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NEEW CAMPPUSS NEEW IIB HIIGH SSCHOOLL PRESCHOOL • ELEMENT ARY SCHOOL MIDDLE SCHOOL • HIGH SCHOOL German-American International School International Baccalaureate School of Silicon Valley December 2014/January 2015 31 CALENDAR that challenge perceptions of Middle Eastern identity, question tradition and tackle the notion of representation with passion and power. Open Wednesday through Monday, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. (until 8 p.m. Thursday). Free. Cantor Arts Center, Stanford University, 328 Lomita Drive, Stanford. 650/723-4177. Well Pressed … Highlights from the Marmor Collection. Through Feb. 2, 2015. This installation consists of 13 objects – 11 from the Marmor family holdings and two given by others – and includes works by Jasper Johns, Roy Lichtenstein, Claes Oldenburg, Ellsworth Kelly, Richard Serra and Frank Stella. Open Wednesday through Monday, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. (until 8 p.m. Thursday). Free. Cantor Arts Center, Stanford University, 328 Lomita Drive, Stanford. 650/723-4177. Tetsuya Ishida. Through Feb. 22. The eight remarkable paintings that make up this exhibit demonstrate themes including the pressures of academic and office life, social dislocation, the dulling effects of mechanization and the search for identity. Open Tuesday-Sunday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tickets $10-$15. Asian Art Museum, 200 Larkin St., San Francisco. 415/581-3500. Museum of American Heritage A to Z. Through March 15. Featuring unusual historic inventions beginning with the letter A (abacus) and continuing all the way through the alphabet to items starting with the letter Z (zapper), this unusual collection of artifacts has been culled from the more than 5,000 pieces owned by the museum. Open Friday through Sunday, 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Free. Museum of American Heritage, 351 Homer Ave., Palo Alto. 650/321-1004. Daumier on Art and the Theatre. Through March 16. This exhibition includes 16 prints and one drawing by Honoré Daumier, who made numerous prints for the popular press that deal with art theory, the public reception of painting and the performing arts after 1840. Open Wednesday through Monday, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. (until 8 p.m. Thursday). Free. Cantor Arts Center, Stanford University, 328 Lomita Drive, Stanford. 650/723-4177. Shop, Gallery, Studio: The Art World in the 17th and 18th Centuries. Through March 16. During the 17th and 18th centuries, European artists increasingly rendered in prints and drawings in the new and traditional spaces in which people could view, buy and converse about art. The 15 images in this installation depict different sites in the rapidly evolving art world. Open Wednesday through Monday, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. (until 8 p.m. Thursday). Free. Cantor Arts Center, Stanford University, 328 Lomita Drive, Stanford. 650/723-4177. ONGOING EXHIBITS Expanding Views of Africa. From the beginning of humanity to the present, the African art galleries feature more than 200 objects and are designed to expand conventional ways of considering African art and culture. Open Wednesday through Sunday, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. (until 8 p.m. Thursday). Free. Cantor Arts Center, Stanford University, 328 Lomita Drive, Stanford. 650/723-4177. Beta Space. Artist Anna Sew Hoy combines high-tech innovation and green initiatives in this installation using cast-off materials from our corporate culture, giving a second life to computer cords, mouses and other desktop gadgets. Open Tuesday through Sunday, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tickets $5-$8. San Jose Museum of Art, 110 S. Market St., San Jose. 408/271-6840. Collection Highlights from Europe, Greece and Rome. This revitalized gallery presents works from the center’s ancient Mediterranean collection, including portrait reliefs from Palmyra, red-and-black figure Attic vases, marble torsos from Rome and Cypriote vessels. Open Wednesday through Sunday, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. (until 8 p.m. Thursday). Free. Cantor Arts Center, Stanford University, 328 Lomita Drive, Stanford. 650/723-4177. Euphrat Museum of Art. Associated with De Anza College, this local treasure exhibits visual Education for Global Thinking Preparing Students for the 21st Century through the International Baccalaureate Program • Small, nurturing class sizes with individual attention • German Immersion Preschool & Kindergarten • Bilingual education in Primary Years Program Grades 1-4 • IB Middle Years Program with multiple language options in Grades 5-8 • IB High School and Middle School programs geared for English speakers • Rigorous Math, Science & Design Technology Curriculum • Inquiry based learning that fosters intellectual awareness • Diverse After School Enrichment Program 275 Elliott Drive Menlo Park, CA 94025 650.324.8617 www.gais.org Enrollment Open Now More information on: www.gais.org/admissions


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