News and Events

Lecture-Dr. Hendrik Day (Middlebury ’99) Professor of Art History, Hunter College, CUNY

4:30 PM

“Colonnaded Streets and Urban Theater in the Later Roman Empire”

Grand, colonnaded avenues proliferated as never before in leading cities of the later Roman Empire. These new urban thoroughfares were costly and complex investments that transformed the appearance and the experience of the cityscapes they adorned. Usually willed into existence by the ruling regime, they lent themselves to new forms of political theater intended to project and promote the more autocratic style of rule adopted by emperors from the third century CE.

Johnson Classroom 204

Open to the Public

Ancient Beacons Long for Notice: a conversation with Dario Robleto

4:30 PM

In his prints, sculptures, and films, multi-disciplinary artist Dario Robleto incorporates a deep fascination with science, history, sound, medicine, and human empathy. His 2024 film, “Ancient Beacons Long for Notice,” is currently installed at the Middlebury College Museum of Art in the exhibit, “An Invitation to Awe.” He will join Guest Curator Katy Smith Abbott in conversation, as they explore Robleto’s conviction that “awe is a courtship with the unknown.”

McCardell Bicentennial Hall 216

Open to the Public

When do you own a story? Interaction or Appropriation in Religious Art and Practice

4:30 PM

Who owns a story? Is it the culture where we find the early versions, or the country that gives it prominence today? Using the Hindu story of “the churning of the ocean of milk,” which is minor in India where it originated but a major focus of art in Cambodia, I raise questions about cultural interaction and ownership. These issues, I will argue, are applicable to other areas such as yoga in America, and particularly relevant in times of ownership battles over music, art, and issues of nationalistic pride.

Robert A. Jones '59 Conference Room

Consequential: Towards an Activist Practice

4:30 PM

Professor Hilderbrand will discuss the origins and contemporary implications of an activist practice of landscape architecture, facing head-on the twin crises of our time: climate and justice. Co-Sponsored by the Cameron Visiting Artist Fund.

Johnson Classroom 204

Open to the Public

Guest Curator Talk: Kenneth J. Myers

4:30 PM

The MCMA invites you to a lecture by Kenneth J. Myers, Byron and Dorothy Gerson Curator of American Art at the Detroit Institute of the Arts (DIA). Since joining DIA in 2005, Myers has served as Head of the American Art Department, and led the team that planned the widely praised reinstallation of the museum’s esteemed collection of American art. He also organized the major traveling exhibition, “Frederic Church: A Painter’s Pilgrimage” (2017). Myers came to the DIA from the Smithsonian Institution, where he was curator of American art at the Freer Gallery of Art.

Mahaney Arts Center 125

Open to the Public

History of Art and Architecture Department - Commencement 2024 Remarks and Awards

4:30 PM

Remarks and awards for seniors and their families in the Mahaney Arts Center (MAC) Seeler Theater.

Mahaney Arts Center Seeler Studio Theatre

Departments of History of Art & Architecture and Music - Commencement 2024 Reception

4:30 PM

Commencement reception for History of Art & Architecture and Music seniors and their families.

Mahaney Arts Center Upper Lobby

Architecture for ALL Symposium - VERMONT INTEGRATED ARCHITECTURE DESIGNING FOR A COLLECTIVE FUTURE PRESENTATION AND Q&A

4:30 PM

Welcome by Pieter Broucke, Director of Architectural Studies
Introduction and Q&A by Sam Ostrow, Visiting Assistant Professor of Architecture

Johnson Classroom 204

Open to the Public

Architecture for ALL Symposium - BILLIE TSIEN “OPEN” PRESENTATION AND Q&A

5:45 PM

Welcome by Pieter Broucke, Director of Architectural Studies
Introduction and Q&A by John McLeod, Associate Professor of Architecture

Dana Auditorium (Sunderland Language Center)

Open to the Public

Architecture for ALL Symposium - TURNER BROOKS “MEMORIES, OBSESSIONS, PREOCCUPATIONS WITH SPACE” PRESENTATION AND Q&A

4:30 PM

Welcome by Pieter Broucke, Director of Architectural Studies
Introduction and Q&A by Misty Kaplan, Visiting Instructor in Architecture

Dana Auditorium (Sunderland Language Center)

Open to the Public

Architecture for ALL Symposium - Lunch

12:30 PM

Join our symposium guests, faculty, and members of Architecture Table (Middlebury College’s architecture club) for an informal discussion over lunch.

MIDDLEBURY COLLEGE STUDENTS ONLY

LUNCH PROVIDED

Architecture for All Website

Johnson Classroom 204

Closed to the Public

Architecture for ALL Symposium - MARLON BLACKWELL PRESENTATION AND Q&A

5:45 PM

Welcome by Pieter Broucke, Director of Architectural Studies
Introduction and Q&A by John McLeod, Associate Professor of Architecture

Dana Auditorium (Sunderland Language Center)

Open to the Public

Architecture for ALL Symposium - SUSAN RODRIGUEZ “ARCHITECTURE FOR ALL: DESIGNING AT THE INTERSECTION OF PLACE, PURPOSE,

4:30 PM

Welcome by Pieter Broucke, Director of Architectural Studies
Introduction and Q&A by Ben Allred, Visiting Assistant Professor of Architecture

Susan Rodriguez will discuss designing in the public realm and the creation of buildings and spaces that distill the essence of cultures and communities. She will share a series of projects that serve a diverse range of communities from off-the-the-grid rural locations to dense urban neighborhoods of New York City.

FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC

Dana Auditorium (Sunderland Language Center)

Open to the Public

Architecture for ALL Symposium - Lunch

12:30 PM

Join our symposium guests, faculty, and members of Architecture Table (Middlebury College’s architecture club) for an informal discussion over lunch.

MIDDLEBURY COLLEGE STUDENTS ONLY

LUNCH PROVIDED

Architecture for All Website

Johnson Classroom 204

Closed to the Public

Black Life in a Nazi Internment Camp: The Art of Josef Nassy

4:30 PM

During World War II, Black people living in Nazi Germany and occupied Europe were in some cases incarcerated in internment and concentration camps. One of the most significant visual documents of this neglected chapter of the war are a series of drawings and paintings created by Caribbean artist Josef Nassy during his internment. This talk introduces the little known Josef Nassy Collection as a unique visual record of the experiences of Black prisoners in the Nazi camp system.

Axinn Center 229

Closed to the Public