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Village Works:
Photographs by
Women in China's Yunnan Province
September 14, 1999 - January 9, 2000
Davis Museum and Cultural Center
Wellesley College, Wellesley, MA
Unless otherwise noted, all
Davis Museum and Cultural Center events are open to
the public free of charge. All events are sponsored
by the Davis Museum and Cultural Center; additional
cosponsors are noted with the events.
*A NOTE ON OPEN CLASSES AT
THE DAVIS: Open Classes are special sessions of
Wellesley College courses, which are held in the
Davis Museum or Collins Cinema and are open to the
public free of charge.
Thursday, September 9,
1:30-2:40 pm
Collins Cinema
The Occidental Tourist
In this open class session
of China: Ways of Looking, Assistant
Professor of Chinese Ann Huss discusses the
installation in the print study corridor of
official, personal, and artistic photographs by
Western photographers of South Asia, Southeast
Asia, Africa and Europe. Cosponsored by the Chinese
Department and the Educational Research and
Development Committee.
Tuesday, September 21,
1:30-2:40 pm
Collins Cinema
Open Class Session: China: Ways of Looking
Ann Huss, assistant professor of Chinese, and
her students are joined by exhibition curator Lucy
Flint-Gohlke. Cosponsored by the Chinese Department
and the Educational Research and Development
Committee.
Thursday, September 23,
1:30-2:40 pm
Collins Cinema
Open Class Session: China: Ways of Looking
Ann Huss, assistant professor of Chinese, and
her students are joined by Caroline Wang, assistant
professor, Department of Health Behavior and Health
Education, School of Public Health, University of
Michigan, who conceived the "photovoice" project.
Cosponsored by the Chinese Department and the
Educational Research and Development
Committee.
Thursday, September 23, 4:30
pm
Museum Lobby
Friends of Art Preview Opening and Reception
Friends of Art Preview for the exhibition. Lucy
Flint-Gohlke, curator, Caroline Wang, assistant
professor, School of Public Health, University of
Michigan, and Yang Kelin, Chinese photographer,
share behind-the-scenes insights. Wine and Chinese
drinks will be served. For Friends of Art and their
guests only; call 781-283-2081 to join.
Thursday, September 23,
6-7:30 pm
Museum Lobby
Public Opening and Reception
Village Works: Photographs by Women in
China's Yunnan Province
Welcome by Diana Chapman Walsh, president,
Wellesley College; remarks by Wu Kunyi, director,
Provincial Guidance Group of the Women's
Reproductive Health and Development Program;
Caroline Wang, assistant professor, School of
Public Health, University of Michigan; Joan
Kaufman, program officer, The Ford Foundation; Lucy
Flint-Gohlke, curator, followed by traditional
music performed by The Boston China Music
Association, cosponsored by the Wellesley College
Chinese Student Association.
The opening reception is
held on the eve of the Chinese Autumn Moon
Festival. Mooncakes, a sweet pastry eaten only
during the Autumn Moon, will be served.
Thursday, September 30,
12:30-1:30 pm
Cheever House, 828 Washington St. (Rt. 16)
Developing Communities: Photographs from the
Village Works Exhibition
Members of an interdisciplinary planning team
for the exhibition discuss community building in a
college campus. The presenters include exhibition
curators Lucy Flint-Gohlke and Corinne Fryhle and
Jacqueline P. Fields, Fern Marx, and Sumru Erkut,
Center for Research on
Women. Cosponsored
by the Center for Research on Women, this program
is part of the Center's Luncheon Seminar
Series.
Wednesday, October 13, 4:30
pm
Collins Cinema
Yunnan Province, China
Beth Notar, Class of 1985, visiting assistant
professor of anthropology, Mount Holyoke College,
discusses her research in the villages of rural
Yunnan in a slide lecture.
Thursday, October 14,
1:30-2:40 pm
Collins Cinema
Open Class Session: China: Ways of Looking
Paul Cohen, Edith Stix Wasserman Professor of
History, joins Ann Huss, assistant professor of
Chinese, and her students. Cosponsored by the
Chinese Department and the Educational Research and
Development Committee.
