Arts

A generous $5 million gift from Trustee Emeritus Rob Kindler ’76, P’04,’08,’12 and his wife, Sydney P’17,’20, in support of the Middle Campus Plan for Arts, Creativity, and Innovation has moved Colgate University one step closer to its vision of integrating arts and innovation in a wide range of programs across campus.

Daniel Benton ’80, P’10, H’10 has secured his place as Colgate’s most generous benefactor, making a $25 million gift in support of the University’s Middle Campus Plan for Arts, Creativity, and Innovation and other elements within The Third-Century Plan.

A strategic framework focusing Colgate on the attainment of a series of long-term goals.

While at Colgate as Christian A. Johnson Foundation Artist-in-Residence, Maxwell met with classes, gave a lecture, and shared his work in progress with an open studio in Bernstein Hall.

The project scales down the vast climate change conversation and builds community by representing temperature data in fiber art.

Primary Trust, by Eboni Booth, is the first play chosen by the Community Reads selection committee.

The events were in coordination with Colgate's Arts, Creativity, and Innovation Initiative, presented by Living Writers, University Museums, and the Ryan Family Film Series.

The seven-week program launches undergraduates into the media workforce with mentorship, candid industry insights, comprehensive resources, and project support.

The exhibit focuses on the history and stories behind personal possessions, art, books, documents, and other items in the museum’s collection.

The Poetry Machine is making its way around Colgate University and Hamilton, N.Y., thanks to Colgate’s Upstate Institute and the University Libraries in partnership with the Adirondack Center for Writing.