Wednesday, September 21, 2005

Woodward Lecture Series starts tomorrow

Don't forget, tomorrow, Thursday, September 22 (at 7:30p.m.) marks the eighth season opener of the College for Creative Studies' Woodward Lecture Series, with a public lecture by renowned metal sculptor and designer ALBERT PALEY. Free and open to the public. Wendell W. Anderson Jr. Auditorium, Walter B. Ford II Building, on the CCS campus. Call 313-664-7800 for more information.

More on metal: If you've never witnessed an iron pour before, your chance is coming up at CCS on Saturday, October 8 at 8p.m. in the CCS Foundry. Watch CCS Crafts and metals faculty light up the night sky with the magic of hot molten metal. This event is free, open to the public and weather permitting. Call 313-664-7693 for more information.

For those who need a break from metals, check out the film screening and lecture by artist BRUCE McCLURE at the Detroit Film Center this Saturday, September 24 at 8:00pm. Simultaneously using modified 16mm film projectors, Bruce McClure creates live cinematic light performances by superimposing and manipulating the film frame. McClure will perform a selection of recent works. Presented through the New Cinema Series. For a reference point, his work is somewhere between the sculptural light
installations of James Turrell and the experiments of 17th century polymath Athanasius Kircher. McClure has presented his works internationally at various venues including the Rotterdam Film Festival, London Film Festival and was included in the both the 2002 and 2004 Whitney Biennial.

Doors open at 7pm, films roll at 8pm. Suggested donation: $3 DFC Members, $5 Non-Members. Detroit Film Center 1227 Washington Blvd., Detroit Call 313-961-9936 for more information.

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