Notice Visualizing Camelot Series Continues

 My thanks to Barbara Lupack for sharing this:

VISUALIZING CAMELOT 

An Exhibition from the Collection of Alan Lupack and Barbara Tepa Lupack

At the University of Rochester

Visualizing Camelot, a library-wide exhibition that runs until early December, 2024, explores the diverse ways that the stories of King Arthur’s Camelot have been imagined, reimagined, and visualized—both in high culture (paintings, drawings, illustrated books) and in popular culture (film, toys, games, comic books, cartoons, dishware, product names, business logos, etc). More than 350 items, including numerous original works of art, are on display. The exhibition is free and open to all. There is also a digital version of the exhibition, which can be accessed at Welcome · Visualizing Camelot · RBSCP Exhibits (rochester.edu)

Among the fall events that will be held in conjunction with the exhibition is a series of lectures. On September 19, 2024, at 5:00 p.m., Dr. Dorsey Armstrong, professor at Purdue University and editor of the journal Arthuriana, will speak about “Questing after the Questing Beast: Representing the Beast Glatisant from the Middle Ages to the Modern Period.” Her presentation will be held on-site at the Robbins Library of Rush Rhees Library and will also be Zoomed (registration for the Zoom link: https://forms.gle/vGeGMsZTyVmwMkiUA). On October 24, 2024, internationally-acclaimed artist Anna-Marie Ferguson, illustrator of the Cassell edition of Malory’s Le Morte d’Arthur, will speak about “Illustrating the Arthurian Legends: A Conversation with Artist Anna-Marie Ferguson.” Held on-site at the Robbins Library of Rush Rhees Library, the presentation will also be Zoomed (registration for the Zoom link: https://forms.gle/7v33aDh3QXg4caYb9.)

The presentations are free and open to all. Please check back for other Visualizing Camelot fall events and activities. We hope that you will visit the exhibition and join us for some or all of the events!

September 19, 2024, 5:00 p.m. EST.  Robbins Library. 

“Questing after the Questing Beast: Representing the Beast Glatisant 

from the Middle Ages to the Modern Period.”

Registration for Zoom link: https://forms.gle/vGeGMsZTyVmwMkiUA

Presented by Dr. Dorsey Armstrong, Professor at Purdue University

The Questing Beast (or the Beast Glatisant [Barking Beast])—a strange creature with the head and neck of a serpent, the body of a leopard, the haunches of a lion, and the feet of a hart—is the subject of quests by a number of Arthur’s knights, including King Pellinore, Sir Palamedes, and Sir Percival. Dr. Armstrong will explore the representations of the Questing Beast from the medieval to the modern.

         

    

Dr. Armstrong has written and lectured extensively on the Arthurian legends. Author of Gender and the Chivalric Community in Malory's Morte d'Arthur (2003) and a modern English translation of Malory's Morte Darthur (2009), she serves as Editor-in-Chief of Arthuriana and sits on the board of directors of TEAMS.

Dr. Armstrong’s presentation is the first of several fall events and lectures in conjunction with the Visualizing Camelot exhibition. Please check back for updates.

October 24, 2024, 5:00 p.m. EST.  Robbins Library. 

“Illustrating the Arthurian Legends:

A Conversation with Artist Anna-Marie Ferguson.”

Registration for Zoom link: https://forms.gle/7v33aDh3QXg4caYb9

   

Internationally acclaimed author and Illustrator of Legend: the Arthurian Tarot and its accompanying book, A Keeper of Words, Anna-Marie Ferguson is also the illustrator of the 2010 Cassell edition of Malory’s Le Morte d’ Arthur. She holds the distinction of being the first woman artist ever to illustrate a complete Malory. Her interest in mythology and history is longstanding, and her art draws on the magic and legends of her birthplace in the historic New Forest of Southern England and the vast landscapes and natural beauty of Alberta, Canada, where she currently resides.

Please check back for updates on other fall events and lectures in conjunction with the Visualizing Camelot exhibition.

VISUALIZING CAMELOT 

Upcoming Fall Exhibition Events and Programs

     All presentations will be held on-site at the Robbins Library @ Rush Rhees Library 

          and will also be Zoomed. Please check back for updates. Hope you will join us!

