Press Releases

Press Releases

An exhibit of wedding outfits from the Vassar College Costume Collection, For Better and For Worse: Sixteen Decades of Wedding Wear at Vassar, will be on display in the Palmer Gallery from May 23-June 9, 2013

For Better and For Worse: Sixteen Decades of Wedding Wear at Vassar draws from the Vassar Costume Collection to exhibit outfits from 1854 until the present, many donated by alumnae. It will also feature photographs and narratives showcasing diverse wedding traditions and innovations. All told the items will explore the changing views of marriage, leading up to current issues of marriage equality.

Free walking tours of Vassar College history to be offered on three upcoming Saturdays (May 11, June 15, June 22, 2013)

Free walking tours of the historic Vassar College campus will be held on Saturdays May 11, June 15, and June 22, with tours beginning each day at 10:00am and 1:00pm. The tour leaders will be Colton Johnson, Dean Emeritus of the College and Professor Emeritus of English (5/11); Chris Smart, a chemistry professor and Vassar alumnus (6/15); and psychology professor Randy Cornelius (6/22). To sign-up for a tour contact Damara Ohlhoff in the Office of Communications at daohlhoff@vassar.edu or (845) 437-7400.

New work by Steve Martin & Edie Brickell, and by Tony Award® winner Lin-Manuel Miranda, highlight the 2013 Vassar & New York Stage and Film Powerhouse Theater Season

The line-up of new works for the 29th Powerhouse season includes a musical by actor, writer, and prolific Grammy Award® winner Steve Martin and fellow musician Edie Brickell, as well as the latest from Tony Award winner Lin-Manuel Miranda, the creator of Broadway’s In the Heights. The 6-week season runs from June 21-July 28.

Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center to exhibit The Polaroid Years: Instant Photography and Experimentation, surveying four decades of Polaroid’s influence in fine art photography, April 12-June 30, 2013

The exhibit is the first of its kind since the founding of the Polaroid Corporation by scientist and inventor Edwin H. Land some 75 years ago, and will highlight milestones in Polaroid’s history.

Vassar music department spring concert series offers twenty-four faculty, visiting artist, and student recital and ensemble performances, February 9-May 25, 2013

Members of the Vassar music faculty along with Vassar student soloists and ensembles, and such renowned guest artists as the Shanghai Quartet, Venti wind ensemble, Four Nations vocal ensemble, and organist James David Christie, will perform in the free concert series at the Skinner Hall of Music from February 9-May 25

Three paintings tied to the Hudson River School now on rare public view at the Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center through 2013

The general public now has a rare opportunity to see three works by artists directly or closely associated with the Hudson River School, thanks to a loan arrangement between Vassar College’s Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center and the Century Association of New York City. Among the artists is German-born Emanuel Leutze, best known for his iconic painting Washington Crossing the Delaware, along with Hudson River School stalwarts Asher Brown Durand and John Frederick Kensett.

Archive

• Tomson Highway’s award-winning play The Rez Sisters to be staged 5/2 & 5/3 by the Drama department (Posted 4/29/2013)
• Cheryl Strayed, bestselling author of the books Wild and Tiny Beautiful Things, comes to Vassar for a conversation, reading, and q&a on April 29, 2013 (Posted 4/18/2013)
• Art professor Harry Roseman and English professor David Means are awarded prestigious Guggenheim Foundation fellowships (Posted 4/16/2013)
• Leading calligrapher Donald Jackson to discuss his creation of The Saint John’s Bible, the first hand-written and illuminated Bible produced in over 500 years, April 20, 2013 (Posted 4/12/2013)
• Recent documentary Orchestra of Exiles, about man who helped save many Jewish musicians in Nazi-controlled Europe, to be shown April 18, 2013 followed by q&a with the film’s director (Posted 4/10/2013)

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