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Past Events
Sunday,
March 30, 2008
Seattle Art Museum
1300 First Avenue
"Ghiberti and Gelato
- The Gates of Paradise and Roman Art from
the Louvre"
The Italian Studies Advisory Board is hosting private docent-led
tours of two Seattle Art Museum exhibitions focusing on Italy. Participants
may enjoy complementary gelato at Gelatiamo (1400 3rd Ave.) following
the tour.
12:00pm - First group tours the exhibitions
1:30pm - Second group tours the exhibitions
Price is $40 per person with proceeds benefiting the UW's Italian
Studies program ($20 for children).
Sunday,
February 17 @ 2:00pm
UW Campus, Kane Hall, Walker-Ames Room
The Gates of Paradise: "Lorenzo Ghiberti's Renaissance
Masterpiece," a lecture by Seattle Art Museum's Chiyo
Ishikawa
Ms. Ishikawa is SAM's Susan brotman Deputy Director of Art and Curator
of European Art and Sculpture. On February 17th, she will give Friends
of Italian Studies an expert's introduction to the exhibition.
After a 25-year restoration project, three original panels depicting
stories of Adam and Eve, Jacob and Esau, and Saul and David, as well
as two prophets and two idealized heads from Ghiberti's Gates
of Paradise, will be on view at the Seattle Art Museum from January
26 through April 6, 2008.
$10 suggested donation to support the UW Italian Studies Program
Sunday,
Novermber 11, 2007
Elysian Fields Restaurant
542 First Avenue South, Seattle
Tempo
di Vendemmia
an evening of Italian cuisine paired with eight Leonardo LoCascio
wine selections
View
and Purchase Event Pictures
(25% of proceeds will be donated to Italian Studies!)
Event
flyer in pdf format
6pm Cocktails
7pm Dinner, program, and live auction
Noted TV chef and author Nick Stellino is the evening's guest
MC.
Enjoy dinner prepared by some of Seattle's finest chefs, including:
Pietro Borghesi - La Spiga
Maria Coassin - Gelatiamo
Jonathan Knowles - Elysian Fields
Don Curtiss - Volterra
Luciano Bardinelli - Luciano's
Tickets are $250 per person. Proceeds will fund scholarships in
Italian Studies at the University of Washington.
Event
sponsored by:
Ferrari/Maserati
of Seattle
Wines provided by:
Winebow and Noble Wines
Sunday,
April 29, 2007
Edoardo Lebano, Ph.D. - "Garibaldi and Lincoln: A Missed Opportunity"
This talk will deal with a little, if not
unknown, page in Italian-American history. It concerns the offer
of a command of an American army made by President Abraham Lincoln
to Giuseppe Garibaldi in 1861.
$10 suggested donation to support the UW Italian Studies Program
Sunday,
February 11, 2007
2:00pm
Walker-Ames Room, Kane Hall 225
UW, Seattle
Michele
Genthon, Ph.D. - "Vivaldi,
Venice, and Vice"
How the decadence of 18th
Century Venice influenced the life and music of Antonio Vivaldi:
composer, priest, opera impresario, and teacher of orphaned girls.The
Cascade String Quartet will perform Vivaldi, and a wine and cheese
reception will follow the lecture.
$10 suggested donation to support the UW Italian Studies Program
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