September 26, 2002

Example of dye work by Ji-Hee Kim.

Workshop, exhibition explore dye methods

The Robert Hillestad Textiles Gallery will offer a workshop, "Natural Dye Methods in Korea Using Indigo, Sapponwood, Safflower and Cape Jasmine," with Korean artist Ji-Hee Kim. The workshop is in conjunction with her exhibition of naturally dyed textiles and artwork at the Hillestad Gallery from Oct. 28 to Nov. 27.

The workshop is from 6-9 p.m. Oct. 30, 31 and Nov. 1, and from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Nov. 2. It will be in the Home Economics Building on East Campus.

Ji-Hee Kim is a professor in the Department of Craft Design and Graduate School of Design and Fine Arts College at the Catholic University of Daegu, South Korea. She will provide slide lectures on the cultivation of the plants for natural dyeing and hands-on work with dyestuffs available in Korea and the United States.

The workshop will include practical application of mordants to fibers and fabrics in preparation for dyeing and dyeing with four dyestuffs. In addition to the natural dyes covered in the workshop, a plant list of known dye plants that can be cultivated in Nebraska will be available at the workshop.

The artist will present a slide lecture from 7-8 p.m. Oct. 29 in Room 220 of the Home Economics Building. There will be a dye and dye plant sample table for viewing. After the lecture, the Friends of the Robert Hillestad Textiles Gallery will host an opening reception in the gallery.

The lecture and reception are free and open to the public.

For workshop registration form and fees, contact Sharon Reeder at 472-2911 or <sreeder1@unl.edu>.

Paul Rajeckas and Neil Intraub will perform Oct. 10 and 11 at the Johnny Carson Theater.

Rajeckas, Intraub to create magic on Carson stage

A modern Laurel and Hardy, Paul Rajeckas and Neil Intraub return to Nebraska for two nights at the Johnny Carson Theater at 7:30 p.m. Oct. 10 and 11. The performances are a part of the Lied Center for Performing Arts' 2002/2003 season.

Rajeckas and Intraub have created a one-of-a-kind physical, "movement theater" that is part vaudeville, slapstick, mime and satire. The duo has been performing for all-ages crowds for nearly 25 years.

In addition to the physical aspects of their shows, Rajeckas and Intraub often feature witty dialogues and original music in their skits. The duo cites Marcel Marceau, Peter Sellers, Charlie Chaplin and Buster Keaton as heroes.

Rajeckas and Intraub have toured the United States extensively; their last Lied Center performance was in 1996.

Tickets for this performance are $28; tickets are half price for university students and those 18 and younger. For tickets, call the Lied box office at 472-4747 or (800) 432-3231. The box office in the Johnny Carson Theater will open one hour before the performance.

To order tickets online or for more information on any Lied Center performances, visit the Lied Center's web page at <www.liedcenter.org>.

Exhibit shows Asian influence in miniature

The UNL Lentz Center for Asian Culture is offering an exhibit examining the Asian influence on furniture and decorative arts featuring miniature items on loan from the Kruger Collection of Miniature Furniture at the College of Architecture.

The show will be on display through Dec. 20 at the Lentz Center, in the lower level of the Hewit Place building at 1155 Q St. Hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday and 1:30-4 p.m. Sundays.

The Kruger Collection includes examples of Asian furniture and Chinese-influenced furniture such as Chippendale chairs, and examples of miniature ivory furniture are also included. Some of the Lentz Center's ivory items will be exhibited with the Kruger miniatures.

The influence of Asia, especially Chinese and Japanese art, can be seen in many Kruger objects. Tiny Satsuma vases and pieces of cloisonné have many close parallels in examples of Lentz Center ceramics and metalwork. Also included are miniature pieces of furniture in black and gold lacquer and a desk that has been "japanned," a technique of making gold pictures on black lacquer of subjects called "chinoiserie," a European style using figures and scenes that were influenced by Chinese paintings.

Eloise Kruger, who donated the collection of miniatures to UNL, bought netsukes and other miniature sculptures as decorative pieces for her miniature rooms. Netsukes are small carvings attached to a cord worn by the Japanese, under their obis (sashes) to hold their inro (small carrying cases) in place.

The Lentz Center for Asian Culture seeks to recognize the rich and varied cultures of the diverse people of Asia. It is dedicated to the enrichment of knowledge and understanding of Asia and is the only Nebraska institution devoted solely to Asian art.

