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On Thursday, January 29th, the College community and the public are invited to the dedication of the timber frame of a Japanese teahouse, built by twelve students over the course of the four-week 2026 Winter Term. The teahouse will be dedicated in a traditional Shinto ceremony.  
Taught by Douglas Brooks, a builder of boats and other traditional structures who has extensive experience working in Japan, the course is entitled Building the Japanese Teahouse and seeks to introduce students to the pedagogy of Japanese appren

Lecture by Henry Drewal, African Art Historian.

Alix Pauchet ’15 is a resilience designer working at the intersection of architecture, landscape architecture, engineering, ecology, and mapping to address climate change along urban waterfronts. She returns to Middlebury as part of the Cameron Visiting Architect Program.

Support the Fall 2025 Studio Art & Architecture students.  Come and enjoy refreshments and lite bites while you view student artwork and architecture student projects.

Dahomey, dir. Mati Diop, 2024

*This film will be ticketed to ensure capacity. Get your tickets here.*

Orlando : ma biographie politique (Orlando, My Political Biography), dir. Paul. B. Preciado, 2023

Banel & Adama, dir. Ramata-Toulaye Sy, 2023

Ni Chaînes, Ni Maitres (No Chains, No Masters), dir. Simon Moutairou, 2024

Le salaire de la peur (Wages of Fear), dir. Henri-Georges Clouzot, 1953

Mariam Ghani is an artist, writer, and filmmaker. Her work examines places, spaces, and moments where social, political, and cultural structures manifest in visible forms, encompassing video, sound, installation, photography, performance, text, and data. 

Le Règne Animal (The Animal Kingdom), dir. Thomas Cailley, 2023

Please join HARC Faculty and Majors from both the Art History and Architectural Studies tracks, to learn more about the major/minor requirements, in addition to department opportunities, trips, funding, and fun.