Film Screening: Matthew Barney
Exhibitions
Decadent Desserts, Jazz and Exhibition — today 5-7 p.m.
Decadent Desserts
Student event organized by the Friends of the Davison Art Center
Thursday, Sept. 22, 5:00-7:00 pm
Desserts by Fusion Bakery, jazz by student musicians in the Davison Art Center courtyard, and the opportunity to view the exhibition, Excavations: The Prints of Julie Mehretu.
International Photo Contest Finalist Selections in Zelnick Pavilion
The International Photo Contest finalist selections are now on display through April 30 in the Zelnick Pavilion.
Wesleyan students submitted nearly 600 photos for the contest, sponsored by the Office of International Studies and 
the Office of Student Activities. Forty-nine finalists were selected in five categories:
People and Portraits Landscapes Structures & Cityscapes Animals & Nature Local Flavor & Traditions
First- and second-place photos were chosen in each category by a panel of judges, including Pam Tatge, Director of the Center for the Arts; Bill Burkhart, University Photographer ; and Andy Szegedy-Maszak, Professor of Classical Studies.
A closing reception will be held at the Zelnick Pavilion on April 30 from 2-3 p.m. We hope you will be able to join us at the reception and/or stop by to view the photos during the next two weeks.
Questions? Contact Carolyn Sorkin, Director of International Studies, or Tim Shiner, Director of Student Activities and Leadership Development
Symposium: Welcoming the Vanguard Class of 1969 — Sat., 4/24
On April 24, the Center for African American Studies will host a day-long symposium to mark the 40th anniversary of 
the Class of 1969. This was Wesleyan’s first fully integrated graduating class. The four years that these men were here helped to transform the institution into the multi-cultural university that it is today. Six members of the class of 1969, as well as several former Wesleyan administrators, will participate in the panels. All faculty and students are warmly invited to participate. All sessions will be held in the CFA Hall.
10:30 a.m. : “Taking Down Barriers; Changing the Institution”
The members of the class will discuss “What was Wesleyan then? What was it like being 18/19 years old in the old Wesleyan?”
12:30 – 2:30 p.m.: The Rare Books and Manuscripts collection at Olin Library
Exhibition of documents, photographs, and memorabilia from Wesleyan during the period 1965-1970.
2 p.m.: “How the Vanguard Class Challenged Wesleyan to Become a Better University”
Discussion with former administration members involved in helping Wesleyan to open itself to diversity.
Panelists: Robert Rosenbaum, Jack Hoy, Bob Kirkpatrick, Ed Hayes (and other class members) Moderator: Karl Scheibe
4 p.m.: “Different Decades, Different Experiences, Common Themes”
Meeting with members of intervening classes and current students to discuss shared and distinctive experiences from 40 years of diversity.
5:30 p.m.: Reception for class members and current students
Reminder: Usdan Photo Contest II: International Photo Contest
Want your photography to be the next to hang in the Usdan Center? In partnership with the Office of International Studies, the Usdan Art Committee is sponsoring a second photo contest for study abroaders, international students, and others who have spent substantive time abroad. As with the international photo contest of the past, photos will be displayed in Zelnick Pavilion around the middle of the spring semester. Entries will be judged by a distinguished panel of Wesleyan experts in art, communication, and international affairs. The top ten photos will also be enlarged to 24″ x 36″ (or largest size allowed by the resolution of the original) and hung in Usdan common areas after Spring Break. At the end of the show, winners will receive their enlarged print as a prize.
Guidelines:
- Eligibility: Open to all students of Wesleyan University; all entries must be original work.
- Submit up to ten photographs to tshiner@wesleyan.edu by February 1, 2010 or by dropping them off on CD-Rom at 124 Usdan.
- Include your name, class year, a title and a description of the photo(s) of no more than 100 words. The description should include information on where and when the photo was taken, as well as the significance of the subject matter in local context and in the context of your experience studying abroad. By submitting photos, you are agreeing to permit them to be shown in Usdan, Zelnick, and/or Fisk Hall, as well as on the OIS web site.
- Photographs will be selected to display in Zelnick Pavilion by mid-February. Of those selected, a panel of judges will choose ten winners to be enlarged and displayed in the Usdan Center.
- Copyright: Wesleyan University reserves the right to publish winning images in Usdan University Center/Office of International Studies printed materials or websites. Photo credit will be provided, of course (that doesn¹t mean academic redit for a photography class just your name somewhere in the vicinity of the photograph).
