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The Fifteenth Annual Tagore Festival

Saturday, October 18, 2003
Urbana, Illinois

Gitanjali

organized by the Tagore Festival Committee

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Rabindranath Tagore

Rabindranath Tagore
1861-1941

 

 

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Saturday, October 18, 2003

  Location of events (except Cultural program):
Tagore Center (Channing-Murray Foundation Hall, 1209 W. Oregon St., Urbana, IL)
5:00 - 5:30 Reception and painting display
5:30 - 5:45 Invocation
5:45 - 6:30

Keynote speech:
Gitanjali and the Aesthetics of Rabindranath Tagore
A presentation on the evolution of Professor McGinnis's project, Gitanjali: 103 Small Paintings, and the artist's ideas on how Tagore's sense of aesthetics may be applied to the 21st century.

by Mark W. McGinnis
Professor of Art,
Northern State University,
Aberdeen, South Dakota

Information about Professor McGinnis
Information about Professor McGinnis's Gitanjali Project

6:30 - 8:00

Dinner
Catered Indian dinner provided by Bombay Grill, Champaign, IL.


8:00 - 10:00

Cultural Program

Location of Cultural program:
Auditorium, Music Building, 1114 W. Nevada, Urbana, IL

  • "Kotha Chilo," a presentation of Tagore's compositions through the performing arts, by Unmesh and Surodhwoni of Greater Chicago

The Cultural Program is free of charge.

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History

A short history of the Tagore Festival

Sponsors

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Graphic arts by Manideepa Sengupta