For more information, call Barbara Chapman Banks at 472-5841 or visit <www.unl.edu/lentz>.

Exhibition with MACAA conference opens

The juried exhibition "Cause/Effect" is open through Oct. 17 in the Eisentrager-Howard Gallery in Richards Hall. The exhibition features the work of Mid-American College Art Association members and their selection of current and former students' works.

Gallery hours are noon to 5 p.m. Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Saturdays and noon to 7 p.m. Thursdays.

Janice Driesbach, director of the Sheldon Memorial Art Gallery and Sculpture Garden, was juror for this exhibition.

MACAA is a professional society of college and university artist/teachers. Founded in the late 1930s, MACAA has grown beyond the Midwest and regularly attracts members and conference participants from across the country.

The MACAA 2002 Conference will be Oct. 2-5 at the Embassy Suites Hotel. UNL Professor of Sculpture Mo Neal is the current president of MACAA.

The keynote speaker for the conference is Peter Schjeldahl, a native of North Dakota, who is the art critic for The New Yorker. His keynote address will be at 8 p.m. Oct. 4.

For more information about the conference or the exhibition, visit the conference Web site at <www.unl.edu/macaa> , call Neal at 472-9429 or e-mail <moneal@unl.edu>.

Cellist, pianist play Oct. 3

The UNL School of Music will present guest artists Barbara Thiem, cellist, and Theresa Bogard, pianist, at a free concert at 7:30 p.m. Oct. 3 at Kimball Recital Hall.

Thiem is an acclaimed cellist who combines teaching cello and coaching chamber music with her schedule of performances in Europe and the United States, playing recitals, solo with orchestra, and chamber music. She is a member of the Mendelssohn Trio and each summer serves as associate director at the International Summer Academy of Schloss Ort, Austria. She holds degrees from Cologne, Germany where she studied with cellist Siegfried Palm, and from Indiana University where she was assistant to Janos Starker and was awarded the Performer's Certificate.

Bogard combines varied interests in historical performance practice, contemporary music, chamber music, the music of women composers and Balinese gamelan. She studied piano at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music in Australia, the University of Colorado at Boulder, and the Eastman School of Music. In 1988, she received a Fulbright grant to study fortepiano with Stanley Hoogland at the Royal Conservatory of the Hague in The Netherlands and was a top-prize winner in the International Mozart Fortepiano Competition in Bruges, Belgium, the next year.

Bogard has presented programs of solo and chamber music by women composers in several cities in the United States, Mexico, New Zealand, Australia and Indonesia.

String quartet to play Kimbal2l

The St. Petersburg String Quartet will perform at 8 p.m. Sept. 27 at Kimball Hall. This is the first concert of the season for the Lincoln Friends of Chamber Music.

At 7:30 p.m. David Breckbill, a professor from Doane College, will lecture about the concert in the recital hall. A reception will be in lower lobby after the performance. Tickets for the concert are $25 for adults and $5 for students and may be bought at the door. Season tickets for the series of five concerts will also be available.

For more information, call 435-5454.

Faculty artists in concert Oct. 1

The UNL School of Music presents faculty artists Clark Potter, viola; John Bailey, flute; Kathleen Wychulis, harp; and Donna Harler-Smith, soprano, in concert at 7:30 p.m. Oct. 1 at Kimball Recital Hall.

The concert is free and open to the public.

Guest artist performs Sept. 30

The UNL School of Music will present guest artist Carol Leone, piano, at 7:30 p.m. Sept. 30 at Kimball Hall.

Leone has received national recognition as a performing artist. She has been a top prize-winner in international and national piano competitions such as the National Beethoven Sonata Competition and the International Masters Competition. She has performed and taught throughout the United States and in Italy, Czech Republic, Germany, Russia and South Korea. She and her husband, Regan Smith, also perform as a duo-piano team.

The concert is free.

Anderson gives performance Sept. 29

The UNL School of Music will present faculty artist Scott Anderson, trombone, at 7:30 p.m. Sept. 29 at Kimball Hall.

Anderson is a founding member of the Nebraska Trombone Ensemble and has taught at St. Cloud State University, among others. He is an active orchestral performer on trombone, tenor tuba and bass trumpet. The concert is free and open to the public.