UA Museum of Art Spring-Summer 2008 Calendar of Exhibits & Events Download a .pdf copy of the Spring-Summer 2008 calendar May 5           Exhibition - Master Impressions: Landscapes, on view through September 22, 2008. Kress Gallery 21           Volunteer Roundup - 10am. Interested in becoming a museum volunteer? Find out about volunteering in UAMA's docent and outreach program and office support activities. 25           Mars at the Museum - 1-4 pm, Enjoy a guided journey through Robert McCall's paintings, discover how artwork is chosen for a postage stamp (Postal History Foundation), and partake in children's hands-on activities. 29           Exhibition - Of Flesh, Form and Matter: Sculpture Selected from the UAMA Collections. Public reception at 6:30pm. Exhibition will be on view until September 7, 2008. Main and South Galleries June 2-6           Educator Workshop - 9 am to 12 noon daily, Places and Spaces: Art and the Environment. Painters, sculptors and photographers have chronicled human interactions with nature in public places and in architecture. participants will consider artworks that focus on historical portrayals and futuristic explorations. Registration required. 12           Exhibition - Abstraction: Variations. On view through August 17, 2008. Gallagher Gallery 12           Exhibition - The Portrait in America. On view through October 19, 2008. Hanson Gallery 12           Exhibition - Painting the Photograph: American Photorealists. On view through October 19, 2008. Mezzanine Gallery 14           Phoenix Mars Space Mission Presentations - 1-4 pm, Pat Woida, UA senior staff engineer, reports on early findings from the Mars Landing. Listen to live music and enjoy robotic arm painting and other activities for children. 16-20           Teen Workshop & Program - 10 am to 4 pm daily, Destination Poetry and Art: A Summer Adventure for Teens. Teens ages 13-18 are invited to explore place and space through observation and creation of artwork at UAMA and then travel to the UA Poetry Center to explore landscapes through language. Registration required. Ongoing Exhibitions: The Samuel H. Kress Collection: A New View, Kress Galleries In light of the Retablo of Ciudad Rodrigo's temporary move to Dallas/Ft. Worth, this presentation takes advantage of newly available gallery space to reinstall the Samuel H. Kress Collection. In addition to the original Kress gift, presented to UAMA in 1961, the exhibition includes a rotating selection of the Museum's outstanding Old Master prints to provide new contextual frameworks for appreciation. Highlights of the 20th Century from the Permanent Collections, Pfeiffer Gallery Curated by Susannah Maurer, UAMA Assistant Curator The angular floor plan of the Pfeiffer Gallery is the perfect exhibition space to highlight our extensive collections of twentieth century European and American art. On view are pieces by Käthe Kollwitz, Henri Matisse, Joan Miró, Jackson Pollock, Roy Lichtenstein, and Elizabeth Catlett. Works on paper rotate every six months. Events: Classical Guitar Recitals - Fridays during Spring Semester, 11 am, UA Museum of Art   MUSIC IN THE MUSEUM Guitar area recitals Spring semester 2008, last performance May 9th Join us for a magical fusion of classical music and classic art on Friday mornings at 11 am. Students from the School of Music guitar studio will play beautiful music in the Retablo room. Museum events (except fundraising events) are free and open to the public. All events are subject to schedule changes. Please call 621-7567 to confirm the schedule. All contents copyright © 2008. Arizona Board of Regents. Maintained by: hershoff@u.arizona.edu