Tuesday, October 19, 9:50-11
am
Chandler Gallery
Open Class Session: Introduction to Cultural and
Social Anthropology
Anastasia Karakasidou, assistant professor of
anthropology, presents a special class on the
anthropological aspects of Village Works.
Cosponsored by the Anthropology
Department.
Wednesday, October 20, 6-8
pm
Museum Lobby, Exhibition Galleries, and Collins
Café
A Taste of China: Tour, Cookery Demonstration,
and Dinner
Tour of the exhibition and Asian gallery followed
by a modern Asian cooking demonstration and tasting
of a simple soup, main course, and dessert by
Collins Café chef, Odette Bery. Fee: $35 per
person. Call 781-283-3379 for more information and
reservations. Cosponsored by the Boston Learning
Society. (Repeats with different menus 6-8 pm on
November 10 and December 8).
Wednesday, October 27, 4:30
pm and 7:30 pm
Collins Cinema
Double Feature Film and Video Screening: Ermo
and The Gate of Heavenly Peace
4:30 pm Ermo, directed by Zhou Xiaowen
(1996). The efforts of a Chinese village woman to
alter the conditions of her life.
7:30 pm The Gate of Heavenly Peace, produced
and directed by Richard Gordon and Carma Hinton
(1995). Carma Hinton introduces her documentary of
the June 4, 1989 protest in Tiananmen Square,
Beijing, China.
Thursday, October 28,
1:30-2:40 pm
Collins Cinema
Open Class Session: China: Ways of
Looking
Ann Huss, assistant professor of Chinese, and her
students are joined by Filmmaker Carma Hinton (see
October 27). Cosponsored by the Chinese Department
and the Educational Research and Development
Committee.
Thursday, October 28, 4:30
pm
Collins Cinema
Roundtable Discussion: Social Activism and the
Visual Image
Five panelists offer different perspectives on film
and photography as tools for social change.
Participants include Carma Hinton, filmmaker (see
October 27), Mary Ann Burris, Ford Foundation
program officer; Julia Ballerini, art historian;
Salem Mekuria, filmmaker and assistant professor of
art; and Alexandra Lightfoot, research associate,
Center for Documentary Studies, Duke University,
and education consultant to Literacy Through
Photography.
Wednesday, November 3,
2:50-4 pm
Chandler Gallery
Open Class Session: Women in Chinese
Literature
Sherry Mou, assistant professor of Chinese,
discusses the role of women in Chinese literature.
Cosponsored by the Chinese Department.
Saturday, November 13, 3
pm
Chandler Gallery
Village Works: Gallery Talk
In this public gallery talk, Curator Lucy
Flint-Gohlke discusses the exhibition with museum
visitors and members of the New England Chapter of
Families with Children from China. Followed by a
reception in the museum lobby. Cosponsored by New
England Chapter, Families with Children from
China.
Wednesday, November 17, 4:30
pm
Chandler Gallery
Workshop: The Art of Crossing Cultures
Sylvia Hiestand, Director of International
Studies and Services, and Jeremy Fowler, museum
educator, School and Community Outreach, help
participants understand different styles of
communication and interaction across cultures.
China is the workshop's emphasis. Cosponsored by
the Office of International Studies and
Services.
Thursday, November 18,
1:30-2:40 pm
Collins Cinema
Open Class Session: China: Ways of
Looking
Ann Huss, assistant professor of Chinese, and
her students are joined by William Joseph,
professor of political science, and Harvard
University graduate student Wang Dan who was
imprisoned until 1998 for protesting in Tiananmen
Square, Beijing. Cosponsored by the Chinese
Department and the Educational Research and
Development Committee.
Thursday, December 2,
1:30-2:40 pm
Collins Cinema
Open Class Session: China: Ways of
Looking
Ann Huss, assistant professor of Chinese, and her
students are joined by the curator of
Inside/Out: New Chinese Art, Gao Minglu, art
history Ph.D. candidate, Harvard University, and
Vishakha N. Desai, director, Asia Society
Galleries, New York. Cosponsored by the Chinese
Department and the Educational Research and
Development Committee.
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