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/ .. .. Brought to you by the ... ~4· • '' COLUMBIA CHRONICLE Columbia arts festival to crescendo on May 23 0 Dance, Art, Performances to including the educational showcases from various graduating students who continue through the end of May will show their work during the Artwalk side of the celebration. To help ring in spring, Columbia "Mayfest is pushing for students to College Chicago is reaching out to stu­ show off their work. which is funda­ dents, faculty and staff, in addition to mental to the artistic and educational the general community by hosting its process," he said. first Mayfest celebration. Various departments beyond Art and Described by organizers as a month­ Design and Photography, including the long expose showcasing the very best of Sound and Radio departments, will have student art, talent and vision, Mayfest is a first-time opportunity to showcase a first for the nation's largest arts and their work. media college. A mammoth undertak­ What makes Mayfest so different fro m , ing, the cele bration's main purpose is to past college-sponso red events. be s ide~ promote each department of Columbia, its large-scale activities and perform­ showing the best student work, as well ances, is its draw to the community, as bringing together the surrounding according to Kell y. creative community of Chicago, accord­ Several hospitality suites will be scat­ ing to Mark Kelly, the college's vice tered throughout the campus for the president of Student Affairs. May 23rd street festival to host college The culmination of events will lead to alumni and trustees, in addition to a giant street festival on Thursday, May potential donors to the school. Kelly 23, which will feature several nationally said it is vital to invite these "outside" renowned bands in addition to student members of the college community in bands and various other specialized per­ order for them to get a sense of all the formances from the college. The actual creative possibilities that are present at festival will spread around Columbia's Columbia. South Loop campus, stretching from "It's a chance for others to see that this Harrison ;genue at Wabash Avenue event is college-wide, not departmental­ down to II t Street. There will be two ly specific. We are celebrating what we outdoor stages for the various bands and are all about," he said. one smaller stage in the sculpture gar­ Mayfest will continue to be a penna­ den, adjacent to

0 Graduating seniors' work to be Narrative Arts Center. run. The gallery is at I 104 S. Wabash showcased In Glass Curtain Gallery "12 Past," an exhibition of graduate Ave. on the I st floor. May 15 through June 1 students, will be from the Students featured will include Tone Interdisciplinary Arts Center/Book "It will be a multimedia Stockenstrom and Ben Gest, two stu ­ and Paper Center. Four MFA students' experience of design and dents whose work have already been Mayfest 2002 will offer diverse and thesis projects will be available for on display at the Hyde Park Art unique student presentations in con­ viewing. Anita Leverance of the Book all its facets." Center. A total of 12 students will junction with the ArtWalk Gallery and Paper Center said Mayfest came have photography exhibits in the Exhibitions and Receptions. Art stu­ at an opportune time. gallery. "It was just perfect timing. We do The Hokin Gallery and Annex will dents working in a wide variety of dif­ students. The Glass Curtain Gallery ferent media will showcase pieces in [an exhibition] every year," Leverance focus on the photography of under­ said. " 12 Past" will run from I 0 a.m. will run the exhibition from May 15 to graduate seniors, with about 43 stu­ the Book and Paper Arts Center, the June I. A reception on May 23 will Glass Curtain Gallery, the Hokin to 9 p.m. in the Book and Paper dents participating. Glass Curtain Center at II 04 S. Wabash Ave. on the coincide with ArtWalk and Mayfest. Curator Liz Chilsen said the upcom­ Gallery and Annex, the Columbia "It's a very diverse show," said 2nd floor. ing show would be full of variety. College Art Gallery, an auxiliary exhi­ Barbara Kasten of the Photography The MFA Photography program will Some of the students have built "light bition space, the Museum of department. An earlier reception on Contemporary Photography and the also showcase work by graduating May 17 from 5-8 p.m. will open the See Artwalk, page 2 2 Special Supplement May 2002 Artwalk Continued from Front Page

