Ulysses : 2014 Charlotte Festival of the Arts A Beautiful Symphony of Brotherhood CELEBRATING THE LEGACY OF THE 1964 CIVIL RIGHTS ACT [ 50 YEARS ] ➤ Purchase Festival Tickets Online CELEBRATING www.carolinatix.org THE LEGACY OF THE 1964 www.ulyssesfestival.org CIVIL RIGHTS ACT [ 50 YEARS ] Festival Kickoff ............................. 3 SONIA HANDELMAN MEYER Lectures & Exhibitions .............. 4-6 BEARING WITNESS AT THE MINT MUSEUM Opera ........................................... 7 Ulysses Festival c/o Opera Carolina Concerts ................................. 8-10 301 S. Tryon St. #1550, Charlotte, NC 28282 LEADERSHIP TEAM: Dear Friends: Laura Kratt Dance ........................................ 11 THE BATTE CENTER, WINGATE UNIVERSITY Welcome to the 2014 Ulysses Festival: Charlotte’s Festival of the Arts. Christopher Warren-Green Film & Theatre ............................ 12 This year’s Festival theme is A BEAUTIFUL SYMPHONY OF BROTHERHOOD, CHARLOTTE SYMPHONY Celebrating the Legacy of the 1964 Civil Rights Act with interesting lectures, Venue Information ....................... 13 exhibits and performances that include a wide array of cultural partners. David Taylor HARVEY B. GANTT CENTER Charlotte’s arts community is stronger when we work together, and Ulysses is your Emily Zimmern invitation to enjoy the artistic gems in the Queen City’s crown. Season subscribers LEVINE MUSEUM OF THE NEW SOUTH can take advantage of a 50% discount on the purchase of single tickets to most performances by another Festival partner! If you are not already a season ticket Suzanne Fetscher MCCOLL CENTER FOR VISUAL ART holder, purchase two Festival performances and claim a 30% discount on your purchase. And remember, many Festival events are Free! Kathleen Jameson THE MINT MUSEUM Join us for the 2014 Ulysses Festival Kick-Off – a free event on March 20th beginning at 5:30 pm at the new 7th Street Market next to the Levine Museum of Jean-Pierre Bonnefoux NORTH CAROLINA DANCE THEATRE the New South and ImaginOn. Andy Lawler We gratefully recognize the Arts & Science Council, Charlotte Center City NORTHWEST SCHOOL OF THE ARTS Partners, the Foundation for the Carolinas and the National Endowment for the Arts for supporting Festival events, and each of the organizations’ sponsors James Meena OPERA CAROLINA for all their support to the cultural community. Be part of Charlotte’s Festival of the Arts – Ulysses 2014. Barbara Ferguson TOMORROW’S R.O.A.D. Ken Lambla, Dean UNC CHARLOTTE COLLEGE OF ARTS + ARCHITECTURE A Beautiful Symphony Frank Dominguez 89.9 WDAV CLASSICAL PUBLIC RADIO of Brotherhood Ulysses 2014 Charlotte Festival of the Arts | 2 Festival Kick-Off ➤ Co-sponsored by Charlotte Center City Partners Purchase Festival Tickets Online March 20 | 7th Street Public Market | 5:30 pm | Free www.carolinatix.org www.ulyssesfestival.org “I, too, sing America. I am the darker brother. They send me to eat in the kitchen When company comes, MANY EVENTS ARE FREE But I laugh, And eat well, Purchase two or more And grow strong. Festival performances* and Tomorrow, claim a 30% discount off I'll be at the table the single ticket prices! When company comes. Nobody'll dare Say to me, "Eat in the kitchen," Then. Besides, They'll see how beautiful I am And be ashamed-- I, too, am America.” Langston HugHes American poet, social activist, 1902 - 1967 A Beautiful Symphony of Brotherhood Ulysses 2014 Charlotte Festival of the Arts | 3 LECTURES & EXHIBITIONS ➤ Purchase Festival Tickets Online No Longer Just a Dream www.carolinatix.org UNC Charlotte College of Arts + Architecture and Harvey B. Gantt Center www.ulyssesfestival.org March 25 | Harvey B. Gantt Center | 6 pm | Free In “No Longer Just a Dream: Two African-American Commemorative Sites on the National Mall,” Dr. Charles Davis will be speaking about recent sites on the national mall in Washington, DC: the Martin Luther King Memorial and the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. Dr. Charles Davis is an assistant professor of history, theory and criticism in the School of Architecture. MANY EVENTS ARE FREE Purchase two or more Festival performances* and claim a 30% discount off "Yes, if you want to say that I was a drum major, the single ticket prices! say that I was a drum major for justice; say that I was a drum major for righteousness. And all of the other shallow things will not matter." ― Martin LutHer King Jr. clergyman, activist, humanitarian, 1929 - 1968 From Apartheid to Democracy: The Struggle for Liberation in South Africa The Batte Center at Wingate University February - March | Batte Center Rotunda Lobby | Free April 1994 remains the historical watershed for two momentous events in the history of South Africa: the end of the apartheid era and the dawn of a new democratic