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The Arts
November 9, 2016 | 04:43 pm

Film series explores power of looking

A fall film series hosted by InVisible Culture, an electronic visual studies journal celebrating its 25th anniversary year at the University, and the George Eastman Museum, explores the power of looking.

topics: events, George Eastman Museum, Graduate Program in Visual and Cultural Studies, inVisible Culture, School of Arts and Sciences,
Society & Culture
February 29, 2016 | 07:27 am

Taking a ‘look’ at historical hoaxes

During the mid-19th century, a series of grand hoaxes captured the American imagination: the Great Moon Hoax, the Cardiff Giant, and the fantastical creatures of P. T. Barnum. Joan Saab, an associate professor of art history and visual and cultural studies, examines the relationship between seeing and believing.

topics: Department of Art and Art History, events, Graduate Program in Visual and Cultural Studies, humanities, Humanities Center, Joan Saab, School of Arts and Sciences,
In Photos
October 25, 2015 | 04:42 pm

The Sundance Kid Is Beautiful

Multidisciplinary artist Christopher Knowles rehearses in Todd Theatre. The Sundance Kid is Beautiful presents Knowles’s work in a staged performance environment that incorporates many of his diverse approaches, including dance, sculpture, music, and poetry.

topics: events, Film and Media Studies Program, Graduate Program in Visual and Cultural Studies, Humanities Center, International Theatre Program, School of Arts and Sciences,
The Arts
October 16, 2015 | 10:39 am

Visual artist Christopher Knowles to give solo performance

The University’s Humanities Project will present a solo performance of The Sundance Kid is Beautiful, a rarely shown work by visual artist Christopher Knowles. Knowles is often regarded as being an outsider whose work is explained through his autism.

topics: Arts and Humanities, Christopher Knowles, events, Graduate Program in Visual and Cultural Studies, Humanities Center, Humanities Project, International Theatre Program, School of Arts and Sciences,
Society & Culture
April 6, 2015 | 01:27 pm

The Poitier Effect: New book by film scholar examines ‘change without change’

Sir Sidney Poitier became a cultural icon in the 1950s as the first black actor to break racial barriers in film. But as art and art history professor Sharon Willis argues in her new book, his image on screen creates a false sense of equality that continues to appear in the popular media and remains damaging to race relations today.

topics: book authors, Department of Art and Art History, film, Graduate Program in Visual and Cultural Studies, literature, racism, research finding, Sharon Willis,
The Arts
February 9, 2015 | 01:59 pm

Event: University of Rochester hosts Tino Sehgal’s This situation

Rochester will be the second university to produce This situation, a piece by British-German artist Tino Sehgal. The piece is described as a “constructed situation” akin to a contemporary salon in which live interpreters discuss among themselves and with visitors such issues as the aesthetics of existence and the implications of moving from a society of lack to a society of abundance.

topics: Department of Art and Art History, events, Graduate Program in Visual and Cultural Studies,
The Arts
August 26, 2014 | 04:02 pm

International celebration honors work of scholar, activist Douglas Crimp

Leading scholars, artists, and critics from around the world will gather at the Arsenal Institute for Film and Video Art in Berlin on August 28 to celebrate the work of Douglas Crimp, who turned 70 this month. Known for his work as an art critic, theorist, curator, and activist, his work was instrumental in the development of the field of queer studies.

topics: AIDS, Department of Art and Art History, Douglas Crimp, events, Graduate Program in Visual and Cultural Studies, LGBTQI, School of Arts and Sciences, sexuality,
Society & Culture
March 14, 2014 | 09:26 pm

3-day series looks at reporting in the ‘post-feminist’ age

A three-day film and lecture series looks at the work of female journalists, authors, and filmmakers working to bring attention to stories about motherhood in America, sex and sexuality, reproductive rights, and racial inequality.

topics: Department of Anthropology, Department of Art and Art History, events, feminism, Film and Media Studies Program, Graduate Program in Visual and Cultural Studies, Humanities Project, Susan B. Anthony Institute for Gender Sexuality and Women's Studies,
Society & Culture
October 3, 2012 | 05:15 pm

Visual Cultural Studies Graduate Students Travel Globe Through Summer Fellowships

Glogower, Golonu, Guzmán, and Marr are among a larger group of visual and cultural studies doctoral students who span six years of study and received artist’s residencies, fellowships, invitations to symposia, and travel awards this summer.

topics: exploration, fellowships, Graduate Program in Visual and Cultural Studies,