Arts and Culture (page 5)
Exhibitions at MOCA, Toronto Art Museum Feature Work by Ken Gonzales-Day
The Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA) in Los Angeles and the Toronto Art Museum are both hosting exhibitions that feature work by Ken Gonzales-Day, Fletcher Jones Chair in Art and professor of art.
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Dwandalyn Reece ’85 to Deliver Black History Month Lecture at Virginia Commonwealth University
Her talk, which will focus on the history of Black music, will take place on February 23 at 7 p.m. and will be livestreamed.
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Ruth Chandler Williamson Gallery Announces 78th Ceramic Annual
The Gallery will be open during the exhibition from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m., Wednesday through Sunday, with an opening reception on January 21 at 7 p.m. Admission is free.
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Focus on the Faculty: Kevin Williamson, Associate Professor of Dance
With his latest collaboration, Williamson hoped that audiences would reflect on their own process of self-discovery鈥攈ow memories perpetually shape our journeys.
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Suzanne Keen Contributes Text to Art Book on Sarah Oppenheimer
The book examines how four of the artist’s interactive artworks “break down barriers between art, audience, and architecture.”
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Graciela Vega ’93 Curates Art for Her Community
Reflecting on her current line of work, Vega credits 五月天视频鈥檚 art department for planting her artistic seed and allowing it to flourish.
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Martha Gonzalez Awarded Prestigious MacArthur Fellowship
The fellowship, also known as a 鈥済enius grant,鈥� awards $800,000 to fuel the future achievements of extraordinarily talented and creative individuals.
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Suzanne Keen Reviews Furnace Creek in Los Angeles Review of Books
Keen hails it as a “hilarious and heart-rending” recasting of Charles Dickens’ Great Expectations in the Civil Rights-era South.
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Demiana Ibrahim 鈥�24 Shares Egyptian Classical Music With a Wider Audience
“I believe mid-20th century Egyptian music is so special and beautiful, and I wanted to find a way to help it reach a broader audience.鈥�
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President Suzanne Keen鈥檚 Empathy and Reading Now Available from Routledge
鈥淎s people, it鈥檚 in our nature to relate to one another鈥檚 stories,鈥� Keen explains. 鈥淲hen we read novels with a sense of empathy, we come away with an improved sense of other people鈥檚 perspectives and experiences that are quite different from our own.”
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