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May 16, 2012
Faculty Lecture Series
Date: May 16, 2012 – 12:00 am
Location: President’s Dining Room
SELLING THE SOLOIST, lecture by Janis Dietz, Susan Caple and Lisa Saye
ATA: AN EXHIBITION OF CONTEMPORARY SAMOAN ART, features the work of La Verne artist Chuck Feesago and international artists
Date: May 16, 2012 – All day
Location: Harris Art Gallery
Harris Gallery of the University of La Verne is proud to host “ATA: An Exhibition of Contemporary Samoan Art”, an exhibition of contemporary art from the Pacific Islands.
Exhibit Runs from April 28 to May 24, 2012
Opening performance on Saturday, April 28, from 1 to 7 pm, in La Fetra Auditorium
Gallery Hours: Monday through Thursday 11:00 am to 4:00 pm, or by appt. Admission is free.
Contemporary art from the Pacific Islands is rarely exhibited in the United States. Artists throughout the Pacific usually exhibit their work in Aotearoa-New Zealand, Australia, Asia, and Europe. This exhibit hopes to break that practice and make a statement for new, contemporary visual art, filmmaking, and performance with some of the new and most important emerging contemporary artists of the Pacific Islands today.
“ATA: An Exhibition of Contemporary Samoan Art” features artists Jewel Castro (US), Chantal Fraser (AU), Chuck Feesago (US), Graham Fletcher (NZ), Tanu Gago (NZ), Shigeyuki Kihara (NZ), Mau Mauiava (NZ), Rosanna Raymond (UK), Daniel Satele (NZ), Siliga David Setoga (NZ), Angela Tiatia (AU), and Dan Taulapapa McMullin (US).
Opening day of the exhibit, Saturday, April 28, will be a “Focus on Pacific Islander Contemporary Film and Performance” held in La Fetra Auditorium. New films from Aotearoa-New Zealand and the Samoa Islands will be previewed, followed by a media and performance panel discussion moderated by Maori writer Michelle Erai of UCLA, and include filmmakers Sila Agavale, Micki Davis, Alex Munoz, Napoleon Tavale and others. Erai will be also moderating an artist’s panel with visual artists Chantal Fraser, Chuck Feesago, Tanu Gago, Rosanna Raymond, Angela Tiatia, and Dan Taulapapa McMullin.
Following, US actor-playwright Napoleon Tavale will perform an excerpt of his one-person work, INOA FANAU (Birth of a Name), in tandem with a poetry performance hour together with fellow poets Sila Tuitupou and Dan Taulapapa McMullin.
This afternoon program will be completed with an artist reception at the Harris Gallery for “ATA: An Exhibition of Contemporary Samoan Art,” including an art performance by London-based Samoan-Maori artist, Rosanna Raymond.
For exhibition information please contact Dion Johnson djohnson@laverne.edu or 909.593.3511 x 4273
La Verne West African Drum Ensembles
Date: May 16, 2012 – 7:30 pm
Location: Morgan Auditorium
La Verne West African Drum Ensembles
Steve Biondo, director
with Special Guests: Taiko Mix
Wednesday, May 16, 2012
Morgan Auditorium 7:30 p.m.
Admission is free
THEATRE ON-STAGE: One-Act Festival
Date: May 16, 2012 – 7:30 pm
Location: Dailey Theatre Mainstage and Jane Dibbell Cabaret
A presentation of student directed one-act plays.
Time: May 16, 17, 18, and 19 at 7:30 pm
Place: multiple venues, including the Dailey Theatre Mainstage and Jane Dibbell Cabaret
The performance is open to all, and is free.
May 18, 2012
Student Recital
Date: May 18, 2012 – 7:30 pm
Location: Morgan Auditorium
Student Recital
Friday, May 18, 2012
Morgan Auditorium 7:30 p.m.
Admission is free
May 19, 2012
Piano Class Final Recital
Date: May 19, 2012 – 7:00 pm
Location: Morgan Auditorium
Piano Class Final Recital
Moh Wei Chen-Hribar, director
Saturday, May 19, 2012
Morgan Auditorium 7:00 p.m.
Admission is free
