Women in the arts is the theme for
Women's History Month 1995
A year ago, a group of women faculty and staff began meeting to plan a
"Women
in Music" week. As they began to explore the idea and discuss it with
others
around campus, they found a great interest in expanding that theme to
include
women in all aspects of the arts. When they considered scheduling the
event,
Women's History Month seemed the perfect time. As a result, this year's
celebration of Women's History Month at Emory features a program
described by
Women's Center Director Ali Crown as "immense and diverse with something
to
appeal to everyone."
Crown, who also is serving as the chairperson of the Georgia Women's
History
Month Committee, said, "Emory's observance of Women's History Month will
commemorate the many contributions of women to art and culture. Artists,
performers and speakers are drawn from Emory's own stellar faculty and
students
as well as from the local and national community." The committee that
planned
the month-long celebration included representatives from every area of
the arts
at Emory.
Events include lectures, performances, discussions and exhibits.
Traditionally, events during the month have reflected a spiritual
emphasis, and
that is continued this year with a performance and worship service led by
Native American women musicians, a spirituality workshop, a Jewish
women's
spiritual service and a celebration of spiritual seasons, otherwise known
as
the "Moon Howl."
An exhibit with more social and political than artistic significance
also
returns to campus this year. The Clothesline Project, a visual display
bearing
witness to violence against women, will be displayed March 27 and 28 on
the
east ramp of Cannon Chapel facing the quadrangle.
Highlights of Women's History Month events are listed below; see the
calendar
for a complete weekly listing of events.
March 1
Scholars and social activists Lee Knefelkamp and Evelyn T. Beck will
address
"Academics as Activists: The Complexities of Being Proud Lesbians and Out
Jews"
at 7:45 p.m. in the Winship Ballroom, Dobbs Center. Knefelkamp, a
professor of
higher education at Columbia University, is a scholar in student
development
theory and serves as chairperson and principal adviser of the College
Teaching
Program. Beck is a professor of women's studies and Jewish studies at the
University of Maryland, College Park, where she served as director of the
women's studies program from 1984 to 1993. She has written Kafka and
the
Yiddish Theater, The Prism of Sex and Nice Jewish Girls: A Lesbian
Anthology.
March 2
"Dance Duets" will include a performance and discussion with Emory dance
faculty members Anna Leo and Lori Teague at noon in the Reception Hall of
the
Carlos Museum. Music educator Ruth McDonald will present "The History of
Women
in Music" at 2:30 p.m. in 208 White Hall. The Third Annual Pride Banquet
will
begin at 7 p.m. in Winship Ballroom with Lee Knefelkamp and Evelyn T.
Beck.
March 14
"Women in the Classical World," an in-gallery lecture with faculty member
and
museum curator Bonna Wescoat, at noon at the Classical Court of the
Carlos
Museum. An artist's reception with Diane Cook, whose acrylics on canvas
will be
on display in the Dobbs Center Gallery, will begin at 5:30 p.m. in the
gallery.
March 15
Interfaith service, "Weaving Our Visions: Celebration of Women's
Spirituality"
with the Rev. Bobbi Patterson at noon in Cannon Chapel. At 5:30 p.m.
faculty
member and museum curator Rebecca Stone-Miller will discuss "Women
Weavers in
the Andes" in the Reception Hall of the Carlos Museum.
March 19
"Purafeacute;, Soni and Jennifer: Native American Women Singers" will
perform
at 7 p.m. in the Reception Hall of the Carlos Museum.
March 21
Screening: "Mother of Many Children," a film that examines the life of
the
Native American women, will begin at noon in the Reception Hall of the
museum.
Novelist, short story writer and poet Linda Hogan will conduct a public
colloquium from 2:30 to 4 p.m. in 355 Dobbs Center. At 4:30 p.m. the
Chaplain's
Tea will feature Elizabeth Fox-Genovese, the Eleanor Raoul Professor of
History, in the Formal Lounge of Cannon Chapel. "The Maiden Returns," an
interactive musical-poetry performance conceived by Emory music faculty
member
Steven Everett, will begin at 8:15 p.m. in Cannon Chapel. Call 727-6187
for
ticket information.
March 24
Famed jazz group the Shirley Horn Trio will perform at 8:15 p.m. in Glenn
Memorial Auditorium. Tickets are required. Call 727-6187 for information.
March 25
A Spirituality Workshop with Rebecca Gurholt-Sands will be held from 10
a.m. to
4 p.m. in the University Apartments. Cost is $12 general public. A staged
reading of a new play by Anna Dolan will begin at 7:30 p.m. in the Mary
Gray
Munroe Theater, Dobbs Center.
March 28
"Jumping Off," an ensemble performance piece conceived and developed by
Brenda
Bynum with a company of student writers and actors invoking the spirits
of
women artists throughout history, begins at 7:30 p.m. in the Mary Gray
Munroe
Theater. Call 727-6187 for free tickets.
March 30
"Three Women in the Arts: Theater, Dance and Film," a symposium with
playwright
Elizabeth Wong, dancer Claire Porter and filmmaker Leslie Thornton,
begins at
4:30 p.m. in the Reception Hall of the Carlos Museum. A reception will
follow.
At 6 p.m. "PORTABLES, Dances and Words," a performance and discussion
with
artist Claire Porter, will begin in the P.E. Center dance studio. A
staged
reading of a new play by Elizabeth Wong will begin at 8 p.m. in the Mary
Gray
Munroe Theater.
The calendar of events will be supplemented by several exhibits on
campus that
include:
* A month-long photo exhibit of Emory women to be mounted in the Dobbs
Center's
Coca-Cola Commons area;
* "Compañeras: Women, Art and Social Change in Latin America," in
Schatten Gallery, Woodruff Library;
* "Medieval Images" by Diane Cook in the Dobbs Center Gallery.
For information on Women's History Month call the Women's Center at
727-2000.
-- Joyce Bell