Events

All events take place in the Faulconer Gallery unless otherwise noted. Call 641.269.4660 for more information or contact Tilly Woodward .


Opening Reception
Friday 29 August, 4:15-6 pm

Yoga in the Gallery
Wednesday 3 September, Noon-1 pm
Wednesday 17 September, Noon-1 pm
Wednesday 1 October, Noon-1 pm
Take a noon break in the Faulconer Gallery, and practice yoga with Jennifer Mavin. Free and open to the public. No experience necessary. Mats provided.

Gallery Talk: Pop Art, Comics and theYellow Peril
Friday 5 September, 12:30-12:50 pm
Tiffany Johnson Bidler, Instructor in Art, will put Shimomura's art into the context of Pop Art and comic book imagery.


Panel: The Peril of Marginalization
Wednesday 10 September, 4:15 pm
Co-sponsored by Peace Studies and the Office of College and Alumni Relations
This panel will situate the exhibition in a larger context by examining issues of marginalization, and focusing on what it means to be marginalized, as well as how easy it is for individuals and groups to marginalize others. Panelists will include Henry Reitz, Associate Professor of Religious Studies; Gloria Bachman, Poweshiek I-80; Elena Bernal, Special Assisitant to the President for Diversity & Achievement; Deanna Shorb, Dean of Religious Life; Jose Gonzalez '11, and others, moderated by Lesley Wright, Director, Faulconer Gallery.

Film: Cats of Mirikitani
Friday-Sunday 12, 13, 14 Sept., 8 pm
Special showing in Faulconer Gallery
Co-sponsored by Cultural Films Committee
A documentary about a Japanese homeless artist in New York City after 9/11; Roger Shimomura was involved in the making of this film and makes an appearance as well.

Translating Loyalty: Working with Minoru Kiyota on the Account of his World War II Internment
Wednesday 24 September, 4:15 pm
Co-sponsored by Peace Studies
Linda Klepinger Keenan '65 will speak on her experiences translating Min Kiyota's book describing his World War II internment. She writes, "As a teenaged US citizen of Japanese descent during World War II-pressed to somehow prove his loyalty to his country while imprisoned in a government internment camp-young Min Kiyota struggled to maintain his sense of personal integrity while seeking a dimension of higher and more lasting significance in life than loyalty to a nation-state at war."

Grounding Our Faith in a Pluralist World- with a little help from NagArjuna
This event has been cancelled
Wednesday 24 September, 8 pm
Co-sponsored by the Center for International Studies
John Keenan, Professor Emeritus of Religion at Middlebury College, will give a lecture on understanding religious differences in the contemporary world. Dr. Keenan has published many works on the intersection between Christian theology and Buddhism.

Open Mic: Poetry, Fiction, Music
Wednesday 1 October, 7:45-9 pm
Co-sponsored by Grinnell College Libraries
Read from your own poetry and fiction or that of a favorite author or poet; perform music that you've written yourself or any piece that you've been working on.

Gallery Talk: Ukiyo-e Prints and the Work of Roger Shimomura

Faulconer Gallery intern Chris Farstad '09 will show traditional Japanese prints and discuss their influence on the work of Roger Shimomura.
Friday 3 October, 12:30-12:50 pm

Writers at Grinnell: David Mura '74
Monday 6 October , 8pm
Co-sponsored by the Faulconer Gallery, Writers @ Grinnell, the Center for Humanities, Peace Studies, and American Studies.
Mura is a novelist, poet, memoirist, critic, playwright and performance artist. He has written two memoirs, Where the Body Meets Memory and Turning Japanese, which won the Oakland Pen Josephine Miles Book Award and was listed in the New York Times Notable Books of the Year. He will read from his new novel, Famous Suicides of the Japanese Empire, which explores personal history entwined with the experience of Japanese Americans during World War II-with draft resisters, decorated veterans, and the No-No Boys, who refused to sign a government loyalty oath during the internment years.

Scholar'sConvocation: Roger Shimomura
Thursday 9 October, 11 am
Artist Roger Shimomura will present his art in the context of a lifetime of experiences that challenge our notions of how Americans choose to treat one another. With war persisting in the Middle East and an historic election just weeks away, the issues raised by Shimomura remain fundamentally relevant to the American experience.

Community Day
Faulconer Gallery/Bucksbaum Rotunda
Saturday 11 October, 1-3 pm
Celebrate the importance of family and cultural heritage! Work together as a team to design a marvelous hat that represents special traditions and characteristics of your family. Reinforce family identity by making a "team hat" for each member. Gallery tours, hands-on activities, and refreshments.

Democracy in Peril on all Sides: World War II Veterans Reflect
Sunday 12 October, 2 pm
Reception to follow
Co-sponsored by Rosenfield Program, and the Community Education Council's World War II Task Force
A panel of World War II veterans including John Pfitsch, Professor Emeritus of Physical Education, Ken Christiansen, Professor Emeritus of Biology and Beryl Wellborn, Professor Emeritus of Education and Ruth Greenwald, representing the home front, will share their insights as to how our current state of democracy was shaped by World War II. Moderated by George Drake, Professor Emeritus of History.