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Illustrated Lecture: The Monkey King and I: The Making of American Born Chinese

Sponsored by:
Museum of Art and History of Arts and Architecture
In this illustrated lecture via Skype, cartoonist Gene Luen Yang describes how he created his critically-acclaimed graphic novel American Born Chinese, shares the book’s connections to both modern American pop culture and the Ming dynasty novel Journey to the West, and discusses the comics medium’s place in Asian American culture. Sponsored by the Middlebury College Museum of Art, the Chinese Department, the Program in East Asian Studies, the Department of History of Art and Architecture, and the Christian A. Johnson Enrichment Fund. Free

Davis Family Library 105A

Free
Open to the Public

A Modern Old Master? Using Historical GIS To Chart El Greco's Influence on the French Avant-Garde

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History of Arts and Architecture
Lecture by Ellen Prokop. Many specialists have claimed that the early modern artist El Greco served as an important source of inspiration for several seminal masters of French 19th-century painting. Yet there is little evidence that these avant-garde artists had the opportunity to study El Greco’s work in person. This lecture outlines this scholarly debate and demonstrates how geospatial technologies and analytical techniques offer a compelling means to explore El Greco’s contested legacy and discover new perspectives on the enduring issue of his influence.

Mahaney Arts Center 125

Open to the Public

Ancient Near Eastern Art—in New England and in the News

Sponsored by:
Museum of Art and History of Arts and Architecture
Susan Ackerman, professor of religion, women’s and gender studies, and Jewish studies at Dartmouth and president of the American Schools of Oriental Research; and Shalom Goldman, professor of religion at Middlebury, discuss the legacy of Near Eastern Art in American museums and the ongoing destruction of the ancient cultural patrimony in Iraq and Syria. Sponsored by the Middlebury College Museum of Art, Department of Religion, Department of History of Art and Architecture, and the Director of the Arts. Free

Mahaney Arts Center, Olin C. Robison Concert Hall

Open to the Public

Divine Ideal & Naked Truth: Representations of the Body in Ancient Greece/Rome & Modern Austria/Germany

Sponsored by:
Museum of Art and History of Arts and Architecture
Highlighting art from the Middlebury College Museum of Art’s collection of antiquities and the special exhibition Naked Truth: Approaches to the Body in Early-Twentieth-Century German and Austrian Art, this gallery talk will compare classical notions of the body to their modern equivalents. Led by Pieter Broucke (Associate Curator of Ancient Art) and Jason Vrooman (Curator of Education and Academic Programs). Please meet in the foyer of the Middlebury College Museum of Art, Mahaney Center for the Arts.

Mahaney Arts Center, Museum of Art

Free
Open to the Public

CVA Lecture: Jenn Karson, Sound Artist

Sponsored by:
History of Arts and Architecture
Jenn Karson, a native Vermonter, will share her experiences as a sound artist, alternative pop singer, and founder of Vermont Makers. Karson’s recent collaboration with the Fleming Museum in Burlington resulted in a unique installation in which she recreated the ambient sounds of Picasso’s studio and the streets of Montmarte during the time he painted Les Demoiselles d’Avignon. She creates both indoor and outdoor installations for urban and rural places and exhibits in both galleries and nontraditional places of display. Sponsored by the Cameron Visiting Artist Fund.

McCardell Bicentennial Hall 219

Free
Open to the Public

Comics and the Art of Visual Storytelling

Sponsored by:
Museum of Art, Greenberg-Starr Department of Chinese Language and Literature, and History of Arts and Architecture
Comics is finally coming of age as an artistic and literary form. Now this once-maligned medium of expression is poised for new opportunities, thanks to a mutating media environment and a potential revolution in visual education. Author and comics artist Scott McCloud shines a light on these and other fascinating trends in a fast-moving visual presentation.

To view a live feed of this event at 12:00 pm, please use the following links: If you are on campus, please go to “go/stream”. If you are off campus, please go to “go.middlebury.edu/stream”

Dana Auditorium (Sunderland Language Center)

Free
Open to the Public

Cameron Visiting Architect: Erinn McGurn

Sponsored by:
History of Arts and Architecture
Erinn McGurn, AIA is the Co-Founder of SCALEAfrica and Owner/Principal of SCALEStudio in New York City. The studio operates on a “for-benefit” model with social change and community-driven design as the primary focus. In 2013, SCALEAfrica was admitted into the Clinton Global Initiative and launched a commitment to action to build Zambia’s first sustainably-designed, technology-based community school. Sponsored by the Cameron Family Arts Enrichment Fund and Architectural Studies.

Johnson Classroom 204

Free
Open to the Public

Cameron Visiting Architect: Agency Architecture- "Hackable Infrastructures"

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History of Arts and Architecture
Agency Architecture: Hackable Infrastructures Ersela Kripa and Stephen Mueller are founding principals of AGENCY, a collaborative, interdisciplinary practice engaging contemporary culture through architecture, urbanism, and advocacy. In this lecture, they discuss former and current projects ranging from media environments and material assemblies to guerrilla infrastructures, architectural systems, and speculative urban research. Sponsored by the Cameron Family Arts Enrichment Fund and the Architectural Studies Program. Free.

Johnson Classroom 204

Free
Open to the Public

Cameron Visiting Architect- Teddy Cruz and Fonna Forman

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History of Arts and Architecture
Public Lecture by Cameron Visiting Architect Teddy Cruz and Fonna Forman. With a population of over 5 million, the cities of San Diego and Tijuana comprise the largest metropolitan bi-national region in the world. But despite their shared destiny, these border cities lack collaborative urban policies that promote co-existence, mutual environmental interests, and common regional aspirations.

Johnson Classroom 204

Open to the Public

Cameron Visiting Architect- Teddy Cruz and Fonna Forman

Sponsored by:
History of Arts and Architecture
Public Lecture by Cameron Visiting Architect Teddy Cruz and Fonna Forman. With a population of over 5 million, the cities of San Diego and Tijuana comprise the largest metropolitan bi-national region in the world. But despite their shared destiny, these border cities lack collaborative urban policies that promote co-existence, mutual environmental interests, and common regional aspirations.
Open to the Public