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Recent News
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For a brief time, Washington College was the center of American pryotechnics. A new art installation in the Toll Science Center, Radiant Echo, honors the two WC professors and alumni who made it so.
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A new minor in Arts Management and Entrepreneurship supports students in the creative arts disciplines.
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A new minor offers an interdisciplinary approach to medieval and early modern studies.
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From among a statewide field of nearly 700 artists, the Maryland State Arts Council has conferred Individual Artist Awards for 2019 to three from WC working in creative nonfiction, works on paper, and media.
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C.Tara + David Gladden with Mike Hall:Insecure/Unsecure (Transmission 020)Wednesday, January 30 at 6PM
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A fledgling collaboration between two WC faculty members and teachers at Garnet Elementary School is bringing new connections and experiences for Chestertown youngsters and WC students.
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As the holiday season ramps up, Kohl Gallery offers a serene escape with a thought-provoking exhibit of works by two Baltimore artists and friends, running through Dec. 9.
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From lichens growing on Maine granite to bacteria growing on the Mars rover, Picabo French ’19 spent her summer exploring biology with methods and purpose as diverse as her subjects.
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Prof. Ben Tilghman reflects on a recent collaboration in the humanities
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Washington College studio art seniors present their Capstone exhibit, opening April 19 at Kohl Gallery.
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Students from Chestertown’s Garnet Elementary recently explored contemporary art inspired by the Islamic world.
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Studio Art junior Aaron Wallace-Holland interviews senior Annie Grosscup about her process, her artwork, and her plans for her upcoming SCE exhibit in Kohl Gallery.
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In its first exhibit of the spring, Washington College’s Kohl Gallery presents the work of six artists who revisit the ongoing impact of Islamic art, science, and philosophy.
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The Kohl Gallery will feature Timothy Nohe’s “Voltage is Signal: Analog Video Works,” a one-person show from Nov. 6-Dec. 15.
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Assistant Professor of Studio Art Julie Wills has three solo exhibits on view this fall, including a show in Kohl Gallery that runs through October 22.
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“Wishes Are Horses,” a one-person show by Julie Wills, assistant professor of studio art at Washington College, opens September 14 at the Kohl Gallery to lead off the gallery’s 2017-18 academic year.
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Through the Starr Center’s Explore America summer internship program, art and art history major Anna Zastrow ’17 is working at the Smithsonian Museum Conservation Institute in Suitland, Maryland.
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Through the Starr Center’s Explore America summer internship program, junior Madi Shenk is working at the National Portrait Gallery in Washington, D.C.
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Based upon the strengths of her previous installations that explore invisible architectures and social conceits that constrain — or protect — us, the Maryland State Arts Council has recognized studio art professor Heather Harvey with an Individual Artist Award.
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Eminent Harvard Art Historian Joseph Koerner will deliver the Janson-La Palme Distinguished Lecture in European Art History on April 17.
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The first exhibition of 2017 at the Kohl Gallery features multiple artists in varied media approaching issues and questions arisen during the recent presidential election cycle.
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Seminal artist and creative visionary Mary Caroline (M.C.) Richards, her pottery, writing, and painting, will be featured in the new Kohl Gallery exhibit opening Nov. 11.
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The multimedia artist, writer, and composer comes to Washington College as the Frederick Douglass Fellow for a series of performances, film showings, and visionary examinations of our world.
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Nara Park, a Washington, D.C., installation artist and sculptor, will be featured in a one-person show that kicks off the Kohl Gallery’s new season on Sept. 8.
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The Senior Capstone Experience projects of seven students majoring in studio art and art history are featured in this exhibit at the Kohl Gallery. The opening reception is April 29.
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Two semesters into her new life at Washington College, transfer student Faith Gallagher ’17 is already taking advantage of the opportunities she’s finding here as an art history major.
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The newest addition to Chestertown’s waterfront, created by Vicco Von Voss ’91, draws upon and reflects the reinvigorated spirit of collaboration between the town and Washington College.
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One person’s trash is another’s treasure in Meghan Dulin’s Earth Day sculpture contest winner, “Another Wasted Garden.”
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The 2015 SANDBOX distinguished artists transform the grand former home of Chestertown Bank for three nights to evoke Chestertown’s ongoing relationship with its natural and built environments.
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Art historian Jeffrey Chipps Smith delivers the Janson-La Palme Distinguished Lecture in European Art History at Washington College March 19.
