Charles Loring Elliott, Portrait of Matthew Vassar, 1861
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"Is Palladio Boring?" Guido Beltramini, executive director of the Andrea Palladio International Study Center in Vicenza, Italy, will examine the legacy of the 16th century Italian architect on Monday, November 23, 2009 at 5:30.
Guido Beltramini will examine the work of the 16th century Italian architect Andrea Palladio, during Vassar College Art Department's Claflin Lecture on Monday, November 23. Free and open to the public, the program will begin at 5:30pm in Taylor Hall, Room 102.
Art Center celebrates the work of the Northern Renaissance’s greatest artist in the exhibition, Albrecht Dürer: Impressions of the Renaissance, November 14 – December 24, 2009.
"Albrecht Dürer: Impressions of the Renaissance," an exhibition organized by the Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center at Vassar College, will feature 41 works celebrating the world of Albrecht Dürer, one of the greatest artists of the Northern Renaissance. All except one of the prints will be drawn from the permanent collection of the Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center, renowned for its Old Master print collection. The exhibition will open to the public, without charge, from Saturday, November 14 through Thursday, December 24. On Thursday, November 19, exhibition curator, Patricia Phagan, The Philip and Lynn Straus Curator of Prints and Drawings at the Art Center, will give a lecture about Dürer and printmaking, with a reception to follow.
Quadricentennial celebration includes exhibitions, concerts, and poetry readings are featured through December 24, 2009.
This fall, from September through December, there will be a wide array of activities at Vassar College offered in conjunction with the celebration of the Hudson-Fulton-Champlain Quadricentennial. All of these will celebrate some aspect of the Hudson River and Valley – either through art, literature, or music. Highlights include the Art Center’s exhibition Drawn by New York (through 11/1); the Vassar College Libraries Poetry of the Hudson (through 12/24); the Palmer Gallery’s The River (11/5-12/17); a poetry reading (10/15); and concerts featuring choirs from the east and west bank of the River (9/26); an outdoor concert by the legendary Pete Seeger. All events are free and open to the public.
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- The Dance Theatre of Harlem Ensemble in special performance on 11/8
- Six centuries of watercolors and drawings on view at the Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center, 8/14 - 11/1
- Conceptual artist Simon Starling speaks about his current work, 10/30
- Rich Moser speaks about the new academic labor system, 10/30
- Ballerina Merrill Ashley discusses “Dancing for Balanchine” in her lecture on 10/13
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