Machine as Medium

Exhibit by Zachary Parks

February 7–10 • Drury Gallery 

Marlboro senior Zach Parks presents a show of kinetic sculpture and drawing revolving around the theme of using mechanics as an artistic medium, where both artistic and technical methods constitute the process of making. Each sculptural piece is a functional machine, generally made from metal wire and other mixed media, and the drawings combine the use of nib pens and drafting tools. Zach’s Plan of Concentration focuses on art’s relationship to machines and technology, and his sculptures explore the notion of using machines and mechanical logic artistically.

Music for a Sunday Afternoon

Concert by Matan Rubinstein

Sunday, February 12, 3:00pm • Ragle Hall

Marlboro’s newest faculty member in the music department will perform a concert of improvised and original music on the piano. Most of the material was written within the past three months, with some pieces especially written for this occasion. Matan Rubinstein received his D.M.A. degree from University of Wisconsin–Madison, and prior to coming to Marlboro he taught at the University of Wisconsin–Whitewater. He is a frequent collaborator with artists in other disciplines, and often writes music for dance and film. He is also active as a performer, and has several recordings to his credit.

Neither Wolf Nor Dog

Talk by Kent Nerburn

Monday, February 13, 1:30pm • Woodard Classroom

Minnesota author Kent Nerburn will discuss his book, Neither Wolf Nor Dog: On Forgotten Roads with an Indian Elder as part of a class on the Dine and Lakota peoples. The book tells the story of Nerburn’s road trip with a dog named Fatback and Lakota elder who asks Nerburn to compile his collection of notes and commentaries written over seven decades and kept in an old shoe box. The class is open to the public for this event.

The Beloved Community in Action

Talk by James Kates

Thursday, February 16, 7:00pm • Apple Tree

Civil-rights activists in the 1960s worked for a committed body of citizens in which everyone participates equally, an ideal still in search of realization. Jim Kates, who worked with the Student Nonviolent Committee in Mississippi in the mid-1960s and as a nonviolent activist and trainer afterwards, will lead a discussion about how this practice worked then, and how it resonates today. Kates co-directs the non-profit literary publishing house Zephyr Press, publishers of Letters from Mississippi: Reports from Civil Rights Volunteers & Poetry of the 1964 Freedom Summer.

Music for a Sunday Afternoon

Concert by Benjamin Hochman, piano

Sunday, February 19, 3:00pm • Ragle Hall

Winner of 2011’s prestigious Avery Fisher Career Grant, pianist Benjamin Hochman will perform works by Bartók, Schubert, Jorg Widmann and Brahms in this Sunday afternoon concert. Hochman has achieved widespread acclaim for his thoughtful performances as an accomplished orchestral soloist, recitalist and chamber musician. He has performed with numerous symphonies and orchestras in the United States and his native Israel, as well as with many music festivals throughout North America and Europe. He is a graduate of the Curtis Institute of Music and the Mannes College of Music, and is associate professor of piano at East Carolina University.

Prospective Students come to Winter Visit Day

Thursday, February 23, come visit our campus. There is no better way of knowing if Marlboro College is the right choice for you than experiencing it firsthand. We have arranged opportunities for you to get to know current students, faculty and staff in a variety of settings. Register here.

Art Faculty Show Work in Brattleboro

Exhibit

January 6–February 24 • Catherine Dianich Gallery 

Marlboro professors Tim Segar (sculpture) and Cathy Osman (painting) offer work in a variety of mediums, including sculpture, painting and drawing, at the Catherine Dianich Gallery in Brattleboro, Vermont. The show opens with a reception during gallery walk, Friday, January 6.

Black in Latin America

Film

Friday, February 24, 4:00pm • Gander Building 1

The PBS film Black in Latin America examines how Africa and Europe came together to create the rich cultures of Latin America and the Caribbean. Latin America is often associated with music, monuments and sun, but each of the six countries featured in Black in Latin America, including Haiti, Dominican Republic, Cuba, Brazil, Mexico and Peru, has a secret history. Documentary writer and Harvard professor Henry Louis Gates, Jr. discovers, behind a shared legacy of colonialism and slavery, vivid stories and people marked by African roots. 

Wendell-Judd Cup

Ski Event

Saturday, February 25, 2:00pm • Campus Center

Join novice and veteran cross-country skiers for this annual event. Check in at the Campus Center between 1:00 and 1:45pm before heading out on the 5.5-mile course from the college to South Pond and back again. Snowshoers are also encouraged to participate and a mid-point start and shuttle are available. Refreshments and awards will be waiting at the end. For more information, contact Randy Knaggs at 258-9253 or rlknaggs@marlboro.edu. Rain date: March 3

Negrura Peruana

Concert

Sunday, February 26, 2:00pm • Ragle Hall 

Afro-Peruvian culture flourished in Peru, giving the world a unique musical tradition that blends Spanish, indigenous and African influences into a dynamic, percussive dance style with a character all its own. Emigrating from Lima to Connecticut in the 1980s and 1990s, the members of Negrura Peruana celebrate and perform the music and dance of Peru’s African population. The group combines vocals with percussion instruments such as the cajón (wooden box drum), the quijada de burro (jaw of horse), the campana (cowbell), bongos and guitars. 

Women in Popular Culture

Talk by artist Kathy King

Tuesday, February 28, 4:00pm • Apple Tree 

Boston artist Kathy King will talk about creating ceramic vessels, tiled furniture and prints that translate her own experience as a woman in relation to cultural perspectives on sexual orientation, reproduction and issues of the body and gender. Her imagery, reminiscent of an underground comic book style, uses satirical humor, irony and sarcasm to map her journey from pubescence to menopause. In addition to being an active studio artist, King is an instructor in ceramics for the Office of the Arts at Harvard and a visiting faculty in ceramics at the School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. 

Paintings - David Rohn

Exhibit

February 12 through March 7 • Drury Gallery

Artist David Rohn will exhibit a collection of his paintings in Drury Gallery. Rohn received his art training at the University of Michigan, and taught art for 12 years at Windham College in Putney, Vermont, before moving to New York. To date he has had ten solo shows there and retrospectives at museums in Massachusetts and New York. Rohn is the recipient of a National Endowment of the Arts award, a La Napoule Fellowship, a Japan/U.S. Friendship Grant and a Vermont Arts Council Grant. He has also taught at Drew University, Queens College, University of Vermont and The Vermont Studio Center. The Drury Gallery is open Sunday through Friday, 1:00–5:00pm. Opening reception: Friday, February 17, 4:30-7:00pm.