BAKWIN LECTURE: JEWELRY AS ART
April 28, 5:00pm
The Wellesley College Art Department proudly presents Jewelry As Art, a lecture by Eleanor DeLorme, senior lecturer emerita and adjunct curator of the Davis Museum. Please join us for a 5:00pm lecture in the Collins Cinema on Tuesday, April 28, 2009. A reception will immediate follow in the lobby of the Davis Museum. This event is the final of three lectures made possible by the Dr. Ruth Morris Bakwin Class of 1919 Lecture Fund. For more information, please contact lpriestwellesley.edu (x2042) or dcarbarnwellesley.edu (x2043).
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AN ARTIST'S TALK WITH EVE SUSSMAN
April 24, 4:00pm
Eve Sussman’s work incorporates film, video, installation, sculpture, and photography. In collaboration with The Rufus Corporation – an ad hoc ensemble of performers, artists, and musicians – Sussman has produced motion picture and video art pieces. The talk will begin at 4:00pm in Collins Cinema, with a reception to follow. This event is sponsored the Art Department. For more information about this event, please contact lpriestwellesley.edu (x2042) or dcarbarnwellesley.edu (x2043).
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EQUIVALENT EXCHANGE
April 2 , 5:00-7:00pm
The Wellesley College Art Department proudly presents Equivalent Exchange, an exhibition of Patrick Hammie's new paintings. Hammie is the 2008 recipient of the 2008 Alice C. Cole Class of 1942 Fellowship in Studio Arts. The exhibit will be on view in the Jewett Art Gallery from April 1-24.For more information, please contact clieuwellesley.edu (x2056). For for disability accommodations, please contact jwicewellesley.edu (x2434).
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ART, VIOLENCE AND MEMORY
April 6, 5:30pm
Spanish Civil War - 9/11: Art, Violence and Memory is a presentation by conceptual artist Francesc Torres. Please join us for a discussion of two of his works: the excavation of a common grave from the Spanish Civil War (1936-1939) realized in 2004, and his ongoing preliminary photographic work for the 9/11 Memorial Museum at hangar 17 (JFK Airport) with objects collected from Ground Zero. The presentation will begin at 6:00pm in Collins Cinema, with refreshments served at 5:30pm. This event is sponsored by the Wilson Fund, Art, Spanish, History and the Davis Museum and Cultural Center. For more information, please contact blevitovwellesley.edu.
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BAKWIN LECTURE: IMAGES OF WOMEN
March 31, 5:00pm
The Wellesley College Art Department proudly presents Images of Women: La Mode from Gothic to Givenchy, a lecture by Eleanor DeLorme, senior lecturer emerita and adjunct curator of the Davis Museum. Please join us for a 5:00pm lecture in the Collins Cinema on Tuesday, March 31, 2009. A reception will immediate follow in the lobby of the Davis Museum. This event is the second of three lectures made possible by the Dr. Ruth Morris Bakwin Class of 1919 Lecture Fund. For more information, please contact lpriestwellesley.edu (x2042) or dcarbarnwellesley.edu (x2043).
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DUAL ACTION
March 18, 5:00-7:00pm
Dual Action is an invitational exhibition which highlights work by printmaking faculty from schools in New England. The exhibition title references the double creative lives that faculty lead as independent artists and educators. Works in the exhibition represent the diversity of both traditional and contemporary techniques of printmaking including etching, lithography, silkscreen, digital print media, monotypes and more. The exhibit will be on view in the Jewett Art Gallery from March 2-29. Please join us for the opening reception in the Gallery on Wednesday, March 18, 2009 from 5:00-7:00pm. This event is sponsored by the Art Department. For more information, please contact clieuwellesley.edu (x2056). For for disability accommodations, please contact jwicewellesley.edu (x2434).
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BLACK MACHISMO IN THE FLESH
Feb 18, 4:15-5:30pm
Black Machismo in the Flesh: the Paintings of Barkley L. Hendricks and Patrick Earl Hammie. A Black History Month lecture event featuring Patrick Earl Hammie, recipient of the 2008 Alice C. Cole Class of 1942 Fellowship in Studio Arts, and Genevieve Hyacinthe, art department lecturer. The event will be held on Wednesday, February 18, 2009 at 4:15-5:30 pm in room 450 of the Jewett Art Center. A reception will immediately follow in the Jewett Sculpture Court.  This event is sponsored by the Art Department. For more information, please contact lpriestwellesley.edu (x2042) or dcarbarnwellesley.edu (x2043).
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50TH ANNIVERSARY OF JEWETT ARTS CENTER
Oct. 15, 4:30-6:00pm
The Wellesley College Art Department proudly presents an exhibition and lecture celebrating the 50th anniversary of Jewett Arts Center, featuring "The Way We Were", photographs of life & art in Jewett in the early years and "Jewett's Architecture at Fifty: Looking Back at Three Motifs", a lecture by adjunct assistant professor, John Rhodes. Please join us for the opening reception of "The Way We Were" in the Sculpture Court on October 15th, from 4:30-6:00 and Professor Rhodes' lecture in Room 450 at 5:00 of the same day. This exhibition will continue through November 25. For more information, please contact lpriestwellesley.edu or 781-283-2042.
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JEWETT ART GALLERY: ART FROM THE NATIVE SOIL
Oct. 8, 4:45-6:00pm
The historical origins of Chinese peasant art were rooted in the 20th-century Chinese revolution and its rise was closely tied to the social and political movements of the People’s Republic of China, especially during the Cultural Revolution (1967-1977). The current exhibition will show how Chinese peasant art continues to grow with the ever-changing China in the 21st century. An opening reception is scheduled for 4:45-6:00 pm, October 8, with the presence of the exhibition curator Feng Bin, director of the Sichuan Academy of Fine Arts Museum, and his team and the woman peasant artist Li Chengzhi from Qiqiang, Sichuan. The opening reception will also include a lecture by Heping Liu, associate professor of Asian art, “Why Peasant Art? From Mao’s Political Persuasion to the Beijing Olympic Games”. For more information, contact Gallery Director Clara Lieu at clieuwellesley.edu or 617-283-2056.
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DAVIS MUSEUM: FALL OPENING
Sept. 17, 6:00-8:00pm
The opening celebration of the Davis Museum will include the exhibits Black Womanhood: Images, Icons, and Ideologies of the African Body (originally organized by the Hood Museum of Art at Dartmouth College), Ellen Zweig: HEAP, as well as Recent Acquisitions: Works on Paper. Please join the Davis Museum and Cultural Center in a celebration with gallery talks and refreshments. Both Black Womanhood and HEAP will be on view from Sept. 17 to Dec. 14.
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JEWETT ART GALLERY: FALL OPENING
Sept 3, 4:30-6:00pm
Arrivals/Departure, the opening exhibition for the Jewett Art Gallery's season includes works by Clara Lieu, Andrew Mowbray, David T. Olsen, Daniela Rivera, Christine Rogers and Jim Turbert. Works in the show include drawing, printmaking, digital media, photography, painting, and more. Exhibition is on view Sept. 1-28. For more information, email Gallery Director Clara Lieu at clieuwellesley.edu.
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