{"id":153,"date":"2019-02-19T13:29:00","date_gmt":"2019-02-19T18:29:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.uvm.edu\/flemingmuseumofart\/?p=153"},"modified":"2024-12-12T18:33:14","modified_gmt":"2024-12-12T23:33:14","slug":"behind-the-schemes-when-helen-of-troy-came-to-uvm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.uvm.edu\/flemingmuseumofart\/behind-the-schemes-when-helen-of-troy-came-to-uvm\/","title":{"rendered":"Behind the Schemes: When Helen of Troy came to UVM"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

March 5 \u2013 May 10, 2019<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

In the spring of 2018, the UVM Classics Department produced the Greek tragedy Helen<\/em> by classical Athenian playwright Euripides. Seven Days praised the effort, saying the production was \u201can unusually inventive rendition.\u201d The play entailed extensive collaboration, involving UVM students, faculty, staff, alumni, and community artists and actors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The exhibition Behind the Schemes: When Helen of Troy came to UVM<\/em> features visual artifacts from the production, documenting the interdisciplinary scholarship and artistry that made it both unique and noteworthy. On display are musical scores by John Franklin, Professor and Chair of the UVM Classics Department; set drawings and sketches by cartoonist and archaeological illustrator Glynnis Fawkes; script notes from the numerous classical scholars who contributed to the translation; a 3D-printed mask mold; and an electric lyre built by local guitar-maker Creston Lea and used by Franklin to perform the original score of \u201cNew Ancient Music\u201d he composed for Helen. The artifacts chosen for this exhibition share distinct aesthetics of mapping<\/em>\u2014the organization of space\u2014and scoring\u2014the organization of time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Behind the Schemes<\/em> celebrates an inspired collaboration and its potential to serve as a model for interdisciplinary scholarship and artistry on a university campus. The exhibition is curated by Jenn Karson, Director of Communications for UVM\u2019s College of Engineering and Mathematical Sciences, who has been recognized for her work with interdisciplinary research through Vermont Makers<\/em> programming and the UVM FabLab.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Creston Lea’s Electric Lyre<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
\"John<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

UVM classics professor John Franklin plays \u201cNew Ancient Music\u201d on the one-of-a-kind electric lyre crafted by local guitar-maker Creston Lea.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Roaring Ocean<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
\"Detail<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Glynnis Fawkes, Roaring Ocean <\/em>(detail). Ink on paper, photoshop color. Courtesy of the artist.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Costume Sketch<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
\"Detail<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Glynnis Fawkes, Costume Sketch <\/em>(detail). Pencil and colored pencil on paper. Courtesy of the artist.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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March 5 \u2013 May 10, 2019 In the spring of 2018, the UVM Classics Department produced the Greek tragedy Helen by classical Athenian playwright Euripides. Seven Days praised the effort, saying the production was \u201can unusually inventive rendition.\u201d The play entailed extensive collaboration, involving UVM students, faculty, staff, alumni, and community artists and actors. The exhibition Behind the … <\/p>\n

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