docent tours - Bowers Museum

MARCH
SATURDAY | March 2
From Hollywood to Main
Street: How Films Influence
American Fashion*^
Dr. Lynn Mally, Professor Emerita of
History, UCI, specialist in the history of
fashion, examines how films set styles for
both dressy and casual wear during the
period from the 1920s to the 1960s and
discusses whether this impact continues
today.
SATURDAY | March 9
Forgotten Fortress:
Returning to Lower Nubia <
Dr. Laurel Bestock, Assistant Professor of
Egyptology and Archaeology, Department
of Egyptology and Ancient Western Asian
Studies, Brown University.
Free
SUNDAY | March 10
1:30 PM – 3 PM
Lecture
Inside the Process:
Award-Winning Costume
Designers Speak*^
Mary Rose, President of the Costume
Designers Guild, moderator.
SATURDAY | March 23
11 AM – NOON
Yukon Gold: Placer Mining
and Crystal Treasures
Gold mining methods in Canada’s Yukon
Territory during the last great gold rush
ranged from the use of simple pans to
huge dredges. These simpler methods, still
used today, allow for rare treasures--gold
crystals--to be identified and preserved.
Sponsored by the Bead Society of OC.
Free
2 PM – 3 PM
Dress and Identity in the
Life of Marlene Dietrich
(1901-1992)*^
Christina Johnson, Associate Curator,
Fashion Institute of Design and
Merchandising (FIDM); M.A., Visual Culture,
New York University.
Presented in association with FIDM.
SUNDAY | March 24
1:30 PM – 3 PM
Sacred Sites and Ceremonial
Performing Arts of the
Pacific Islands**
Jim Berenholtz, noted ethnomusicologist
based in San Francisco, presents a visually
stunning lecture and demonstration of
the ceremonial dance and music of native
Polynesia, Melanesia, and Micronesia with
indigenous musical instruments. Audience
participation including learning the Hawaiian
chant to Lara, the goddess of the forest.
THURSDAY | March 28
Timeless Melodies:
Rodgers & Hart *
In this first of two parts on the music of
Richard Rodgers, follow Timeless Melodies’
salute to “Old Broadway” with the first
truly successful Broadway partnership and
great songs like Manhattan, Lady is a Tramp,
Blue Moon, and many others.
All programs are subject to change. Tickets are non-refundable. Proceeds benefit the
Bowers Education programs. Free programs do not require advance reservations.
Seating is given on a first come first served basis.
For all other programs, advance reservations can be made at Visitor Services Desk,
Tuesday – Sunday, 10 AM – 4 PM; bowers.org/tickets or bowers.org/calendar and
fill out the reservation form or e-mail education@bowers.org.
L E C T U R E S E R I E S:
ART, PERCEPTION, AND THE BR AIN
ART IS GOOD FOR YOUR HEALTH
1:30 PM – 3:00 PM
NORMA KERSHAW AUDITORIUM
Individual lecture:
Member $7 / Non-member $10
3-part Lecture series:
Member $18 / Non-member $28
The Bowers Museum proudly
announces its continuation of
our education series with Hoag
Neurosciences Institute’s Orange
County Vital Aging Program
(OCVAP) to bring exciting learning
opportunities about our brain and
the effect of art and other creative
activities on cognitive health.
OCVAP promotes education and
life-long learning, risk factor
management, and early intervention
to help our community maintain their
cognitive health. Programs will be led
by Dr. William R. Shankle, the Judy
and Richard Voltmer chair in Memory
and Cognitive Disorders, program
director of Memory and Cognitive
Disorders, Hoag Neurosciences
Institute and Director of the OCVAP.
Dr. Shankle is a board certified
neurologist specializing in Alzheimer’s
disease and related disorders (ADRD).
The “Art, Perception, and the Brain” Series is
sponsored by The James Irvine Foundation.
OCVAP is supported by a generous grant to
Hoag Neurosciences Institute from UniHealth
Foundation, a non-profit philanthropic
organization whose mission is to support and
facilitate activities that significantly improve
the health and well being of individuals and
communities within its service area.
SATURDAY | January 19
WINDOWS TO THE ARTIST’S
MIND: VAN GOGH, DE KOONING
& MORE
Presenters: William Shankle, MD;
Junko Hara, PhD; Dr. William Havlicek,
Professor of Art History & Fine Art,
Laguna College of Art & Design.
SATURDAY | February 16
ART, MIND AND BODY:
OPHELIA TO LA TRAVIATA
Presenters: William Shankle, MD; Phillip
O’Carroll, MD
SATURDAY | March 16
ART AND ARCHITECTURE:
WORKINGS OF THE MIND
FROM THE RENAISSANCE TO
MODERN TIMES
Presenters: William Shankle, MD; Junko
Hara, PhD; Pierluigi Bonvicini, AIA
Advance reservations:
Bowers Museum Visitor Services Desk,
Tuesday – Sunday, 10 AM – 4 PM;
bowers.org/tickets; bowers.org/programs
(go to lecture listing and use reservation form)
or e-mail education@bowers.org
Tickets are non-refundable. Proceeds
benefit Museum Education Programs.
For information please call the Education
Department at 714.567.3677.
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