STUDENT CALENDAR http://illinois.edu/calendar/Calendar?calId=2231 Events of interest to students at the School of Art + Design. Kongo Warriors and Christian Knights: Defining & Performing Power in Early Modern Central Africa http://illinois.edu/calendar/Calendar?calId=2231&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. Taft Lecture: Speaking Unconventionally: the Printed Works of Amos Paul Kennedy, Jr. http://illinois.edu/calendar/Calendar?calId=2231&eventId=159151&ACTION=VIEW_EVENT Mon, 01 Mar 2010 19:00:00 CST Modern Art Colloquium: Beyond the Mirror: Perception and Presence in Luciano Fabro's Allestimento Teatrale http://illinois.edu/calendar/Calendar?calId=2231&eventId=157864&ACTION=VIEW_EVENT Mon, 08 Mar 2010 17:30:00 CST Ziff Lecture: Yue Minjun Talks About His Work http://illinois.edu/calendar/Calendar?calId=2231&eventId=158440&ACTION=VIEW_EVENT Mon, 15 Mar 2010 17:30:00 CDT Yue Minjun, a lifelong resident of Beijing, has emerged as one of the preeminent artists of the Cynical Realism movement in contemporary Chinese painting. His works are instantly recognizable by the characteristic laughing man, each a self-portrait of Yue Minjun, depicted in a variety of guises and in virtually all of his works. Immediately humorous and sympathetic, Yue Minjuns paintings offer a light-hearted approach to philosophical inquiry and contemplation of existence. A+D All-School Advising and Course Signup Day http://illinois.edu/calendar/Calendar?calId=2231&eventId=157866&ACTION=VIEW_EVENT Tue, 16 Mar 2010 12:15:00 CDT This advising and course signup day is for all current A+D sophomores, juniors, and graduate students. Modern Art Colloquium: The (Dysfunctional?) Marriage of Reason and Squalor, or, The Relationship Between Theory and Practice in Printmaking http://illinois.edu/calendar/Calendar?calId=2231&eventId=157865&ACTION=VIEW_EVENT Mon, 05 Apr 2010 17:30:00 CDT Art + Design Student Advisory Group http://illinois.edu/calendar/Calendar?calId=2231&eventId=158107&ACTION=VIEW_EVENT Tue, 06 Apr 2010 12:30:00 CDT A+D All-School Advising and Course Signup Day http://illinois.edu/calendar/Calendar?calId=2231&eventId=157867&ACTION=VIEW_EVENT Tue, 13 Apr 2010 12:15:00 CDT This advising and course signup day is for all current foundation students. Art + Design Student Advisory Group http://illinois.edu/calendar/Calendar?calId=2231&eventId=158115&ACTION=VIEW_EVENT Mon, 26 Apr 2010 12:00:00 CDT Modern Art Colloquium: Modernism After Modern Art http://illinois.edu/calendar/Calendar?calId=2231&eventId=145491&ACTION=VIEW_EVENT Mon, 26 Apr 2010 17:30:00 CDT Nina Dubin http://illinois.edu/calendar/Calendar?calId=2231&eventId=145492&ACTION=VIEW_EVENT Tue, 27 Apr 2010 17:30:00 CDT Memorial Day http://illinois.edu/calendar/Calendar?calId=2231&eventId=118434&ACTION=VIEW_EVENT Academic Mon, 31 May 2010 08:30:00 CDT