Kofi Bazzell-Smith is an artist, a graduate student at the University of Illinois, and a professional boxer. Pursuing his Master of Fine Arts in New Media, Kofi is currently a Mellon Foundation Interseminars Initiative Fellow with the Humanities Research Institution.
Franklin Environmental Center, The Orchard-Hillcrest 103
Open to the Public
Kofi Bazzell-Smith will share his knowledge about manga techniques that he learnt under the tutelage of Japanese artists and will teach the audience how to draw Japanese comic books.
: Participants are encouraged to bring a pencil and ruler, if possible, and to sign up using this form.
Mahaney Arts Center 125
Open to the Public
Kofi Bazzell-Smith will share his knowledge about manga techniques that he learnt under the tutelage of Japanese artists and will teach the audience how to draw Japanese comic books.
Mahaney Arts Center 125
Closed to the Public
Join our student guides for informal conversations about highlights from the College’s art collection. Open to Middlebury students, faculty, staff, and their families.
Mahaney Arts Center, Museum of Art
Middlebury College Museum of Art Hours:
Tuesday through Friday–10:00 AM–5:00 PM
Saturday, October 8–10:00 AM–2:00 PM
Sunday, October 9–12:00 PM–5:00 PM
Mahaney Arts Center, Museum of Art
Open to the Public
Middlebury College Museum of Art Hours:
Tuesday through Friday–10:00 AM–5:00 PM
Saturday, October 8–10:00 AM–2:00 PM
Sunday, October 9–12:00 PM–5:00 PM
Mahaney Arts Center, Museum of Art
Open to the Public
Asian Imprints in Latin American and Caribbean History and Culture (Public lecture by Kathleen López)
Twilight Auditorium 101
Open to the Public
Join our first in-person exhibition celebration since 2020! Mingle with fellow art lovers over drinks (cash bar) and complimentary hors-d’oeuvres. Middlebury College President and Professor Laurie Patton and MCMA Chief Curator Jason Vrooman ‘03 will offer remarks at 5:30 PM.
Mahaney Arts Center Lower Lobby
Open to the Public
Paula Park, Associate Professor of Spanish at Wesleyan University
Robert A. Jones '59 Conference Room
Open to the Public
Come to the Museum and visit the No Ocean Between Us exhibition and create art with SFOAM and CAT!
Open to Middlebury College students only.
Mahaney Arts Center Lower Lobby
Mingle with old and new friends over drinks and hors-d’oeuvres. Join our student guides in the museum’s galleries for informal conversations about highlights from the Museum’s permanent collection and our Fall special exhibition, No Ocean Between Us: Art of Asian Diasporas in Latin America and the Caribbean, 1945-Present (on view until December 11).
Mahaney Arts Center Lower Lobby
Open to the Public
Come join Student Friends at the Art Museum for a real Night at the Museum! We will be screening the 2009 hit movie Night at the Museum! Classic movie snacks provided. Open to Middlebury College faculty, staff, and students.
Mahaney Arts Center Lower Lobby
Exhibition Opening for Urban Cadence: Street Scenes from Lagos and Johannesburg
Mingle with fellow art and music lovers over drinks (cash bar) and complimentary hors-d’oeuvres. At 5:30, members of the Middlebury Afropop Band (directed by Associate Professor of Music Damascus Kafumbe) will enliven the event with a short musical set. Student guides will be on hand to talk about highlights from the exhibition.
Mahaney Arts Center Lower Lobby
Open to the Public
Urban Cadence tells the multifaceted stories of two urban environments—Lagos, Nigeria and Johannesburg, South Africa—experienced through the artistic expressions of photography and video.
Mahaney Arts Center, Museum of Art
Open to the Public
World-renowned calligrapher Masako Inkyo will be giving a calligraphy performance based on Oborozukiyo from The Tale of Genji.
Mahaney Arts Center Lower Lobby
Open to the PublicVisit the museum to see art made around the globe and across thousands of years, ranging from a wall carving from an ancient Mesopotamian palace to a portrait by Kehinde Wiley. While you’re there, pick up a free exhibition poster to decorate your dorm, relax with a contemplative coloring sheet, and learn about student employment opportunities at the museum. You can also claim a gift (journal, water bottle, travel mug, etc.) when you activate your free student membership!
