Artist lectures on basics of abstract art
On Friday September 6, the Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center hosted Thomas Nozkowski, a celebrated painter, Vassar parent, and art donor, as he gave a talk on abstract art and…
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Finding Your Calling In A Campus Full of Artists
Looking for a way to express your artistic talents? Whether you’re dead-set on your ambitions as an a cappella virtuoso or pining to get your start in the world of…
Studying Art History a challenging but rewarding college experience
Diligently working on my Art History thesis (or “Senior Essay”, as the department would like us to say), I am forced to confront the thought over and over, “Am I…
Campus Canvas 5/2/2013
What has interested me most in photography over the last year or so has been the human face, and the different characters derived from its distortion. To me, when faces…
Illuminated balloons to sail across, light up Sunset Lake
Imagine approximately 1000 balloons floating on the surface of Sunset Lake. They have been inflated by an air compressor and they glow with different colors. LEDs reside within them, illuminating…
Painter Morris blurs natural and abstract
Painter and foreign language enthusiast Madeleine Morris ’14 is not afraid to push boundaries in her art, blurring the distinction between abstract and naturalistic. But she has not always approached…
Author Strayed to illuminate art of creative non-fiction
What do you do when you feel like you are failing in life? How do you go on when the things that mean the most to you are taken away?…
Alumnus Mundy positions art over business at FLLAC
Director of the Francis Lehman Loeb Art Center James Mundy ’74 loves art. And with his extensive museum knowledge and passion for artwork, he is seen by many students as…
Williamstown an unexpected art haven
Williamstown, Massachusetts: Land of wheat fields, chickens, and investment-bankers-to-be. On a visit to answer the question, “Could we go to grad school in the middle of nowhere for two years?”…
‘Darkness at noon’ illuminates the value of art history
“In darkness at noon.” This mysterious phrase is how Professor of Art and Chair of Art Molly Nesbit describes the seminal Vassar course Art 105-106. She is referring to the…