The comments above are from users of theworldlink.com and do not necessarily represent the views of The World or Lee Enterprises. Participation Guidelines
Note: There is a maximum of 200 words per comment. If you wish to post more, please visit our forum.
Chautauqua features talk on artist Camille Claudel
Thursday, October 18, 2007 | No comments posted.
Southwestern Oregon Community College will host an Oregon Chautauqua Program for the Oregon Council for the Humanities on “Camille Claudel: Rodin’s Brilliant Muse” at 7 p.m. on Friday, Oct. 26, at Eden Hall, room 1, on the Coos Bay campus, 1988 Newmark Ave.
At the free community event, Theresa Koon will discuss the artist Camille Claudel’s relationship with famous sculptor Auguste Rodin and how this affected her artistically. Claudel was a brilliant sculptor in her own right and her work has been eclipsed by her tempestuous relationship with Rodin, who was 24 years her senior. By Rodin’s own admission, his life and art were renewed by the affair they began soon after she became his student in 1884.
Koon, whose family lived next door to the Claudels for several years, had access to private unpublished family materials while composing an opera about Claudel. In her program, Koon considers what gives an artist the courage and inspiration to create, as well as the social factors that can either inspire or stifle creativity. Rodin completed some of his most notable work during their long relationship, but her creative output suffered dramatically. Beset by jealousy over Rodin’s liaisons with other women and haunted by paranoia and ailing mental health, Claudel destroyed much of her own work and did not sculpt for the last 30 years of her life.
With a baccalaureate in humanities and a master’s degree in vocal performance, Koon continually has worked to balance her love of musical performance with her avid thirst for intellectual and philosophical inquiry. For the talk, Koon draws on her background in art history, as well as her family’s background as neighbors to the family of Caudel in France. The Claudels provided personal interpretations as well as previously unpublished journals, letters and medical dossiers for Koon’s research for her opera about Claudel “Promise,” which premiered in 2004 in Portland.
Oregon Council for the Humanities is an independent non-profit affiliate of the National Endowment for the Humanities dedicated to the belief that knowledge and ideas are fundamental to the health of communities. More information about OCH’s programs and publications can be found at http://www.oregonhum.org.
At the free community event, Theresa Koon will discuss the artist Camille Claudel’s relationship with famous sculptor Auguste Rodin and how this affected her artistically. Claudel was a brilliant sculptor in her own right and her work has been eclipsed by her tempestuous relationship with Rodin, who was 24 years her senior. By Rodin’s own admission, his life and art were renewed by the affair they began soon after she became his student in 1884.
Koon, whose family lived next door to the Claudels for several years, had access to private unpublished family materials while composing an opera about Claudel. In her program, Koon considers what gives an artist the courage and inspiration to create, as well as the social factors that can either inspire or stifle creativity. Rodin completed some of his most notable work during their long relationship, but her creative output suffered dramatically. Beset by jealousy over Rodin’s liaisons with other women and haunted by paranoia and ailing mental health, Claudel destroyed much of her own work and did not sculpt for the last 30 years of her life.
With a baccalaureate in humanities and a master’s degree in vocal performance, Koon continually has worked to balance her love of musical performance with her avid thirst for intellectual and philosophical inquiry. For the talk, Koon draws on her background in art history, as well as her family’s background as neighbors to the family of Caudel in France. The Claudels provided personal interpretations as well as previously unpublished journals, letters and medical dossiers for Koon’s research for her opera about Claudel “Promise,” which premiered in 2004 in Portland.
Oregon Council for the Humanities is an independent non-profit affiliate of the National Endowment for the Humanities dedicated to the belief that knowledge and ideas are fundamental to the health of communities. More information about OCH’s programs and publications can be found at http://www.oregonhum.org.
The World welcomes your comments about stories, and we encourage a robust dialogue on this site. All comments must meet reasonable standards of decency and civility.
Please follow these basic rules:
- No defamatory comments about individuals or businesses.
- No deliberately false information.
- No obscenity or racially offensive language.
- No harassment, verbal abuse, threats or personal attacks.
- No information that invades another person's privacy.
- No business solicitations or charitable solicitations.
Comments that violate these standards will not be posted. Users with repeated violations may be banned from future posting.Comments will be approved throughout the day during business hours. After hours and weekend comments may not appear until the following business day. It may take a couple of hours before comments are approved.
The World generally does not edit comments, but we reserve the right to edit any comment that does not meet our standards.
Close Guidelines