On Wednesday, October 19, 2016 in The Ring Family Performing Arts Hall, Wesleyan President Michael S. Roth ’78 interviewed Henry Adams, Ruth Coulter Heede Professor of Art History at Case Western Reserve University and Menakka and Essel Bailey ’66 Distinguished Visiting Scholar in the College of the Environment at Wesleyan, about Professor of Art Tula Telfair’s new book, Tula Telfair: Invented Landscapes.
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On Tuesday, September 13, 2016 Wesleyan President Michael S. Roth ’78 spoke with artist Charles Traub, Chair of the M.F.A. in Photography and Related Media Department at the School of Visual Arts in New York City, about the here is new york project. Mr. Traub, a noted photographer, was one of the original organizers of the exhibition in 2001. Mr. Roth is a historian, curator, and writer who has authored books on the topic of trauma and memory, and has often turned to photography and film as he considers how people make sense of the past.
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The Second annual Feet to the Fire: Riverfront Encounter festival featuring live music, visual art installations, children’s activities, environmental education exhibits, food trucks, and a craft fair was held on Saturday, May 7, 2016 in Middletown’s Harbor Park.
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An opening reception was held to view the talents of the seniors in the Art Studio Program of Wesleyan’s Department of Art and Art History. Works featured by Milo Farley, Molly Grund, Nathan Harris, Caroline MacNeille, and Evan Ortiz were on display in the Ezra and Cecile Zilkha Gallery from Tuesday, March 29 through Sunday, April 3, 2016. Click here to view the full album on Flickr. Photos by Sandy Aldieri of Perceptions Photography.
“We Chat” exhibition Guest Curator Barbara Pollack moderated a panel discussion about issues facing the post-Mao generation in China on Saturday, February 27, 2016 in the Ring Family Performing Arts Hall.
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In connection with the exhibition “We Chat: A Dialogue in Contemporary Chinese Art” on view in the Ezra and Cecile Zilkha Gallery, performance artist Yan Xing worked closely with students to stage a happening at Olin Memorial Library on Friday, February 26, 2016.
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New media artist, theater director, and designer Reid Farrington conversed with composer, artist, and performer R. Luke DuBois on Thursday, November 12, 2015 in the CFA Hall.
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Kota Yamazaki/Fluid hug-hug performs the New England premiere of “OQ” on February 12, 2016 as part of the Performing Arts Series.
The Center for the Arts is one of the rare places in the state where you can consistently experience arts from around the world. This semester is no exception. In January and February, the Ezra and Cecile Zilkha Gallery hosts the work of ten contemporary Chinese artists born after the Cultural Revolution who are challenging traditional notions of Chinese identity and inventing new ways to shout out in the global arena. In February, Syrian singer Gaida brings her band to Crowell Concert Hall. At a time when her country is under siege, her soulful voice will remind us of the beauty and power of Syrian music and culture. And playwright Guillermo Calderón will discuss his award-winning works about Chile in the aftermath of the dictatorship.
Finally, the Music Department will host a March symposium on the work of the legendary experimental music composer David Tudor and, in April, the Theater Department offers Wes Out-Loud, a site-specific work created by Assistant Professor Marcela Oteíza and her students.
The semester ends on May 7 with Feet to the Fire: Riverfront Encounter, the second annual eco-arts festival featuring world music bands, educational exhibits, and site-specific performance works by area organizations at Middletown’s Harbor Park, located on the bank of the Connecticut River.
Drew Cameron, an Iraq war veteran, is co-founder of Combat Paper Project, a project in which veterans and the non-veteran community use traditional hand papermaking techniques to transform military uniforms into paper, prints, books, and art. He writes “All of our experiences are encoded within the material items we carry about. With clothing, and military uniforms, our personal geographies, memories, and accomplishments are carried in the woven threads. Through the hand papermaking process, the clothing is deconstructed, transformed, and altered into paper sheets that accentuate those individual and collective stories.”
His talk on Monday, September 28, 2015 at 4:15pm in the Usdan University Center, Room 108 covered the history of the project, the collaborative art-making process, and how the work generates both art and conversation about collective responsibilities and shared understanding of war. Additionally, he held an Interactive Workshop on Saturday, September 26 and Sunday, September 27, 2015 in the Usdan University Center Multipurpose Room as well as an Interactive Demonstration on Saturday, September 26, 2015 at Corwin Stadium on Andrus Field.
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Genre-defying composer, artist, and performer R. Luke DuBois utilizes data to create maps, scores, and videos that explore subjects including the Iraq War and the census; and that raise questions of artistic agency, privacy, and fair use. Organized as a database of his projects and concerns, the exhibition R. Luke DuBois: In Real Time is the first major gallery presentation of his work and includes recent and commissioned pieces that take as their basis real-time data flows, topical statistics, and contemporary media footage. The gallery opened on September 16, 2015 in the Main Gallery, Ezra and Cecile Zilkha Gallery.
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