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SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION Washington, D.C. 20560 Official Business PENALTY FOR PRIVATE USE $300 Postage and Fees Paid Third Class Bulk Rate Forwarding and Return Postage Guaranteed [[image]] [[image]] NATIONAL MUSEUM OF AMERICAN ART [[image]] AND ITS RENWICK GALLERY SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION NMAA 8th and G Streets, N.W. Open every day of the week 10:00 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Admission free Renwick Pennsylvania Avenue at 17th Street, N.W. Open every day of the week 10:00 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Admission free November 1981 Calendar Appalachian Voices [[image]] Art Rosenbaum's charcoal on paper, "Harvey and George Childers, Pickens County, Georgia" This November 3 panel discussion will be moderated by Barbara Shissler Nosanow, NMAA Curator of Education and the organizer of the major exhibition, "More than Land or Sky: Art from Appalachia." The panelists, five articulate artists whose work is included in this exhibition, will discuss Appalachian lifestyles-contrasting the northern artist with the southern, the native with the sophisticated. All were trained at prestigious art schools but have chosen Appalachia in which to live and work. Steve Barbash, Chairman of the Art Department at the State University College in Cortland, New York, studied at Yale with Josef Albers and Nelson Wu and now maintains a secluded studio in the mountains of New York. In his work, he views the landscape not as a single event, but as a continuous experience. Ke Francis of Tupelo, Mississippi, received a B.F.A. from the Cleveland Institute of Art and although not a native artist, he believes there is "something of the primitive" in his work. In his "link with the land," he makes extensive use of paper, wood, rubber and steel. Lowell Hayes of Boone, North Carolina, received a B.A. from Lynchburg College and a B.D. from the University of Chicago. In the 1960s, he was a parish minister and social activist but, after a long absence, he returned to Appalachia. The mountains "daily recreate and nurture" his artistic sensibilities, expressed in mixed fabrics and paint. Caryl Jones-Sylvester of Cameron Mills, New York, spent her early years with her inveterate "junker" grandfather and traveled the Bowery with her father, becoming thoroughly steeped in a culture dominated by foot-stomping old-time religion. In her painted sculptures, she expresses a fascination with her American trailer life which she regards as an extension of an earlier European vagabond-gypsy tradition. Art Rosenbaum, an Associate Professor of Art at the University of Georgia, also is a folklorist and expert on the music of northern Georgia. In the tunes of mountain musicmakers, he finds a lyricism and humor that correlates with the visual imagery in his paintings. Co-sponsored by NMAA and Kennedy Center; for tickets, limited to 80, call 254-7190. From 5 to 6:30 p.m., NMAA. At 7:30 p.m., Mrs. Nasanow will conduct a walk-through of the exhibition. NMAA Film Series Each Sunday this month, with complete programs at both noon and 3 p.m., films will be shown in conjunction with the exhibition, "More than Land or Sky: Art from Appalachia." Admission is free but seating in the NMAA Lecture Hall is limited to 80 persons; tickets will be available at the information desk on the days of the showings. There will also be a free tour of the Appalachian exhibition at 2 p.m. November 1 Harlan County USA (1976) This Academy Award-winning documentary, an evocative portrait of collective action, focuses on the extended Kentucky coal miners' strike in "Bloody Harlan," and the miners' confrontation with Duke Power, the law, and each other. Coal Miner: Frank Jackson (1970) is a brief film about the life and work of one miner. November 8 Tol-able David (1921) is a silent cinema classic, one of the first Hollywood films to successfully evoke the Appalachian region without reverting to stereotypes. Starring Richard Barthelmess, it portrays the abrupt coming-of-age of a sensitive boy. Anonymous Was a Woman (1977) is a short examining the folk art of the region and its use in quilts and samplers by unknown women artists. November 15 Black Fury (1935) Directed by Michael Curtiz and starring Paul Muni, this film vividly recreates the coal mining conditions 50 years ago. Appalachia: No Mans's Land (1980) looks at Appalachia today and the effect of the industry, principally stripmining, on the countryside and its people. November 22 Selections from the Sinking Creek Film Festival Film-makers from all over the country attend this annual festival to view what is new in short films. Directors Mary Jane Coleman and George Griffin will introduce the films and also be available for questions. November 29 Where the Lilies Bloom (1974) is a gentle, sensitive film about four children struggling to stay together after being orphaned by their father's death. Hush, Hoggies, Hush (1978) is a short about farmer Tom Johnson teaching his pigs to pray before meals. Evenings at Barney Studio House Barney Studio House-built by artist Alice Pike Barney in 1902 as her home, studio and salon-provides an intimate glimpse of turn-of-the-century artistic life. On three consecutive evenings this month- November 17, 18, and 19- the NMAA will present a program that is reminiscent of those given by Mrs. Barney. "Winding Words through Movement and Music" is choreographed and performed, with musical accompaniment, by Mary-Averett Seelye. In this unique theatrical event, she will present the poetry and prose of, among others, Gertrude Stein, Edith Sitwell, Denise Levertov and Gerald Manley Hopkins. Each performance is at 8 p.m., followed by a reception honoring the artists. Seating is limited to 50; for tickets, at $10 each, call 357-1500. These programs are presented by the NMAA in cooperation with the Smithsonian's Division of Performing Arts, and are partially funded by the Laura Barney Trust of the Smithsonian Institution. [[image]] Alice Pike Barney, circa 1909 [[image]] Section of West Studio Museum Publications Museum publications may be purchased at our shops or by mail when adding a postage and handling charge of ten per cent-with a minimum of seventy-five cents. A list of NMAA publications is available from the shops. Checks should be made payable to the Smithsonian Institution and orders directed to the Museum Shop at either the NMAA or the Renwick Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C. 20560. Walk-in tours, without reservations, at NMAA at noon on week-days and at 2 p.m. Sundays. Prearranged tours at NMAA and Renwick are offered between 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. Guided Barney Studio House visits are available at 11 a.m. or 1 p.m. on Wednesdays and Thursdays. Exploration in American Art, a four-part monthly series of programs tracing America's artistic and cultural heritage, is available for groups of 8 to 15. For information and reservations, call 357-3095. If you wish to receive the Calendar of Events free and are not on our mailing list, please fill out this form and mail to: Calendar of Events National Museum of American Art Smithsonian Institution Washington, D.C. 20560 ________________________ Name ________________________ No. and Street ________________________ City State Zip
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