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Artists and Speakers Series
Dan Welden, Resident Printmaker
Kwan Fong Gallery of Art and Culture
Through Wednesday, March 7
A master printmaker, painter, teacher and author, Dan Welden is the originator of a safe and green printmaking technique called the Solarplate method. Welden has been making prints and works on paper for more than 40 years. As a teacher, he continues to inspire students around the world with demonstrations of how to make prints, including both intaglio and relief prints, without the use of acids or other dangerous chemicals.
He is co-author with Pauline Muir of “Printmaking in the Sun,” the comprehensive manual of Solarplate techniques, and is currently working on an updated edition. As the 2012 Artists and Speakers resident, Welden will work in the Kwan Fong Gallery from Jan. 30 to Feb. 28. The community is invited to join him and make some amazing art. The exhibition will remain through March 7.
Admission is free. Sponsored by the Artists and Speakers Committee and the Art Department.
For information, call Michael Pearce at (805) 444-7716 or visit http://www.callutheran.edu/kwan_fong. Located in Soiland Humanities Center, the Kwan Fong Gallery is open to the public Monday through Saturday from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m.
Project 24: One Day in the Life
Soiland Humanities Center
Wednesday, Feb. 1, to Tuesday, May 15
Multimedia students collect intriguing stories on three separate days from three places: the University (CLU24), the city of Thousand Oaks (TO24) and the metropolis of Los Angeles (LA24). Selections of their graphic design, photography and documentary videography will be on display.
Admission is free. This is a Festival of Scholars presentation. Sponsored by the Multimedia Department. For more information, contact Dan Restuccio at (805) 493-3459.
Creative Concepts
Soiland Humanities Center
Wednesday, Feb. 1, to Tuesday, May 15
Members of the sophomore multimedia class develop their original ideas into engaging stories.
Admission is free. This is a Festival of Scholars presentation. Sponsored by the Multimedia Department. For more information, contact Dan Restuccio at (805) 493-3459.
Chinese New Year Celebration
Soiland Recreation Center
Thursday, Feb. 2, 6:30-8:30 p.m.
Come celebrate the year of the dragon at CLU’s annual Chinese New Year celebration. Immerse yourself in the Chinese culture with food, music and exhibits by local artists and historians.
Admission is free. Cosponsored by the Languages and Cultures Department and Multicultural Programs.
For information, contact Daniel Lawrence at (805) 493-3489 or lawrenc@callutheran.edu. Soiland Recreation Center is located in Gilbert Sports and Fitness Center.
Nordic Spirit Symposium
After the Vikings – Before the Reformation: Scandinavia in Transition
Friday evening, Feb. 10, and Saturday, Feb. 11. This symposium offers a sampling of life in the Nordic region after the Viking Age, with illustrated presentations on Nordic culture and religion by authorities from the U.S. and Europe. The public is invited to join in the spirit of a symposium, which blends music, dining and the free exchange of ideas to enhance the pleasure of learning.
The 2012 symposium will focus on the Nordic countries in the post-Viking era up to the eve of the Reformation, and will address aspects of life, religion, culture, politics and art during this period of Scandinavian history.
One of the speakers will be Tracey Sands, who will speak on saints and politics during the Kalmar Union, which united all the Nordic kingdoms under the rule of a single monarch from the end of the 14th century into the 1520s. The former Ventura County resident now resides in Colorado, and holds a part-time appointment with the University of Copenhagen. She believes an understanding of the cult of saints can shed light on late medieval Swedish political thought.
Stephen Mitchell, professor of Scandinavian and folklore at Harvard University, will also speak. His research centers on popular traditions, mythology and legends in the late medieval and early modern periods. Recently his research resulted in a book-length study of witchcraft and magic throughout medieval Scandinavia.
For variety, the program will include an illustrated presentation by a clothing historian, Michelle Nordtorp-Madsen of the University of St. Thomas in Minnesota.
For information and early registration fees, call (805) 778-0162 or email seeallan@hotmail.com. The Nordic Spirit Symposium is sponsored by the Scandinavian American Cultural and Historical Foundation and California Lutheran University, and is made possible by generous grants from the Barbro Osher Pro Suecia Foundation, the Royal Norwegian Consulate General in San Francisco, the Norway House Foundation and the Consulate General of Finland in Los Angeles.