boxes" for their work, which will shine light through a transparent positive image. Amy Daniels, one student featured in the exhib­ it, is working on musical accompaniment to her nearly 7-foot long installation piece, Chilsen said. Chilsen a lso noted that the Hokin show will inc lude numerous environmental and self-por­ traits, by artists such as Kate Glover, Jennifer Davis and Adam Schiesl. The show will run from May 15- June 3 in the Hokin, at 623 S. Wabash Ave. on the I st fl oor. The Graduating Seniors Fine Art Exhibition offers work from fine arts or undeclared majors and wil l run at the Columbia College Art Gallery, at 72 E. I lth St. · Melissa Jay Craig, of the Art and Design depart­ ment, said the exhibit will provide a wide variety of artistic media. ''It will run the gamut from painting to sculpture to installation," Craig said. The Design Exhibition will showcase graduating seniors' work in numerous different majors. Graphic design and advertising will make up most of the exhibit, said Richard Zeid of the Art and Design department. More than I 00 students are expected to participate, Zeid said, and interior architecture, illustration and production design work will also be featured. " It will be a multimedia experience of design and all its facets," Zeid said. The space reserved for the exhibit, at 1130 S. Michigan Ave., has been rented for the month. Zeid called the building "new and exciting." Showings will run from 5-8 p.m. For Mayfest, the Museum of Contemporary Photography will open two new exhibits, "Barbara Crane: The Loop" and "Vera Lutter." "The Loop" is a variety of architectural photo­ Courtesy of Columbia College's Creative and Printing Services graphs of Chicago and "Vera Lutter" is a collection The Book of light is a video book exhibit on display at the Artwalk that collects the experiences of past and present, of large-scale negative "camera obscura" images. things forgotten and remembered, In Its diaphanous, light-saturated pages Is also another "Camera obscura," (literally, "dark room") is a photographic technique that produces a reversed negative image. Lutter's cityscapes will be on dis­ play in the museum, at 600 S. Michigan Ave., from March 22-June 15 . Town square event to promote Columbia The final exhibition, entitled "Radio: Theater of the Mind," is a sound installation of student work that will run in the Narrative Arts Center at 33 E. departments and student organizations Congress Parkway on the I st floor. The radio installati on will feature what Barbara 0 College groups to hand out Information, In addition to the colleges departments participat­ Calabrese of the Radio department called "the best ing in the May fest town square, many of Columbia's of student work." The install ation will run on a Interact with student and visitors student organizations will have booths as well. continuous loop, Calabrese said, allowing people The American Sign Language Club will have a to walk in and out as it is pl aying. Columbia's fi rst Mayfest celebration will not only booth, and in addition to handing out information, Three of the pieces are award-winning programs. fe ature student work and talent but since the event is several students from the department will be per­ Two won Si lver Microphone Awards (a regional open to the public, a town square will offer people a forming ASL poetry, according to club president industry honor) and one won a College Media chance to see what many college departments and Jamie Buck. Also available at the booth will be Advisers Award. student organi zati ons are a ll about. cookies shaped like hands forming the "I love you" The in stallation will compile comedy sketches, Some of the departments and offices that will have signs, she said. radio features, news broadcasts and music features, booths at Mayfest's town square are the Office of According to Joe l Yeast, supervisor for WCRX­ Calabrese said. There wi II also be access to Community Arts Partnerships (OCAP), Admissions FM, the college's radio station, the station will have WCRX-FM's Web site, with audio archi ves and and the Journali sm department. a booth at the town square. He said information student interviews. The OCAP will have scholars from the department !about the radio station will be available. With the Art Walk Gallery Exhibitions, Columbia working its booth, handing out information about The Student Government Association (SGA) will students, faculty and visitors will have the oppor­ different areas within the department. According to be giving out general info and also doing a survey tunity during Mayfest to enjoy a wonderfully Lott Hill, college community lia ison of OCAP, stu­ about concerns that students have, according to diverse slice of talent. Artists of all media will dents will a lso tell peopl e about what OCAP does, Dana Ingrassia, director of student organizations and show the best of their work, and di fferent types of like putting on Dance Africa, an annual event at government. exhibits wi ll refl ect the creativity and ingenuity of Columbia, and connecting the different departments Columbia Pride, will be hosting a "Gay Jeopardy" graduating seniors and MFA students. of the college to the surrounding community with !game, complete with rainbow prizes, according to programs like its Urban Mission Program. Lori Bieniek, president of the organization. She said Columbia 's Admissions office will be handing out the questions will be on topics like health and sex. general information about applying to the college, The Columbia College Association of Black since prospective Columbia students may be attend­ Journalists (CCABJ), will be giving out information ing Mayfest, according to Howard Hildebrandt, about the organization and there will also be a raffle associate director of operations in the Admissions of sponsored items, according to Gina Jiannuzzi, a office. In formation on undergraduate and graduate lmember of the organization. admissions, and a lso information on applying to "We want to get the word out that CCABJ isn' t just Columbia 2, the coll ege's continuing education pro­ 'for African Americans," Jiannuzzi said. gram, will be gi ven out, Hildebrandt said. Columbia's Latino Alliance will be putting on a The Journali sm department will set up a news­ dance performance at their town square booth, stand, similar to the one located at Jackson according to Ingrassia. Boulevard and Wabash Avenue, according to ! The Composers' Association Dedicated to the Barbara Iverson, fac ulty member of the Journa lism Reinvention of Expression (CADRE) plans to do department. She said the newsstand wi ll give out tarot card readings and act out the predictions, issues of the Columbia Chronicle, Echo Magazine, Ingrassia said. Inside Journalism (the department newsletter), flair The Student Programming Board will be hosting a Trigger (the r:icti on department's publication) and ra flle at its booth. Students or other attendees of the school's poetry magazine. Mayfest will be given a ti cket, provided that they Another department that wi ll have a booth at the \perfo rm a c ha rades-type stunt, according to town square is the Arts, Entertainment and Medi a Ingrassia. She said prizes for the raffle will most Management department. The department's record likely include giti certificates. label, AEMMP Records, represents Morris Minor, Some other departments and organizations sched­ who will also be performing at May fest, said Kevin ul ed to take part in the Mayfest town square are Erickson, faculty adviser fo r AEMMP Records. lie Columbia College On the G round, Start, the said Morris Minors' CD wi ll be availabl e at the International Student Organization, the Columbia department 's booth at the town square. Christian r ell owship and the Campus Greens.

