Older Exhibitions
2003 - 2007
2007
NIU Burma Art Collection Showcases
1/07 to 5/07 Northern Illinois University School of Art, Arends Building DeKalb IL |
This is a hallway exhibition in the School of Art. In this exhibition we included art objects for the NIU Burma Art Collection. We had three different exhibits over two semesters. These included "Buddhist Narratives in Burmese Lacquerware," "Modern Burmese Paintings" and "Bamboo."
Supported by: The NIU Center for Burma Studies |
2006
From Heaven to Earth: A Ritual to the 37 Nats
9/21/06 to 12/16/06 Northern Illinois University Art Museum, Altgeld Hall DeKalb IL |
This exhibition reproduced a temporary altar and explored it from various angles of common Buddhist practice in Burma which is part of the living Culture. It offers another type of initiation of the complexity of Burmese Buddhism via its art still practice today.
Supported by: Illinois Art Council, Friends of the NIU Art Museum, and the NIU Arts Fund 21. Accompanying Symposium |
NIU Burma Art Collection Showcases
1/06 to 5/06 Northern Illinois University School of Art, Arends Building DeKalb IL |
This is a hallway exhibition in the School of Art. In this exhibition we included art objects for the NIU Burma Art Collection. We had four different exhibits over the two semesters. These included Asian Metal Workshop Conservation, Variations on Burmese Calligraphy, Burma “Art in Context”, and The Burmese Harp as
an art object. Supported by: The NIU Center for Burma Studies |
2005
The Art of Burma
9/9/05 to 10/29/05 NIU Chicago Art Gallery Chicago IL |
Selections from the vast collections of Denison University in Ohio and the Center for Burma Studies at Northern Illinois University featuring sculpture and tapestries dating from the eleventh through nineteenth centuries which explore Burmese Buddhism, its practice, transmission, donors and protectors, and the nature of collecting cultural art and artifacts in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.
Supported by: Sally Stevens Fund for Excellence in the Arts, Illinois Art Council, Friends of NIU Art Museum, The Arts Fund 21, The Burke Gallery of Denison University and Denison Club of Chicago, Chicago Tribune Review. |
2004
The World of Burmese Buddhism
10/23/04 to 5/14/05 Kaba Saun Natz (LOKANAT) Northern Illinois University Art Museum, Altgeld Hall DeKalb IL |
Exhibition examines the diversity and complexity of Burmese Buddhism through artworks made both for the palace and monastery environment and dating from the seventh through the nineteenth century.
Catherine Raymond, Director of the Center for Burma Studies and Curator, presented several different lectures which included: "Donors and Protectors," "Treasures from the Court of Mandalay," "Burmese Buddha Images" and "Treasures from Manuscript to Tapestry." Supported by: Illinois Art Council and Friends of the NIU Art Museum. |
Envisioning Burma
10/04 to 12/04 Northern Illinois University Founders Memorial Library DeKalb IL |
This exhibit highlighted the rare book and special collection on Burma such as manuscripts from the 18th Century, maps from 16th Century and rare books on Burma from the 18th century. All of these items are from the Burma Collection. They are maintained within the Rare Book and Special Collection (RBSC) as well as within the Southeast Asia Collection of the (FML) (the exhibit was done in cooperation with the NIU FML staff such as the Curator of the Southeast Asia Collection, the Curator of the RBSC with the assistance of the Dean and the assistant Dean of the FML).
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2003
Toys in Burma
4/03 to 10/03 Northern Illinois University Anthropology Museum, Stevens Building DeKalb IL |
There were three cases displaying Burmese puppets. Three lectures on Southeast Asian Puppets were presented. Kathy Foley presented the paper "Burmese Marionettes: Yokthe Thay in Transition."
Supported by: NIU Center for Burma Studies and the NIU Anthropology Museum. |
University Collects
01/13/03 to 01/31/03 Northern Illinois University Jack Arends Gallery, Arends Building DeKalb IL |
The Center had a display showing the most beautiful art pieces of our collection.
Supported by: NIU Center for Burma Studies and the NIU Art Museum. |