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August 19, 2010
Location: Marjorie Barrick Museum
Join us for a closing reception for the inaugural exhibition in our new Community Gallery.
August 19th 6 - 8 pm.
The Community Gallery is part of an overall initiative to make the museum a more dynamic and participatory space. This first exhibition in the gallery is currently on display through August 21st and includes work by:
Karla Von Bohn, Karin Miller, Cory Mcmahon, Jennifer Main, Devin Margaret Duitsman, Thomas Wong, Josue Fred, Alicia Bridgewater, Ron and Marsha Feller, Maimarie Mercereau, Heather Roberts, Michael Mills, Lincoln Maynard, Erin Brown, Jamie Thomson, Melanie Bruck Coffee, Daniel Oshima, Abraham Abebe, Tuli Mac, Kim Johnson-Hagan, Lolita Develay, Hillary Price, Ve zun 10.
The Community Gallery is currently curated by UNLV student and museum employee Josue Fred. This gallery is available to students, faculty, alumni, staff and friends of the University of Nevada, Las Vegas and its surrounding communities.
August 23, 2010 - December 08, 2010
FREE COFFEE MONDAY! Need a good cup of coffee to start the week off right? Stop by the Museum Mondays 8:30 - 11:00 am and enjoy some on us!
August 25, 2010
The Museum is holding a party to welcome students back to campus. We'll provide food, entertainment and art! Come by and learn about the Museum and how you can become involved.
August 25th 10am – 2pm.
August 27, 2010
August 27th 6 – 8pm.
The Ice Next Time is an exhibition of fictional post-apocalypse textiles,clothing, and artifacts. The objects are presented with post-dated interpretive panels describing the narrative arc of catastrophe, social disruption, and civilization's eventual return. Hendee said about the project,"This exhibition subverts speculative representations of the apocalypse to highlight the dependence we have on digital media, which has augmented our collective memory and experience." In our world filled with mass media entertainment, virtual communities, and instantaneous communication, this exhibition focuses the viewer to consider what it would be like to experience a world returned to direct interaction,unassisted memory, and cultural autonomy.
Exhibition will be on display at the Museum through October 23rd.
August 31, 2010
Location: Marjorie Barrick Museum Auditorium
Novel thermophilic microorganisms and cellulases for improving second-generation biofuel technologies.
Dr. Brian P. Hedlund - 7:30 to 8:30pm on Tuesday, August 31
The current focus on the development and implementation of clean, renewable replacements for fossil fuels rivals technological challenges of recent decades, such as the race to put a man on the Moon and the completion of the human genome. This presentation will cover second-generation biofuels, focusing on novel thermophilic (“heat-loving”) microorganisms and enzymes.
Free and Open to the Public
September 03, 2010
Join us for an opening reception for Ron Smith's photography exhibition, Five Qualities of Architecture: Firmitas, Utilitas, Venustas, Humanitas, and Sustinere-Abilitas: Vitruvius Revisited
This photo exhibition examines the five qualities that provide multiple prisms, historic and more recent, from which to view architecture. From the eye of the photographer, the photographs are grouped to focus on one of the five qualities.
September 07, 2010 - October 13, 2010
OPEN CALL TO ALL ARTISTS!
We are accepting submissions for the Marjorie Barrick Museum’s next Community Gallery titled “Smells Like Rebel Spirit”. It will showcase art work by UNLV students, faculty, and alumni.
It can be any subject matter. However, since there are a few holidays/events around the corner of the opening we thought it would be a great idea to have art work represented in these themes: Day of the Dead, Halloween, Homecoming, or your own. It can be in any media type.
Deadline is Wednesday October 13 at 4 PM. So be creative, spontaneous and tenacious! *All art work is subject to approval by curator.
Opening reception is October 22 from 5-7 PM, immediately followed by the closing night for the Barrick Museum and UNLV Film Department’s Horror Film Festival from 7-9 PM.
“Smells Like Rebel Spirit” is sponsored by the Marjorie Barrick Museum and Barrick Arts Collective.
For more information contact Adriana Hernandez at 895-3381 or email, adriana.hernandez@unlv.edu.