Photo courtesy of Museurn of Contemporary Pho toan~phy Vera Lutter's '333 N. Michigan Ave., Chicago, ll: October 16, 2001' May 2002 Special Supplement 3

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Slavic Soul Party! NYC's answer to Balkan Dance Music 1 31 E. balbo (corner of Wabash) 312.362.9707 Tuesday, May 21 at 8pm - $10 ~ www.hothouse.net 4 Special Supplement May 2002 Street fest to showcase creative performances ranging from group improv to puppets on parade 0 Student works to stretch across South Loop These performances are extensions of a class proj­ student chose Jackson Pollack and cov­ campus. ect as well. "They are pieces that combine class ered himself with splashes of assignment with some improvisation by the stu­ paint and threw confetti out dents" said Shirley Mordine, adviser working on the on the ground," Mayfest's outdoor street festival will include a pieces with the students. Friedrich said. number of art, dance music and other interpretive "These will be modern l'rograms that the student The basic idea performances. The college hopes visitors to create entirely on their own," Mordine said. for this , class, Mayfest will walk away with a feeling of what Students have already begun rehearsals and once which is part of the Columbia is all about. the parameters ofthe site have been determined, the Art department, is to There is something for everyone at Mayfest and students wi II fine-tune pieces inspired by the site. get students-. into a performances will include a variety of art forms The Sound department has come up with an inter­ sculptural state of from dance to sound. esting exhibition for Mayfest. rnind. Friedrich also All of the performances are created by junior and Howard Sandroff, composer and adviser to the says that one of the fac­ senior level students and are part of a class that the project, has helped students create artwork tors that make the class so students have been attending this spring semester. through sound, that is not necessarily musical. interesting is that the stu­ The works will be performed at various sites around "The performances are individual creative dents come from various campus. projects that could be called a sound composi­ majors. For an improvisational dance piece check out the tion, though considering the piece, music is "We have all kinds of stu­ Four Now lmprovi~tion performed at the sculpture debatable," Sandroff said. dents with di ff~rent back- garden at 72 E. 11 1 Street at 2 p.m. The pieces, which are all recorded-sound grounds and ideas," Friedrich "This is a picture dance that the students wi 11 pieces, display a wide array of art, some said. "We have students majoring make up as they go along," said Deborah Siegel, of which is documentary, some literary in theater, fashion design and art, faculty adviser working with the students. and some abstract. This will present which adds so much to the class." more of a feeling, Sandroff said. Friedrich said that the parade will There will be seven pieces played, all be a kind of fairly short. celebration for ....------...... Sandroff described. this perform­ the students. ance as a different experience. "Our goal is to Some of the puppets and masks to be featured "Understanding that sound can engage the pub I ic during the be treated as a material for to celebrate 'puppet pageantry;' music. and that the sound is a Mayfest and the art­ Aaron Guice, subset of that, is what these making process with Emily Ward, students have learned in the community of Sarah Weidmann class artists." are some of the The parade begins in artists who put Grant Park where the stu­ their creative dents will gather and skills to work. engage the public, Friedrich said, to help with their creations. "The stu­ The per­ Other masks and dents will have multiple formance puppets on puppets and plan on asking includes display are by the public to help use them four upper­ Damien in the parade and to get level dancers Hinojosa, them involved." who started Sarah The parade will follow a working on this Weidmann, simple route. Students project early in Emily will stop at three sites, the semester. The Ward. where three different per­ dancers usually per­ formances wi II happen form their works at with five students at each the Dance Center con­ performance. Each piece cert but are creating an where they created will last about five min­ outside dance perform- these pieces," Sandroff utes. ance especially for said. There wi ll also be music May fest. Though Sandroff has been working with stu­ and other groups perform­ "The pieces for Mayfest dents on projects like these for years, this is the ing in the parade. are going to be site-specific first public performance his students have ever "Students from outside and make up part of the stu­ done. the class can even show dents' independent project, "Audio arts as a creative medium has not off their own puppet-mak­ though Mayfest is not the culmi­ received very wide di ssemination in ing skills. We encourage nating event of the project," Columbia. This will be a different experi­ them to bring some of their Seigal said. ence for audience. It is less connected to work in puppetry," Seigal said the students meet once the visual imagery. like a photo exhibit Friedrich said. a week as part of the independent at the school. This is geared more to She also encouraged project and work together to improve the auditory." people from all around the their skills at working together. For a different kind of artistic expe­ city to check out the per­ "The students practice at getting better rience, Mayfest will be hosting a formance. at reacting to each other, picking up community parade of performance "Columbia, being a com­ movement from each other," Seigal said. puppets on the evening of May muter school, does not All of the girls involved have taken at 23. The parade will begin at have as many opportuni­ l e a ~t two improv classes and have performed Grant Park at 6 p.m. and travel ties to put on campus in concert for Columbia. down Wabash Avenue. activities and with The piece will he a ~ tudcnt and crowd­ This is a unique perfi.mn­ Mayfcst, we are trying to involved improv. ance where the students will bring art out to the school. "There wi II be magical things happening out usc ski ll s they have learned in I hope many people will th~re [at Mayfest), the girls will be playing along Jcnni fer 1-"ricdrich 's Puppetry Pageantry check it out." w1th the crowd, making in up in the moment," and the Art of Spectacle class. Friedrich, who There seems to be some­ <,eigal said. is also the adviser to the purade, instructed upper­ thing for everyone at this Vor a different type of dance piece, check out the classmen on how to build puppets and build a spec­ year's Mayfest. The stu­ ~ ite- ~ pccific performance ~ going on at the 623 S. tacle. dents from nil majors hnvc Courtesy of Jennifer Friedrich Wabash Ave. building at 2 p.m. "The students hnve learned many things this worked very hurd to bring The~ performances will he held in large street­ semester, they started off with building n puppet out their talents to the pcr­ Aaron Gulct'l unlqut mask cmtlon. level wmdow'l of Columhia''l campus huilding. of curdbourd und went on to crcutin~ u c.:hurm:ter ti.mnnnces this year. hased upon u real figure in urt. For 1nstnnce, one

