Roger Fry (British, 1866-1934)
Paper Flowers on a Mantelpiece, 1919
Oil on canvas on board, 16 1/2 x 20 inches
Collection of Bannon and Barnabas McHenry
Programs
Mills College Art Museum
Exhibition dates: November 7–December 13, 2009
Programs and participants are subject to change. Visit our website or call 510-430-2164 for information.
Saturday, November 7
OPENING RECEPTION
5:30-7:00 pm, Art Museum
Join us at 6:00 pm for an introduction by Ruth Saxton, Professor of English
Tuesday, November 10
LECTURE
1:00 pm, Danforth Lecture Hall, Art Building
Peter Stansky,
Frances and Charles Field Professor of History, Emeritus, Stanford University
Sunday, November 15
LECTURE
3:00 pm, Danforth Lecture Hall, Art Building
Curator Nancy E. Green, the
Gale and Ira Drukier Curator of Prints, Drawings, and Photographs,
Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, Cornell University
Tuesday, November 17, 2009
6:45–8:30 pm, Art Museum Courtyard
FEMINISM 9.0: WORDS AND THREADS
A collaborative two-act performance by Moira Roth’s History of Performance Class
All are welcome to attend “Feminism 9.0: Words and Threads,” a collaborative two-act performance, with a Thread Bearer and two Mistresses of Ceremonies, created by members of Moira Roth’s History of Performance class: Tuesday, November 17, 2009, 6:45 pm–c. 8:30 pM. It will begin promptly at 6:45 pm with the audience gathering in the courtyard outside the Museum.
The first act, “Listening,” held inside the Museum, will consist of short readings of texts by a wide range of women, from Sor Juana Ines de la Cruz and Harriet Jacobs to Virginia Woolf and Yoko Ono. Act 2, “Getting Our Bearings,” composed of five parts, will take place in and near the Haas Dance Pavilion (Studios 1 and 3) and will consist of various performances about consciousness- raising, a selection of historically important women, readings of 2009 manifestoes by class members, and the creation of a “Mother Tree,” etc.
Thursday, December 3
MILLS COLLEGE PLACE FOR WRITERS PERFORMANCE
7:00 pm, Art Museum