Interdisciplinary Lecture Series November 1 – 2, 2012
PITTSBURG STATE UNIVERSITY, Pittsburg, KS
Thursday November 1
4:00 – 6:00 pm Family
Art Night Second Floor Gallery, Porter
Hall
6:00 – 7:00 pm Erin
Wiersma Artist’s Lecture, 409 Russ Hall
7:00 – 8:00 pm Reception, Porter Hall
Friday November 2
9:00 - 9:15 Starbucks
Coffee and Mingling
9:15 - 9:30
Introductory
remarks: Rhona Shand, Art Department Chair
9:30 - 9:55 Thomas Bell: Humanities
Librarian: What Does Art Sound Like:
Perception of Visual Art and Music
10:00 - 10:25: Erin
Wiersma: Artist: Intervals of Time: The
Still Point
10:30 - 10:55: Dr.
James McBain : Philosopher: This Painting
Really Tastes
B-Flat: Reflections on Cross-Medium Aesthetic
Talk
11:00 - 11:25: Brunch Break
11:30 - 11:55: Dr. Steve Ford: Biology: Here’s How Ears Hear
12:00 - 12:25: Dr. John Ross: Composer : What is Art For? What is Music For?
12:30 - 12:55: Dr. Xiaolu Wu:
Biologist: The Sound of Biology
1:00 - 1: 25: Dr.
Charles Blatchley: The Physics of Sound
1:30 - 1:55 Dr.
Paul Smith: Humanities: Simultaneity and
Imagination: Art, Music and Poetry
2:00 - 3:00 Discussion
3:00 - 3:15 Closing
Remarks