Upcoming Lectures and Events 

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Sandra Garrard Memorial Lecture: Trevor Paglen | Wednesday October 17, 6:30pm | Stone Auditorium 

Sally Heller, artist's talk | Wednesday, October 24, 6pm | Stone Auditorium

MFA Lecture: Allison Beondé and Joshua Bennett | Tuesday, October 30, 6pm | Stone Auditorium 

Undergraduate Juried Exhibition | November 1 - 16 | opening reception, including walkthrough with the juror, Cristina Molina, Thursday, November 1, 4:30 - 6:30 pm | Carroll Gallery

MFA Open Studios | Thursday, November 1, 5:30 - 7:30 pm

MFA Lecture: Cora Lautze and Joris Lindhout | Tuesday, November 6, 6pm | Stone Auditorium 

Curating as a counter-Cartographic practice, Wladis Lecture by Mpho Matsipa, Wits City Institute at University of the Witwatersrand | Thursday, November 8, 6pm | Stone Auditorium

MFA Lecture: Johnny Glass and Holly Ross | Monday, November 12, 6pm | Stone Auditorium 

Lisa Pon | Monday, December 3, 6pm | Stone Auditorium | Sponsored by the Center for Scholars

Wave ’18: Tulane Homecoming | Centennial Celebration: Friday, November 9, Glass and Printmaking demonstrations 1-4pm, Alumni reception: 2-4pm

Newcomb Art Department Holiday Sale | December 6, 7 and 8, open 6 - 8 pm on Thursday, Dec. 6; open 10 am - 4 pm on Friday and Saturday, Dec. 7 and 8.

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Recent Lectures and Events

Talking Walls, featured artists: Katrina Andry, Rachel Jones Deris, Harper Hair, Kaori Maeyama, Brooke Pickett, Julia Reyes, Ashley Teamer | August 22 - September 20 | opening reception: Thursday, August 30, 5:30 - 7:30 pm | Carroll Gallery

Sally Heller, Mind Over Mayhem, collaborative installation with students | exhibition on view October 1 - 24 | opening reception: Thursday, October 4, 5:30 - 7:30 pm | Carroll Gallery | Sponsored by the Dorothy Beckemeyer Skau Art and Music Fund at the Newcomb College Institute

Tulane Art Club presents: BROKEN ENGLISH, a film screening and artist talk by Jeanne C. Finley |  Wednesday April 11, 6:15pm | Stone Auditorium

BFA Exhibition #1 | April 12 - 20 | reception: Thursday, April 12, 5:30 - 7:30pm | Carroll Gallery

BFA Exhibition #2 | April 26 - May 4 | reception: Thursday, April 26, 6:30-8:30pm | Carroll Gallery

Student Art Awards  Thursday, April 26, 6pm | Stone Auditorium

BA Exhibition | May 10 - 18 | reception: Friday, May 18, 12 - 2pm | Carroll Gallery

MFA Exhibitions: Sadie Sheldon / Cassie White | March 8 - 16 | reception: Friday, March 16, 5:30 - 7:30pm | Carroll Gallery

Debora Silverman | March 19, 6:30pm | Stone Auditorium

MFA Exhibitions: Abdi Farah / Skylar Fein | March 22 - April 6 | reception: Friday, March 22, 5:30 -&;30 pm | Carroll Gallery

Tulane Contemporary.4 | A P.4 Satellite exhibition, featuring works by Tulane faculty | November 18, 2017 – February 9, 2018 | Carroll Gallery

Sarah House: Artist’s Travelogue: Nexus of Craft and Environs | Friday, December 1, 4:30 pm | Stone Auditorium

Newcomb Art Department Holiday Sale | December 15 & 16, 2017, 10 am – 4 pm | Preview event: Thursday, December 14, 6 – 8 pm

Undergraduate Juried Exhibition | Juror: Charlie Tatum, Editorial and Communications Manager at Pelican Bomb | Opening reception: Thursday, October 19, 4:00 – 6:00 pm | Carroll Gallery

Penny Siopis | Tuesday, November 14, 6:00pm | Stone Auditorium

A Tale of Many Cities: the Serapeion at Ephesus and Politics in the Roman Empire | Alexander Sokolicek, Austrian Archaeological Institute | Thursday, November 7, 6:15 pm | 102 Jones Hall

MFA Artist Talks: Abdi Farah and Skylar Fein | Wednesday, November 8, 6:00 pm | Freeman Auditorium

MFA Artist Talks: Sadie Sheldon and Cassie White | Wednesday, November 1, 6:00 pm | Freeman Auditorium

MFA Artist Talks: Carolina Casusol and Danielle Inabinet | Wednesday, October 25, 6:00 pm | Freeman Auditorium

Wladis Family Curatorial Lecture | From the Heart of the Andes: On Creating Golden Kingdoms | Joanne Pillsbury, Andrall E. Pearson Curator of the Arts of the Ancient Americas, Metropolitan Museum of Art | October 19, 6 pm | Stone Auditorium

