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The Jule Collins Smith Museum of Fine Art is excited to offer these special events to our patrons and friends. For more information please visit the links below or contact Colleen Bourdeau at cbourdeau@auburn.edu or 334.844.7075. If you would like to receive email updates with our special events, programs and exhibitions please sign up here. SEPTEMBERThursday, September 24
Roger and Joyce Lethander are planning a five course dining extravaganza created by Chef John Hamme, complete with a selection of fine wines to accompany each course. We are auctioning off the individual seats to this dinner party to the thirteen (13) highest bidders. This amazing opportunity is open to all JCSM members. Members should have received a letter in the mail with all the details. If you are a JCSM member and interested but did not receive a letter please contact us at 334-844-3005. Bids for seats are due September 12, 2009. Happy bidding! Thursday, September 24
In 2005, Kuropaczewski performed the Concierto de Aranjuez with the National Polish Radio Orchestra under the baton of British Conductor Mark Fitz-Gerald on a special “Last Night of the Proms” concert in Krakow, Poland. He performs regularly with orchestras across Europe. Kuropaczewski has five recordings to his credit: Lukasz Kuropaczewski—Recital, Kuropaczewski plays Spanish Music, Concerto de Aranjuez, Lukasz Kuropaczewski: Portrait, and most recently, Lukasz Kuropaczewski: Polish Music. All have received critical acclaim around the world. Lukasz Kuropaczewski is on faculty of the Academy of Music in Poznan, Poland as well as a guitar teacher at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia, PA. He is also the artistic director of the Polish Guitar Academy. Lukasz Kuropaczewski plays Savarez strings and Boguslaw Teryks guitars. Admission: JCSM Members $5, Non-Members $10 This performance is co-sponsored by the Chattahoochee Valley Classical Guitar Society. OCTOBERFriday, October 9, 6-9pm Opening reception for Elvis at 21: New York to Memphis, photographs by Alfred Wertheimer, organized in conjunction with Govinda Gallery, Washington, D.C. Chris Murray is founder and director of Govinda Gallery and has organized over two hundred and fifty exhibitions of paintings, drawings, and photographs, many of which have traveled throughout the United States and abroad, including countries such as Germany, Spain, Ireland, England, the Netherlands, Mexico and Cuba. He has edited and authored over a dozen books and catalogues including Between Midnight and Day: The Last Unpublished Blues Archive (Action Publishing Group/ Insight Editions, 2003), Elvis at 21: New York to Memphis (Insight Editions, 2006), Knockout: The Art of Boxing (Insight Editions, 2008), and John and Yoko: A New York Love Story (Insight Editions, 2008). Elvis will be in the building! Be sure to join us for the reception following Murray’s talk. Young Elvis will be entertaining members during the reception with song and dance. This event is for JCSM members only. If you would like to join the museum please contact Cindy Cox at 334-844-3005 or coxcynh@auburn.edu. You may also purchase your membership online. Sunday, October 11, 1-4 pm Come celebrate the museum’s sixth birthday with your family! This year we will focus on the exhibition Elvis at 21, and include Elvis tribute band Young Elvis and the Blue Suedes, and projects for children that connect the man, the music, and the artistic work of Al Wertheimer. Come join us October 11th, from 1 to 4, to celebrate 6 years of JCSM, eat some cake, and shake those hips with the king of rock’n’roll! This event is part of our Educational programming offered to the community. Friday, October 16, 7-10pm By invitation to Auburn Chamber Members only. Thursday, October 22, 8 am- 5 pm JANUARYSunday, January 10, 1-4pm Visit the JCSM event staff and Ursula Higgins at the 2010 Bridal Expo! Thursday, January 21, 6-9pm Details TBA Friday, January 22, 6-9pm Founders Circle Gala APRIL2010 San Fran Art Excursion
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Dale Kennington is not only a skillful and thought-provoking artist but she is also a wonderful well-traveled and cultured personality who will charm you with delightful conversation and her vivacious spirit. The museum is having a most interesting fundraising event we are calling Dinner with Dale.
Lukasz Kuropaczewski, born in 1981 in Gniezno, Poland, has toured extensively throughout Europe, the United States, Canada, South America and Japan. Most notably, he has performed solo recitals in London’s Royal Festival Hall, The Concertgebouw in Amsterdam, National Philharmony Hall and National Radio Hall in Warsaw, and Carnegie Hall in New York.