Events - Art
No Holds Barred: Political Cartoons of the Gilded Age - 8/24/2008 - 12/31/2008
http://www.artsandculture.msu.edu/database_eventview.asp?id=466
In this feisty election season, the Michigan State University Museum presents a new exhibition with a political theme: No Holds Barred: Political Cartoons of the Gilded Age. Among the most important developments in the popularization of the Gilded Age press (the late 19th Century) was the increasingly sophisticated use of visual ridicule -- political cartoons that informed, aroused, and pronounced on myriad contemporary issues, explains Samuel J. Thomas, MSU professor of history and the exhibition's curator. Favorite targets included graft and fraud that then, as now, too often characterized political life, most often at the local and state levels, but also at times at the national level.
Visual Griots: An Exhibit of Photography by African Youth - 9/15/2008 - 3/15/2009
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A new, eye-opening image of Africa will be on display at the Michigan State University Museum, featuring the photos of a group of sixth grade Malian students from two small villages 500 miles southwest of Timbuktu.
"Visual Griots," a project of the Academy for Educational Development, Washington, D.C., sent a team of Malian and U.S. photographers into the villages of Damy and Kouara to put cameras in the hand of youth, empower them to document their lives, and help them better connect with their communities and the world.
Our Journeys/Our Stories: Portraits of Latino Achievement - 9/16/2008 - 1/4/2009
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Our Journeys/Our Stories presents 25 portraits and narratives of well known Latino individuals - a Noble Prize-winning chemist, an astronaut, an athlete, an artist, a labor leader, to name a few -- and their personal stories, photos, oral history interviews and dichos (traditional sayings) to illustrate and celebrate this contemporary anthology of Latino accomplishments.
Islamic Manuscripts of Tombouctou Photography Exhibit - 9/28/2008 - 10/11/2008
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Photographer Alexandra Huddleston will be exhibiting her photography from Mali in the RCAH Lookout! Gallery while serving as an artist-in-residence.
World's Greatest Magic Show - 11/16/2008
http://www.artsandculture.msu.edu/database_eventview.asp?id=518
Dare yourself to enter the world of illusion and enchantment, and witness some of the finest magicians in the business, together for the very first time! This group, known for their grand illusions, comedy, death defying feats and beautiful Vegas showgirls, are the recipients of the International Magicians' Society's "Show of the Year" for the past two years. Do not miss your chance!
KODO - 2/19/2009
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Japan's virtuoso percussion ensemble makes its triumphant return to the Wharton Center as part of its ONE EARTH TOUR. This performance will electrify the audience with their bold virtuosity, enormous strength and stamina. The performers showcase a sheer mastery of their instruments ranging from small drums as big as saucers to as large as a tree trunk. Their goal is to trascend barriers of language and custom and reminds us of our membership in that larger community: the world. Do not miss this inspiring performance!
