Alumni Colloquium Schedule

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Art at the Heart of the College

Thursday, September 27, 2012
8 a.m. – 3 p.m.	Early Registration Check in and collect information packets Smith House, 22 Hitchcock Road
8:30 a.m. – 3:30 p.m.	Visit Open Classes
11 a.m. – 2 p.m.	Lunch Meal tickets provided in information packets Valentine Dining Hall
3:30 p.m.	Late Registration Check in and collect information packets Lobby, Fayerweather Hall
4 – 6 p.m.	Meet the Mead: Opening Session Pruyne Lecture Hall, Fayerweather Hall
4 p.m.	Welcome and General Information
4:15 p.m.	Keynote Address Library, Laboratory, Sanctuary, Stage: New Roles for the 21st-Century College Art Museum Elizabeth Barker, director, Mead Art Museum
5:10 p.m.	The Mead in Action across the Curriculum: Notes and Anecdotes from the Study Room Pamela Russell, head of education and Andrew W. Mellon curator of academic programs
5:30 p.m.	Open Conversation with the Mead's Curatorial Team Elizabeth Barker, director; Randall Griffey, head of curatorial affairs and curator of American art; Bettina Jungen, Thomas P. Whitney '37 curator of Russian art; Pamela Russell, head of education and Andrew W. Mellon curator of academic programs
6 – 7 p.m.	Reception at the Mead Art Museum
7 p.m.	Opening Dinner Lewis-Sebring Commons, Valentine Dining Hall
After dinner	I ❤ the Mead A creative student tribute to Amherst's own art museum with Alice Wang '13, Perry De La Vega '13 and Thea Goldring '14. Lewis-Sebring Commons, Valentine Dining Hall
8:30 – 9:15 p.m.	Art after Dark A postprandial treat for the eyes and ears with the Madrigal Singers and Mead student docents Siyu Shen '15 and Julian Wang '13. Mead Art Museum

Friday, September 28, 2012
7:30 a.m.	Breakfast Meal tickets provided in information packets Weiller Wing, Valentine Dining Hall
9 – 10:30 a.m.	All Things Old are New Again: Fresh Perspectives and Mead Favorites Discussants: Robert T. Hayashi, assistant professor of English and American Studies; Tekla A. Harms, professor of geology and director of the Beneski Museum of Natural History; Victoria Maillo, lecturer of Spanish; and Kim Townsend, Class of 1959 professor of English, emeritus. Moderated by Pamela Russell, head of education and Andrew W. Mellon curator of academic programs Pruyne Lecture Hall, Fayerweather Hall
10:30 – 11 a.m.	Break
11 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.	Reinventing Tokyo: Japan's Largest City in the Artistic Imagination Samuel Morse, Howard M. and Martha P. Mitchell professor of the history of art and Asian languages and civilizations, traces a groundbreaking research project from the storerooms to the classroom to the galleries and the book store. Pruyne Lecture Hall, Fayerweather Hall
12:30 – 1:45 p.m.	Lunch Meal tickets provided in information packets Mezzanine, Valentine Dining Hall
2 – 2:50 p.m.	Break-Out Session 1: Mead Mini-Seminar Small group art discovery sessions with the Mead's curators Mead Art Museum
3 – 3:50 p.m.	Break-Out Session 2: Mead Mini-Seminar Small group art discovery sessions with the Mead's curators Mead Art Museum
4 p.m.	Closing Reception Mead Art Museum