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In a new Kohl Gallery exhibition opening February 5, sculptor David Hess shares a series of assault weapons he began crafting in the wake of the massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary School. He hopes they will spark dialogue about the role of gun violence in American culture.
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Starting Oct. 16, the Kohl Gallery features African-American artists Jeffrey Kent and Warren Lyons, whose works pay homage to black leaders and pointedly illustrate past and present racism and inequality.
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Four new visiting artists and the return of inaugural year favorites Ruppert and Jeremijenko promise a lively year of experimentation and discovery. Also on tap, an evening of art videos and a “Sandstorm” of math and light.
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Internationally known art historian Mariët Westermann, V.P. of the Mellon Foundation, will speak April 9 about the innovative techniques used by the Dutch masters.
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Visionary environmental artist Natalie Jeremijenko kicked off a three-day program that explored the intersection of creativity and science through the talents of artists, musicians, writers and filmmakers.
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Visionary environmental artist Natalie Jeremijenko will deliver the spring SANDBOX lecture Thursday, April 3, in Decker Theatre.
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The annual exhibition of student art fills Kohl Gallery and, today only, a racquetball court! Opening reception is 5 to 7 p.m.
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Occupying a storefront on Cross Street, the new headquarters for the Program for Creativity and the Environment will provide space for offices, lectures and exhibitions.
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A panel discussion Tuesday Feb. 25 will explore questions raised by the current Kohl Gallery exhibition, artNOW: Philadelphia.
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Kohl Gallery reopens Friday, Feb. 7, with challenging works by artists Marc Blumthal, Amze Emmons, Julianna Foster, Leslie Friedman, Rubens Ghenov, Ryan Kelly and Tim Portlock.
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Art + Art History and English major Sarah Roy ’14 describes her experience as a student at Washington College. “There’s a lot of creative dialogue between all the artistic fields on campus.”
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The SANDBOX Distinguished Visitor discusses his work and his ideas about community and environmental art, Thursday, Nov. 21.
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An exhibition of prints by Ernest Roth and his contemporaries celebrates the city and the talented artists who worked there from 1900 to 1940. It opens Oct. 18 in the Kohl Gallery.
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Sigma Xi Distinguished Lecturer Jody Roberts will speak Oct.16 about how art can alter the conversation about issues such as climate change.
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John Ruppert is the first visiting artist in the College’s new Program for Creativity and the Environment. A month-long exhibition of his work opens September 6 in Kohl Gallery.
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With a generous Mellon Foundation Grant, the Washington College Program for Creativity and the Environment will promote projects that put the environment at the center of creative research projects.
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The distinguished Canadian art historian and critic Mark Cheetham will address the questions raised by eco art and national borders when he speaks April 18.
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U.C. Berkeley scholar Gregory Levine ponders the role of art historians in the cause of ecology.
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Robert and Bayly Janson La-Palme recently permanently funded the Janson-La Palme (Annual) Distinguished Lecture in European Art History.
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During the Spring of 2013, the Literary House staff, with the skills and talent of Sophie Kerr Winner Jim Dissette ‘71 and artist Abigail Rorer, began assembling a fine press chapbook, a brief collection of poems by Mary Jo Salter.
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Announcing the opening of the Art History Club of Washington College’s inaugural exhibition.
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Martin J. Kemp, a renowned expert on Leonardo da Vinci, will deliver the 2013 Janson-La Palme Distinguished Lecture on March 19.
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Works by Katherine Tzu-Lan Mann, Chandi Kelley, Jonathan Monaghan, Kendall Nordin, and Michel Dax Iacovone to be displayed at Kohl Gallery through March 29.
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Art historian John Walsh will take a close look at the iconic American history painting in January 31 talk.
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An amazing fall has brought artist and professor Benjamin Bellas three gallery shows and a prestigious grant. Just wait ’til you see what’s next.
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The Kohl Gallery of Art opened an exquisite collection of rare volumes and prints with illustrations by some of the finest artists of the 19th and early 20th centuries.
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An exhibition of naturalist prints is on display in Kohl Gallery through the end of November.
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Mary McCoy has written about art for many publications, including the Washington Post. Her review of “What Comes Later” appeared in the Chestertown Spy.
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Kohl Gallery exhibit features multi-media work by new Studio Art faculty at the College
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Monika Weiss’ show artfully explores history, emotion in 1940s-era Poland
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Kohl Gallery “artNOW:Baltimore” Featured Five Contemporary Artists