SELECT PROGRAMS FALL 2023
HOURS
Bellarmine Hall Galleries Tuesday - Saturday, 11 a.m. - 4 p.m.
Walsh Gallery Tuesday - Saturday, 11 a.m. - 4 p.m.
Events listed below with a location are live, in-person programs. Where indicated, those events will also be streamed on thequicklive.com and the recordings posted to our YouTube channel. All times are Eastern Standard. To register, visit fuam.eventbrite.com
In Real Times. Arthur Szyk: Artist and Soldier for Human Rights
September 29 - December 16, 2023 Bellarmine Hall Galleries
Organized by The Magnes Collection of Jewish Art and Life, the University of California, Berkeley
Presented in partnership with the Bennett Center for Judaic Studies, the Center for Jewish History, NY, and the Jewish Federation of Greater Fairfield County
SIGNATURE EVENTS
Thursday, September 28, 5 p.m.
Opening Lecture: In Real Times. Arthur Szyk: Artist and Soldier for Human Rights*
Dolan School of Business Event Space, and streaming via Vimeo webinar (registration required)
Thursday, September 28, 6-8 p.m.
Opening Reception: In Real Times. Arthur Szyk: Artist and Soldier for Human Rights Bellarmine Hall Galleries and Great Hall
Wednesday, October 4, 5 p.m.
Symposium Keynote Address: Depicting Evil: Arthur Szyk’s Anti-Nazi Caricatures
Steven Luckert, PhD, Senior Program Curator, Levine Institute for Holocaust Education, United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Kelley Center Presentation Room and streaming on thequicklive.com
Thursday, October 5, 10 a.m.-4 p.m.
Symposium: Arthur Szyk: Art - Propaganda - Memory
For a full list of symposium speakers and talk titles, please visit fairfield.edu/museum/szyk
Dogwood Room, Barone Campus Center and streaming on thequicklive.com
Arthur Szyk, Thomas Jefferson’s Oath, 1951, watercolor, gouache, ink, and colored pencil on board. Courtesy of Taube Family Arthur Szyk Collection, The Magnes Collection of Jewish Art and Life, University of California, BerkeleyEvents listed below with a location are live, in-person programs. Where indicated, those events will also be streamed on thequicklive.com and the recordings posted to our YouTube channel. All times are Eastern Standard. To register, visit fuam.eventbrite.com
Tuesday, October 17, 7:30 p.m.
Lecture: Art Spiegelman - Maus and the Power of Illustration
Open VISIONS Forum and College of Arts and Sciences Common Grounds
Series presented in collaboration with the Bennett Center for Judaic Studies, the Quick Center for the Arts, and the Jewish Federation of Greater Fairfield County Quick Center for the Arts, Kelley Theatre (ticket required, please contact QCA box office)
LECTURES
Thursday, October 12, 5 p.m.
Lecture: Elephants, Donkeys & Twitter Birds: How Cartoon Symbols Have Shaped Politics
Award-winning illustrator Sean Kelly
Bellarmine Hall, Diffley Board Room, and streaming on thequicklive.com
Thursday, October 19, 5 p.m.
Lecture: How Arthur Szyk’s Cover Art for Collier’s Magazine Helped Americans Visualize the Evil of Fascism*
Deborah Varat, PhD, Professor of Art History, Director, Public Humanities Initiative, Southern New Hampshire University
Bellarmine Hall, Diffley Board Room, and streaming on thequicklive.com
Wednesday, October 25, Noon
Virtual Lecture: Mastering Evil: Arthur Szyk’s Style
Donald Kuspit, Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Art History and Philosophy at Stony Brook University
Streaming only on thequicklive.com
Wednesday, November 1, 5 p.m.
Virtual Lecture: Southbury: The German-American Bund Dream for Connecticut
Arnie Berstein, author of Swastika Nation
Co-sponsored by the Department of History
Streaming only on thequicklive.com.
*Presented as part of the Edwin L. Wiesel Jr. Lectureships in Art History, funded by the Robert Lehman FoundationEvents listed below with a location are live, in-person programs. Where indicated, those events will also be streamed on thequicklive.com and the recordings posted to our YouTube channel. All times are Eastern Standard. To register, visit fuam.eventbrite.com
GALLERY TALKS AND TOURS
Friday, September 29, 5 p.m.
Wednesday, October 4, Noon
Gallery Tour: In Real Times. Arthur Szyk: Artist and Soldier for Human Rights
Irvin Ungar, Curator emeritus, The Arthur Szyk Society
Bellarmine Hall Galleries
Saturday, November 11, Noon
Exhibition Tour: In Real Times. Arthur Szyk: Artist and Soldier for Human Rights
Curator of Education and Academic Engagement
Michelle DiMarzo, PhD
Bellarmine Hall Galleries
Docent tours will be available on a weekly schedule (see exhibition website) as well as by appointment.
Arthur Szyk, De Profundis. Cain, Where is Abel Thy Brother?, 1943, ink and graphite on board. Courtesy of Taube Family Arthur Szyk Collection, The Magnes Collection of Jewish Art and Life, University of California, BerkeleyEvents listed below with a location are live, in-person programs. Where indicated, those events will also be streamed on thequicklive.com and the recordings posted to our YouTube channel. All times are Eastern Standard. To register, visit fuam.eventbrite.com
OTHER EVENTS
Wednesday, October 11, 7-9 p.m.
Craft Collective: Bring your own projects!
Bellarmine Hall, Museum Classroom
Friday, October 13, 12:30 p.m.
Lecture: Exhibiting Classical Antiquity During the Nazi Era*
Irene Bald Romano, PhD, Professor of Art History and Anthropology, University of Arizona
Bellarmine Hall, Diffley Board Room and streaming on thequicklive.com
Co-sponsored by the Department of Visual and Performing Arts and the Classical Studies Program
Tuesday, October 24, 7-9 p.m.
Drawing Party: Cartooning for Adults
With art tips from Kate Wellen, Museum Educator
Bellarmine Hall Galleries and Museum Classroom
Wednesday, November 8, 7-9 p.m.
Craft Collective: Bring your own projects! Bellarmine Hall, Museum Classroom
Tuesday, December 12, 5 p.m.
De-Stress with Art Kate Wellen, Museum Educator Streaming on thequicklive.com
FAMILY DAYS
Select Saturdays, 12:30-2 p.m. and 2:30-4 p.m.
(Space limited; registration required)
October 14: Cartooning
November 4: Cartooning II
December 9: Shake It Up
Bellarmine Hall Galleries and Museum Classroom
Kallimachos, Nike Adjusting Her Sandal, plaster cast after marble original of 5th century BCE. Gift of the First Ephorate of Prehistoric & Classical Antiquities, Acropolis Museum, Athens, 2010Events listed below with a location are live, in-person programs. Where indicated, those events will also be streamed on thequicklive.com and the recordings posted to our YouTube channel. All times are Eastern Standard. To register, visit fuam.eventbrite.com
