Visiting Artists and Other Events
Department of Fine Arts exhibitions and artist talks are open to the public. All times are Eastern Standard. Visit the Rose Art Museum website for more exhibitions and programs.
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Post Baccalaureate Lecture Series
September 16, 2024
2:30-3:30 pm
Liberman-Miller Lecture Hall, Women's Studies Research Center, Epstein
Jenna Weiss is a visual artist and museum professional based in Brooklyn, NY. She currently serves as associate director of public programs at the Jewish Museum, where she is responsible for the conception and implementation of diverse and rigorous temporary exhibition and collection related programming for adult audiences. She has organized numerous artist driven performances with figures including Chella Man, Marta Minujín, Aki Sasamoto, Tamy Ben-Tor, and Dynasty Handbag (Jibz Cameron), and co-organizes “IN RESPONSE:” a decade-long partnership with Columbia University’s School of Visuals Arts. In 2019 she and Chris Gartrell co-founded the artist-run space Plum Benefits, which has mounted over a dozen miniature exhibitions (@plumbenefits).
Weiss holds a BA in Studio Art and Art History from Brandeis University (Class of 2007, Post-Baccalaureate 2008) and earned her MFA in Painting at Tyler School of Art, Temple University (2010). Prior to joining the Jewish Museum in 2012 she held positions in museum education as the Spiegel Fellow at the Institute of Contemporary Art in Philadelphia, and visitor services coordinator of the Rose Art Museum at Brandeis. She has taught courses in painting and drawing as an adjunct lecturer at Tyler School of Art, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA and Caldwell College, Caldwell, NJ.
She is an alum of Asylum Arts, a global network of Jewish Artists, Schusterman Foundation ROI Summit, and Getty Leadership Institute, NextGen 2019. In addition to her work in Museums, Weiss maintains an active studio practice and has been a resident of the Chashama Space to Create program at the Brooklyn Army Terminal since 2011. Her work has been shown in Brooklyn at Ortega y Gasset Projects, Momenta Art, Loft 594 and in Philadelphia at Fjord Gallery, Space 1026, and Grizzly Grizzly among other locations.
The Richard Saivetz ‘69 Annual Memorial Architectural Lecture Series
The Richard Saivetz ‘69 Annual Memorial Architectural Lecture Series takes place in the spring semester.