Division of the Arts News by Date
November 2016
11-20-2016
Bard alumna Tschabalala Self discusses her new solo exhibition of collaged fabric and paint work exploring the black female body, and the ongoing impact of the Bard faculty on her practice.
Meta: Type(s): Alumni | Subject(s): Alumni/ae,Bardians at Work,Division of the Arts | Institutes(s): Bard Undergraduate Programs |
Meta: Type(s): Alumni | Subject(s): Alumni/ae,Bardians at Work,Division of the Arts | Institutes(s): Bard Undergraduate Programs |
11-20-2016
Author Porochista Khakpour talks about supporting Bard students and amplifying her activism after the election.
Meta: Type(s): Faculty | Subject(s): Division of Languages and Literature,Division of the Arts,Politics and International Affairs | Institutes(s): Bard Undergraduate Programs,Center for Civic Engagement |
Meta: Type(s): Faculty | Subject(s): Division of Languages and Literature,Division of the Arts,Politics and International Affairs | Institutes(s): Bard Undergraduate Programs,Center for Civic Engagement |
11-18-2016
Work by several Bard alumnae and faculty members will be featured in the Whitney Biennial this spring. Bard alumnae include Celeste Dupuy Spencer (Studio Arts), Dani Leventhal MFA '10 (Film/Video), Carrie Moyer MFA '02 (Painting), and Leila Weinraub (MFA). Faculty artists include Susan Cianciolo (MFA visiting artist in Painting), Kevin Everson (MFA Film/Video faculty), An-My Lê (Photography), Ulrike Müller (MFA Painting cochair), and Cauleen Smith (MFA Film/Video faculty).
Meta: Type(s): Faculty | Subject(s): Alumni/ae,Bardians at Work,Division of the Arts | Institutes(s): Bard Undergraduate Programs,MFA |
Meta: Type(s): Faculty | Subject(s): Alumni/ae,Bardians at Work,Division of the Arts | Institutes(s): Bard Undergraduate Programs,MFA |
11-02-2016
"We are the (Epi) center…" is a two-month project that brings together a range of international artists to rethink art's relationship to its forms of exhibition and propose new models. Opening reception on Friday, November 11, 6–8pm with a performance by Harold Offeh. The project is coorganized with Paul O’Neill and the Center for Curatorial Studies and takes place at P!, located at 334 Broome Street in New York City.
Meta: Type(s): Event | Subject(s): Division of the Arts | Institutes(s): Center for Curatorial Studies |
Meta: Type(s): Event | Subject(s): Division of the Arts | Institutes(s): Center for Curatorial Studies |
October 2016
10-26-2016
"Charles Percier: Architecture and Design in an Age of Revolutions" is one of several exhibitions focusing on 18th-century French furniture, some of which emphasize detecting forgeries.
Meta: Type(s): Event | Subject(s): Division of the Arts | Institutes(s): Bard Graduate Center |
Meta: Type(s): Event | Subject(s): Division of the Arts | Institutes(s): Bard Graduate Center |
10-26-2016
Bard writer in residence Wyatt Mason looks at the Chicago-based artist who, for more than 40 years, has made it his mission to paint black figures into the canon.
Meta: Type(s): Faculty | Subject(s): Division of Languages and Literature,Division of the Arts | Institutes(s): Bard Undergraduate Programs |
Meta: Type(s): Faculty | Subject(s): Division of Languages and Literature,Division of the Arts | Institutes(s): Bard Undergraduate Programs |
10-26-2016
Ben Coonley's "Trading Futures" is featured in the Whitney Museum's show Dreamlands: Immersive Cinema and Art, 1905–2016.
Meta: Type(s): Faculty | Subject(s): Division of the Arts,Film | Institutes(s): Bard Undergraduate Programs |
Meta: Type(s): Faculty | Subject(s): Division of the Arts,Film | Institutes(s): Bard Undergraduate Programs |
10-26-2016
If you missed Alan Cumming in conversation with WAMC's Joe Donahue at the Fisher Center on October 16, you can listen to the whole event on the Book Show.
Meta: Type(s): Event | Subject(s): Division of Languages and Literature,Division of the Arts,Film | Institutes(s): Fisher Center |
Meta: Type(s): Event | Subject(s): Division of Languages and Literature,Division of the Arts,Film | Institutes(s): Fisher Center |
10-19-2016
Aaron Turner, technical director of the Film and Electronic Arts Program, discusses his work based on the narratives of people of color in the Arkansas and Mississippi deltas.
Meta: Type(s): Staff | Subject(s): Division of the Arts,Film | Institutes(s): Bard Undergraduate Programs |
Meta: Type(s): Staff | Subject(s): Division of the Arts,Film | Institutes(s): Bard Undergraduate Programs |
10-16-2016
In this essay from The Artists' and Writers' Cookbook, photographer An-My Lê remembers her grandmother making substitution pho after the family moved from Vietnam to Paris.
