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  • I Wish to Say Teach-In Series

    This fall the DiMattio Gallery is hosting I Wish That I Had Spoken Only of It All, an exhibition of Sheryl Oring’s social practice project I Wish to Say and related works. Part of our programming will be a teach-in series from MU faculty about topics related to themes that intersect with Oring’s project as art reaches across disciplinary bounds. These teach-ins will be free and open to the public.

    Since 2004, Oring has traveled with her typewriter to different public spaces and colleges and universities, asking community members to dictate and mail postcards to the US President. To date, she has typed over 4241 postcards in her attempt to use art as a catalyst for social change. With her project, she encourages civic engagement and dialogue in our society (https://www.sheryloring.org/i-wish-to-say).

    Our teach-in series will be held in the DiMattio Gallery and currently includes:

    Wednesday, September 25, 2024, 4:30-5:15pm
    Dr. Katherine Parkin (History)
    “Native American Reproductive Lives in the Archives”

    Tuesday, October 1, 2024, 6-7pm
    Dr. Kristin Bluemel (English)
    “Green Worlds in Black and White: Feminist Readings of the 1930s Wood Engraving Revival”
    ** Presented as part of the annual lecture series “Ink and Electricity: Advancing Liberal Learning in the Digital Age,” hosted by the Wayne D. McMurray-Helen Bennett Endowed Chair in the Humanities.

    Thursday, October 10, 2024, 2:50-4:10pm
    Dr. Laura Turner (Math)
    “Solving for XX: Histories of Sexism in Mathematical Practice”

    Wednesday, October 16, 2024, 1:15-2:15pm
    Prof. Kimberly Callas (Studio Art)
    “Socially Engaged Drawings” (an opportunity to create your own postcard drawings)

    Monday, November 25, 4:30-5:50pm
    Dr. Jason Fitzgerald (Education–Curriculum and Instruction)
    “Fostering Students’ Civic Voices”

    Monday, December 2, 11:40am-1pm
    Dr. Johanna Foster (Sociology)
    “Changing Systems, Not Just People: The Sociology of Social Justice Work”

    In addition to the Teach-In Series, these other events will be taking place in conjunction with the exhibition.

    Oring performs I Wish to Say: Thursday, September 19, 2024, 11am-1pm, Rebecca Stafford Student Center Patio

    Artist talk: Thursday, September 19, 2024, 4:30-5:30pm, Great Hall Auditorium
    Opening Reception: Thursday, September 19, 2024, 5:30-7:30pm, DiMattio Gallery, Rechnitz Hall

    For more information, contact the exhibition curator, Prof. Corey Dzenko at cdzenko@monmouth.edu.

  • I Wish to Say Teach-In Series

    This fall the DiMattio Gallery is hosting I Wish That I Had Spoken Only of It All, an exhibition of Sheryl Oring’s social practice project I Wish to Say and related works. Part of our programming will be a teach-in series from MU faculty about topics related to themes that intersect with Oring’s project as art reaches across disciplinary bounds. These teach-ins will be free and open to the public.

    Since 2004, Oring has traveled with her typewriter to different public spaces and colleges and universities, asking community members to dictate and mail postcards to the US President. To date, she has typed over 4241 postcards in her attempt to use art as a catalyst for social change. With her project, she encourages civic engagement and dialogue in our society (https://www.sheryloring.org/i-wish-to-say).

    Our teach-in series will be held in the DiMattio Gallery and currently includes:

    Wednesday, September 25, 2024, 4:30-5:15pm
    Dr. Katherine Parkin (History)
    “Native American Reproductive Lives in the Archives”

    Tuesday, October 1, 2024, 6-7pm
    Dr. Kristin Bluemel (English)
    “Green Worlds in Black and White: Feminist Readings of the 1930s Wood Engraving Revival”
    ** Presented as part of the annual lecture series “Ink and Electricity: Advancing Liberal Learning in the Digital Age,” hosted by the Wayne D. McMurray-Helen Bennett Endowed Chair in the Humanities.