order. This new exhibit illustrates the profound transformation by telling the story of the first ten years of South Africa as a democracy. Throughout the exhibit, there are panels that highlight the similarities between A Beautiful Symphony the American South and the South African experience. This exhibit was created by the Apartheid Museum in Johannesburg, South Africa and adapted by Levine Museum of the New South. of Brotherhood Ulysses 2014 Charlotte Festival of the Arts | 4 LECTURES & EXHIBITIONS ➤ Purchase Festival Tickets Online Bearing Witness: www.carolinatix.org The New York Photo League www.ulyssesfestival.org and Sonia Handelman Meyer The Mint Museum Current – June 29 | Mint Museum Randolph | Museum admission The New York Photo League was established in New York City in 1936 by a group MANY EVENTS ARE FREE of young, idealistic photographers, including Sonia Handelman Meyer who now lives in Charlotte. Committed to social justice, these photographers took to the streets to capture the lives of ordinary people as they had never before been Dorothea Lange Purchase two or more depicted. Organized by The Mint Museum and made possible through generous Festival performances* and support from MetLife Foundation, with additional support provided by Young Affiliates of the Mint. claim a 30% discount off the single ticket prices! Out of the Shadows: Undocumented and Unafraid Levine Museum of the New South Current - June 29 | Levine Museum of the New South | Free / Sun.; $ 5 - $ 8 / Mon. - Sat. This participatory art exhibit offers an opportunity to learn about the experiences of undocumented Latino youth, and to better understand their predicament. Art and media by undocumented immigrant students from Charlotte and the Triangle area Sonia Handelman Meyer explore complex issues around their legal status, education and identity. Faces of Freedom Summer: The Photography of Herbert Randall Levine Museum of the New South Current - August 17 | Levine Museum of the New South | Free / Sundays; $ 5 - $ 8 / Mon. - Sat. A collection of images by photographer Herbert Randall documenting the struggles and triumphs of Civil Rights activists, A Beautiful Symphony students and disenfranchised African-American voters in Mississippi during the summer of 1964. of Brotherhood Ulysses 2014 Charlotte Festival of the Arts | 5 LECTURES & EXHIBITIONS ➤ Purchase Festival Tickets Online Display of ArtVee Mobile Eco-Studio by Jason McDonald www.carolinatix.org and featuring an installation by Samantha Hill www.ulyssesfestival.org McColl Center for Visual Art March 20 | McColl Center for Visual Art | 7 – 9 pm | FREE Fall 2013 ArtPlace America Environmental Artist-In-Residence Jason MacDonald’s mobile installation originally titled A Way From Home was built from a reclaimed industrial container and environmentally conscious elements such as a rainwater collection system and beds for various native and edible plants. The mobile studio will ultimately reside in the Brightwalk community and serve as a site for future art happenings and installations by subsequent Environmental Artists-In-Residence. MANY EVENTS ARE FREE Installed within McDonald’s ArtVee Mobile Eco-Studio is Chicago-based artist Samantha Hill’s Reflections in the Moment (A Kinship Project Art Facilitation). During her Fall 2013 residency at McColl Center, Hill developed numerous connections with community members and this work is a depiction of her experiences that is the catalyst for her Brightwalk at Historic Double Oaks Oral Histories Project in Charlotte. Her goal for this project was to record the stories of the former occupants of Double Purchase two or more Oaks as well as the new residents of Brightwalk and the Statesville Avenue Corridor to create an experience that capture Festival performances* and the essence of this particular urban transformation. The installation on view here tells the story of Darryl Gaston, Double Oaks business owner, Druid Hills Neighborhood Association claim a 30% discount off Leader and former Charlotte Mecklenburg Housing Partnership Board Member. Samantha Hill’s work does not give an answer the single ticket prices! to the effect of urban transformation on a city’s culture, but it is meant to open up the conversation about the topic to the public. Women of Vision: National Geographic Photographers on Assignment The Mint Museum March 29 - July 20 | Mint Museum Uptown | Special exhibition admission For the last decade, some of the most powerful and impactful stories have been produced by a new generation of women. The works by eleven trailblazing photographers featured in this exhibition capture compelling stories of our planet and its people, from the savannahs of Botswana to the war torn streets of Libya and Afghanistan. Exhibition