Guided Tour
Tuesday, September 3, 2013 at 12:30 p.m.
The Hallie Ford Museum of Art, Melvin Henderson-Rubio Gallery
Admission is complimentary
Join a museum docent for a guided tour of the exhibition.
Breath of Heaven, Breath of Earth:
Ancient Near Eastern Art from American Collections
Friday, September 6, 2013 at 5 p.m.
Willamette University College of Law, Paulus Lecture Hall
Admission is complimentary
Dr. Trudy Kawami, Director of Research at the Arthur M. Sackler Foundation in New York and co-curator of Breath of Heaven, Breath of Earth: Ancient Near Eastern Art from American Collections, will present an illustrated lecture on the divine, human, and animal realms in the art and architecture of the ancient Near East.
Guided Tour
Saturday, September 7, 2013 at 2 p.m.
The Hallie Ford Museum of Art, Melvin Henderson-Rubio Gallery
Included with museum admission
Join a museum docent for a guided tour of the exhibition.
Guided Tour
Tuesday, September 10, 2013 at 12:30 p.m.
The Hallie Ford Museum of Art, Melvin Henderson-Rubio Gallery
Admission is complimentary
Join a museum docent for a guided tour of the exhibition.
Return to Babylon:
Travelers, Archaeologists, and Monuments in Mesopotamia
Thursday, September 12, 2013 at 7:30 p.m.
Mary Stuart Rogers Performing Arts Center, Hudson Concert Hall
Admission is complimentary
Dr. Brian Fagan, one of the foremost archaeologists in the United States and the author of over 60 books on the history and theory of archaeology, will present an illustrated lecture on the heroic era of Mesopotamian archaeology (when every excavator had to carry a gun), and the American discovery of the ancient Near East in the 19th and 20th centuries.
Guided Tour
Tuesday, September 17, 2013 at 12:30 p.m.
The Hallie Ford Museum of Art, Melvin Henderson-Rubio Gallery
Admission is complimentary
Join a museum docent for a guided tour of the exhibition.
Evening for Educators
Tuesday, September 17, 2013 from 4:30-6:30 p.m.
The Hallie Ford Museum of Art
Elizabeth Garrison, The Cameron Paulin Curator of Education, will present a preview of the exhibition Breath of Heaven, Breath of Earth. Light refreshments will be served. Admission is free, but we ask that teachers RSVP by September 13 to 503-370-6855 if they plan to attend.
Guided Tour
Saturday, September 21, 2013 at 2 p.m.
The Hallie Ford Museum of Art, Melvin Henderson-Rubio Gallery
Included with museum admission
Join a museum docent for a guided tour of the exhibition.
Guided Tour
Tuesday, September 24, 2013 at 12:30 p.m.
The Hallie Ford Museum of Art, Melvin Henderson-Rubio Gallery
Admission is complimentary
Join a museum docent for a guided tour of the exhibition.
Gifts for the Gods: Sumerian Art from the Temple
Thursday, September 26, 2013 at 7:30 p.m.
Willamette University College of Law, Paulus Lecture Hall
Admission is complimentary
Dr. Jean Evans, Research Associate at the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago and author of The Lives of Sumerian Sculpture: An Archaeology of the Early Dynastic Temple, will present an illustrated lecture on Sumerian mythology and religious beliefs as reflected in the votive sculptures, plaques, and other items found in Sumerian temples.
Stories from Ancient Mesopotamia
Rhetorics of Kingship from Shulgi to Sennacherib
Saturday, September 28, 2013, 2 p.m.
The Hallie Ford Museum of Art, Melvin Henderson-Rubio Gallery
Admission is complimentary
Associate Professor Jeanne Clark shares a program of literature, ranging from Sumerian poetry through Assyrian chronicles, that examines the character and roles of ancient Mesopotamian rulers. The literature presents the kings as they want themselves to be seen.
Guided Tour
Tuesday, October 1, 2013 at 12:30 p.m.
Hallie Ford Museum of Art, Melvin Henderson-Rubio Gallery
Admission is complimentary
Join a museum docent for a guided tour of the exhibition.
Death on the Nile
Tuesday, October 1, 2013 at 7:30 p.m.
