June Events at BYU Museum of Art

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Beauty and Belief: Crossing Bridges with the Art of Islamic CultureFeb. 24 – Sep. 29, 2012Unique in its approach, this exhibition offers access to Islamic culture, providing “a view from within” by project director, Dr. Sabiha Al Khemir. As an introduction to the arts of Islamic culture, this exhibition inspires both the general public and the specialist. Beauty and Belief poses the question “What makes Islamic Art Islamic?” To address this, Tunisian-born Dr. Al Khemir creates a show that features historical and geographic background with succeeding sections of calligraphy, figurative imagery and pattern. The exploration of themes in the exhibition creates a space to encounter the culture of Islam through its visual language. The approach means to raise questions of cultural significance for each object in order to build bridges and bring cultures together.

Family Art Festival: Journey through the Arts of IslamJune 15 and 16, 2012This summer the museum’s annual Family Art Festival will return on June 15 and 16, 10:00 am – 3:00 p.m., inspired by the themes in Beauty and Belief: Crossing Bridges with the Arts of Islamic Culture. Participants are invited to the museum to listen to stories of the Islamic world, participate in Middle Eastern music and dance demonstrations, create Islamic art masterpieces, talk with local Muslims about Islamic culture, and sample Middle Eastern food in the MOA Cafe. Families are welcome to drop in anytime to this free event. Questions? Please call 801-422-5323.Facebook Event: https://www.facebook.com/BYUmoa 
People in a Hard LandMarch 30, 2012 – Jan. 19, 2013This new exhibition focuses on memorable images of people in the American Southwest. It explores subjects in Southwestern art that have appeared with sufficient frequency and poignancy to become truly iconic:• Pioneers, cowboys, and Indians moving across a vast uninhabited landscape• Men and women engaged in the hard labor of taming a wild land• Western faces: tough, weatherworn, stoic, self-reliant, patient, wise, open, and honest• People from different cultures living in harmony with nature and each otherEven today, after more than a century of Western painting, these familiar themes remain among the most popular in all of American art. These pieces highlight the American ideal of optimism, hard work, and determination. This idealization of Western life remains as one of the continuing wellsprings of the American Dream.
Object of Devotion: Medieval English Alabaster Sculpture from the Victoria and Albert Museum Public Opening May 31, 2012 at 7 – 9 pm Come enjoy live music, light refreshments, and medieval dancing while viewing these intricately crafted and elegant examples of alabaster sculpture from the Victoria and Albert Museum.
The Museum of Art’s latest religious art exhibit features six sections, each addressing different aspects of early Catholic beliefs that were represented through sculptures. Many pieces depict holy figures and narrative scenes, produced for churches, royal chapels, domestic altars and even people of modest means throughout England.
The exhibition is organized and circulated by Art Services International, Alexandria, Virginia.Facebook event: https://www.facebook.com/BYUmoa 
Object of Devotion: Medieval English Alabaster Sculpture from the Victoria and Albert MuseumJune 2 – Nov. 10, 2012Religious imagery has been part of people’s lives for centuries, and now the BYU Museum of Art offers visitors an opportunity to see a unique form of religious art that dates back to the early 1300s. Object of Devotion, the BYU Museum of Art’s next religious art exhibition, comes from London’s Victoria and Albert Museum, owner of the largest medieval alabaster sculpture collection in the world. The exhibition features six sections each addressing different aspects of early Catholic beliefs that were represented through sculptures. Many pieces depict holy figures and narrative scenes, produced for churches, royal chapels, domestic altars and even people of modest means throughout England. 

michael whiting: 8-bit modernJune 15, 2012 – March 23, 2013Sculpture Garden“In my visual experience, Pac-Man came before Donald Judd, Carl Andre or even Mondrian.” So writes artist Michael Whiting about the MOA’s most recent exhibit of Modern art, michael whiting: 8-bit modern. In his brightly painted, massive, pixilated sculptures, Michael Whiting considers the visual relationship between early video games and 1960s minimalism. His art also creates a dialogue about the relationship between the “real” and the “virtual.” By creating massive sculptures of thick, heavy steel plate, Whiting makes the intangible tangible.
michael whiting:8-bit modern Public Opening June 15, 2012 at 6:30 – 9 pm  The MOA's new sculpture exhibit, michael whiting: 8-bit modern, will celebrate its opening with a block party outside at the museum's Sculpture Garden. Live 8-bit DJ OK Ikumi will perform, light refreshments will be served, and Michael Whiting will be attending the event, so there will be an opportunity to meet the artist. All are welcome to the party on June 15 from 6:30 to 9:00 pm.Facebook event: https://www.facebook.com/BYUmoa