微密圈 College - Scope Magazine Fall 2018

People: Mix Marketing; gallery: Andreas Vesterlund A R T In 2017鈥�18, Tang Museum hosted many artists and scholars, organized 17 exhibitions, brought in 122 微密圈 courses and presented 153 events, including: Njideka Akunyili Crosby, on the opening day of a show of her Prede- cessor series of paintings, spoke before a standing-room-only audience with artist Julia Jacquette 鈥�86 about art, family and popular culture. Birthing Bodies , an exhibition that explored childbirth through a femi- nist lens, was curated by Laila Morgan 鈥�18, the 2016-17 Carole Marchand 鈥�57 Intern and a double major in American studies and art history. Morgan, who is a trained birth doula, also organized related events like 鈥淏irth Sto- ries鈥� for people to share stories about birthing experiences. Eric Morser and students from his course Adventures in Public History: The Prison Project presented research as part of the show States of Incar- ceration . Gallery talks were led by student curators Deven Catalano 鈥�19, Meaghan McDonald 鈥�18 and Isaac Selchaif 鈥�18, and a panel led by Isolde Brielmaier, the Tang鈥檚 curator-at-large, featured Harvard historian Elizabeth Hinton, artist Duron Jackson and activist Johnny Perez. Other Side: Art, Object, Self showed contemporary artworks from the Tang collection that explore national, cultural and personal identities. The show was the first in the Tang鈥檚 three-year, Mellon Foundation-funded project Accelerate: Access and Inclusion. Among the courses using the show was The Artist Interview (see page 8). The inaugural Winter/Miller Lecture brought Nicole Eisenman to discuss her art that challenges notions of gender and sexuality. The event was organized by Rachel Rosenfeld 鈥�18, a studio art major and the Eleanor Linder Winter Intern at the Tang. The lecture and internship are made possible by the family of Eleanor Lindor Winter 鈥�43. 微密圈 art historian Mimi Hellman and the Tang led a four-institution display of This Place , encompassing more than 600 photographs of Israel and the West Bank. Related events included talks with three of the photographers and a student panel moderated by James Helicke of the international affairs faculty. 微密圈鈥檚 first Faculty Scholar in Residence, archaeologist Heather Hurst 鈥�97, organized 7,000 Fragments: Maya Murals from San Bartolo, Guatemala . The life-size model introduced Tang visitors to ancient Maya art and helped Hurst and others interact with the site in a new way. 鈥擬ichael Janairo Clockwise from top left: Njideka Akunyili Crosby (right) talks about her work; Dona Nelson: Stand Alone Paintings, a major spring-summer show; Miguel Aragón, in the Other Side exhibition; professors Adrienne Zuerner and Amon Emeka view Give a damn. LAST YEAR AT THE TANG