The Arts

Past Events

Person sitting and playing at a piano on a stage.
Nov. 2, 2024, 8:00 p.m.

A different take on the music for harpsichord, with guitar and violin. The program includes music by Bach, Martinû, Milhaud, Wilson, and others. Marija Ilić, harpsichord, Roberto Granados, guitar, Anna Elashvili, violin.

Pictured: Three people holding their instruments in a collage with words that read, "The Walden Trio: Chelsea Lane, harp, Ginevra Petrucci, flute, Maren Rothfritz, viola".

A harp, viola, and flute program of works by primarily modern and contemporary composers inspired by the natural world. The Walden Trio: Chelsea Lane, harp, Ginevra Petrucci, flute, Maren Rothfritz, viola.

Men on boats.
Oct. 31 – Nov. 2, 2024, 8:00 p.m.–10:00 p.m.

A play and a senior Drama project.

Campus guests only, please. 

Reservations required: please contact boxoffice@vassar.edu.

Photo of artist Edgar Heap of Birds standing in front of one of his text-based works.

Hock E Aye Vi Edgar Heap of Birds (Cheyenne and Arapaho Nation) is an acclaimed multidisciplinary artist whose work has long advocated for recognition of historic and ongoing forms of oppression of Indigenous peoples in the US and globally. 

Portrait of a person with short cropped hair and glasses.

Join alum Jonathan Silberberg, an acclaimed documentary filmmaker and producer, for an engaging discussion about the challenges and rewards of a career in documentary filmmaking and how the field is rapidly transforming today.

Close-up of a choir, eight members singing in a concert, all wearing black
Oct. 26, 2024, 1:30 p.m.

The eVoco Voice Collective is an award-winning collection of singers of the highest musical, technical, and expressive abilities whose shared mission is to invite listeners into the extraordinary experience of singing, together. They are passionate advocates for excellence in the choral & vocal art. David Fryling, conductor.

Photo collage with portraits of two contemporary young women.

Explore technology’s impact on reproductive rights in this conversation with Kiana Tipton from Chat with Charley and Aisha Becker-Burrowes from FEMINIST. This event is organized in conjunction with the Loeb’s current exhibition, Reproductive: Health, Fertility, Agency.

Portion of artwork of Abraham's Sacrifice, 1655, etching and drypoint, Rosenwald Collection
Oct. 23, 2024, 5:30 p.m.

An Agnes Rindge Claflin Lecture by Larry Silver, Farquhar Professor of Art History Emeritus at the University of Pennsylvania and a specialist in painting and graphics of Northern Europe.

A blurry frame from the film "Power" by Yance Ford. It shows a group of police officers in helmets, holding batons and marching in a line.

The Film Department will be hosting a screening of Yance Ford’s new film Power, which traces the accumulation of money, the consolidation of political power, and the nearly unrestricted bipartisan support that has created the institution of policing as we know it. Followed by a Q&A with the director moderated by Professor Mia Mask.

An aerial digital image of a soccer/football stadium.

New York City-based artist Paul Pfeiffer has been working in video, photography, installation, and sculpture since the late 1990s. Known for his innovative and sculptural manipulation of digital media, Pfeiffer recasts the visual language of mass media spectacle to examine how images shape our awareness of ourselves and the world.

A person with glasses from the side on a dark background.
Oct. 6, 2024, 3:00 p.m.

A recital of music in, or in opposition to, the key of C. Thomas Sauer, piano.

Two people blowing into a wind instrument on stage during a concert.
Oct. 5, 2024, 8:00 p.m.

Eduardo Navega, conductor.

This is an in-person event that will also be streamed live

A diagram of a woman’s reproductive system is collaged on paper, surrounded by hues of red, black, and grey watercolor and organic plant forms.
Oct. 3, 2024, Reception begins 4:00 p.m.; Conversation at 5:30pm in Taylor 102

This exhibition of contemporary art explores the psychological, physical, and emotional realities encountered by women and people assigned female at birth in the years leading up to, during, and after fertility. Artists Krista Franklin and Joanne Leonard will be in conversation with exhibition curators Karen Irvine and Kristin Taylor.

