FEBRUARY 2022 EVENTS AND EXHIBITS AT SMU’S MEADOWS SCHOOL OF THE ARTS AND MEADOWS MUSEUM
Virtual Division of Art Visiting Artist Lecture: Maiko Sugano
Tuesday, February 1, 2022
7:30 p.m.
Zoom lecture
FREE
Maiko Sugano makes art to express gratitude and respect for nature. She combines wood, steel and stone for outdoor sculptures, using the techniques of traditional Japanese woodworking for the structure and the shape. Her aim is to mix contemporary art with Japanese traditional aesthetics to lead people to engage with nature in a new way. Born in Tokyo in 1974, Sugano graduated from the Tokyo University of the Arts (formerly the Tokyo National University of Fine Arts & Music) in 1997. After working for a design firm, she embarked on a round-the-globe trip, and ended up living in San Francisco in 2000. In 2004 she completed her M.F.A. at California College of the Arts. In 2009, she received a grant through the Japanese Government Overseas Study Program for Artists, offered by the Agency for Cultural Affairs of Japan, to research art and art environments at the MARTa Herford Museum in Germany. In 2014 she completed her Ph.D. in fine art at the Tokyo University of the Arts. She currently teaches at the Graduate Institute of Applied Arts at Tainan National University of the Arts in Taiwan. For more information about the artist, visit https://www.maikosugano.com/. To attend the Zoom lecture, visithttps://smu.zoom.us/j/95801605458.
Exxon Mobil Lecture Series: Nick Vlahos, CEO, The Honest Company
Meadows Lyric Theatre: The Crucible by Robert Ward
Based on the play by Arthur Miller
With the Meadows Opera Orchestra
Directed by Hank Hammett
Conducted by Paul Phillips
February 3-6, 2022
7:30 p.m. Thurs.-Sat.; 3 p.m. Sun.
Bob Hope Theatre – Owen Arts Center, 6101 Bishop Blvd. on the SMU campus, Dallas (75205)
The Saturday and Sunday performances will be both in-person and livestreamed; to register to watch online, visit https://bit.ly/SMUMeadowsLive.
$14 for adults, $11 for seniors, $8 for students, faculty & staff
Salem, 1692. In this remote and deeply pious community, a group of adolescent girls is accused of dancing obscenely in the woods one night. Fearing retribution, they begin to falsely accuse those around them of being in league with Satan. As deep personal grievances and resentments collide with superstition and lust, the village is whipped into an unbridled, bloodthirsty frenzy, fueled by righteous hysteria. At the center of the crisis is a once powerless young girl who now holds the terrifying authority to dictate the fate of all those around her. Out of the shadows of the past, Robert Ward has created an American masterpiece of high drama, narrative power and unexpected beauty. The winner of the Pulitzer Prize in music, the opera exposes how ignorance, intolerance, delicate political agendas and fear infect the human heart. Sung in English with English supertitles. To buy tickets, visit https://bit.ly/MeadowsTix. For more information, call 214.768.2787.
Piano Master Class with Guest Artist Barbara Lister-Sink
Tuesday, February 8, 2022
7 p.m.
Caruth Auditorium – Owen Arts Center, 6101 Bishop Blvd. on the SMU campus, Dallas (75205)
FREE
Internationally acclaimed pianist and teacher Barbara Lister-Sink, Salem Distinguished Professor and director of the School of Music at Salem College, is acknowledged as a global leader in injury-preventive keyboard technique. She will present a piano master class for SMU students, and the public is invited to attend and observe. For more information, call 214.768.3722.
Guest Artist Piano Recital: Barbara Lister-Sink
Wednesday, February 9, 2022
1 p.m.
Caruth Auditorium – Owen Arts Center, 6101 Bishop Blvd. on the SMU campus, Dallas (75205)
FREE
Internationally acclaimed pianist and teacher Barbara Lister-Sink, Salem Distinguished Professor and director of the School of Music at Salem College, will present a recital of piano masterworks. For more information, call 214.768.3722.
Dallas Symphony Chamber Orchestra Concert with Pinchas Zukerman and Amanda Forsyth
Friday, February 11, 2022
7:30 p.m.
