York Galleries, The Evelyn and Earle Wolf Hall

"Clarence Morgan: Notes and Ideas"

Reception: September 30, 2010, 6 - 8 pm

Lecture: September 30, 2010, 5 pm, DeMeester Recital Hall

Clarence Morgan is a painter who lives and works in Minneapolis. He has exhibited his work nationally and internationally including solo and group exhibitions at Reeves Contemporary in New York, Ze Zhong Gallery in Beijing, and Walker Art Center in Minneapolis, among many others. He received his MFA from the University of Pennsylvania in 1978 and a four-year certificate from the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts in 1975. Grants include a Bush Foundation Artist Fellowship, McKnight Foundation Artist Fellowship, Jerome Foundation Travel and Study Grant, Minnesota State Arts Board Grant, North Carolina Arts Council Visual Artist Fellowship, Southern Arts Federation NEA Regional Fellowship, and a grant from Art Matters, Inc. His work is included in the collections of the Cleveland Art Museum, Frederick R. Weisman Art Museum, Walker Art Center, Minneapolis Art Institute, General Mills, and University of Alabama, among others. Morgan currently teaches painting in the Department of Art at the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis, where he is professor and chair of the Department.

Collegiate Performing Arts Center

Ed Diener, Joseph R. Smiley Distinguished Professor of Psychology, University of Illinois 

“Positive Psychology”

Ed Diener received his doctorate at the University of Washington in 1974 and has been a faculty member at the University of Illinois for the past 34 years. He was the president of both the International Society of Quality of Life Studies and the Society of Personality and Social Psychology. He is currently the president of the International Positive Psychology Association. Diener was the editor of the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology and the Journal of Happiness Studies, and he is the founding editor of Perspectives on Psychological Science. He has over 260 publications, with about 200 being in the area of the psychology of well-being, and is listed as one of the most highly cited psychologists by the Institute of Scientific Information with over 15,000 citations to his credit. He won the Distinguished Researcher Award from the International Society of Quality of Life Studies, the first Gallup Academic Leadership Award, and the Block Award for Personality Psychology. Diener also won several teaching awards, including the Oakley-Kundee Award for Undergraduate Teaching at the University of Illinois. 

Humanities Room 218

A marvelous new film from Andrew Bujalski, one of the brightest stars in indie cinema, Beeswax (2009) revolves around the personal and professional entanglements of twin sisters Jeannie and Lauren (played by real-life twins Tilly and Maggie Hatcher). Jeannie co-owns a vintage clothing store in Austin, Texas, with Amanda, a semi-estranged friend who she fears is trying to end their partnership. Lauren leads a looser, less tethered existence and is considering getting out of the country altogether. Imbued with an innate charm, Beeswax is a story about families, friends, lovers, and those awkward moments that bring all of them together. A.O. Scott of the New York Times recently selected the film as a “NYT Critics’ Pick,” calling it a “remarkably subtle, even elegant movie.” Bujalski himself is acclaimed as the godfather of “mumblecore,” a movement in contemporary American independent cinema driven by the digital revolution and an ultra-low-budget, do-it-yourself approach to filmmaking. According to Cinema Scope magazine, he is “making what may prove to be the defining movies about [his] generation.” In a special appearance as part of the 2010-11 Humanities Film Series, this talented and important filmmaker will present his latest movie and answer questions about it after the screening.

Collegiate Performing Arts Center

William Wycherley’s famous Restoration comedy traces the hilarious and successful results of Horner’s plan to convince husbands and friends of his feigned impotence. Just when his chicanery is about to be discovered by his most recent conquest, Margery Pinchwife, Quack, his doctor, Lucy, the maid, and the wives involved confirm that he is “an arrant French capon.”

York Galleries, The Evelyn and Earle Wolf Hall

November 4 - December 1, 2010

Opening reception: November 4, 2010, 4 - 6 pm

The York College Faculty Biennial offers the College and regional communities an opportunity to view recent work by full- and part-time faculty from the College’s Art Division. This exhibition reflects the faculty’s dedication to pursuing creative research and an active studio practice. The works in the exhibition cover a wide range of disciplines and media including photography, painting, printmaking, drawing, illustration, jewelry, sculpture, and installation. Among the exhibiting faculty are professional artists who have won many awards, including the Janet & Walter Sondheim Prize, The Joan Mitchell Foundation MFA Award, and several Best In Show awards from national juried exhibitions. Faculty members have also exhibited their work nationally and internationally from New York to New Delhi.

Collegiate Performing Arts Center

William Wycherley’s famous Restoration comedy traces the hilarious and successful results of Horner’s plan to convince husbands and friends of his feigned impotence. Just when his chicanery is about to be discovered by his most recent conquest, Margery Pinchwife, Quack, his doctor, Lucy, the maid, and the wives involved confirm that he is “an arrant French capon.”

Collegiate Performing Arts Center

William Wycherley’s famous Restoration comedy traces the hilarious and successful results of Horner’s plan to convince husbands and friends of his feigned impotence. Just when his chicanery is about to be discovered by his most recent conquest, Margery Pinchwife, Quack, his doctor, Lucy, the maid, and the wives involved confirm that he is “an arrant French capon.”

Collegiate Performing Arts Center

William Wycherley’s famous Restoration comedy traces the hilarious and successful results of Horner’s plan to convince husbands and friends of his feigned impotence. Just when his chicanery is about to be discovered by his most recent conquest, Margery Pinchwife, Quack, his doctor, Lucy, the maid, and the wives involved confirm that he is “an arrant French capon.”