Mahaney Arts Center, Museum of Art
From the comfort of home, get a behind-the-scenes look at the Middlebury College Museum of Art’s Fall 2021 special exhibitions: “Art & Protest: Artists as Agents of Social Change” and “A New Lens: Contemporary Video and Animation.” Live from the museum’s galleries, curators will talk about their process, highlight several works, and answer your questions.
Your hosts for the evening will be Museum Director Richard Saunders, A New Lens curator Sarah Briggs ’14.5, and Art & Protest co-curators María Ramirez ’21 and Jason Vrooman ’03.
Virtual Middlebury
Open to the Public
Fall Family Weekend visitors are invited to make free reservations to visit the Middlebury College Museum of Art’s recently reinstalled permanent collection galleries and special exhibitions, “Art & Protest: Artists as Agents of Social Change” and “A New Lens: Contemporary Video & Animation.” Spaces are limited and advance reservations are STRONGLY encouraged.
Please read the notes below, then book your free visit in the link that follows:
Mahaney Arts Center, Museum of Art
Open to the Public
Fall Family Weekend visitors are invited to join student guides for a walking tour of Middlebury’s outdoor sculpture collection. Highlights of this 90-minute tour will include works by Shahzia Sikander, Vito Acconci, Joseph Beuys, Jules Olitski, Dan Graham, and Michael Singer.
- Although this entire tour will be outdoors, participants will be expected to wear masks at all times. Thank you for your cooperation.
- Tour will happen rain or shine; please plan accordingly.
Reservations not required.
Mahaney Arts Center
Open to the Public
Fall Family Weekend visitors are invited to make free reservations to visit the Middlebury College Museum of Art’s recently reinstalled permanent collection galleries and special exhibitions, “Art & Protest: Artists as Agents of Social Change” and “A New Lens: Contemporary Video & Animation.” Spaces are limited and advance reservations are STRONGLY encouraged.
Please read the notes below, then book your free visit in the link that follows:
Mahaney Arts Center, Museum of Art
Open to the Public
Fall Family Weekend visitors are invited to join student guides for a walking tour of Middlebury’s outdoor sculpture collection. Highlights of this 90-minute tour will include works by Shahzia Sikander, Vito Acconci, Joseph Beuys, Jules Olitski, Dan Graham, and Michael Singer.
- Although this entire tour will be outdoors, participants will be expected to wear masks at all times. Thank you for your cooperation.
- Tour will happen rain or shine; please plan accordingly.
Reservations not required.
Mahaney Arts Center
Open to the Public
Fall Family Weekend visitors are invited to make free reservations to visit the Middlebury College Museum of Art’s recently reinstalled permanent collection galleries and special exhibitions, “Art & Protest: Artists as Agents of Social Change” and “A New Lens: Contemporary Video & Animation.” Spaces are limited and advance reservations are STRONGLY encouraged.
Please read the notes below, then book your free visit in the link that follows:
Mahaney Arts Center, Museum of Art
Open to the PublicA trivia night hosted by the Museum Of Art Student Friends and Coordinators with many fun prizes to win.
Davis Family Library 105A
Closed to the Public
Photographers Jon Henry and Mikael Owunna discuss their artistic responses to police murder of Black men. Andrew Plumley ’11 (Senior Director, Equity & Culture, American Alliance of Museums) moderates this online conversation, which will include audience Q&A. Free.
Advance registration required. Learn more and register: https://bit.ly/OwunnaHenry.
American Sign Language interpretation and live closed captioning provided. Accessibility questions? Contact Mikki Lane, 802.443.2309 or mlane@middlebury.edu.
Virtual Middlebury
Open to the PublicA screening of a series of videos of apart of A Day With(out) Art and Visual AIDS organization set to bring awareness to HIV and AIDS through art and artists stories.
Mahaney Arts Center 125
Closed to the Public
Celebrate with the Friends of the Art Museum as we select a contemporary work of art for the museum at our 52nd Annual Purchase Party. Please click here for information about how to register for the event. In the meantime, be sure to join the Friends or renew your membership so that you’ll be able to access the event.