Dr. Margaret Sheble, ACLS “Leading Edge” Fellow,

will speak about representations of the Lady of Shalott.

When: November 15, 3 pm EST
Where: Robbins Library and Zoom
Registration for Zoom link: TBA

  

Dr. Pamela Yee, University of Rochester, 

will speak about the Arthurian Legends and Vietnam

When: November 21, 5 pm EST
Where: Robbins Library and Zoom
Registration for Zoom link: TBA

Visualizing Arthur April 2024 Events and Flier

Forwarded on behalf of Barbara Tepa Lupack:

Download the flier here. 

Download the postcard here.

◄ For Immediate Release ►

Visualizing Camelot

An Exhibition from the Collection of Drs. Alan Lupack and Barbara Tepa Lupack

At the University of Rochester

Visualizing Camelot, a University of Rochester River Campus Libraries exhibition from the collection of Drs. Alan Lupack and Barbara Tepa Lupack, explores the ongoing appeal of the Arthurian legends in England and America. The exhibition—which opened on March 7, 2024, with remarks from the Lupacks, a reception, and a tour of the exhibition—reveals the diverse ways that the stories of Camelot have been imagined and visualized, both in high culture (paintings, drawings, illustrated books) and in popular culture (film, toys, games, comic books, cartoons, dishware, product names, business logos, etc.). The exhibition, which includes more than 350 items (many of them unique), runs from the first to the fourth floor of Rush Rhees (from the Friedlander Lobby to Rare Books, Special Collections, and Preservation and to the Robbins Library). Visualizing Camelot is free and open to all, and a wide array of programming relating to the exhibition is planned throughout 2024.

Among the opening week’s events was a presentation by Dr. Kevin Whetter, Acadia University, on “Why Are There So Few Illustrations in Mediaeval English Arthurian Manuscripts? The Non-Visual Camelot.” 

Upcoming spring events include a five-film Arthurian Film Series hosted by the Eastman Museum’s Dryden Theatre in collaboration with the exhibition. That series will include A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court (1949), on April 6; Knights of the Round Table (1953), on April; 11; The Sword in the Stone (1963), on April 19; Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975), on April 25; and Excalibur (1983), on May 5. For more information on the series, please go to Dryden Theatre | George Eastman Museum


Upcoming next month is a presentation by Dr. Kevin J. Harty, La Salle University, on April 19. Dr. Harty’s topic is “James Bond, A Grifter, A Video Avatar, and a Shark Walk into King Arthur’s Court: The Ever-Expanding Canon of Cinema Arthuriana.” The presentation will also be livestreamed. If interested, please register at the following link:

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1Lr0nRKZLfJZQl3ynshHWUWiHu1I3o6vG07-fkbaKOgY/edit

(or contact Dr. Anna Siebach-Larsen at annasiebachlarsen@rochester.edu.)

A digital exhibit Visualizing Camelot and an exhibition catalogue will follow by the end of April. A host of other activities and events are scheduled for summer and fall, 2024.

We hope that you will join us, in person or on-line, to tour Visiting Camelot and to participate in some of the exhibition events.

About the Lupacks

Dr. Alan Lupack, a noted Arthurian scholar and former director of the Robbins Library, is author or editor of numerous Arthurian studies, including Arthur, The Greatest King; Arthurian Drama; Modern Arthurian Literature; New Directions in Arthurian Studies; and The Oxford Guide to Arthurian Literature and Legend.

Dr. Barbara Tepa Lupack, the former academic dean at SUNY and New York State Public Scholar (2015-2018), is author or editor of more than 25 books, including The Girl’s King Arthur; King Arthur’s Crown; Adapting the Arthurian Legends for Children; and the recently published The Othering of Women in Silent Film.

The Lupacks have lectured and published widely on Arthurian topics. Together, they created The Camelot Project, a popular and award-winning database of texts, images, and information about the Arthurian legends, and coauthored studies such as Arthurian Literature by Women, Illustrating Camelot, and the award-winning King Arthur in America.

For More Information About the Exhibition: please contact Anna Siebach-Larsen, Director of the Robbins Library, at annasiebachlarsen@rochester.edu.