Stern Lecture | Ivory for Copper: Sculpture between West Africa and France, circa 1300 | Sarah Guérin, Assistant Professor of Art History, University of Pennsylvania | Monday, October 2, 6 pm | Stone Auditorium

Labor of Love | Clifton Faust, Ben Haist, Norah Lovell, Kelly McMahon, Kelly Mueller, Hannah March Sanders, Sam Stolte and Hasmig Vartanian | Opening reception: Thursday, August 31, 5:30 – 7:30 pm | Carroll Gallery

MFA Thesis Exhibition: Pippin Frisbie-Calder | April 11 - 21 | reception: Thursday, April 13, 5:30 - 7:30 pm | Carroll Gallery

BA Exhibition | May 11 - 19 | reception: Friday, May 19, noon - 2 pm | Carroll Gallery

Ann Hoenigswald | Finish and Process in the Work of Edgar Degas | Monday, April 24, 6:00 pm | Freeman Auditorium

Curatorial Talk | Beyond the Canvas: Contemporary Art from Puerto Rico| co-curators Warren James and Dr. Monica Ramirez-Montagut, Director, Newcomb Art Museum, will speak in conversation with Dr. Edie Wolfe, SCLAS Assistant Director for Undergraduate Programs, Tulane University | Wednesday, April 26, 6:30 pm, Freeman Auditorium Student Art Awards | Thursday, April 27, 5:00pm | Stone Auditorium

BFA Exhibition | April 27 - May 5 | reception: Thursday, April 27, 6:00 - 8:00 pm | Carroll Gallery

Artist talk: Zarouhie Abdalian | Newcomb Art BA 2003, featured artist 2017 Whitney Biennial | Tuesday, March 21, 6pm, Stone Auditorium

Helen Molesworth | Kerry James Marshall: Mastry | Sandra Garrard Memorial Lecture | Thursday, April 6, 7pm | Freeman Auditorium

MFA Thesis Exhibition: Christopher Gray and Kaori Maeyama | March 16 - April 5 | reception: Thursday, March 23, 5:30 - 7:30 pm | Carroll Gallery

Hank Willis Thomas: The Truth is I Love You | Sandra Garrard Memorial Lecture | Thursday, March 23, 7:30 pm | Freeman Auditorium

MFA Thesis Exhibition: Wiley Aker | Feb. 22 - March 9 | reception: Thursday, March 9, 5:30 - 7:30 pm | Carroll Gallery

Visiting Artist: Yoonmi Nam | Artist Lecture: Wednesday, March 8, 6pm, Stone Auditorium | Mokuhanga Workshop: Thursday, March 9th, 10 am - 6pm, Printmaking Studio

Jenni Sorkin: Material Decisions: Women, Process, and Form | Sandra Garrard Memorial Lecture | Thursday, January 26, 6:30-8:00 pm | Freeman Auditorium

Conversation with Mickalene Thomas | Sandra Garrard Memorial Lecture | Mickalene Thomas with Dr. Mia Bagneris, Assistant Professor, History of Art | Wednesday, January 18, 6:30-7:30 pm | Freeman Auditorium

Level Artist Collective | Ana Hernandez, Horton Humble, Rontherin Ratliff, John Isiah Walton, Carl Joe Williams | reception: Thursday, January 19, 5:30 - 7:30 pm | Carroll Gallery

Undergraduate Juried Exhibition | Exhibition juror: Emily Wilkerson, Curatorial Associate, Prospect.New Orleans | Exhibition on view: November 8 - 22 | Opening Reception: Thursday, Nov. 10th, 5:30 - 7:30 pm | Walkthrough with the Juror: Friday, Nov. 11, 6:00 pm | Carroll Gallery

Sandra Garrard Memorial Lecture: Arlene Shechet | Thursday, November 17, 7pm | Freeman Auditorium

Newcomb Art Department Holiday Sale | December 2nd and 3rd, 10:00 am – 4:00 pm | Preview event: Thursday, December 1, 6 – 8 pm | Carroll Gallery

Visiting Artist: Phil Vinson | Friday November 4, BBQ 5:30pm, Slide Talk 6:00pm. Hot Glass Demo 6:30pm, Pace-Willson Glass Studio, 125 Woldenberg Art Center

Andrew Ladis Trecento Conference | November 10 – 12

Dante and the Moment of Florentine Art, keynote address by Marvin Trachtenberg, Edith Kitzmiller Professor of the History of Fine Arts, The Institute of Fine Arts, New York University | Thursday November 10, 6pm | Freeman Auditorium

MFA Artist Talks: Pippin Frisbee-Calder and Christopher Gray | Wednesday, November 2, 6:00pm | Freeman Auditorium

Panoply: an exhibition of new work by Newcomb Art Department faculty | October 7 – 28, 2016 | Preview reception: Thursday, Oct. 6, 5:30 – 7:30 pm | Carroll Gallery