Master Class with John Ditto
Samuelson Chapel
Saturday, Feb. 11, 11 a.m.
John Ditto, music director and organist at St. Paul’s Episcopal Church in Kansas City, Mo., will present an organ master class, sponsored by the Ventura County Chapter of the American Guild of Organists.
Admission is free. Organists interested in playing for Ditto may contact University Organist Kyle Johnson at (805) 493-3332 or kejohns@callutheran.edu.
William Rolland Gallery of Fine Art Inaugural Exhibition
Highlights and Selections
William Rolland Gallery of Fine Art
Reception: Saturday, Feb. 11, 6-8 p.m.
Lecture and tea: Saturday, Feb. 25, 11 a.m.-1 p.m.
This inaugural exhibition premieres artwork from the eclectic collection of William Rolland. It features late 19th- and early 20th-century bronze sculptures depicting classic and modern themes, and the bronze series “Epic of the Plains Indians” by legendary sculptor and artist Harold Shelton. Oil and watercolor paintings of landscapes, still lifes and traditional historic themes are on display. Also showcased is a 1980 Grant King Indy Race Car with an original Drake-Offy engine.
Join us on Feb. 25 for tea and a lecture by master sculptor David Spellerberg.
The William Rolland Gallery of Fine Art is the newest art exhibition site on the CLU campus and in the region. The sleek modern gallery design with dramatic lighting creates an ambience and aesthetic viewing experience unlike any other.
Admission is free.
Sponsored by the William Rolland Gallery of Fine Art and California Lutheran University. For information, contact Jeff Phillips, curator, at (805) 493-3697. The gallery is located adjacent to the William Rolland Stadium with entrance at the clock tower. Hours are 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Thursdays and Fridays, 11 a.m.-3 p.m. Saturdays, and by appointment. Free parking is available in the Gilbert Sports and Fitness Center parking lot.
A Valentine Concert featuring Elmer Ramsey, His Trumpet and Orchestra
Samuelson Chapel
Saturday, Feb. 11, 8 p.m.
The Conejo “Pops” Orchestra with Elmer Ramsey and his trumpet performs music from great artists of the big band era: Artie Shaw, Harry James, Benny Goodman, Glenn Miller, Tommy Dorsey and Count Basie. The program also includes endearing love songs from World War II. Featured artists are Daniel Geeting on clarinet and vocalists Nancy Osborne and Damien Gravino.
Ramsey, a CLU professor emeritus of music, began playing trumpet professionally at the age of 14, and three years later had his own ’40s-style big band on a Washington radio station. Many members of his orchestra are CLU alumni and have also performed with Harry James, Glenn Miller and Tex Beneke orchestras.
General admission is $20. Admission is free for students, faculty and staff with CLU I.D. and $10 for other students. For more information, call the Music Department at (805) 493-3306 or visit http://www.callutheran.edu/music.
Orvil and Gloria Franzen 2011-2012 Organ Program Series
Organist John Ditto in Concert
Samuelson Chapel
Sunday, Feb. 12, 2 p.m.
John Ditto, an associate professor emeritus of the University of Missouri-Kansas City Conservatory of Music and Dance, is music director and organist at St. Paul’s Episcopal Church in Kansas City. He spent 29 years at the conservatory and is in his 29th year at St. Paul’s. Previously, he was an associate professor of music at Central Methodist University in Fayette, Mo.
Ditto earned his Bachelor of Music from Drake University, his master’s degree from the University of Michigan, and his Doctor of Musical Arts from the Eastman School of Music, where he was awarded the prestigious Performer’s Certificate. He has served as organist/choirmaster for churches in Iowa, Michigan, Indiana, Missouri and New York.
This is the third and final concert of the Orvil and Gloria Franzen 2011-2012 Organ Program Series, celebrating the 20th anniversary of the Borg Petersen Memorial Organ in CLU’s Samuelson Chapel.
Donations accepted. For more information, call the Music Department at (805) 493-3306 or visit http://www.callutheran.edu/music.
