Skidmore College - Scope Magazine Fall 2018

People: Mix Marketing; gallery: Andreas Vesterlund A R T In 2017–18, Tang Museum hosted many artists and scholars, organized 17 exhibitions, brought in 122 Skidmore courses and presented 153 events, including: Njideka Akunyili Crosby, on the opening day of a show of her Prede- cessor series of paintings, spoke before a standing-room-only audience with artist Julia Jacquette ’86 about art, family and popular culture. Birthing Bodies , an exhibition that explored childbirth through a femi- nist lens, was curated by Laila Morgan ’18, the 2016-17 Carole Marchand ’57 Intern and a double major in American studies and art history. Morgan, who is a trained birth doula, also organized related events like “Birth Sto- ries” for people to share stories about birthing experiences. Eric Morser and students from his course Adventures in Public History: The Prison Project presented research as part of the show States of Incar- ceration . Gallery talks were led by student curators Deven Catalano ’19, Meaghan McDonald ’18 and Isaac Selchaif ’18, and a panel led by Isolde Brielmaier, the Tang’s curator-at-large, featured Harvard historian Elizabeth Hinton, artist Duron Jackson and activist Johnny Perez. Other Side: Art, Object, Self showed contemporary artworks from the Tang collection that explore national, cultural and personal identities. The show was the first in the Tang’s three-year, Mellon Foundation-funded project Accelerate: Access and Inclusion. Among the courses using the show was The Artist Interview (see page 8). The inaugural Winter/Miller Lecture brought Nicole Eisenman to discuss her art that challenges notions of gender and sexuality. The event was organized by Rachel Rosenfeld ’18, a studio art major and the Eleanor Linder Winter Intern at the Tang. The lecture and internship are made possible by the family of Eleanor Lindor Winter ’43.  Skidmore art historian Mimi Hellman and the Tang led a four-institution display of This Place , encompassing more than 600 photographs of Israel and the West Bank. Related events included talks with three of the photographers and a student panel moderated by James Helicke of the international affairs faculty. Skidmore’s first Faculty Scholar in Residence, archaeologist Heather Hurst ’97, organized 7,000 Fragments: Maya Murals from San Bartolo, Guatemala . The life-size model introduced Tang visitors to ancient Maya art and helped Hurst and others interact with the site in a new way. —Michael Janairo Clockwise from top left: Njideka Akunyili Crosby (right) talks about her work; Dona Nelson: Stand Alone Paintings, a major spring-summer show; Miguel Aragón, in the Other Side exhibition; professors Adrienne Zuerner and Amon Emeka view Give a damn. LAST YEAR AT THE TANG