On Saturday and Sunday, December 18 and 19, the UMW Faculty Brass Quintet, led by UMW Philharmonic Director Kevin Bartram, will perform two free holiday shows. The Saturday performance is from 1-2 p.m. at the Spotsylania Towne Centre Food Court. The show will be repeated on Sunday outside of Joseph-Beth Booksellers also at the Towne Centre.
Anthropology and Egalitarianism is a provocative and accessible introduction to key ideas in cultural anthropology, focusing on the experience of fieldwork and the concept of culture. Writing in a deeply personal style and using material from his field work in three dramatically different locales–Indonesia, West Africa and Monticello the historic home of Thomas Jefferson–Eric Gable shows why the ethnographic encounter is the core of the discipline’s method and the basis of its unique contribution to understanding the human condition. Gable weaves together vignettes from the field and discussion of major works as he explores the development of the idea of culture through the experience of cultural contrast, anthropology’s fraught relationship to racism and colonialism, and other enduring themes.
Indiana University Press
Martin Luther King Day Art Workshop
Drawing for the Rest of Us: An Introduction to Drawing
Monday, Jan. 17, 2011, 10 a.m. – 4 p.m.
Sixth grade through adult
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| pencil sketch by Gari Melchers |
This workshop is an introduction to basic drawing tools, warming-up exercises, and techniques that can be used to help build a foundation to experience the joy of drawing.
Cost: $20 members and UMW staff/students; $25 non-members. To register, contact Education Coordinator Michelle Crow-Dolby at 540/654-1851.
The 2010 Commonwealth of Virginia Campaign (CVC) is in full swing and you still have time to participate. Your gift, of any size, will go to the Virginia charity of your choice out of 1300 different options – go to http://www.cvc.vipnet.org/donors/directorylist.htm to see the list.
Congratulations to Judy Singleton, the winner of the Giant gift card!
We are encouraging everyone to donate ONLINE through EmployeeDirect by visiting the CVC website and clicking on the “Give Now” green button in the middle of the home page: http://www.cvc.vipnet.org/index.html. Donations can also be made by completing a pledge card and returning the completed card to the Administration and Finance Office in George Washington Hall, Room 105.
Please note: Donations DO NOT automatically roll over. You must complete a new pledge card or make your donation online each year. For pledge cards or questions please contact a CVC team member: Priscilla Sullivan, Rick Pearce, and Anika Wilson.
Thank you.
“Decoding a Pictorial Tradition: Images of the Annunciation”
Sunday, December 12, 2 p.m.
In an illustrated presentation, Belmont Curator Joanna Catron traces the depiction of this favorite biblical episode through art history, unlocking the doctrinal symbolism at its core.
Free
