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Visualizing China’s Imperial Order, Or, Why Paint Architecture?

TELUS International Centre, University of Alberta 11104 - 87 Avenue, Edmonton

The Mactaggart Art Collection Lecture Series All lectures are held at the TELUS International Centre, Room 134 Registration Required 7:00 – 8:30 pm "Visualizing China’s Imperial Order, Or, Why Paint Architecture?" Guest Speaker: Prof. Nancy S. Steinhardt (University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, U.S.A.) Location: TELUS International Centre (Room 134) A surprising number of Chinese paintings … Continue reading Visualizing China’s Imperial Order, Or, Why Paint Architecture? →

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Darren Fung Composer – The Great Human Odyssey in Concert

Winspear Centre 4 Sir Winston Churchill Square, Corner of 99th Street and 102 Avenue, Edmonton

A riveting documentary produced by anthropologist and filmmaker Dr. Niobe Thompson on the origins of humanity and its path to the present was given life with the music of former Edmonton composer Darren Fung in a series presented on CBC’s The Nature of Things. See a specially-prepared version of the film projected above the musicians … Continue reading Darren Fung Composer – The Great Human Odyssey in Concert →

$24 – $79

Seeing Suzhou in Chinese Painting

TELUS International Centre, University of Alberta 11104 - 87 Avenue, Edmonton

Guest Speaker: Prof. Kristina Kleutghen (Washington University, St Louis, MO, U.S.A.) Location: TELUS International Centre (Room 134) When the Kangxi emperor’s Southern Tours disembarked in Suzhou in the late-seventeenth and early-eighteenth centuries, the ruler arrived in a city famous across the empire for its optical devices. Popular use of these devices in and around Suzhou … Continue reading Seeing Suzhou in Chinese Painting →

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The Emperor Qianlong’s Tours of Southern China in Painting, Poetry, and Logistical Practice

TELUS International Centre, University of Alberta 11104 - 87 Avenue, Edmonton

Guest Speaker: Prof. Michael G. Chang (George Mason University, Fairfax, VA, U.S.A.) This presentation will focus on the well-known southern tours of the Qianlong emperor (1711-1799, r. 1736-1795), the fourth Manchu emperor to rule over China-proper. Each of Qianlong’s six southern tours, which took place between 1751 and 1784, were extended affairs during which the … Continue reading The Emperor Qianlong’s Tours of Southern China in Painting, Poetry, and Logistical Practice →

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Authority, Propaganda, and Fine Arts

TELUS International Centre, University of Alberta 11104 - 87 Avenue, Edmonton

Panel Discussion Prof. Nancy S. Steinhardt (University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, U.S.A.) Prof. Michael G. Chang (George Mason University, Fairfax, VA, U.S.A.) Prof. Martin Powers (University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, U.S.A.   1:00 pm - 2:00 pm Mactaggart Art Collection tours

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Picturing Social Justice in Early Modern China and England

TELUS International Centre, University of Alberta 11104 - 87 Avenue, Edmonton

Guest Speaker: Prof. Martin Powers (University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, U.S.A.) Location: TELUS International Centre (Room 134) (light lunch provided after) In 1741 Richard Hatchett adapted the Chinese play The Orphan of Zhao as a vehicle for exposing Robert Walpole’s corruption and abuse of power. What Hatchett viewed as corruption, most Englishmen saw as … Continue reading Picturing Social Justice in Early Modern China and England →

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Darren Fung – ESO Symphonies for Kids: The Great Human Odyssey

Citadel Theatre 9828 101 A Avenue, Edmonton

A specially-edited, hour-long version of the CBC The Nature of Things documentary The Great Human Odyssey – produced in Edmonton by Dr. Niobe Thompson with a magical score by former Edmontonian Darren Fung – will be presented in a kid-friendly format, narrated by Niobe himself. Don't miss this performance full of stunning visuals and the magic … Continue reading Darren Fung – ESO Symphonies for Kids: The Great Human Odyssey →

$15 – $25

Time Depth with Dick Der, Visual Artist

Scott Gallery 10411 - 124 Street NW, Edmonton

Time Depth: March 5 - 26, 2016 “Time Depth” is a two-person exhibition featuring new paintings by Edmonton artist, Dick Der and Vancouver artist, Edward Epp. Their works, differently, both demonstrate aspects of time and locale: Venetian colour and architecture in the abstract paintings of Dick Der and bands of atmosphere and horizon in the … Continue reading Time Depth with Dick Der, Visual Artist →

The Beat Goes On – Kita no Taiko’s 30th Anniversary Performance

Timms Centre for the Arts University of Alberta, Edmonton

Hosted by the Timms Centre for the Arts (112 St 87 Ave) on Saturday March 5 at 7:00 pm and Sunday March 6 at 2:00 pm, this show is a celebration of three decades of drumming and how our music has defined our journey. Taiko is traditional Japanese drumming that has undergone a modernization since … Continue reading The Beat Goes On – Kita no Taiko’s 30th Anniversary Performance →

$22

The Beat Goes On – Kita no Taiko’s 30th Anniversary Performance

Timms Centre for the Arts University of Alberta, Edmonton

Hosted by the Timms Centre for the Arts (112 St 87 Ave) on Saturday March 5 at 7:00 pm and Sunday March 6 at 2:00 pm, this show is a celebration of three decades of drumming and how our music has defined our journey. Taiko is traditional Japanese drumming that has undergone a modernization since … Continue reading The Beat Goes On – Kita no Taiko’s 30th Anniversary Performance →

$22