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Phoenix Theatre: Romeo & Juliet - November 5 – 21

Phoenix Theatre
November 5 – 21, 2009

By William Shakespeare

Directed by Brian Richmond
Costume Designer Mary Kerr
Set Designer Kerem Çetinel
Lighting Designer Amanda Gougeon
Sound Designer & Composer
John Mills-Cockell
Fight Director Peter Abrahams
Choreographer Anne Wootten
Stage Manager Lydia Comer

Shakespeare’s enduring and tragic love story about two “star-crossed lovers” who struggle against the prejudices of their feuding families, the Capulets and Montagues. Peace and unity in Verona ultimately come at the price of the young lovers’ lives. Adapted numerous times for stage and film, including its incarnation as West Side Story, this romantic tale continues to offer valuable insights for the political and cultural differences of our world.

Advisory: Possible nudity

• Phoenix Theatre 2009-10 Season
• Complete cast list with details on the show.
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Michael Morris - Wednesday November 18, 8pm

Michael Morris

Wednesday November 18, 8pm,
Visual Arts Building Room A 162

In the late 1960's Morris worked as a Curator at the Vancouver Art Gallery and the Centre for Communications and the Arts at Simon Fraser University. From 1973-1980, Morris was instrumental in the foundation of the Western Front Society acting both as Co-Founder and Co-Director during this period. The Western Front was successful in presenting and producing new art activities in the city of Vancouver and beyond.

Morris's earliest paintings were easel-sized gouaches on paper. Initially, his abstractions were based upon landscapes, but he soon became more conceptual in his work. He moved to a larger format and began to work with acrylic on canvas. Often these paintings respond to pop culture, the media, and cinema of the time.

With Vincent Trasov, Michael Morris developed the concept of an Image Bank, which later became known as the Morris/Trasov Archive. The items in this archive were collected internationally throughout the late 1960's and 1970's and reflect in various media the artists' situations, the sentiments of the art world, and life in general during that time period. This archive is now held by the Morris and Helen Belkin Gallery at the University of British Columbia and has been exhibited in parts throughout the 1990's and to the present day.

His work is housed in several major museum collections such as the National Gallery of Canada, Vancouver Art Gallery, Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, The Museum of Modern Art, New York and the Ludwig Museum, Cologne. Michael Morris spent the 1980's working out of Berlin, but returned to Canada in the 1990's. Morris' extensive and global exhibition record spans his entire career. Presently, Morris lives in Victoria.

Mimi Zweig: Exploring String Pedagogy - Nov 26, 2009 at 7:30 p.m.

Lecture (Orion Series in Fine Arts): Mimi Zweig: “Exploring String Pedagogy: The Eternal Search for Teaching Beautiful and Expressive Playing”

Thursday, Nov 26, 2009 at 7:30 p.m.

Phillip T. Young Recital Hall

Free Admission. For more information call (250) 721-7903.

Mimi Zweig, Violin Professor and Director of the Indiana University String Academy. Ms. Zweig has developed pre-college string programs across the United States.  She has given master classes and pedagogy workshops in the United States, Canada, Mexico, Israel, Japan and Europe, and has produced www.StringPedagogy.com, an innovative web-based teaching tool.  The Indiana University String Academy and Mimi Zweig were recent recipients of the Dorothy Richard Starling Foundation grant, which supports the teaching of gifted violinists.  Her students have won numerous competitions, performing and teaching worldwide. Mimi Zweig directs the Violin Virtuosi which have appeared in the United States, France and Italy. In addition to the lecture, Ms. Zweig will be giving master classes at the University of Victoria.   

Concert: Atar Arad, viola - November 28, 2009 at 8:00 pm

Concert: Atar Arad, viola

Saturday, November 28, 2009 at 8:00 pm

Phillip T. Young Recital Hall

Tickets: $25 and $20

For information call250.721.7903.  Tickets are $25 & $20, available at the University Centre Box Office at 250.721.8480 or at http://auditorium.uvic.ca/tickets.html

Program

Ludwig van Beethoven: Notturno, Op. 42 (Arthur Rowe, piano)

Atar Arad: Solo Viola Sonata

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Viola Quintet in C Major, KV 515 (with the Lafayette String Quartet).

 

Audain’s $2-million gift a boon to visual arts

Audain’s
$2-million gift a boon to visual arts

Visual Arts students at the University of Victoria will benefit from a $2-million gift from BC art philanthropist Michael Audain and the Audain Foundation. The gift will establish the Audain Professorship in Contemporary Art Practice of the Pacific Northwest, bringing a distinguished practicing artist to teach in UVic’s Department of Visual Arts.

• The full story can be read on line in the "The RING"

WorkShops

Art Technology - Workshops for students, staff and faculty.

Upcoming fine arts technology workshops

You can sign up for a workshop outside FIA#215 on the big bulletin board

• Final Cut Pro - Hands ON:
  A nuts and bolts approach to capturing, importing and exporting video in Final Cut Pro.
  
  
• Pixels to printout:
  A demonstration of the process and considerations for scanning slides and prints for output to high quality colour prints.
  
  
• Light it up:
  Techniques and considerations for photographing works of art.
  
  
• Hardware review:
  A tour of the various Fine Arts equipment available to students on loan.
  
  
• Shooting it old school:
  A demonstration of the use of our large format 4x5 studio camera.
  
  
• Harvesting sound:
  Techniques and considerations for recording high quality audio.
  
  
• Popping art:
  A demonstration of matte cutting and mounting.