The Dennos Museum Center at NMC will present the exhibition Modern Twist: Contemporary Japanese Bamboo Art from February 22 – June 2, 2013.
Modern Twist explores the innovative shape that bamboo art has taken since the mid-twentieth century, highlighting the creativity of 17 contemporary artists through a stunning collection of 38 works. These artists have challenged previous aesthetic conventions of bamboo art by experimenting with nonfunctional, sculptural forms, and have pushed their medium to new levels of concept and technique.
The pieces in the exhibition range from the mid-1960s to 2010, with most made during the last ten years. All but one of the artists still actively design and create new artworks, and many of the pieces have never been seen before in the United States.
Bamboo art is a unique Japanese phenomenon. As early as the eighth and ninth centuries, bamboo objects were used in Buddhist rituals, tea ceremonies, and ikebana (Japanese flower arranging), and became important features of these traditions. Bamboo art has been less widely recognized than other Japanese decorative arts such as ceramics and lacquer, but it is actually a highly demanding medium that requires years of study under the tutelage of a bamboo master. Modern Twist brings the creativity, innovation, and expertise of these artists to the forefront of the international art world.
Modern Twist will have a preview opening for members and guests on Friday, February 22 at 7 PM followed by a performance by Kuniko Yamamoto at 8 PM in Milliken Auditorium. Kuniko Yamamoto enchants audiences of every age with dramatic storytelling using myths and fables from ancient and modern Japan, spiced with social revelations to educate and amuse. Kuniko uses traditional Japanese music, handcrafted masks, stylized movement and a touch of magic to create an artistic balance of illusion and reality.
A native of Japan, Kuniko Yamamoto received her Bachelor of Psychology from Otani University of Kyoto, Japan in 1983. Started performing professionally in her hometown of Osaka where she grew up studying traditional dance, music and theater. She has received national exposure performing Japanese Storytelling at the Silk Road International Exposition and on Kansai National TV in 1985.
After which she came to the United States bringing ancient Japanese tales to life with shadows and magic performing constantly in theaters, schools, colleges, and festivals across the country including such venues as The Kennedy Center (Washington DC), Disney Epcot Japanese Pavilion, the International Children’s Festival in Canada among other noted venues.
Tickets for the 8 PM show are $22 members, $25 in advance and $28 at the door (plus fees) and may be purchased on line at www.dennosmuseum.org or by calling the box office at 231-995-1553. Performance ticket holders are invited to attend the 7 PM exhibition opening reception as well.
Kuniko Yamamoto will offer twoperformances for schools on Friday, February 22, 2013 at 9:30 AM and 11:30 AM in the Milliken Auditorium of the Dennos Museum Center. Teachers may call Jason Dake at 231-995-1029 or e-mail jdake@nmc.edu for information or to reserve tickets for the school performances.
Modern Twist was curated by Dr. Andreas Marks, Clark Center for Japanese Art and Culture, and tour organized by International Arts & Artists, Washington, DC. The exhibition was generously supported by the E. Rhodes & Leona B. Carpenter Foundation, Nomura Foundation, Japan Foundation, Los Angeles, and the Snider Family Fund and is funded at the Dennos by a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts, with additional support from the Michigan Council for Arts and Cultural Affairs, The Komesu Memorial Fund, the Robert T and Ruth Haidt Hughes Memorial Endowment Fund, TV 7&4 and WCMU Public Broadcasting and Cambria Suites.
February 21, 6-7:15 p.m. in Milliken Auditorium
National Security and the Politics of Intelligence – Author Joshua Rovner illustrates how politics, not “intelligence failures” led the U.S. into war in Iraq.
All current educators and students are admitted free. The public is invited to attend for $10 at the door. For more information, call NMC Extended Education at(231) 995-1700.
The Traverse City Winter Comedy Arts Festival is giving away a limited number of FREE tickets to NMC faculty, staff and students. Act now to get your FREE tickets to shows on Friday and Saturday including Robert Wuhl, Susie Essman & Allan Havey, Ephemera, Neal Brennan & Ian Edwards, TJ Miller & Sheng Wang, 30 Rock’s Judah Friedlander, Jeff Garlin, local improv group Good on Paper, John Fugelsang, and Pete Holmes & Eddie Pepitone. Check out show descriptions and comedian bios at www.wintercomedy.org.
To reserve your FREE tickets email katie.tcff@gmail.com with “NMC Free Tickets” in the subject line.
Hurry – a limited number of these FREE tickets are available!
The Russian Study Abroad presentation will be February 21, 2013, 5:30-8:30 pm in SH217. The first hour will be dedicated to covering the trip details followed by a showing of the movie Enemy at the Gates.
Phi Theta Kappa is hosting a fundraiser at Flap Jack Shack on Feb. 19th from 5-9pm. Just print out the flier, turn it in with your bill, and the NMC chapter will receive 15% of your tab. All funds will go to support our trip to Annual Convention in San Jose, CA this April.
Has one of your instructors made a real difference in YOUR educational journey?
Have you told an instructor how much you appreciated all you learned in class?
Have you let your instructors know how much you value the help you received during office hours?
