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Spring 2017 Calendar of Arts

March

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Continuing Exhibitions

Through March 10: Joelle Cicak: Murmuration

Goodyear Gallery, Goodyear Building (Cedar Street entrance)
Gallery hours: Tuesday-Friday, 3-5 p.m.; Saturday, 2-5 p.m.

Joelle Cicak, the Department of Art & Art History’s post-bac artist-in-residence for 2016-17, will exhibit pieces that include sculptural ceramics and works on paper.

Through Oct. 7: Käthe Kollwitz: The Bauernkrieg/Peasant War Cycle

The Trout Gallery, Weiss Center for the Arts
Gallery hours: Monday-Saturday, 10 a.m.-4 p.m.

From 1903 to 1908, Käthe Kollwitz produced Baurenkrieg (Peasant War), a seven-print series that reveals the brutal treatment of peasants in 16th-century Germany, their rise to revolution and battle and their subsequent humiliation and death. Although based on historic events, the series anticipates tragedies that soon took shape across Europe. This exhibition is curated by German major Courtney Rogers ’17.

Thursday, March 2, noon

Noonday Concert

Rubendall Recital Hall, Weiss Center for the Arts

This concert features students in Dickinson’s performance studies and chamber music programs.

March 3–April 15
Opening Reception: Friday, March 3, 5-7 p.m.

A British Sentiment:

Landscape Drawings and Watercolors 1750-1950 from the Collection of John Harbold P’07

William Gilpin, Middleton Dale, Derbyshire, n.d., ink and wash.

William Gilpin, Middleton Dale, Derbyshire, n.d., ink and wash.

The Trout Gallery, Weiss Center for the Arts
Gallery hours: Monday-Saturday, 10 a.m.-4 p.m.

This exhibition considers the historical, social and artistic context of the rise and popularity of landscape drawing and watercolor painting in Britain from the late 18th century to the early 20th century. It is co-curated by senior art history majors Olivia Falcey, Caroline Fallon, Christopher Guy, Xiaoqi “Nicole” Huang, Taylor Hunkins, Claire Paulsen, Joelle Paull, Sophie Weinstein, Alexia Tobash and Jackson Zyontz.

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Sunday, March 5, 4 p.m.

Faculty Recital: James Hontz, Guitar

James Hontz, Jeffrey Fahrenstock

 

Rubendall Recital Hall, Weiss Center for the Arts

Contributing Faculty James Hontz and guest vocalist Jeffrey Fahnestock will perform works by Mendelssohn, Henze, Britten, Walton, Krantz and Dowland.

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March 21-April 22
Opening Reception: Tuesday, March 21, 5:30-7 p.m.; Artist’s Talk, 6 p.m.

Shoshannah White: Sylvia J. Smith ’73 Artist-in-Residence

Artwork by Shoshanna White

 

Goodyear Gallery, Goodyear Building (Cedar Street entrance)
Gallery hours: Tuesday-Friday, 3-5 pm; Saturday, 2-5 p.m.

Sylvia J. Smith ’73 Artist-in-Residence Shoshannah White will spend six weeks on campus this spring, working in photography and installation. Her exhibition will highlight work produced during her residency.

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Thursday, March 23, 6-7:30 p.m.

The Jane L. and Robert H. Weiner Lecture in the Arts: The Artist’s Hand

Eugene Wang

 

Rubendall Recital Hall, Weiss Center for the Arts   

Eugene Wang is the Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Professor of Asian Art at Harvard University. His research covers a full range of Chinese art history, including ancient bronze mirrors, Buddhist murals and sculptures, reliquaries, ink paintings, calligraphy, woodblock prints, architecture, photography and films. This lecture is sponsored by the Department of Art & Art History.

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Thursday, March 30, noon

Noonday Concert

Rubendall Recital Hall, Weiss Center for the Arts

This concert features students in Dickinson’s performance studies and chamber music programs.

 

All events are open to the public and are free, unless otherwise noted. Events listed in the Calendar of Arts are subject to change. Please contact the appropriate department prior to an event to confirm that it will take place as listed.