Presidential Lecture: The Ethics of Suffering
April 27, 7 pm, Moore Auditorium
Dr. Ray Barfield, MD, Ph.D., a faculty member of both the Duke Medical and Duke Divinity School will bring the spring 2015 Presidential Lecture, titled The Ethics of Suffering: Reintroducing Love Into (Medical) Decision-Making. Dr. Barfield, who is a pediatric oncologist, will set up a conversation about the tension between the medical establishment and the human condition – eg. when suffering becomes over-medicalized, with the importance of truthfulness, compassion, hope, and calling. The event is sponsored jointly by President’s Office and the Ethics Across the Curriculum Program at Mars Hill University.
Woodwind Faculty Recital
April 28, 7:30 pm, Broyhill Chapel
Last Day of Classes, April 30
Final Exams, May 1 – 6
Graduation Exercises, May 9, 9:30 am, Moore Auditorium
ONGOING EXHIBITIONS….
Weizenblatt Gallery
Senior Exhibiton: Grace Diepenbrock, Hollie Reid, Allison Ward
April 13 – May 8, 2015, open weekdays, 10 am – 4 pm.
Opening Reception: April 16, 6-8 pm
Allison Ward is a senior from Wilmington, NC, who will graduate with two degrees in art and art therapy and a minor in psychology. The work she will exhibit will focus on photography of nature and people.
Hollie Reid is a senior from Woodfin, NC. Her favorite media are photography and graphic design. She will graduate with a degree in art with a concentration in graphic design and a minor in Art History. Her exhibited work will focus on nature photography in the Appalachian Mountains.
Grace Diepenbrock is a senior from Wilmington, North Carolina. She will graduate with a bachelor’s degree in studio art, with minors in art history and English. Her artistic studies at Mars Hill have focused on drawing and painting, and she seeks to combine elements of the two in her senior art exhibition entitled “Mechanics: A Retrospective on Relationships.”
Rural Heritage Museum
Exhibition: “Qualla Arts and Crafts: Tradition and Innovation”
Through May 29, 2015, Rural Heritage Museum, Montague Hall
11-5 pm daily except Mondays, free admission
“Qualla Arts and Crafts: Tradition and Innovation” is a traveling exhibit organized by Western Carolina University’s Mountain Heritage Center, The exhibit will tour throughout Georgia and the Carolinas over the next two years, and showcases the work of several Cherokee artists, including Joel Queen, Karen George, Fred Wilnoty, Geraldine Walkingstick and Davy Arch.
The exhibition includes sixty-six objects ranging from archeological artifacts to contemporary crafts. A video accompaniment allows visitors to see and hear the artists. Admission is free. For more information, contact the museum at 828-689-1400, or www.mhu.edu/museum.