Terry K. Simmons Lecture: Inside Out: Internal Anatomy in Michelangelo’s Art | Christian Kleinbub, Ohio State University | Tuesday, October 25, 6pm | Stone Auditorium

MFA Artist Talks: Wiley Aker and Kaori Maeyama | Wednesday, October 19, 6:00pm | Freeman Auditorium

Jamey Grimes and Rick Snow, Chromatic Surfaces: Sculpture / Sound / Light | August 26 - September 30, 2016 | reception: Thursday, September 1, 5:30 - 7:30 pm gallery walkthrough with the artists at 6:00 pm | Special viewing hours on Saturday, August 27, 9 am - 4 pm, in conjunction with Tulane Fall Welcome | Carroll Gallery

Curating Japanese Art: A Century of American Collectors and the Met, Wladis Family Curatorial Lecture, John Carpenter, Curator of Japanese Art, Metropolitan Museum of Art | September 15, 6pm | Stone Auditorium

Elena Dorfman: artist lecture, sponsored by the Newcomb Art Museum | Wednesday, April 20, 6:30 pm | Stone Auditorium

BFA Exhibition | April 21 - 29, 2016, reception Friday, April 22, 5:30-7:30 pm | Carroll Gallery

Student Art Awards | Friday, April 22, 5:00 pm | Stone Auditorium

BA Exhibition | May 5 - 13, 2016, reception, Friday, May 13, noon- 2 pm | Carroll Gallery

Tania Bruguera: artist lecture, sponsored by the Newcomb Art Museum | Saturday May 7, 11 am | Freeman Auditorium

First Folio! exhibition, opening reception with Jazz Funeral for William Shakespeare | Monday, May 9 | Jazz Funeral: 6:30pm, reception: 6:30-8:00pm | Newcomb Art Museum

Sonnets in the Gallery, poetry reading with Peter Cooley, English Department, Tulane University & State Poet Laureate | Tuesday, May 16, 1-3pm | Newcomb Art Museum

Diana Al-Hadid: artist lecture, sponsored by the Newcomb Art Museum | Tuesday, May 10, 6:30 pm | Freeman Auditorium

Jeremy Jones / Brittan Rosendahl: MFA Thesis Exhibition | April 6 - 15, 2016, reception: Thursday, April 14, 5:30 - 7:30 pm | Carroll Gallery

Aspen Mays: artist talk | Wednesday, April 13th, 5:00 pm | Stone Auditorium

The Direct and Indirect | artist talk by Jason Bly | Wednesday, March 30, 6:00pm | Stone Auditorium

Crafting the Social: Reskilling to Change the World (or at least get us talking) | artist talk by Dr. Lisa Vinebaum | Tuesday, April 5th, 5:30 pm | Stone Auditorium

Painting and Context | artist talk by Anne C. Nelson | Wednesday, March 30, 6:00pm | Stone Auditorium

Kristina Knipe / Michelle Swafford: MFA Thesis Exhibition | March 17 - April 1, 2016, reception: Thursday, March 31, 5:30 - 7:30 pm | Carroll Gallery

Robert Lawrence: Visiting Artist | Tuesday, March 15, 6:15pm | Stone Auditorium

The Art of the Future: Itō Jakuchu’s Colorful Realm of Living Beings | lecture by Yukio Lippit, Harvard University | Tuesday March 8, 6:15pm | Stone Auditorium

Devon Murphy / Jeffrey Thurston: MFA Thesis Exhibition | March 3 - 11, 2016, reception: Thursday, March 10, 5:30 - 7:30 pm | Carroll Gallery

“How Nature Geometrizeth:” Image, Figure, and Play in Early Modern Europe | Dr. Rebecca Zorach, Northwestern University | Wednesday, March 2, 6:30pm, Stone Auditorium

Jaclyn Rawls: MFA Thesis Exhibition | Feb. 18 - 26, 2016, reception: Thursday, Feb. 25, 5:30 - 7:30 pm | Carroll Gallery

Contending for the New: Brazil and Argentina at the Walker Art Center in the Sixties | lecture by Delia Solomons | Friday, February 19, 6:00pm | Stone Auditorium

Jered Sprecher | visiting artist lecture | Tuesday, January 26, 6:30pm | Stone Auditorium

Cullen Washington, Jr. | visiting artist lecture | Wednesday, January 28, 6:00pm | Stone Auditorium

Kate Clark: Mysterious Presence | gallery walk-through with the artist | Saturday, January 23, 3:00pm | Newcomb Art Museum

Andrea Dezsö: I Wonder | artist talk | Wednesday January 20, 6:00pm | Freeman Auditorium

Kate Clark: Mysterious Presence and Andrea Dezsö: I Wonder | exhibition reception | Wednesday January 20, 7-8pm | Woodward Way

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Newcomb Art Department event archive | Sandra Garrard Memorial Lecture Series