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Penny Lane — a seasoned storyteller, nonfiction filmmaker, assistant professor of art and art history at Colgate, and …  self-proclaimed thief? In a thought-provoking and honest lecture about her role as a visual artist, Lane discussed the complexities of being a filmmaker who appropriates others’ images exclusively to create her own nonfiction narratives.

(Note: These are prepared remarks by Mary Ann Calo, Batza Professor of Art and Art History; Director, Division of Arts and Humanities, given at Colgate’s 193rd convocation.) Greetings to President Herbst, Dean Hicks, my colleagues on the faculty, and of course a warm welcome to the class of 2017, our transfer students and their families. […]

Update: The film Our Nixon, directed by Colgate professor Penny Lane, premieres August 30  in select U.S. cities. Since its premiere on CNN earlier this month it has drawn a lot of attention, including a Daily Beast commentary by Ben Stein, the economist known to many as a movie and television personality. Lane responded to Stein here. […]

Colgate students, interning this summer at companies such as NBCUniversal, Hukkster, Nike, and Facebook, are sharing their experiences. This post is written by Pam Duncan ’14 at the Museum of Modern Art. This summer, I am interning on the Special Programming and Events team at The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) in New York City. […]

It was standing-room only at the Colgate Inn on Thursday evening, June 27, when architect David Adjaye revealed to the Hamilton community his firm’s design for the university’s proposed Center for Art and Culture (CAC). Adjaye began by describing elements in the surrounding area that his team considered in designing the center. In addition to […]

One year ago, Adjaye Associates was hired to develop preliminary architectural plans for the proposed Colgate Center for Art and Culture. On Thursday, June 27, at the Colgate Inn, the firm’s principal, David Adjaye, will be back in Hamilton to share the firm’s designs. The meeting is scheduled for 5:30–6:30 p.m. at the Colgate Inn.

In April, Colgate announced that it is giving 119 indigenous artworks to Curtin University in Western Australia. Prior to the artwork being transported to Australia, there will be two showings in the Clifford Gallery, which is on the first floor of Colgate’s Little Hall.

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Swirling designs, a myriad of faces, and earth tones baked into pottery now on display at the Longyear Museum of Anthropology have far more significance than simply being pleasing to the eye.

The Revolutions per Minute (RPM) sound art exhibition wraps up tonight with student projects to be displayed from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. at the former Crowe’s Pharmacy in the village of Hamilton. “[It’s meant to] allow everyone to listen to how others interpreted the sound art, how they experienced this exhibit and created their […]