Arts

Colgate University has partnered with David Adjaye, one of the world’s leading architects, to begin the design process for a new art and cultural center envisioned for the Village of Hamilton. In this initial phase of the project, Adjaye will meet with members of the community and study the proposed space. He will articulate a […]

For the fifth consecutive year, the prestigious Robert Flaherty Film Seminar will come to Colgate, offering insightful discussions and free public film screenings in the Hamilton Theater. Presented in honor of Robert Flaherty (1884-1951), creator of classic films including Nanook of the North, Man of Aran, and Louisiana Story, the seminar highlights innovative cinematic works.

The annual Colgate Writers’ Conference returns to campus from June 17– 23, and that brings many opportunities to listen in and engage with professional writers as well as those who are learning the craft. 

This semester, students played the roles of both art historians and curators in the Museums in Theory and Practice course taught by Judith Oliver, professor of art and art history and Medieval and Renaissance studies. The culmination of the class is What Museums Collect: From the Cabinet of Curiosities to Modern Curatorial Challenges, an exhibition […]

When art and art history professor Elizabeth Marlowe stumbled upon 20 large limestone figural reliefs in the collection of Colgate’s Picker Art Gallery, it was a momentous research opportunity, not just for Marlowe but also for 15 students in her Seminar in Art Prior to 1300 — New Egyptian Reliefs in the Picker: Challenges and […]

“Leave your powers at the door” read a sign on the coatrack in Dionysus’s bar in the Masque and Triangle production of 3 Gods Walk Into a Bar. Directed by Jessica Hall ’14, and featuring an ensemble cast of new and veteran actors, the play was staged April 12 through 14 in Brehmer Theater.

The Colgate Entertainment Group hosted its inaugural panel discussion in the new series From Hamilton to Hollywood at the Creative Artists Agency in Los Angeles last month. Alumni and parents in the entertainment industry took part in a great panel discussion and networking event.

Memories, laughter, and emotions are wordlessly captured in the exhibition 15 Minutes: Homage to Andy Warhol, currently on view in Case Library and Geyer Center for Information Technology. Each small, square print in the collection is a snapshot of history. One is a photograph of him and Bob Dylan admiring Warhol’s famous Elvis painting. In another, […]

Rows of textiles patterned with bright chevron stripes and horses hang in Colgate’s Longyear Museum of Anthropology as part of the exhibition Threads of Tradition: Aymara and Quechua Textiles of the Andes.

The SXSW film festival opens today and Colgate University will be there with a couple of movie premieres by alumni.