Academics | 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

Academics | 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.

Academics | Center for Women's Studies, The Lounge at East Hall
Emily Mitchell-Eaton is an Assistant Professor of Geography at Colgate University and the author of New Destinations of Empire: Mobilities, Racial Geographies, and Citizenship in the Transpacific United States. Her research uses feminist approaches to examine how empires shape migration and mobilities, citizenship, racialization, and struggles for decolonization, particularly across Oceania and in Pacific diasporas.Lunch will be provided.

Academics | Benton Hall, 200
Students from all class years are welcome to join former Watson fellow Sarah Shelton '23 to learn more about the Watson Fellowship, which provides each recipient with $40,000 to pursue an independent project outside the United States.

Academics | Case-Geyer Library, 560 (Batza Room)
No one has a complete perspective of every important issue. But we all have something to say about Gaza, the current escalation, and the Israel-Palestine situation. We at the Colgate Open Discussion Club think it is time for Colgate students to say and hear those things.Ground rules: Speak and listen respectfully. Be ready to learn, disagree, and potentially debate. Be brave and speak your mind. We will have snacks!For more information, contact Allan Crounse ‘27 (acrounse@colgate.edu).

Academics | Little Hall, 105 Golden Auditorium, Little Hall
POSTPONED UNTIL SEPTEMBER:What is the importance of writing and freedom of expression in a time of war when language and culture are targets for destruction and elimination?This event brings together Ukrainian writers and cultural managers/media professionals to discuss the written word, translation, and documentation during Russia's war on Ukraine and its culture. We will discuss what it means to write history as it is being made, freedom of expression, the role of writers in shaping the memory of future generations.The event also commemorates the late Ukrainian writer, Victoria Amelina who spoke to a Colgate audience on November 1, 2022, and who died of injuries sustained during a Russian missile attack on Kramatorsk on June 27, 2023. Her posthumous work, "Looking at Women Looking at War" will be published in February, 2025 with MacMillan. Carolyn Guile, Associate Professor of Art; Co-Director, Center for Freedom and Western Civilization - Panel Organizer. Panelists: Iryna Baturevych; Oleksandr Mykhed, and Sasha Dovzhyk.Co-sponsored by Center for Freedom and Western Civilization. Refreshments provided. All are welcome.If you would like to attend but are not able to in person, please register here.