Calendar of Events
Events scheduled for Monday, August 17 (after 5 p.m.) through Monday, August 31 (before 5 p.m.)
Clothesline Arts Festival
Saturday and SundaySeptember 12 & 13
10 a.m.6 p.m.
Memorial Art Gallery
Arts and crafts for sale,
plus live performances,
food, and art activities
ART
August 19, Preschool Family Workshop. Looking for a summer activity to share with your preschooler? Exploring Textures: Mixed Media is for ages 2-5, accompanied by an adult. Admission is $6 per person and includes gallery admission. Meet at the Admission Desk, Memorial Art Gallery. 10:15 a.m.
August 30, Curator's Comment. Marjorie Searl will speak on "George Bellow's Evening Group. 3 p.m.
ONGOING EXHIBITS AND TOURS
At Rush Rhees Library- Monday-Thursday, 9 a.m. - noon, 1 - 5 p.m.
Through November, Frederick Exley and Jonathan Yardley: A Novelist and his Biographer. An exhibition showcasing items ranging from Exley's Smith Corona manual typewriter and family photographs to letters from writers John Cheever, William Styron, and Larry McMurtry. Also works by Yardley, who researched his 1997 biography of Exley, Misfit: The Strange Life of Frederick Exley, at Rush Rhees Library.
At Memorial Art Gallery473-7720
Tour of the Collection--Free with gallery admission. Admission Desk. August 18, 25, 7:30 p.m.
Exhibition Tour of Chihuly Seaforms and Vitreographs--Free with Gallery admission. Admission Desk. 2 p.m.
Through 1998, Form and Glaze: Fulper Pottery from the Donald S. Hall Collection. Fulper ware, a prized American art pottery from the early 20th century, is highlighted in this collection of more than 50 objects collected over 20 years by Donald Hall, former director of Strasenburgh Planetarium.
Through September 20, Vitreographs: Prints from Glass Plates. Pioneering glass artist Harvey Littleton has invited other artists to experiment with vitreography, an innovative printmaking process that uses sandblasted glass plates. The exhibition includes 49 vitreographs by many artists.
Through September 13, Art Glass by Modern Masters from Rochester Collections. Works include pieces by five artists featured in last year's White House Collection of American Crafts: Dale Chihuly, Harvey Littleton, John Littleton, John Kuhn, and Kate Vogel. A six-foot glass feather by Stephen Dean Edwards, and a fragile "bubble vessel" by Stephen Rolfe Powell will be displayed along with works by other area artists.
Through September 6, A Is for Architecture. An exhibition of 20 delicate watercolor drawings of house plans from the collection of the Rochester Historical Society.
Through August 23, Chaim Gross: Song of Songs Portfolio. An exhibition of lithographs, some inspired by the Biblical love songs attributed to King Solomon.
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RELIGION
River Campus Interfaith Chapel
Roman Catholic Mass
August 23, 30, 10 a.m.
Medical Center Interfaith Chapel
Roman Catholic Mass
August 19, 21, 24, 26, 28, 31, 12:30 p.m.; August 23, 30, 11:15 a.m.
Interdenominational Protestant Worship
August 23, 30, 10:15 a.m.
ACTIVITIES PROGRAM
Discounts for activities are available to all University staff and faculty through the Employee Activities Program. All tickets are available at the Hospital Cashier's Office and the River Campus Parking Office. The Eastman School, MAG, and Bursar's Office carry theater tickets only. Discount cards/brochures are available at the River Campus Parking Office and the Conference and Events Office, Room 33A, Administration Building. For further information, check the Employee Activities Program newsletter or call x5-7942.
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