February
Continuing Through April 9
Gloria Victis: The Conservation of Marius-Jean-Antonin Mercié’s Bronze Monument to the Fallen
The Trout Gallery, Weiss Center for the Arts
Gallery hours: Monday through Saturday, 10 a.m.-4 p.m.
This exhibition celebrates the recent conservation of Marius-Jean-Antonin Mercié’s bronze statue of “Gloria Victis,” or “Glory to the Fallen.” Mercié made this statue to honor his fallen countrymen in the Franco-Prussian War. The statue represents a winged allegorical figure of Fame, who carries to glory a dying French soldier, his broken sword a symbol of French defeat. Conservation performed by Meghan Abercrombie ‘15, working under the direction of conservator Brian Howard.
Continuing Through April 9
INK SILVER PLATINUM: Floating Worlds and Earthly Matters
The Trout Gallery, Weiss Center for the Arts
Gallery hours: Monday through Saturday, 10 a.m.-4 p.m.
This exhibition features a selection of 19th-century woodblock prints by Kunisada Utagawa, Katsushika Hokusai and Tsukioka Yoshitoshi and contemporary photographs by Ken Kitano, Toshio Shibata, Yao Lu and Yamamoto Masao.
Feb. 2-27
Alexis Granwell
Goodyear Gallery, Goodyear Building (Cedar Street entrance)
Gallery hours: Tuesday through Friday, 3-5 p.m.; Saturday, 2-5 p.m.
Philadelphia artist Alexis Granwell will exhibit works on paper and sculpture, using handmade paper, papier- mâché, paint, concrete, steel and found objects that hover between the architectural and the corporeal. Granwell’s new works suggest geological formations, architectural ruins and fossils, evoking the movement of time.
Learn more
- Alexis Granwell (official site)
- Studio-art program
- Goodyear Gallery
- Previous art & art-history events
Friday, Feb. 5, 7 p.m.
Die schöne Müllerin by Franz Schubert
Rubendall Recital Hall, Weiss Center for the Arts
Visiting Instructor in Voice Jonathan Hays and guest pianist Craig Ketter perform works for piano and voice by Franz Schubert. This is the sister recital of the Winterreise program that the duo presented in Rubendall Recital Hall in February 2013. It will feature Ketter in a solo performance of Schubert’s A minor sonata and both performers in Schubert’s psychologically and musically complex song cycle Die schöne Müllerin.
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Sunday, Feb. 14, 4 p.m.
Faculty Recital: Prayers & Souvenirs
Rubendall Recital Hall, Weiss Center for the Arts
Cellist Michael Cameron will perform works by Max Bruch, J.S. Bach and P.I. Tchaikovsky. He will be joined by pianist Jennifer Blyth, violinists Stephanie Chase and Blanka Bednarz, violists Robin Massie-Pighee and Daniel Brye and cellist Cheng Chau.
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Thursday, Feb. 25, noon
Noonday Concert
Rubendall Recital Hall, Weiss Center for the Arts
This concert features students in Dickinson’s performance-studies program.
Feb. 26, 27 and 29 and March 1, 8 p.m.
Big Love by Charles L. Mee
Mathers Theatre, Holland Union Building
In this unconventional retelling of The Suppliant Women by Aeschylus, Charles L. Mee turns the ancient tale of justice, revenge and the battle of the sexes into a wild celebration of love and a meditation on the contemporary themes of domestic abuse and gender inequality.
“ ‘Big Love’ is the simple, direct, important, easy-to-remember title of a fanciful theater piece you will never forget.”
– The New York Times
Learn more
- Theatre & dance special programs
- “A Night at the Olive Garden” (fall 2015)
- “Honor Among Thieves” (spring 2015)
- Online box office
Sunday, Feb. 28, 4 p.m.
Music for Clarinet & Piano:
Jihoon Chang and Eun Ae Baik-Kim
Rubendall Recital Hall, Weiss Center for the Arts
U.S. Marine Band clarinetist Jihoon Chang and faculty pianist Eun Ae Baik-Kim will perform works by Malcolm Arnold, Robert Schumann and Cuban composer Paquito D’Rivera. They will be joined by bassoonist Kimberly Buchar for a performance of Robert Pound’s trio, when we three meet.
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All arts events listed in the Calendar of Arts are open to the public and are free, unless otherwise noted. Events listed in the Calendar of Arts are subject to change. Please contact the appropriate department prior to an event to confirm that it will take place as listed.