2020
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Sophia Mautz ’21 examines the tensions between nature and artifice in the construction of feminine beauty. She will lead an interactive discussion of the sculptures Nature Study by Louise Bourgeois and Daphne ...
Adam Sella ’22 explores the color blue in three works of art: Utagawa Hiroshige’s print Yamato Province: Yoshino, a Thousand Cherry Trees at One Glance, Pablo Picasso’s Mother and Child...
From sculpture to the graphic arts, a vibrant tradition of found materials, assemblage, and collage exists in Brazil, where artists have deployed these techniques to illuminate economic, racial, and environmental issues. This talk will explore...
Join museum staffers Javier and Ryan as they spend thirty minutes feeding, interacting with, and discussing some of the museum’s amphibians and reptiles.
Kaitlin Hao ’21 will explore and confront the history of museum practice through a critical look at three objects: a mural painting from the Mogao Caves, a Go Ge mask on loan from the Peabody Museum, and...
Joe Short's Performer’s Workshop is a drop-in studio offering students an opportunity to sharpen fundamental skills, engage with new materials and develop new tools for live and recorded performance. While specific content...
Curator Makeda Best will talk with Washington, D.C.–based photographer and artist Larry Cook. They will discuss Cook’s socially critical work, which engages issues of black masculinity, black culture, racial stereotypes, and carceral aesthetics...
Cecilia Zhou ’22 examines how three works of art, spanning 700 years, position themselves vis-à-vis the future. She will lead an interactive discussion of the sculpture Prince Shotoku at Age Two and the...Ongoing & Upcoming Exhibitions
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