All events and locations are subject to change. Please visit www.wabash.edu/calendar for the latest calendar information.
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January 20—February 17
Eric Dean Gallery, Fine Arts Center
Opening Reception: Friday, January 20, 4:30 - 6:00 p.m.
Gallery Hours: Monday–Friday 9 a.m. – 5 p.m., Saturday 10 a.m. – 2 p.m.
In her textiles,
Anne McKenzie Nickolson explores the use of layered patterns of stripes to create visual and physical structure, providing a rich and complex visual experience. The discovery of shapes, color changes, multiple ways of seeing and multiple layers of content serve to surprise the viewer. Her work ranges from the purely abstract, geometric pieces in which shapes and colors dance across the surface, to figurative works. Anne is an Instructor at Art Institute of Indianapolis.
From Solomons’ light to Baghdad’s back door, Richard Emery Nickolson’s series of drawings and watercolor paintings seeks to explore and synthesize a variety of responses to both contemporary issues and historical references. His recent work has been drawn from, and heavily influenced by, a variety of international travels during the last 15 years, including the Breton landscape and l’architecture industrielle. Richard is Professor Emeritus, Herron School of Art and Design, Indiana University, Indianapolis.
Photo: Themes and Variations: Anne McKenzie Nickolson and Richard Emery Nickolson. Anne McKenzie Nickolson, "Self-Reflection, pieced, appliquéd cotton"
Richard Emery Nickolson, "An American Frame, watercolor"
February 3
Visiting Artists Series presents Barbershop Quartets, Anthem and Instant Classic
Salter Concert Hall, Fine Arts Center
8:00 p.m.
Anthem was formed in the summer of 2009 to sing the
National Anthem for an U.S. Army birthday celebration event. Shortly thereafter, they entered and won the Cardinal District Quartet Competition and were crowned 2009 Cardinal District Quartet Champions. In the spring of 2011, they qualified to be one of the Cardinal District representatives to the International Quartet Competition in Kansas City, MO. Since forming, Anthem has been thrilled to perform on chapter shows and other chapter events, and was honored to sing the
National Anthem at an Indianapolis Colts preseason opener. Members of Anthem include a Sergeant in the United States Army, an aerospace engineer, a cardiologist, and a recently retired corporate CEO. Their repertoire includes barbershop favorites, show tunes, patriotic, and inspirational selections.
Instant Classic includes David Zimmerman, Theo Hicks, Kohl Kitzmiller, and Kyle Kitzmiller. They formed and entered their first competition in 2009. Since then, they have performed at a number of venues in Indiana and Canada, and have worked with several coaches, including Scott Kitzmiller, Bob Kendall, and Brian and Jean Barford. Instant Classic has performed twice in the International Collegiate Quartet Competition, in Anaheim and Philadelphia, where they placed 8th and 10th respectively. More recently, Instant Classic was named the 2011 Cardinal District Champions. They will compete this spring for the chance to represent the Cardinal District at the 2013 International Barbershop Competition in Portland.
February 15
Roger Ide Organ Recital
Pioneer Chapel
7:30 p.m.
The Wabash College Music Department invites the public to the 13th annual Roger H. Ide Organ Recital at 7:30 p.m., Wednesday, February 15, in Pioneer Chapel. Westminster Abbey organist, James O’Donnell, will play this year’s recital. O’Donnell is the organist who supervised the music for the wedding of Prince William and Kate Middleton.
He will perform Toccata by Francis Pott, three chorale preludes from The Eighteen by Johann Sebastian Bach, Choral II in B minor by Cesar Franck, Joie et clarté des corps glorieux by Olivier Messiaen, Capriccio by John Ireland, and Carillon de Westminster by Louis Vierne.
The concert is free and open to the public. A reception will be held immediately following the concert in the Rogge Lounge in Baxter Hall.
