
Student artwork showcased in ‘Beyond Recognition’
A new exhibit of artwork by Vassar students, “Beyond Recognition,” opened this past Thursday, Dec. 1 in the Palmer Gallery. Any studio art major not doing a senior project this…
By Naima Saini – 2 months ago
A new exhibit of artwork by Vassar students, “Beyond Recognition,” opened this past Thursday, Dec. 1 in the Palmer Gallery. Any studio art major not doing a senior project this…
By Naima Saini – 2 months ago
[CW: This article discusses racist violence, murder and the Holocaust.] As a cognitive science major, I’ve spent a lot of time learning and thinking about the topic of memory. I’ve…
By Naima Saini – 3 months ago
The current exhibit in the Palmer Gallery, “History in RGB,” presents intriguing and visually compelling artwork using archival photographs documenting colonization in the Philippines. At first glance, the images in…
By Naima Saini – 4 months ago
Usually I make playlists based on what I’m listening to most at the moment or on a very niche vibe, trying my hardest to define a specific mood or moment…
By Naima Saini – 5 months ago
I fear I might need to take a break from TV for a while—after watching the new Amazon Prime series “A League of Their Own,” I’m not sure anything I…
By Naima Saini – 9 months ago
Emily Austin’s “Everyone in this Room Will Someday Be Dead” is a novel about a woman who cannot stop going to the emergency room. We first meet Gilda, our protagonist,…
By Naima Saini – 10 months ago
Every time a break rolls around, I resolve to read more books, and I do. I get reacquainted with my love of reading, feel really motivated to keep up my…
By Naima Saini – 10 months ago
Since March 24, The Palmer Gallery and the Old Bookstore have been filled with self-portraits, scenes from dorm rooms and intricately drawn limbs. The works come from Vassar’s Drawing I…
By Naima Saini – 12 months ago
A lamp, a bird’s nest. Dominoes. A lobster Christmas ornament. Books, clothes, knickknacks, treasures, kitchenware, family heirlooms. These are among the many objects that Rick Jones has in his house,…
By Naima Saini – 12 months ago
According to the poster on the wall of “Cryosphere: Humans and Climate in Art” from the Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center, the Oxford English Dictionary defines “cryosphere” as “The part…