplinary performance that addresses matters of race, gender identity, and economic inequality through the lens of hair, primarily that of African American women.

Science Fair

Assurance of Learning student workshop on improving professional writing skills. Presented by Dr. Joe Lakatos.

Speaker

spoken word artist

Science Fair for the Biology Department

lecture series

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Magician

By Archibald Macleish
Directed by Claire Eye

The Pulitzer-Prize winning verse play that tells the updated story of the biblical Job in a circus tent, where God and the devil do battle for one man's soul. A visual and literary masterpiece.

The Pulitzer Prize winning verse play, J.B., by Archibald Macleish, will open the Spring semester. Set in a circus tent, J.B. is the story of the Biblical Job, with God and the devil doing battle for one man’s soul. Filled with beautiful language, circus imagery, acrobatics, and aerials, this production is sure to enthrall. J.B. will be directed by Claire Eye, Assistant Professor of Theatre, and will be presented from February 8-10th at 7:30 PM and February 11th at 3:00 PM in the Hoey Auditiorium.

The Pulitzer Prize winning verse play, J.B., by Archibald Macleish, will open the Spring semester. Set in a circus tent, J.B. is the story of the Biblical Job, with God and the devil doing battle for one man’s soul. Filled with beautiful language, circus imagery, acrobatics, and aerials, this production is sure to enthrall. J.B. will be directed by Claire Eye, Assistant Professor of Theatre, and will be presented from February 8-10th at 7:30 PM and February 11th at 3:00 PM in the Hoey Auditiorium.

By Archibald Macleish
Directed by Claire Eye

The Pulitzer-Prize winning verse play that tells the updated story of the biblical Job in a circus tent, where God and the devil do battle for one man's soul. A visual and literary masterpiece.

Movie

N/A

By Archibald Macleish
Directed by Claire Eye

The Pulitzer-Prize winning verse play that tells the updated story of the biblical Job in a circus tent, where God and the devil do battle for one man's soul. A visual and literary masterpiece.

n/a

Movie

By Archibald Macleish
Directed by Claire Eye

The Pulitzer-Prize winning verse play that tells the updated story of the biblical Job in a circus tent, where God and the devil do battle for one man's soul. A visual and literary masterpiece.

The Pulitzer Prize winning verse play, J.B., by Archibald Macleish, will open the Spring semester. Set in a circus tent, J.B. is the story of the Biblical Job, with God and the devil doing battle for one man’s soul. Filled with beautiful language, circus imagery, acrobatics, and aerials, this production is sure to enthrall. J.B. will be directed by Claire Eye, Assistant Professor of Theatre, and will be presented from February 8-10th at 7:30 PM and February 11th at 3:00 PM in the Hoey Auditiorium.

Movie

By Archibald Macleish
Directed by Claire Eye

The Pulitzer-Prize winning verse play that tells the updated story of the biblical Job in a circus tent, where God and the devil do battle for one man's soul. A visual and literary masterpiece.

student seminar

LIFE@Western Carolina meeting meets on Tuedsay's from 10am-12pm

School of Art & Design Alumni Invitational Exhibition
Exhibition: February 13 – May 4, 2018
Reception: February 15, 2018

In celebration of the 10th anniversary of the College of Fine & Performing Arts, the WCU Fine Art Museum invites 12 accomplished alumni of the School of Art & Design back to campus for this exhibition. Exhibiting artists include Amy M. Anderson, Connie Bostic, Mary Charles Griffin, Luzene Hill, Sally Jacobs, Cole Johnson, Dakota Ling, Jeff Marley, Olivia Mears, Tom Pazderka, Byron Tenesaca, and Preston Tolbert.

Image Caption: Tom Pazderka, Angels of the New Light, 2017, ash, charcoal, and oil on burned panel, 43 x 43 in

Faculty Recital

LMP Weekly Programming

lecture series

Various colloquium talks

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Poetry

Guest Artist to perform on flute

Movie

Movie

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Movie

Movie

student seminar

WCU Football 

Fellowship of Christian's Athletes Rally

Keynote Speaker - Dr. Lonnie Johnson

LIFE@Western Carolina meeting meets on Tuedsay's from 10am-12pm

n/a

Guest Artist

WCU Football

guest lecture

lecture series

Open House

Open House for Freedom in a Can RV

Lecture

WCU Football

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Movie

CoB Open House - ACCT per Judy Fleming

STL Orientation

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Movie

TAO: Drum Heart is the latest production from TAO, internationally-acclaimed percussion artists. TAO’s modern, high-energy performances showcasing the ancient art of Japanese drumming have transfixed audiences worldwide. Combining highly physical, large-scale drumming with contemporary costumes, precise choreography, and innovative visuals, the performers of TAO: Drum Heart create an energetic and unforgettable production.

Movie

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Performance by members of the WCU Clarinet Studio with pianist Lillian Buss Pearson

student seminar

WCU Football

Mandatory informative lecture for students who are being initiated into a Greek Letter organization in the Spring of 2017

Concert in BAC

LIFE@Western Carolina meeting meets on Tuedsay's from 10am-12pm

50th Annual Juried Undergraduate Exhibition
Exhibition: February 27 - March 30, 2018
Reception: Thursday, March 22 from 5-7pm

A highlight of each spring season, the Annual Juried Undergraduate Exhibition is the longest running exhibition tradition at Western Carolina University. Dr. Beth Hinderliter, Associate Professor of Cross Disciplinary Studies at James Madison University, serves as juror for this display of creative expression in a variety of media by undergraduates at Western Carolina University. All undergraduate students enrolled at WCU are eligible to apply.

Image Caption: Lauren Medford, “Cookie Cutters”, 2015, Best in Show, 48th Annual Juried Undergraduate Exhibition

Cherokee Tour

A panel discussion about nonviolence, co-sponsored by the Office of Equal Opportunity and Diversity Programs.

A Black History Month choral celebration featuring Inspirational Gospel Choir, WCU Concert Choir and University Chorus.

WCU Football

Concert by guest clarinetist of Germany, Allan Ware