Upcoming Events
An Agnes Rindge Claflin Lecture by Evangelos Kotsioris, Director of the Emilio Ambasz Institute for the Joint Study of the Built and the Natural Environment and a Curator in the Department of Architecture & Design at The Museum of Modern Art in New York.
Associate Professor of Philosophy at Smith College, Malcolm Keating, will be giving a Jamie Nisse Greenberg Memorial Lecture: An Argument for Propositions in an Indian Philosopher — Revisiting a Dogma.
This event is free and open to the public.
Professor Oliver Rollins’s book, Conviction: The Making and Unmaking of The Violent Brain (Stanford University Press, 2021), traces the evolution of neuroimaging research on anti-social behavior, stressing the limits of this controversial brain model when dealing with aspects of social inequality. Oliver Rollins is an Assistant Professor of Science, Technology, and Society, Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
This event is free and open to the public.
Join us for free drop-in family programs on select Sundays this winter and spring. Each date will feature a different hands-on art activity inspired by art on view. Activities can be modified for all ages, but are best suited for children ages 5 and up.
This event is free and open to the public.
The Iyoya exhibit, named after John Iyoya ’83, highlights young children’s interest in the visual arts and encourages their use of the arts to express themselves.
Using vintage photographs and newspaper articles, we explore the lives and works of some of the female physicians in late 19th and early 20th century Poughkeepsie.
Free and open to the public.
David N. Weil is James and Merryl Tisch Professor of Economics at Brown University. In this talk, Professor Weil traces how arguments over fertility have evolved over time, examines the real economic effects of low fertility, and evaluates the potential effect of pro-natalist policies in shaping American women’s fertility decisions.
Campus community only, please.
Jonathan Weinberg, Ph.D., artist and curator of The Maurice Sendak Foundation, presents the Belle Krasne Ribicoff Lecture, examining Maurice Sendak’s artistic legacy and the evolution of the modern picture book.
This event is free and open to the public.
Abendmusik, New York’s period instrument string band, presents a special performance of Antonio Vivaldi’s first collection of printed concerti for 1, 2, and 4 violins: L’estro armonico, Op. 3., to honor the legacy of women in music.
This event is free and open to the public.
Ongoing Events
This art exhibition features several local artists who have created art pieces using images or materials from the Poughkeepsie Journal photo archive.
Artists: Emilie Houssart, Onaje Benjamin, Xuewu Zheng
Reception: Saturday, February 21, 3:00-5:00 p.m.
This single-gallery installation features archival materials, including sound recordings, from a 1973 performance by the pioneering and provocative American artist Vito Acconci.