Exhibition dates: October 22-December 10, 2010
September 07, 2010
Using Green Algae for Biofuel Production and Carbon Recycling.Dr. John C. Cushman - 7:30 to 8:30pm on Tuesday, September 7Green algae are ideally suited as a non-seasonal, renewable energy resource for the arid western U.S. because they can be more productive than terrestrial crop feedstocks, can be grown on marginal lands with municipal waste, in brackish or saline water unsuitable for traditional agriculture, can leverage geothermal and solar resources, and provide widespread potential for recycling of CO2 from biomass, coal or gas- red power plants. This lecture will discuss current research methods to optimize algal production and compare production harvesting systems.
Using Green Algae for Biofuel Production and Carbon Recycling.
Dr. John C. Cushman - 7:30 to 8:30pm on Tuesday, September 7
Green algae are ideally suited as a non-seasonal, renewable energy resource for the arid western U.S. because they can be more productive than terrestrial crop feedstocks, can be grown on marginal lands with municipal waste, in brackish or saline water unsuitable for traditional agriculture, can leverage geothermal and solar resources, and provide widespread potential for recycling of CO2 from biomass, coal or gas- red power plants. This lecture will discuss current research methods to optimize algal production and compare production harvesting systems.
September 14, 2010
Cyanobacterial Sugars for Biofuel Production.Dr. David R. Nobles - 7:30 to 8:30pm on Tuesday, September 14Through genetic modi cations, strain selection and novel culturing techniques; several strains of cyanobacteria have been developed that are capable of synthesizing and secreting large amounts of cellulose, glucose, and/or sucrose. Through these products biofuels can be produced. Join us on a discussion of this process and the potential capabilities of biofuel production.Free and open to the public.
Cyanobacterial Sugars for Biofuel Production.
Dr. David R. Nobles - 7:30 to 8:30pm on Tuesday, September 14
Through genetic modi cations, strain selection and novel culturing techniques; several strains of cyanobacteria have been developed that are capable of synthesizing and secreting large amounts of cellulose, glucose, and/or sucrose. Through these products biofuels can be produced. Join us on a discussion of this process and the potential capabilities of biofuel production.
Free and open to the public.
September 21, 2010
Can we Live off Sustainable Energy?: A Quantitative Approach.Dr. George Rhee - 7:30 to 8:30pm on Tuesday, September 21This lecture will address the key issue of whether we can sustain our current rate of energy consumption by replacing fossil fuels with renewable energy sources. Emphasized will be the need to quantify the problem by estimating the per capita energy consumption by category such as transport, heating, electricity etc. We will discuss both the scienti c and political dimensions of a viable energy plan for our country that does not include fossil fuels.Free and open to the public.
Can we Live off Sustainable Energy?: A Quantitative Approach.
Dr. George Rhee - 7:30 to 8:30pm on Tuesday, September 21
This lecture will address the key issue of whether we can sustain our current rate of energy consumption by replacing fossil fuels with renewable energy sources. Emphasized will be the need to quantify the problem by estimating the per capita energy consumption by category such as transport, heating, electricity etc. We will discuss both the scienti c and political dimensions of a viable energy plan for our country that does not include fossil fuels.
October 01, 2010 - October 22, 2010
Join us for the Marjorie Barrick Museum-Horror Film Festival
Hosted by UNLV Film Department and Short Film Archive Associate Professor and feature film writer-director, David Schmoeller.
Fridays, October 1st - 22nd 7 - 9 pm.
OCTOBER 1
SHORT: OH, MY GOD!
FEATURE: EVIL DEAD II (directed by Sam Raimi, director of Spiderman Series)
OCTOBER 8
SHORTS: DOODLEBUG (director of INCEPTION & BATMAN, THE DARK NIGHT); PLEASE KILL MR. KINSKI (short doc by host David Schmoeller)
FEATURE: TOURIST TRAP (based on Student Oscar nominated Short by David Schmoeller)
OCTOBER 15
SHORT: SPECIAL DELIVERY (Oscar winner, Best Animated Short)
FEATURE: PUPPETMASTER (first in a Paramount Video Franchise Hit series of sequels - Puppetmaster 10 has just been released at ComicCon)
OCTOBER 22
SHORT: RYAN (Oscar winner, Best Animated Short)
FEATURE: SCREAM (directed by the Master of Horror, Wes Craven)
October 22, 2010
Location: Marjorie Barrick Museum - Donald H. Baepler Xeric
With the return of fall we start spending more time outdoors. Take a tour through the Donald H. Baepler Xeric Garden for tips and tricks of how to maximize you garden during these cooler months.
