Upcoming Events
All are invited to join us for a fun-filled evening celebration to kick off Black History Month. There will be lively performances, engaging speakers, delicious food/beverages, fun activities, giveaways, and more!
Free and open to the public.
This talk examines how Black artists transform AI from a tool of command and control into a medium for intergenerational dialogue and alternative worlding.
This event is free and open to the public.
Steven Cash ’84 brings experience from the CIA, U.S. Senate, and Department of Homeland Security to examine why many in the national security community view this as a pivotal moment for U.S. democracy—and how it can be protected.
Vassar Repertory Dance Theatre performs works created by faculty, students, and guest choreographers, selected from the current repertory.
MODfest 2026
Celebrate the creativity and stylistic breadth of Vassar’s emerging composers. This interactive event offers audiences a unique opportunity to engage directly with the compositional process, from first sparks to finished scores, featuring live performances and open discussion in a collaborative workshop.
MODfest 2026
Campus comes to life in a new guise with sound installations created by Vassar’s electronic music students.
MODfest takes to the airwaves as WVKR spotlights original radio art by Vassar’s electronic music students. This special broadcast showcases the craft and sonic imagination of Vassar’s emerging artists.
MODfest 2026
Professor of Chinese Studies Liang Luo examines how the White Snake legend is being reimagined through contemporary opera, film, and theater as a framework for digital-age minority activism.
Dinaw Mengestu is the author of four novels: Someone Like Us; All Our Names; How To Read the Air; and The Beautiful Things That Heaven Bears, all New York Times Notable Books.
Free and open to the public.
Ongoing Events
Please join us for The Albertine Cinémathèque French Film Festival presented by the Vassar College Department of French and Francophone Studies.
Free and open to the public.
Jeremy Dennis (b. 1990) is a contemporary fine art photographer, an enrolled Tribal Member of the Shinnecock Indian Nation in Southampton, New York, and lead artist and founder of the nonprofit Ma’s House & BIPOC Art Studio Inc. on the Shinnecock Reservation. His work centers Indigenous identity, culture, and the legacies of colonial assimilation.
This single-gallery installation features archival materials, including sound recordings, from a 1973 performance by the pioneering and provocative American artist Vito Acconci.
This installation brings together work by the acclaimed potter Maria Martinez and multimedia artist Rose B. Simpson, whose sculpture “Seed” is the first new addition to Vassar’s campus art in nearly 20 years.
MODfest 2026