Museum of Art

This large-scale, site-specific installation celebrates the passage of knowledge, experience, and hope from one generation to another. By slowly crisscrossing colorful, oversized ribbons within an expansive environment, the performers alter the color, density, and time signature of space, creating a world in which each movement and architectural detail is illuminated. Developed by Tzveta Kassabova with the Dance Company of Middlebury and guest performers. Location: Outside Mead Memorial Chapel on Oct. 8th. Rain date is Oct.

Middlebury College students give a brief introduction to the exhibition American Faces: A Cultural History of Portraiture and Identity in conjunction with Kannapolis: A Moving Portrait. The museum is open for pre-concert visitors from 6:00–8:00 PM, with the gallery talk at 7:00 PM. Free

Following a brief gallery talk about how Keith Haring launched his artistic career making chalk drawings on expired advertisements in the New York City subway system, try your hand at making your own “subway drawing.” Materials provided, all ages welcome (children must be supervised). Post Pop: Prints of Keith Haring is on view through December 11 only! Part of the Fridays at the Museum series. Free

In conjunction with the Museum’s portraits of Henry Bliss Northup (Middlebury Class of 1829) and his wife Electa, Professors of History Bill Hart and Amy Morsman will discuss their respective research projects on the Northup family and their dramatic place in the story of race, slavery, and freedom in antebellum America. They will be joined by Melissa Surrette ‘16 and Elizabeth Sawyer ‘19, students who assisted them in their projects.

Professor Sarah Laursen examines the production of gold objects during the Han dynasty, when China increased its contact with other states and became integrated into trade networks like the Silk Road. This lecture will explore the foreign styles, techniques, and forms that first appear the Han dynasty, as well as gold’s functions as a marker of elite status and official rank, a tool for diplomacy, and an international currency and commodity. Free

As celebrated photographer for National Geographic, local resident James Blair has traveled to every continent on Earth. His photographs are published in numerous books and are included in the permanent collections of the National Portrait Gallery, the Museum of Modern Art, the Portland (Oregon) Museum of Art, and the Carnegie Museum of Art (Pittsburgh). He will discuss photographic portraiture in the exhibition AMERICAN FACES: A Cultural History of Portraiture and Identity. Sponsored by the Museum of Art. Free

Join us in POST POP: Prints of Keith Haring as curators Emmie Donadio and Chris Murray interview Julia Gruen, friend of the artist and long-time director of his Foundation. Free

Studies have pointed to the therapeutic benefits of coloring. Spend a mindful moment with our collection as you color beautiful line renderings of the Museum’s treasures, created by Phoebe Mitchell ‘18. Feel your stress melt away as you are inspired by the original art or invent your own color schemes! Part of the new Fridays at the Museum series. All ages welcome; children must be supervised. Free

Professor Emeritus of the History of Art and Architecture Glenn Andres gives an illustrated lecture on Middlebury’s past as a center of mill industry. He will touch on the significance of the local textile and marble industries, their role in shaping the town, and the people whose lives were intertwined with them. Offered as part of the Fridays at the Museum series, and in conjunction with Saturday’s performance Kannapolis: A Moving Portrait. Free

An informal, interdisciplinary works-in-progress showing with Maree ReMalia and friends. Come see the projects that ReMalia and her collaborators from Hatch Arts Collective (South Korea) and Middlebury College are working on this month drawing from their backgrounds in dance, theater, visual art, writing, and film. Shown in partnership with the Middlebury College Museum of Art. Free