2023 Programs and Events
Shadow Park: Queer Counterpublics in the Art of Salman Toor
December 14, 2023, 7 p.m.
Inspired by the art of Salman Toor, scholars Jackson Davidow and Brian A. Horton discuss private and public spaces and intimacy in queer culture in this virtual conversation moderated by Portland Museum of Art curator Sayantan Mukhopadhyay.
Salman Toor, The Park, 2022. Charcoal and ink on paper. © Salman Toor. The artist and Luhring Augustine, New York.
Rose After Hours with Boudoir
December 7, 2023, 7 p.m.
Express yourself on the dance floor to DJ sets by Boudoir, Boston's underground queer dance party, and explore LGBTQ+ stories and inspiration in the queer imaginative worlds of artist Salman Toor during Rose After Hours.
Photo by Madeline Schroeder.
Making Time: Figure Drawing
December 3, 2023, 12 p.m.
Led by Brandeis professor Alfredo Gisholt, engage in an afternoon of close-looking and figurative drawing inspired by the work of Salman Toor, now on view in the exhibition "No Ordinary Love."
Salman Toor, Artist Sketchbook, 2022 [detail]. Book. © Salman Toor. Courtesy of the artist and Luhring Augustine, New York.
Artist Talk: Zoë Buckman
November 28, 2023, 7 p.m.
Artist Zoë Buckman discusses her multidisciplinary artistic practice and her 2019 work, "According to Grandma," in this artist talk co-presented by the Hadassah-Brandeis Institute and the Rose Art Museum.
Zoë Buckman, 2022. Photo by Abbey Drucker.
Opening Reception — Salman Toor: No Ordinary Love
November 16, 2023, 6 p.m.
Gather with friends, artists, and colleagues, and enjoy light refreshments as the Rose Art Museum marks the opening of "Salman Toor: No Ordinary Love" with a celebratory reception.
Salman Toor, The Latecomer, 2021 [detail]. Oil on panel. Collection of John Auerbach and Ed Tang. © Salman Toor; Courtesy of the artist and Luhring Augustine, New York.
re: collections/Deeply Rooted: Cross-Campus Tour
November 8, 2023, 2 p.m.
Spend the afternoon learning about art on view at Brandeis with a cross-campus tour of the Rose Art Museum and the Kniznick Gallery.
Installation view, re: collections, Six Decades at the Rose Art Museum, Rose Art Museum, Brandeis University, June 25, 2021–June 16, 2024. Julia Featheringill Photography.
Creative Writing Presents: Eileen Myles
October 17, 2023, 5:30 p.m.
Award-winning writer, poet, novelist, performance artist, and art journalist Eileen Myles reads from their recently published works, "a 'Working Life" (2023) and "Pathetic Literature" (2023), in this program, presented in partnership with the Brandeis University English Department.
Eileen Myers, 2017. Photo by Roberto Ricciuti.
Artist Talk: Arghavan Khosravi
October 14, 2023, 4 p.m.
Join Arghavan Khosravi for a conversation with Dr. Gannit Ankori, Henry and Lois Foster Director and Chief Curator of the Rose Art Museum and Professor of Fine Arts and Women’s, Gender and Sexuality Studies, discussing her artistic practice and work.
Arghavan Khosravi, 2022. Photo by Beverly Fishman. Courtesy the artist.
Making Time: Creative Writing Workshop for Adults
October 1, 2023, 12 p.m.
Led by award-winning author Marjan Kamali, this creative writing workshop provides prompts to craft your own narrative inspired by the art of Arghavan Khosravi.
Arghavan Khosravi, The Void, 2022 [detail]. Acrylic on canvas over shaped wood panel, on wood panel and on wood cutout, elastic cord, aluminum rod. © Arghavan Khosravi. Courtesy of the artist and Rachel Uffner Gallery, New York.
Artist Talk: Lisi Raskin
September 29, 2023, 2:30 p.m.
In this artist talk, multimedia artist Lisi Raskin discusses their practice and endeavors, including art making, that are responsive and accountable to the needs of their body and community.
Lisi Raskin, Apart Together, 2019 [detail]. Acrylic, oil, and nerve pain on wood with hand-carved basswood frame. Courtesy of the artist.
Parallel Lives: Women of the Iranian Diaspora
September 27, 2023, 7 p.m.
Artist Arghavan Khosravi and acclaimed author Marjan Kamali discuss their use of visual and narrative storytelling to explore identity and Iranian diaspora in this virtual conversation, moderated by Boston University professor Shahla Haeri.
