Past Events
Part of a three-day conference (Sept. 13–15) devoted to Hudson Valley landscape, the program at Vassar will include a panel moderated by President Bradley, a lecture by Professor of Art Yvonne Elet, lunch on the Olmsted-designed Chapel lawn, and more!
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With compelling cinematography and commentary, this documentary presents the biography of a man whose parks and preservation are an essential part of American life. Movie snacks included!
Studio Art senior thesis projects by nine student artists will be on view through May 18.
Art and Decolonization in Africa during the Independence Era, 1956–1982: This talk by a MoMA curator foregrounds artists’ response to the advent of a new African reality characterized by the transition from colonial modernity to an aspirational decolonized subjectivity.
Natalie Frank offers an overview of her work from her undergraduate studies to portrait paintings that are currently under development in the studio (2005-2024).
Visiting Ribicoff Professor Sean Sawyer will give a lecture on Olana, the masterwork of Frederic Church (1826-1900), America’s most famous artist of the mid-19th century.
In this two-part lecture, Mindy Seu will present a performative reading of the Cyberfeminism Index followed by Celine Wong Katzman’s introduction to building intersectional feminist, archival, and curatorial frameworks in the contemporary art world.
Artist Fred Tomaselli is known around the world for intricate, engulfing images of earthly and cosmic realms made by suspending collage and painted imagery as well as an array of real-world materials in thick layers of clear, epoxy resin.
This student-produced exhibition features field research conducted by Art History and Earth Science students in Iceland this semester. Light refreshments will be provided.
Join us to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center, 160 years of the collection, and the official launch of our new collection catalogue Making & Meaning.
Transdisciplinary artist Maravilla grounds his practice in activism and healing.
The chief architects responsible for the restoration of Notre-Dame de Paris, Philippe Villeneuve and Pascal Prunet, will discuss the massive reconstruction project.
In this Claflin Lecture, art historian and author David J. Getsy will discuss the works of Scott Burton.
Alison Matthews-David of Toronto Metropolitan University will give a talk that investigates the theme of crime and clothing as weapon, evidence, and disguise.
Campus community only, please.
A 1:30 p.m. pop-up exhibit and lecture at Locust Grove Estate, followed by a 3:30 p.m. tour at the Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center at Vassar College. Free and open to the public.
Award-winning author Jennine Capó Crucet will read from her novel Make Your Home Among Strangers. Q&A and book signing to follow.
Art historian Wu Hung, who has published widely on both traditional and contemporary Chinese art, will speak about Chinese portrait photography.
A Matthew Vassar Lecture, panel discussion, and workshops by syndicated Black cartoonist and children’s book illustrator Jerry Craft, who will discuss his graphic novel New Kid—and how the text has been weaponized and banned from some libraries and classrooms across the country.
A Dialogue on Art and Disability with Tatlock Fellow Finnegan Shannon and Gordon Hall, Assistant Professor of Art.
Aki Sasamoto works in sculpture, performance, video, and more. In her installation/performance works, Sasamoto moves and talks inside the careful arrangements of sculpturally altered objects, activating bizarre emotions behind daily life.