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Craftsperson on Campus: Mary Weisgram, Craftswoman in Clay
10:00 AM – North Lobby, Carver Hall - Mary was Ceramist-in-Residence at the Des Moines Art Center from 1976-73. She has taught at the Kansas City (Mo.) Art Institute and continues to teach ceramics students at the Octagon Art Center, Ames. Since 1973 she has been full-time studio potter. Part of the National Affairs Series

The Critic and Art - Harold Rosenberg
8:00 PM – Sun Room, Memorial Union - Born in Brooklyn, New York, Rosenberg attended City College of New York and St. Lawrence University. he is Art critic of The New Yorker and author of Art on the Edge, Discovering the Present, The De-Definition of Art Willem deKooning, Artworks and Packages, Anxious Object, The Tradition of the News and Arshile Gorky. The most recent is an Abrams books on Barnett Newman to be published in spring, '78. During World War II he served as Deputy Chief of the Domestic Radio Bureau, OWI, and as Consulting Expert to the US Treasury. he has lectured thorught the United States on the arts and the critic's place in the arts. Abroad his articles have been published in Encounter, Les Temps Modernes, Tempo Presente, Preuves. His books have regularly been translated into French, Italian, Spanish and Japanese. Rosenberg has received many honorary degrees. Part of the National Affairs Series: Art in America Today - A Public Matter.

Film: American Art of the Sixties
12:00 PM – Pioneer Room, Memorial Union - The film focuses on the diverse tendencies found in the work of American painters and sculptors during the 1960's. Characterizing the 1960's as an explosive, revolutionary decade, the film appropriately assumes a staccato beat, switching from Minimal Art to Pop to happenings and Post Painterly Abstraction. Narrated by Barbara Rose. Part of the National Affairs Series

Craftsperson on Campus: John Myers, Craftsman in Wood
10:00 AM – Wood Studio, Old Horticulture Building - John worked in the Peace Corps for a time and held several teaching positions. Currently he operates a wood studio creating functional pieces. Most of his customers are referred clientele. Part of the National Affairs Series

WHO USES ART?: Why Taxpayers Should Support The Arts - Michael Striaght
8:00 PM – Sun Room, Memorial Union - Michael Straight studied at the London School of Economics, held the above positions eight years, 1969-1977. Editor of The New Republic, and the play, Carrington and A Very Small Remnant, and the play, Caravaggio. He wrote Fire by Television, a study of the McCarthy Hearings, and was a ghost writer for Franklin Delano Roosevelt. Part of the National Affairs Series: Art in America Today - A Public Matter.

Jean Stamsta, Weaver
12:00 PM – Pioneer Room, Memorial Union - Stamsta's work centers on weaving. In 1974 she received the national Endowment for the Arts Craftsmen's Fellowship Grant. Deviating from traditional wall hangings, some of her weavings are three-dimensional, freestanding woven sculptures. In addition to her weaving, Stamsta does consulting on the subject across the country. She is the special guest for the Clay and Fiber Show at the opening reception 2-5 pm. Sunday, January 22 at The Octagon. Part of the National Affairs Series

Craftsperson on Campus: Roberta Kremer
10:00 AM – North Lobby, Carver Hall - Roberta has taught at various levels. Currently, she is teaching at the University of Minnesota in Art Education. Her fiber interests are contemporary adaptations of the ancient techniques of wrapping, coiling and knotting. She will be working with these plus showing slides of contemporary techniques. Her residence is presently St. Paul, Minnesota. Part of the National Affairs Series

Artists: How Do They View Their Work? - Ronald Bladen
8:00 PM – Scheman Building - Ronald Bladen is today one of the foremost sculptors of the Minimalist style. The Minimalists implicitly idealized the contemporary industrial landscape. While Pop artists responded to the mass-media images of American culture, the Minimalists responded to the forms of the urban environment. They used industrial materials and processes much as the Pop artists used commonplace media images and advertising techniques. A Canadian, Bladen studied at the Vancouver School of Art and at the California School of Fine Arts in San Francisco. During WW II he worked as a ship welder while devoting his free time to painting and gaining a knowledge of steel construction, which he would later apply in his massive sculptures. By 1962 Bladen's bas-relief painting already showed an affinity to sculptural form; by 1965 his transition to sculpture was complete when he exhibited three pieces at New York University's Loeb Student Center. One of these pieces "The Rockers" proved seminal to his later sculptural ideas because it represented Bladen's first "attempt to capture space." His most recent works are a sculpture for Hammarskjold Plaza in new york City and a place, "Untitled", to be placed in front of the Henry Wallace Agriculture Building in Des Moines, Iowa. Part of the National Affairs Series: Art in America Today - A Public Matter.

The Suspension of Conventional Wisdom: Toward Understanding Other Cultures - Kurt Wolff
12:00 PM – -- - Brandeis University, Department of Sociology. Co-sponsored by the Departments of Sociology and Philosophy and Alpha Kappa Delta. From the University Lectures Program archive.

The Arab Unity: Is It a Fact or an Illusion? - Walid Hawana
12:00 PM – -- - Iowa State University. Co-sponsored by the Organization of Arab Students. From the University Lectures Program archive.