Inspired by the exhibition, The Botanist at Vassar, the Loeb is proud to partner with Nature’s Impact to present a hands-on workshop with artist Serena Domingues, featuring her Botanical Dreams series—large-scale floral sculptures inspired by the power and mystery of nature. Guests will engage in a guided experience where they observe botanical forms and create their own imagined flower through sculpting and making. 

This event is free and open to the public, ages 7 and up.

Recital by Richard Wilson, composer and pianist, with special guest Carl Gutowski, flute

This event is free and open to the public.

A live performance featuring Soundpainting creator Walter Thompson and international artists using real-time multidisciplinary composition through gesture-based improvisation.

Writer, essayist, translator, and editor Eliot Weinberger delivers the Elizabeth Bishop Poetry Lecture.

This event is free and open to the public.

A talk by Anita Varma ’08 based on her 2026 Columbia University Press book Solidarity in Journalism, about journalism and social justice. The talk will explore how conventional journalistic norms discourage reporters from taking sides; journalists are supposed to remain neutral, impartial, and objective.

This event is free and open to the public.

This event free and open to the public.

The reading will be delivered by Ayana Mathis. 

This event is free and open to the public.