Virtual Middlebury
Open to the Public
This epic film by renowned artist Ai Weiwei is a detailed and heartbreaking exploration of the global refugee crisis. Captured over the course of a year in 23 countries, the film follows a chain of urgent stories that stretches through Afghanistan, Greece, Iraq, Kenya, Mexico, Turkey, and beyond. From teeming refugee camps to perilous ocean crossings to barbed-wire borders, ‘Human Flow’ witnesses its subjects’ desperate search for safety, shelter, and justice. (2017, dir. Ai Weiwei, 140 min.) Free and open to the public.*
Wilson Hall, McCullough Student Center
Open to the Public
WE ARE EXCITED TO ANNOUNCE that beginning April 15, 2022 the museum will be open to all visitors, no reservations required. Hours for the spring are listed below. In accordance with current Middlebury College guidelines, masks are optional but encouraged.
For those who are not able to visit us in person, we invite you to connect with art remotely by browsing our collections database, enjoying our virtual engagement page, reading our blog, and interacting with us @middartmuseum via Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram.
Mahaney Arts Center, Museum of Art
Open to the Public
WE ARE EXCITED TO ANNOUNCE that beginning April 15, 2022 the museum will be open to all visitors, no reservations required. Hours for the spring are listed below. In accordance with current Middlebury College guidelines, masks are optional but encouraged.
For those who are not able to visit us in person, we invite you to connect with art remotely by browsing our collections database, enjoying our virtual engagement page, reading our blog, and interacting with us @middartmuseum via Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram.
Mahaney Arts Center, Museum of Art
Open to the Public
WE ARE EXCITED TO ANNOUNCE that beginning April 15, 2022 the museum will be open to all visitors, no reservations required. Hours for the spring are listed below. In accordance with current Middlebury College guidelines, masks are optional but encouraged.
For those who are not able to visit us in person, we invite you to connect with art remotely by browsing our collections database, enjoying our virtual engagement page, reading our blog, and interacting with us @middartmuseum via Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram.
Mahaney Arts Center, Museum of Art
Open to the Public
Shahzia Sikander, the Pakistani-born internationally acclaimed artist who now resides in New York City, will join in a conversation about the meanings and context of Sikander‘s newly installed glass mosaic. Perennial Gaze is the newest addition to Middlebury College’s renowned Public Art Collection. A reception will follow the talk. FREE
Axinn Center 229
Open to the Public
WE ARE EXCITED TO ANNOUNCE that beginning April 15, 2022 the museum will be open to all visitors, no reservations required. Hours for the spring are listed below. In accordance with current Middlebury College guidelines, masks are optional but encouraged.
For those who are not able to visit us in person, we invite you to connect with art remotely by browsing our collections database, enjoying our virtual engagement page, reading our blog, and interacting with us @middartmuseum via Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram.
Mahaney Arts Center, Museum of Art
Open to the Public
WE ARE EXCITED TO ANNOUNCE that beginning April 15, 2022 the museum will be open to all visitors, no reservations required. Hours for the spring are listed below. In accordance with current Middlebury College guidelines, masks are optional but encouraged.
For those who are not able to visit us in person, we invite you to connect with art remotely by browsing our collections database, enjoying our virtual engagement page, reading our blog, and interacting with us @middartmuseum via Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram.
Mahaney Arts Center, Museum of Art
Open to the Public
WE ARE EXCITED TO ANNOUNCE that beginning April 15, 2022 the museum will be open to all visitors, no reservations required. Hours for the spring are listed below. In accordance with current Middlebury College guidelines, masks are optional but encouraged.
For those who are not able to visit us in person, we invite you to connect with art remotely by browsing our collections database, enjoying our virtual engagement page, reading our blog, and interacting with us @middartmuseum via Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram.
Mahaney Arts Center, Museum of Art
Open to the Public
WE ARE EXCITED TO ANNOUNCE that beginning April 15, 2022 the museum will be open to all visitors, no reservations required. Hours for the spring are listed below. In accordance with current Middlebury College guidelines, masks are optional but encouraged.
