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Sam Gilliam, Buoy Landscape V, from the suite Buoy Landscape, 1982. Smithsonian American Art Museum.
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Timely
- Last day to add a course without a fee (5:00 p.m. EST deadline), February 7th.
- HIAA PhD Candidate, Dominic Bate, Pythagorean Visions: Picturing Harmony in British Art, 1719–1753, Virtual, February 10th, 1 pm, Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art, London. Book tickets.
- Dawit Petros, Associate Professor in the Department of Photography at The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, February 23rd, 6:30 pm, Rhode Island Hall, 108. Petros is a visual artist, researcher, and educator. His work is informed by studies of global modernisms, theories of diaspora, and postcolonial studies. Learn more.
- New podcast, Arte Programmata: Freedom, Control, and The Computer in 1960s Italy. Did you miss HIAA Prof. Lindsay Caplan's Book Launch? Check out her podcast discussion on the book with Tina Rivers Ryan, an art historian and curator at the Buffalo AKG Art Museum, and Jacopo Galimberti an art historian and assistant professor at IUAV (Venice). Listen now.
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Happenings
- Mona Chalabi, February 8th, 4:00-5:30 pm, Martinos Auditorium. Chalabi will discuss the importance of visualization in a conversation moderated by Sohini Ramachandran (DSI Director and Professor of Ecology, Evolution, and Organismal Biology, and Computer Science) and Avery Willis Hoffman (BAI Artistic Director and Professor of the Practice of Arts and Classics). Learn more.
- Rashaad Newsome, Artist Talk, February 8th, 6:00 pm, List 120. Newsome’s work blends several practices, including collage, sculpture, film, photography, music, computer programming, software engineering, community organizing, and performance, to create a field that rejects classification. Learn more.
- Artist Talk and Opening Reception | Elisabeth Subrin, February 9th, 5:00-8:00 pm, List, Bell Gallery. Join award-winning artist and filmmaker Elisabeth Subrin for a conversation on her César nominated film portrait of subversive actress Maria Schneider (1952–2011) The Listening Takes, debuting at the Bell Gallery. A reception will follow. Learn more.
- Call for Submissions: Judaica Exhibit due February 10th Judaica is broadly defined as an artwork expressing Jewish culture, history, or experience. The exhibit aims to feature as much work from Jewish creators, broadly defined as anyone who identifies as Jewish, as possible. Apply here.
- Brown/RISD Dual Degree Student Exhibition “The Witching Hour,” Granoff Center, January 23rd-February 26th. Comprised of artwork by Brown/RISD Dual Degree students, "The Witching Hour" explores themes of magic, mystery, mysticism, myth, rites & rituals, the grotesque, the fantastical, the uncanny, curiosities, and wonder.
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Opportunities for Undergraduate Students
- Cogut Institute Undergraduate Fellowship Info Session, February 6th, 12:00-1:00 pm, Pembroke Hall, 003. Undergraduates, are you interested in humanities research? Come to our info session to learn more about the Cogut Institute for the Humanities and our undergraduate fellowship. Learn more.
- Voss Undergraduate Research Fellowships Applications due February 17th. Voss Fellowships are the premier training and funding opportunities for undergraduates interested in environmental research at Brown, offering awardees a large stipend, plus additional funds for related expenses. Learn more.
- Thomas Cole National Historic site 2023-24 Fellowship Applications Open. A one-year, full-time residential research fellowship. Selected Fellows get to live and work at the historic artist's site and museum from June 6, 2023-May 28, 2024. Learn more and apply.
- Apply to be a staff columnist at the Brown Daily Herald during the Spring semester. As a columnist, you would write an argumentative column of around 800-1200 words every two weeks. You can find the application here.
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Opportunities for Graduate Students
- HIAA Roundtable: Tristan Glenn, Assistant VP of Inclusion, Campus Culture, "Peering into the Periphery: Cultivating Critical Consciousness of Self and Others," 12:00-1:30 pm, February 9th, Zoom
- Become an Institute at Brown for Environment & Society (IBES) Affiliate. Application due Tuesday, February 17. Open to all fully-enrolled Brown University graduate students interested in pursuing environmental research. Click here to apply.
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What are we looking at this week?
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Parks, Gordon, 1912-2006. American Gothic. 1942. Artstor.
Happy Black History Month!
This week we are looking at one of the most well-known photographs taken by prominent African American photographer, composer, author, poet, and film director, Gordon Parks. Parks is well known for his U.S. documentary photojournalism from the 1940s-1970s and was also the first African American to produce and direct major motion pictures, featuring narratives about black life in the United States.
Visit The Gordon Parks Foundation website to learn more about his life, work, and the opportunities available through the Foundation.
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