Tuesday, October 8, 2013
3:00pm
The Making of Glass Heart

Join us for an exclusive behind-the-scenes look at this specially commissioned installation at the Davis! Composer Jenny Johnson and exhibition curator Elaine Mehalakes speak in the gallery about the making of Glass Heart (bells for Sylvia Plath).

Wednesday, October 9, 2013
Rafael Moneo: After the Davis

Celebrate as the Davis turns 20! Join us for a special lecture by the architect of our extraordinary building, Rafael Moneo, for whom the Davis marks a career milestone as his first American commission. Winner of the Pritzker Architecture Prize, in 1996, among many prestigious awards, Moneo is the first Josep Lluis Sert Professor of Architecture at the Harvard Graduate School of Design. As the New York Times noted recently, Moneo’s buildings are “extremely site-specific, usually physically elegant and charged with experiential surprise, often in the plan or through internal manipulations of natural light.” Critic David Netto further lauded Moneo’s “versatility and conceptual sensitivity” as in league with that of Paul Rudolph, whose Jewett Arts Center, across the courtyard, inspired the Davis.

Friday, October 25, 2013
3:00 pm
Self-Portrait in a Convex Mirror: Dan Chiasson and Elaine Mehalakes

Join acclaimed poet and Associate Professor of English, Dan Chiasson, and exhibition curator Elaine Mehalakes, for a discussion of John Ashbery’s poem, “Self-Portrait in a Convex Mirror,” and the portfolio it inspired.

Saturday, October 26, 2013
11:00 am
Family Day at the Davis: Wind in the Trees

Inspired by the work of Finnish artist Eija-Liisa Ahtila, our fall Family Day invites visitors of all ages to think about the many different ways that artists represent nature. Fun activities, staged in the Davis galleries and lobby, include a scavenger hunt, crafts, and light refreshments.