Art Notes
Friday, March 2, 2007
Coming concerts at ESU
The ESU Department of Music presents the Mid America Woodwind Quintet Concert at 3 p.m. Sunday in Heath Recital Hall of the Beach Music Hall. The Faculty Recital with James Starr, violin, will be at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday in Heath Recital Hall. General admission is $5; senior citizens and students, $4. Information: 341-5431.
Living history
“History Alive! An Evening with Zora Neale Hurston — Queen of the Harlem Renaissance,” as portrayed by professor Carmaletta Williams, will be presented at 7 p.m. Thursday in the Flint Hills Room of the ESU Memorial Union. There is no charge.
Hurston was a famous author and trained anthropologist who may have been best known for her novel “Their Eyes Were Watching God.” She was one of the more conservative voices of the Harlem Renaissance of the 1920s and ‘30s and held deep reservations about racial integration.
Williams, speaking as Hurston, will share the story of her life and after the program will answer questions about her.
Williams is a professor of English at Johnson County Community College, where she received the JCCC 2004 Distinguished Service Award. She joined the Kansas Humanities Council “History Alive!” program in 1993.
Sculpture on display
The Emporia Arts Council exhibition of ceramic sculpture by Marshall Maude will be shown through April 6 at the center, 618 Mechanic. Information: 343-6473. The gallery is open from noon to 5 p.m. Tuesday through Friday; 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday; and by appointment.
New exhibit at Eppink
Opening Monday in the ESU Eppink Gallery will be “Jill Reynolds + ESU Students Collaborative Installation.” Reynolds and the students work to “produce exhibitions that are unique and embody the traits and history of the sponsoring institution.” She will work with students from the art department, the science department and student volunteers.