Daily Events
Monday 7/23
Non-Fiction and Fiction Reading: Darin Strauss & Binnie Kirshenbaum
Location: Palamountain Hall - Davis Auditorium New York State Summer Writers Institute: Darin Strauss (Nation Book Critics Circle Award for Half a Life) and Binnie Kirshenbaum (novelist, The Scenic Route) |
Tuesday 7/24
Public Tour: "Dance/Draw"
Location: Tang Teaching Museum |
Fiction and Poetry Reading: Jamaica Kincaid & Henri Cole
Location: Palamountain Hall - Davis Auditorium New York State Summer Writers Institute: Jamaica Kincaid (author, Mr. Potter) and Henri Cole (poet, Middle Earth) |
Wednesday 7/25
Skybetter and Associates: Lecture Demonstration
Location: Dance Center |
Fiction and Poetry Reading: Mary Gaitskill & Tom Healy
Location: Palamountain Hall - Davis Auditorium New York State Summer Writers Institute: Mary Gaitskill (author, Veronica) and Tom Healy (What the Left Hand Knows) |
Thursday 7/26
Fiction and Poetry Reading: Rick Moody & Francine Prose
Location: Palamountain Hall - Davis Auditorium New York State Summer Writers Institute: Rick Moody (fictionist, Demonology) and Francine Prose (novelist, A Changed Man) |
Friday 7/27
UpBeat on the Roof, "The Blue Olives"
Location: Tang Teaching Museum |
Panel Discussion: Writers on the Presidential Election
Location: Palamountain Hall - Davis Auditorium New York State Summer Writers Institute: Katha Pollitt (columnist, The Nation), Jame Miller (Democracy is in the Streets), Jennifer Delton (author, Racial Integration & Corporate America; regular "politics & society" columnist for Salmagundi), moderated by Robert Boyers (editor, Salmagundi) |
Future Shorts
Location: Tang Teaching Museum - outside wall (rain location is Filene Hall) |
Sunday 7/29
Skidmore Summer Flute Institute: Faculty Concert
Location: Arthur Zankel Music Center - Ladd Hall Featuring Jan Vinci and the Skidmore Summer Flute Faculty |
Ongoing Events
| [5/30 - 12/30] "Hearing Pictures"
Time: 12:00 PM - 5:00 PM Location:
Tang Teaching Museum
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[6/9 - 10/14] "Elevator Music 21: Doug Van Nort: Constellate"
Time: 12:00 PM - 5:00 PM Location:
Tang Teaching Museum
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[7/14 - 12/30] "Dance/Draw"
Time: 12:00 PM - 5:00 PM Location:
Tang Teaching Museum
Examining the importance of the line in art practices since the 1960s, "Dance/Draw" highlights essential connection between contemporary dance and the visual arts. Through an exploration of the relationship between these art practices, the exhibition attempts to break down boundaries between the two. |
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[7/14 - 12/2] "Terry Adkins: Recital"
Time: 12:00 PM - 5:00 PM Location:
Tang Teaching Museum
Combing sculpture and live performance, Terry Adkins's installations pay tribute to the memories of under-recognized figures in our collective culture, including John Brown, John Coltrane, Ralph Ellison, Zora Neale Hurston, Bessie Smith, and Sojourner Truth. During performances with members of his Lone Wolf Recital Corps, Adkins activates his sculptural objects through improvisational playing and singing, spoken word, and recorded sound. |
| [7/18 - 8/1] 2012 Summer Art Faculty Exhibition
Location: Saisselin Art Center - Schick Art Gallery 2012 Summer Art Faculty Exhibition, featuring works by thirteen artists: David Bradford, painting; Ted Camp, ceramics; Terry Conrad, drawing and printmaking; Katie DeGroot, painting; Leslie Ferst, ceramics; Jane Fine, painting; Kyle Ford, photography; John Galt, sculpture; Liz Howe, ceramics; Rebecca Shepard, drawing; Ron Taylor, video and photography; Elizabeth Terhune, painting; and John Torreano, sculpture. |
