Academic Events
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The Entrepreneurial Artist Forum: 'The Arts @ Work'
Thursday, Feb. 20
5:30 p.m.
Tang Teaching Museum
All are invited to the 12th Annual Entrepreneurial Artist Forum and Celebration, presented by the Arts Administration Program and the Entrepreneurial Artist Initiative. Learn what it takes to build and sustain a career around passion for the arts from Skidmore College alumni and professionals in the field. Open captions will be provided. A celebratory reception will be held immediately following the forum in the Tang atrium. Contact Elizabeth Dubben with questions.
Winter/Miller Lecture with Nina Chanel Abney
Thursday, Feb. 27
6 p.m.
Tang Teaching Museum
The eighth annual Winter/Miller Lecture at the Tang Teaching Museum features acclaimed artist Nina Chanel Abney, who gained wide acclaim as the youngest artist included in the influential 2008 exhibition "30 Americans" and whose bold paintings challenge viewers to confront societal issues. The artist's appearance is by invitation from 2024-25 Eleanor Linder Winter '43 Intern Allie Serapilio '25. For more information, visit the Tang Teaching Museum website or contact Olivia Cammisa-Frost.
Annual David H. Porter Classical World Lecture: 'The Making of 1177 BC: A Graphic
History of the Year Civilization Collapsed'
Tuesday, March 4
6 p.m.
Gannett Auditorium
Join illustrious comic artist and author Glynnis Fawkes as she presents her latest work, a graphic-novel adaptation of Eric Cline's best-seller, "1177 BC: The Year Civilization Collapsed." Her presentation will include remarks on the nature of adapting scholarship into the comics medium and on her long career as an artist. Copies of 1177 BC will be available for purchase and signing after the event. All members of the Skidmore community are welcome to attend. Contact Dan Curley with questions.
Edwin M. Moseley Faculty Lectureship: 'Founding Edit: How a Rewrite of the Preamble
Altered the Course of America's Journey'
Thursday, March 6
5:30 p.m.
Gannett Auditorium
“I am not a cautious man,” Gouverneur Morris once admitted. “Zeal,” he continued, “[should] always get the better of prudence.” Yes, the “penman of the Constitution” never took the simple road; his was an adventurous, audacious life. He was as famous among the Founding generation for his dalliances — one of which resulted in a wooden leg — as he was for his prose. It was Gouverneur Morris who crafted the final draft of the Constitution and composed the indelible words of the Preamble: “We the People.”Those three words — simple and so powerful — changed everything.
All are invited to join Beau Breslin, Joseph C. Palamountain Jr. Chair in Government, as he explores the story behind the crafting of the famous constitutional Preamble and the profound consequences one small edit made for the future of the United States. Contact Megan Bove with questions.
Dunkerley Dialogues with V Adams, Mary Tremonte, Ruben Castillo, and Emily Le Sage
Wednesday, March 19
6 p.m.
Tang Teaching Museum
Queer Ecology Hanky Project Co-Founders V Adams and Mary Tremonte, whose works are on view in the exhibition "a field of bloom and hum," will be in conversation with Assistant Professor of Studio Art Ruben Castillo and Assistant Professor of Biology Emily Le Sage. Dunkerley Dialogues are made possible by a generous gift from Michele Dunkerley '80. For more information, visit the Tang Teaching Museum website or contact Olivia Cammisa-Frost.
40th annual F. William Harder Lecture in Business Administration
Thursday, March 20
5:30-7:30 p.m.
Gannett Auditorium
Greg Willis, vice president of global sales at LinkedIn Marketing Solutions, will share his experience as a sales and marketing executive within the consumer products and technology sectors and as an expert in global market development, marketing, technology, corporate governance and sales. The Harder Lecture, inaugurated in 1985 and made possible by the generosity of F. William Harder, invites industry leaders to explore the current business environment and the challenges that lie ahead. Contact the Office of Stewardship and College Events with questions.
Dunkerley Dialogue with Penny Arcade and Joseph Cermatori
Wednesday, April 24
6 p.m.
Tang Teaching Museum
Legendary performance artist Penny Arcade, an international icon of artistic resistance whose social practice is focused on the support of other artists and on the preservation of artist legacies, will be in conversation with Associate Professor of English Joseph Cermatori, who specializes in drama and the arts of performance, critical theory, and queer studies. For more information, visit the Tang Teaching Museum website or contact Olivia Cammisa-Frost.