February 22-25
Wabash Theater presents "Endgame"
Experimental Theater, Fine Arts Center
8 p.m. each evening
Endgame is by Samuel Beckett, and is a one-act play with four characters. The play focuses on Hamm, an aged master who is blind and not able to stand up, and his servant Clov, who cannot sit down. They exist in a location by the sea, although the dialogue suggests that there is nothing left outside—no sea, no sun, no clouds. The two characters, mutually dependent, have been fighting for years and continue to do so as the play progresses. Clov always wants to leave but never seems to be able. Also present are Hamm's legless parents Nagg and Nell, who live in rubbish bins downstage and initially request food or argue inanely.
February 24
Salter Concert Hall, Fine Arts Center
8 p.m.
The Indy Baroque was formed to enrich, educate, and inspire the central Indiana community through the performance of 17th- and 18th-century music on period instruments. The Indianapolis Baroque Orchestra perform under the umbrella of IndyBaroque, Inc.
Contact the Box Office by email at boxoffice@wabash.edu
or phone: 765-361-6411. Box Office Hours are Monday through Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 12 noon and 1:30 p.m. to 4 p.m. The Box Office will open 90 minutes before curtain time for Visiting Artists events. Please note: Tickets not claimed at the Box Office 10 minutes prior to curtain will be released to the general public.
February 27-March 30
Opening Reception: Monday, February 27, 8 - 9:30 p.m.
Eric Dean Gallery, Fine Arts Center
Gallery Hours: Monday–Friday 9 a.m. – 5 p.m., Saturday 10 a.m. – 2 p.m.
Closed during Spring Recess, March 3-11
Workspace includes mixed media pieces created within the last four years that subtly explore issues of class, performance and public and private identity. Using a range of materials including drawing, ceramics and fabric, Workspace incorporates crafted and appropriated objects to create hybrid new materials. By rearranging a multitude of objects, this work reflects and addresses the complex nature between class constructs, social language and cultural criticism. Io is currently assistant professor at Washington State University in Pullman, Washington.
Photo: Io Palmer: Workspace "Io Palmer, mixed-media installation, 2011"
March 16
Fine Arts and Honor Scholars Concert
Salter Concert Hall, Fine Arts Center
7:30 p.m.
March 30
Cheryl Everett and Reginald Rodgers
Salter Concert Hall, Fine Arts Center
7:30 p.m.
Duo pianists Cheryl Everett and Reginald Rodgers will present a program that includes Schubert's Marche Militare, Darius Milhaud’s Scaramouche, Witold Lutoslawski’s Variations on a Theme by Paganini, and two works by William Bolcom, Recuerdos and The Garden of Eden.
March 31
Salter Concert Hall, Fine Arts Center
7:30 p.m.
The Wabash College Glee Club will present a joint concert with the University of Indianapolis Women’s Chorus at 7:30 p.m., Saturday, March 31 in Salter Hall in the Fine Arts Center. This year’s concert marks the 14th year of this musical collaboration. Selections by the Women’s Chorus will include a setting of Ave verum corpus by Francis Poulenc; Randall Thompson’s musical setting of a Robert Frost poem, A Girl’s Garden; and the Appalachian folksong, Black is the Color of My True Love’s Hair. The Glee Club selections will include the American hymn, Hark, I Hear the Harps Eternal; and a setting of Robert Louis Stevenson’s poem, Bright is the Ring of Words. The concert will conclude on a humorous note, as the groups combine their voices on Stephen Foster’s, If You’ve Only Got a Moustache. The concert is free and open to the public.
April 4
Wamidan Concert
Salter Concert Hall, Fine Arts Center
7:30 p.m.
April 11
Brass / Woodwinds Concert
Salter Concert Hall, Fine Arts Center
7:30 p.m.
April 15
Glee Club Campus Concert
Salter Concert Hall, Fine Arts Center
4 p.m.
The Wabash College Glee Club will present its Campus Concert for the Wabash and Crawfordsville communities on Sunday afternoon, April 15, at 4 pm in the Salter Concert Hall of the Fine Arts Center.
