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John McEnroe, the John and Anne Fischer Professor of Fine Arts, recently discussed his archaeological work on the important Bronze Age Town at Gournia, Crete, in a lecture at the American School of Classical Studies at Athens.

The Wellin Museum will host an opening reception for Julia Jacquette: Unrequited and Acts of Play, oil paintings that explore our relationship with the media landscape and a graphic memoir based on the architecture of urban playgrounds in the 1970s, on Feb. 18.

In celebration of the upcoming exhibition, Julia Jacquette: Unrequited and Acts of Play, opening at the Wellin Museum of Art on Feb. 18, Director Tracy Adler and New York-based artist Jacquette hosted a reception on this month in Manhattan.

The American Alliance of Museums published "It’s Time to Sell the Sizzle," an essay by the Wellin Museum’s Educator for School and Community Programs Amber Spadea, on its Center for the Future of Museums blog this month.

First-year students of the Boston and Miami Posse toured the Munson-Williams-Proctor Arts Institute (MWPAI) in Utica on Nov. 13 as they sought to learn more about differences in perspective, experience and culture when viewing artwork. The Institute featured an exhibit with works from renowned photographer Steve McCurry, which spurred discussion among the scholars on the value of spreading cultural awareness through art.

John McEnroe, the John and Anne Fischer Professor of Fine Arts, recently presented a paper at an international conference on Greek architecture in Athens, Greece.

Lisa Cremin ’79, a director of the Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta, received the 2016 Governor’s Award for the arts and humanities for her work in the arts community.

Senses of Time: Video and Film-Based Works of Africa – on view from Sept. 10 to Dec. 11 at the Ruth and Elmer Wellin Museum of Art – explores how time is experienced and produced by the human body. Figures stand, climb, dance and dissolve in nine works of video and film art by seven acclaimed contemporary African artists. An opening reception will be held from 4 to 6 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 10.   

Symbols in the Wilderness: Early Masonic Survivals in Upstate New York, co-authored by Director of Special Collections Christian Goodwillie, began with a chance glance at a building as he drove to Cooperstown, N.Y. Intrigued by the structure, Western Star Lodge and now the Bridgewater Masonic Lodge, he became even more interested in the art work it once housed. Thus Goodwillie’s exploration of Masonic symbols – expressed in paintings, murals, textiles and graphics – began.  

Symbols in the Wilderness: Early Masonic Survivals in Upstate New York, co-authored by Director of Special Collections Christian Goodwillie, began with a chance glance at a building as he drove to Cooperstown, N.Y. Intrigued by the structure, Western Star Lodge and now the Bridgewater Masonic Lodge, he became even more interested in the art work it once housed. Thus Goodwillie’s exploration of Masonic symbols – expressed in paintings, murals, textiles and graphics – began.