Today's Events | Alumni Hall, 2nd floor
This exhibition, curated by 10 students in the fall 2024 semester of MUSE 300: Museum Curating, features the themes of textiles and weaving. Showcasing works from the Longyear Museum of Anthropology’s basket and world textile collections, this exhibition explores the incredible amount of labor and skill that goes into creating woven art. The exhibition takes a comparative view of textiles from around the world, introducing the community significance of different designs and individual stylistic choices. The exhibition discusses how fiber art forms have changed as local and global markets develop, as well as the role that clothing can play in displays of nationalism and politics. Ultimately, Unraveled aims to inspire viewers to consider the benefits of hand-crafted works and foster an appreciation for the people behind the woven things we use and love each and every day.The exhibition features several new acquisitions, including three new works acquired from the Jalabil Maya women’s weaving collective during their artist residency last fall. It also features pieces on loan from our student curators, highlighting the significance of weaving and textile arts in their lives.Student Curators:Leila Bekaert ’25 Oscar Brown ‘26 Kegan Foley ‘26 Emma Herwig ‘25 Bri Liddell ‘25 Gloria Liu ‘26 Meg McClenahan ‘25 Anna Miksis ‘25 Blanca Rivas ‘25 Aleksia Taci ‘25 Professor/Curator: Rebecca Mendelsohn

Today's Events | Picker Art Gallery, Dana Arts Center, 2nd floor
A Thought Is A Thread: Contemporary Artists Reworking Textile TraditionsMetaphors using the language of textiles are part of everyday idiomatic English: we follow threads on social media; storytellers weave tales or spin fantastic yarns; friend groups might be close-knit and and we might tie ourselves in knots trying to navigate complex situations. The history of textiles is intimately tied to the development of human societies. Weaving is at the same time one of the earliest human technological advancements, the foundation upon which modern industrial nations were built, and the basis for the computing revolution.A Thought Is A Thread brings together works by leading artists who investigate what textiles can still reveal about people and their relationships to each other, to themselves, and to language, land, and the future. Artworks by Faig Ahmed, Sanford Biggers, Diedrick Brackens, Melissa Cody, Suzanne Husky, Joy Ray, and Jordan Nassar present intertwining narratives that both cherish and complicate the web of meanings that emerge when traditional textile arts are given contemporary expression.Debuting at our opening, Picker Art Gallery welcomes members of the Colgate community to partake in Yarnival, a collaborative art experience. Yarnival will be on view and available for participation during the exhibition run of A Thought is a Thread, through May 18, 2025, in the upper atrium of the Dana Arts Center. Please stay tuned to our social media channels and website for more details on how to participate.A Thought Is A Thread is partially supported by funding from The Friends of Picker Art Gallery.

Today's Events | Lawrence Hall, 305
Open to All StudentsReligion courses fulfill "Human Thought & Expression" requirements.Meet the Religion Professors and enjoy lunch at our Pre-Registration EventThe study of religion engages related issues in philosophy, ethics, society, spirituality, science, gender, sexuality, arts, public health, and politics and will serve as a natural complement to other majors.

Today's Events | Center for Women's Studies, The Lounge at East Hall
In this talk, Visiting Assistant Professor Camilla Bell-Ferdinand will trouble the idea of “stakes,” especially when one is deeply committed to education for liberation. What are the costs and more importantly, for whom? As James Baldwin asserts in "A Talk to Teachers," truly, we are living through and teaching in dangerous times, spaces, and places. And yet, the risks of not pushing our students to think critically about issues of justice within and beyond the confines of the classroom space abound. Join her as she discusses the critical nexus between fugitivity, freedom, and education, and what it means for students and educators to collectively "burn the midnight oil."This event is part of the Center's brown bag series.Lunch will be provided.

Today's Events | Lawrence Hall, 2nd Floor
Come get all your questions answered Meet some professors and students Learn about courses for the Fall Discover how to major or minorPreregister for classesHave some pizza

Today's Events | Center for Women's Studies, The Lounge at East Hall
In this talk, Camilla J. Bell-Ferdinand, Visiting Professor in Educational Studies, wants to trouble this idea of “stakes,” especially when one is deeply committed to education for liberation. What are the costs and more importantly, for whom? As James Baldwin asserts in "A Talk to Teachers," truly, we are living through and teaching in dangerous times, spaces, and places. And yet, the risks of not pushing our students to think critically about issues of justice within and beyond the confines of the classroom space abound. Join me as I discuss the critical nexus between fugitivity, freedom, and education, and what it means for students and educators to collectively "burn the midnight oil."This event is part of the Center's brown bag series.Lunch will be provided.