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Installations, porformM c ~ IHt, mu~l c, and .- c1mpua vlelt. www . mayf~qt07 .colum.edu AttWAik to 8 iAIIotlos. May 2002 Special Supplement 5 Seven different studios to exhibit student work on May 23 0 Studios to be located In Columbia's 623 s. Theater Design Exhibition "We took some of the photo work that's in the publi~ation, matte~ i~, framed it and it will appear Wabash, 33 East Congress, 624 S. Michigan and May 23, ~- 8 p.m. 72 E. 11 t St., Basement Lobby m th1~ photo exhibit," Aguina said. Aguina is 72 E. 11th street buildings. changmg the name of the magazine because anoth­ This exhibit will feature set, costume and light er publication already has the name. He is solicit­ design from graduating theater design students. ing suggestions for a new title. Email him at The special advantage of this exhibit, as opposed to [email protected] with any ideas. The Other Cybercafe seeing these elements as part of a full-fledged pro­ May 23, 6:30 - 8 p.m. duction, is that visitors will be able to appreciate the 623 S. Wabash Ave., Room 416 full range of a designer's style, since several work Creativity With a Conscience samples will be available from each artist, said Ongoing Theater department faculty Susan Padveen. 623 S. Wabash Ave., Second Floor display cases Come to th~ rec~ption f?r.this online art gallery Padveen also said the exhibit would serve stu­ creat~d by semors m the Digital Media Technology Pract1cu.m class. According to Bonnie M. Zayas, a dents' career interests well since many local pro­ This exhibit is a result of Senior Seminar vision student m the class, the online gallery "incorporates duction designers will be visiting to look at stu­ projec~s, which must encompass three aspects, accordmg to the Senior Seminar Program's Marie t~e way we use technology and art to create digital dents' work. p1eces." Gille~pie. The yr~jects must have deep personal . It is ca,tled "The Other" because "We're not paint­ meamng, have s1gmficance to others and be of high mg, we re not sculpture, we're the other" said Ying/Yang: Double Tongues of Poetry quality, regardless of medium. Nicky Nolan, who teaches the class. ' May 23, 6:30- 8:30p.m. "This is a professionally curated exhibit, meaning "I think that digital art differs from other forms of 33 E. Congress Parkway, Second Floor that any student is invited to submit their work, but artistic expression due to unlimited capabilities of not all of them are included in the exhibit " technology," Zayas said. There are "two paths" into poetry on May 23, said Gillespie said. "There are three judges who a;e Anyone can submit artwork for the exhibit until English department faculty Tony Trigilio. One is leaders and creative people in the arts field." May 18 by using the online subm ission form at the slam poetry contest (the Yang), and the other is ac:web.colum.edu/projects/gallery/. The reception a poetry labyrinth created by poetry students for will feature coffee, Krispy Kreme donuts and hot quiet contemplation (the Yin). Anything New ... chocolate. Constructed by students in Maureen Seaton's May 23, noon - 4 p.m. Women Poets: Subversive Verse class, the labyrinth Columbia College Library, 624 S. Michigan Ave., ArtWalk Open Studio will be traditional in the sense that one walks a cir­ Third Floor May 23, 5 - 7 p.m. cuitous, maze-like path, as in a cathedral, Trigilio 623 S. Wabash Ave., Ninth Floor explained. The name .of this Early Childhood Education "What's unique," Trigilio said, "is we'll have stu­ department, exhibit was inspired by a Pablo Picasso The Photo.Print.Media Studio (PPM) will have an dents build stations involving original poetry, quote: "What is sculpture? What is painting? open house and have an informal exhibition of stu­ adding audio and definitely one of the students is Everyone clings to old-fashioned ideas and outworn dent work. The PPM Studio focuses on experimen­ going to incorporate visual arts." The poetry will definitions as if it were not precisely the role of the !al photography, printmaking and digital printmak­ encompass many forms, but will all deal with fem­ artist to provide new ones. Anything new, anything mg. Because it is located in a different location inist issues raised by Seaton's class. worth doing, can't be recognized!" from the Photography department, it has been Early Childhood Education department director called "the best-kept secret at Columbia," accord­ Carol Anne Stowe said that what the seniors whose ing to Jennifer Friedrich, who manages the studio. Slipstream Exhibition ~orks will be exhibited have "done collaboratively The informal exhibition will feature the types of May 23, 9 a.m. - 8 p.m. IS developed a new approach to teacher education, a works mentioned above, including some 19'tn_cen­ 33 E. Congress Parkway, First Floor, Writing shared belief that excellent teachers understand that Center each child is unique and develops in context, that tury photog~aph.ic techniques and pinhole photogra­ phy. But Fnednch stressed that students also utilize teachers need to support that development, while modem experimental techniques such as Polaroid This exhibit will feature photography from the we believe that each child needs to become literate transfers. Friedrich hopes that students will come current and past edition of Slipstream, published by in areas valuable in society." by and learn about the PPM Studio "because we're the Writing Center Community Organization. Students were asked to create a work of art kind of tucked .way." Tea and cak~ will be served. There ~ill also be a. 30-seco?d commercial spot expressing their feeling about their role as teachers promotmg the magazme runmng on a continuous either in the future or in the context of their live ~ video loop, said Slipstream founder Nicholas toda~ or .in the past. "The projects are pretty strong, Aguina. The exhibit runs through May 30. cons1denng these are not art students," Stowe said. ~ f i: ,r

EXPLODES ON THE COLUMBIA COLLEGE CHICAGO CAMPU S I MAY 23 12 - 9 pm FREE Music • Art • Dance • Performance