    Wednesday, October 16, 2024, 1:15-2:15pm
    Prof. Kimberly Callas (Studio Art)
    “Socially Engaged Drawings” (an opportunity to create your own postcard drawings)

    Monday, November 25, 4:30-5:50pm
    Dr. Jason Fitzgerald (Education–Curriculum and Instruction)
    “Fostering Students’ Civic Voices”

    Monday, December 2, 11:40am-1pm
    Dr. Johanna Foster (Sociology)
    “Changing Systems, Not Just People: The Sociology of Social Justice Work”

    In addition to the Teach-In Series, these other events will be taking place in conjunction with the exhibition.

    Oring performs I Wish to Say: Thursday, September 19, 2024, 11am-1pm, Rebecca Stafford Student Center Patio

    Artist talk: Thursday, September 19, 2024, 4:30-5:30pm, Great Hall Auditorium
    Opening Reception: Thursday, September 19, 2024, 5:30-7:30pm, DiMattio Gallery, Rechnitz Hall

    For more information, contact the exhibition curator, Prof. Corey Dzenko at cdzenko@monmouth.edu.

  • I Wish to Say Teach-In Series

    This fall the DiMattio Gallery is hosting I Wish That I Had Spoken Only of It All, an exhibition of Sheryl Oring’s social practice project I Wish to Say and related works. Part of our programming will be a teach-in series from MU faculty about topics related to themes that intersect with Oring’s project as art reaches across disciplinary bounds. These teach-ins will be free and open to the public.

    Since 2004, Oring has traveled with her typewriter to different public spaces and colleges and universities, asking community members to dictate and mail postcards to the US President. To date, she has typed over 4241 postcards in her attempt to use art as a catalyst for social change. With her project, she encourages civic engagement and dialogue in our society (https://www.sheryloring.org/i-wish-to-say).

    Our teach-in series will be held in the DiMattio Gallery and currently includes:

    Wednesday, September 25, 2024, 4:30-5:15pm
    Dr. Katherine Parkin (History)
    “Native American Reproductive Lives in the Archives”

    Tuesday, October 1, 2024, 6-7pm
    Dr. Kristin Bluemel (English)
    “Green Worlds in Black and White: Feminist Readings of the 1930s Wood Engraving Revival”
    ** Presented as part of the annual lecture series “Ink and Electricity: Advancing Liberal Learning in the Digital Age,” hosted by the Wayne D. McMurray-Helen Bennett Endowed Chair in the Humanities.

    Wednesday, October 16, 2024, 1:15-2:15pm
    Prof. Kimberly Callas (Studio Art)
    “Socially Engaged Drawings” (an opportunity to create your own postcard drawings)

    Monday, November 25, 4:30-5:50pm
    Dr. Jason Fitzgerald (Education–Curriculum and Instruction)
    “Fostering Students’ Civic Voices”

    Monday, December 2, 11:40am-1pm
    Dr. Johanna Foster (Sociology)
    “Changing Systems, Not Just People: The Sociology of Social Justice Work”

    In addition to the Teach-In Series, these other events will be taking place in conjunction with the exhibition.

    Oring performs I Wish to Say: Thursday, September 19, 2024, 11am-1pm, Rebecca Stafford Student Center Patio

    Artist talk: Thursday, September 19, 2024, 4:30-5:30pm, Great Hall Auditorium
    Opening Reception: Thursday, September 19, 2024, 5:30-7:30pm, DiMattio Gallery, Rechnitz Hall

    For more information, contact the exhibition curator, Prof. Corey Dzenko at cdzenko@monmouth.edu.

  • I Wish to Say Teach-In Series

    This fall the DiMattio Gallery is hosting I Wish That I Had Spoken Only of It All, an exhibition of Sheryl Oring’s social practice project I Wish to Say and related works. Part of our programming will be a teach-in series from MU faculty about topics related to themes that intersect with Oring’s project as art reaches across disciplinary bounds. These teach-ins will be free and open to the public.

    Since 2004, Oring has traveled with her typewriter to different public spaces and colleges and universities, asking community members to dictate and mail postcards to the US President. To date, she has typed over 4241 postcards in her attempt to use art as a catalyst for social change. With her project, she encourages civic engagement and dialogue in our society (https://www.sheryloring.org/i-wish-to-say).