The Glee Club recently returned from its 2012 Concert Tour. The week-long tour began in Champaign-Urbana, IL, where the group presented two retirement community concerts and a program for the Univ. of Illinois Laboratory High School. The group’s stay in northwest Indiana included a program for Bishop Noll Institute High School. The tour concluded in Chicago, with concerts at Bethany Retirement Community, and Westminster Place, in Evanston IL.
The 40-member Glee Club will open Sunday’s program with several sacred selections, including a setting of the American hymn tune, Hark, I Hear the Harps Eternal, and the gospel hymn, Steal Away. Rounding out the first part of the concert will be an energetic setting of the popular spiritual, Dry Bones.
Donovan Bisbee will be the featured soloist in The Greenland Whale Fishery, a traditional whaler’s song. Two poets from the British Isles are represented in Bright is the Ring of Words (Robert Louis Stevenson) and Will Ye Not Come Back Again? (Carolina Oliphant). The audience will be given the opportunity to join their voices with the Glee Club on Wabash College’s favorite songs, Old Wabash and the Alma Mater.
The Glee Club is under the direction of Dr. Richard Bowen and is accompanied by Ms. Cheryl Everett. Sunday afternoon’s concert is open to the public without charge.
April 16-May 13
2012 Senior Art Majors Exhibition
Opening Reception: Monday, April 16, 8 - 9:30 p.m.
Eric Dean Gallery, Fine Arts Center
Gallery Hours: Monday–Friday 9 a.m. – 5 p.m., Saturday 10 a.m. – 2 p.m.
This exhibit will feature work by: Evan Bayless, Kelvin Burzon, Brandon Doebler, Matt Levendoski, Yangnan Liu, and Ben Muensterman.
The Wabash 2012 Senior Art Majors Exhibition represents a final rite of passage for these talented men who have dedicated their academic focus to the visual arts. Here they present the achievements of their intense final year of studio work.
April 18-April 21
Wabash Theater presents "The Miser"
Ball Theater, Fine Arts Center
8 p.m. each evening
April 20
Jazz Band / Combo Concert
Salter Concert Hall, Fine Arts Center
7:30 p.m.
April 22
Chamber Orchestra Concert
Salter Concert Hall, Fine Arts Center
7:30 p.m.
May 1
Korb Classroom, Fine Arts Center
7 p.m.
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Screening Event of Episode One "Change" from Art21 Season Six of Art in the Twenty-First Century. Wabash College in partnership with Art21 as part of its Access ’12 initiative, presents a screening of Episode One of Season Six of Art in the Twenty-First Century, the only prime time national television series focused exclusively on contemporary art. This event is free and open to the public.
Art21 Access ’12 is an international screening initiative created to increase knowledge of contemporary art, ignite dialogue, and inspire creative thinking through hundreds of public screenings and events that tailor the ideas presented in series to the interests and concerns of local audiences.
Episode 1: Change. This episode features artists who bear witness, through their work, to transformation—cultural, material, and aesthetic—and actively engage communities as collaborators and subjects. Ai Weiwei, El Anatsui, and Catherine Opie are featured. Free and open to the public.
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PAST EVENTS
2011 FALL SEMESTER
September 2 – October 7
Art Exhibit: Matthew Davey: Shadow and Light
Opening reception: Friday, September 2, 4:30-7:30 p.m.
Eric Dean Gallery, Fine Arts Center
Gallery Hours: Monday–Friday 9 a.m. – 5 p.m., Saturday 10 a.m. – 2 p.m.
Closed Labor Day Weekend
Matthew Davey exhibition includes drawings, paintings, and sculptures. His powerful figurative works, though classically inspired, are provocative and provide many psychological layers for the viewer to consider. They encourage honest explorations of the human soul, and of our relationships inward and outward.
September 28 – October 1
Wabash Theater presents "Lend Me a Tenor"
Ball Theater, Fine Arts Center
8 p.m. each evening
October 1
Homecoming Concert
Salter Concert Hall, Fine Arts Center
7:30 p.m.