Meta: Type(s): Faculty | Subject(s): Division of Languages and Literature,Division of the Arts | Institutes(s): Bard Undergraduate Programs |
Meta: Type(s): Faculty | Subject(s): Division of Languages and Literature,Division of the Arts | Institutes(s): Bard Undergraduate Programs |
10-13-2016
Professor Sante observes the indignation around Dylan's Nobel win, arguing that the writer deserves the award for using the power of words to change the time he inhabited.
Meta: Type(s): Faculty | Subject(s): Division of Languages and Literature,Division of the Arts,Music | Institutes(s): Bard Undergraduate Programs |
Meta: Type(s): Faculty | Subject(s): Division of Languages and Literature,Division of the Arts,Music | Institutes(s): Bard Undergraduate Programs |
10-13-2016
Idaho is one of the most welcoming states in the Union for refugees, settling nearly 1,000 a year, mostly from war-torn regions in Africa, Asia, and the Middle East.
Meta: Type(s): Alumni | Subject(s): Alumni/ae,Bardians at Work,Division of the Arts | Institutes(s): Bard Undergraduate Programs |
Meta: Type(s): Alumni | Subject(s): Alumni/ae,Bardians at Work,Division of the Arts | Institutes(s): Bard Undergraduate Programs |
10-07-2016
Artists Medrie MacPhee, Sherri Burt Hennessey Artist in Residence, and Shinique Smith, who will teach a course at Bard this spring, have been honored with Anonymous Was A Woman Awards. Anonymous Was A Woman is an unrestricted grant of $25,000 that enables women artists, over 40 years of age and at a significant juncture in their lives or careers, to continue to grow and pursue their work. The award is given in recognition of an artist's accomplishments, artistic growth, and the quality of her work.
Meta: Type(s): Faculty | Subject(s): Division of the Arts | Institutes(s): Bard Undergraduate Programs |
Meta: Type(s): Faculty | Subject(s): Division of the Arts | Institutes(s): Bard Undergraduate Programs |
10-06-2016
Actress Gaby Hoffmann on her role in the groundbreaking Amazon series Transparent and her remarkable childhood growing up in Manhattan's Chelsea Hotel.
Meta: Type(s): Alumni | Subject(s): Alumni/ae,Bardians at Work,Division of the Arts,Film | Institutes(s): Bard Undergraduate Programs |
Meta: Type(s): Alumni | Subject(s): Alumni/ae,Bardians at Work,Division of the Arts,Film | Institutes(s): Bard Undergraduate Programs |
10-05-2016
Bessie Award–winning choreographer Beth Gill makes her Fisher Center debut with Catacomb, a dance performance inspired by the imagination and subconscious, on Thursday, October 13 through Saturday, October 15 at 7:30 p.m. in the LUMA Theater.
Credit: Photo: Brian Rogers
Meta: Type(s): Event | Subject(s): Dance,Division of the Arts | Institutes(s): Fisher Center |
Meta: Type(s): Event | Subject(s): Dance,Division of the Arts | Institutes(s): Fisher Center |
September 2016
09-29-2016
Acclaimed photographer Stephen Shore launched his career in his teens by becoming one of the main photographers to document the scene at Warhol’s factory.
Credit: Photo: Brian Rogers
Meta: Type(s): Faculty | Subject(s): Division of the Arts | Institutes(s): Bard Undergraduate Programs |
Meta: Type(s): Faculty | Subject(s): Division of the Arts | Institutes(s): Bard Undergraduate Programs |
09-29-2016
Curated by Paul O'Neill, director of the graduate program, We are the Center for Curatorial Studies is both an exhibition and research project, a multiyear program incorporating artist projects, exhibitions, collaborations, and public and nonpublic programs. On view in the Hessel Museum of Art, October 15 to December 16, with an opening reception on Saturday, October 15 from 1:00 to 4:00 p.m., with a special live performance by artist James Hoff (PAN).
Meta: Type(s): Event | Subject(s): Division of the Arts | Institutes(s): Center for Curatorial Studies |
Meta: Type(s): Event | Subject(s): Division of the Arts | Institutes(s): Center for Curatorial Studies |
09-20-2016
Tom Eccles, director of Bard's Center for Curatorial Studies, is among the artnet Titans: the most influential people in the art world.
Meta: Type(s): Faculty | Subject(s): Division of the Arts | Institutes(s): Center for Curatorial Studies |
Meta: Type(s): Faculty | Subject(s): Division of the Arts | Institutes(s): Center for Curatorial Studies |
09-12-2016
Mozart in the Jungle star Kirke talks about the privileges of an arts education and the power of being in a show with strong female characters.
Meta: Type(s): Alumni | Subject(s): Alumni/ae,Bardians at Work,Division of the Arts,Film | Institutes(s): Bard Undergraduate Programs |
Meta: Type(s): Alumni | Subject(s): Alumni/ae,Bardians at Work,Division of the Arts,Film | Institutes(s): Bard Undergraduate Programs |
09-09-2016
Kelly Reichardt discusses her independent career, making film as a woman, and why she teaches at Bard.
Meta: Type(s): Faculty | Subject(s): Division of the Arts | Institutes(s): Bard Undergraduate Programs |
Meta: Type(s): Faculty | Subject(s): Division of the Arts | Institutes(s): Bard Undergraduate Programs |