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Ann Hamilton |
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Ann Hamilton is renowned for her site-specific works and provocative uses of materials and medium. An Ohio native, she earned her B.A. in textile design at the University of Kansas and her M.F.A. at Yale University. In 1999, she was chosen to represent the United States at the historic Venice Biennale. Her presentation, which focused on American slavery and oppression, incorporated the use of Braille and vivid red powder that rendered words and language of the exhibit visible. Her commissions include the Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Allegheny Riverfront Park which received the Progressive Architecture Citation Award, Corpus for Mass MoCA North Adams, Masschusetts, and commissioned works for the San Francisco Public Library, the Seattle Central Library and the University of Minnesota. |
Trisha Brown |
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Trisha Brown, the internationally renowned choreographer and legendary founder of the Trisha Brown Dance Company, delivered in Spring 2006 the inaugural lecture of the Leading Women in the Arts series in Spring 2006. Her presentation, Set and Reset, was a central event in a 5-College Dance Department initiative that included three dance recitals by 5-College dance students of "Set and Reset/Reset" and master classes with Trisha Brown at Mount Holyoke College. |