Arts Global Education Center programs feature art, music, films, more
| Global Education Center programs feature art, music, films, more |
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| Tuesday, February 26, 2008 | |
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A world music concert featuring sounds of Indonesia, Cuba and Ghana will be among spring cultural programs at the FedEx Global Education Center at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. The free public events will include a global marketplace, when the center’s atrium will be transformed into a village market featuring sites, sounds and tastes from around the world. The center also will host a children’s story time of fairy tales from around the world. The center is at the corner of Pittsboro and McCauley streets, with limited parking in a deck under the building, accessed from McCauley. Dates and information on spring events are below. For updates and more details, visit http://global.unc.edu/index.php. Friday (Feb. 29), 5:30 p.m. “Form in Translation: The Art of Judith Ernst,” a reception to open an exhibit of Ernst’s paintings and pottery. Ernst, influenced by Middle Eastern and Asian cultures, expresses life, love and faith in her art. Exhibit highlights will include 12 illustrations of the “Song of Songs” from the Hebrew Bible. Ernst’s’ pots reveal ancient symbols connecting clay and the potter to creation and transcendence. Her work will be displayed in the center’s atrium through May 30. This event is sponsored by the Carolina Center for the Study of the Middle East and Muslim Civilizations with support from the Carolina Asia Center, Carolina Center for Jewish Studies, N.C. Center for South Asia Studies and the Center for Global Initiatives. March 4, 6 p.m. “Modern Africa Revealed Through Pieced Art,” a lecture by Wangechi Mutu, part of the art department’s Hanes Lecture Series. Mutu uses images cut from fashion magazines, National Geographic and books about African art to piece together elegant and perverse figures. The goddess-like creations embody the disjoined facets of modern Africa, trapped in the flux of Western perception, internal turmoil, ancient tradition and blossoming future. The program will be part of the art department’s Robin and Nancy Hanes Lecture Series, with support also from the African Studies Center. March 18, 5:30 p.m. “The First Atlantic Slaves 1350-1520: Conquest, Slavery and the Opening of the Atlantic,” a lecture by David Abulafia, a University of Cambridge professor. Abulafia will discuss how an Atlantic slave trade developed out of the much older Mediterranean slave trade and eventually how the slave trade came to link Africa to the New World. The event will be the inaugural lecture in the Crossroads Lecture Series, sponsored by the program in medieval and early modern studies. Cosponsors of the talk will be the College of Arts and Sciences and the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. For more information, contact Kathryn Starkey, This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it or visit http://mems.unc.edu. March 20, 6:30 p.m. “Storybook Time: Fairytales from Across the Globe,” a reading of cherished fairy tales from around the world. Children are encouraged to dress in pajamas and attend a lemonade and cookie reception afterward. March 20, 7 p.m. “War/Dance” film screening, presented by UNC’s African Studies Center and the N.C. State University African Diaspora Film Festival. The screening features Sean Fine and Andrea Nix-Fine’s 2007 documentary that follows three children – Dominic, Rose and Nancy – and their school in the Patongo refugee camp to Uganda’s national music and dance competition. Winner of the 2007 Sundance Best Documentary Director Award, the film captures the inspiration and heartbreak of children trapped in the midst of Uganda’s civil war. March 27, 5 p.m. “Global Village,” a marketplace in the center’s atrium, showcasing music, performances, foods and displays from around the world. April 1, 6 p.m. “Contemporary Portraits with Traditional Coloring,” a talk by Youssef Nabil. A Cairo native, Nabil reflects his love of cinema through dramatic photography. In his portraits, Nabil combines contemporary style and traditional hand coloring techniques. The program is part of the art department’s Hanes Lecture Series. April 10, 5:30 p.m. “Marketing Muslim Women,” a talk by Tayyibah Taylor, part of the Duke-UNC Marketing Muslim Women Conference. Taylor is the founder, publisher and editor of the Azizah, a quarterly magazine with the motto, “It’s more than a magazine, it’s a catalyst for empowerment.” The magazine highlights accomplishments by Muslim women. April 17, 8 p.m. “Euro-Francophonie Film Festival,” part of a symposium discussing how Middle Eastern immigrants have changed Europe socially, culturally and linguistically. The event is sponsored by UNC’s Center for European Studies. April 19, 5 p.m. “World Music Concert,” with sounds of Indonesia, Cuba and Ghana, sponsored by the Carolina Seminar Program. Events will be as follows:
April 24, 7 p.m., 8 p.m., Belly Dance and Dabka lessons. Women are invited 7 p.m. class in belly dancing, a traditional Arabic dance that doubles as exercise and lots of fun. Both genders may take part in Dabka lessons starting at 8 p.m., taught by the Arab Student Organization. Sometimes called Dabke or Dabkeh, the group dance is the national dance of Lebanon, Jordan, Syria and Palestine. Web site: www.global.unc.edu FedEx Global Education Center contact: Laura Griest, (919) 962-0318 or This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it News Services contact: LJ Toler, (919) 962-8589 |