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Every year, as part of our commitment to global education, Queens College focuses on the history, art, and significant contributions of a different country. In 2010-11, our inaugural initiative explored the art, culture and music of China. Events included a lecture and seminar series; exhibitions; art installations; performance pieces—both art and music; and student-sponsored Asian-themed comedy acts.
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A SHORT COURSE ON CONTEMPORARY CHINA
The Contemporary China Program--chaired by Carl Riskin, QC Distinguished Professor of Economics--offered an in-depth study of six topics important to China and the world.
Each topic was introduced in a talk by a leading scholar. In subsequent seminars, participants gathered for discussion on the lecture topic.
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MARLENE TSENG YU: NATURE AND COSMOS
September 13 – November 24, 2010
Godwin-Ternbach Museum
A 40-year retrospective of brilliantly colored paintings by this internationally recognized Taiwanese-born Queens artist revealed the power of the natural world and the artist’s visionary fusion of Eastern and modern Western art forms and content.
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CHINA TODAY
Orville Schell, Arthur Ross Director of U.S.-China Relations, Asia Society
Thursday, October 7, 2010
Watch the lecture online.
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OCTOBER 5: OPENING EVENTS FOR THE YEAR OF CHINA
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SHANGHAI QUARTET
Weigang Li, violin; Yi-Wen Jiang, violin; Honggang Li, viola; Nicholas Tzavaras, cello
“If there is a string quartet currently in circulation that produces a more beautiful sound than the Shanghai Quartet, the name doesn't immediately come to mind.”--New York Times
LeFrak Concert Hall, 10 am |
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LECTURE: CHINA TODAY
Queens College’s Distinguished Professor Morris Rossabi is a historian of China and Central Asia. He is the author of several books and numerous articles, and has contributed to several volumes of the Cambridge History of China. Professor Rossabi travels extensively to central Asia and Mongolia.
LeFrak Concert Hall, 2 pm, free |
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ILLUSTRATED TALK:
VESTIGES OF THE SILK ROAD IN CHINA
France Pepper, executive director of Shen Wei Dance Arts, conducted a virtual trip along the Silk Road that ran from China’s ancient capital Chang’an (modern Xi’an) to the oases of the Taklamakan Desert in eastern Central Asia. The audience explored the art, culture, history, and geography of a region that once connected China to Europe and served as the trade route for many exotic goods and the exchange of people, religions, and ideas.
LeFrak Concert Hall, 3 pm, free |
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CONCERT
The Aaron Copland School of Music faculty performed with Distinguished Artist-in-Residence Bright Sheng.
LeFrak Concert Hall, 7:30 pm |
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CHEE WANG NG
SEPTEMBER 11 MEMORIAL INSTALLATION
September 4 – September 15, 2010
Student Union Lobby
Presented by the Godwin-Ternbach Museum, Queens College
Malaysian-born Chinese artist Chee Wang Ng fused the symbolism, objects, and music of Chinese and American culture to express the grief and solidarity of Americans and the global community, and commemorate the 9/11 tragedy. One of three identical installations in red, white, and blue, signifying the colors of the American flag, it was concurrently on view at the Museum of Chinese in America in Lower Manhattan and the Aljira Center for Contemporary Art in Newark, NJ.
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EDEN: CERAMICS BY SIN-YING HO
Curated by Tara Mathison, Assistant Curator
September 8 – October 26, 2010
Queens College Art Center
Sin-ying Ho, a Hong Kong-Chinese ceramist living in North America, personifies globalization. She painted hundreds of flowers, combined with underglaze transfer-printed images, on 6- to 7-foot tall porcelain vessels inspired by the silhouette of the human figure as referenced from Renaissance paintings. In this show, images of consumerism and traces of technology juxtaposed with Edenic imagery on the life-size vessels created a visual metaphor for the relationship between human nature and the changing physical world.
Sin-ying Ho is assistant professor of ceramics at Queens College.
Eden was co-sponsored by the Queens College Art Department, PSC-CUNY Research Foundation, Queens Council on the Arts, and Coptor Productions.
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ASIANS IN THE MEDIA WITH ELIOT CHANG
Eliot Chang, Comedian
Wednesday, October 27, 2010
Godwin-Ternbach Museum
Free Hour
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FREE COMEDY SHOW
Eliot Chang's "Highly Inappropriate" Stand-Up Comedy Show
Wednesday, October 27, 2010
Student Union
4th Floor Ballroom
7 pm
Q&A after show
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CHINESE ECONOMY
Dwight Perkins, Harold Hitchings Burbank
Research Professor of Political Economy, Harvard University
Thursday, November 4, 2010; 7 – 8:30 pm
Location: Rosenthal Library, Room 230 (on the ground floor)
Seminar: Thursday, November 11, 2010, 7 – 8:30 pm
Location: Rosenthal Library, President's Room #2
Watch the lecture online.