Hallie Ford Museum of Art, Roger Hull Lecture Hall
Admission is complimentary
A wealthy British heiress is stalked by a former friend, whose boyfriend she had stolen before making him her new husband. Hercule Poirot, on vacation in Egypt, investigates (color, 98 minutes).
Guided Tour
Saturday, October 5, 2013 at 2 p.m.
Hallie Ford Museum of Art, Melvin Henderson-Rubio Gallery
Included with museum admission
Join a museum docent for a guided tour of the exhibition.
Guided Tour
Tuesday, October 8, 2013 at 12:30 p.m.
Hallie Ford Museum of Art, Melvin Henderson-Rubio Gallery
Admission is complimentary
Join a museum docent for a guided tour of the exhibition.
King of the Four Quarters of the World:
The Art and Architecture of Assyrian Kingship
Thursday, October 10, 2013 at 7:30 p.m.
Willamette University College of Law, Paulus Lecture Hall
Admission is complimentary
Dr. Marian Feldman, Associate Professor of Art History and Near Eastern Studies at The Johns Hopkins University and author of Diplomacy by Design: Luxury Arts and an "International Style" in the Ancient Near East, 1400-1200 BCE, will present an illustrated lecture on the Assyrian concept of kingship as reflected in the complex visual narratives carved on palace walls.
Family Activity Day
Saturday, October 12, 2013, Noon-4 p.m.
Hallie Ford Museum of Art, Maribeth Collins Lobby
Complimentary admission
Join education curator Elizabeth Garrison, Salem artists Sonia Allen and Helen Nute Wiens, and CASA coordinator April Miller as they guide parents and children through a variety of art-making and archaeological activities related to the exhibition. Children will learn about cylinder seals, repoussé and chasing, and a number of different archaeological practices and techniques.
Sponsored by the Hallie Ford Museum of Art, the Center for Ancient Studies and Archaeology at Willamette University, the Marion County Cultural Corporation and an Archaeological Institute of America Society Outreach Grant.
Guided Tour
Tuesday, October 15, 2013 at 12:30 p.m.
The Hallie Ford Museum of Art, Melvin Henderson-Rubio Gallery
Admission is complimentary
Join a museum docent for a guided tour of the exhibition.
Murder in Mesopotamia
Tuesday, October 15, 2013 at 7:30 p.m.
Hallie Ford Museum of Art, Roger Hull Lecture Hall
Admission is complimentary
While Hercule Poirot is on holiday in Iraq, the wife of the head scientist at an archaeological dig confides to him that she is the target of threatening letters (color, 100 minutes).
Guided Tour
Saturday, October 19, 2013 at 2 p.m.
The Hallie Ford Museum of Art, Melvin Henderson-Rubio Gallery
Included with museum admission
Join a museum docent for a guided tour of the exhibition.
Guided Tour
Tuesday, October 22, 2013 at 12:30 p.m.
The Hallie Ford Museum of Art, Melvin Henderson-Rubio Gallery
Admission is complimentary
Join a museum docent for a guided tour of the exhibition.
Syria and the Levant:
Life in the Lands of the Hebrew Bible
Thursday, October 24, 2013 at 7:30 p.m.
Willamette University College of Law, Paulus Lecture Hall
Dr. Ronald Wallenfels, Adjunct Associate Professor of Hebrew and Judaic Studies at New York University and a consultant in the Department of Ancient Near Eastern Art at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, will present an illustrated lecture on daily life in the ancient Syria and the Levant from the fourth to the first millennium BCE.
Stories from Ancient Mesopotamia
Creation and Destruction:
Conceiving and Considering Cities
Saturday, October 26, 2013, 2 p.m.
Hallie Ford Museum of Art, Melvin Henderson-Rubio Gallery
Admission is complimentary
The Sumerian myth of Enki and Ninsikila celebrates the formation of an ancient trade center. The mythohistoric poem, The Cursing of Akkade, relates how a flourishing city is made a wasteland when a misguided ruler violates the divine will. Willamette students under the direction of Associate Professor Jeanne Clark perform excerpts from the two poems.
Guided Tour
Tuesday, October 29, 2013 at 12:30 p.m.
The Hallie Ford Museum of Art, Melvin Henderson-Rubio Gallery
Admission is complimentary
Join a museum docent for a guided tour of the exhibition.
