VU Art Student Exhibition Opening Reception and Award Ceremony

10 04 2008

The Brauer Museum of Art will host an opening reception and award ceremony for the VU Art Student Exhibition on Wednesday, April 23, at 7 pm.  Refreshments will be served, and the event is Core 5th Hour approved.

The exhibition runs from April 23-May 11.  Come take a look and support VU student artists!



Wordfest: Accabellas and Margaret McMullan

18 02 2008

Wordfest event: the Accabellas open for award-winning fiction writer, Margaret McMullan

When: Thurs, Feb 21st at 6 pm

Where: Brauer Museum

What: music, art, literature, refreshments, book signing

COME OUT OF CURIOSITY; STAY FOR THE CULTURE.

McMullan has most recently published When I Crossed No-Bob (2007), the sequel to her first young-adult novel about a Southern family during the Civil War. When I Crossed No-Bob shares some of the same characters but occurs during the period of Reconstruction. McMullan also writes adult novels, short stories, and essays. She is currently a professor of English at the University of Evansville, in Evansville, Indiana, where she lives with her husband, Patrick O’Connor and their son, James.The three of them have work in an upcoming issue of National Geographic for Kids.

Check her work out at: http://www.margaretmcmullan.com/index.html



Events at the Brauer Museum

22 01 2008

Brauer Museum of Art

Gallery Talk

Wednesday, January 30, 7 pm

Curator Dr. Sandy Kita will talk about the current exhibition,
Japanese Prints from the Brauer Museum of Art’s Permanent Collection.

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Brauer Museum of Art

Student Coffee Hour

Wednesday, February 6, 7 pm

VU art professor Sarah Jantzi will discuss her working methods and sources of inspiration for the paintings in her current exhibition, Weeds.

Everyone is welcome to attend both of these events. Refreshments will be served.

LINK to Brauer Museum of Art homepage:

http://www.valpo.edu/artmuseum/



Two Events at the Brauer Museum of Art

3 12 2007

Thursday, Dec 6, 2007     7:00 pm
Brauer Museum of Art

Student Coffee Hour

Voices with Vision:  Student Poetry Reading

Students from the English Department’s Poetry Writing course present a
reading of their original poetry including poems inspired by the
artworks in the Brauer Museum of Art.

Everyone is invited to attend.  Refreshments will be served.  This
activity has been approved  for 5th hour for Freshman Core.

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Saturday, December  8, 2007   2 pm
Brauer Museum of Art

Opening Reception

Japanese Prints
from the Brauer Museum of Art’s Permanent Collection
Curated by Dr. Sandy Kita

Weeds: Recent Work by Sarah Jantzi

Everyone is welcome to attend.  Admission is free.  This event has been
approved for CORE 5th hour credit.



Student Coffee Hour at Brauer Museum: “Decasia: The State of Decay”

24 10 2007

Brauer Museum of Art

Student Coffee Hour

Video Art Presentation
Decasia: The State of Decay
A film by Bill Morrison

For this fascinating video Morrison edited together found film footage that shows advanced decay over time from the deterioration of the emulsion, which is the photosensitive coating on film. An atmospheric musical score accompanies the haunting visions.

Wednesday, November 7, 7 pm
Brauer Museum of Art

Refreshments will be served.
This event has been approved for CORE 5th hour credit.

For more info on Decasia: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0303325/



Student Coffee Hour at Brauer Museum

26 09 2007

This event is approved for Core 5th-hour credit:

STUDENT COFFEE HOUR

Fitted Together: Collage Paintings by Sandra Perlow

Artist Sandra Perlow will describe her working methods and sources of inspiration for making her collage paintings.

Wednesday, October 3, 7 pm

Brauer Museum of Art

Refreshments will be served.



Opening Reception and Gallery Talk at Brauer Museum

4 09 2007

These two events are approved for Core 5th hour credit.

OPENING RECEPTION
Ellen Lanyon: “A Wonder Production”
and
“Fitted Together:”
Collage Paintings by Sandra Perlow

Sunday, Sept 9, 2 pm, Brauer Museum of Art.
Admission is free. Everyone is welcome to attend.

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Brauer Museum of Art
presents a
Gallery Talk

Artist Ellen Lanyon will speak about her current exhibition
“A Wonder Production.”

Wed. Sept. 12, 7 pm
Brauer Museum of Art

Admission is free. Everyone is welcome to attend.