Katzen Arts Center Calendar

Abramson Family Recital Hall, Katzen Arts Center
Admission is free

How does the brain experience art? Why does it move us? Do aesthetics evolve biologically? The 2013 American University Arts Management Spring Colloquium explores the growing field of neuroaesthetics with an emphasis on the visual brain. Artist Shahin Shikhaliyev will give a lecture, followed by a panel discussion with Terry ...more

Type: Lecture/Speaker
Host: Performing Arts

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Art and the Mind of Meditation Guided Tour
Saturday, February 23, 2 p.m.
American University Museum, Katzen Arts Center
Admission is free

Explore the connection between the practice of meditation and the creation and appreciation of art in this interactive presentation and discussion with members of the Shambhala Meditation Center community (dc.shambhala.org). Following a brief introduction to ...more

Type: Lecture/Speaker
Host: American University Museum at the Katzen Arts Center

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Join Susan Yanero in a gallery talk about her exhibition "Susan Yanero," on display through March 17.

Former AU professor Alan Feltus describes Susan Yanero's paintings as… "close to abstraction while being, at the same time, fascinating images of her interior world made through the magic of the immediacy of her brushstroke laying down color in such a way that drawing and painting and surface ...more

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Host: American University Museum at the Katzen Arts Center

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Art and Mathematics in the 20th Century with Florence Fasanelli
Saturday, March 9, 2 p.m.
American University Museum, Katzen Arts Center
Admission is free

The art of the 20th century reflects a complicated and fascinating relationship with mathematics. Florence Fasanelli unpacks these influences in a gallery talk inspired by the work of Andrea Way. Dr. Fasanelli is the director of the D.C. ...more

Type: Lecture/Speaker
Host: American University Museum at the Katzen Arts Center

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Artist Talk: Lynette Yiadom-Boakye
Abramson Family Recital Hall, Katzen Arts Center
March 26, 6 p.m.
Admission is free

Lynette Yiadom-Boakye, a London-based artist, will speak about her work. Yiadom-Boakye has shown work internationally in solo exhibitions including the Jack Shaniman Gallery, New York; the Chisenhale Gallery, London; and the Corvi-Mora, London. She has been included in many ...more

Type: Lecture/Speaker
Host: Art Department

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