“Racing” by Dennis DeHart
Greeners in the area will want to stop in at the Gallerie Fotoland, first floor of the Daniel J. Evans Library, to see a new exhibition by photographer Dennis DeHart, ’97, MFA (University of New Mexico). The show is titled “Confluences 1 & 2.” It opens November 7, 2013 and runs through January 14, 2014.
There will be a public lecture – part of the Evergreen Artists Lecture Series – on Wednesday, November 6, from 11:30 AM to 1:00 PM, Lecture Hall 1.
Robert McChesney ’77, author of numerous books on media and democracy
Don’t Miss Robert McChesney, ’77, Ph.D speaking about his new book, “Dollarocracy,” in Seattle, Olympia and Portland,
November 11-13, 2013
Evergreen’s own Robert McChesney and co-author John Nichols will make three stops in the Pacific Northwest to speak about their new book, “Dollarocracy: How the Money, and Media Election Complex is Destroying America.”
McChesney aficionados know Bob is one of the most widely read and honored communication scholars in the world today. Outspoken public figures always have detractors of course and, among other criticisms, Bob has been labeled one of the “101 most dangerous college professors in America.” Come judge for yourself. Here is the schedule:
Seattle:
Monday, November 11
Seattle Town Hall
1119 8th Ave., Seattle, WA 98101
7:30-8:45 pm
Cost: $5.00
Tuesday November 12
University of Washington, Kane Hall Room 130
7:00-8:00 pm
No charge
Olympia:
Wednesday, November 13
The Evergreen State College, Library Underground Study Room (Basement level)
Noon – 1:00 pm.
No charge – Brown Bag Lunch
Presented by the Ernestine Kimbro Alumni Artists and Authors Series
Sponsored by Friends of the Library and the Office of Alumni Programs
Portland:
Wednesday, November 13
Powell’s Books, 1005 W. Burnside, Portland, OR 97209
7:30-9:00 pm
No charge
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The 2013 Willi Unsoeld Seminar presents a film about the 1963 ascent of Mount Everest
Event Notice:
The 2013 Willi Unsoeld Seminar, November 20, 2013
Olympia, WA. See details below.
The centerpiece of this year’s Willi Unsoeld Seminar is a film: “High & Hallowed: Everest 1963.” It is the story an American mountaineering expedition – one that also became part of Evergreen’s history because of the central role played by Evergreen founding faculty member Willi Unsoeld.
“High and Hallowed: Everest 1963” is a film about the deeper story of the greatest Himalayan climb in American Mountaineering history. Profiling the bold and visionary efforts of the 1963 American Mount Everest Expedition, the film examines the sheer commitment, step-by-step struggle and lasting impact of the first American ascent of Mt. Everest and the pioneering first ascent of the West Ridge.
Read about the story behind this film in the blog Outside and view a clip from the film below.
Date: November 20, 2013
Time: 7pm
Location: Washington Center for the Performing Arts,
Cost: Free of Charge
About Willi Unsoeld
Willi Unsoeld was a philosopher, theologian and mountaineer. He was probably best known for his first ascent of the West Ridge of Mt. Everest with Tom Hornbein.
In his role as a founding faculty member of The Evergreen State College, Willi embodied the spirit of the new institution: its emphasis on student-directed learning, interdisciplinarity, collaboration and personal responsibility. Willi’s enthusiasm, his celebration of the intellect, his kindness and gentle humor, and his eagerness to challenge the status quo are just a few of the qualities that made him a model teacher, mentor and friend.
The Willi Unsoeld Seminar Series was endowed as a “living memorial” after Willi lost his life in a mountaineering accident on Mt. Rainier on March 4, 1979.
Glenn “Tuck” Wilson ’04 (MPA, Project Administrator for the Squaxin Island Tribe.
Bridget Ray ’06, Grant Writer and Planner for the Squaxin Island Tribe.
Evergreen staff member Kana Shephard ’05 (MPA) came back to the office just now after putting up Return to Evergreen posters in the the Squaxin Island area just north of campus. He returned with the happy story of running into several of his former Evergreen students pals, now working for the Squaxin Island Tribe, all of them excited and planning to attend the alumni gathering on campus this Saturday.
Not only that, Squaxin Island Tribal Project Administrator “Tuck” Wilson ’04 (MPA) took a batch of posters, vowing to get them up in the community.
The Evergreen Community is a wonderful place.
Palace Yurt on display in the Evergreen Gallery, main floor, Library Building during Return to Evergreen.
Update: Tacoma News Tribune ran a nice story on Janice Arnold’s exhibit now showing in the Evergreen Gallery.
Return to Evergreen Highlight: By happy coincidence, the work of Janice Arnold ’78 will be on display this Saturday in The Evergreen Gallery, Library building, main floor. The exhibit, “Palace Yurt: Deconstructed,” continues through December 11, 2013.
The dreamily diaphanous installation has the twin effects of soothing the mind while igniting the imagination. It also offers a rare glimpse behind the scenes of textile art – how such works come to be, from inspiration to raw materials, technical drawings and logistics, culminating in the final artistic manifestation.