Marc Anton Reilly Lecture
A Word the World Needs: Lutheran Theology for Today and Tomorrow
The Rev. R. Guy Erwin
Lundring Events Center
Saturday, Feb. 18, 10 a.m.-12:30 p.m.
In an age of increasing polarization among Christian communities and a growing gulf between the religiously committed and the entirely secular, is there room for a Christ-centered, historically rooted but inclusive Christian theology that understands Jesus as God’s response to a fearful humanity? What does “being Christian” mean for Lutherans in an increasingly complex world? How can Lutheran theology meet the challenge of a cultural reassessment of sexual norms?
R. Guy Erwin, director of the Segerhammar Center for Faith and Culture and holder of CLU’s Gerhard and Olga J. Belgum Chair in Lutheran Confessional Theology, will address these issues and respond to questions from the audience.
Erwin teaches the history of Christianity and Lutheran studies and is internationally recognized as an authority on Martin Luther’s life and thought. An ordained minister in the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, he was educated at Harvard and Yale and the universities of Tübingen and Leipzig in Germany.
Admission is free. Sponsored by Lutherans Concerned/Los Angeles, the Segerhammar Center for Faith and Culture, and the Southwest California Synod of the ELCA. For information, contact Linda LeBlanc at (805) 493-3936 or leblanc@callutheran.edu.
Suzanne Freeman Memorial Concert
10th Annual New Music Concert with David Lang
Samuelson Chapel
Sunday, Feb. 19, 2 p.m.
Pulitzer Prize winner David Lang, one of America’s most performed composers, will be present for a Q&A at the beginning of CLU’s 10th Annual New Music Concert featuring his choral and instrumental music. Lang is at once deeply versed in the classical tradition and committed to music – informed by modernism, minimalism and rock – that resists categorization. “There is no name yet for this kind of music,” wrote Los Angeles Times music critic Mark Swed. Wyant Morton conducts.
Donations accepted. For information, call the Music Department at (805) 493-3306 or visit
http://www.callutheran.edu/music.
An Evening with Author Nina Revoyr
Lundring Events Center
Monday, Feb. 27, 7 p.m.
Nina Revoyr was born in Japan to a Japanese mother and an American father. She grew up in Tokyo, Wisconsin and Los Angeles. Her latest book, “Wingshooters,” is a fictionalized novel of her childhood experiences in the 1940s in a small town in Wisconsin with her white paternal grandparents. The story revolves around the small enclave and the inability of the townspeople to accept her, or anyone else who is different, as a member of the community.
Published last March, “Wingshooters” was one of O: Oprah Magazine’s “Books to Watch For” and is winner of an Indie Booksellers’ Choice Award. Her previous novels, “The Necessary Hunger, Southland and The Age of Dreaming,” focus on racial tensions in Los Angeles, interracial couples, the Watts riots, and racial discrimination in silent films.
Revoyr is the executive vice president of a large child and family service agency in Los Angeles. She has also been an associate faculty member at Antioch University and a visiting professor at Cornell University, Occidental College and Pitzer College.
Admission is free. Sponsored by the Center for Equality and Justice, Pearson Library and Multicultural Programs and International Student Services. For more information, contact Yen Tran at nttran@callutheran.edu or (805) 493-3092.
Senior Fest 2012
Samuelson Chapel
Tuesday, Feb. 28, 9 a.m.-4 p.m.
Keynote addresses: 9:30 a.m. and 1 p.m.
Lutheran adults will gather for learning, devotions and fellowship with the purpose of enhancing their physical, spiritual, social and intellectual lives.
The one-day event will include a variety of workshops and two presentations by keynote speaker Marva J. Dawn, an internationally renowned theologian and author of more than 20 books. Dawn, a teaching fellow in spiritual theology at Regent College in Vancouver, British Columbia, holds four master’s degrees and a Ph.D. in Christian Ethics and the Scriptures from the University of Notre Dame. A popular speaker for people of all ages, she has preached and taught worldwide at seminaries, clergy conferences, churches, assemblies and universities.
Registration is $25 ($30 after Feb. 20). To register, go to http://tinyurl.com/CLU-Senior-Fest. For more information, contact the Church Relations Office at (805) 493-3936 or leblanc@callutheran.edu.