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Portrait of artist Rose B. Simpson seated in front of an adobe wall

Rose B. Simpson is a powerful voice in contemporary art who works in various media, including—but not limited to—sculpture, performance, and poetry. Her monumental sculpture Seed is the latest permanent addition to Vassar’s campus art collection, and the first by an Indigenous artist.

Free and open to the public.

Composite image showing headshots of Julia Heim, Emily Antenucci, and Alberto Gelmi arranged side by side against a purple gradient background.

A mini-symposium examining queer representation and interpretation in Italian media, literature, and popular culture, featuring scholars from Vassar College and the University of Pennsylvania.

Subject smiling and looking directly at the camera.

Alcée Chriss III is widely regarded as one of the leading young organists of our time.

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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.

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