Join us Friday October 22nd from 12:15 to 12:45. Meet in the lobby of the Barrick Museum. Call 895-3381 for more information. Registration is not necessary.
October 27, 2010 - December 18, 2010
Discover one of Mexico’s most famous artists through images and reproductions of her renowned paintings. Few artists have captured the public's imagination as Frida Kahlo. During her lifetime, Frida, was best known as the flamboyant wife of Mexican muralist Diego Rivera. Today she has become one of the most celebrated artists in the world. This exhibit is presented by the Consulate of Mexico in Las Vegas and co-sponsored by the UNLV Marjorie Barrick Museum and includes images of Kahlo's art and life providing a unique glimpse into the mind of one of the most influential artists of the 20th century. Also on display will be pieces from the Museum’s Pre-Colombian and Ethnographic Art Collection that are directly reflected in Frida’s painting. She and her husband, Diego Rivera, were avid collectors and the influence can be seen in the subject matter and style of her paintings.
The exhibition opens just days before Frida’s beloved holiday, Day the Dead. To commemorate this holiday several University student groups will be creating ofrendas - altars to remember and honor the memory of the dead.
RELATED EVENTS:
October 27th 5 – 7pm. After Hours Party featuring live music.
November 20th 10am – 12pm.
Family Day featuring: Story Time: Frida by Jonah Winter, Illustrated by Ana Juan Listen to a bilingual reading of Frida, a playful story about the artist’s life and work. Art: Design your own version of a Frida Kahlo portrait filled with the people, places, and things you love in this collage activity directly inspired by Kahlo’s work.
November 10, 2010
Location: Exhibition Hall
Misty Fields, UNLV Anthropology Department, “Women and the Agricultural Transition: Dental Health and Early Farming Females at La Playa (1600 BCE – 200 CE).”
Study Summary: This study examined dental health differences between adult women and men from an early farming population in present day northwest Mexico. With the adoption of agriculture, populations grew rapidly as a consequence of rising fertility rates associated with shorter birth spacing and readily available weaning foods. The nature of these changes and their effects to women in the past is not well understood, but clinical research has shown that hormonal-related changes can compromise maternal health by facilitating the development of dental disease. The study found that, over their lifetimes, La Playa women lost twice as many teeth as La Playa men. The study emphasizes the importance of dental health care for reproductive age women, particularly with diets limited to grains and starches. Moreover, the study highlights far-reaching effects of the subsistence transition in the lives of women.
November 10 11:30am - 12pm.
The Museum is holding a party to welcome students, families, faculty, alumni, staff and friends of the University of Nevada, Las Vegas to campus. We'll provide food and entertainment! Come by and learn about the Museum.
November 10th 2 – 5pm.
November 15, 2010
This event will be a Feminist Tribute to Frida Kahlo. Many people know Frida for her art, but few are aware of her commitment to fighting for economic and social justice, rejection of socially constructed beauty images and traditional gender/sex roles, and reclamation of indigenous and mestiza cultural heritage. Frida Kahlo has been a long-time Chicana feminist icon, symbolic of the Chicana/o struggle for social justice.
Dr. Anita Tijerina Revilla, from the Women's Studies Department, will deliver a short lecture about Frida in a feminist and social justice context. Students from the United Coalition for Im/migrant Rights (UCIR) and Movimiento Estudiantil Chicana/o de Aztlan (MEChA) will be reading poetry, singing, and sharing their stories and the impact that Frida has played in their lives. Invited performance artist, Xuanito Espinoza-Cuellar, will be honoring Frida as well with some music and poetry. We will have an open mic and food for all to partake. Please email anita.revilla@unlv.edu if you would like to read, perform or share some art rsvp to gay.sessums@unlv.edu.
November 15th 7 - 9pm.
November 30, 2010
If you think your Wii gaming skills are up to it and you need a break from studying prove your worth by attending the Barrick Museum Wii tournament.
Prizes, drinks and snacks provided.
November 30th 10 am - 2 pm.
December 02, 2010
Take a needed break during study week and take a nap at the Museum. Studies show naps improve memory consolidation better than caffeine.
Bring mats, sleeping bags, pillows and teddy bears to the Marjorie Barrick Museum to recharge.
December 2nd 11 am - 1 pm.
