Museum of Art

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

In 1970 Blair photographed the relatively “new” issue of ecological crisis for National Geographic magazine. He has continued to cover the topic all over the planet. Using photographs from many stories he discusses “how we have made some progress but are still always playing catch up.” Part of the Fridays at the Museum series. Free

Simone Edgar Holmes ’20.5, intern in ancient art, will present her numismatic research and display proposal for the impressive collection of Ancient Greek coins that the museum has been expanding in recent years. Part of the Fridays at the Museum series. Free

Join Caroline Knapp ’18, a joint major in History of Art and Architecture and Classics, as she presents her senior work in process on the museum’s recently acquired and richly storied portrait from Fayum, Egypt. Part of the Fridays at the Museum series. Free

Join Carrie Anderson, Assistant Professor of the History of Art, and the students of her spring 2018 seminar, “From Velázquez to Cabrera: The Arts of Spain and the Spanish Americas,” as they make connections between the works exhibited in Power & Piety: Spanish Colonial Art and a select group of objects from Middlebury’s own collection.  Free

Join Carrie Anderson, Assistant Professor of History of Art and Curator of A Story of Art: Gifts and Bequests from Charles Moffett ’67 and Lucinda Herrick, as she and some of her students elaborate on the process which led to the formation of the exhibition.

Meet the Curator of Land and Lens: Photographers Envision the Environment for an informal walk through the exhibition and its myriad depictions of our planet.

Professors Damascus Kafumbe (Music), Pavlos Sfyroeras (Classics), and Pieter Broucke (History of Art) team up for a multi-pronged contextualization of the musical ritual on an alabastron by the Emporion Painter that was recently acquired by the Museum.

The annual Visual AIDS’ Day With(out) Art Video Series offers seven video works, each seven minutes long, that highlight the ongoing HIV/AIDS crisis. This year’s program places particular emphasis on those marginalized within broader Black communities nationwide, including queer and trans populations. Part of the Fridays at the Museum series.

Join professor emeritus and architectural historian Glenn Andres for a public talk about the concepts, details, and secrets of the Mahaney Center for the Arts in honor of its 25th anniversary. Opened in 1992 and designed by Hardy Holzman Pfeifer Associates, the MCA is home to three performance venues, four academic departments, the museum, and Rehearsals Café. Part of the Fridays at the Museum Series. Free