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What's to Do? | Vassar Edition
Georgia O’Keeffe’s New Mexico
On Tuesday, Nov. 15, the Director and Curator of the Georgia O’Keeffe Museum Research Center, Emily Fisher Landau will present a lecture entitled Georgia O’Keeffe and New Mexico: Identity and Place. O’Keeffe’s paintings focus on the local flora of the various locations that she found herself in, and have now become instantly recognizable by those in the art field and casual observers alike.O’Keeffe knew from an early age that she wished to be an artist, and was encouraged by her teacher, Elizabeth Willis. She was discovered in New York by Alfred Stieglitz and soon after her first exhibition retreated to Palo Duro Canyon, TX to paint the natural scenery of her new home. Although she eventually returned to New York, her most lauded works remain her observations of nature.
The lecture will focus on O’Keeffe’s New Mexico works, and will begin at 6 p.m. in Taylor 203.
—Marcella Veneziale, Arts Editor
Art film series continues at FLLAC
The Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center has been screening films on modern artists all semester, and there are still three more to catch before exams send us home for the winter. Frida (2002), starring Salma Hayek as Spanish painter Frida Kahlo, will be shown this Thursday, preceded as always by a docent presentation on related works in the Project Gallery.Kahlo’s busy life—her tumultuous marriage to her mentor, her affair with Leon Trotsky, her trysts with women—made her not only a master painter, but a political and sexual revolutionary. The screening, sponsored by the Friends of the Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center, begins at 8 p.m. in Taylor 203.
Naked States, a documentary of photographer Spencer Tunick, and Jackson Pollock: Love and Death on Long Island, will conclude the film series on Nov. 17 and Dec. 8, respectively.
—Freddy Deknatel, Arts Editor
Friday, Nov. 11
Vassar:
Vassar College Choir and Camerata Christine Howlett and Eli Spindel ’06 conduct. Skinner, 8 p.m.
Beacon:
Rouge Exhibit of works by Lindy Foss-Quillet. Kiesendahl & Calhoun, 192 Main St., Noon-5:30 p.m., free
Saturday, Nov. 12
Vassar:
SASA Bhangra Night South Asian Students’ Alliance hosts Mug night.
10 p.m.
New York City:
Machinima Film Festival Screenings and panel discussions on film genre which incorporates elements of video games. Museum of the Moving Image, 35th Ave., Astoria, 11 a.m.-6:30 p.m., $7.50
Sunday, Nov. 13
Vassar:
Film Screening Charlotte Rampling as a staid British author, shocked by Ludivine Sagnier’s antics in Swimming Pool. Chicago 103, 5 p.m.
New York City:
International Shades Featuring members of Sonic Youth, Cat Power in honor of debut album, Hash Wednesday. Tonic, 8 p.m., $8
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