2017 Programs
[POSTPONED] Close Looking: Jack Whitten's "Black Monolith VIII (for Maya Angelou)"
November 8, 2017, 3:30 p.m.
This interdisciplinary series features engaged looking and active discussion about art and other objects housed in Brandeis collections.
Jack Whitten, Black Monolith VIII (for Maya Angelou), 2015 (detail). Mortimer & Sara Hays Acquisition Fund, Rose Art Special Fund, and Rose Purchase Fund.
Close Looking: Carrie Moyer, "Viene Qui Bella"
October 4, 2017, 3:30 p.m.
This interdisciplinary series features engaged looking and active discussion about art and other objects housed in Brandeis collections.
Carrie Moyer, Viene Qui Bella, 2016 (detail). Mortimer & Sara Hays Acquisition Fund.
Jennie C. Jones Perlmutter Award Presentation and Performance
April 29, 2017, 1 p.m.
For the conclusion of her Perlmutter residency, a graphic score by Jones will be performed by Brandeis faculty and student musicians.
Leonard Bernstein Festival of the Creative Arts
April 27, 2017, 12:30 p.m.
The annual Festival of the Creative Arts showcases nationally acclaimed performers and visual artists together with music, dance, theater, film and artwork by more than 300 Brandeis students and alumni.
Artist Talk: Fred Eversley
April 26, 2017, 5:30 p.m.
Fred Eversley, aerospace engineer turned sculptor, will discuss his work in conversation with curator Kim Conaty. Eversley’s work is currently featured in the Rose exhibition Black, White, Gray.
Artist Talk: Tommy Hartung
April 20, 2017, 4 p.m.
Join artist Tommy Hartung for a conversation about his work and his current Rose exhibition King Solomon’s Mines.
Tommy Hartung: King Solomon's Mines (installation view). Photo by Charles Mayer.
African American Artistic Expression: 1920s to Present Day
March 23, 2017, 2 p.m.
Come explore the dynamic relationship between African American art and American culture.
Jack Whitten, Black Monolith VIII (For Maya Angelou), 2015. Mortimer & Sara Hays Acquisition Fund, Rose Art Special Fund, and Rose Purchase Fund (detail).
Artist Talk: Jennie C. Jones
March 22, 2017, 5:30 p.m.
Jennie C. Jones, the 2017 Ruth Ann and Nathan Perlmutter Artist-in-Residence, will give a talk about her work and her planned residency project.
Jennie C. Jones. Photo by Jason Frank Rothenberg.
Art+Feminism Wiki Edit-a-Thon
March 10, 2017, 11 a.m.
Help rewrite art history by contributing to the 4th annual Art+Feminism Wikipedia Edit-a-thon.
Women Artists Book Sale
March 8, 2017, 11 p.m.
A special selection of books from the museum's storied exhibition history.
A Day With/Out Women
March 8, 2017, 12 p.m.
On International Women's Day, recognize the women who run the world.
Annette Lemieux, Left Right Left Right (detail), 1995. Hays Purchase Fund. Courtesy of Annette Lemieux and Kent Fine Art. Photograph by Charles Mayer.
Collection in Context: Feminist Sculpture at the Rose
March 1, 2017, 12 p.m.
Join us for a conversation in the galleries with independent curator Susan Stoops.
Michelle Stuart, Tompkins Cove Quarry, 1977. Earth from site in New York on muslin mounted on rag paper. Hayes Acquisition Fund. Photo by Charles Mayer.
Talk: Okwui Enwezor
February 28, 2017, 6 p.m.
The artistic director of the 56th Venice Biennale will speak about his curatorial projects.
Okwui Enwezor. Photo by Andreas Gebert.
Exhibitions Opening Celebration
February 16, 2017, 5 p.m.
Join us to celebrate the opening of our new exhibitions.
Tommy Hartung, Grandmother Godson, 2016. Courtesy the artist and On Stellar Rays. Photo by Kirsten Kilponen.