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Events

Late Night Thursdays at the FLLAC

Every Thursday evening from 5:00 – 9:00pm

Not your typical happy hour… Come spend yours with Pablo, Vincent, Georgia, and Jackson! Please join us for special tours, films, entertainment provided by student groups and local performers and refreshments. In conjunction with our current contemporary art exhibition, Out of Shape: Stylistic Distortions of the Human Form in Art from the Logan Collection, there is an outdoor film series screening each week. Film series schedule.

The Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center at twilight, illuminated.

Film Series Screening of "The Fly" (1986)

When: Thursday, May 8, 7:30 pm

Where: Chapel Lawn, Vassar College (rain location: Taylor Hall, room 203)

Out of Shape: Stylistic Distortions of the Human Form in Art from the Logan Collection Outdoor Film Series Screening. About the film: Seth Brundle (Jeff Goldblum) is a genius, albeit fringe, scientist developing unprecedented work in teleportation. His enthusiasm for the project leads him to experiment on himself prematurely, with disastrous results. As Brundle mutates into a human-fly hybrid, Cronenberg both stuns his audience with his horrific vision of hybridization between man and insect and instills an age-old moral. Directed by David Cronenberg. Open to the public.

Film Series Screening of "Dead Ringers" (1988)

When: Thursday, May 15, 7:30 pm

Where: Chapel Lawn, Vassar College (rain location: Taylor Hall, room 203)

Out of Shape: Stylistic Distortions of the Human Form in Art from the Logan Collection Outdoor Film Series Screening. About the film: In Dead Ringers, Jeremy Irons stars in a dual role of identical twins Elliot and Beverly Mantle. The Mantles are successful gynecologists, sharing a practice and dividing the tasks of progress and research (performed by the more introverted Elliot) and their public face (easily maintained by suave Beverly). The twins enter a downward spiral after first competing over the same woman and subsequent drug addictions. Through the setting of medicine and the ideal subjects of identical twins, Dead Ringers explore the physical, emotional, and psychological connections between those who share identical DNA. Directed by David Cronenberg. Open to the public.

Film Series Screening of "Silence of the Lambs" (1991)

When: Thursday, May 22, 7:30 pm

Where: Chapel Lawn, Vassar College (rain location: Taylor Hall, room 203)

Out of Shape: Stylistic Distortions of the Human Form in Art from the Logan Collection Outdoor Film Series Screening. About the film: Silence of the Lambs portrays the relationship of two now-iconic characters, famous psychiatrist and serial killer Hannibal Lector (Anthony Hopkins) and FBI trainee Clarice Starling (Jodie Foster), as they unconventionally work together to find another killer, Buffalo Bill. Violence, both committed by the human body and upon it, is central in not only the murders, but in the depictions of cannibalism and the artwork of Buffalo Bill, who uses the flesh of his victims for a surprising purpose. Directed by Jonathan Demme. Open to the public.

Film Series Screening of "Being John Malkovich" (1999)

When: Thursday, May 29, 7:30 pm

Where: Chapel Lawn, Vassar College (rain location: Taylor Hall, room 203)

Out of Shape: Stylistic Distortions of the Human Form in Art from the Logan Collection Outdoor Film Series Screening. About the film: Protagonist Craig Swartz (John Cusack) is an unsuccessful puppeteer whose life enters the fantastic when his wife forces him to get a job as a file clerk. Instantly unusual, his employer Lestercorp’s is located on the 7 ½th floor of its building. Stranger yet, one of its doors is a portal into the body of actor John Malkovich. A strange love triangle emerges between Craig and his wife, Lotte (Cameron Diaz), both interested in Craig’s co-worker Maxine (Catherine Keener) and both pursuing her from the body of John Malkovich. As the film’s tagline (“ever wanted to be someone else?”) suggests, Being John Malkovich explores identity, appearance, and individuality. Directed by Spike Jonze. Open to the public.

Film Series Screening of "Talk to Her" (2002)

When: Thursday, June 6, 7:30 pm

Where: Chapel Lawn, Vassar College (rain location: Taylor Hall, room 203)

Out of Shape: Stylistic Distortions of the Human Form in Art from the Logan Collection Outdoor Film Series Screening. About the film: Talk to Her tells the interwoven stories of two comatose women and the men that love them. Using a nonlinear narrative, Almodóvar shows how these characters have come to know each other, how each of the women fell comatose, and their respective fates. Thematically focused on the difficultly of communication between the sexes, infidelity, and loneliness, the film’s originality springs from its combination of traditional storytelling and bizarre dreamscapes. Directed by Pedro Almodóvar. Open to the pub

Exhibition

Out of Shape: Stylistic Distortions of the Human Form in Art from the Logan Collection

When: March 14 – June 8, 2008

Where: Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center

Thirty-five works on paper by 27 artists are presented in the exhibition, many of which have not been displayed publicly since they entered the Logan collection. Open to the public.

Exhibition

Facebook: Images of People in Photographs from the Collection

When: June 27 – August 10, 2008

Where: Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center

From the collection of Vicki (class of 1968) and Kent Logan, who have amassed one of the most important private collections of international contemporary art in the United States, this exhibition focuses on the work of artists who have used the portrait to explore issues of psychological identity as well as to reinvent figuration as a conceptual tool.

Individuals with disabilities requiring accommodations or information on accessibility should contact Campus Activities at (845) 437-5370. Without sufficient notice, appropriate space and/or assistance may not be available.

Print Room

The Print Room is open for students Wednesdays and Fridays 2-4pm when classes are in session. Open to the public by appointment.

Late Nights

The Art Center stays open late Thursdays 5-9pm. Enjoy live music from student groups, local performers, and some surprises along the way.

Hours

Mon	closed
Tue	10am–5pm
Wed	10am–5pm
Thu	10am–9pm
Fri	10am–5pm
Sat	10am–5pm
Sun	1pm–5pm

Admission

Admission is free, and all galleries are wheelchair accessible.

Group visits are welcome –
for a reservation, contact:

Coordinator of Public Education and Information

(845) 437-7745

Coordinator of Membership, Special Events & Volunteer Services

(845) 437-5391

Contact

The Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center

124 Raymond Ave Box 703
Poughkeepsie, NY 12604

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(845) 437-5237
(845) 437-5955 (Fax)

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(845) 437-5632