Caruth Auditorium – Owen Arts Center, 6101 Bishop Blvd. on the SMU campus, Dallas (75205)
$20 per person
Members of the Dallas Symphony Orchestra are joined by world-renowned violinist Pinchas Zukerman and international concert cellist Amanda Forsyth in a program of works by Vivaldi, Offenbach, Tchaikovsky and Haydn. The concert is presented as part of the DSO’s collaboration with Zukerman, who is serving as its artistic and principal education partner for two seasons; the partnership includes SMU Meadows School of the Arts, with Zukerman providing chamber music coaching and instrument tutoring to outstanding Meadows music students. With a celebrated career encompassing five decades, Zukerman reigns as one of today’s most sought-after and versatile musicians – violin and viola soloist, conductor and chamber musician. He is renowned as a virtuoso, admired for the expressive lyricism of his playing, singular beauty of tone and impeccable musicianship, which can be heard throughout his discography of over 100 albums for which he gained two Grammy awards and 21 nominations. A devoted teacher and champion of young musicians, he has served as chair of the Pinchas Zukerman Performance Program at the Manhattan School of Music for over 25 years and has taught at prominent institutions throughout the world. To buy tickets, visit https://bit.ly/MeadowsTix. For more information, call 214.768.2787.
Pollock Gallery Exhibit: James Sullivan | thinking sculpture
February 12 – March 12, 2022
Opening Reception: Saturday, Feb. 12, 1-5 p.m.
Gallery hours: 1-5 p.m. Mon., Wed. and Fri.
Pollock Gallery – Suite 101, Expressway Tower, 6116 N. Central Expressway, Dallas 75206
FREE
This exhibition honors the teaching and artistic legacy of Emeritus Professor of Sculpture James Sullivan. Sullivan joined the SMU faculty in 1988 and retired in 2020. He served as chair of the Division of Art for 16 years and received multiple University awards for teaching. He also served as a visiting artist at universities around the globe and was a visiting critic in drawing at the Yale School of Architecture for 18 years. He has been featured in more than 50 group and solo exhibitions regionally and internationally, from the Meadows Museum in Dallas to Amerika Haus in Berlin, and his work is included in museum, corporate and private collections in the U.S. and abroad. His sculpture is centered on the body, portraying the figurative image as well as using objects to create abstractions of bodily forms, spaces and experiences. Much of his recent work has been developed in digital form, using CAD systems and 3-D printing as well as industrial fabrication. For more information, call 214.768.4439 or visit https://pollockgallery.art.
Pinchas Zukerman with Members of the Dallas Symphony Orchestra and Meadows School Faculty
Sunday, February 13, 2022
2:30 p.m.
Caruth Auditorium – Owen Arts Center, 6101 Bishop Blvd. on the SMU campus, Dallas (75205)
$20 per person
World-renowned violinist Pinchas Zukerman is joined by members of the Dallas Symphony Orchestra and Meadows School music faculty for a program featuring Tchaikovsky’s beloved Souvenir de Florence for string sextet and works by Dvorak and Coleman. The concert is presented as part of the DSO’s collaboration with Zukerman, who is serving as its artistic and principal education partner for two seasons; the partnership includes SMU Meadows School of the Arts, with Zukerman providing chamber music coaching and instrument tutoring to outstanding Meadows music students. With a celebrated career encompassing five decades, Zukerman reigns as one of today’s most sought-after and versatile musicians – violin and viola soloist, conductor and chamber musician. He is renowned as a virtuoso, admired for the expressive lyricism of his playing, singular beauty of tone and impeccable musicianship, which can be heard throughout his discography of over 100 albums for which he gained two Grammy awards and 21 nominations. A devoted teacher and champion of young musicians, he has served as chair of the Pinchas Zukerman Performance Program at the Manhattan School of Music for over 25 years and has taught at prominent institutions throughout the world. To buy tickets, visit https://bit.ly/MeadowsTix. For more information, call 214.768.2787.
Joaquin Achúcarro Faculty Recital
Wednesday, February 16, 2022
7:30 p.m.
Caruth Auditorium – Owen Arts Center, 6101 Bishop Blvd. on the SMU campus, Dallas (75205)
FREE
World-renowned concert pianist, recording artist and Joel Estes Tate Professor Joaquín Achúcarro presents a solo piano recital. The program will include works by Chopin, Liszt, Granados, Albéniz, Rachmaninoff and Scriabin. Achúcarro’s international performing career spans six decades. He has toured more than 60 countries, performed with over 240 major orchestras and 400 noted conductors, and has numerous critically acclaimed recordings to his credit. He has held the Tate chair at SMU Meadows since 1989, adjusting his teaching periods to his busy concert schedule. For more information, call 214.768.2787.
Meadows Museum Lecture: From Seville to Dublin: The Journey of Murillo’s Prodigal Son Series
Aoife Brady, Curator of Italian and Spanish Art, National Gallery of Ireland
Thursday, February 17, 2022
12 p.m.
