COFAC CREATES
THE ART OF
REWRITING CHINA
CALENDAR OF EVENTS
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 2 7:30 p.m. | theater @1800
Dance Performance
Lily Cai Contemporary Chinese Dance Company
MONDAY, FEBRUARY 13 5:00-7:00 p.m. | Noel Fine Arts Center
UW-Stevens Point Edna Carlsten Art Gallery
Gallery Exhibition Opening Reception
Xu Bing: The Art of Rewriting China
MONDAY, FEBRUARY 13 7:00 p.m. | Michelsen Hall, Noel Fine Arts Center
Lecture
Xu Bing
Vice President for International Relations
Central Academy of Fine Arts, Beijing
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 14 | 183 Noel Fine Arts Center
Studio Sessions and Class Presentations
Xu Bing
Vice President for International Relations
Central Academy of Fine Arts, Beijing
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 16 5:00 p.m. | 221 Noel Fine Arts Center
Lecture
Dr. Melissa Chiu
Director of the Asia Society Museum, New York
SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 19 7:00 p.m. | 221 Noel Fine Arts Center
Chinese Film Festival
Hero (2002)
Zhang Yimou
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 23 7:00 p.m. | 221 Noel Fine Arts Center
Lecture
“Virtual China: Mass Ornaments and
Digital Magnitudes in Special-Effects Blockbusters”
Dr. Jason McGrath
Associate Professor
Department of Asian Languages and Literatures
University of Minnesota
SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 26 7:00 p.m. | 221 Noel Fine Arts Center
Chinese Film Festival
Beijing Bicycle (2001)
Wang Xiaoshua
THURSDAY, MARCH 1 7:00 p.m. | 221 Noel Fine Arts Center
Lecture
“Chinese Art in the 1980s: Why and How Xu Bing Became Xu Bing”
Dr. Eugene Wang,
Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Professor of Asian Art
Department of East Asian Art HIstory
Harvard University
SUNDAY, MARCH 4 7:00 p.m. | 221 Noel Fine Arts Center
Chinese Film Festival
Kung Fu Hustle (2004)
Stephen Chow
THURSDAY, MARCH 8 7:00 p.m. | 221 Noel Fine Arts Center
Lecture
Dr. Gao Minglu
Research Professor
Department of History of Art and Architecture
University of Pittsburgh
SATURDAY, MARCH 10 5:00-7:00 p.m. | Noel Fine Arts Center
UW-Stevens Point Edna Carlsten Art Gallery
Gallery Exhibition Closing Reception
Xu Bing: The Art of Rewriting China
SATURDAY, MARCH 10 7:00 p.m. | Michelsen Hall, Noel Fine Arts Center
Peking Opera Company Performance
Qi Shufang Peking Opera Company
University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point
College of Fine Arts & Communication
1800 Portage Street, Stevens Point, WI 54481
www.uwsp.edu/cofac/
This event was made possible through the generous support of the College of Fine
Arts & Communication, the Carlsten Gallery Student Advisory Committee, the Edna
Carlsten Gallery, the Office of the Provost and Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs,
a College of Letters and Science Enhancement Grant, the Association of Art Historians
and Scholars, the International Students and Scholars Office, the University Library,
the Chancellor’s Office, the Division of Student Affairs, the Division of
Communication, the Office of Multicultural Affairs, International Programs,
International Studies, the Departments of Art & Design, History, Music, Philosophy,
and Political Science, the American Institute of Graphic Artists, the Central Wisconsin
Initiative, the Design Center, China Wok, Matsu Ya, and Tempura House.