October 3
Visiting Artists Series presents City of Tomorrow woodwind quintet
Salter Concert Hall, Fine Arts Center
8 p.m.
The City of Tomorrow woodwind quintet are the Gold Medal Wind Division winners of the 2011 Fischoff Chamber Music Competition. The audience will be treated to the music of Maurice Ravel and 20th-century composers Samuel Barber, George Perle, Elliott Carter, and David Maslanka. Members of City of Tomorrow are bassoonist Amanda Swain, bassoon, hornist Leander Star, oboist Andrew Nogal, flutist Elise Blatchford, and clarinettist Camila Barrientos.
The Fischoff Chamber Music Competition, which takes place in South Bend, Indiana, is the largest competition of its kind in the world. Each year, an average of 125 ensembles, representing 22 nationalities, enter in either wind or string categories of three to six performers, with two age divisions--18 and younger, and 18 to 35.
October 17 – December 9
Art Exhibit: Utility and Grace: Contemporary Ceramics from the Bruno and Mary Moser Collection and Don McMasters (Wabash ’53): The Collector’s Vision
Opening Reception: Monday, October 17, 8 - 9:30 p.m.
Eric Dean Gallery, Fine Arts Center
Gallery Hours: Monday–Friday 9 a.m. – 5 p.m., Saturday 10 a.m. – 2 p.m.
Closed during Thanksgiving Recess, November 19—27
Utility and Grace: Contemporary Ceramics from the Bruno and Mary Moser Collection
Bruno and Mary Moser are passionate collectors of contemporary pottery. Over a period of 35 years, the Mosers have amassed an important collection exceeding 1200 objects. In 2006, Ceramics Monthly published a feature article covering the Moser collection.
Don McMasters '53: The Collector's Vision
For decades, alumnus Don McMasters, Wabash Class of 1953, has been an ardent supporter of the Art Department's Permanent Collection of Contemporary Art. Don's combined gifts exceeding 200 objects nearly doubled the collection's holdings, greatly expanding its depth and its capacity as a teaching resource, and provider of cultural enrichment to the Wabash and local communities.
Photos: (Top) Utility and Grace: Contemporary Ceramics from the Bruno and Mary Moser Collection "Larry Spears, tea pot, stoneware & mixed media, 2008"
(Lower) Don McMasters '53: The Collector's Vision "Rudy Pozzatti, Carnavale, woodblock print, 1960"
October 19
Salter Concert Hall, Fine Arts Center
8 p.m.
October 22
Family Day Concert
Salter Concert Hall, Fine Arts Center
7:30 p.m.
November 9–10
Wabash Theater presents Studio One-Acts**
Experimental Theater, Fine Arts Center
8:00 p.m. each evening
**No ticket required for this performance
November 10
Brass/Jazz Combo Concert
Salter Concert Hall, Fine Arts Center
7:30 p.m.
November 16
Wamidan / Jazz Band Concert
Salter Concert Hall, Fine Arts Center
7:30 p.m.
December 4
Chamber Orchestra Concert
Salter Concert Hall, Fine Arts Center
7:30 p.m.
December 7
44th Annual Christmas Festival of Music & Readings
Pioneer Chapel
8 p.m.
Admission to all theater productions, music events, and Visiting Artists Series programs are FREE. No tickets are required except for Theater Productions and Visiting Artists Series programs.
Spring semester tickets available January 23
Contact the Box Office by:
email: boxoffice@wabash.edu
Phone: 765-361-6411
Box Office Hours: Monday through Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 12 noon and 1:30 p.m. to 4 p.m. The Box Office will open 90 minutes before curtain time for Theater and Visiting Artists events. Please note: Tickets not claimed at the Box Office 10 minutes prior to curtain will be released to the general public.
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Art Exhibit: Themes and Variations: Anne McKenzie Nickolson & Richard Emery Nickolson
Visiting Artists Series presents Indy Baroque Orchestra