For those who are not able to visit us in person, we invite you to connect with art remotely by browsing our collections database, enjoying our virtual engagement page, reading our blog, and interacting with us @middartmuseum via Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram.
Mahaney Arts Center, Museum of Art
Open to the Public
WE ARE EXCITED TO ANNOUNCE that beginning April 15, 2022 the museum will be open to all visitors, no reservations required. Hours for the spring are listed below. In accordance with current Middlebury College guidelines, masks are optional but encouraged.
For those who are not able to visit us in person, we invite you to connect with art remotely by browsing our collections database, enjoying our virtual engagement page, reading our blog, and interacting with us @middartmuseum via Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram.
Mahaney Arts Center, Museum of Art
Open to the Public
Join us for these two engaging Reiff Intern student talks:
Memorial Photography: A Practice of Nostalgia
by Niamh Carty
Mahaney Arts Center 125
Open to the Public
WE ARE EXCITED TO ANNOUNCE that beginning April 15, 2022 the museum will be open to all visitors, no reservations required. Hours for the spring are listed below. In accordance with current Middlebury College guidelines, masks are optional but encouraged.
For those who are not able to visit us in person, we invite you to connect with art remotely by browsing our collections database, enjoying our virtual engagement page, reading our blog, and interacting with us @middartmuseum via Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram.
Mahaney Arts Center, Museum of Art
Open to the Public
WE ARE EXCITED TO ANNOUNCE that beginning April 15, 2022 the museum will be open to all visitors, no reservations required. Hours for the spring are listed below. In accordance with current Middlebury College guidelines, masks are optional but encouraged.
For those who are not able to visit us in person, we invite you to connect with art remotely by browsing our collections database, enjoying our virtual engagement page, reading our blog, and interacting with us @middartmuseum via Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram.
Mahaney Arts Center, Museum of Art
Open to the Public
WE ARE EXCITED TO ANNOUNCE that beginning April 15, 2022 the museum will be open to all visitors, no reservations required. Hours for the spring are listed below. In accordance with current Middlebury College guidelines, masks are optional but encouraged.
For those who are not able to visit us in person, we invite you to connect with art remotely by browsing our collections database, enjoying our virtual engagement page, reading our blog, and interacting with us @middartmuseum via Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram.
Mahaney Arts Center, Museum of Art
Open to the Public
WE ARE EXCITED TO ANNOUNCE that beginning April 15, 2022 the museum will be open to all visitors, no reservations required. Hours for the spring are listed below. In accordance with current Middlebury College guidelines, masks are optional but encouraged.
For those who are not able to visit us in person, we invite you to connect with art remotely by browsing our collections database, enjoying our virtual engagement page, reading our blog, and interacting with us @middartmuseum via Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram.
Mahaney Arts Center, Museum of Art
Open to the Public
WE ARE EXCITED TO ANNOUNCE that beginning April 15, 2022 the museum will be open to all visitors, no reservations required. Hours for the spring are listed below. In accordance with current Middlebury College guidelines, masks are optional but encouraged.
For those who are not able to visit us in person, we invite you to connect with art remotely by browsing our collections database, enjoying our virtual engagement page, reading our blog, and interacting with us @middartmuseum via Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram.
Mahaney Arts Center, Museum of Art
Open to the Public
WE ARE EXCITED TO ANNOUNCE that beginning April 15, 2022 the museum will be open to all visitors, no reservations required. Hours for the spring are listed below. In accordance with current Middlebury College guidelines, masks are optional but encouraged.
For those who are not able to visit us in person, we invite you to connect with art remotely by browsing our collections database, enjoying our virtual engagement page, reading our blog, and interacting with us @middartmuseum via Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram.
Mahaney Arts Center, Museum of Art
Open to the Public
WE ARE EXCITED TO ANNOUNCE that beginning April 15, 2022 the museum will be open to all visitors, no reservations required. Hours for the spring are listed below. In accordance with current Middlebury College guidelines, masks are optional but encouraged.
For those who are not able to visit us in person, we invite you to connect with art remotely by browsing our collections database, enjoying our virtual engagement page, reading our blog, and interacting with us @middartmuseum via Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram.
Mahaney Arts Center, Museum of Art
Open to the Public