    Our teach-in series will be held in the DiMattio Gallery and currently includes:

    Wednesday, September 25, 2024, 4:30-5:15pm
    Dr. Katherine Parkin (History)
    “Native American Reproductive Lives in the Archives”

    Tuesday, October 1, 2024, 6-7pm
    Dr. Kristin Bluemel (English)
    “Green Worlds in Black and White: Feminist Readings of the 1930s Wood Engraving Revival”
    ** Presented as part of the annual lecture series “Ink and Electricity: Advancing Liberal Learning in the Digital Age,” hosted by the Wayne D. McMurray-Helen Bennett Endowed Chair in the Humanities.

    Wednesday, October 16, 2024, 1:15-2:15pm
    Prof. Kimberly Callas (Studio Art)
    “Socially Engaged Drawings” (an opportunity to create your own postcard drawings)

    Monday, November 25, 4:30-5:50pm
    Dr. Jason Fitzgerald (Education–Curriculum and Instruction)
    “Fostering Students’ Civic Voices”

    Monday, December 2, 11:40am-1pm
    Dr. Johanna Foster (Sociology)
    “Changing Systems, Not Just People: The Sociology of Social Justice Work”

    In addition to the Teach-In Series, these other events will be taking place in conjunction with the exhibition.

    Oring performs I Wish to Say: Thursday, September 19, 2024, 11am-1pm, Rebecca Stafford Student Center Patio

    Artist talk: Thursday, September 19, 2024, 4:30-5:30pm, Great Hall Auditorium
    Opening Reception: Thursday, September 19, 2024, 5:30-7:30pm, DiMattio Gallery, Rechnitz Hall

    For more information, contact the exhibition curator, Prof. Corey Dzenko at cdzenko@monmouth.edu.

  • I Wish to Say Teach-In Series

    This fall the DiMattio Gallery is hosting I Wish That I Had Spoken Only of It All, an exhibition of Sheryl Oring’s social practice project I Wish to Say and related works. Part of our programming will be a teach-in series from MU faculty about topics related to themes that intersect with Oring’s project as art reaches across disciplinary bounds. These teach-ins will be free and open to the public.

    Since 2004, Oring has traveled with her typewriter to different public spaces and colleges and universities, asking community members to dictate and mail postcards to the US President. To date, she has typed over 4241 postcards in her attempt to use art as a catalyst for social change. With her project, she encourages civic engagement and dialogue in our society (https://www.sheryloring.org/i-wish-to-say).

    Our teach-in series will be held in the DiMattio Gallery and currently includes:

    Wednesday, September 25, 2024, 4:30-5:15pm
    Dr. Katherine Parkin (History)
    “Native American Reproductive Lives in the Archives”

    Tuesday, October 1, 2024, 6-7pm
    Dr. Kristin Bluemel (English)
    “Green Worlds in Black and White: Feminist Readings of the 1930s Wood Engraving Revival”
    ** Presented as part of the annual lecture series “Ink and Electricity: Advancing Liberal Learning in the Digital Age,” hosted by the Wayne D. McMurray-Helen Bennett Endowed Chair in the Humanities.

    Wednesday, October 16, 2024, 1:15-2:15pm
    Prof. Kimberly Callas (Studio Art)
    “Socially Engaged Drawings” (an opportunity to create your own postcard drawings)

    Monday, November 25, 4:30-5:50pm
    Dr. Jason Fitzgerald (Education–Curriculum and Instruction)
    “Fostering Students’ Civic Voices”

    Monday, December 2, 11:40am-1pm
    Dr. Johanna Foster (Sociology)
    “Changing Systems, Not Just People: The Sociology of Social Justice Work”

    In addition to the Teach-In Series, these other events will be taking place in conjunction with the exhibition.

    Oring performs I Wish to Say: Thursday, September 19, 2024, 11am-1pm, Rebecca Stafford Student Center Patio

    Artist talk: Thursday, September 19, 2024, 4:30-5:30pm, Great Hall Auditorium
    Opening Reception: Thursday, September 19, 2024, 5:30-7:30pm, DiMattio Gallery, Rechnitz Hall

    For more information, contact the exhibition curator, Prof. Corey Dzenko at cdzenko@monmouth.edu.

