This Week in the Arts, Oct. 14-22

The following on-campus, public Arts events in the School of Art and Design/Performing Arts Division are scheduled for the week of October 14-22. All events are free and open to the public.

October 11-15: Luftwerk - Artist-in-Residence - Institute for Electronic Arts

October 18-22: Matthew Gantt - Artist-in-Residence -Institute for Electronic Arts

October 14, 11:15 a.m.: IDEA Lab Book Club The IDEA Lab will host the monthly meeting of Upheaval Book Club, organized by second-year MFA ceramic art student Victoria Walton. The September discussion, titled “Unlearning and Leftist Theory,” will be held on Friday, October 14, from 11:15 a.m. to 12:15 p.m. in the IDEA Lab on the second floor of Harder Hall.

October 14, 2 p.m.: Scenography Gallery The Unravelling Party: Sharon Kagan will conclude her durational performance piece with an unravelling. Please join us in celebrating her week long residency in the gallery with a discussion. Light food and beverage will be served.

October 19, 7 p.m. Nevins Theater Wednesday Arts Speaker International Randall Chair Ziyang Wu: Ziyang Wu is an artist based in Hangzhou and New York, currently teaching at the School of Design and Innovation at China Academy of Art, and is a current member of NEW INC at the New Museum. With an MFA from the Rhode Island School of Design, and a BFA from the Florence Academy of Fine Arts, his video, AR, AI simulation and interactive video installation have exhibited internationally, including the Institute of Contemporary Art (ICA) in Philadelphia, Rhizome at the New Museum in New York, Walker Art Center and Rochester Art Center in Minnesota, SXSW in Texas, Art Dubai, Annka Kultys Gallery in London, Eigenheim Gallery in Berlin, Medici Palace in Florence, Milan Design Week, Today Art Museum in Beijing, Chengdu Biennale, Song Art Museum in Beijing and Ming Contemporary Art Museum in Shanghai. His recent fellowships and residencies include “Kai Wu” Interdisciplinary Studio residency, Media Art Lab, Times Museum; AACYF Top 30 under 30; Residency Unlimited; MacDowell Fellowship; Artist-in-residence at Institute for Electronic Arts (IEA) at Alfred University; Winner of The ROCI Road to Peace by Robert Rauschenberg Art Foundation. His work has been reviewed and featured by Artnet, Brooklyn Rail, It’s Nice That, Vogue Singapore, Hypebeast, ArtForum China, Wall Street International, New York Foundation for the Arts (NYFA), BIE, Neural Magazine, Vie Des Arts Magazine, ANTE Magazine, Frontrunner Magazine, LEAP Magazine, Coeval Magazine, Stir World Magazine and more.

October 20, 5-8 p.m. Alfred Art Walk

• Alfred Ceramic Art Museum: 6 p.m. Coral Lambert, Professor of Sculpture at Alfred University, will give a tour of the William Underhill: Casting a Legacy exhibition at the Alfred Ceramic Art Museum. Following the tour, Coral will take questions.
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• Brett Llewellyn Gallery: Alfred State College Sam Wiechert Exhibition
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• Fosdick-Nelson Gallery: Opening Reception, 6-8 p.m., Division of Ceramic Art
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• Hinkle Library Alfred State College: a display of historical photographs of Alfred State Construction Fund projects
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• Holmes Auditorium Open Screening
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• IDEA Lab Second Floor, Harder Hall: "Monument & Mythology, Wes Brown and Peter Jadoonath, on view through October 24
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• Cohen Gallery and The Shop at the Cohen Gallery: Open Space
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• Rettinger Gallery, Second Floor, Harder Hall 2nd floor Pizza and Paint

• Robert C. Turner Gallery
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  • Main Space: Alexa Peckich/Photography
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  • Featuring Black Glass Artist Series Auction 5pm: 100 percent of the proceeds to towards supporting the artists residency. In 2021 Alfred University student Adeye Jean-Baptiste proposed an artist series with glass artists who hail from the afro diaspora. We are excited to celebrate the 2nd year of the series!
    
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  • Catwalk: No One Knows Us Better Than Ourselves (Karenna Elyse)

Scenography Gallery Miller Performing Arts Center: "Sharon Kagan: Compassion in Action"