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Trinity University Announces 2003-04 Stieren Arts Enrichments Series

Aug. 16, 2003 – Acclaimed writer Tobias Wolff, whose memoir, This Boy’s Life, received critical praise and was the basis for a memorable film, is one of several guests coming to Trinity University as part of the 2003-04 Stieren Arts Enrichment Series. The Stieren Series annually hosts an array of leaders in the areas of art, music, drama, literature, communication, art history and aesthetics. All presentations in the Stieren Series are free. This year’s Stieren guests are: Stanley Cavell, philosopher                                                                                                             “The Winter’s Tale”                                                                                                                             Oct. 15 at 7:30 p.m.                                                                                                                 Chapman Auditorium Stanley Cavell is professor emeritus at Harvard where he taught for many years and was the Walter M. Cabot Professor of Aesthetics and the General Theory of Value. His major interests center on the intersection of the analytical tradition with the Continental tradition with American philosophy, the arts and psychoanalysis. Among his recent publications are A Pitch of Philosophy: Autobiographical Exercises and Philosophical Passages: Wittgenstein, Emerson, Austin, and Derrida. Professor Cavell is a recent recipient of a MacArthur Fellowship and is a Past President of the American Philosophical Association. Those attending this presentation should first view Eric Rohmer’s A Tale of Winter, available in video stores. Patricia Prijatel, media critic                                                                                                 Nicholas Fonseca, reporter/writer                                                                                        “Critiquing and Writing about the Popular Arts”                                                                               Nov. 6 at 7:30 pm                                                                                                                         Chapman Auditorium This is the first of a two-part series, “Understanding the Popular Arts.” Patricia Prijatel is a media critic and E. T. Meredith Distinguished Professor of Journalism at Drake University. She is the director of the E.T. Meredith Center for Magazine Studies and has published extensively in consumer magazines, newspapers, and academic journals. Nicholas Fonseca is a reporter/writer for Entertainment Weekly. He has written numerous movie, TV, stage, and book reviews in the magazine, as well as profiles and interviews of various celebrities. These two media experts will do a joint presentation using a “point/counterpoint” format. Nathan Gunn, baritone                                                                                                                “Recital”                                                                                                                                            Feb. 1 at 3 p.m.                                                                                                                              Ruth Taylor Concert Hall Baritone Nathan Gunn made his Metropolitan Opera debut in 1997, and since that time has been a regular performer at the Met as well has making his debuts at major opera houses in Santa Fe, Seattle, Boston, St. Louis, Philadelphia, and Glyndebourne, England. His Carnegie Hall debut was as soloist in Brahms German Requiem under Robert Shaw. He has performed as soloist with the Minnesota Orchestra, the Cleveland Orchestra, and the New York Philharmonic. His recordings appear on the EMI and Telarc labels.       Gary Kuehn, painter/sculptor                                                                                                      “Gary Kuehn: 40 Years of Sculpture and Painting”                                                                             Feb. 2 at 7:30 p.m.                                                                                                                   Chapman Auditorium Gary Kuehn is a painter/sculptor working in New York City. During his student years, he was employed as a heavy construction worker. This experience is especially evident in Kuehn's early works which are influenced by the materials and procedures of the construction industry. Kuehn had his first exhibition in New York in 1965 and his first of many exhibitions in Germany in 1966. Kuehn's work over the years continues to reflect the rigor and discipline of his earliest achievements as it extends beyond the domain of formal abstraction. He is represented in major museum collections in New York and Europe. He is Professor of Art and Department Chairperson at Mason Gross School for the Arts, at Rutgers University.   Tobias Wolff, writer                                                                                                                       “An Evening with Tobias Wolff: A Reading with Commentary”                                                        March 4 at 8 p.m.                                                                                                                                