  • Click Here (to Start Your Order): Performance and Talkback

    The 2022 Dobbs decision, which led to the loss of national abortion access, has ushered in a new era for women’s health, one marked by worsening health outcomes, maternal health deserts, uncertainty and fear. This 4-woman performance of a new verbatim play is based on oral history interviews and shares the stories of women across the country most impacted by state abortion restrictions in order to inspire social action and compassion.

    The performance will immediately be followed by a talkback facilitated by Dr. Katie Parkin and Dan Swern (writer/director).

    Written and directed by Dan Swern of coLAB Arts in New Brunswick, with contributions from the ensemble.

    Ensemble:
    Karen Alvarado
    Debjani Banerjee
    Chantal Jean-Pierre
    Kaitlin Ormerod

    This project was made possible by grants from the New Jersey Council for the Humanities, a state partner of the National Endowment for the Humanities; the Middlesex County Board of Commissioners’ Cultural and Arts Trust Fund, and funding through the New England Foundation for the Arts.

    This event is co-sponsored by the Program in Gender and Intersectionality Studies (PGIS)

    For more information, contact the co-chairs of ArtNOW, Prof. Amanda Stojanov at astojano@monmouth.edu or Prof. Dickie Cox at rcox@monmouth.edu

  • Mike Richison, Electo Electro 2024

    Monmouth University’s Prof. Mike Richison (Graphic Design) will perform his Electo Electro 2024, updated for the 2024 election cycle. This interactive installation combines audience participation, music, news footage, and politics. The project allows participants to remix videos from political rallies, debates, and news in a structured sixteen beat loop. The touchscreen design is a parody of the system employed by the Accuvote, a voting system that is difficult to audit and susceptible to hacking. The parody continues into the format of the installation itself which will resemble a polling station.

    Richison will introduce his project, perform, and then open up his event for discussion. If you cannot make it to Richison’s live performance, stop by the Ice House Gallery to see his project on display for the semester. For more on the project, see Richison’s discussion of it in the Journal of Network Music and Arts.

    For more information, contact the co-chairs of ArtNOW, Prof. Amanda Stojanov at astojano@monmouth.edu or Prof. Dickie Cox at rcox@monmouth.edu

  • Michael Anthony Donato: Angels & Devils

    Michael Anthony Donato, a School of Visual Arts graduate, is an award-winning children’s book illustrator. His work on Squanto and the First Thanksgiving aired on Showtime and earned honors from the American Library Association. His illustrations for Tales Alive, a collection of global folktales, received a Parents’ Choice Award. Donato also collaborated with Simon & Schuster and the Metropolitan Museum of Art on Voyage Up the Nile. He currently teaches drawing and advanced painting at Monmouth University.

    Artist Reception: October 18, 5-7 PM

  • Adult Education Series: Christmas Time Is Hear Again

    Class Schedule: Thursday, December 19 | 7:30 – 9:00 PM

    From 1963 to 1969, the Beatles sent Christmas messages on flexidiscs to their US and UK fan clubs. In 1970, a compilation of these messages was sent out, and they were re-released as a collector’s set in 2017. Join SCOTT FREIMAN and KEN WOMACK for a one-session virtual course to explore this unique aspect of the Beatles’ history.

    Zoom Link will be provided upon registration.

  • A Tribute to Jean Valentine – Panel Discussion featuring Alice Ostriker, Joan Larkin, Carey Salerno, and Anne Marie Macari

    Jean Valentine was born in Chicago, earned her B.A. from Radcliffe College, and lived most of her life in New York City. She won the Yale Younger Poets Award for her first book, Dream Barker and Other Poems, in 1965. Valentine authored over a dozen collections of poetry including,The River at Wolf (1992); Door in the Mountain: New and Collected Poems, 1965-2003 (2007); Break the Glass (2010); and Shirt in Heaven (2015). All of her full-length works, including an unpublished manuscript, have been compiled in the posthumous collection, Light Me Down: The New & Collected Poems of Jean Valentine (2024).

    This event is being held in conjunction with Poetry Readings with Q&A Featuring Alicia Ostriker & Joan Larkin on October 29 at 4:30 in the Julian Abele Room.

    PRESENTED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE VISITING WRITERS SERIES