We’d love to see you on the Grand View campus during one of our Fine Arts Events. Check the schedule below and join us for one...or all!

ARTS EXHIBITS
The Gallery at Elings-Wood Center for Art & Design
Rasmussen Center for Community Advancement Professions
2800 E. 14th St.

Amazing Art Education Show
Now – September 21
Opening Reception – Friday, September 10

Dennis Kaven Forty Year Retrospect
September 23 – November 5
Opening Reception – Friday, October 1, 4 p.m. – 7 p.m.

Dennis Kaven, professor of art and design, began teaching at Grand View in 1970. This exhibit will feature art that spans his 40 years at Grand View. The work from the 70s, focusing on environmental realism, was featured in galleries across the country. The more recent works are of social commentary with an emphasis on the content of the piece and its relationship to comtemporary life, as well as the relationships of the elements of design in the creation of non-objective art.

Doug Smithenry
November 7 – December 16

Gallery Hours
Monday – Thursday, 8 a.m. – 9 p.m.
Friday, 8 a.m. – 5 p.m.
Saturday, Noon – 5 p.m.
Sunday, 2 p.m. – 9 p.m.

For more information about art exhibits, call 515-263-2931.

MUSICAL PERFORMANCES

Choir Performance during Homecoming Worship
Sunday, September 26, 9 a.m.
Luther Memorial Church
1201 Grandview Avenue

Nielsen Concert Series
Ensemble Chaconne
Sunday, October 10, 3 p.m.
Student Center Viking Theatre
2811 E. 14th St.
No admission charge

"Hallenser" Sonata #1 in A minor) and Vivaldi (Lute Concerto in D Major), favorites of the English aristocracy during the first half of the century, and selections by other great European composers who settled in London during the latter part of the 1700s: J. C. Back (Che ciascun per te sospiri), Carl Friedrich Abel (the last great viola da gamba virtuoso), famed oboist Johann Christian Fischer (Sonata IX), illustrious violinist Felice de Giardini (Trio V in C major), and lutenist/harpsichordist Rudolf Straube (Fantaisie), a favorite student of J.S. Bach. Hailed for "vitality and character…style and verve," Ensembe Chaconne's members (collectively and individually) have toured widely, received numerous prestigious honors and awards, served as consultants on historic performance practice, and recorded extensively.

Nielsen Concert Series
Solon Pierce, piano
Sunday, November 7, 3 p.m.
Student Center Viking Theatre
2811 E. 14th St.
No admission charge

–Carnaval, Op. 9, of Robert Schumann. These twenty short pieces woven together form a rich musical tapestry subtitled "little scenes on four notes," and are musical depictions of characters at a masked ball during Carnival season before Lent.

Julefest 2010
Let Heaven and Nature Sing
Sunday, December 5, 4 p.m. and 7 p.m.
Luther Memorial Church
1201 Grandview Avenue
Admission free with ticket, Tickets are not yet available

For more information about music exhibits, call 515-263-2991.

PHOTOGRAPHY EXHIBITS
Cowles Communication Center Gallery

Silent No More: Ugandan Children of War
Photographs by Pulitzer-Prize Winning Photographer Mary Chind
Now – October 15
Photographer's Reception – September 10, 5 p.m. – 7 p.m.

Mary Chind graduated from the University of Wisconsin Stevens Point in 189 with a Bachelor of Fine Arts. She worked in Arizona for The Sierra Vista Herald and The Tucson Citizen as a photojournalist before joining The Des Moines Register in 1999.

In addition to Uganda, Chind's assignments have taken her to Mexico, Ireland, Finland, Mali, Canada and across the United States. Most of her work focuses on Iowans. Her work has received numerous state and national awards from Associated Press, Society of News Design and National Press Photographers Association. Her most recent award, the 2010 Pulitzer for Spot News Photography recognizes an image taken last summer of a dramatic river rescue in downtown Des Moines.

The World of Trees: A black and white study
Photographs by Judith Eastburn
October 18 – December 17
Photographer's Reception – October 22

Judith Eastburn explores landscape photographs from around the world. Many deal with trees, how they fit into their space and what expressive qualities they have. Other members of the plant kingdom also participate by conveying textures, patterns and emotions.

Gallery Hours
Monday – Thursday, 8 a.m. – 9 p.m.
Friday, 8 a.m. – 4 p.m.
Sunday, 1 p.m. – 9 p.m.

For more information about photo exhibits, call 515-263-2931.


THEATRE PERFORMANCES
Student Center Viking Theatre
2811 E. 14th Street

Stop Kiss
October 21 – 23, 7:30 p.m.
October 24, 2 p.m.
$5 adults; $3 student and seniors

Stop Kiss, by contemporary American Playwright Diana Son, is a story about a blossoming relationship between two young women cut short by a horrible act of violence. Set in New York City, the play explores the nature of courage, and the ability of love to raise us out of the worst situations.

Please join us for a free talk-back after the Sunday matinee with visiting author, theologian and poet David Weiss. His book, "To the Tune of a Welcoming God" explores the divisive questions of whether and how the church might welcome the GLBT Christians at its doorstep – and already in its pews.

Original Children's Show
December 9 – 10, 7:30 p.m.
December 11 – 2 p.m. and 7:30 p.m.
$5 adults; $3 student and seniors; children unfer 14 are free

The original Children's Play will be a delightful surprise this year. This play will be written, designed and performed by students in the Theatre Studio class. The play will be geared for young audiences, and likely influenced by a fairy tale. Stay tuned for more information about this developing adventure!

For more information about theatre events and to order tickets, call 515-263-2991.