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February Arts PreviewEvents, exhibitions and news to enjoy, this month at Amherst.
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| Patrick Williams ’18 performs Feb. 9. | | Denzel Wood ’18 presents
The Electric Dream, Feb. 8–10. | |
Sonya Clark ’89 presents Unraveling, Feb. 21. | |
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After a cozy winter break, we’re back to the hustle and bustle of another academic semester. Over the next few months, Amherst presents a plethora of performances, exhibitions, gallery talks and more. This month’s offerings include concerts by thesis students and visiting musicians, an “electric” theater performance, a chance to choose an original artwork for the Mead’s collection, and multiple exhibition openings celebrating student, alumni and visiting artists. Don’t miss what interests you—make your plans today!
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Jazz violinist Regina Carter, performs Feb. 20. Photo: reginacarter.com. | |
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Senior Thesis Performance in Music: Dan Langa ’18
Friday, Feb. 2, 7 p.m. | Buckley Recital Hall, Arms Music Center
Hear an original film score composed and conducted by Dan Langa ’18, performed live to the 1927 silent film The Passion of Joan of Arc, directed by Carl Theodor Dreyer. Gallery Talk with Mead Curator Alla Rosenfeld
Wednesday, Feb. 7, noon | Russian Center Art Gallery, Amherst Center for Russian Culture, Webster Hall (2nd floor)
Join Alla Rosenfeld, curator of Russian and European art, for a gallery talk about works produced by the leading members of the Soviet nonconformist art movement
Opening Reception for Janne Höltermann: Trajectories
Thursday, Feb. 8, 4:30 p.m. | Pruyne Lecture Hall, 115 Fayerweather Hall
Join video artist Janne Höltermann for a lecture and opening reception to learn more about her video installations on view in the Eli Marsh Gallery.
Galentine’s Day Breakfast at the Mead
Tuesday, Feb. 13, 8:30–10 a.m. | Mead Art Museum
Enjoy gallery talks led by women who make up the Mead’s curatorial, education and programming departments, in conjunction with the exhibition Fragmented Identities: The Gendered Roles of Women in Art Through the Ages.
Fiction Reading: Joseph Scapellato
Tuesday, Feb. 13, 8 p.m. | Amherst Books (8 Main Street, Downtown Amherst)
Enjoy a reading by Joseph Scapellato, author of the story collection Big Lonesome and the forthcoming novel The Made-Up Man. Followed by refreshments.
Sonya Clark ’89 in Conversation, Followed by Her Performance of Unraveling
Wednesday, Feb. 21, 4:30–7:30 p.m. | Stirn Auditorium and Mead Art Museum
Details TBA: amherst.edu/arts
McBride Commission Concert
Saturday, Feb. 24, 8 p.m. | Buckley Recital Hall, Arms Music Center
Enjoy a performance by the Amherst College Jazz Ensemble. Fiction Reading: Hermione Hoby
Monday, Feb. 26, 8 p.m. | Amherst Books (8 Main Street, Downtown Amherst)
Enjoy a reading by the author of Neon in Daylight, Hoby writes about culture, especially books, film, music and gender. The event will be followed by refreshments.
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Video still by Janne Höltermann, courtesy of the artist. On view Feb. 5–March 2. | |
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Janne Höltermann: Trajectories
Feb. 5–March 2 | Eli Marsh Gallery, 105 Fayerweather Hall
Video installations that explore how our embodied sense shapes our perception of physical environments. Literary Amherst
Feb. 20–March 5 | Mezzanine Gallery, Frost Library (2nd floor)
An exhibition celebrating Amherst’s literary past and present, held in conjunction with LitFest 2018, the College’s third annual literary festival.
Unraveling by Visiting Artist-in-Residence Sonya Clark ’89
Feb. 20–July 1 | Mead Art Museum
Details TBA: amherst.edu/arts Constructing a New World: Soviet Russia in the 1920s–30s
Feb. 26–June 1 | Russian Center Art Gallery, Amherst Center for Russian Culture, Webster Hall (2nd floor)
Details TBA: amherst.edu/arts
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| Radcliffe Bailey (American, born 1968). Seven Steps East, 1993. Mixed media on wood.
From the private art collection of John and Sue Wieland. | |
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Mead Art Museum Receives $3 Million Gift
The museum recently announced a $3 Million gift from John '58 and Sue Wieland that will endow the Mead Directorship and support contemporary art acquisitions. In addition to the gift, the Wielands have loaned nearly 60 works for the Mead exhibition HOUSE: Selections from the Collection of John and Sue Wieland. Read more» Junot Díaz to Headline LitFest 2018
Amherst’s third annual literary festival, taking place March 1–3, will feature Pulitzer Prize-winning author Junot Díaz, 2017 National Book Award winner and Amherst professor Masha Gessen, and 2017 National Book Award finalists Carmen Maria Machado and Min Jin Lee, among others. Read more» The Common’s Nominations for the Pushcart Prize
An award-winning literary magazine based at the College, The Common recently announced its nominations for the 2018 Pushcart Prize: Best of the Small Presses series, an accolade bestowed upon small-press writers for works of outstanding writing and literary talent. Read more»
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