Livestreaming on Zoom; advance registration required.
$10; free for museum members and SMU students, faculty and staff
Bartolomé Esteban Murillo’s extraordinary series illustrating the parable of the prodigal son is one of two narrative cycles ever created by the Sevillian master, and the only complete cycle in the world held in a single collection. Donated to the National Gallery of Ireland in 1987, the six canvases were recently the subject of a transformative conservation and research project, allowing viewers to once again appreciate the artist’s dramatic retelling of the biblical parable and offering new insights into the early history of the series. Celebrating their inaugural visit to the United States, this lecture will examine the incredible journey of the paintings from Seville to Dublin, and explore theories related to their mysterious origin. For tickets, visit https://www.eventbrite.com/e/virtual-lecture-the-journey-of-murillos-prodigal-son-tickets-208719755407?aff=ebdsoporgprofile. For more information, call 214.768.8587 or email meadowsmuseuminfo@smu.edu.
Hawn Gallery Exhibit: Narrative as Reality: A World Reimagined/ Selections from the Jessica and Kelvin Beachum Family Collection
February 17 – May 22, 2022
Hawn Gallery – Hamon Arts Library, 6100 Hillcrest Ave. on the SMU campus, Dallas (75205)
FREE
A glimpse into works from the Jessica and Kelvin Beachum Family collection reveals an artistic world of hope, Black joy, reality and aspiration. Each composition within the collection offers a unique story. These non-linear narratives on the Black experience, with their own distinct actualities, exhibit a reality not often portrayed, yet a collective lived experience that strives to represent a livelihood untouched. Narrative as Reality: A World Reimagined presents the work of artists Dominic Chambers, Ryan Cosbert, Robert Hodge, Nelson Makamo, Delita Martin, Sungi Mlengeya, Mario Moore, Robert Pruitt, Athi-Patra Ruga and Ferrari Sheppard. Artist as storyteller and aesthetic elegance collide in this breathtaking collection of work that showcases a world where narratives hold power and imagery conveys truth. The exhibition is curated by Dr. Valerie Bennett Gillespie. For more information, call 214.768.3813.
Meadows Wind Ensemble
Friday, February 18, 2022
7:30 p.m.
Caruth Auditorium – Owen Arts Center, 6101 Bishop Blvd. on the SMU campus, Dallas (75205)
The performance will be both in-person and livestreamed; to register to watch online, visit https://bit.ly/SMUMeadowsLive.
$14 for adults, $11 for seniors, $8 for students, faculty & staff
The Meadows Wind Ensemble has performed throughout the United States and Europe and has won the acclaim of leading contemporary composers for thoughtful and brilliant performances of their works. Led by conductor Jack Delaney and composed of the finest winds, brass and percussion from the Meadows School, the Wind Ensemble performs a broad and diverse range of literature. The Ensemble has recorded five CDs on the Gasparo label, including “The Drums of Summer,” which won First Prize in an international recording competition in Austria. To buy tickets, visit https://bit.ly/MeadowsTix. For more information, call 214.768.2787.
Meadows Museum Exhibition: Murillo: Picturing the Prodigal Son
February 20 – June 12, 2022
10 a.m.-5 p.m. Tues.-Sat.; 10 a.m.-9 p.m. Thurs.; 1-5 p.m. Sun. Closed Mon.
Virginia Meadows Galleries – Meadows Museum, 5900 Bishop Blvd. on the SMU campus, Dallas (75205)
$12 for adults; $10 for seniors 65+; $4 for non-SMU students; FREE for members, children under 12 and SMU faculty, staff and students; FREE Thurs. after 5 p.m.
During the 1660s, Sevillian artist Bartolomé Esteban Murillo (1617–1682) set out to paint the biblical parable of the prodigal son (Luke 15:11–32). Many artists tackling this subject focus on the story’s conclusion—that is, the prodigal son’s return from squandering his inheritance to be welcomed by his father’s forgiveness rather than his wrath. Murillo’s depiction, however, draws out the drama into a narrative cycle of six large canvases. Remarkably intact as a group centuries after their production at the height of the artist’s career, and having recently undergone conservation that reveals the mastery of the artist’s technique, the series makes its U.S. debut at the Meadows Museum, marking a rare opportunity for American audiences to view an important painting series by Murillo in its entirety, as it was meant to be seen. For more information, call 214.768.8587; to purchase tickets, visit https://www.eventbrite.com/e/meadows-museum-timed-ticket-entry-tickets-108139261442.
