This Week @ AU

JCSM: Modern flatware brings something new to the table at art museum

The Jule Collins Smith Museum of Fine Art at Auburn University has on view in the Grand Gallery select examples from the wide-ranging collection of modern and contemporary flatware of Dr. William P. Hood Jr. A retired cardiologist in Dothan. Hood has amassed a significant collection of silver and stainless flatware by prominent American and international designers. The exhibition at the art museum includes patterns by Zaha Hadid, Josef Hoffmann, Georg Jensen, Raymond Loewy, Gio Ponti and Russel Wright among many others. From Viennese art-nouveau styling, through American streamlined modern, to contemporary designs inspired by both biomorphic and industrial shapes, the exhibition demonstrates the diversity of form and experimentation in materials that exemplify 20th and 21st century design. The present installation will be on view through winter 2010 before joining a larger exhibition of Hood's collection of modern flatware scheduled for upcoming display at the Dallas Museum of Art.

War Eagle Native American Festival at art museum Friday

The sixth annual War Eagle Native American Festival will take place Friday, Oct. 23, from 9 a.m.-4 p.m. on the grounds of the Jule Collins Smith Museum of Fine Art. The Multicultural Center and Access and Community Initiatives, both of which are units of the Office of Diversity and Multicultural Affairs, will host the free public event. The festival will celebrate the culture of southeastern indigenous peoples with traditional singers, musicians, dancers, storytellers and reenactors from Oklahoma, Alabama, Georgia and Florida. Living campsites will be set up on the grounds and traditional Native American food, artifacts and souvenirs will be available for purchase. Jim Sawgrass, a native Floridian and Muskogee descendant, will emcee the event. His band, Ironhorse, will be the host drum for the festival. For more information, call 844-1484.

Bertrand presenting next Elvis lecture

Michael Bertrand will present "The King of Rock as Working-Class Hero: The Rise and Reign of Elvis Presley" Tuesday, Oct. 20, at 4 p.m. at Jule Collins Smith Museum. Bertrand is an associate professor of history at Tennessee State University. The University of Illinois Press recently released a paperback edition of his first book, "Race, Rock and Elvis." He is currently working on a manuscript that addresses the 1956 attack on Nat "King" Cole in Birmingham. He is the founder and editor of H-Southern-Music. The 1956 film "The Girl Can't Help It" will be shown at 6 p.m. The film, directed by Frank Tashlin and starring Tom Ewell and Jayne Mansfield, focuses on an
impoverished gangster who hires an alcoholic press agent to turn his beautiful blonde girlfriend into a recording star in six weeks. The museum cafe will be open to serve its lunch menu from 4:45-6 p.m.

Tags: elvis presley, jule collins smith museum, modern flatware exhibit, War Eagle Native American Festival

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