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Building on a new approach to portraiture Paul Strand initially explored while working in New England, his intensive and intimate photographic study of the residents of the small Italian village of Luzzara rigorously probed the limits of the genre.

Robert F. Reiff Curatorial Intern Madison Hampton ‘18 gives a public talk as part of the series Off the Wall: Informal Discussions about Art. We have grown to accept art as something framed and subsequently hung on the pristine white walls of museums and galleries; but Aspen, as a boxed publication printed in 1967, forces us to question not only how we define art, but also how we interact with it. Enjoy further conversation over a light lunch in the lobby. Sponsored by the Middlebury College Museum of Art and the Committee on the Arts. Lunch is provided.

Janis Staggs, Associate Director of Curatorial and Publications at New York’s Neue Galerie, discusses the work of Gustav Klimt and Egon Schiele in the context of the nude female body and its visualization in the period leading up to and following the First World War. Enjoy further conversation over a light lunch in the lobby. Presented as part of the series Off the Wall: Informal Discussions About Art. Sponsored by the Middlebury College Museum of Art and the Committee on the Arts. Lunch is provided. $5 donation suggested; free to College ID cardholders

Gennifer Weisenfeld, professor of art history and visual studies, Trinity College of Arts and Sciences, Duke University, analyzes selected examples of aesthetically coordinated interior and clothing designs from the work of celebrated Japanese designer Saito Kazo (1887–1955). Enjoy further conversation over a light lunch in the lobby. Presented as part of the series Off the Wall: Informal Discussions About Art. Sponsored by the Middlebury College Museum of Art and the Committee on the Arts. Lunch is provided. $5 donation suggested; free to College ID cardholders

Wentao Zhai ‘17 discusses the museum’s Roman child sarcophagus, the topic of his independent research, addressing the depiction of the Greek myth of Phaedra and Hippolytus as a means of exploring the relationship between Classical Antiquity’s two major cultures. Enjoy further conversation over a light lunch in the lobby. Part of the series Off the Wall: Informal Discussions About Art, sponsored by the Middlebury College Museum of Art and the Committee on the Arts. $5 donation suggested; free to College ID cardholders

Juliana E. Dunn ’19.5, Robert F. Reiff Curatorial Intern

Middlebury College hosts this year’s NECSEM conference. Ever wondered about music’s role in social life? Join us! The conference schedule is posted at www.necsem.org. Sponsored by the Department of Music, the Mahaney Center for the Arts, the Academic Enrichment Fund, and the Center for Teaching, Learning & Research. Free

10:00-10:30 “Dead Media” and the Concept of Canon in the Archive of Georgian Folk Song Brian Fairley, Wesleyan University 10:30-11:00 Hidden Transcripts, Production Strategies, and the Blues in the Music of the Eyo’nle Brass Band of Benin Sarah Politz, Harvard University 11:00-11:30 Singing Like a State: Music, Modernity, and the Projection of an Aurally Intelligible Cambodia in the Films of King-Father Norodom Sihanouk,1966-1969 Emily Howe, Boston University 11:30-12:00 Professionalism of Performing Musicians in Burlington, VT: A Discussion of Art,

Middlebury College hosts this year’s NECSEM conference. Ever wondered about music’s role in social life? Join us! The conference schedule is posted at www.necsem.org. Sponsored by the Department of Music, the Mahaney Center for the Arts, the Academic Enrichment Fund, and the Center for Teaching, Learning & Research. Free

Richard Saunders, director of the Middlebury College Museum of Art and author of “American Faces: A Cultural History of Portraiture and Identity.” Today selfies are everywhere. In 2015 Snapchat reported that almost 9,000 images were posted to its site each second and of these 5% were selfies. But how has modern technology and the proliferation of the selfie changed how Americans, as well as people most everywhere, choose to retain and share with others images of themselves?