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Fast Fashion/Slow Art

Fast Fashion/Slow Art comprises 11 films, videos and video installations by a diverse group of emerging and established contemporary artists and filmmakers that, collectively, encourage scrutiny of today’s garment industry.

INTER | SECTIONALITY: Diaspora from the Creole City

Inter | Sectionality: Diaspora Art from the Creole City is a bold, multiregional, multidisciplinary curatorial collaboration and exploration of the emergence of the “Creole City” as a local, regional and global phenomenon.

HOME: Selections from the Corcoran Study Collection

Is a home just the physical dwelling or is it really where the heart is? How do we depict home? Is it a place, a person, or something indescribable? HOME: Selections from the Corcoran Study Collection seeks to show many facets of home through photographic works recently returned to the Corcoran Flagg Building from works explo

Building Community on Climate Change

This December, Chile will host the 25th United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP-25). To commemorate this event, the Embassy of Chile to the United States has invited students from the Corcoran Continuing Education program to exhibit works inspired by our planet's climate and the effects of our collective human impact.

ENTER: FUTURE

Gallery 102 is proud to present Enter: Future. The exhibition displays an array of visions of the future, both dystopian and utopian, and makes an effort to convey these visions of the future from the perspectives of the eleven artists included.

Fast Fashion/Slow Art Exhibit Tour

If you are interested in getting a more in-depth look at “Fast Fashion/Slow Art,” currently on view in the galleries off of the Flagg Atrium until December 15th, come take a student-led tour of the exhibit held on select Saturdays!

Information Session: Interior Architecture (MFA)

Join Catherine Anderson, Director of Graduate Studies and Assistant Professor for Interior Architecture, on Thursday, January 9 from 7:00-8:00pm as she discusses the Master of Fine Arts in Interior Architecture.

Information Session: Exhibition Design (MA)

We invite you to join us on Thursday, January 16 from 12:00 p.m. -1:00 p.m. EST for an online information session about our Master of Arts in Exhibition Design with Andrea Dietz, Assistant Professor of Exhibition Design. Learn how our curriculum cultivates sophisticated designers, giving you the visual representation and physical realization skills you need to compose compelling exhibition environments.

AUDITIONS: Spring Dance Concert 2020

OPEN TO ALL GW STUDENTS  

GW Honor’s Thesis Choreographers: Berkley Lane, Nisani Lopez, Monique Martinez, Claire Siwulec, Sakiya WalkerGW Dance Faculty: Maida Withers

“Pixar’s Memories”: A lecture by Professor Daniel Goldmark

The ever-increasing popularity of Hollywood animation, driven in part by the dominance of Pixar, has come about not just through technological advances or the breaking down of decades-old biases about cartoons being just for kids, but also through the emotionally nuanced storytelling deployed recently by studios.

Information Session: Interaction Design (MA)

Join Jae Rhim Lee, Assistant Professor of Interaction Design, on Tuesday, January 21 from 7:00 - 8:00 p.m. for an online information session and Q&A about our Master of Arts in Interaction Design. The MA in IxD focuses on the role of interaction design in public policy and service delivery, and trains designers to examine, prototype and design concepts that ultimately shape and guide people’s interactions across their everyday

INTERVIEW/TALK BACK – Maida Withers with Mirtes Calheiros

An interview and talk back with Mirtes Calheiros of Dance Theatre Company, Artesaos do Corpo (BRAZIL) and GW Dance Faculty, Maida Withers.

OPEN TO ALL GW STUDENTS, ALUMNI

Building J Dance Studio 2131 G Street NW (Rear) Washington, DC 20052

Silver-Garburg Piano Duo Lecture, “Schubert’s Last Sonatas”

Join Music for the Sivan Silver and Gil Garburg’s lecture, “Schubert’s Last Sonatas.” The sonatas in C minor were all written in 1828 during the last months of Schubert’s life, when he knew he was dying. They are known for their sad beauty.

This event is open to all GW students and the public; free. 

Information Session: Social Practice (MFA)

We invite you to join us on Wednesday, January 22, 2020 for an online information session about our new MFA in Social Practice. Maria del Carmen Montoya, Assistant Professor of Sculpture and Spatial Practices and Director of Graduate Studies for Social Practice, will speak with you about this unique MFA program and how to apply.

Corcoran Scholars’ Fridays at Five

Fridays at Five is a relaxed environment where students can gain experience performing in front of their peers. This event features Corcoran Scholars, an exceptional group of undergraduate students. Learn more about Scholars at corcoran.gwu.edu/scholars.

La Rampa: A Conversation with Chantal James

This Student Engagement Lecture with Chantal James includes discussion and a Hands-on Activity reacting to the La Rampa magazine, her project on decolonization. Chantal James, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, is a Canadian of Guyanese and Welsh descent.

Music Faculty Incubator Series: Heather Stebbins and Douglas Boyce

Join Music for the Music Faculty Incubator Series with Heather Stebbins and Douglas Boyce.

This event is open to all GW students; free. 

Well

A play by Lisa Kron Directed by Jodi Kanter

Feb. 13, 14, 15 at 7:30 p.m.; Feb. 16 at 2 p.m.

Well explores the dynamics of health, family and community with the story of Kron's mother’s extraordinary ability to heal a changing neighborhood, despite her inability to heal herself.

Well

A play by Lisa Kron Directed by Jodi Kanter

Feb. 13, 14, 15 at 7:30 p.m.; Feb. 16 at 2 p.m.

Well explores the dynamics of health, family and community with the story of Kron's mother’s extraordinary ability to heal a changing neighborhood, despite her inability to heal herself.

Well

A play by Lisa Kron Directed by Jodi Kanter

Feb. 13, 14, 15 at 7:30 p.m.; Feb. 16 at 2 p.m.

Well explores the dynamics of health, family and community with the story of Kron's mother’s extraordinary ability to heal a changing neighborhood, despite her inability to heal herself.

Well

A play by Lisa Kron Directed by Jodi Kanter

Feb. 13, 14, 15 at 7:30 p.m.; Feb. 16 at 2 p.m.

Well explores the dynamics of health, family and community with the story of Kron's mother’s extraordinary ability to heal a changing neighborhood, despite her inability to heal herself.

Friday Morning Music Club: Cavani Quartet

MASTER CLASS: Morning (email [email protected] for details) at Phillips Hall, B-120 801 22nd St., NW Washington, DC 20052

PERFORMANCE: 3 – 5 p.m. Flagg Building 500 17th Street Hammer Auditorium Washington, DC 20006

The Major Minority: An Evening with Octavia Yearwood

The Major Minority is an interactive workshop that navigates how art practices participate in intersectionality with freedom, time, and space as the focal point. Octavia will engage participants in various activities anchored in performance, the literary arts, and visual art as tools to embed the conversation in the body.

Planting Paradise: Landscapes of Luxury in Ancient Rome

Mention of ancient Roman gardens conjures images of lavish estates outfitted with sprawling gardens containing specimen plantings from around the world, aviaries and fishponds, pergolas for outdoor dining, and sculpture-lined swimming pools such as those described by the younger Pliny in his letters or evidenced by the remains of Hadrian’s villa at Tivoli.

Sargent and Spain: The Development of an Exhibition

Visiting Artists and Scholars Committee (VASC) Lecture