This week is a huge week for CAAD! Please read below to find out all the exciting events taking place on campus.
COSTA COMPAGNIE: Wednesday, September 28, Friday September 30 and Saturday, October 1
German theater company costa compagnie will present its evening-length multimedia work Conversion/After Afghanistan, on Friday, September 30, and Saturday, October 1, 7:00pm, in Frances Daly Fergusson Dance Theater in Kenyon Hall. These events are free and open to the public.
On Wednesday, September 28, the History Majors Committee will be hosting a discussion to address the question, “How can the arts be used as a vehicle for discussing war?” The discussion will be lead by Vassar Posse Veterans as well as members of costa compagnie. Please check out the Facebook event for more information!
LATE NIGHT AT THE LOEB: Thursday, September 29
The Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center will be celebrating two CAAD artists-in-residence, Barbara Beisinghoff and Mark Dion. There is a Facebook event with details about the night’s festivities, but you can also find information below:
The Exhibition Opening Reception for Barbara Beisinghoff’s When Light Touches Paper will take place at 5:00pm in the Loeb Sculpture Garden. The exhibition will be on view September 29-October 16, in both the Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center and the Vassar College Art Library.
Barbara Beisinghoff, Time Trace, 1995-1998, etching from 2 copper plates , 63 x 49 inch
The Art Center is also hosting Mark Dion’s book launch and gallery talk at 6:00pm. Dion will be here to celebrate the publication of the exhibition catalogue for Universal Collection: A Mark Dion Project. He will discuss his time at Vassar as artist-in-residence and his large-scale installation which is on view through December 11, 2016. A book signing will follow.
Mark Dion’s Cabinet of Curiosity on display in the Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center