Indiana University Health Plans will host free Medicare Advantage Seminars to help residents select the right health insurance plan during open enrollment which runs now through Dec. 7, 2015. The seminar will include information about plan options, premiums and deductibles, prescription drug coverage, key deadlines and more. There is no cost or obligation to attend.

The Grunwald Gallery at Indiana University is pleased to announce 24/7/365 a video work by Kevin O. Mooney. This exhibition will open Friday, October 23 and continue through Wednesday, November 18, 2015. An opening reception will be held on Friday, October 23 from 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm at the Grunwald Gallery. Kevin O. Mooney will give a gallery talk about 24/7/365 on Friday, November 13 at 12 noon in the Grunwald Gallery.

365247•2012 is a time-based piece created by Kevin O. Mooney. Rooted in still photography, the work is presented as a video projection. The more than 250,000 still images, presented as a photographic stop-motion animation, allow the viewer to witness the artist’s day-to-day routines, the same activities that are experienced by many on a daily basis. When interacting with the piece, the past and future are viewed simultaneously. Ultimately, a year in the artist’s life is presented in under an hour, offering others the opportunity to vicariously participate and find meaning in mundane activities while also reexamining their own unrecognized minutes, hours and days.

Mooney states: “I have been fascinated with self-portraiture since the mid-seventies. I began photographing myself as an undergraduate student while attending Southern Illinois University in the cinema & photography program. Throughout my career as a commercial/editorial photographer, I continued to do self-portraits, often with the subjects that I photographed for a specific assignment or job, primarily as a record of who I had photographed, especially if the person was famous. I then decided to challenge myself by making a photographic self-portrait every day for an entire year. When 1997 was over I continued with the daily self-portrait, incorporating it into my daily routine, and do so to this day.”

For further information, please contact the Grunwald Gallery at (812) 855-8490 or [email protected]. We invite you to visit our website at http://www.indiana.edu/~grunwald/. The Grunwald Gallery is accessible to people with disabilities. Gallery hours are Tuesday – Saturday, noon – 4:00 pm, closed Sunday and Monday. All events are free and open to the public. For more information on the Henry Radford Hope School of Fine Arts at Indiana University, please visit www.fa.indiana.edu.

The Grunwald Gallery at Indiana University is pleased to announce The Wunderkammer: Curiosities in Indiana University Collections. This exhibition will open Friday, October 23 and continue through Wednesday, November 18. An opening reception will be held on Friday, October 23 from 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm at the Grunwald Gallery. A series of noon talks will be presented by the curators and collection managers of several special collections on Friday, October 30 and Friday, November 6 in the Grunwald Gallery.

The Wunderkammer highlights the practice of private and institutional collecting of art, artifacts, specimens, and objects through the special collections on Indiana University’s campus that are not typically seen by the average visitor. Indiana University has a number of well-known collections on public display, including the IU Art Museum and the Lilly Library. But there are other collections that are often overlooked or unknown to most visitors, such as the Department of Biology’s Herbarium, The Elizabeth Sage Costume Collection, and the University Archives, among many others.

The public museums at Indiana University are easily accessible and often feature objects from their collections that are the most well known, valuable, and historically and culturally important. However, each collection also contains items that are unusual or non-traditional, which the public rarely sees. It is in the context of the Wunderkammer that we display these items, as a cabinet of curiosities similar to the traditional collections amassed by individuals in the sixteenth century. This tradition continued well into the nineteenth century, with individuals collecting art, natural history specimens, cultural artifacts and ephemera, and there is a resurgence of interest in this today.

Special collections at IU were invited to partner with the Grunwald Gallery to select unusual or non-traditional items for the exhibit. Because of this focus, the information about how these objects came to be part of these collections is as important as the items themselves. This exhibit addresses the psychological motivations behind both institutional and private collecting, why and how special collections end up with unusual items, the stories that these unusual items have to tell, and the information and background they add that may not be obvious in more celebrated works. Some objects in the exhibit include Herman B Wells handmade underwear from the Elizabeth Sage Costume Collection; A petrified hen’s egg from 1835 trapped inside the walls of the Wylie House Museum; the original 1955 Relax-A-cizor device from the Kinsey Institute Collections; and Diana Ross’s lunchbox and gold record from the film Bustin’ Loose from the Archives of African American Music and Culture to name only a few.

Collections that will be represented are the Archives for African American Music and Culture, The Herbarium and Zoology Collections in the Department of Biology, The Black Film Center Archives, Campus Collections, the Indiana University Art Museum, the Glenn Black Laboratory, The Kinsey Institute, The Mathers Museum of World Cultures, The Elizabeth Sage Costume Collection, The University Archives and The Wylie House Museum.

This exhibit and corresponding programs were made possible by the participating institutions and the Grunwald Gallery at Indiana University.

For further information, please contact the Grunwald Gallery at (812) 855-8490 or [email protected]. We invite you to visit our website at http://www.indiana.edu/~grunwald/. The Grunwald Gallery is accessible to people with disabilities. Gallery hours are Tuesday – Saturday, noon – 4:00 pm, closed Sunday and Monday. All events are free and open to the public. For more information on the Henry Radford Hope School of Fine Arts at Indiana University, please visit www.fa.indiana.edu.

