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UploadKnown for his work nationally and internationally for almost 30 years, Buzz Spector has been creating collages since the early 1970s.
A collection of the artist’s postcard works is on display through Oct. 10 at the Gahlberg Gallery at the McAninch Arts Center at College of DuPage, 425 Fawell Blvd. in Glen Ellyn.
A reception with the artist is scheduled for 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 10, at the gallery.
The gallery is open 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Mondays to Thursdays and Saturdays and from 6 to 8 p.m. Thursdays. The gallery also is open during all Mainstage events and by appointment.
For more information, call (630) 942-2321, or visit: www.cod.edu/gallery.
About the MAC
Located 25 miles west of Chicago near I-88 and I-355, the McAninch Arts Center at College of DuPage is a state-of-the-art facility, housing three performance spaces, an art gallery and classrooms for the college’s academic programming. This unique facility has presented theater, music, dance and visual art to more than 1.5 million people since its opening in 1986 and last year welcomed more than 75,000 patrons from the greater Chicago area to more than 230 performances.
The center offers free parking and group discounts and is home to Buffalo Theatre Ensemble, the New Philharmonic Orchestra and DuPage Opera Theatre. The result is a collection of touring and resident and student groups that foster enlightened education and performance opportunities to encourage artistic expression, promote a lasting relationship between people and art, and enrich the cultural vitality of the community.
The MAC’s extensive community outreach program includes pre-performance lectures, classes with visiting artists and the SchoolStage program, which provides students with an interactive, educational arts experience. Those and other efforts to increase community access to arts earned the MAC the Illinois Arts Council’s Partners in Excellence designation, which recognizes 40 of the most significant cultural institutions in the state.
The Tibetan Monks of Drepung Loseling Monastery will make a return trip to the College of DuPage, 425 Fawell Blvd. in Glen Ellyn, in February, bringing their exquisite mandala sand painting and sacred music and dance to the McAninch Arts Center (MAC) Tuesday, Feb. 17, to Saturday, Feb. 21.
Community members and students are invited to visit the MAC lobby to watch as the monks create an intricate mandala sand painting. From the Sanskrit word meaning “circle,” the mandala is a representation of wholeness. The circular painting incorporates various symbols that are perfectly and painstakingly reproduced each time a new painting is created.
The monks spend several hours working over a table, first outlining the basic lines of the mandala before filling sections with colored sand. Healing the Earth: Sacred Mandala Sand Painting will be held 1 to 6 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 17; 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Wednesday and Thursday, Feb. 18 and 19; 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Friday, Feb. 20; and 10 a.m. to noon Saturday, Feb. 21. A closing ceremony will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 21. At that time, the monks will sweep up their mandala and release the sand into a nearby stream as a blessing. Mandala events are free.
Throughout the week-long mandala event, the MAC will host other exhibits and events highlighting Tibet, including a photo display in the lobby featuring photos of Tibet and Tibetan life.
The culmination of the event, however, is Mystical Arts of Tibet: Sacred Music Sacred Dance, a performance by the Drepung Loseling monks, featuring their renowned multiphonic chants and elaborate costumes. The performance is scheduled for 8 p.m. Friday, Feb. 20, on the MAC Mainstage.Group members are endorsed by the Dalai Lama as a means of promoting world peace and healing. The Monks of Drepung Loseling Monastery have performed with Paul Simon, Sheryl Crow, Michael Stipe, Patti Smith, Natalie Merchant, the Beastie Boys and many others.
Audience members can learn more during a MAC Chat pre-performance lecture from 7 to 7:40 p.m. on Feb. 20 with C.O.D. professors Larry Ward and Kent Richter. Ward, an ethnomusicologist, and Richter, a religion and philosophy professor, will discuss the music and culture of Tibet.
Tickets to the Mystical Arts performance are $30 for adults, $28 for seniors and $20 for College of DuPage students and children 17 and younger.For more information, call the Box Office at (630) 942-4000, or visit: www.atthemac.org.
About the MAC:Located 25 miles west of Chicago near I-88 and I-355, the McAninch Arts Center (MAC) at College of DuPage is a state-of-the-art facility, housing three performance spaces, an art gallery and classrooms for the college’s academic programming. This unique facility has presented theater, music, dance and visual art to more than 1.5 million people since its opening in 1986 and last year welcomed more than 75,000 patrons from the greater Chicago area to more than 230 performances.
The center offers free parking and group discounts and is home to five resident companies, including Buffalo Theatre Ensemble, the New Philharmonic Orchestra, DuPage Opera Theatre, the Arts Center Jazz Ensemble and the New Classic Singers. The result is a collection of touring and resident and student groups that foster enlightened education and performance opportunities to encourage artistic expression, promote a lasting relationship between people and art, and enrich the cultural vitality of the community.
The MAC’s extensive community outreach program includes pre-performance lectures, classes with visiting artists and the SchoolStage program, which provides students with an interactive, educational arts experience. Those and other efforts to increase community access to arts earned the MAC the Illinois Arts Council’s Partners in Excellence designation, which recognizes 40 of the most significant cultural institutions in the state.
