Weekender information is compiled by Leigh Houck, News and Media Relations Intern
Shinkoskey Noon Concert: Tanya Tomkins, cello, and Eric Zivian, piano, Recital Hall, Ann E. Pitzer Center, 嘿嘿视频, Thursday, Jan. 23, 12:05 to 1 p.m., free.
- Musicians will perform works by Chopin, Beethoven, and Debussy. More information on this concert and other upcoming Shinkoskey Noon Concerts
Winter Season Celebration, Jan Shrem and Maria Manetti Shrem Museum of Art, Sunday, Jan. 26, 3 to 5 p.m., free.
- The Winter Season Celebration marks the opening of two new exhibitions at the Manetti Shrem (Stephen Kaltenbach: The Beginning and The End and Gesture: The Human Figure After Abstraction) as well as the installation of outdoor sculptures by art professor emeritus Manuel Neri. Additional information about the event .
Granville Redmond: The Eloquent Palette, Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento, Sunday, Jan. 26 through Sunday, May 17
- An exhibition of work by painter Granville Redmond will be on display at the Crocker Museum through early May. Redmond鈥檚 work depicts the natural beauty of the California landscape, primarily in oils.
- More information about the Redmond exhibition .
Save the date: maker of monumental sculptures will give Thiebaud lecture Feb. 6
By Jeffrey Day, College of Letters and Science
Sculptor Leonardo Drew will give the sixth annual on Feb. 6 at 4:30 p.m. The free lecture, presented by the 嘿嘿视频 Department of Art and Art History, will be held at the Jan Shrem and Maria Manetti Shrem Museum of Art.
Drew creates massive sculptures using oxidation, burning and decay that critique social injustices and the cyclical nature of existence. His art has been shown internationally and is in numerous collections, including the Metropolitan Museum of Art; The Guggenheim; the Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles; The Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden; and the Tate Modern in London.
Drew takes inspiration ranging from the dump near his childhood home in Connecticut, a slave trading post in Senegal he visited, to Chinese ceramics and Japanese papermaking. While his artworks appear to be made of found and cast-off items, they are not; he creates the aged and broken appearance of the materials. He has described his art and process as an exploration of the world, materials and himself.
鈥淎s a receiver of information, I want to take in as much as possible, I want to learn as much as possible, and I want to give back as much as possible,鈥 he said in a recent interview. 鈥淵ou know that you don't have all the answers, and the unknown is the best place to be as an artist. That actually leads you to ask questions. That鈥檚 the position I place myself in, always.鈥
His most recent public commission, 鈥淐ity in the Grass,鈥 was a 100-by-30-foot topographical mosaic in Madison Square Park in New York City last year. In 2017 he created an installation in the massive lobby of the de Young Museum in San Francisco, and last year installed a commissioned piece at the San Francisco International Airport. Drew currently has a at the Hammer Museum in Los Angeles and is represented in San Francisco by .
The lecture series is named for the late Betty Jean Thiebaud, filmmaker and educator, and her husband, Wayne Thiebaud, world-renowned artist and 嘿嘿视频 professor emeritus.
A New York Times review of Drew鈥檚 work is available .
Design Museum exhibition starts Friday
Appreciation and Adaptation: Homage to Global Textiles, 嘿嘿视频 Design Museum, Cruess Hall, Room 124, Friday Jan. 23 through April 18, free.
- An exhibition on world textiles opens late January. The exhibition, curated by Paul J. Smith, highlights 鈥渢raditional textiles from Africa, Asia and South America鈥 as well as works by 嘿嘿视频 students highlighting the continuing relevance of traditional cultures and how they drive design thinking in new directions.
- More information on the exhibit, along with museum hours,
Upcoming: Taproot New Music Festival, 嘿嘿视频, Tuesday, Jan. 28 through Sunday, Feb. 2,
- The biennial Taproot New Music Festival will feature Quince Ensemble, Spektral Quartet, and Empyrean Ensemble. The festival is presented by the 嘿嘿视频 Department of Music and the Robert and Margrit Mondavi Center for the Performing Arts.
- Learn more about the festival and performances