BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//ChamberMaster//Event Calendar 2.0//EN METHOD:PUBLISH X-PUBLISHED-TTL:P3D REFRESH-INTERVAL:P3D CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART:20150929T060000Z DTEND:20150929T070000Z X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE SUMMARY:Dixie Forum: A Window to the World DESCRIPTION:Dixie State University's weekly "Dixie Forum: A Window on the World" series will host artist Johnson Yazzie in a presentation that will accompany the opening of his fine art exhibit in the university's Sears Art Museum Gallery. \n\n\n\nYazzie will present from noon to 12:50 p.m. on Tuesday\, Sept. 29\, at the Dunford Auditorium in the Browning Resource Center on the DSU campus. Admission is free and the public is encouraged to attend. \n\n\n\nThe exhibit\, which will be on display Monday\, Sept. 28\, through Nov. 20\, will feature Yazzie's oil paintings in the gallery's Grand Foyer. The show will also include the exhibit "Shadowing Sharon: Shades of Gray\," which features Sharon Gray's photographs of her shadow set to music. Also as part of the show\, alumnus Matt Conlon's ceramic display that shows his evolving exploration of form\, surface\, and technique will be on display. An artist reception will be held for the exhibit on Oct. 16 from 7 to 9 p.m. in the Sears Art Museum Gallery\, located in the Dolores Dor Eccles Fine Arts Center on the DSU campus. \n\n\n\nDuring the Dixie Forum\, Yazzie will speak about his creative process. The artist employs realistic and semi-abstract styles of painting\, sometimes within the same piece. He often uses atmospheric symbols and occasionally paints in the style of the old Dutch masters with dark under-painting followed by layers of paint. He begins each canvas with heavy washes of dark colors and slowly brings the figures forward out of that darkness. As the individuality of each piece starts to establish itself\, the mood\, the background colors and details fall into place. \n\n\n\n"To me\, every piece of art has a story to tell\," Yazzie said. "Substance\, drama and power not just the setting and color determine the lasting impression that will be there for generations to experience and appreciate." \n\n\n\nMany of Yazzie's paintings have been portraits of American Indians\, Indian faces\, ceremonial gatherings and scenes of the everyday life on a reservation. \n\n\n\n"Not all American Indians live on reservations\; however\, the ones that do will tell you their way of life is not like it used to be\," Yazzie said. "With that in mind\, if it isn't already too late\, I believe that now is the time to start recording these native people's art\, artifacts and stories so they can be preserved for future generations to see for themselves what their ancestors may have looked like." \n\n\n\nDixie Forum is a weekly lecture series designed to introduce the St. George community and DSU students\, faculty and staff to diverse ideas and personalities while widening their worldviews via a 50-minute presentation. The Dixie Forum will continue next week with a panel discussion about the Utah Shakespeare Festival at noon on Tuesday\, Oct. 6\, in the Dunford Auditorium. \n\n\n\nThe remainder of the spring Dixie Forum schedule is below. All forums will be at noon on Tuesdays in the Dunford Auditorium of the Browning Resource Center on the DSU campus. \n\n\n\nTuesday\, October 13 from 12:00 p.m. - 12:50 p.m. Speaker(s): No Forum (Fall Break) Topic: No Forum (Fall Break)\n\nTuesday\, October 20 from 12:00 p.m. - 12:50 p.m. Speaker(s): Fernando Rubio Topic: Learning Languages in the Age of Connectedness\n\nTuesday\, October 27 from 12:00 p.m. - 12:50 p.m. Speaker(s): Lauren K. Alleyne Topic: Poetry Reading and Q&A\n\nTuesday\, November 3 from 12:00 p.m. - 12:50 p.m. Speaker(s): Alan Harker Topic: Small and Simple Things that Rule the World\n\nTuesday\, November 10 from 12:00 p.m. - 12:50 p.m. Speaker(s): Bradford Lee Eden Topic: Tolkien\n\nTuesday\, November 17 from 12:00 p.m. - 12:50 p.m. Speaker(s): No Forum Topic: No Forum\n\nTuesday\, November 24 from 12:00 p.m. - 12:50 p.m. Speaker(s): No Forum (Thanksgiving) Topic: No Forum (Thanksgiving)\n\nTuesday\, December 1 from 12:00 p.m. - 12:50 p.m. Speaker(s): Eric Thacker Topic: TBA\n\nTuesday\, December 8 from 12:00 p.m. - 12:50 p.m. Speaker(s): Frederick Crook Topic: The China Dream: An Interpretation of Contemporary Wall Posters\n\nTuesday\, December 15 from 12:00 p.m. - 12:50 p.m. Speaker(s): No Forum (Finals week) Topic: No Forum (Finals week) X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

