“Leonard Stokes: Collages”
Mildred Hawn Gallery, Hamon Arts Library – Owen Arts Center
Running through March 15, the “Leonard Stokes: Collages” exhibition will feature a survey of collages by the New York artist in conjunction with his participation as a visiting artist in the Meadows Division of Art. While trained as a painter at Yale, Stokes has been creating collages incorporating pop, classical and Asian elements for more than 30 years, working digitally since 1991. His work has been displayed extensively in New York, as well as in other cities around the country. The exhibit is free and open during regular library hours.
Meadows Museum
“Evening Gallery Talk: Regionalism/Nationalism/Internationalism: Jerry Bywaters the Painter”
Tonight guest speaker John Lunsford, former director of the Meadows Museum and Curator Emeritus of the Dallas Museum of Art, will discuss Bywaters’ paintings within the broader context of American art from the early 1920s to mid 1940s. For Bywaters, familiarity with the natural world and incorporating it and its effects were basic to his style of art. Landscape afforded Bywaters an avenue of experimentation with media. He worked with equal ability in oil (“Ranch Gate”), watercolor (“Near Abiqui”) and pastel (“Chisos Mountains”). Although the pinnacle of his career was the 10-year period from 1933 to 1943 when he was able to travel frequently to Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico and West Texas, Bywaters continued depicting landscapes long after he had turned away from other subjects. The evening’s discussion begins at 5:30 and is free. Call 214-768-4677 for more information.
Meadows Distinguised Artist Series: Andrés Díaz,
February 2,
Caruth Auditorium – Owen Arts Center
Since winning first place in the 1986 Naumburg International Cello Competition, the most prestigious cello competition in the world, Andrés Díaz has established an international performing and recording career. He has appeared with major orchestras from South America to the Soviet Union and from Japan to New Zealand, has performed throughout the U.S. at such venues as Carnegie Hall, the Library of Congress and the Spoleto Festival, and has won awards for his recordings. One of his most recent CDs, featuring the works of Martinu, Lutoslawski and Rachmaninoff, won The Classical Recording Foundation 2003 Award and, according to the Wall Street Journal, is a top pick on Yo-Yo Ma’s iPod. The evening begins at 8:00. Tickets are $13 for adults, $10 for seniors, and $7 for students, faculty and staff. For more information, call 214-768-2787.
