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LECTURES Between Books and Bowls: Meanderings around the Art of Medieval Islamic Ceramics Thursday, March 29 at 6:00 Fullerton Hall Oya Pancaroglu, Bilkent University, Ankara EXHIBITION OVERVIEWS Tuesday, April 24, 12:00 Saturday, May 26, 12:00 Friday, June 29, 12:00 Thursday, July 19, 7:00 (*note this is the one different time) Tuesday, August 7, 12:00 Friday, October 18, 12:00 *all meet in Gallery 100 SYMPOSIA Tickets for symposia are $14 for Art Institute members; $18 for the public. To buy tickets, call (312) 575-8000 or click here. Islamic Ornament Friday, April 20 at 6:00 Fullerton Hall Keynote speaker: Oleg Grabar, Institute for Advanced Study in the School of Historical Studies, Princeton Saturday, April 21, 10:30–2:30 Smart Museum of Art African Innovations: Trade, Islam, and the Spread of Ideas from the 9th through the 14th Centuries Saturday, April 28, 10:30–1:30 Fullerton Hall Venice: Looking toward the East Saturday, May 19, 10:00–1:00 Fullerton Hall back to top PERFORMANCES Voices: Ibn Battuta, from Morocco to China Thursday, April 11 at noon Fullerton Hall Voices : Arabic Odes, Rumi, and Hafiz Thursday, May 10 at noon Fullerton Hall Weaving Sound: Banjara Singers from Rajastan May 12 at 6:00 Fullerton Hall Voices: Paradise Gardens: Tiles in Bloom June 21 at 12:00 Fullerton Hall FAMILY PROGRAMS Mini Masters: Over and Over—Pattern Saturday, May 5, 10:30–11:30 Saturday, May 12, 10:30–11:30 Kraft Education Center To register, call (312) 857-7161. Family Workshop: Pattern Painting Thursday, May 5, 2:00–3:30 Kraft Education Center To register, call (312) 857-7161. TEACHER PROGRAM Word and Image: Islamic Art June 7, 9:30-3:30 Fee: $50; 5 CPDUs Learn more about Islam and its rich artistic traditions as we look at objects from the Middle East, Africa, and Asia. Participants in this one-day workshop will study works featured in the special exhibition Perpetual Glory: Medieval Islamic Ceramics from the Harvey B. Plotnick Collection as well as objects in the museum’s collection. Through gallery activities and discussion teachers will learn how to incorporate Islamic art in their visual art, math, science, social studies, and language arts curricula. Meets Illinois State Goals in Social Science and Fine Arts. Fill out the registration form for this event. UPCOMING PROGRAMS ON ART FROM OTHER PARTS OF THE ISLAMIC WORLD "Venice: Looking Toward the East" symposium. 5/19, 10:00-1:00 Fullerton Hall Members, $14; Public, $18. call (312) 575-8000. Converging Spaces: Encounters with Memory, History, and Identity Thursday, April 19 at 6:00 Fullerton Hall Lalla Essaydi, photographer back to top |