QraduatlftC Seniors' Year-End Photography Theater of the Mind .., ,1und llbt.l•'·l t1 ,1n ,,r 12 Past 1\li\ Jnd MFI\ thes1s work 1n Senior Design Exhibition - work in graphic Exhibit ion student 1\ 0rk f10111 tl1t' R.ld''' D t'~',H t•nt·nt. ln t t' rli i S C ipl~na r y <\rts und Book & Paper Arts. des1gn. illustration. advertising art. product des1gn . fash1on design. Interior architecture Snun!.:: Stops. Hok1n Gallery & Annex Tlw N<11r .lt 11e 1\1ts CentL'r Tl1t' CL'ntcr for Book & Paper Arts and arc hi tectural studies. S top ~ 623 S . Wabash 623 S. Wabash . 1st floor 33 E. C ong r t' ~ ~- l st tiL'L'I llll--l S . Wab,l sh. 2nd floor Stoo 2 600 S. Michigan Aux111ary Ex h1 b1tion Space S:;,p 3 33 E. Congress Barbara Crane's The Loop, M FA Photography Exhibition 1130 S. M1ch1gan Senior Fine Art s Exhibition S:op ~ 623 S . Wabash architectural photographs of Chicago and The Glass Cur tc1 1n G.lllt ·l ~ St op 5 lith & Wabash Vera Lutter. large-scale negat1ve camera The llth Street Gallery 110--l S. Wdb,JSil. lst t 1L1,1r obscura 1mages. ~ 2 E. lltt1 Stre8t. 1st floor

4 =· .,-.,: :: _:: of ~'<;' • <::: ~: • ¢t>'1 ~ enues The Museum of Contemporary Photography 600 S. M1ch1gan. 1st floor

The Other Cybercate ArtWalk Open Studio Theat er Design Exhibition Yin/ Yang: Double Tongues of Poetry Recept1on for onl1ne art gallery created by Open 11ouse ,md 1nfor 111. 11 L'\ll 1b1t1vn ot S8t. costume. and l1ght1ng des1gn from The 'Yin ': A poetry labyrinth created by semors 1n the Dig1tal Med1a Technology student work. gr aliuatmg tlleater des1gn students. Poetry students for quiet contemplation. Pract1cum class. 7'2 E. 11th St .. basement lobby 33 Congress. 2nd floor 623 S. W,lb,lstl. Pl10 to.F'r1nt.Medla 623 S. Wabash. Room 416 stud1o. 9ttl floor

Slipstream Exhibition Creativity With a Conscience Anything New. •. Multimedia exhibition representing work by Exhibition of work from the annual Senior Artwork from graduating students in the contnbutors to the Slipstream publication. Sem~nar show. Early Childhood Education Department's culminating seminar. The Role of Art in Wntmg Center. 33 E. Congress, 1st floor 623 S. Wabash. 2nd floor display cases Development. • Columbia College Library, 624 S. Michigan, \ ll/11 '1 11, 111 1' h'~ · I • 3rd floor (Reception 7 - 9 pm) I

MovltW Plctur" Site-Specific Dance Foumow Improvisation Sound Oesl&n Seven sound art pieces created by students ... Community parade of performance puppets. Performed in large street-level windows at Senior students. guest dancers and - - - MJcnrgan ana travers to me ~Culpture {; Interactive dance piece In the Sculpture class presented In Room 302, 1.1.04 S~ Garden at 11th & Wabash. Garden at 11th & Wabash Wabash.

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Scenes of Conflict and Mayhem Yin/Yang: Double Tongues of Poetry Prime Elements The Big Screen 2002 Creativity with a Conscience I Demonstration of swordplay, stickplay The 'Yang': a Poetry Slam at Powell's Jazz vocalist Alison Belleville presents her Juried competition/ screening of student Performances from students in the Senior and fisticuffs presented by the Stage Bookstore, 8 28 S. Wabash. Senior Music Department Concert. film work at the Harold Washington Seminar course presented in Hokin Hall, Combat class in the Sculpture Garden at Concert Hall, 1104 S. Michigan, 1st floor library, 400 S. State. 623 S. Wabash, 1st floor. 11th & Wabash.

