The University of the South is hosting a Sewanee Arts Festival, beginning on Wednesday, Sept. 11, and continuing through Saturday, Sept. 21. (Some exhibits will be open before and after these dates, but most talks and special events are scheduled during the festival period.)
Events will include dance performances, photography exhibits, plays and readings and music—including a concert by the Blind Boys of Alabama. All events, except the Blind Boys of Alabama concert, are free of charge.
The University Art Gallery opens the 2013–14 exhibition season with Pradip Malde’s “The Third Heaven, Photographs from Haiti, 2006-2012,” on view through Oct. 18. Malde will offer an artist’s talk in Convocation Hall at 4:30 p.m., Friday, Sept. 13, followed by a light reception.
Monica Bill Barnes & Company, a contemporary American dance company, will perform at 7:30 p.m., Wednesday and Thursday, Sept. 11 and 12, at the Tennessee Williams Center. This event is part of the Performing Arts Series. Admission is free, but reservations are encouraged; send an email to <mcook@sewanee.edu>.
An exhibition of 16 photographs by William Eggleston will be on view from Thursday, Sept. 12, to Friday, Dec. 20, in the University Archives and Special Collections. Photos are from the collection of university regent Chris Hehmeyer. The exhibition is open 1–5 p.m. weekdays.
An exhibition of Charley Watkins’ paintings and photography, with special performances and readings, at IONA Art Sanctuary, Friday–Sunday, Sept. 13–15. Founded by Sewanee artist Ed Carlos to offer a place for writers and artists to share their creative work with each other and the community, IONA is located at 630 Garnertown Rd., Sewanee (off Hwy. 56-S from 41-A). Kiki Beavers and Kevin Cummings will read at 7 p.m., Friday, Sept. 13. Linda Heck will offer music and readings. On Saturday, Sept. 14, at 2 p.m., there will be readings by Pat Wiser, David Landon and College students who study theatre with Landon.
Laura Lapins Willis will read from “Finding God in a Bag of Groceries” at 7 p.m., Sunday, Sept. 15, at Rivendell Writers’ Colony. A reception will follow. Free admission, but reservations are requested by calling 598-5555.
There will be a reading by a cast of College students of “Requiem for August Moon,” a new play by Tennessee Williams Playwright Elyzabeth Wilder, at 5:30 p.m., Tuesday, Sept. 17, at the Tennessee Williams Center.
Rodney Jones and Maurice Manning will have a poetry reading at 4:30 p.m., Wednesday, Sept. 18, in Gailor Auditorium, as part of the Sewanee Writers’ Conference Reading Series.
The third annual Sewanee Angel Festival will be 7–11 p.m. Friday, Sept. 20, in downtown Sewanee. Music will be by Towson Engsberg and Friends and the Stagger Moon Band.
Saturday, Sept. 21, an exhibition by Watkins Art Institute students and St. Andrew’s-Sewanee graduates Ian Corvette and Kellen Mayfield will be on view at IONA Art Sanctuary from 1 to 3 p.m.
A gallery walk and receptions on Saturday, Sept. 21, on the University of the South campus will feature three exhibitions of contemporary photography with a distinct food and drink pairing in each gallery: the Carlos Gallery at 4:30 p.m., Archives and Special Collections at 5:15 p.m. and the University Art Gallery at 6:15 p.m.
The Performing Arts Series presents the Blind Boys of Alabama, legends of gospel music whose collaborations have included Bonnie Raitt, Tom Waits, k.d. lang, Lou Reed, Peter Gabriel and Asleep at the Wheel, at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 21, in Guerry Auditorium. Tickets are $25 for adults, $20 for seniors and $10 for non-Sewanee students.
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