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March 2021
Visiting Artist Lecture: Jacolby Satterwhite
Jacolby Satterwhite is celebrated for a conceptual practice addressing crucial themes of labor, consumption, carnality and fantasy through immersive installation, virtual reality and digital media. He uses a range of software to produce intricately detailed animations and live action film of real and imagined worlds populated by the avatars of artists and friends.
Artist Lecture: Sadie Barnette
Join us for a free virtual lecture with the Oakland-based artist Sadie Barnette, whose drawings, photography, and large-scale installations speak to the intersection of familial, cultural, and political history. This lecture is a part of an ongoing series of programs related to the Zimmerli Art Museum’s upcoming exhibition Angela Davis — Seize the Time, opening in September 2021. Q+A with the artist to follow.
Design Lecture Series: Shannon Mattern
Shannon Mattern is a Professor in the Department of Anthropology at The New School in New York. For 14.5 years, she served as a faculty member in The New School’s School of Media Studies. Her writing and teaching focus on archives, libraries, and other media spaces; media infrastructures; spatial epistemologies; and mediated sensation and exhibition.
April 2021
MFA First-Year Virtual Exhibition
Image Courtesy of the MFA Class of 2022. Design by Clio Bravo. Our graduate visual arts students present their initial bodies of work across the mediums in this first-year review exhibition. Reception Friday, April 2…
MFA First-Year Exhibition Gallery Talks & Closing Reception
This virtual event features brief gallery talks by each participating MFA artist, celebrating the closing of their First-Year exhibition at Mason Gross Galleries, which is on view now.
Design Lecture Series: Shira Inbar
This lecture is presented as part of the spring 2021 Design Lecture Series, free and open to all. Registration is required. Shira Inbar is an independent graphic designer with an edge of motion graphics, working…
Visiting Artist Lecture Series: Cindy Ji Hye Kim
Cindy Ji Hye Kim utilizes a rich grayscale vocabulary in iconic representations of the body under duress. Synthesizing influences as disparate as early animation, construction scaffolding, pests and flora, medieval torture devices, and Korean folk arts, Kim’s depictions of the contorted human form speak to the limits not only of the body but also of the sayable.
MFA Dance Creative Thesis Peformance
MFA dance students Kimberlee Gerstheimer and Amber Hongsermeier present the culmination of their studies at Mason Gross for a special virtual performance. Kimberlee Gerstheimer presents “The Silence Before the Sound,” which explores the connection between…
Filmmaking Virtual Facilities Tour
Go on a virtual tour of the film facilities with a current BFA Film student. Learn about the facilities and equipment used in the program and get the inside scoop on what it’s like to…
Theater Virtual Facilities Tour
Join us on a virtual tour with a current student. Learn about the facilities and get the inside scoop on what it’s like to be a student. If a session is filled, additional sessions may…