Janice Arnold ’78 has pushed the artistic boundaries of handmade felt for more than 10 years. Her massive installation, “Palace Yurt,” a contemporary translation of traditional Mongolian structures, was the centerpiece of the Smithsonian Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum’s 2009 “Fashioning Felt” exhibition in New York.
Once you see this exhibit, you will want to hear from the artist herself. Happily, Janice will speak on campus Wednesday, November 20 at 11:30 as part of this year’s “Artist Lecture Series.” The Artist Lecture Series is free and open to the public.
Faculty member Rita Pougiales ’73 and first-year students during academic statement session, Orientation Week ’13. Photo: Shauna Bittle
Reflection upon one’s learning, as all Greeners know, is a hallmark of an Evergreen education. It will be even more valuable in the future.
As part of a multi-year review of teaching and learning at Evergreen, the commitment to self-evaluation has become more rigorous – and probably a lot more meaningful to students in the long run.
Read the full post in “Inside Evergreen,” the excellent blog from Evergreen Photo Services.
Honoring former Vice President of Student Affairs Art Costantino for his years of service, Evergreen will dedicate the Recreation Center (CRC) as the Costantino Recreation Center. The ceremony falls on Return to Evergreen Saturday – October 19 – between the two Annual Alumni Basketball Games. The women’s game leads off at 1:30 pm to approximately 3:30 pm. The men start immediately after the dedication and should wrap up around 5:30 pm in time to catch the live music and Greener Beer Garden that cap off the day. All activities in the CRC on October 19 are free and open to the public.
Evergreen’s climbing wall.
Art was an avid supporter of the Recreation and Athletics Program at Evergreen. Under his leadership, intercollegiate basketball came to Evergreen, opening up a new college pathway for student athletes seeking a strong liberal arts education.
The swimming pool is a central part of Evergreen’s fitness and wellness program.
The CRC is home to an astounding array of activities from ballet to martial arts. Academic programs are frequent users of the several dance studios. There are racquetball / handball courts, a wide array of cardiovascular fitness machines and a large, well- equipped weight room.
Living the Liberal Arts: Troy Mead ’15, CPJ Comics Editor, Scientist, Performance Artist, Future Zookeeper or Biologist, or ….
Troy Mead is an alumnus of the first graduating class of the Health and Science High School, a magnet school in Beaverton, Oregon. Where does he think he’s headed? Somewhere in art or science; Troy doesn’t seem concerned, nor should he be. With his talents, interests, early accomplishments and energy, Troy is likely to achieve whatever his Evergreen Mind aspires to.
Troy was comics editor for the Cooper Point Journal (CPJ) last year. Among his many published works is a riff on “Schrodinger’s Cat,” a fundamental principle of quantum mechanics that states a physical system such as an electron – or a cat – exists partly in all its particular theoretically possible states simultaneously until it is observed, at which time it exists only in the state corresponding to the exact instant of observation. Don’t see the humor? Look what Troy does with the concept.
Troy says he’s always drawn comics,
just as he has always been devoted to academic disciplines surrounding zoology, biological research or conservation work, the fields to which he aspires. His first published comic Troy describes as “horrible but incredibly clever.” – irreverently playing with William Blake’s “The Lamb.” The biggest challenge for Troy is creating humor that appeals to the non-scientific mind. Finding himself creatively frustrated at 3 am, unable to come up with joke ideas that are not abstrusely science based, Troy says he either processes his creativity through a computer word generator or bounces ideas around with a “web buddy.” Other sources of inspiration? At the moment, the cartoonist Randall Monroe, author of “XKCD” is his muse.
We’ll keep in touch with Troy and share more creations from his Evergreen mind.
David Brody’s “Road Paint Room #1”
The Art Lecture Series takes place in Lecture Hall 1 at the Evergreen State College in Olympia, WA, on 4-5 Wednesdays per quarter, from 11:30-1:00 pm. Free to the public, Evergreen’s visual arts programs offer an opportunity to hear local, national and international interdisciplinary artists, writers and art workers speak about their work. For more information, contact Faculty Member Shaw Osha.
Kicking off this term’s Artist Lecture Series is David Brody who speaks Wednesday, October 9.
David Brody was born in New York City, did undergraduate work at Columbia University and Bennington College, and received an MFA in painting from Yale University (1983). In addition to solo exhibitions at Gallery NAGA in Boston, Esther Claypool Gallery in Seattle, Gescheidle in Chicago, and Galeria Gilde in Portugal his work has been featured in over seventy group shows including ones at the Chicago Center for the Print; the Center on Contemporary Art (COCA) and the Frye Art Museum in Seattle; The Museum of Fine Arts at the University of Florida, Tallahassee; and at The Painting Center, Alternative Museum, and Bridgewater Gallery in New York City. His work has also been shown at the Feria Internacional de Arte Contemporàneo (ARCO Art Fair) in Madrid, the RipArte Art Fair in Rome, the Trevi Flash Art Museum, in Trevi, Italy, the FAC Art Fair in Lisbon and at Art Chicago in the US. He is represented in Seattle by Prographica, Fine Works on Paper. Continue reading
It will be an amazing day. Take a look at all the workshops, tours, seminars, and evening entertainment. It will be the best $25 you’ve spent in a long time ($15 for students). Come one, come all.