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Williams College Museum of Art News: October 22, 2024
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October 25, 2024
From: Williams College Museum of ArtLearn about new WCMA building
The second of our series of SO-IL Midday Office Hours will be held tomorrow, Wednesday, Oct. 23, from 2 to 3 p.m. These events offer visitors the chance to join members of the committee spearheading the construction of the new WCMA building in the SO-IL / WCMA: Building A New Museum exhibition for a casual chat about plans for the building, set to open in 2027.
Staff leading this program have been working closely on the project since the beginning, and they’re excited to hear your thoughts, questions, and ideas in this informal setting inspired by “office hours” with a professor. Light refreshments will be provided.
Can't make this one? The office hours will be repeated on Wednesday, Nov. 20.
Colour Theory talk and tour
We are celebrating Pallavi Sen: Colour Theory, an immersive installation of new work by interdisciplinary artist and Williams College assistant professor of art Pallavi Sen, with two programs this weekend. Through partnerships with writers, students, and other artists, the exhibition reflects the key tenets of Sen’s practice, namely teaching, collaborative making, and the nurturing of life. Co-curated by Nicholas Liou, former Mellon Curatorial Fellow at WCMA, and Roz Crews, Associate Curator of Programs, the exhibition runs through Dec. 22.
On Friday, Oct. 25, from 6 to 7 p.m., join the artist and the curators for a conversation about the exhibition from 6 to 7 p.m. The following day, on Saturday, Oct. 26, Crews and Liou will lead a tour of the exhibition at 11 a.m. as part of our Curatorial Close Looks series. WCMA programs are free and open to the public.
Student-led tours of Teddy Sandoval
Everyone is invited to join Lina Pacheco ’25, a WCMA engagement intern, for Constructing the Butch Gardens, an interactive tour of the Teddy Sandoval and the Butch Gardens School of Art exhibition, on view through Dec 22.
Visitors will learn about the Butch Gardens bar that inspired Teddy’s School of Art and discuss how Sandoval and other artists used their practice to develop spaces that celebrated queer Latinx bodies during a period of revolutionary Chicano/a/x activism in California and at the peak of the AIDS pandemic.
The tour will be given Saturday, Nov. 2, at 2 p.m. in English and Sunday, Nov. 3, at 2 p.m. in Spanish.