Events
fall 2009
“Capturing an Instant: Lisette Model and Her Successors”
Panel discussion with
Tony Lee, Professor of Art and Art History, MHCChristopher Benfey, Mellon Professor of English, MHC
Karen Koehler, Associate Professor of Architectural History, Hampshire College
Moderated by Marianne Doezema, Museum Director
Reception to follow
When: Thursday, 17 September, 5:00 pm
Where: Gamble Auditorium, Mount Holyoke College Art Museum
Who: General Public
Tae Can Kick
C-Print, 2006
Collection of the Artists
"Hoodies or Heels: A Visual History of Women in Hip-Hop"
Illustrated lecture by Jennifer Weber, Visiting Artist in Dance, Mount Holyoke College, and Founder and Artistic Director of Decadancetheatre, an all-female, hip-hop dance theatre company based in Brooklyn
Reception to follow
When: Thursday, 1 October, 6:30 pm
Where: Gamble Auditorium, Mount Holyoke College Art Museum
Open to: General Public
Fifth Avenue
Silver gelatin print photograph, 1944
Courtesy Private Collection, New York, © 1983 The Lisette Model Foundation, Inc.
“Beyond Convention: Lisette Model and Her Successors”
Lecture by Jane Gronau, Education Coordinator
When: Thursday, 22 October, 5:00 pm
Where: Gamble Auditorium, Mount Holyoke College Art Museum
Open to: General Public
Past Events
spring 2009
Mount Holyoke College Art Museum, 2009
Photograph by Sadie Shilieto
"Weegee was a Clown, but no April Fool"
Gallery talk on three newly acquired works of the 1940s by documentary photographer Arthur Fellig “Weegee”, by Tony Lee, Associate Professor of Art, MHC
When: Wednesday, 1 April, 5:00 p.m.
Where: Hinchcliff Reception Hall, Mount Holyoke College Art Museum
Open to: General Public
Mount Holyoke College, 2009
Photograph Laura Weston
Faith Ringgold: Works on Paper
Lecture by the artist: "Faith Ringgold More Than 50 Years"
Reception and booksigning with live jazz, featuring the Amherst College Reservoir Cats
When: Thursday, 5 March, 5:00 p.m.
Where: Gamble Auditorium, Mount Holyoke College Art Museum
Open To: General Public
Mount Holyoke College Art Museum, 2009
Photograph Jessica Lavallee
Family Day
Join us for a day at Tar Beach! In conjunction with our special exhibition of works by African-American artist Faith Ringgold and Black Heritage Month.
When: Saturday, February 28, 2009 from 10:30 a.m.-12:00 p.m.
Where: Hinchcliff Reception Hall, Mount Holyoke College Art Museum
Open to: General Public
ca. 1900-1910
Lynn Museum and Historical Society, Lynn, Massachusetts
Photograph Laura Weston
"How Do You Do It, Mabel? On $20 a Week: Women, Work, Wardrobe – And Popular Songs"
Lecture by Michael Lasser, Independent Scholar
When: Thursday, 26 February, 5:00 p.m.
Where: Gamble Auditorium, Mount Holyoke College Art Museum
Open to: General Public
Guest Curator
What Can a Woman Do? Installation
Mount Holyoke College Art Museum, 2009
Photgraph Laura Weston
What Can a Woman Do? Women, Work, and Wardrobe, 1865-1940
Panel Discussion: “Dressing for Work”
Lynne Zacek Bassett, Guest Curator and Independent Scholar
Mary Renda, Associate Professor of History & Gender Studies, MHC
Patricia Campbell Warner, Professor Emerita History of Dress, UMass
Moderated by Museum Director Marianne Doezema
When: Thursday, 12 February, 5:00 p.m.
Where: Gamble Auditorium, Mount Holyoke College Art Museum
Open To: General Public
fall 2008
Northern China
Bronze, 2nd century BCE
Arthur M. Sackler Foundation, New York
Ancient Bronzes of the Asian Grasslands
Exhibition, Opening and Reception.
Lecture by exhibition curator, Trudy S. Kawami, Ph.D.
Director of Research, Arthur M. Sackler Foundation, New York
“Ancient Bronzes of the Asian Grasslands: Who Wore Them and Why?”
When: Thursday, 18 September, 5:00 p.m.
Where: Gamble Auditorium, Mount Holyoke College Art Museum
Open to: General Public
Mount Holyoke College, 2008
Photograph courtesy of the MHC Russian and Eurasian Studies Department
Yurt Construction and Talk
Mount Holyoke Professors Christopher Pyle, Stephen Jones, and Peter Scotto, together with students, will re-build a yurt, a tent-like structure, on Skinner Green in conjunction with our fall exhibition, Ancient Bronzes of the Asian Grasslands. A short talk and refreshments will follow construction.
When: Tuesday, 23 September, 4:00 p.m. (rain date 24 September, same time/location)
Where: Skinner Green
Open to: General Public
Northern China
Bronze, 2nd century BCE
Arthur M. Sackler Foundation, New York
Ancient Herders on the Steppe: A Multidisciplinary Investigation of their Lifestyle
Lecture by Sandra L. Olsen, Ph.D.
Curator of Anthropology, Carnegie Museum of Natural History
When: Thursday, 2 October, 5:00 p.m.
Where: Gamble Auditorium, Mount Holyoke College Art Museum
Open to: General Public
American Avocet, Farmington Bay, Great Salt Lake, Farmington, Utah
Pigment print photograph, 2005
Purchase with the Henry Rox Memorial Fund for the Acquisition of Work by Contemporary Women Artists
Photograp
A Spectacle of Wings: Photographs by Rosalie Winard
Lecture by the artist: “An Itinerant Photographer of the Wetlands”
When: Thursday, 16 October, 5:00 p.m.
Where: Gamble Auditorium, Mount Holyoke College Art Museum
Open to: General Public
Mount Holyoke College Art Museum, 2008
Photograph Laura Weston
Spa Night
The Society of Art Goddesses sponsors a relaxing evening of massage, yoga, facials, manicures, and more at the Museum. Exclusively for MHC students. Call 413.538.2245 for more info.
When: Thursday, 13 November, 4:00-10:00 p.m.
Where: Hinchcliff Reception Hall, Mount Holyoke College Art Museum
Open to: MHC students
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