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Fall 2025 Events

Gallery Talk: Aaron Sinift: The 5 Year Plan Project

Oct 9, 5-6 p.m.

Visiting artist Aaron Sinift will discuss his 5 Year Plan project by showing three cloth books from GCMoA’s collection, including a limited-edition copy of Dreaming It Forward, hand embroidered by women of the Kadam Phool Katna in Murshidabad, West Bengal. The project is a collaboration of Aaron Sinift in the US with Kahakashan Khan and Jitendra Kumar in India, and Mr. Vijay Kumar Handa, an elder at the Gandhi Hindustani Sahitya Sabha, in New Delhi. It is a fusion of women’s, Muslim, Dalit, Gandhian, farmer, and transgender voices to create a living portrait of India through the lens of cotton, labor, and khadi. This presentation is co-sponsored by the departments of Studio Art and Religious Studies.

Primary Sources Opening Reception

Oct. 9, 6–7:30 p.m. (Museum will be open until 8 p.m.)

Refreshments will be served.

Yoga in the Museum

Tuesdays, Oct. 7–Dec. 9, 12:15–12:45 p.m.

Enjoy a free 30-minute yoga practice with Joy Jones. Open to all levels, mats provided. Co-sponsored by Live Well ΢ÃÜÆƽâ.  

Gallery Talk: When the Devil Follows You Home: Ryan Coogler’s Sinners and Horror’s Dialectical Relation to Blackness

October 15, 4:15 p.m.

Mikal J. Gaines, Ph.D, Associate Professor of English at MCPHS Boston will present "When the Devil Follows You Home: Ryan Coogler’s Sinners and Horror’s Dialectical Relation to Blackness." Gaines holds an M.A. & Ph.D in American Studies from The College of William and Mary, and his work has appeared in edited collections such as American Cinema of the 2010s, Jordan Peele’s Get Out: Political Horror, and Labors of Fear: The Modern Horror Film Goes to Work, as well as journals including ASAP/J, Discourse, The Projector, Journal of Cinema and Media Studies, and Literature Interpretation Theory. He is currently a Board Member at the Society for Cinema and Media Studies. This talk is presented by ΢ÃÜÆƽâ Film Society, an organization that brings filmmakers and film scholars to ΢ÃÜÆƽâ to share their work with students and the greater ΢ÃÜÆƽâ community. 

Look, Think, Talk, Make: Dolls for the Dolls  

Oct. 29, 4:30–5:30 p.m.

Celebrate LGBT History month with a tour and discussion of Queer art on view followed by doll making activities inspired by works by Greer Lankton.  Co-sponsored by Stonewall Resource Center.

Gallery Talk: Dindga McCannon: Where We At

October 31, 4 p.m.

We are honored to host Dindga McCannon for a gallery talk and celebrate her works included in Primary Sources. Dindga McCannon has celebrated the histories of Black women in her multidisciplinary practice, which includes paintings, quilts, prints and sculpture. Together with Faith Ringgold and Kay Brown, McCannon formed Where We At Black Women Artists Inc. collective, pioneering a new form of community-based arts education and providing resources to those in prisons, shelters and schools. 

McCannon’s work fiercely scrutinizes the inequality faced by Black women in America, drawing attention to the oft-forgotten histories and stories of public figures and everyday heroines, as well as her own family and friends.  

A Conversation with Damon Davis 

Nov. 4, 4 p.m.

Intersect with Damon Davis for a conversation about the role of art in social engagement and responsibility, the importance of empowering the disenfranchised, fortifying the souls of those in pain, the ways identity is formed through mythology and story, and working to create joy. Damon Davis is a visual artist, musician and filmmaker based in St. Louis, Missouri. His 2014 print series and public art installation All Hands On Deck, created in response to the shooting of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri, speaks to our collective responsibility to protect our human rights. The series has been exhibited in the National Museum of African American History and Culture, and multiple exhibitions at GCMoA. Davis is also a founder of Far-Fetched, a St. Louis-based artist collective, and co-director of Whose Streets? a documentary on the Ferguson unrest. During his time at ΢ÃÜÆƽâ he will develop new work, meet with classes, and take part in public events.

Collaborating with Alumni Collectors Kathleen Narber and Gregg R. Narber ’68

Nov. 12, 4 p.m.

The creation of the ΢ÃÜÆƽâ Museum of Art gave alumni collectors the chance to forge new relationships with the College. For Gregg and Kathie Narber, their involvement meant advising on the creation of an exhibition of contemporary Brazilian art, and subsequent gifts to the museum from their personal collection. These gifts in turn have been used for teaching, exhibitions, and community outreach, as the Narbers intended. Former director Lesley Wright will discuss her long association with the Narbers and the ways their friendship has benefited the Museum and campus. 

Black Art in Iowa: A StoryMap

Nov. 19, 4 p.m. 

Students Princess Alexander, Yessenia Alvarz Zamora, Alexander Caballero Reys, Ashtynn Geans, and Amy Kan worked with Art History Professor Fredo Rivera to create a story map of Black art in Iowa during spring semester 2025. This presentation will walk you through their work, which included the Dindga McCannon piece currently on display in GCMoA.

Art History Senior Thesis Presentations  

Nov. 21, 4 p.m.

Please join us for a lightning round of talks showcasing this year's Art History senior thesis projects. Presenters include Princess Alexander, Kelly Boor, Kiele Calhoun, Aubrie Connell, Vivian Finch, Dorothea Qin, and Jesica Rodriguez Beyer. Our seven presentations range in geographical and chronological scope ensuring there will be something interesting for everyone! 
 

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