***** THIS IS A CORRECTED VERSION OF THE ALUMNI EMAIL ORIGINALLY SENT 11/27 ******

Hello everyone!

First, on behalf of everyone at BGC, I want to express our concern for our alumni in California who may be affected by the fires. We hope that you and your families are safe.

This BGC Alumni Newsletter for November 27th–December 11th will be short and sweet as everyone prepares to spend time with family and friends during the Holidays. On this giving Tuesday, consider what giving back means to you, especially important given the current environmental and political climate. Consider donating time to the local soup kitchen, or donating monetarily depending on your financial status. If the crisis in California has moved you, consider the LA Fire Department which is raising funds for hydration packs. If you appreciate the ongoing programming offered by the Bard Graduate Center, donations help make them happen.

This newsletter is full of updates on alumni achievements, career opportunities, and upcoming event highlights at BGC and where our fellow alumni are living and working around the world. I would love your feedback and look forward to hearing about any important events or publications that you would like to share alumni. We are always looking for more exciting content.

Best wishes,

Sasha Nixon (MA ’18)
alumni@bgc.bard.edu

BGC Alumni News

Send us your achievements! Publish a paper or book? Are you involved in an exhibition you would like to promote? Get a puppy? We would love to hear about it.

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Select Events at BGC

Wednesday, December 5
6:00–7:30pm
Katie Scott (Professor of Art History, The Courtauld Institute of Art) will deliver a Françoise and Georges Selz Lecture on Eighteenth- and Nineteenth-Century French Decorative Arts and Culture. Her talk is entitled “Artists as Consumers: A Picture, a Snuffbox, a Teacup, a Carriage, an Umbrella, and a Bath.”

Wednesday, December 5
7:00–7:45pm
Dr. Sylvie L. Merian, an Armenian manuscript and book scholar, will lead a First Wednesdays Conversation on the Armenian gospel book on display in the exhibition Agents of Faith: Votive Objects in Time and Place. Museum admission and gallery programs will be free from 6–8 pm on the first Wednesday evening of the month (except September and January). Visitors will have access to the exhibitions, enjoy live jazz and free drinks.

Saturday, December 8
1:30–4:30pm (at the East Coast Memorial in Battery Park)
Ex Voto NYC is a series of programs designed to explore votive practice today. Objects of Care & Resistance from the U.S.-Mexico Borderlands is a conversation between Luis Osuna from Armadillos Busqueda y Rescate, Robin Reineke from the Colibrí Center for Human Rights, Alyn Mare from No More Deaths, Alvaro Enciso, artist and member of Tucson Samaritans, and artist Karlito Miller Espinosa.

On Saturday December 8th, families of missing migrants along with artists and migrant justice groups from the borderlands will hold a vigil in Battery Park to demand justice for those who have disappeared or died while crossing the U.S.-México border. We will bear witness to the unjust loss of life inflicted by a militarized border, listening to family testimonies and reading the names of some of the (at least) 7,216 people who have perished during their journey. We will also engage in an act of collective monument-making, building a remembrance altar to honor those lost and the families who search tirelessly for them. All are welcome, and we invite you to bring an offering to contribute to the remembrance altar. Read more.

Select Events Out in the World

For this newsletter, I have devoted this section to workshops and creative opportunities. Whether you are looking to refine your writing skills, a change of pace, or to better understand a practical component of an art form, these are only a few of the offerings around. And while you are exploring all of these artistic endeavors (or dealing with Holiday stress) take care of your body. Wellness for Makers is an amazing resource to do just that.

There are multiple dates for the following:

Offering workshops on a variety of subjects from making posters by woodblock printing, drawing, photography, to refining your writing, the Fine Arts Work Center (Provincetown, MA) is a wonderful resource for academics and artists alike. Read more.

The Textile Museum of Canada (Toronto, Ontario) offers free workshops offering instruction on textile techniques twice a month. Read more.

The MFA Boston has opened registration for their studio art courses for the Fall and Winter. Read more.

The Victoria & Albert has opened registration for courses and workshops on diverse topics including fashion and textiles, and digital design. Read more.