Office of Communications
May 23, 2011 - May 29, 2011
Scope Weekly

Monday Memo


Commencement 2011

100th Commencement is one for the ages
Though the skies threatened, the downpour held off for Skidmore's 100th Commencement, where one of the College's largest classes received degrees and the final graduates of the University Without Walls were celebrated.

Faculty-Staff achievements
Howe reviews national ceramics biennial, Lee prepares for an international invitational art exhibition, Thompson posts new entry to his OUP blog.

Daily Events

Tuesday 5/24

Annual Employee Retirement & Recognition Luncheon
Time: 12:00 PM

Location: Case Center - Case Green

For employees of Skidmore College.

Under the trees on Case Green.

Rain location: Murray-Aikins Dining Hall


Ongoing Events

FEATURED EVENT
  [2/5 - 7/31] "Environment and Object in Recent African Art"

Location: Tang Teaching Museum - Malloy Wing
The Tang Museum is closed on Mondays and all major holidays. For information call 518-580-8080.

"Environment and Object in Recent African Art" will examine recent African art according to two fluid and often intertwined aesthetic and conceptual frameworks: the impact of the environment on contemporary African life, and the use of found objects and appropriated materials as a recurring presence in current African art.

Curated by Lisa Aronson, associate professor of Art History at Skidmore, and John Weber, Dayton Director of the Tang.


FEATURED EVENT
  [3/26 - 7/31] Tang Museum Exhibit: "Alumni Invitational 3"

Location: Tang Teaching Museum
The Tang Museum is closed on Mondays and all major holidays. For information call 518-580-8080.

The third Alumni Invitational organized by the Tang Museum. Presented as a part of the Tang's 10th anniversary, four Skidmore alumni artists will be shown in the museum's Wachenheim Gallery. Several works by each artist will offer a focused look at the diverse and inventive practices of Skidmore's alumni. Artists will be announced in Spring 2011.


A A A