FALL 2021 PROGRAMS
The art is live…the programs are virtual HOURS Bellarmine Hall Galleries Tuesday - Saturday, 11 a.m. - 4 p.m. Walsh Gallery Tuesday - Saturday, 11 a.m. - 4 p.m.
All programs will be live-streamed (unless indicated). Recordings will be available on our website and YouTube channel. All times are Eastern Standard. To register, visit fuam.eventbrite.com
CARRIE MAE WEEMS: THE USUAL SUSPECTS September 18 - December 18, 2021 Carrie Mae Weems is asking probing questions about humanity, about representation, and about power with these photographic and video works. She focuses on the humanity denied in recent killings of black men, women, and children by police, and directs our attention to the constructed nature of racial identity—specifically, representations that associate black bodies with criminality.
Friday, September 17, 6 p.m.
Opening Conversation: Carrie Mae Weems: The Usual Suspects†
Courtney Taylor, Curator Carrie Mae Weems, All the Boys (Profile 1), 2016, archival pigment and Director of Public mounted on gesso board. Courtesy of Jack Shainman Gallery Programs, Louisiana State University Museum of Art, and Dalila Scruggs, PhD, Educator and Curator, Brooklyn Museum Monday, October 4, 7 p.m.
Film Screening: Black Art: In the Absence of Light (HBO, 2021)* BCC, Oak Room
Tuesday, October 19, 5 p.m.
Virtual Tour: Carrie Mae Weems: The Usual Suspects Dalila Scruggs, PhD, Educator and Curator, Brooklyn Museum
All programs will be live-streamed (unless indicated). Recordings will be available on our website and YouTube channel. All times are Eastern Standard. To register, visit fuam.eventbrite.com
Thursday, October 28, 7 p.m.
Workshop: The Art of Perception: Look Closely to Save a Life*
Amy Herman, founder of The Art of Perception® Kelley Theater, Quick Center for the Arts Co-sponsored by #UNLOAD Foundation
Wednesday, November 3, 5 p.m.
Lecture: An Afro-Indigenous History of the United States Kyle T. Mays, Assistant Professor, History, UCLA
Co-sponsored by the American Studies and Black Studies programs
Monday, November 8, 5 p.m.
Lecture: Oral History and the African-American Experience Tamara Lanier, activist
† Part of the Edwin L. Weisl, Jr. Lectureships in Art History, funded by the Robert Lehman Foundation * This event will be held in person. University guidelines apply.
Carrie Mae Weems, All the Boys (Blocked 3), 2016, archival pigment and silkscreen mounted on gesso board. Courtesy of Jack Shainman Gallery
All programs will be live-streamed (unless indicated). Recordings will be available on our website and YouTube channel. All times are Eastern Standard. To register, visit fuam.eventbrite.com
ROBERT GERHARDT: MIC CHECK September 18 - December 18, 2021 Photojournalist and writer Robert Gerhardt documented Black Lives Matter protests in New York City over the last seven years. This remarkable body of work includes photographs of protests from 2014 through 2021, across New York, in massive crowds, in rain and sun, during night and day, in motion during marches and stationary during speeches, and in the past year in the midst of a global pandemic.
Thursday, October 7, 5 p.m.
Gallery Talk: Robert Gerhardt
Robert Gerhardt, Protestors Marching through Times Square on the 5th Anniversary of the Death of Michael Brown, Times Square, New York City, August 9, 2019, silver gelatin print. Courtesy of the artist
All programs will be live-streamed (unless indicated). Recordings will be available on our website and YouTube channel. All times are Eastern Standard. To register, visit fuam.eventbrite.com
ROBERTO LUGO: NEW CERAMICS September 18 - December 18, 2021 Self-described “ghetto potter” Roberto Lugo uses porcelain, a medium traditionally reserved for the wealthy, to explore inequality and racial and social justice. His work often takes familiar shapes drawn from European and Asian ceramic traditions,but their hand-painted surfaces take inspiration from street art and feature contemporary iconography, including celebrations of Black and Latino figures.
Tuesday, September 21, 5 p.m.
Gallery Talk: Roberto Lugo Wednesday, September 29, 5 p.m.
Lecture: Radical Vessels: History and the Pottery of Roberto Lugo Andrew Davenport, PhD candidate, Georgetown University, and Public Historian, Thomas Jefferson Foundation Thursday, October 14, 11 a.m.
