LECTURE
The Collapse of Nature: Insect Decline in the Anthropocene
University of Connecticut Biology/Physics Building 91 N. Eagleville Rd., Storrs, CTJoin the Connecticut State Museum of Natural History and the Connecticut Entomological Society for a free lecture by Entomologist and UConn Professor Dr. David Wagner.Dr. Wagner will lecture on his entomological research surrounding invertebrate conservation, including topics such as pollinator decline, invasive species impacts, and climate-change threats. For more information
“An Inconvenient Cop” Author Edwin Raymond: Book Signing and Talk
American Mural Project 90 Whiting Street, WinstedCritically acclaimed author Edwin Raymond, former NYPD lieutenant, will discuss and sign his book, An Inconvenient Cop: My Fight to Change Policing in America. Raymond is depicted prominently in his former role as a police officer in AMP’s mural of workers, on permanent exhibit in Winsted, CT. During the evening’s presentation, he will be joined by […]
Lambert Environmental Lecture: Restore / Rewild: Collaborating with Non-Human Species: Laura J. Martin
Charles E. Shain Library 270 Mohegan Ave, New LondonGNCE presents the 2024 Lambert Environmental Lecture: Restore / Rewild: Collaborating with Non-Human Species. Laura J. Martin, author, historian, ecologist and environmental studies professor at Williams College asks if wild nature be designed? Which environmental harms are truly irreversible, and how can ecological restoration be made more socially just? Martin will venture answers to these […]
Exhibition Opening Lecture: Munch and Kirchner: Expressions of Anxiety
Yale University Art Gallery 1111 Chapel Street, New HavenMunch and Kirchner: Expressions of Anxiety: Exhibition Opening Lecture Jay A. Clarke, the Rothman Family Curator of Prints and Drawings, Art Institute of Chicago, explores the imagery Munch and Kirchner chose—including depictions of natural beauty, isolation, murder, and lust—as paths to individual and collective expression. Offered in conjunction with the exhibition Munch and Kirchner: Anxiety […]
Virtual Artist Talk: Yvette Mayorga and Meredith Martin
Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum 258 Main Street, RidgefieldPlease join us for a virtual conversation between exhibiting artist Yvette Mayorga and art historian Dr. Meredith Martin. The pair will be discussing Mayorga's maximalist aesthetic and its relationship to a neo-Rococo impulse in contemporary art. They will also delve into Mayorga's uniquely personal, witty use of historical sources and her interest in making the […]
Lecture: Yale: Taking the Field: Soldiers, Nature, and Empire on American Frontiers: Amy Kohout
Yale Humanities Quadrangle 320 York Street, New HavenIn the late nineteenth century, at a time when Americans were becoming more removed from nature than ever before, U.S. soldiers were uniquely positioned to understand and construct nature’s ongoing significance for their work and for the nation as a whole. American ideas and debates about nature evolved alongside discussions about the meaning of frontiers, […]
Lecture: Matt Warshauer: New London, the Sugar Trade, and Slavery in the West Indies
Lyman Allyn Art Museum 625 Williams Street, New LondonThe Lyman Allyn Art Museum is pleased to partner with the Thames River Heritage Park to host their 2024 lecture series, Stories from the Park: Island Affairs of the Thames. Connecticut’s Sweet Tooth – New London, the Sugar Trade and Slavery in the West Indies: Professor Matt Warshauer shares stories about the Thames River region when it […]
Lecture: Maren Hassinger in Conversation with Chassidy A. Winestock: On the Occasion of A Female Landscape and the Abstract Gesture
Knafel Center 10 Garden Street, Cambridge, MALecture is in person or online: In conjunction with Harvard Radcliffe Institute’s exhibition A Female Landscape and the Abstract Gesture, join us for a special conversation between the artist Maren Hassinger, whose work is included in the exhibition, and the curator Chassidy A. Winestock. This dialogue will be introduced and moderated by the art historian and curator Mary Schneider […]
Lecture: A Cannon to the Canon? Case Studies in Moving Beyond the Textbook at Lyman Allyn
Lyman Allyn Art Museum 625 Williams Street, New LondonThis program will introduce the NEH grant-funded project, “Not your grandfather’s art history: A BIPOC Reader,” a collaboration with Smarthistory.org led by Olivia Chiang, that includes 20 essays authored largely by scholars of color and which aims to broaden the scope of the traditional art historical canon. During the program, Chiang will examine two case […]
WCSU: Climate and Human Civilization Lecture Series: Fire Climate
WCSU Science Building 181 White Street, DanburyCLIMATE AND HUMAN CIVILIZATION: 8th annual series of lectures for the general public on climate change. Professors at WCSU will team up with students to present the latest information on climate change and its effects on our lives and future. From 7 to 8 p.m. in Room 219 of the Science Building on the Midtown campus. The public […]
Virtual Lecture: Color Theory for Artists, Designers, and Visual Thinkers
Fairfield University Art Museum 200 Barlow Road, FairfieldMarcie Cooperman, Assistant Instructor, Parsons School of Fashion Presented in conjunction with Suzanne Chamlin: Studies in Color (Bellarmine Hall Galleries, April 5–July 27). Streaming only on thequicklive.com For more information
WCSU: Climate and Human Civilization Lecture Series: Hot Expectations: Risk, Outcomes, & Harm Reduction in the Heat for the Physically Active
WCSU Science Building 181 White Street, DanburyCLIMATE AND HUMAN CIVILIZATION: 8th annual series of lectures for the general public on climate change. Professors at WCSU will team up with students to present the latest information on climate change and its effects on our lives and future. From 7 to 8 p.m. in Room 219 of the Science Building on the Midtown campus. The public […]