Academics | Little Hall, 105 - Golden Auditorium
Join us for the Revolutions Per Minute (RPM) Film Festival 10th Anniversary Program #2: "Transformations" introduced by RPM Festival curator Benny Shaffer.Revolutions Per Minute (RPM) is a Boston-based, artist-run festival devoted to experimental cinematic work in animation, documentary, essay film, installation, and audiovisual performance. RPM was founded in 2013 with the exhibition RPM: Sound Art China at Colgate University and Experimental Intermedia in NYC. Co-curated by Dajuin Yao and Wenhua Shi, the program featured 30 sound artists and traveled to Shanghai and Hong Kong. RPM subsequently expanded its scope to encompass a broader media art and experimental cinema landscape and relocated to Boston in 2019. Two touring programs celebrate the 10-year anniversary of the inaugural program at Colgate University."Transformations", the second of two programs screened at Colgate this semester, explores the formal and conceptual possibilities of the medium with distinctive approaches. These films showcase the diversity of works shown at RPM Festival in recent years.Program:Winter’s First Moons dir. Kathleen Rugh, 2018, 3 min Radiant Forms dir. Ryan Marino, 2022, 7 min Bathers dir. Douglas Urbank, 2019, 4 min LIMEN dir. Kathryn Ramey, 2019, 12 min Prologue to the Tarot: Glenna dir. Brittany Gravely & Kenneth Linehan, 2018, 7 min Amusement Ride dir. Tomonari Nishikawa, 2019, 6 min 601 Revir Drive dir. Josh Weissbach, 2017, 6 min Water Mining (Eaton Canyon) dir. Kate Lain, 2021, 5 min In and Out a Window dir. Richard Tuohy, 2021, 12 min Self Portrait with Bag dir. Dianna Barrie, 2020, 6 min Ill Composto dir. Moviate (Josh Drake, James Hollenbaugh, Jeremy Moss, Caleb Smith), 2023, 4 minThis series is made possible by the Department of Art, the Film and Media Studies Program and the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature.Programmed by Lindsey Lodhie

Academics | Dana Arts Center, Brehmer Theater
The Colgate University Department of Theater presents the spring 2024 production of The Good John Proctor by Talene Monahon. The producation is directed by Adrian Giurgea and performed by Colgate students.Step back in time to a world where innocence and fear collide in the gripping play, The Good John Proctor by Talene Monahon. In this evocative and thought-provoking reimagining of the Salem Witch Trials, the young women of Salem take center stage as they navigate the treacherous path of adolescence.Registration through Ticketleap is strongly encouraged to ensure seating.**This play acknowledges the reality of sexual violence/abuse, miscarriage/abortion, & substance abuse.** **This play uses atmospherics (haze) and real hay.**Co-sponsored by: ALANA Cultural Center, Brown Commons, Campus Culture and Inclusion, Ciccone Commons, Colgate Music Initiative, CORE Conversations, Department of Art, Department of English, Department of Music, Department of Religion, Division of Arts & Humanities, Film & Media Studies Program, Office of Equity and Diversity, Office of LGTBQ+ Initiatives, Office of the President, Robert H.N. Ho Mind, Brain, and Behavior Initiative, Russian and Eurasian Studies, Women's Gender and Sexuality StudiesFor any accessibility questions or concerns, please email theaterboxoffice@colgate.edu.

Academics | Hamilton Movie Theater, Large theater
The Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences is showing the film 63 Up. The Up Series is a set of films that have traced the lives of 14 British people from the age of 7 every 7 years into adulthood. At the last filming, participants were 63. Roger Ebert includes this series in his “list of the 10 greatest films of all time" because of the profound way it presents the development of human lives over time.

Academics | Ho Science Center
In 2017, Kristen T. Woodward was able to witness a total solar eclipse in Knoxville, Tennessee, and was moved by the dramatic planetary display. She is looking forward to viewing another eclipse in her hometown of Webster, New York in April, as we will be in that exquisite path of totality. Woodward marvels at how science has allowed us to countdown the minutes while other events in our lives appear random and chaotic. The experience leaves one to ponder what is pre-ordained. By including images inspired by solar eclipse, her encaustic paintings intend to capture this conflict and visual tension between chaos and natural order.Woodward received her BFA in Printmaking from Syracuse University, and her MFA in Studio Art from Clemson University. Her zoomorphic paintings combine encaustic and print processes, and often utilize found collage materials. Woodward is a professor in the department of art and art history at Albright College, teaching drawing, painting, printmaking, and gender and the visual arts. Currently, she is collaborating with an environmental biologist to explore tropical ecosystems in Costa Rica. Woodward serves as is Resident Curator for the online site Artists2Artists.

Academics | Alumni Hall, 2nd Floor
This exhibition, co-curated by Longyear Curatorial Assistant Summer Frazier and Curatorial Intern Raquel Marquez-Guerrero ‘24, explores the different ways that art leverages the creative process to metabolize conflict or aggression. This healing manifests in various forms, ranging from redefining narratives to empathizing with personal or communal losses. These artists, working in media from 2D to 3D to street and graffiti art, intentionally confront discontent, fostering creative growth and finding solutions. In this context, their art becomes a means to process pain and to construct bridges amidst conflict. In addition to art, this exhibition also explores various ways that plants can be used in healing processes.

Academics | Dana Arts Center, Second Floor
The Collections: What is the role of an art museum on a liberal arts college campus? Since 2013, the collections at Picker Art Gallery have been shifting. Moving away from traditional models of collecting, the museum today holds a larger proportion of artworks by women, BIPOC, LGBTQ+ artists and others whose creativity and stories have historically been left out of museum collections.The Core: The revision of Colgate’s Core Curriculum represents the essence of the university’s liberal arts commitments to diversity, equity, and inclusion. Introduced in 2022, the revised Core curriculum has a stronger focus on exposing students to diverse forms of knowledge. Most notably, a new course called Core Conversations was created. Based on five globally significant “texts,” it lays out the common ground for intellectual discussions within the Colgate community. Core Conversations focus on productive discourse and communal learning among students, encouraging them to engage in perspectives and dialogues beyond the limits of personal experience.Core Collections: This is not a typical museum experience. The gallery has been transformed into a space for open-ended dialogue. Visitors will not find a lot of text interpreting the artworks; rather, we pose a series of questions, designed to elicit individual reflection and initiate discussions across communities, identities, and materials.. The exhibition is organized into four broad areas of inquiry: Appearances, Epistemologies, Urbanism and Labor, and People and Land. We encourage you to engage with the questions provided while viewing the works, and to contribute your insights or your own questions to our interactive space.What will you add to the conversation?Core/Collections is curated by Emma Barrison ’24, Cindy Chen ’24, and Wendy Wu ’25