Meadows Museum Program: Drawing from the Masters
Sunday, February 20, 2022
1:30-3 p.m.
Meadows Museum, 5900 Bishop Blvd. on the SMU campus, Dallas 75205
FREE with museum admission: $12 for adults; $10 for seniors; $4 for non-SMU students; FREE for members, children under 12 and SMU faculty, staff and students
Enjoy an afternoon of informal drawing instruction as artist Ian O’Brien leads you through the Meadows Museum’s galleries. The session will provide an opportunity to explore a variety of techniques and improve drawing skills. Designed for adults and students ages 15 and older, and open to all abilities and experience levels. Drawing materials will be available, but participants are encouraged to bring their own sketchpads and pencils. Free with regular museum admission; no advance registration required. Attendance is limited to 20 on a first-come, first-served basis. To purchase tickets, visit https://www.eventbrite.com/e/meadows-museum-timed-ticket-entry-tickets-108139261442. For more information, call 214.768.8587.
Meadows Museum Program: Children’s Drawing from the Masters
Sunday, February 20, 2022
3:30-4 p.m.
Meadows Museum, 5900 Bishop Blvd. on the SMU campus, Dallas 75205
FREE with museum admission: $12 for adults; $10 for seniors; $4 for non-SMU students; FREE for members, children under 12 and SMU faculty, staff and students
Enjoy an afternoon of informal drawing instruction with artist and elementary art teacher Ian O’Brien. The session provides children ages 5-12 with the opportunity to explore a variety of techniques and improve drawing skills. Drawing materials will be available, but participants are encouraged to bring their own sketchpads and pencils. Free with regular museum admission; advance registration is not required. Attendance is limited to 20 and is on a first-come, first-served basis. This is not a drop-off program; children must be accompanied by at least one adult over the age of 18. To purchase tickets, visit https://www.eventbrite.com/e/meadows-museum-timed-ticket-entry-tickets-108139261442. For more information, call 214.768.8587.
SYZYGY: Emergence
Monday, February 21, 2022
7:30 p.m.
Caruth Auditorium – Owen Arts Center, 6101 Bishop Blvd. on the SMU campus, Dallas (75205)
FREE
Join SYZYGY, the contemporary music umbrella of SMU’s Meadows School of the Arts, for a grab bag of contemporary music. Led by director Lane Harder, this concert will demonstrate an immense range of expression through diverse styles and instrumentation. For more information, call 214.768.2787.
Piano Master Class with Soyeon Kate Lee
Tuesday, February 22, 2022
7 p.m.
Caruth Auditorium – Owen Arts Center, 6101 Bishop Blvd. on the SMU campus, Dallas (75205)
FREE
Korean-American pianist Soyeon Kate Lee, first prize winner of the 2010 Naumburg International Piano Competition and the 2004 Concert Artist Guild International Competition, will present a piano master class for SMU students, and the public is invited to attend and observe. Lee has been lauded by The New York Times as a pianist with “a huge, richly varied sound, a lively imagination and a firm sense of style” and by The Washington Post for her “stunning command of the keyboard.” She is a Naxos recording artist, Yamaha Artist, and associate professor of music at the Cincinnati-College Conservatory of Music. For more information, call 214.768.3722.
Guest Artist Piano Recital: Soyeon Kate Lee
Wednesday, February 23, 2022
1 p.m.
Caruth Auditorium – Owen Arts Center, 6101 Bishop Blvd. on the SMU campus, Dallas (75205)
FREE
Korean American pianist Soyeon Kate Lee, first prize winner of the 2010 Naumburg International Piano Competition and the 2004 Concert Artist Guild International Competition, will present a recital of piano masterworks. Lee has been lauded by The New York Times as a pianist with “a huge, richly varied sound, a lively imagination and a firm sense of style” and by The Washington Post for her “stunning command of the keyboard.” She is a Naxos recording artist, Yamaha Artist, and associate professor of music at the Cincinnati-College Conservatory of Music. For more information, call 214.768.3722.
Theatre: The Yaelmihkeinsploke by Dylan Guerra
February 23-27, 2022
8 p.m. Wed., Fri. & Sat.; 2 p.m. Sat. & Sun. (no Thurs. performance)
Margo Jones Theatre – Owen Arts Center, 6101 Bishop Blvd. on the SMU campus, Dallas (75205)
$14 for adults, $11 for seniors, $8 for students, faculty & staff
This comic mystery thriller by Meadows alumnus and New York-based playwright Dylan Guerra (B.F.A. ’16) recounts the story of Liz, who is being hunted by a demon that eats her through her past lives: an actress in 1850, a German water dancer, a young closeted Colombian boy, a dog and a NASA representative. Directed by Distinguished Professor of Theatre Stan Wojewodski, Jr. To buy tickets, visit https://bit.ly/MeadowsTix. For more information, call 214.768.2787.