How about the class you HAD to take and assumed you wouldn’t like BUT ended up enjoying it because of an excellent instructor?
You have the opportunity to do all of these things and more. Submit an online nomination for an instructor for the Faculty Excellence Awards.
Your nomination, along with nominations from other students, will be reviewed by a Student Selection Committee to determine the Faculty Excellence Awards recipients. The award recipients will be announced at the May 4th Commencement Ceremony.
If the instructor(s) you nominated is not one of the award recipients, the instructor(s) will still be notified that they were nominated, along with anonymous comments from student nominations. You may nominate more than one instructor, but you cannot nominate an instructor more than once!
So give it some thought and submit your nomination(s)! Nominations will be accepted until March 11th, 2013 at this link: Click here to take a survey.
Or copy and paste the URL below into your internet browser:
Nursing Information Session
Wednesday, February 27
4 – 6 p.m.
Oleson Center, NMC’s Main Campus
Please join us for a Nursing Information Session on February 27, 2013 from 4:00-6:00 p.m. in the Oleson Center. This session will better acquaint you with our Nursing program, review admissions criteria and discuss program policies and procedures. If you are interested in attending the Nursing Information Session please complete the registration form available on the Advising Center webpage (www.nmc.edu/advising).
Portraits, a rich and colorful mixture of painting, poetry, music, and literature will unfold in Milliken Auditorium on the campus of Northwestern Michigan College on March 1 at 8:00 p.m.
Vincent Van Gogh’s paintings, The Potato Eaters, La Bercueuse, The Zuave, and Self Portrait of the Artist were the inspiration for a dramatic work composed by Aldo Rafael Forte in 1996 for the Heritage Air Force Band of America. The work is entitled Portraits. The four paintings will be projected during the NMC Concert Band’s performance of the suite.
A virtual tour of the great French museum, the Louvre, will be accompanied by a descriptive piece by Norman Dello Joio entitled, “Scenes from the Louvre.” Originally the Dello Joio piece was the sound track for a 1950’s prize winning television special. It depicts several characteristic galleries as experienced by the viewer.
Dylan Thomas’ well known poem, “Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night” inspired composer Elliot Del Borgo to compose a musical companion piece bearing the same title. It reflects the struggles, doubts, and eventually the peace experienced by the subject in the poem.
“Elegy for A Young American” was composed by Ronald Lo Presti shortly after the death of President John F. Kennedy. Following the traditional three part poetic form of the elegy. It guides the listener through a lament for the departed, praise and adoration for the idealized life and deeds, and consolation and solace. Texts from John Kennedy’s speeches and writtne work will accmpany the presentation.
An architectural drawing by Viktor Hartmann provided Modest Mussorgsky a somewhat tangible musical model for “The Great Gate of Kiev,” the finale of the NMC concert. Mussorgsky’s larger work, from which the “Great Gate” is taken, was later orchestrated by Maurice Ravel and given its American debut by the Boston Symphony in 1919. It is the Ravel version which has made the piece a classic.
Mr. David Parrish, well known musician and Humanities Teacher in the Traverse City Area Public Schools, will assist the NMC Concert Band in this multi media presentation. Mr. Parrish’s multi media presentations at NMC’s Life Academy programs are very popular.
Tickets are available at (231) 995-1553 or at the door.
$10.00 adults, $5.00 seniors and children, NMC students free with ID
The Dennos Museum Center was the focus of a recent feature in the Grand Traverse Insider about a recent visit to the museum by 51 Chinese high school students, teachers and their TCAPS chaperones.
There is a book. It’s wrapped in brown paper and it’s waiting for you. It just might be the book of your dreams. Find out today!Stop by the library to pick out your potential biblio-soul mate. You won’t know your date’s ‘identity’ until you check it out. None of our books enjoy long walks on the beach, but we do provide tantalizing hints to help you pick your perfect match.
Waiting at the front of the library circulation desk from now until February 17th!
TRAVERSE CITY — Auditions for the 2013 production of Eve Ensler’s The Vagina Monologues will be held from 7-9 p.m. Feb. 6 and 13 in the West Hall conference room on NMC’s main campus.
A script will be provided. Rehearsals for selected cast will be held Feb. 20 and 27 and March 6 and 13. The performance is set for 7 p.m. March 14 in Milliken Auditorium. The production is sponsored by NMC’s Office of Student Life.
For more information:
Emily Magner
NMC Office of Student Life
(231) 995-1118 emagner@nmc.edu
Monday, February 11th NMC Student Life and Residence Life will be hosting the Red Flag Party at 9:00pm in the basement of East Hall.
All NMC students are welcomed to attend and there will be food and drinks provided as well as up to $500 in door prizes distributed throughout the evening.
Modern Twist will have a preview opening for members and guests on Friday, February 22 at 7 PM followed by a performance by Kuniko Yamamoto at 8 PM in Milliken Auditorium. Kuniko Yamamoto enchants audiences of every age with dramatic storytelling using myths and fables from ancient and modern Japan, spiced with social revelations to educate and amuse. Kuniko uses traditional Japanese music, handcrafted masks, stylized movement and a touch of magic to create an artistic balance of illusion and reality.