Appointment with Death
Tuesday, October 29, 2013 at 7:30 p.m.
Hallie Ford Museum of Art, Roger Hull Lecture Hall
Admission is complimentary
While accompanying her husband on an archaeological dig in Syria in 1937, overbearing, abusive Lady Boynton is found stabbed to death. Hercule Poirot investigates (color, 80 minutes).
Guided Tour
Saturday, November 2, 2013 at 2 p.m.
The Hallie Ford Museum of Art, Melvin Henderson-Rubio Gallery
Included with museum admission
Join a museum docent for a guided tour of the exhibition.
Guided Tour
Tuesday, November 5, 2013 at 12:30 p.m.
The Hallie Ford Museum of Art, Melvin Henderson-Rubio Gallery
Admission is complimentary
Join a museum docent for a guided tour of the exhibition.
Lions, Bulls, Snakes, and Scorpions:
Animals in Ancient Iranian Art and Thought.
Thursday, November 7, 2013 at 7:30 p.m.
Willamette University College of Law, Paulus Lecture Hall
Admission is complimentary
Dr. Holly Pittman, Professor of Art History at the University of Pennsylvania, curator in the Ancient Near Eastern section at the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, and co-curator of the 1998 exhibition Treasures from the Royal Tombs of Ur, will present an illustrated lecture on animals in ancient Iranian art, culture, and thought.
Stories from Ancient Mesopotamia
Common Sense from an Uncommon Time:
Performing Sumerian Proverbs and Fables
Saturday, November 9, 2013, 2 p.m.
Hallie Ford Museum of Art, Melvin Henderson-Rubio Gallery
Admission is complimentary
From inconvenient flies to crafty mongeese, Willamette students under the direction of Associate Professor Jeanne Clark present characters that illuminate the wit and wisdom of ancient Sumerian culture.
Guided Tour
Tuesday, November 12, 2013 at 12:30 p.m.
The Hallie Ford Museum of Art, Melvin Henderson-Rubio Gallery
Admission is complimentary
Join a museum docent for a guided tour of the exhibition.
Murder on the Orient Express
Tuesday, November 12, 2013 at 7:30 p.m.
Hallie Ford Museum of Art, Roger Hull Lecture Hall
Admission is complimentary
Hercule Poirot investigates the murder of a shady American businessman stabbed in his compartment on the famous Orient Express en route from Istanbul to Paris (color, 89 minutes).
Guided Tour
Saturday, November 16, 2013 at 2 p.m.
The Hallie Ford Museum of Art, Melvin Henderson-Rubio Gallery
Included with museum admission
Join a museum docent for a guided tour of the exhibition.
Guided Tour
Tuesday, November 19, 2013 at 12:30 p.m.
The Hallie Ford Museum of Art, Melvin Henderson-Rubio Gallery
Admission is complimentary
Join a museum docent for a guided tour of the exhibition.
Guided Tour
Tuesday, November 26, 2013 at 12:30 p.m.
The Hallie Ford Museum of Art, Melvin Henderson-Rubio Gallery
Admission is complimentary
Join a museum docent for a guided tour of the exhibition.
Guided Tour
Tuesday, December 3, 2013 at 12:30 p.m.
The Hallie Ford Museum of Art, Melvin Henderson-Rubio Gallery
Admission is complimentary
Join a museum docent for a guided tour of the exhibition.
Guided Tour
Saturday, December 7, 2013 at 2 p.m.
The Hallie Ford Museum of Art, Melvin Henderson-Rubio Gallery
Included with museum admission
Join a museum docent for a guided tour of the exhibition.
Guided Tour
Tuesday, December 10, 2013 at 12:30 p.m.
The Hallie Ford Museum of Art, Melvin Henderson-Rubio Gallery
Admission is complimentary
Join a museum docent for a guided tour of the exhibition.
Guided Tour
Tuesday, December 17, 2013 at 12:30 p.m.
The Hallie Ford Museum of Art, Melvin Henderson-Rubio Gallery
Admission is complimentary
Join a museum docent for a guided tour of the exhibition.
Guided Tour
Saturday, December 21, 2013 at 2 p.m.
The Hallie Ford Museum of Art, Melvin Henderson-Rubio Gallery
Included with museum admission
Join a museum docent for a guided tour of the exhibition.