2017 Programs

Jack Whitten, Black Monolith VIII (for Maya Angelou), 2015 (detail)

[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.

Carrie Moyer, Viene Qui Bella, 2016 (detail)

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.

Fred Eversley

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 Arts

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.

Fred Eversley

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.

Tommy Hartung sculpture

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.

Jack Whitten, Black Monolith VIII (For Maya Angelou) 2015

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).

Jennie C Jones

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

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.

Compilation of Rose Art Museum catalog covers

Women Artists Book Sale

March 8, 2017, 11 p.m.

A special selection of books from the museum's storied exhibition history.

Annette Lemieux, "Left Right Left Right," 1995 (detail).

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.

Michelle Stuart, Tompkins Cove Quarry

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.

Okwui Enwezor

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.

Tommy Hartung, Grandmother Godson sculpture

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.