Music Stages located at Wabash & Harrison CCC Jazz Ensemble Oliver Mtukudzl Fred Anderson Thometta Davis Big Band and jazz Afropop I Tuku Music Jazz Blues

Main Music Stage Schedule ~

The North Allstars* Helen Seo Guitar Ensemble lkkyu Eclectic Neo - Delta Classical Soprano Jazz Jazz bluesj punk/souljgospel

•Atso appearing at the May 30. Second Music Stage Schedule ~

Radio Hour ToMBoy Morris Minors Blues Monks Alternative Rap Rock Blues/ funk

The Garden Stage 11th & Wabash A stage highlighting Columbia's student bands. improvisational Office of Community Arts Partnerships Start Latino Alliance CCC Association of Black Journalists dance, puppetry, and Columbia College Chicago Admissions Student Government Organization Student Program ming Board CCC Radio Club theatrical performance Journalism News Booth Columbia Pride International Student Organization Campus Greens American Sign Language Club CADRE Columbia Christian Fellowship AEMMP Records CC On the Ground

www.mayfest02.colum.edu I 312.344.6789 f !: ACME C 0 L ~ I A UPY U.,tUTitl fit Powell's ,...... _. ,.. ( Olli~IIIIA (II RON I( II ·~-.::.::.::·-" • • • I •I I I ~ •'' I I • ! • ! , • , l r 4l "]Bookstores "C • I .... 8 Special Slipplitment May 2002 Plethora of diverse musical talents come together for 'mini world music festival' 0 North Mississippi Allstars to headline at Mayfest. Columbia's first Mayfest will climax Thursday, May 23, when every facet of Columbia displays their creative work, and bands from around the world perform on the Mayfest main stage at Wabash and Harrison Avenue. Mark Kelly, vice president of Student Affairs and one Mayfest's chief organizers, said "it's like a mini world music festival," with the bands' styles as diverse as their homes. The mainstage's renowned acts include Zimbabwe's Oliver Mtukudzi and the Black Spirits performing their blend of melodic Afro pop. Detroit's Thornetta Davis and headliners North Mississippi Allstars both bring different shades of the blues, while Chicagoans Fred Anderson and the Columbia Jazz Ensemble repre­ sent jazz on the local front. The second stage acts, which consist mostly of local groups, include: the Blues Monks playing blues and funk, Morris Minors and Radio Hour playing rock and alternative, the classic soprano singer Helen Seo, rappers ToMBoy, and lkkya and the Guitar Ensemble play ing jazz. The bands were chosen with the help of the House of Blues, the Mayfest committee and the Student Organization Council. "Our appetites are different from [other Chicago colleges]," Kelly said. "University of Chicago has a concert series, Northwestern has a concert series, Photo by Uz Linder courtesy of Artimis Records and Tone-Cool Records but I don't think anyone else has a free music fes­ The North Miss issippi Allstars will bring their blend of blues and rock to Columbia's mainstage as Mayfest's head· tival in downtown Chicago with such an eclectic lining band. group of musicians." He added, "When you look at popular, cutting­ edge music, its association with African-American Dickinson, who noted they're influences are the roll, but if you took it down to just one guitar and music can't be denied." same people who influenced Led Zeppelin and the a voice, it would be total hill country blues." The North Mississippi Allstars will bring their Allman Brothers Band, added, "A lot of ... 'blues Oliver Mtukudzi, who is called "Tuku" in Africa, blend of blues and rock. Frontman Luther bands' take in rock influences, but keep a specific and his band the Black Spirits are the best-selling Dickinson said "When young white kids play contemporary blues sound. We take a different artist in Zimbabwe. Their performance at Mayfest black music, whether it's Elvis Presley, the Rolling slant. It's blues lyrics and blues melody with a falls at the tail end of their second major American Stones or the Beastie Boys, it's turns into rock ' n' rock band. Our sound is a combination of the roll. That's what rock 'n' roll is." blues, gospel and traditional psychedelic rock ' n' See Bands, page 10

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ArtWalk to 8 galleries. 10 Special Supplement May 2002 Bands Continued from Page 8 tour. They are touring in support of their new put yourself in different situations." . Yhunze Moto (Putumayo World Music), Anderson is, after all , one of Chicago's most which chronicles the social and political changes esteemed jazz men. In the 1950s, he would prac­ occurring in Zimbabwe. according to an article in tice up to seven hours a day in the then Washington by Robert Nolan of Gambit Maga=ille. They will Park. He was inspired by Charlie Parker, but early bring their uplifting, positive messages and on realized that it was necessary to find your own rhythms. and are sure to transcend any language artistic voice. barrier. The band will also play a late show at the As owner of the Velvet Lounge (2 128 S. Indiana one of Chicago's world music hotbeds, the Hot Ave.) and one of the founding members of the House. Association fo r the Advancement of Creative Tenor saxophonist Fred Anderson. who was one Musicians (AACM). Anderson has helped many of the Chicago Tribune's finest art contributors of burgeoning players blossom. He released a new 199 . "iII perfom1 with his quartet. consisting of album. On the Run, last November, but said his Jet1'Parl..er on guitar. Tatsu Aol..i on bass and Isaiah quartet will probably play entirely different music. - pencer on drums. He recently played a concert at Rounding things out on the mainstage will be the University of California at Los Angeles along­ song tress Thornetta Davis. Hailing from Detroit, side All Tomorro" ·s Parties, and said playing con­ Da' is' untraditional take on the blues has led her to certs like the upcoming Mayfcst is "an experience. perform in a variety of environments. She opened Playing" ith different people is good for you. You the VHI Fashion Awards alongside fellow Detroit