Jane and Arthur Stieren Theater Tobias Wolff is an esteemed short story writer, novelist, memoirist, and journalist who also serves as Co-Director of Stanford University’s long-admired Creative Writing Program. A winner of the prestigious PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction (for The Barracks Thief, in 1985), his most famous work remains This Boy’s Life: A Memoir, which won the Los Angeles Times Book Prize for biography and the Ambassador Book Award for the English-speaking Union. It was made into a memorable film in 1993. In 1995 he was a finalist for the Los Angeles Times Book Award for biography for In Pharaoh’s Army: Memories of the Lost War.    Nicholas Penny, art historian/curator                                                                                           Stephen Nash, art historian/curator   Mary Jane Jacob, independent curator “The Sculptural Body and the Public Realm”                                                                                  March 27 from 9 a.m. until noon                                                                                                Chapman Auditorium Nicholas Penny, Steve Nash, and Mary Jane Jacob will participate in a symposium that will address the image of the body (broadly defined) in both historical and contemporary sculpture, in relation to such issues as public space, spectatorship and traditions of the monument. Steve Nash heads the soon-to-opened (Oct. 2003) Nasher Sculpture Center in Dallas, one of the foremost collections of modern sculpture in the world. Nicholas Penny is the recently appointed chief curator of sculpture at the National Gallery of Art in Washington, DC. He is a distinguished historian of sculpture, his various books dealing specifically with the heritage of the classical tradition. Mary Jane Jacob is an independent curator based in Chicago. Cindy Chupack, producer/writer                                                                                         “Producing the Popular Arts”                                                                                                       March 29 at 7:30 p.m.                                                                                                                           Chapman Auditorium  This is the second part of a two-part series, “Understanding the Popular Arts.” Cindy Chupack is an executive producer and a writer on the Emmy Award-winning Sex and the City, one of the most successful shows on HBO. Before joining the writing team at Sex and the City, Ms. Chupack wrote and was a co-executive producer for Everybody Loves Raymond and a writer for the sitcom Coach. She was also the creator/executive producer/writer of ABC’s Madigan Men. Ms. Chupack is also a magazine essayist with a monthly column in Glamour Magazine.     Christopher Wolff, music scholar                                                                                               Marie-Claire Alain, Organist                                                                                                     “Organ Recital”                                                                                                                               April 1 at 4 pm   April 2 at 7pm                                                                                                                                Ruth Taylor Concert Hall  Dr. Wolff is Professor of Music at Harvard University and a leading authority on music of the 17th and 18th centuries, particularly Bach and Mozart. He has written or edited 20 books and more than 150 scholarly articles, studies, and musical editions. Dr. Alain is one of the world’s most recorded organists, and taught for many years at the French National Conservatory and the Paris Conservatory. She has won many awards and honorary degrees, including the Lifetime Achievement Award from the American Guild of Organists in 1999. Heather Gilbert, lighting designer                                                                                                     Kelly Hanson, scenic designer                                                                                                         “The Young Professional Designer In A Changing Theatrical Landscape”                                               April 4 at 7 p.m.                                                                                                                               Jane and Arthur Stieren Theater  Kelly Hanson is a scenic designer working in New York and Los Angeles. She just has completed designs for the New York premiere of Robert O’Hara’s new political satire American Ma(u)l, and is currently working on a touring dance production for the Lincoln Center Institute. Kelly holds an M.F.A. in Design from University of California, San Diego and a B.A. in Drama from Trinity University. Heather Gilbert is a Chicago area designer whose local credits include Pot Mom and Bruce Norris’ The Infidel for Steppenwolf Theatre Company where Heather also designed Wolf Lullaby, the Inaugural production in the newest Steppenwolf space, The Garage at Steppenwolf. Heather is a graduate of the Theatre School at DePaul University in Chicago with a Master’s in Fine Art in Lighting Design, and of Trinity University with a Bachelor’s of Arts in Drama. The Stieren Arts Enrichment Series is made possible through an endowment created by Jane and the late Arthur Stieren of San Antonio. For more information, contact Trinity University’s office of public relations at (210) 999-8406.

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