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ROUNDTABLE ON SINO-U.S. RELATIONS
Robert Barnett, Director, Modern Tibetan Studies Program, Weatherhead East Asian Institute, Columbia University
Xiaobo Lu, Director, Beijing Global Center, Columbia University
Bonnie Glaser, Senior Fellow, Freeman Chair in China Studies and Senior Associate, Pacific Forum, Center for Strategic and International Studies
Thursday, December 2, 2010; 7 – 8:30 pm
Location: Rosenthal Library, Room 230 |
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CHEAP SHOTS/MADE IN CHINA: BEIJING BICYCLIST AND PEDESTRIANS PHOTOGRAPH INSTALLATION BY TOMMY MINTZ
January 28 – May 27, 2011
Queens College Art Center, Rosenthal Library Level 6
Native New Yorker Tommy Mintz candidly explored everyday life in the Chinese capital through images of Beijing residents navigating their city. Co-sponsored by the Queens College Art Department, Barbara Lane, chair.
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CHINESE NEW YEAR LUNCHEON
February 2, 2011
Student Union Ballroom
Free Hour
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MANSHENG WANG: ART AND ARTLESSNESS
February 15 – May 27, 2011
Godwin-Ternbach Museum
Landscape, botany, Buddhism, and calligraphy inspired Mansheng Wang’s serene contemplative art, influenced by centuries of classical Chinese tradition, uniquely interpreted by the artist. Selections of historical calligraphy and the GTM’s Chinese collections accompanied the exhibition.
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THE NEW SHANGHAI CIRCUS: THE INCREDIBLE ACROBATS OF CHINA
Sunday, March 6, 2011
Colden Auditorium, 3 pm
Performance by the troupe that has won more gold, silver, and bronze medals in domestic and international circus competitions than any other Chinese acrobatic company.
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HUMAN DEVELOPMENT IN CHINA
Carl Riskin, Distinguished Professor of Economics,
Queens College
Lecture: Thursday, March 3, 2011; 7 – 8:30 pm
Location: Rosenthal Library, Room 230 (on the ground floor)
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CULTURAL BLENDING IN CERAMIC ARTS:
CONTEMPORARY CERAMIC ARTWORK
co-presented by Queens College, CUNY and Flushing Town Hall
Saturday, February 5, 2011 – Thursday, March 31, 2011
Flushing Town Hall
137-35 Northern Boulevard
Flushing, NY 11354
Year of the Rabbit Clay Workshops (ages 7 -10)
Sunday, February 6 or March 20, 2-4 pm
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CHINESE IN THE UNITED STATES
Peter Kwong, Professor of Asian American Studies and Urban Affairs and Planning, Hunter College
Thursday, April 7, 2011; 7 – 8:30 pm
Location: Rosenthal Library, Room 230 (on the ground floor)
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MUSIC OF CHINA
Friday, April 29
Free Concert--10 am in LeFrak Hall, Music Building.
Traditional Chinese Music performed on traditional instruments by the faculty of the China Conservatory on Beijing.
Free Lecture--12:15 pm in Room 264, Music Building.
Folk Music and Traditional Music of Northwest China.
Presented by Professor of Musicology Zhao Talimu, president of the China Conservatory.
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JOEL FAN AND FRIENDS
Joel Fan, piano
Yang Wei, pipa
Xiao-Dong Wei, erhu
Sunday, May 1, 2011
LeFrak Concert Hall, 2 pm
An artist with "intellect and a vivid imagination" (The New York Times), Joel Fan is a uniquely brilliant pianist conjoining great works of the past and newly discovered music of cultures from around the world. As the Boston Globe commented, Fan is a "champion of new music, explorer of world music." His performances and recordings have garnered praise worldwide.
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ARTS OF CHINA IN THE QUEENS COLLEGE ART LIBRARY
February 15 – April 15, 2011
Rosenthal Library, Barham Rotunda Gallery and Levels 4 & 5 floor cases
A sampling of hard-copy materials held by the Queens College Art Library. The selected books, pamphlets, periodicals, and images surveyed one of the richest cultures of the world, from Neolithic pottery to the vibrant art of our time. Curated by Stevie Kasparian, Paul Remeczki, and Suzanna Simor.
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BEIJING DANCE ACADEMY BALLET:
A SCENT OF TIME
Choreography by Yin Mei
May 7, 2011
LeFrak Concert Hall, 7:30 pm
One of the world’s leading institutions of dance and dance education, the Beijing Dance Academy Ballet presented the U.S. premiere of a ballet choreographed by contemporary performance artist Yin Mei. |
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Hours: By appointment
Bldg: King Hall Room: 210I
Phone: 718 997-5621
Fax: 718 997-5577
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