Amherst College: Schedule

Amherst College: Schedule https://www.amherst.edu/ en [Amherst Today] https://www.amherst.edu/alumni/learn/AlumniColloquium/pastalumnicolloquium/fall2012/schedule/node/381651 <span class="field field--name-uid field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden"><span>Marcy Larmon (inactive)</span></span> <span class="field field--name-created field--type-created field--label-hidden"><time datetime="2012-02-28T10:57:05-05:00" title="Tuesday, February 28, 2012, at 10:57 AM" class="datetime">Tuesday, 2/28/2012, at 10:57 AM</time> </span> <div class="field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"><h2 style="text-align:center;"><article class="media media--type-image media--view-mode-full" width="378" height="50"> <div class="field field--name-field-media-image field--type-image field--label-visually_hidden"> <div class="field__label visually-hidden">Image</div> <div class="field__item"> <img loading="lazy" src="/system/files/media/0549/amherst_today_wordmark.png" width="378" height="50" alt="Amherst Today Program" title="Amherst Today Program"> </div> </div> </article> </h2> <h2 style="text-align:center;">Art at the Heart of the College</h2> <hr> <table class="table-with-rules" style="width:100%;" cellspacing="5" cellpadding="5" border="0"> <tbody> <tr align="left"> <td class="gradient-background" style="width:35%;" colspan="2"> <h3><strong><strong><a name="Thursday"></a></strong></strong>Thursday, September 27, 2012</h3> </td> </tr> <tr valign="top"> <td style="width:35%;">8 a.m. – 3 p.m.</td> <td><strong>Early Registration<br></strong>Check in and collect information packets<br><em>Smith House, 22 Hitchcock Road</em></td> </tr> <tr valign="top"> <td style="width:35%;">8:30 a.m. – 3:30 p.m.</td> <td><strong>Visit Open Classes</strong></td> </tr> <tr valign="top"> <td style="width:35%;">11 a.m. – 2 p.m.</td> <td><strong>Lunch<br></strong>Meal tickets provided in information packets<em><br>Valentine Dining Hall</em></td> </tr> <tr valign="top"> <td style="width:35%;">3:30 p.m.</td> <td><strong>Late Registration<br></strong>Check in and collect information packets<br><em>Lobby, Fayerweather Hall<br></em></td> </tr> <tr valign="top" align="left"> <td style="width:35%;">4  – 6 p.m.</td> <td><strong>Meet the Mead: Opening Session<br></strong><em>Pruyne Lecture Hall, Fayerweather Hall<br></em></td> </tr> <tr valign="top" align="left"> <td style="width:35%;">4 p.m.</td> <td><strong>Welcome and General Information</strong></td> </tr> <tr valign="top" align="left"> <td style="width:35%;">4:15 p.m.</td> <td><strong>Keynote Address<br>Library, Laboratory, Sanctuary, Stage: New Roles for the 21st-Century College Art Museum<br></strong> Elizabeth Barker, director, Mead Art Museum</td> </tr> <tr valign="top" align="left"> <td style="width:35%;">5:10 p.m.</td> <td><strong>The Mead in Action across the Curriculum: Notes and Anecdotes from the Study Room<br></strong>Pamela Russell, head of education and Andrew W. Mellon curator of academic programs</td> </tr> <tr valign="top" align="left"> <td style="width:35%;">5:30 p.m.</td> <td><strong>Open Conversation with the Mead's Curatorial Team<br></strong>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</td> </tr> <tr valign="top" align="left"> <td style="width:35%;">6 – 7 p.m.</td> <td><strong>Reception at the Mead Art Museum</strong></td> </tr> <tr valign="top" align="left"> <td style="width:35%;">7 p.m.</td> <td><strong>Opening Dinner</strong><br><em>Lewis-Sebring Commons, Valentine Dining Hall</em></td> </tr> <tr valign="top" align="left"> <td style="width:35%;">After dinner</td> <td><strong>I ❤ the Mead</strong><em><br></em>A creative student tribute to Amherst's own art museum with Alice Wang '13, Perry De La Vega '13 and Thea Goldring '14.<br><em>Lewis-Sebring Commons, Valentine Dining Hall<br></em></td> </tr> <tr valign="top" align="left"> <td style="width:35%;">8:30 – 9:15 p.m.</td> <td><strong>Art after Dark<br></strong>A postprandial treat for the eyes and ears with the Madrigal Singers and Mead student docents Siyu Shen '15 and Julian Wang '13.<br><em>Mead Art Museum</em></td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <table class="table-with-rules" cellspacing="5" cellpadding="5" border="0"> <tbody> <tr align="left"> <td class="gradient-background" colspan="2"> <h3><strong><a name="Friday"></a></strong>Friday, September 28, 2012</h3> </td> </tr> <tr valign="top"> <td width="25%">7:30 a.m. </td> <td><strong>Breakfast<br></strong>Meal tickets provided in information packets<strong><br></strong><em>Weiller Wing, Valentine Dining Hall</em></td> </tr> <tr valign="top" align="left"> <td valign="top" align="left">9 – 10:30 a.m.</td> <td><strong>All Things Old are New Again: Fresh Perspectives and Mead Favorites</strong><br>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<br><em>Pruyne Lecture Hall, Fayerweather Hall<br></em></td> </tr> <tr valign="top"> <td>10:30 – 11 a.m.</td> <td><strong>Break</strong></td> </tr> <tr valign="top"> <td>11 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.</td> <td><strong>Reinventing Tokyo: Japan's Largest City in the Artistic Imagination</strong><br> 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.<br><em>Pruyne Lecture Hall, Fayerweather Hall<br></em></td> </tr> <tr valign="top"> <td>12:30 – 1:45 p.m.</td> <td><strong>Lunch<br></strong>Meal tickets provided in information packets<em><br>Mezzanine, Valentine Dining Hall<br></em></td> </tr> <tr valign="top"> <td>2 – 2:50 p.m.</td> <td><strong>Break-Out Session 1:</strong> <strong>Mead Mini-Seminar <br></strong>Small group art discovery sessions with the Mead's curators<br><em>Mead Art Museum<br></em></td> </tr> <tr valign="top"> <td>3 – 3:50 p.m.</td> <td><strong>Break-Out Session 2: Mead Mini-Seminar<br></strong>Small group art discovery sessions with the Mead's curators<br><em>Mead Art Museum</em></td> </tr> <tr valign="top"> <td>4 p.m.</td> <td><strong>Closing Reception<br></strong><em>Mead Art Museum<br></em></td> </tr> </tbody> </table></div> Tue, 28 Feb 2012 15:57:05 +0000 mlarmon 381651 at https://www.amherst.edu