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Shaped Clay Society to Host Holiday Mug Sale Nov. 29-Dec. 1
The Shaped Clay Society in the College of Visual and Performing Arts (VPA) will host its annual holiday mug sale Nov. 29-Dec. 1 in the first-floor galleria of the Dorothea Ilgen Shaffer Art Building. Hours are Nov. 29聽and 30, 10…
Obie Award-Winning Playwright Launches Department of Drama Discussion Series
Obie Award-winning playwright Caridad Svich will join faculty members Celia Madeoy, Stephanie Fetta and Gladys McCormick for a panel discussion of Isabel Allende鈥檚 鈥淭he House of the Spirits鈥 on Sunday, Nov. 12, at 4:30 p.m. in the Arthur Storch Theater…
Nando Alvarez-Perez to Visit Light Work for Artist Talk, Q&A Nov. 13
Light Work Lab will host a special artist talk and Q&A with Nando Alvarez-Perez, on Monday, Nov. 13, at 10 a.m., during which he will discuss his art,聽current residency at Visual Studies Workshop in Rochester, New York, and his thoughts…
Studio Arts Graduate Student to Exhibit at Brooklyn Art Fair
Joe Turek G鈥18,聽a graduate studio arts student in the School of Art in the College of Visual and Performing Arts,聽was selected to be an exhibiting artist at Saatchi Art’s聽The Other Art Fair聽Nov. 9-12 at the Brooklyn Expo Center in Brooklyn….
New Voices: Recent Acquisitions from Light Work Collection
Light Work is pleased to present 鈥淣ew Voices: Recent Acquisitions from the Light Work Collection.鈥 聽Selected from over 4,000 photographs donated to the Light Work Collection by former artists-in-residence, the exhibition highlights Jennifer Garza-Cuen, Takahiro Kaneyama, Sara Macel, John Mann,…
914Works Presents ‘By-productions’ by GYni through Nov. 9
914Works in聽the College of Visual and Performing Arts (VPA) is presenting 鈥淏y-productions,鈥 an exhibition by GYni, through Nov. 9. A closing reception will be held on Thurs., Nov. 9, from 6-9 p.m. 914Works is located at 914 E. Genesee St.,…
Humanities Degrees Are Still Necessary
Gerald Greenberg, associate professor of Russian and Linguistics and Senior Associate Dean for Academic Affairs at the College of Arts and Sciences, talks to the Washington Post on the importance of a humanities degree. 鈥淭he value of a college education…
On My Own Time Exhibition Begins at Everson Museum Oct. 14
The winning sculptures, paintings and creative works of faculty and staff from the April 2017 On My Own Time program will be featured in a public exhibit at the Everson Museum of Art Oct. 14-Nov. 17. In addition to creations…
黑料不打烊 Symposium Continues ‘Belonging’ Theme with Artist Wafaa Bilal Oct. 12-13
黑料不打烊 Symposium聽continues its yearlong exploration of 鈥淏elonging鈥 with a mini-residency by acclaimed Iraqi-American artist聽Wafaa Bilal. On Thursday, Oct. 12, Bilal will give a presentation titled 鈥淧erforming Change: Diaspora and Belonging鈥 from 5-6:30 p.m. in the Peter Graham Scholarly Commons, 114…
黑料不打烊 Symposium to Present Historian Lisa Kirschenbaum, Artist Vivek Shraya
Lisa Kirschenbaum will discuss 鈥淏elonging to the International: Gender, Sexuality and Communist Identity during the Spanish Civil War,鈥 while Vivek Shraya will will kick off a two-day symposium titled 鈥淓mbodied Beings: Exploring the Politics of 鈥楺ueer鈥 in South Asia.”