Celebrating 160 years & beyond! - Moore College of Art and Design
Celebrating 160 years & beyond! - Moore College of Art and Design
Celebrating 160 years & beyond! - Moore College of Art and Design
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Fall 2008<br />
Gallery News<br />
2nd Annual Curating &<br />
Education Luncheon<br />
The 2nd Annual Curating & Education Luncheon<br />
was presented by The Galleries at <strong>Moore</strong> <strong>and</strong><br />
Janet Kaplan, director <strong>of</strong> <strong>Moore</strong>’s Curatorial<br />
Studies major, on March 20. The program drew<br />
more than 60 area artists, arts pr<strong>of</strong>essionals <strong>and</strong><br />
curators from galleries, museums <strong>and</strong> other<br />
not-for-pr<strong>of</strong>it organizations, as well as <strong>Moore</strong><br />
faculty <strong>and</strong> students. The Curating & Education<br />
programs are made possible through the generous<br />
support <strong>of</strong> Frances <strong>and</strong> Bayard Storey.<br />
Summer fun at <strong>Moore</strong> –<br />
Pamela Deitrich ’70 Circus Time<br />
<strong>and</strong> Family Fun Day<br />
Circus Time, presented in the Graham Gallery June 6 through<br />
August 9, featured bright, colorful drawings <strong>of</strong> clowns, tigers <strong>and</strong><br />
tightrope walkers created by <strong>Moore</strong> alumna Pamela Deitrich ’70<br />
during live performances at Big Apple Circus. The drawings<br />
are the basis <strong>of</strong> a forthcoming children’s book. In addition to an<br />
artist’s talk, The Galleries presented a Family Fun Day on July 12 in<br />
conjunction with the exhibition. More than 50 children <strong>and</strong> their<br />
families enjoyed making their own Circus Storybooks <strong>and</strong><br />
listening to circus tales told by storytellers from the Free Library<br />
<strong>of</strong> Philadelphia.<br />
A lunchtime series <strong>of</strong> artist talks,<br />
tours <strong>and</strong> film screenings designed to fit<br />
everyone’s hectic schedule so you can<br />
simultaneously fuel your body while you<br />
feed your mind.<br />
Friday, October 10 <strong>and</strong> Tuesday,<br />
October 21, 11:45 am – 12:45 pm<br />
Film screening <strong>of</strong> The Powers <strong>of</strong> Ten<br />
Charles <strong>and</strong> Ray Eames’ 1977 acclaimed film is<br />
presented in conjunction with <strong>Design</strong>Philadelphia<br />
<strong>and</strong> the October celebrations <strong>of</strong> The Powers <strong>of</strong> Ten<br />
held nationwide to promote awareness, underst<strong>and</strong>ing<br />
<strong>and</strong> tolerance.<br />
Wednesday, October 15,<br />
11:45 am – 12:45 pm<br />
Gallery Talk on Alice Neel<br />
Author <strong>and</strong> art historian Sarah Powers talks about the<br />
life <strong>and</strong> work <strong>of</strong> Alice Neel.<br />
Thursday, October 16,<br />
11:45 am – 12:45 pm<br />
Film screening <strong>of</strong> Green:<br />
The New Red, White <strong>and</strong> Blue<br />
Screening <strong>of</strong> New York Times columnist <strong>and</strong> three-time<br />
Pulitzer Prize-Winner Thomas Friedman’s film about<br />
the other inconvenient truth, the unprecedented scale<br />
<strong>of</strong> changes that need to be made in the world<br />
to combat global warming. Presented in<br />
conjunction with <strong>Design</strong>Philadelphia.<br />
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