Calendar of Events
Unless otherwise noted events begin at 6 pm in the Art Gallery. Walk-throughs are preceded by a reception which begins at 5:15 pm. Lost Kingdoms lectures are free; however, admission to the exhibition is $5 for attendees that are not Clay Center members. Walk-throughs and the sculpture party are open to Collectors Club members and their guests. The Fallingwater trip is open to all; however, Selections events are only available to Collectors Club members. Call or email Barbara Racker for more information – bracker@theclaycenter.org, 304-561-3524.
Sculpture Party in the Clay Center’s Susan Runyan Maier Sculpture Garden
Thursday, October 22, 2009, 6 to 8 pm
In the event of inclement weather, the event will be held in the Clay Center’s ticketing lobby.
The Mummies of Ancient Nubia: Dead and Loving It
Thursday, October 29, 2009
Dr. Dennis Van Gerven, Professor of Anthropology, University of Colorado at Boulder
Ancient Nubians believed that the body served an important purpose in the afterlife. Learn about the ritual of mummification and the fascinating variations from early practices to its decline, including distinctive Nubian characteristics.
Motor coach trip to Fallingwater and Kentuck Knob, dinner at Stonewall Resort
Saturday, November 14, 2009, 6:30 am to 9:30 pm
$125 for Collectors Club members, $150 for non-members; deadline for reservations is October 28
Lions and Crocodiles and Nubians – Oh My! Ethnic stereotypes, cultural entanglements, and the emergence of Nubia as a power in Africa and the Near East
Tuesday, November 17, 2009
Dr. Stuart Tyson Smith, Professor of Anthropology, University of California Santa Barbara
Once characterized as “barbarians,” Nubians proved to be more rivals than dependants of Egypt. Despite the negative ethnic stereotypes found on Egyptian monuments, find out how archeology shows that Nubians forged a powerful society that eventually dominated Egypt.
The Nubian Pharaohs and their Rule in Egypt
Dr. Robert Ritner, Oriental Institute Museum, University of Chicago
Wednesday, January 20, 2010
Walk-through of Lost in Form, Found in Line: An Exhibition of Works by Robert Motherwell (1915-1991)
Tuesday, January 26, 2010
Nubia: A Black Legacy
Edmund Barry Gaither, Director and Curator of the Museum of the National Center of Afro-American Artists, Boston, MA
Thursday, February 18, 2010
Nubian Queens in the Nile Valley
Dr. Carolyn Fluehr-Lobban, Rhode Island College, Providence
Tuesday, March 16, 2010
Nubian Pyramids and Royal Cemeteries
Dr. Peter Lacovara, Curator of Ancient Art, Carlos Museum, Emory University, Atlanta, GA
Wednesday, April 7, 2010
Selections trip to Boston, MA
Thursday through Sunday, April 22-25, 2010
Walk-through of the Allied Artists juried exhibition and My Body Will Blacken
Tuesday, May 4, 2010
Sculpture Party in the Clay Center’s Susan Runyan Maier Sculpture Garden
Thursday, October 22, 2009, 6 to 8 pm
In the event of inclement weather, the event will be held in the Clay Center’s ticketing lobby.
The Mummies of Ancient Nubia: Dead and Loving It
Thursday, October 29, 2009
Dr. Dennis Van Gerven, Professor of Anthropology, University of Colorado at Boulder
Ancient Nubians believed that the body served an important purpose in the afterlife. Learn about the ritual of mummification and the fascinating variations from early practices to its decline, including distinctive Nubian characteristics.
Motor coach trip to Fallingwater and Kentuck Knob, dinner at Stonewall Resort
Saturday, November 14, 2009, 6:30 am to 9:30 pm
$125 for Collectors Club members, $150 for non-members; deadline for reservations is October 28
Lions and Crocodiles and Nubians – Oh My! Ethnic stereotypes, cultural entanglements, and the emergence of Nubia as a power in Africa and the Near East
Tuesday, November 17, 2009
Dr. Stuart Tyson Smith, Professor of Anthropology, University of California Santa Barbara
Once characterized as “barbarians,” Nubians proved to be more rivals than dependants of Egypt. Despite the negative ethnic stereotypes found on Egyptian monuments, find out how archeology shows that Nubians forged a powerful society that eventually dominated Egypt.
The Nubian Pharaohs and their Rule in Egypt
Dr. Robert Ritner, Oriental Institute Museum, University of Chicago
Wednesday, January 20, 2010
Walk-through of Lost in Form, Found in Line: An Exhibition of Works by Robert Motherwell (1915-1991)
Tuesday, January 26, 2010
Nubia: A Black Legacy
Edmund Barry Gaither, Director and Curator of the Museum of the National Center of Afro-American Artists, Boston, MA
Thursday, February 18, 2010
Nubian Queens in the Nile Valley
Dr. Carolyn Fluehr-Lobban, Rhode Island College, Providence
Tuesday, March 16, 2010
Nubian Pyramids and Royal Cemeteries
Dr. Peter Lacovara, Curator of Ancient Art, Carlos Museum, Emory University, Atlanta, GA
Wednesday, April 7, 2010
Selections trip to Boston, MA
Thursday through Sunday, April 22-25, 2010
Walk-through of the Allied Artists juried exhibition and My Body Will Blacken
Tuesday, May 4, 2010