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July 2008 Events
Exhibiting Mary Cassatt's Friends and Family
July 10, 2008, 6:30-7:30 PM
Shelburne Museum, Shelburne
Guest curator Dr. Nancy Mowll Mathews speaks about the exhibit she created for the Shelburne Museum -- Mary Cassatt: Friends and Family. The exhibition features more than 60 works from museums and private collectors and is the first major museum exhibition of the great American Impressionist to be held in Vermont. Dr. Mathews, senior curator of 19th and 20th century art at the Williams College Museum of Art, is one of the world’s foremost Cassatt authorities; her published work includes the influential biography Mary Cassatt: A Life (1998) and Mary Cassatt: The Color Prints (1989).
Transforming Shelburne Museum
July 17, 2008, 6:30-7:30 PM
Shelburne Museum, Shelburne
Shelburne Museum Director Stephan Jost discusses what's in store for Shelburne Museum.
September 2008 Events
Nature Contemplated, Beauty Released: Bamboo and Blossom, Landscape and Legend in 13th to 17th Century Chinese Painting
Friday, September 12, 2008, 4:30 PM
Mahaney Center for the Arts, Middlebury College Museum of Art
Cost: Free
John Berninghausen, Trustcott Professor of Chinese, analyzes individual works of landscape and flower painting in the exhibition Artists and Ancestors, exploring the stylistic trends they embody and their broader cultural context. Cosponsored by the Friends of the Art Museum and the Middlebury College Museum of Art.
October 2008 Events
Symbols of Eternity or Mirrors of Changing Values? Ritual Bronzes and the Painting of Nature in Chinese Culture
Thursday, October 2, 2008, 4:30 PM
Mahaney Center for the Arts, Middlebury College Museum of Art, Robert F. Reiff Gallery of Asian Art
Cost: Free
Colin Mackenzie, Robert P. Youngman Curator of Asian Art, discusses the political, moral, and aesthetic values embodied in Chinese bronzes and painting.
Collecting Antiquities in the Age of Cultural Repatriation
Thursday, October 16, 2008, 4:30 PM
Mahaney Center for the Arts, Room 221, Middlebury College Museum of Art
Cost: Free
Pieter Broucke, Associate Professor of History of Art and Architecture and Associate Curator of Ancient Art, will highlight the Museum’s recently purchased early Cycladic figurine as he discusses issues of illegal excavation, forgeries, and the diligence museums must exercise in scrutinizing provenance and authenticity when acquiring antiquities. Cosponsored by the Department of History of Art and Architecture, the Rohatyn Center for International Affairs, International Studies, Brainerd Commons, and the Middlebury College Museum of Art.
The Contemporary Portrait in American Society
Thursday, October 23, 2008, 4:30 PM
Starr Axinn Center, Reading Room 229, Middlebury College Museum of Art
Cost: Free
Richard Saunders, Director of the Middlebury College Museum of Art and Walter Cerf Distinguished College Professor, will speak about one aspect of his current book project, The American Face: Portraiture and Identity in American Culture. Cosponsored by the Friends of the Art Museum and the Middlebury College Museum of Art.
November 2008 Events
Image and Meaning: The Art of Xu Bing
November 6, 2008, 4:30 PM
Mahaney Center for the Arts, Concert Hall, Middlebury College Museum of Art
Cost: Free
Celebrated Chinese artist and MacArthur award winner Xu Bing talks about his art and in particular his exploration of language and signs. Calligraphy by Xu Bing will be on display in the Robert F. Reiff Gallery from September 12 to December 7. Cosponsored by the Department of History of Art and Architecture, the Robert P. Youngman ’64 Fund for Asian Art, the Academic Enrichment Fund, the Program in Studio Art, the Rohatyn Center for International Affairs, the English and American Literatures Department, the Chinese Department, the Teacher Education Program, the History Department, and the Middlebury College Museum of Art.
February 2009 Events
Confronting History: Contemporary Artists Envision the Past
February 13, 2009, 4:30 PM
Cost: Free
Mahaney Center for the Arts, Middlebury College Museum of Art, Christian A. Johnson Gallery,
Chief Curator Emmie Donadio will give a brief overview of the exhibition Confronting History: Contemporary Artists Envision the Past. Cosponsored by the Friends of the Art Museum and the Middlebury College Museum of Art.
Black Man’s Burden: Representing History in Contemporary African American Art
February 17, 2009, 4:30 PM
McCardell Bicentennial Hall, Room 216, Middlebury College Museum of Art
Cost: Free
Kymberly Pinder, Associate Professor at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Visiting Twilight Scholar, and an authority in the field of African American art, will speak in conjunction with the exhibition Confronting History: Contemporary Artists Envision the Past. Cosponsored by the Middlebury College Museum of Art, the Department of History of Art and Architecture, the Office of Institutional Planning and Diversity, Wonnacott Commons, the American Studies Department, the History Department, and the Middlebury College Museum of Art.
March 2009 Events
Christian A. Johnson Symposium in the History of Art and Architecture
March 7, 2009, 9:00 a.m.–1:15 p.m
Mahaney Center for the Arts, Concert Hall, Middlebury College Museum of Art
Cost: Free
A public symposium with papers presented by Middlebury College faculty and students of the Department of History of Art and Architecture. Cosponsored by the Middlebury College Museum of Art, the Department of History of Art and Architecture, and the Christian A. Johnson Enrichment Fund. To register for the luncheon or to request further information, please call (802) 443–5234. The registration deadline is Tuesday, February 24.
March 2009 Events
The Civil War and Historical Memory—or Memories
April 2, 2009
McCardell Bicentennial Hall, Room 216,
Cost: Free
John M. McCardell Jr., President Emeritus and College Professor, will speak in conjunction with the exhibition Confronting History: Contemporary Artists Envision the Past. As the Civil War sesquicentennial observance approaches, historical memory—individual and collective—will shape the commemoration. This talk will examine how memory, a process of both inclusion and exclusion, has formed and re-formed our understanding of the War