Halle O’Neal Featured in Fireside Chat Series on March 13

Halle O’Neal, Mellon Assistant Professor of History of Art, will give a talk as part of Vanderbilt’s Fireside Chat series on Thursday, March 13, at 7 p.m. in McTyeire Hall. Her presentation is entitled The Universe in a Fingernail? Connecting Pop Culture with Buddhist Relics. “You might be surprised to find out that the principles…

Posted by vrcvanderbilt on March 11, 2014 in Events, HART, Lectures, VRC

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Warren Center Announces New Seminar on Material Culture

Mireille Lee, assistant professor of history of art, and Beth Conklin, associate professor of anthropology, are coordinating a new seminar at the Robert Penn Warren Center for the Humanities entitled “Material Culture in Context.” This seminar explores objects and materiality from multiple perspectives. It will examine the meaning attached to objects by the people who…

Posted by vrcvanderbilt on February 24, 2014 in Events, HART, VRC

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Seeing Red: The Passion, Madness and Desperation of Rothko

Tennessee Repertory Theatre is joining with Vanderbilt’s Master of Liberal Arts and Science Program and the Frist Center for the Visual Arts for a special event focused on the Tony Award-winning play Red by John Logan. The program will be held on Monday, February 17, at 6:30 pm in the Wilson Hall auditorium. The event…

Posted by vrcvanderbilt on February 10, 2014 in Events, VRC

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Illustrations of Fritz Eichenberg Featured in Fine Arts Gallery Exhibit

The Vanderbilt Fine Arts Gallery celebrates the opening of Fritz Eichenberg – Artist of the Book with an opening reception on Thursday, January 16, from 5 to 7 pm in Cohen Hall on the Peabody campus. The exhibit, curated by Joseph S. Mella, gallery director, will remain on view through February 27. The focus of…

Posted by vrcvanderbilt on January 13, 2014 in Events, Fine Arts Gallery, HART, VRC

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Elizabeth Moodey Presents Paper on Unpublished Prayerbook

Elizabeth Moodey, assistant professor of history of art, presented a paper at an Index of Christian Art conference held October 25-26 at Princeton University. The conference, entitled Manuscripta Illuminata: Approaches to Understanding Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts, focused on illuminated manuscripts and included papers on books ranging from impressive, heavily gilded Ottonian service books to a…

Posted by vrcvanderbilt on November 14, 2013 in Events, HART, VRC

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Kevin Murphy to Participate in “Soundscapes” Conference

The rise of digital media over the last few decades has dramatically changed the way in which we make and consume sound within the contexts of our everyday lives. Whether we play ongoing music streams at home, freely reassemble audible objects with the help of our computers, listen to a diverse range of prerecorded sounds…

Posted by vrcvanderbilt on November 13, 2013 in Events, HART, Lectures, VRC

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Three VU Professors Receive SEC Visiting Faculty Travel Grant

Betsey Robinson, associate professor of history of art, Robin Jensen, Luce Chancellor’s Professor of the History of Christian Art and Worship, and David Michelson, assistant professor of early Christianity at the Divinity School, received a grant from the Southeastern Conference (SEC) Visiting Faculty Travel Grant Program to participate in a regional workshop on Cultures of…

Posted by vrcvanderbilt on October 28, 2013 in Events, HART, VRC

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Bonna Wescoat to Lecture on Parthenon Ionic Frieze on October 22

Bonna Wescoat, professor of classical art and archaeology at Emory University, will give the first Archaeological Institute of America lecture of the academic year on Tuesday, October 22, at 7 pm at the Nashville Parthenon in Centennial Park. Her lecture is titled “Seeing is Believing: Nashville Parthenon Sheds New Light on the Visibility of the…

Posted by vrcvanderbilt on October 21, 2013 in Events, HART, VRC

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Space 204 Exhibit Celebrates Susan DeMay and Forty Years in Clay

Vanderbilt’s Department of Art welcomes an exhibition celebrating four decades of art by Susan DeMay, senior lecturer in ceramics. Career Highlights: 40 Years in Clay will be on display in Space 204 from Thursday, October 17, through Friday, November 22. DeMay will present a gallery talk on Thursday, October 17, at 3 pm prior to…

Posted by vrcvanderbilt on October 15, 2013 in Events, HART, VRC

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Fine Arts Gallery Announces Latest Exhibit and Opening Reception

The Vanderbilt Fine Arts Gallery celebrates the opening of their latest exhibit, Difficult Art and the Liberal Arts Imagination, with a reception on Friday, September 27, from 5 to 7 pm in Cohen Hall on the Peabody campus. Martin Rapisarda, associate dean of the College of Arts and Science, who curated the exhibit, will make…

Posted by vrcvanderbilt on September 23, 2013 in Events, Fine Arts Gallery, HART, VRC

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