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James Whistler, Walter Greaves, and the Invention of the Nocturne

12:30 PM ET

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In the 1870s, James Whistler and his sometime rival Walter Greaves developed the visual genre of the nocturne. Borrowing its name from Chopin’s piano sketches, it aims to capture the moody stillness of the night, explained in this presentation by Professor Pieter Broucke as part of the Fridays at the Museum series. Free

Mahaney Arts Center 125

Open to the Public

Ancient Egypt at Middlebury College: Art, Religion, Reception

12:30 PM ET

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Professors Shalom Goldman (Religion) and Pieter Broucke (History of Art and Architecture) and Director and Curator Rebekah Irwin (Special Collections & Archives) present the College’s richness of resources pertaining to Ancient Egyptian culture. Part of the Fridays at the Museum series. Free

Mahaney Arts Center Dance Theatre

Open to the Public

'I placed a jar': poetry, porcelain and place

4:30 PM ET

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Edmund de Waal, ceramic artist and award-winning author of the best-selling memoir, The Hare with Amber Eyes [2010], talks about recent projects in Vienna, Berlin and Los Angeles, how family stories interweave with his artistic practice, why collecting matters, and why white is a difficult color. De Waal’s work is currently on view in the exhibition A Story of Art: Gifts from the Collection of Charles S. Moffett ’67 and Lucinda Herrick; his lecture is in honor of his late friend Charles Moffett ’67.

Mahaney Arts Center, Olin C. Robison Concert Hall

Open to the Public

Mark Dion, Visiting Cameron Artist

4:30 PM ET

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Cameron visiting artist Mark Dion returns to campus to discuss his recent projects.

Twilight Auditorium 101

Free
Open to the Public

Cameron Visiting Artist Mark Dion: Misadventures of a 21st-Century Naturalist

4:30 PM ET

Sponsored by:: Museum of Art, Studio Art, and History of Arts and Architecture

Known best for his elaborate installations and fantastical curiosity cabinets, which often merge surprisingly disparate objects classified and arranged as so many incarnations of rare species, Mark Dion’s art questions distinctions between “objective” (“rational”) methods and “subjective” (“irrational”) influences. He returns to campus on the occasion of the Museum exhibition of prints created by the Cameron Family Arts Enrichment Fund and students in Hedya Klein’s Silkscreen and Intaglio classes.

Open to the Public

A Story of Land and Lens: Photographers Envision the Environment

12:00 PM ET

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Photographs drawn primarily from the museum’s rich holdings make up this comprehensive survey of photography and the environment, presenting some 70 images through the lens of environmental appreciation, concern, or activism. Professor Kirsten Hoving and her students have produced an innovative and comprehensive digital catalogue of the exhibition.