February: Five Arts and Culture Events to Attend this Month

kNoname Artist / Roderick George “The Grave’s Tears”

Where: The ‘62 Center

When: February 17th at 8:00 PM

A performance by Roderick George combines ballet, improvisation, and modern movement that creates space to honor those impacted by the HIV/AIDS epidemic as well as celebrating “the power and solidarity of survival. It features an all-male cast and draws upon George’s experiences as a queer Black artist.

Learn more and buy tickets: https://events.williams.edu/event/visiting-artist-knoname-artist-roderick-george/

Vintage Valentine Craft Hour

Where: Ventfort Hall

When: February 14th at 10 AM

Create Valentines cards with Louise Levy at Ventfort Hall in the Dining Room of the Mansion.. Valentine’s Day Greeting cards were perfected during the Gilded Age. 

This event is free with admission to the museum.

Learn more and reserved your spot: https://gildedage.org/products/vintage-valentine-craft-hour-saturday-february-14-from-11-30-am-to-3-pm

Benedetti Artist in Residence Ngoc-Tran Vo

Where: The MERC, Amsler Campus Center

When: February 12th at noon

Ngoc-Tran Vo is the current artist in Residence at MOSAIC and will be speaking on Thursday about her work that combines art and activism. Tran is a multi-media artist working with photography, sculpture, painting, and installation. “Tran is devoted to interlacing stories of migration, displacement, and resilience into her artistic and cultural endeavors.”

Learn more: https://www.mcla.edu/mcla-in-the-community/bcrc/artists-in-residence.php

Exiled on the Earth: Nature, Technology, and Risk

Where: The Clark Art Institute

When: February 21st at 2 PM

Join Richard Taws, head of the History of Art Department at the University College London as he explores how “representations of infrastructure, nature, and technology shaped the cultural imaginaries of nineteenth-century urban modernity, and how they intersected with contemporary ideas about time and history in France.” This lecture is in tandem with the Shadow Visionaries exhibit currently on display at the museum.

This is a free event with no registration required

Learn more: https://events.clarkart.edu/detail/1753

Technologoes of Relation Artist Discussion

Where: MASS MoCA

When: February 21st at 4 PM

As part of MASS MoCA’s “In Conversation” series the artists who exhibiting in the Technologies of Relation show delve into “our relationships to our devices, to computing, and to artificial intelligence, while bringing increased ethics and agency into the digital landscape”

Buy tickets and learn more: https://massmoca.org/event/in-conversation-technologies-of-relation-artist-discussion/