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Print of a hen with stylized triangular feathers with the texture of lace.

Atelier 17 at 100

On the occasion of the Loeb’s exhibition Atelier 17: Myths in Motion, we are delighted to welcome Christina Weyl, Executive Director of the nonprofit Atelier 17 Project, who will offer new perspectives on the history of the avant-garde printmaking workshop as its centennial approaches.

This event is free and open to the public.

A person sits at a desk looking at dried plant specimens in front of a mural of oversized plant specimens.

Artist Talk: Julia Whitney Barnes

Poughkeepsie-based artist Julia Whitney Barnes joins us to share insights into her wide-ranging artistic practice, which is based in reverent observation of the natural world. Whitney Barnes’s work is a highlight of the Loeb’s exhibition The Botanist at Vassar, on view through October 4.

This event is free and open to the public.

Oil portrait of a seated man in a gray shirt, rendered with layered, textured marks.

The Patient Looks Back: Portraits of My Therapist—Solo Exhibition by Joyce Polance

In The Patient Looks Back: Portraits of My Therapist, Catskill-based painter Joyce Polance reverses therapy’s usual direction of attention by turning the patient’s gaze toward the therapist. Painted in oil entirely with her fingers, the three-year series moves between likeness and disruption, testing how much close looking can—and cannot—reveal.

John Murphy and Ruby Funfrock stand in the Loeb's Print study room, with prints on the shelf behind them.

In Conversation: Teaching and Learning from the Straus Collection

Join us as we mark the closing weekend of A Living Legacy: Gifts from Lynn Gross Straus with a program featuring three generations of scholars who have been impacted by Lynn's generosity: Elizabeth Prelinger, Professor Emeritus of Art History at Georgetown University; John Murphy, the Philip and Lynn Straus Curator of Prints and Drawings at the Loeb; and Ruby Funfrock, Vassar Class of 2024 and former Loeb curatorial student assistant.

This event is free and open to the public.

Headshot of Anita Varma.

Talk by Anita Varma ’08

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A talk by Anita Varma ’08 based on her 2026 Columbia University Press book Solidarity in Journalism, about journalism and social justice. The talk will explore how conventional journalistic norms discourage reporters from taking sides; journalists are supposed to remain neutral, impartial, and objective.

This event is free and open to the public.

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