Illustration of two sets of the backs of legs wearing sneakers behind the American Flag and standing in a voting booth.
Sep. 30, 2024, 6:30 p.m.

Join the Office of Student Growth & Engagement, the Engaged Pluralism program, and the Office of Community Engaged Learning-Vassar Votes, for a film screening of The Young Vote.

Headshot of Foster Schrader with black hair and a white shirt.
Sep. 28, 2024, 2:00 p.m.–3:30 p.m.

A reading of a play by Foster Schrader ’25, recipient of the Marilyn Swartz Seven ’69 Annual Playwriting Award, Spring ’24. A reception will follow.

Campus guests only, please. Reservations required.

A grid of three photographs showing Poughkeepsie Open Studios. One photo shows the outside of a building, while the other two show the interior of some of the studios.
Sep. 28 – Sep. 29, 2024

Celebrate the arts and artists of Poughkeepsie, NY this September! Visit over 30 local artists, makers, and creators at galleries, artist studios, and creative spaces. Learn more at poughkeepsieopenstudios.org.

A colorful painting of two cats looking at the viewer, standing among flowers.
Sep. 27 – Sep. 29, 2024

This special sale, sponsored by the Haiti Project, will showcase over 200 original and affordable paintings while raising funds for education programs in rural Haiti. 

decorative.

Dr. Shapiro will be speaking about his new book, The Playbook, which documents the history of the Federal Theater Project (1935–1939). The project was helmed by Vassar’s own Hallie Flanagan, under whose stewardship the Vassar Drama Department was first established.

Campus community only, please. Reservations required.

Three people standing on stairs in a building smiling for the camera.
Sep. 15, 2024, 3:00 p.m.

Original works for trio and American Songbook featuring longtime trio partners Nick Hetko, piano, Rich Syracuse, double bass, and Jeff “Siege” Siegel, drums.

Painting of Langdale Valley, United Kingdom - a grass and tree covered valley and mountains with a small stone walled path on the left.

The Palmer Gallery welcomes the artists’ collective Rhinebeck Fine Art, featuring Hudson Valley artists working in media ranging from painting to photography to sculpture. Artists’ reception September 27.

Exterior view of Skinner Hall of Music
Jul. 7, 2024, 3:00 p.m.

Brian Mann, piano, Lou Pappas, double bass, Tom Melito, drums, Iain Mann, violin, guitar, Courtenay Budd, voice, James Ruff, voice

a concert hall with a grand piano on a wooden stage. Behind the stage is a large, ornate pipe organ with polished metal pipes and intricate woodwork.
Jun. 23, 2024, 4:00 p.m.

The Hudson Valley’s Bachfest Chorus & Orchestra returns with works for chorus and orchestra featuring Buxtehude’s Jesu, meines Lebens Leben and Bach’s Cantata 34 O ewiges Feuer, O Ursprung der Liebe, Cantata 191 Gloria in excelsis Deo, and the Triple Concerto for Flute, Violin, and Harpsichord. Christine Howlett, conductor.   

a concert hall with a grand piano on a wooden stage. Behind the stage is a large, ornate pipe organ with polished metal pipes and intricate woodwork.
Jun. 22, 2024, 3:00 p.m.

The Hudson Valley’s Bachfest returns with works for organ and piano, featuring pianists Sylvia Buccelli and Ruthanne Schempf and organists Gail Archer and Avery Duer ’24.

An image of a you boy peering out of a doorway from Amy Kaslow's exhibit, "LifeI After War: Disturbed".
May 31 – Aug. 5, 2024

Life After War: Disturbed, an exhibit by Amy Kaslow ’81 at the Palmer Gallery, transports you through images and storyboards to a dozen countries, some decades into their post-war years.

May 5, 2024, 3:00 p.m.

An afternoon of organ repertoire spanning nearly 400 years, including works by Buxtehude, Bach, and Franck.

May 4, 2024, 1:30 p.m.

Featuring solo works by Mozart, Chopin, Liszt, Rachmaninoff, and Beethoven’s Trio in D Major, op. 70, no. 1.

A person with long brown hair performs on a darkened stage in front of a microphone. The person is wearing all black clothing.
Apr. 26, 2024, 7:00 p.m.

A performance of original dance works by four Vassar seniors. Reserve free tickets.