Dixie State University'\;s weekly "\;Dixie Forum: A Window on the World"\; series will host artist Johnson Yazzie in a presentation that will accompany the opening of his fine art exhibit in the university'\;s Sears Art Museum Gallery. \;
\n
\nYazzie will present from noon to 12:50 p.m. on Tuesday\, Sept. 29\, at the Dunford Auditorium in the Browning Resource Center on the DSU campus. Admission is free and the public is encouraged to attend. \;
\n
\nThe exhibit\, which will be on display Monday\, Sept. 28\, through Nov. 20\, will feature Yazzie'\;s oil paintings in the gallery'\;s Grand Foyer. The show will also include the exhibit "\;Shadowing Sharon: Shades of Gray\,"\; which features Sharon Gray'\;s photographs of her shadow set to music. Also as part of the show\, alumnus Matt Conlon'\;s ceramic display that shows his evolving exploration of form\, surface\, and technique will be on display. An artist reception will be held for the exhibit on Oct. 16 from 7 to 9 p.m. in the Sears Art Museum Gallery\, located in the Dolores Dorè\; Eccles Fine Arts Center on the DSU campus. \;
\n
\nDuring the Dixie Forum\, Yazzie will speak about his creative process. The artist employs realistic and semi-abstract styles of painting\, sometimes within the same piece. He often uses atmospheric symbols and occasionally paints in the style of the old Dutch masters with dark under-painting followed by layers of paint. He begins each canvas with heavy washes of dark colors and slowly brings the figures forward out of that darkness. As the individuality of each piece starts to establish itself\, the mood\, the background colors and details fall into place. \;
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\n"\;To me\, every piece of art has a story to tell\,"\; Yazzie said. "\;Substance\, drama and power &mdash\; not just the setting and color &mdash\; determine the lasting impression that will be there for generations to experience and appreciate."\; \;
\n
\nMany of Yazzie'\;s paintings have been portraits of American Indians\, Indian faces\, ceremonial gatherings and scenes of the everyday life on a reservation. \;
\n
\n"\;Not all American Indians live on reservations\; however\, the ones that do will tell you their way of life is not like it used to be\,"\; Yazzie said. "\;With that in mind\, if it isn'\;t already too late\, I believe that now is the time to start recording these native people'\;s art\, artifacts and stories so they can be preserved for future generations to see for themselves what their ancestors may have looked like."\; \;
\n
\nDixie Forum is a weekly lecture series designed to introduce the St. George community and DSU students\, faculty and staff to diverse ideas and personalities while widening their worldviews via a 50-minute presentation. The Dixie Forum will continue next week with a panel discussion about the Utah Shakespeare Festival at noon on Tuesday\, Oct. 6\, in the Dunford Auditorium. \;
\n
\nThe remainder of the spring Dixie Forum schedule is below. All forums will be at \;noon \;on Tuesdays in the Dunford Auditorium of the Browning Resource Center on the DSU campus. \;
\n
\nTuesday\, October 13 from 12:00 p.m. - 12:50 p.m. Speaker(s): No Forum (Fall Break) Topic: No Forum (Fall Break)
\nTuesday\, October 20 from 12:00 p.m. - 12:50 p.m. Speaker(s): Fernando Rubio Topic: Learning Languages in the Age of Connectedness
\nTuesday\, October 27 from 12:00 p.m. - 12:50 p.m. Speaker(s): Lauren K. Alleyne Topic: Poetry Reading and Q&\;A
\nTuesday\, November 3 from 12:00 p.m. - 12:50 p.m. Speaker(s): Alan Harker Topic: Small and Simple Things that Rule the World
\nTuesday\, November 10 from 12:00 p.m. - 12:50 p.m. Speaker(s): Bradford Lee Eden Topic: Tolkien
\nTuesday\, November 17 from 12:00 p.m. - 12:50 p.m. Speaker(s): No Forum Topic: No Forum
\nTuesday\, November 24 from 12:00 p.m. - 12:50 p.m. Speaker(s): No Forum (Thanksgiving) Topic: No Forum (Thanksgiving)
\nTuesday\, December 1 from 12:00 p.m. - 12:50 p.m. Speaker(s): Eric Thacker Topic: TBA
\nTuesday\, December 8 from 12:00 p.m. - 12:50 p.m. Speaker(s): Frederick Crook Topic: The China Dream: An Interpretation of Contemporary Wall Posters
\nTuesday\, December 15 from 12:00 p.m. - 12:50 p.m. Speaker(s): No Forum (Finals week) Topic: No Forum (Finals week)

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