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Matrix III
12:00 PM – Pioneer Room, Memorial Union - An abstract computer film that explores the potential of form and color to create a visual harmonics, similar to music. Part of the National Affairs Series

Film: Our Lady of the Sphere
12:00 PM – Pioneer Room, Memorial Union - An elaborate visual construction using such techniques as super-impositions, animation, and montage to create a strange, unexplained environment. Part of the National Affairs Series

Film: The Further Adventures of Uncle Sam
12:00 PM – Pioneer Room, Memorial Union - this nostalgia-camp-satire-adventure cartoon is a pastiche from Disney, Lance, Terry, YELLOW SUBMARINE and comic book art. Part of the National Affairs Series

Audrey Handler, Glass Craftsperson
12:00 PM – -- - From the University Lectures Program archive.

Art in Public Places/Environmental Art - Paolo Soleri
8:00 PM – Sun Room, Memorial Union - A pioneer in the field of arcology, Soleri was born and educated in Turin, Italy. Between 1947 and 1949 he worked as an apprentice under Frank Lloyd Wright. In 1970 he presented a one-man show at the Corcoran Gallery of art in Washington and has also had his work exhibited at the whitney Museum of American Art in New York and the Museum of Contemporary Art in Chicago. Soleri is known not only as an architect and sculptor, but as an author. his most recent works include Arcology: The City in the Images of Man(1969) and The Mesa City Sketchbook(1971). Part of the National Affairs Series: Art in America Today - A Public Matter.

Eskimo Art - Alistair Macduff
12:00 PM – Pioneer Room, Memorial Union - A Scotsman, Alistair macduff did not become aware of Eskimo art until the late 1950's and early 1960's. Alma Houston, an authority on the Eskimo people, convinced macduff to move to Canada to work with her and the Innuit people. Macduff has assembled a number of Eskimo exhibits and has priced and evaluated sculpture for this market worldwide. Part of the National Affairs Series: Art in America Today - A Public Matter.

Craftsperson on Campus: Kristin Anderson, Craftswoman in Metals
10:00 AM – North Lobby, Carver Hall - Kristin is currently working as a craftsperson supporting herself by selling her works in gold and silver. her specialty is enameling which is the media she will demonstrate here. Part of the National Affairs Series

Dimension 5-WOI-TV
10:00 PM – Channel 5 - A panel of institute participants will address the issues focusing on the symposium's theme, "Art in America Today: A Public Matter". Moderator: Betty Lou Varnum. Part of the National Affairs Series

Made in America - John Kouwenhoven
8:00 PM – Sun Room, Memorial Union - Born in Younkers, New York, Kouwenhoven received his bachelors from Wesleyan University in Middletown, Connecticut. He later received his MA and PhD from Columbia University. Kouwenhoven has served as a member of the Bennington College Literary Faculty and as assistant editor to Harper's Magazine. Part of the National Affairs Series: Art in America Today - A Public Matter.

Film: Claes Oldenburg
12:00 PM – Pioneer Room, Memorial Union - This film documents the work, ideas and lifestyle of one of this country's most important contemporary artists. The successful modern artist is viewed in many ways by society: celebrity, magical tycoon, a pries-like figure, show business personality, or charlatan. This visually beautiful film explores the role of the artist in our society, through an informal study of Oldenburg. Part of the National Affairs Series