- Entrants must not infringe on the rights of any other photographer or person or submit images that involve the willful harassment of individuals, wildlife or damage to the environment by the photographer.
Usdan Photo Contest II: International Photo Contest
Want your photography to be the next to hang in the Usdan Center? In partnership with the Office of International Studies, the Usdan Art Committee is sponsoring a second photo contest for study abroaders, international students, 
and others who have spent substantive time abroad. As with the international photo contest of the past, photos will be displayed in Zelnick Pavilion around the middle of the spring semester. Entries will be judged by a distinguished panel of Wesleyan experts in art, communication, and international affairs. The top ten photos will also be enlarged to 24″ x 36″ (or largest size allowed by the resolution of the original) and hung in Usdan common areas after Spring Break. At the end of the show, winners will receive their enlarged print as a prize.
Guidelines:
- Eligibility: Open to all students of Wesleyan University; all entries must be original work.
- Submit up to ten photographs to tshiner@wesleyan.edu by February 1, 2010 or by dropping them off on CD-Rom at 124 Usdan.
- Include your name, class year, a title and a description of the photo(s) of no more than 100 words. The description should include information on where and when the photo was taken, as well as the significance of the subject matter in local context and in the context of your experience studying abroad. By submitting photos, you are agreeing to permit them to be shown in Usdan, Zelnick, and/or Fisk Hall, as well as on the OIS web site.
- Photographs will be selected to display in Zelnick Pavilion by mid-February. Of those selected, a panel of judges will choose ten winners to be enlarged and displayed in the Usdan Center.
- Copyright: Wesleyan University reserves the right to publish winning images in Usdan University Center/Office of International Studies printed materials or websites. Photo credit will be provided, of course (that doesn’t mean academic credit for a photography class just your name somewhere in the vicinity of the photograph).
- Entrants must not infringe on the rights of any other photographer or person or submit images that involve the willful harassment of individuals, wildlife or damage to the environment by the photographer.
Usdan Photo Contest: Black, White & Color In Motion
Submissions due on next Mon., Dec. 7.
Want your photography to be the next to hang in the Usdan Center?
Guidelines:
- Eligibility: Open to all students of Wesleyan University. All entries must be original work and created during the last two years.
- Submit up to three photographs or by dropping them off on CD-Rom at 124 Usdan or sending them to
tshiner@wesleyan.edu. - Include your name, class year, title and description of the photo(s).
- Up to ten photographs will be selected for display. Decisions will be made by Dec. 15.
- Selected photographs will be enlarged to 24”x36” (or largest size allowed by resolution of the original) and hung in Usdan common areas for the beginning of the Spring Semester. Please submit the highest resolution you can.
- At the end of the show, artists will receive their enlarged print as a prize.
- Copyright: Wesleyan University reserves the right to publish winning images in Usdan University Center printed materials related to the building.
- Entrants must not infringe on the rights of any other photographer or person, or submit images that involve the willful harassment of individuals, wildlife or damage to the environment by the photographer.
Exhibition: Emergency Response Studio — Opening today!
Wesleyan’s Ezra and Cecile Zilkha Gallery Presents
the Opening Reception for
Paul Villinski: Emergency Response Studio
Friday, September 11, 5–7pm
Exhibition Runs September 12–November 8
When: Friday, September 11, 5–7pm; Artist Talk at 5:30pm
Where: Ezra and Cecile Zilkha Gallery, Wesleyan University (283 Washington Terrace in Middletown)
About the Performance:
Emergency Response Studio was inspired by artist Villinski’s visit to post-Katrina New Orleans in August 2006. He wished he could transport his studio from New York to the Lower Ninth Ward to create work in response to the conditions he found. Instead he created Emergency Response Studio by playfully rethinking and transforming a 30-foot Gulfstream Cavalier trailer–virtually identical to the 50,000 trailers built by Gulfstream for FEMA–into a rolling, off-the-grid live/work space that can house displaced artists or allow visiting artists to “embed” in post-disaster settings. It will be installed on the Center for the Arts’ green and accompanied by an installation in Zilkha Gallery detailing Villinski’s construction process and featuring additional information on movable housing as well as green technology and building materials. Born in York, Maine in 1960, Villinski received a BFA with honors from The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art, New York in 1984.
Free Admission| Refreshments will be served. For more information on the exhibition: call the Wesleyan Box Office at 860-685-3355 or visit www.wesleyan.edu/zilkha For more information on Paul Villinski, visit: http://www.paulvillinski.com