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The Group of Seven…Eight…Nine…Who Got Lost in the Northern Woods?
The Group of Seven…Eight…Nine…Who Got Lost in the Northern Woods?
(both in-person & Zoom, 6 sessions) Instructor: Kathleen Silverman, MacEwan University Light Breakfast included When you think of Canadian visual artists, who comes to mind? You are not alone if you thought of Tom Thompson and the Group of Seven. This cohort of painters came together to develop distinctly Canadian art to express the nation ...
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Entangled Relationships: Family and Individual in Chinese Literature and Film
Entangled Relationships: Family and Individual in Chinese Literature and Film
(in-person only, 6 sessions) Instructor: Chris Lupke, Professor, Faculty of Arts - East Asian Studies Dept, University of Alberta Light Breakfast included Families: we all have them. Some are great. Some are not. Family relationships seem like they would be part of a universal theme in literature and cinema. But in this seminar, as we ...
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The Schumanns and Brahms: Love, Tragedy, and Music
The Schumanns and Brahms: Love, Tragedy, and Music
(in-person only, 6 sessions) Instructor: Michael Roeder, Professor Emeritus Musicology, University of Alberta We will explore music of three of the 19th century’s most important and interesting musical figures and discover how their lives were interconnected. Robert Schumann (1810-56) combined his dual interests in music and literature to create not only some of the most ...