The School of Art and Design - Faculty Calendar http://illinois.edu/calendar/Calendar?calId=1450 Events of interest to faculty at the School of Art + Design. All-faculty meeting http://illinois.edu/calendar/Calendar?calId=1450&eventId=154997&ACTION=VIEW_EVENT Tue, 09 Feb 2010 12:30:00 CST MFA Studio and Design admissions meeting http://illinois.edu/calendar/Calendar?calId=1450&eventId=154995&ACTION=VIEW_EVENT Tue, 09 Feb 2010 16:00:00 CST Executive Committee http://illinois.edu/calendar/Calendar?calId=1450&eventId=155000&ACTION=VIEW_EVENT Wed, 10 Feb 2010 12:00:00 CST School of Art + Design Alumni Reception http://illinois.edu/calendar/Calendar?calId=1450&eventId=155002&ACTION=VIEW_EVENT Thu, 11 Feb 2010 17:30:00 CST This alumni reception is being held in conjunction with the College Art Association annual conference. Admissions Committee http://illinois.edu/calendar/Calendar?calId=1450&eventId=156501&ACTION=VIEW_EVENT Tue, 16 Feb 2010 12:30:00 CST Industrial Design + Graphic Design joint program meeting http://illinois.edu/calendar/Calendar?calId=1450&eventId=157875&ACTION=VIEW_EVENT Wed, 17 Feb 2010 12:00:00 CST Program Chairs Committee http://illinois.edu/calendar/Calendar?calId=1450&eventId=155004&ACTION=VIEW_EVENT Thu, 18 Feb 2010 12:30:00 CST Bylaws + Policies + Procedures Committee http://illinois.edu/calendar/Calendar?calId=1450&eventId=155005&ACTION=VIEW_EVENT Mon, 22 Feb 2010 12:00:00 CST Painting + Sculpture Program http://illinois.edu/calendar/Calendar?calId=1450&eventId=155006&ACTION=VIEW_EVENT Wed, 24 Feb 2010 12:00:00 CST Graphic Design Program http://illinois.edu/calendar/Calendar?calId=1450&eventId=157869&ACTION=VIEW_EVENT Thu, 25 Feb 2010 15:00:00 CST Kongo Warriors and Christian Knights: Defining & Performing Power in Early Modern Central Africa http://illinois.edu/calendar/Calendar?calId=1450&eventId=159178&ACTION=VIEW_EVENT Thu, 25 Feb 2010 17:30:00 CST The Central African kingdom of Kongo converted to Catholicism in the late fourteen hundreds as it became an active participant in the early modern Atlantic world. A watercolor painted around 1740 by an Italian missionary depicting Kongo ritual martial exercises showcased how symbols of prestige borrowed from Portugal, and Christianity as a whole, entered into dialogue with Central African expressions of might and legitimacy, and their concomitant mythological and religious base. In the ceremony, the Kongo elite expressed with its regalia how its status no longer proceeded from a local narrative but rather derived from a symbolic system that also encompassed cosmopolitan cultural referents. The insignia formed a hybrid cultural discourse that demonstrated the Central African's ability to embrace novelty and contend with otherness in a self-centered process of cross-cultural reinvention. Industrial Design Program http://illinois.edu/calendar/Calendar?calId=1450&eventId=157873&ACTION=VIEW_EVENT Mon, 01 Mar 2010 12:00:00 CST Taft Lecture: Speaking Unconventionally: the Printed Works of Amos Paul Kennedy, Jr. http://illinois.edu/calendar/Calendar?calId=1450&eventId=159151&ACTION=VIEW_EVENT Mon, 01 Mar 2010 19:00:00 CST Graduate Committee http://illinois.edu/calendar/Calendar?calId=1450&eventId=155007&ACTION=VIEW_EVENT Tue, 02 Mar 2010 12:30:00 CST Executive Committee http://illinois.edu/calendar/Calendar?calId=1450&eventId=155008&ACTION=VIEW_EVENT Wed, 03 Mar 2010 12:00:00 CST Operations Committee http://illinois.edu/calendar/Calendar?calId=1450&eventId=155009&ACTION=VIEW_EVENT Thu, 04 Mar 2010 12:00:00 CST Visitors Committee http://illinois.edu/calendar/Calendar?calId=1450&eventId=155010&ACTION=VIEW_EVENT Mon, 08 Mar 2010 12:00:00 CST Modern Art Colloquium: Beyond the Mirror: Perception and Presence in Luciano Fabro's Allestimento Teatrale http://illinois.edu/calendar/Calendar?calId=1450&eventId=157864&ACTION=VIEW_EVENT Mon, 08 Mar 2010 17:30:00 CST Design + Media Arts Division http://illinois.edu/calendar/Calendar?calId=1450&eventId=155012&ACTION=VIEW_EVENT Tue, 09 Mar 2010 12:30:00 CST Studio Arts Division http://illinois.edu/calendar/Calendar?calId=1450&eventId=155011&ACTION=VIEW_EVENT Tue, 09 Mar 2010 12:30:00 CST