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.

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Members of the Vassar Music Faculty will perform a variety of jazz originals and standards.

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Music from Paris: Vassar faculty members—Marka Young, violin; Liuh-Wen Ting, viola; Iva Casian-Lakos, cello; Marija Ilić, piano; and Alan Hankers, electronics—perform works by Kaija Saariaho and Gabriel Fauré.

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Join us as our Ford Scholars present their summer research projects. This event is free and open to the public.

Anna Polonsky, piano and Susan Rotholz, flute. Works of CPE Bach, JS Bach, Mozart and Copland.

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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.

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Classics and Creations: The trio of Nick Hetko (piano), Rich Syracuse (bass), and Jeff Siegel (drums) presents a set of American Songbook classics alongside their modern jazz originals for piano trio.

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The Distortion of Memory: Guitarist Trevor Babb, performs a recital length work for solo guitar by 2019 Pulitzer Prize Finalist, James Romig.

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Presented by members of the Music Department faculty.

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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.

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Several exhibitions and a book fair will be held at Vassar in conjunction with Making Meaning: A Collage Symposium, a three-day symposium at the Vassar Institute for the Liberal Arts. 

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Recital by Richard Wilson, composer and pianist, with special guest Carl Gutowski, flute

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Address Earth: Artists’ Books in a Suitcase is an exhibit by The Inspiration Art Group International. The artists’ talk will follow a reception for the exhibit itself in the Loeb Center, beginning at 5:00 p.m.

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Inspired by the exhibition, The Botanist at Vassar, the Loeb is proud to partner with Nature’s Impact to present a hands-on workshop with artist Serena Domingues, featuring her Botanical Dreams series—large-scale floral sculptures inspired by the power and mystery of nature. Guests will engage in a guided experience where they observe botanical forms and create their own imagined flower through sculpting and making. 

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Emily Nomer finds aesthetic company in the Pattern & Decoration artists of the 1970’s, amongst others. Most of the works are painted in acrylic, and geometry, repetition, and pattern are the basis of most compositions. Balance and proportion remain her guiding principles.

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An opening reception at 7:00 p.m. for the Art Department’s Senior Studio Art Thesis Projects show.

This event is free and open to the public. No reservations required.

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Featuring student winners of the soloist competition. Eduardo Navega, conductor

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Christine Howlett, conductor

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James Osborn, conductor

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Gail Archer, organ. Music of Bach, Brahms, Liszt, Schumann, and a selection of contemporary Bulgarian composers from her 11th album: Dobrich: A Bulgarian Odyssey

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Solo and collaborative works by George Gershwin, Thelonious Monk, and others complement original compositions and transcriptions.

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A public staged reading and reception celebrating the Drama Department’s annual playwriting competition recipients for 2026. Reservations are required.

Music of Pascal, Glazunov, Parker, Jobim, and more.

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James Osborn, director

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Eduardo Navega, director

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A panel discussion about the past, present, and future of preserving and protecting Vassar flora with Alicia Contelmo, Greenhouse Manager & Science Support Technician; Reave Finkel '29; Sol Longoria '23, Vassar-Kenauk Conservation Fellow at The Preserve; Professor of Biology Margaret Ronsheim, and Professor of Biology Emeritus Mark Schlessman.

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8:00 p.m.

Open to the public. Reservations required.

Drew Minter, conductor

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Milica Jelača Jovanović and Marija Ilić explore a variety of repertoire for the two-piano ensemble. Music by Beach, Bogojević, Bach, and Bolcom.

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The Film Department welcomes John Cameron Mitchell for a conversation with Professor Stein on his career as a director, actor, playwright, and producer, and queer representation in creative mediums.

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Join Assistant Professor of History Yu-chi Chang and curator Monique D’Almeida for a closer look at the Meiji war prints in the exhibition Bunmei Kaika: Political Landscape in Early Modern and Modern Japan. This talk explores the 1874 Japanese military campaign against the indigenous peoples of southern Taiwan, discussing how the event demonstrates colonial thinking during the early Meiji period.

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Josephine Halvorson will give a lecture on her work and process as an artist working from direct observation, foregrounding the firsthand experience of noticing, describing, and learning from the physical world.

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Sarah Gould of Université Paris, Panthéon-Sorbonne, will give a lecture entitled “The Very Worst Site for Pictures: Art and Contaminated Air in the Victorian Metropolis.”

Join us for free drop-in family programs on select Sundays this winter and spring. Each date will feature a different hands-on art activity inspired by art on view. Activities can be modified for all ages, but are best suited for children ages 5 and up.

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A public reading and reception celebrating the Phillip Cook Aspiring Playwright Prize 2026, awarded to Avery Violet Epstein ’28. Reservations required.

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Christine Howlett, conductor

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Music of Bach, Liszt, Ravel & Rachmaninoff

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Join playwright Mahesh Dattani, guest playwright and author, and the student cast of Dance Like a Man, for a compelling new play reading of his new work, Dance Like a Goddess and conversation exploring the dynamic intersection of performance and politics in modern India.

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In this C. Mildred Thompson lecture, Professor Jennifer Brody ’87 discusses her forthcoming book, Moving Stones: About the Art of Edmonia Lewis. It explores the extraordinary life and work of Edmonia Lewis, the Black and Ojibwe sculptor who rose to international fame in the nineteenth century.

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7:00 p.m.

Campus community only, please.

Internationally acclaimed German artist Barbara Beisinghoff discusses how her work explores the subversive dimensions of the Grimms’ fairy tales.

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Artist Marie Watt is a member of the Turtle Clan of the Seneca Nation of Indians whose work draws on images and ideas from Haudenosaunee protofeminism and Indigenous teachings. Through printmaking, painting, sculpture, and textile, she explores how history, community, and storytelling intersect. 

This virtual event is free and open to the public.

Abendmusik, New York’s period instrument string band, presents a special performance of Antonio Vivaldi’s first collection of printed concerti for 1, 2, and 4 violins: L’estro armonico, Op. 3., to honor the legacy of women in music.

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Featuring pieces for flute by European composers Debussy, Gahn, Hindemith, and Hue.

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Jonathan Weinberg, Ph.D., artist and curator of The Maurice Sendak Foundation, presents the Belle Krasne Ribicoff Lecture, examining Maurice Sendak’s artistic legacy and the evolution of the modern picture book.

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An exhibition of Artists' Books, Zines, and other printed materials.

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Battery Dance, celebrating its 50th anniversary, performs a new dance by Rosalind Newman, created during their March 2026 residency at Vassar College.

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The Iyoya exhibit, named after John Iyoya ’83, highlights young children’s interest in the visual arts and encourages their use of the arts to express themselves.

Join us for free drop-in family programs on select Sundays this winter and spring. Each date will feature a different hands-on art activity inspired by art on view. Activities can be modified for all ages, but are best suited for children ages 5 and up.

This event is free and open to the public.