Today’s post comes from Olivia Zisman, class of 2016 and Art Center Student Docent.
On Friday, April 10th, the Art Center’s current exhibition, Through the Looking Glass: Daguerreotype Masterworks from the Dawn of Photography, opened with a lecture by John Wood, one of the premier historians of early photography, and author of several books on daguerreotypes that are widely recognized as landmark publications
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Host Potluck Brunch: Easter edition
The International Community smiles bright for the camera
The Office of International Services celebrated the Spring Holiday in a rather unconventional way this year. While relying heavily on the Western traditions of Easter to guide the day, there were incorporations of many different cultures and peoples coming together to learn and enjoy good food!
We host a bi-annual potluck meal for International students and their host families
The Power of the Comic Form
Today’s post comes from Isis Lecaro, class of 2018 and Art Center Student Docent.
As noted in a recent blog post by Rosa Bozhkov, the project gallery at the Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center is an ever-changing space typically devoted to works from collection storage that are being used in courses taught by Vassar professors
Sustainability Planning in Practice
In Spring 2015, Professor Cunningham’s Geography/Urban Studies course in Sustainability Planning Theory & Practice had students seek out examples of green principles in practice, whether they seen them on Campus, at home, or from experiences abroad.
Check out this slideshow of what they came up with and consider how they could be implemented at Vassar!
Artists Depicting Artists
Today’s post comes from Alicia Lewis, class of 2018 and Art Center Student Docent
While roaming the galleries of the Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center one day last semester, I noticed a newly installed painting in the 20th century gallery. It was a rather large painting, and the artist’s use of space on the long, narrow canvas was very unusual