Arghavan Khosravi, Parallel Lives (I), 2017 [detail]. Acrylic on paper wrapped around books made out of wood. © Arghavan Khosravi. Courtesy of the artist.
Virtual Tour of Arghavan Khosravi: Black Rain
September 21, 2023, 7 p.m.
Dr. Gannit Ankori, Director and Chief Curator of the Rose Art Museum, discusses the themes found within the work of Arghavan Khosravi and traces Khosravi's artistic development in this virtual tour of the exhibition, "Arghavan Khosravi: Black Rain."
Installation view, Arghavan Khosravi: Black Rain, Rose Art Museum, Brandeis University, August 3–October 22, 2023. Julia Featheringill Photography.
Iran’s Women, Life, Freedom Movement: One Year Later
September 14, 2023, 5:30 p.m.
Join the Crown Center for Middle East Studies for a panel conversation exploring Iran's "Women, Life, Freedom" Movement one year later and its short-and long-term political, cultural, and economic impact.
Arghavan Khosravi, The Battleground, 2022 [detail]. Acrylic on canvas over shaped wood panel, on wood panel and wood cutout, elastic cord, metal and glass beads, feather, brass. © Arghavan Khosravi. Courtesy of the artist and Rachel Uffner Gallery, New York.
2023 Fall Celebration
September 13, 2023, 6 p.m.
Gather with friends, artists, and colleagues for a reception in honor of the Museum's latest special exhibition, "Arghavan Khosravi: Black Rain."
Arghavan Khosravi, Cosmology, 2016 [detail]. Acrylic on silk screen print on paper. © Arghavan Khosravi. Courtesy of the artist.
Student Open House
September 7, 2023, 2 p.m.
Join your fellow Brandeisians as the Rose Art Museum welcomes new and returning students to the museum for a special student reception.
Installation view, Howardena Pindell: What Remains To Be Seen, Rose Art Museum, Brandeis University, February 1—May 19, 2019. Photo by Natasha Moustache.
Create Date: Heroines and Heroes in Art
August 20, 2023, 11 a.m.
Join us for a day of family-friendly fun at the Rose Art Museum with drop-in artmaking activities, lawn games, a close-looking tour, free ice cream, and a pop-up Family Storytime with our friends from the Waltham Library.
Installation view, re: collections, Six Decades at the Rose Art Museum, Rose Art Museum, Brandeis University, June 25, 2021–June 16, 2024. Photo by Mel Taing.
The Critical Patriot: Reexamining American Mythology through Art
July 20, 2023, 12 p.m.
Madeleine Day Delpha, Assistant Director of Programs and Community Engagement, and Brandeis Professor Dr. Rajesh Sampath highlight provocative artworks that call attention to the nation’s historical injustices, examine America’s national identity, and advocate for a "more perfect union" by reconciling myth with reality in this lunchtime virtual talk.
Dominic McGill, Project for a New American Century, 2004 [detail]. Graphite on paper. Rose Art Museum, Brandeis University. Gift of Michael Black and Melody Douros, 2007.11.38. Photo by Carlie Febo.
Exploring Barkley L. Hendricks’s “Mechanical Sketchbook”
July 19, 2023, 6 p.m.
Dr. Gannit Ankori, Rose Director and Chief Curator, and Dr. Tanya Pohrt, Curator at the Lyman Allyn Art Museum, discuss Barkley L. Hendricks’s use of his camera as a “mechanical sketchbook" to document everyday encounters and his wider travels in this virtual program.
Barkley L. Hendricks, Untitled (Harkness Park, Waterford), c. 1975 [detail], Gelatin silver print. © Barkley L. Hendricks. Courtesy of the Estate of Barkley L. Hendricks and Jack Shainman Gallery, New York.
Encore Presentations: Jack Whitten
July 12, 2023, 7 p.m.
This Encore Presentation features a 2016 conversation between artist Jack Whitten and art historian and curator Katy Siegel.
Jack Whitten, 2013. Photo by Mike Lovett.
Queer Bodies, Queer Souls: Virtual Pride Tour
June 22, 2023, 12 p.m.
Celebrate Pride Month and hear diverse perspectives on gender, sexuality, and identity in this virtual tour highlighting the work of LGBTQ+ artists in the permanent collection of the Rose Art Museum.