Art in Focus: Roberto Lugo, Vengo dal Ghetto: AOC, 2020, glazed ceramic
Michelle DiMarzo, Curator of Education and Academic Engagement
Roberto Lugo, Vengo dal Ghetto: AOC, 2020, glazed ceramic. Photography by Dominic Episcopo courtesy of Wexler Gallery
All programs will be live-streamed (unless indicated). Recordings will be available on our website and YouTube channel. All times are Eastern Standard. To register, visit fuam.eventbrite.com
OTHER EVENTS Thursday, September 23, 3 p.m.
Lecture: The Faces of 9/11: Portraits of Heroes Joe McNally, artist
Presented in partnership with the College of Arts and Sciences as part of the Fairfield University 9/11 20th Anniversary Programs
Thursday, September 23, 5 p.m.
Lecture: Conserving the Artifacts at the 9/11 Museum and Memorial †* Lisa Conte, Chief Conservator, 9/11 Museum and Memorial Kelley Theater, Quick Center for the Arts
Presented in partnership with the College of Arts and Sciences as part of the Fairfield University 9/11 20th Anniversary Programs
Wednesdays, October 6, 13, and 20, 11 a.m.
Subscription Lecture Series: Titian: Early Mythologies to Late Poesie Fiona Garland
$100 members / $120 non-members
Titian, The Rape of Europa, 1562, oil on canvas. Boston: Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum
All free programs will be streamed on www.thequicklive.com and recordings made available on our website and YouTube channel. To register, visit fuam.eventbrite.com
Open VISIONS Forum Wednesday, October 13, 7:30 p.m.
Lecture: Jewish Art, Music, and Cultural Contributions in the Renaissance Piergabriele Mancuso, PhD, Director of the Eugene Grant Research Program on Jewish History and Culture, Medici Archive Project, Florence Co-sponsored with the Bennett Center for Judaic Studies
Tuesday, November 9, 7:30 p.m.
24th Jacoby-Lunin Humanitarian Lecture: Black Voters Matter: Our Obligation to Democracy and Equality LaTosha Brown, founder of Black Voters Matter Sponsored by the Bennett Center for Judaic Studies through the generosity of the Frank Jacoby Foundation (maintained by Debby and David Zieff)
Wednesday, November 17, 7:30 p.m.
Lecture: How to Recognize Fascist Style in Art & Propaganda: 1922 through Today Luciano Cheles, PhD, Visiting Lecturer in Italian Studies, Université de Poitiers Co-sponsored with the Bennett Center for Judaic Studies
All programs will be live-streamed (unless indicated). Recordings will be available on our website and YouTube channel. All times are Eastern Standard. To register, visit fuam.eventbrite.com
ART IN FOCUS Thursdays, 11 a.m., with Curator of Education Michelle DiMarzo September 23
Utagawa Kunimaru, The Courtesan Sumanoura with Attendant, 19th century, color woodblock print October 14
Roberto Lugo, Vengo dal Ghetto: AOC, 2020, glazed ceramic November 18
Sears Gallagher, Bedouin Warrior, 1896, watercolor on paper December 16
Benedetto da Maiano, Madonna and Child, plaster cast after marble original of ca. 1460
Utagawa Kunimaru, The Courtesan Sumanoura with Attendant, 19th century, color woodblock print. Gift of James Reed, 2019.03.262
All programs will be live-streamed (unless indicated). Recordings will be available on our website and YouTube channel. All times are Eastern Standard. To register, visit fuam.eventbrite.com
Art Workshops
Tuesdays, 5 p.m., with Museum Educator Kate Wellen November 2, 5 p.m.: Drawing from Observation December 14, 5 p.m.: De-Stress with Doodling
Mindfulness and Meditation
Mondays, 4 p.m., with certified mindfulness and meditation teacher Jackie DeLise September 27 October 18 November 15 December 6
Family Days
Select Saturdays YouTube tutorial videos and art kits available for pick-up by registered participants October 16: Art in Ancient Egypt November 13: Gold and Gilded: Italian Art December 11: Color + Clay Egyptian, Statue of Horus, 760-30 BCE, bronze. Lent by the Yale University Art Gallery, Gift of David Dows, Ph.B. 1908 (1945.170), L2020.05.10
OTHER RESOURCES fairfield.edu/museum Visit our website to: • browse our collections online • catch-up on past lectures and events on our YouTube channel • find coloring pages and kids’ activities • check out our on-campus sculpture map
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FairfieldUniversityArtMuseum Cover: Roberto Lugo, Peaceful Protesters: Nina Simone I and Texture Study II, 2021. Photography by Megan Tranauskas courtesy of Wexler Gallery