María Magdalena Campos-Pons | Virtual Artist Talk
Wed. Oct 6, 5pm EDT
Virtual: please register here

María Magdalena Campos-Pons combines and crosses diverse artistic practices, including photography, painting, sculpture, film, video, and performance. Her work addresses issues of history, memory, gender, and religion; it investigates how each one of these themes informs identity formation.

Born in 1959 in La Vega, a town in the province of Matanzas, Cuba, Campos-Pons is a descendant of Nigerians who had been brought to the island and enslaved in the 19th century. She grew up learning firsthand about the legacy of slavery along with the beliefs of Santería, a Yoruba-derived religion. Directly informed by the traditions, rituals, and practices of her ancestors, her work is deeply autobiographical. Often using herself and her Afro- Cuban relatives as subjects, she creates historical narratives that illuminate the spirit of people and places, past and present, thereby rendering universal relevance from personal history. Recalling dark narratives of the Trans-Atlantic slave trade, her imagery and performances honor the labor of black bodies on indigo and sugar plantations, renew Catholic and Santería religious practices, and celebrate revolutionary uprisings in the Americas. As she writes, “I...collect and tell stories of forgotten people in order to foster a dialogue to better understand and propose a poetic, compassionate reading of our time.”

Figure Model Drawing Sessions
Wed. Oct 6, Wed. Oct 20, Wed. Nov 3, and Wed. Nov 17

The Department of Visual Art is hosting 4 nights of figure model drawing sessions at the List Art Building. This opportunity is open to all currently enrolled VISA students. From 8pm-10pm on every other Wednesday beginning Wed. Oct 6 until Wed. Nov 17, students will have the opportunity to join a group of peers for an evening of figure drawing. Space is limited. Please express interest using this form. (Wed. Oct 6th is now fully registered. Additional sessions available on 10/20, 11/3, and 11/17.)

No Monitor Hours
Mon. Oct 11
Monitor Hours will be closed on Monday, October 11th in observation of Indigenous Peoples' Day. Monitor Hours will be held on Sunday, October 10th and resume on Tuesday, October 12th.

Student Employment | Bell Gallery
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Assist the University Curator with duties related to the process of acquiring, configuring the database, converting data and implementing a new collections database management system  for the Bell Gallery. Duties Include writing alternative text descriptions for art objects in the Bell Gallery Collection using guidelines established by The Cooper Hewitt; participate in training in the use of MuseumPlus collections management database software; assist the University Curator write an instruction manual for MuseumPlus in-house use; and check migrated records for accuracy and consistency. By converting the collections management database from FilemakerPro to MuseumPlus the Gallery will enhance its toolkit and provide improved care for collections and will better service the research needs of the Brown and local community. 

Call for Submissions | VISIONS Magazine
Deadline: Oct. 23
VISIONS Magazine is a Brown and RISD literary and art publication that centers the Asian/Asian American/Pacific Islander American experience and we are currently accepting submissions for our Fall 2021 issue! We accept all forms of visual and literary art and especially welcome new artists and writers to submit! If you’d like to submit a piece, please fill out this simple google form (tinyurl.com/visionsf21) by October 23. If you have any questions, feel free to email visions@brown.edu!