Pravina Shukla, author of The Grace of the Four Moons: Dress, Adornment, and the Art of the Body in Modern India, will lead a conversation on creativity, innovation, and individuality as they relate to the Indian sari. This Noon Talk is in conjunction with the current special exhibition, “The Indian Sari: Next to the Skin, Close to the Heart.”

Indiana University Health Plans will host free Medicare Advantage Seminars to help residents select the right health insurance plan during open enrollment which runs now through Dec. 7, 2015. The seminar will include information about plan options, premiums and deductibles, prescription drug coverage, key deadlines and more. There is no cost or obligation to attend.

On Tuesday eve November 17, beginning at 5:30p.m, The Venue will host an Artist Talk/Demonstration by Wyatt LeGrand.
Few young painters have created the excitement and garnered recognition equal to Wyatt LeGrand. Wyatt has developed an impressionistic, yet representational plein air style of painting that is capturing the hearts and minds of Hoosiers. Wyatt is regularly winning awards and conducting well attended workshops, explaining and demonstrating his painting techniques. His painting talent is obvious, and his teaching skills allow him to be an exception communicator.
Refreshments will be provided. Arrive early to ensure a good seat. You can visit the following link for free parking options near The Venue: http://bloomington.in.gov/parksmart
Join us.

“Work out your brain as you soak in beer. 6 rounds of trivia. 13 taps. You do the math.”

Weekly Free Blues Dance Lessons before the Blues Jam by Josh Davis

Conductors
Concert Band
David C. Woodley
Symphonic Band
Eric M. Smedley

Repertoire to be announced

About the Conductors

Eric M. Smedley serves as an assistant professor of music and the assistant director of bands at the Indiana University Jacobs School of Music, where he directs the Concert Band, assists with the marching and athletic bands, and teaches undergraduate instrumental conducting. He holds a Doctor of Musical Arts degree from the University of Washington and Master of Music and Bachelor of Music Education degrees from the Jacobs School. He previously served on the music faculties of Boise State University and Western Kentucky University and as a public school music educator in Cocoa Beach, Fla., Santa Monica, Calif., and Kenosha, Wis. He has conducted throughout North America, Russia, and Japan. He maintains an active schedule as a clinician, guest conductor, and adjudicator, most recently throughout the Pacific Northwest and Mountain West. He also has an active schedule as a trumpet recitalist and ensemble musician, performing a wide variety of musical styles. Smedley’s research interests are varied and include projects in the areas of contemporary wind band literature, wind band orchestration, and conducting pedagogy. His book chapter on composer Joseph Turrin is published in volume IV of A Composer’s Insight: Thoughts, Analysis, and Commentary on Contemporary Masterpieces for Wind Band (published by Meredith Publications and distributed by Hal Leonard), with future chapters on David Dzubay and John Mackey set for publication in volume V. Smedley has orchestrated numerous works for wind band—his most recent project focusing on realizing William Penn’s vocal cycle Garland Songs for medium voice and wind ensemble. Smedley is an honorary member of Kappa Kappa Psi and Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia and is a member of the College Band Directors National Association, College Music Society, National Band Association, and Music Educator’s National Conference. He lives in Bloomington, Ind., with his wife, Jessica; daughter, Ella; and Bedlington Terrier, Ainsley.

David C. Woodley, professor of music, director of athletic bands, and associate director of bands, joined the Jacobs School faculty in 1993. In addition to teaching, his duties include directing the Marching Hundred and the Big Red Basketball Band, and serving as administrator of the All-Campus Band. Prior to his appointment at IU, Woodley served as assistant director of bands and director of the Hawkeye Marching Band at The University of Iowa and held a similar position at The University of Louisville.

Woodley has been commissioned by over 150 college and high school bands, and has over 475 marching and basketball band arrangements to his credit. In addition, he has created several concert band transcriptions that have been published by TRN Music and have been performed by several college wind ensembles and high school bands across the country.

He was the founder and has served as the national co-chairman of the College Band Directors National Association Athletic Band Advisory Council. In addition, Woodley is the co-author of the Marching Band Director’s Video Toolbox Series, published by GIA Music. He currently serves as the co-chair of the Big Ten/Pac 12 Athletic Band Directors Association.

Woodley received bachelor’s and master’s degrees in music education and band conducting from The University of Iowa. While there, he served as drum major of the Hawkeye Marching Band in 1982 and 1983, and was assistant marching band director from 1984 to 1986. He was a 2000 recipient of a Student Choice Award for Outstanding Faculty from the Indiana University Student Alumni Association.

Conductors
Jason H. Nam & Nicholas P. Waldron (Concert Band)
Eric M. Smedley & Ryan Yahl (Symphonic Band)

with

Liam Teague, guest steel pan

Repertoire
Concert Band
Reineke: Celebration Fanfare (2008)
Wilson: To Set the Darkness Echoing (2005)
Bach/Holst: Fugue a la Gigue
Jacob: An Original Suite (1928)
Prokofiev: March, Op. 99 (1943-44)
Symphonic Band
Dzubay: Myaku (1999)
Gjeilo/Wilson: Serenity (O magnum mysterium) (2012)
Bobo: Origins and Expansions (2014)
Bernstein/Bencriscutto: ‘Profanation’ from
“Symphony No. 1. Jeremiah” (1942)