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Read the latest edition of IU HomePages, which features a special section on Homecoming 2006.
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Michael A. McRobbie, interim provost and vice president for academic affairs at IU Bloomington, speaks with Patrick O'Meara about IU and the classroom of the future. (This clip requires Real Player or Windows Media Player.)
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The Department of Kinesiology with the Department of Theatre and Drama premiers "GROW/MOVE/CHANGE," a showcase of innovative, cutting-edge modern dance. Named in part for the 60th anniversary of the School of Health, Physical Education, and Recreation, the program will celebrate growth, movement and change in the field of the arts.
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How to become a "print detective"
So you think that dusty old painting in grandma's attic might actually be worth something? You're wondering whether you've stumbled across a hidden gem that will pay your child's way through college -- like that $100,000 Rembrandt etching that was found in a New England barn. Get out the magnifying glass and learn the steps necessary to become a "print detective." In this essay, Nan Brewer, the Lucienne M. Glaubinger Curator of Works on Paper at the Indiana University Art Museum, tells how casual art connoissuers can develop the basic research tools needed to learn more about prints that they own or hope to acquire.
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The Indiana University Philharmonic Orchestra, the premier orchestral ensemble of the IU Jacobs School of Music, continues IU's Moveable Feast of the Arts series next month at the historic Embassy Theatre in Fort Wayne, Ind., with a performance that features recently appointed faculty violinist Alexander Kerr. The concert will be held on Dec. 18 at 7 p.m. and marks the second year of the Moveable Feast of the Arts initiative, which is designed to showcase the university's cultural resources to Hoosier communities and IU campuses across the state. "When you are one of the top music schools in the world, it is important to let all geographical areas experience the great talent that we attract to IU," said Professor of Music and IU Philharmonic conductor David Effron.
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Caleb Weintraub is an assistant professor of painting and drawing at the Indiana University Bloomington School of Fine Arts. His work imagines a futuristic world in which good and evil are indistinguishable, there are no consequences and children turn against their parents and other adults. He uses bubble gum colors -- pinks, purples and deep blues -- to create images that have been described as "beautiful and disturbing, thoughtful and unthinkable, prophetic and profound." Read on for a description of his art, and the thoughts behind it, in the artist's own words.
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The Indiana University Jacobs School of Music has continued its growing role as a leader in the emerging digital frontier with the launching of its inaugural podcast. The audio and video project, found within the school's new "IUMusicLive" Web site (http://music.indiana.edu/iumusiclive), includes performances by violinist Joshua Bell, conductor Michael Stern and the Beaux Arts Trio, and showcases three recent IU Opera Theater productions. Jacobs School Dean Gwyn Richards said, "The project has been "a dream of the Jacobs School of Music for some time … to disseminate performances of faculty and students in a more immediate and flexible fashion. Now you can carry IU performances in your pocket."
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Indiana University Kokomo Lecturers in Fine Arts Minda Douglas and Gregory Steel both opened solo exhibitions of their works this month -- Douglas in Kokomo, Ind., and Steel in Indianapolis. Douglas specializes in artist-made books, intaglio prints and drawings, and her imagery borrows heavily from nature. Steel, who directs the IUK Art Gallery, works with multiple media, including digital imaging, book publishing, installation and new technology.
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Bringing the tradition of the fall musical back to Indiana University Bloomington, the Indiana Memorial Union Board will present the long-running Broadway hit Once on This Island at the Buskirk-Chumley Theater in Bloomington, Ind., today (Nov. 16) through Nov. 18. Once on this Island is a contemporary musical based on the novel My Love, My Love by Rosa Guy, a tropical retelling of Hans Christian Andersen's fable The Little Mermaid. The musical, which opened on Broadway in 1990 and ran for 469 performances, received eight Tony nominations in 1991. "I think it's a show that both families and students can watch. It has a little something for everyone to enjoy and walk away with," said Director Cara Berg.
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The Nov. 2 issue heralds the arrival at Indiana University of internationally recognized American conductor Leonard Slatkin and highlights performances of Arthur Miller's masterpiece The Crucible and the popular dance show phenomenon known as the Bellydance Superstars. It also includes stories about IU's big day in the Big Apple, the newly released issue of the student-edited Indiana Review, which showcases Latino writers, and a printmaking professor who is exploring the cultural associations, oddities and self-defining characteristics of hair.
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Kelvin Sampson experienced his first win at Indiana on Monday (Nov. 13). Behind strong play from senior guards Earl Calloway and Roderick Wilmont, the Indiana Hoosiers started the Kelvin Sampson Era off with a 91-66 victory over Lafayette at the National Invitation Tournament (NIT) Season Tip-Off. Wilmont and Calloway each tallied career-highs in points on the night, and Wilmont led the team with 24 points, going 6-of-11 from three-point range.
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