SANDBOX is a unique program that draws students and faculty at Washington College from the Departments of Art and Art History, Music, Drama, Literature, the Humanities, and the Natural Sciences, and welcomes participation from other academic departments. It conducts outreach in the form of collaborations with surrounding art museums and institutions.
There is a lot on the SANDBOX calendar this fall. Read on for what’s in store:
Fall Semester Events
Death Perception:
Opens First Friday, September 2, 5:00 pm – 7:00 pm
Closes September 23
Senior Meghan Dulin and Professor Julie Markin were recipients of the latest SANDBOX summer project grant. With Professor Markin’s input, Meghan sought out unique groups, ranging from the Gullah in South Carolina, to Maori Elders in New Zealand, in an effort to conceptualize her own perceptions of death through the rituals and practices of other cultures. This exhibition displays the culmination of that experience.
Morgnec Gateway Mural:
September 17 – 18
Mural artists Jessie Unterhalter and Katey Truhn return to Chestertown to lead a team of local middle schoolers, community members, and college students as they work together to produce a mural along Morgnec Road, behind Kent Plaza.
The project is co-sponsored by HOYAS-CPIP, RiverArts, and SANDBOX.
Community members are welcome to observe Saturday from 10:00 am until 3:00 pm. Afterwards, participation will be open to all attendees. Sunday will be open to the public as well, beginning at 11:00 am.
Parliament of the Fowls:
Illustrated Lecture – October 4, 5:30 pm Litrenta Lecture Hall
Exhibition opening – October 7, 5:00 – 7:00 pm
Closes – October 28th
In this exploratory exhibition Professors Jennie Carr and Courtney Rydel examine Chaucer’s poem to tease out the factual ornithological observations that have slipped into the highly anthropomorphized characters in this classic of medieval literature.
Mark Dion:
“The Undisciplined Collector, The Trouble With Jellyfish and Wonder Workshops: Mark Dion’s recent endeavors.”
Dion, one of the most influential environmental artists working today, will give a visual tour of his recent work and explain the driving forces behind it. His work is a melding of the artistic and the scientific, investigating taking inspiration from taxonomical classification, archaeology, and laboratory experimentation.
October 11, 5:00 pm in Decker Theatre
Reception will follow
Paul D. Miller (aka DJ Spooky) Residency:
Paul D. Miller, known by his stage name DJ Spooky, That Subliminal Kid, is an electronic and experimental hip hop musician, turntablist, producer, philosopher, itinerant explorer and author. His work has been included in the Whitney Biennial, the Venice Biennial, and at the Warhol Museum.
DJ Spooky will be in residence at Washington College for three days:
Wednesday, 7:30 p.m.: Multimedia talk & musical performance. With Professors Kimberly McCollum (violin) and Daniel Shomper (cello).
Decker Theatre, Gibson Center for the Arts
Thursday, 5:30 p.m.: Rebirth of a Nation, a remix of D.W. Griffith’s controversial 1915 film, with an introduction and Q&A. Originally commissioned by the Lincoln Center Festival.
Decker Theatre, Gibson Center for the Arts
Friday, 5:00 – 6:30 p.m.: First Friday exhibition of art and sound, including pieces from Ice and “Terra Nova: Sinfonia Antarctica.”
SANDBOX Gallery, 107 Cross St.
All DJ Spooky events are co-sponsored by the C.V. Starr Center for the American Experience, SANDBOX, and the Department of Music.
Eco-Cosumtes: Sustainable Fashion Onstage
Opening: December 2, 5:00 – 7:00 pm
Closes: December 16
Recent alumnus Nicole Cappobianco and Professor Laura Eckelman traveled to the United Kingdom to undertake research into the production of “green costumes” for stage productions. After visits to the museums and theaters in London, and research in Scotland, Nicole will produce costumes for Washington College’s senior capstone production of Macbeth. Material from their trip, design sketches, and the costumes themselves will be on displayed in the SANDBOX studio for the length of the exhibition.
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