Andy Warhol, Ladies and Gentlemen (Lurdes), 1972. Polacolor Type 108. Rose Art Museum, Brandeis University. Gift of The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Inc., 2008.11.97.
The Queer Lens: Photographers in Conversation
June 15, 2023, 7 p.m.
In this virtual program, moderated by WBUR's Cristela Guerra, artists Jaypix Belmer, Jess T. Dugan, and C. Rose Smith discuss how they use the photographic image to construct queer visual histories through intimate representations of individuals with nonbinary, transgender, and gender-expansive identities.
In Conversation with Lyle Ashton Harris
June 8, 2023, 7 p.m.
In conversation with Harvard's Dr. Robert F. Reid-Pharr, Lyle Ashton Harris will discuss his artistic development and trace the thematic throughlines found in his earliest series to his most recently completed Shadow Works series.
Lyle Ashton Harris, 2021. © Lloyd Foster. Image courtesy of the artist.
AAAS Authors Reception
May 10, 2023, 5:30 p.m.
Join the Department of African and African American Studies and Alumni Network of Color for a special reception honoring the publication of several new books by Brandeis faculty.
Strolling in the Ruins, 2023. Duke University Press.
Artist on Artist: Lyle Ashton Harris and Renee Cox
May 9, 2023, 7 p.m.
Artists Lyle Ashton Harris and Renee Cox discuss their 1994 collaboration “Venus Hottentot 2000” and their distinct artistic practice and use of performative self-portraits to explore Black identity, sexuality, and gender in this virtual conversation moderated by Dr. Gannit Ankori, Rose Director and Chief Curator.
Lyle Ashton Harris, Venus Hottentot 2000 [in collaboration with Renee Cox], 1994. Polaroid. © Lyle Ashton Harris. Courtesy of Jeanne Greenberg Rohatyn.
Desire at the Margins: Queer Black Representation, Intimacy and Violence
April 27, 2023, 7 p.m.
In this virtual program, Brandon Callender, Brandeis University Assistant Professor of English, is joined by Fenway Health's Adrianna Boulin and Dr. Calvin Fitch in conversation to highlight the complex reality of the queer Black community and how identity places them at the crossbars of hyper-sexualization, police brutality, and societal and medical negligence.
Lyle Ashton Harris, Oracle, 2020 [detail]. Ghanaian cloth, dye sublimation prints, and artist’s ephemera. Private Collection. © Lyle Ashton Harris. Image courtesy of the artist and David Castillo, Miami.
Leonard Bernstein Festival of the Creative Arts
April 21, 2023, 12 a.m.
The annual Leonard Bernstein Festival of the Creative Arts celebrates the abundant creativity of Brandeis students, faculty, and staff, joined by distinguished guest artists. This year's festival celebrates the theme of “Art in The Year of Climate Action.”
Photo by Natasha Moustache.
Studio Israel with Zoya Cherkassky-Nnadi
March 30, 2023, 12 p.m.
Dr. Gannit Ankori, Henry and Lois Director and Chief Curator, talks with Ukrainian-Israeli artist Zoya Cherkassy-Nnadi, about Cherkassy-Nnadi's work and artistic practice in this virtual program for Studio Israel.
Zoya Cherkassky-Nnadi, 2018. Photo by Eli Pozner. Courtesy of the artist.
2023 Spring Opening Celebration
March 15, 2023, 6 p.m.
Gather with friends, artists, and colleagues at the Rose Art Museum for a celebratory evening in honor of the new exhibition "Lyle Ashton Harris: Our first and last love."
Lyle Ashton Harris, Obsessão II, 2017 [detail]. Mixed media collage on panel. Private Collection. © Lyle Ashton Harris. Courtesy of the artist and LGDR Gallery, New York.
Phantom Limbs: Frida Kahlo, disability and art
March 8, 2023, 12:30 p.m.
Dr. Gannit Ankori, Henry and Lois Foster Director and Chief Curator, details how the life and work of Frida Kahlo is a potent rejection of ableist discourse and affirms an alternative way of being in this virtual program.
Nickolas Muray, Frida Kahlo Doubled, 1941 [detail]. Private collection. © Nickolas Muray Photo Archives. Photo by Mel Taing, 2021.
Encore Presentations: Rick Lowe
January 25, 2023, 7 p.m.
This Encore Presentation features a 2016 conversation between artist and activist Rick Lowe and former Rose Director Christopher Bedford.
Rick Lowe, 2014. Photo by Dave Rossman.