Katzen Arts Center Calendar

A native of Los Angeles, California, and current New York resident, Sanford Biggers uses the study of ethnological objects, popular icons, and the Dadaist tradition to explore cultural and creative syncretism, art history, and politics. An accomplished musician, Biggers often incorporates performative elements into his sculptures and installations, resulting in multilayered works that act as ...more

Type: Lecture/Speaker
Host: Art

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"If you can keep your head when all about you
Are losing theirs and blaming it on you,
If you can trust yourself when all men doubt you,
But make allowance for their doubting too¿."

With these words, Kipling might have been talking about founders of arts organizations--those bold and inventive, seemingly fearless, and always fascinating individuals who regularly "meet with Triumph and Disaster ...more

Type: Lecture/Speaker
Host: Performing Arts

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Washington National Opera's Director of Artistic Operations, Christina Scheppelmann, and Domingo-Cafritz Young Artist Brandy Hawkins (mezzo soprano), discuss how to build a career in opera, and the many different career options available in opera and arts administration. The presentation includes a question and answer session.

The event is FREE and open to the public.

Type: Lecture/Speaker
Host: Performing Arts

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Khadija Z. Carroll, Frank Knox Research Fellow in Oceanic Art, Department of History of Art and Architecture, Harvard University examines the historical precedents to contemporary American collecting and scholarship on Indigenous Australian Art.

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

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