Interested in learning about the Department of Fine Arts and all it has to offer? First-year and transfer students are welcome to join us for Arts Day, on Saturday, October 21st! This event will showcase our visual and performing arts programs, discuss possible career opportunities, and explain the admission and financial aid process. Registration is … Continue reading Learn about the Dept. of Fine Arts on Arts Day on 10/21…
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Programming for “The Big Read” Continues on 11/3
The Rutgers–Camden Center for the Arts (RCCA) will participate in The Big Read for the eighth time with Citizen: An American Lyric, written by Claudia Rankine. The two-month celebration features a lecture series, art installation sites, storytelling programs, and more. A copy of Citizen: An American Lyric or an age appropriate companion book will be given to each … Continue reading Programming for “The Big Read” Continues on 11/3…
LGBTQ+ History Month Film Screening Continues 10/18
On October 18th, the Women’s and Gender Studies Program will continue its film series, which is part of the month-long celebration of LGBTQ+ History Month. The next film to be shown is Dallas Buyers Club, a critically-acclaimed film about the AIDS crisis in the 1980s. Dr. Cyril Reade, Associate Professor of Art History and Director of the Rutgers–Camden Center for the … Continue reading LGBTQ+ History Month Film Screening Continues 10/18…
SkypeOnArt Continues 10/16 with Leslie Garcia
SkypeOnArt will return Monday, October 16th, with a presentation called “Biology and Sound,” by artist and researcher Leslie Garcia, who works in the field of sound prosthesis. Garcia designs instruments that obtain information on the functioning and cycles of various physiological functions of an organic body. She calls the mechanism that she creates “audible prosthesis” and … Continue reading SkypeOnArt Continues 10/16 with Leslie Garcia…
Visiting Artists Program Begins 10/9 with Dona Nelson
The Department of Fine Arts will begin its Fall 2017 Visiting Artists Program on Monday, October 9th, with a visit by painter Dona Nelson. This fall’s lecture series, titled “Beyond the Medium,” will feature nationally and internationally acclaimed artists present lectures about their work, professional practices, and their perspectives on contemporary art. Ms. Nelson’s lecture … Continue reading Visiting Artists Program Begins 10/9 with Dona Nelson…
SkypeOnArt Begins its New Season on 9/25
SkypeOnArt will return on Monday, September 25th, with a presentation on “Computer Vision” by Leigh M. Smith and Jordan Yemen, co-authors of the Street Cat Photo Booth. The artwork has entailed designing autonomous feline-scale shelter spaces that utilize computer vision to identify and then photograph stray cats in dense urban centers. Come find out how this artwork … Continue reading SkypeOnArt Begins its New Season on 9/25…
Join us for the Stedman Gallery Walking Tour on 10/1
The Mid-Atlantic Regional Center for the Humanities (MARCH) and the Rutgers–Camden Center for the Arts (RCCA) are co-sponsoring a walking tour of the art and architecture along historic Cooper Street on Sunday, October 1. Participants will meet in the Stedman Gallery at 9:45 a.m. for a look at the current exhibition, “Picturing Camden,” before heading … Continue reading Join us for the Stedman Gallery Walking Tour on 10/1…
MARCH Historic Preservation Workshops Begin 9/23
This fall, the Mid-Atlantic Regional Center for the Humanities (MARCH) is sponsoring a series of Historic Preservation Workshops. The first workshop will focus on “Historic Wood Window Restoration, Identification, and Maintenance.” Led by instructors Raymond Tschoepe, Director of Conservation for the Fairmount Park Conservancy, and Tom Mcpoyle, a conservator for the Fairmount Park Conservancy, this … Continue reading MARCH Historic Preservation Workshops Begin 9/23…
“Picturing Camden” Exhibition Now Open
The Rutgers–Camden Center for the Arts will open its newest exhibition, “Picturing Camden,” on Monday, September 11, in the Stedman Gallery. This exhibition is the third in a series on Camden, and will explore the neighborhoods throughout the city through new work by contemporary artists. “Picturing Camden” will close on December 8, 2017. Admission … Continue reading “Picturing Camden” Exhibition Now Open…
“By Ourselves” Literary Exhibit Now Open
The Writers House and the Paul Robeson Library have joined together to put on the exhibition, “By Ourselves: Rutgers Student Literary Magazines, 1923-2017.” The exhibit, which opens on September 1st, will include work ranging from the 1920s, with the Chanticleer, a student humor magazine, to more recent publications, such as Matter, a visual art magazine, and Undiscovered, a … Continue reading “By Ourselves” Literary Exhibit Now Open…