Movies with the Meadows Museum: Los lunes al sol/Mondays in the Sun (R, 2002)
Constantin C. Icleanu, Lecturer of Spanish, SMU
Thursday, February 24, 2022
6 p.m.
Bob and Jean Smith Auditorium – Meadows Museum, 5900 Bishop Blvd. on the SMU campus, Dallas (75205)
FREE; advance registration required.
Movies with the Meadows pairs scholar and screen; these in-person film screenings are followed by a short talk in the museum’s auditorium. The Meadows Museum is pleased to screen Los lunes al sol (Mondays in the Sun) as part of the SMU World Languages and Literatures 7th Annual International Film Festival. This film depicts the effects of unemployment on a group of laid-off Spanish dockworkers who spend their days at the local watering hole lamenting their bleak lives. Los lunes al sol won five Goya Awards (Spain’s version of the Oscars), including Best Film, Best Director and Best Lead Actor. The film stars Academy Award-winning actor Javier Bardem and was directed by Fernando León de Aranoa. Following the screening, join Dr. Icleanu for a short talk on the film. To register, visit https://www.eventbrite.com/e/in-person-movies-with-the-meadows-mondays-in-the-sun-tickets-208845451367?aff=ebdsoporgprofile. For more information, call 214.768.8587 or email meadowsmuseuminfo@smu.edu.
Meadows Museum Gallery Talk: “Sacred Art at the Meadows Museum”
Miranda Saylor, 2021-22 Center for Spain in America (CSA) Curatorial Fellow, Meadows Museum
Friday, February 25, 2022
12:15 p.m.
Meadows Museum, 5900 Bishop Blvd. on the SMU campus, Dallas (75205)
FREE with museum admission: $12 for adults; $10 for seniors; $4 for non-SMU students; FREE for members, children under 12 and SMU faculty, staff and students
Meadows Museum gallery talks feature art research and perspectives from local guest speakers. For tickets, visit https://www.eventbrite.com/e/in-person-gallery-talk-sacred-art-at-the-meadows-museum-tickets-228409227147?aff=ebdsoporgprofile. For more information, call 214.768.8587.
Chamber Music Masterworks: Schubert’s Cello Quintet in C Major with Edward Arron
Friday, February 25, 2022
7:30 p.m.
Caruth Auditorium – Owen Arts Center, 6101 Bishop Blvd. on the SMU campus, Dallas (75205)
The performance will be both in-person and livestreamed; to register to watch online, visit https://bit.ly/SMUMeadowsLive.
FREE
Internationally renowned cellist Edward Arron joins Meadows students and faculty in a performance of Schubert’s sublime Quintet for two cellos. Arron has garnered recognition worldwide for his elegant musicianship, impassioned performances and creative programming. He made his New York recital debut in 2000 at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Since that time, he has appeared in recital, as a soloist with major orchestras, and as a chamber musician throughout North America, Europe and Asia. This year marks his 13th season as the artistic director and host of the acclaimed Musical Masterworks concert series in Old Lyme, Connecticut. He is also the co-artistic director with his wife, pianist Jeewon Park, of the Performing Artists in Residence series at the Clark Art Institute in Williamstown, Massachusetts. Arron tours and records as a member of the renowned Ehnes Quartet, and he appears regularly at the Caramoor International Music Festival, where he has been a resident performer and curator of chamber music concerts for over a quarter of a century. He is a faculty member at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. For more information, call 214.768.2787.
Meadows Museum Virtual Program: Digital Drawing from the Masters
Sunday, February 27, 2022
1:30-3 p.m.
Livestreaming on Zoom; advance registration required.
$5; free for Museum members and SMU students, faculty and staff
Enjoy an afternoon of informal drawing instruction remotely over Zoom as artist Ian M. O’Brien leads you through a work of art in the Meadows Museum’s collection. The session will provide an opportunity to explore a variety of techniques and improve drawing skills. Designed for adults and students ages 13 and older, and open to all abilities and experience levels. To register, visithttps://www.eventbrite.com/e/digital-drawing-from-the-masters-02272022-tickets-228422326327?aff=ebdsoporgprofile. For more information, call 214.768.8587 or email meadowsmuseuminfo@smu.edu.