Photo by lUIS Basto COI.flesy cA Putumao World J.liSIC Also appearing on the main stage is Zimbabwe's Oliver MtukudzJ and the Black Spirits performing their blend of Alro pop.

resident Kid Rock. as well as touring alongside Sarah McLachlin on the Lillith Fair. Her song "Cry." ofT her 1996 release Sunday Morning Music ( ub Pop). was featured on HBO's .. The opranos" The Mayfest concert is sure to otTer something for C\Cr)one. "'ith an afternoon of great music. L1!..c last Har 's Street Beats. which featured Gramm) -nommated act Common and the Water B.1bu: as \\ell as seHral Columbia acts. the Ma) fest concert \\ Ill take things to the nnt level. " \Ia~ fest IS fundamentally different.- Kelly said. He c;;~id 1t's man~ different things coming together and th1c; )Car .. ,\e ha-.e four nets \\lth national rccogmt10n. and tt's open to the public.- lie added " \\ c: • re hopmg to get three to four ~~~o0 ~~, :r1 " .-~ I.Jr , thQuc;.lnd p-eople " llloms lltrnorlll one ol the many kx.lll groups ~1'9 on co~um~ · , MCond ''• PICtu~ lrom left to rf\lht. PJUI c.wn.ton MeG• and Gab. Grout.

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Throu< June 3 Through June 19 Throu&h May 25 Through May 19 VIsual Arts: "MFA Photo&raphy" Vlaual Arts: "Graduating Seniors Ye•• Vlsu.. Arts: "12 Past" Media Arts: "Phoenix Awarda" Performing Arts: "12 Put• Exhibition pf photography thesis work End Photo&raphy Exhibition" MA and MFA thesis Interdisciplinary Screening of the year's best student MA and MFA thesis Interdisciplinary by MFA candidates. Exhibition of work by senior undergradu­ Installation exhibitions. video work, chosen by faculty panel. performance exhibitions. ate photography students. •Glass Curtain Gallery, • Dupreau Gallery, 4229 N. Uncoln •600 S. Michigan. 15th Aoor, Studio A • Prop Theater, 4227 N. Lincoln 1104 S. Wabash, 1st Aoor •Hokln Gallery and Annex, • 17 & 18, 7pm; 19, 5pm 623 S.Wabash. 1st Aoor • Tue - Sun 4- 7pm; • Reception - 6 pm; Screening - 7 pm • Mon - Fri 10 am- 5 pm; Sat by Mey 17 - 19, 4 - 10 pm • Television Department, 312.344.7410 • Interdisciplinary Arts Department. appointment • Mon - Thurs 10 am - 7 pm; Friday 10- 5 pm; Sat by appointment • Interdisciplinary Arts Department. The The Graduate School. 312.344.7670 • The Graduate School. 312.344.6650 Graduate SchOOl. 312.344.7670 • Hokln Gallery; 312.344.7696

20 21 ~ 21 ' 23 23 Through June 23 Media Arts: "The Big Screen• Performing Arts: "Senior Showcaae• Media Arts: "Written lma&e Performing Arts: "Theat er ol the Mind" MayFest explodes all over campus with Festival of the best student film and Scenes presented by senior acting and Screenwrttlng Awards" Sound Installation of student work from an ArtWalk, performances video Including documentary, narrative. musical theater majors. Awards ceremony for screenwritlng the radio department. ~ competition. animation and experimental work. • New Studio Theater, 72 E. 11th Street • Narrative Arts Center; 33 E. Congress • Harold Washington Library Auditorium, • Conaway Center; 1104 S. Wabash, 1st Aoor • 7:30 pm 1st Aoor 400 S. State • 9 am- 5 pm •7 pm • Theater Department, 312.344.6104 •6 pm - 10 pm •Radio Department, 312.344.8156 • Aim & Video Department. • Aim & Video Department, 312.344.6709 312.344.6709

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