Calendar  /  Forum on Color


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Past Events

Blue and Gold Bull
August 1, 2014—May 31, 2015
Year of Color: Art in the Archives
Bhuda head in the museum
August 16, 2014—July 5, 2015
Year of Color: Stone and Marble from Antiquity to the Present
Zadie Smith Headshot
September 17, 2014 / 5:00 pm
The Writer's Palette
Zadie Smith
Jed Esty
Gold statue featured in decorated ancient museum
October 8, 2014 / 5:00 pm
Recovering Polychromy in the Statues of Hadrian's Villa
Bernard Frischer
Video
Audio
Rooftop in Kolkata, India
October 12, 2014 / 2:00 pm
Kaker Kolkata AND Mecho Bazaar
Roald Hoffman Headshot
October 22, 2014 / 5:00 pm
The Allure of Indigo
Roald Hoffmann
Video
Audio
Man on ground holding flower and Elder man holding elder woman
November 1, 2014—December 20, 2014
Itinerant Belongings
Elder religious couple praying
November 9, 2014 / 2:00 pm
Day of the Dead AND Tiempo de vals
Farah Jasmine Griffin Headshot
November 12, 2014 / 5:00 pm
New Shades of Blue
Farah Jasmine Griffin
Video
Audio
Nina Jablonski Headshot
November 19, 2014 / 5:00 pm
The Colors of Human Skin
Nina Jablonski
Video
Audio
Shu Yang
December 10, 2014 / 5:00 pm
Beautiful Science
Shu Yang
Daniel Janzen
John Tresch
Video
Audio
Young Ghanain Children in Front of Building with Mural
December 14, 2014 / 2:00 pm
Kyeremu Proverbs
Elder Women in Small Town
January 11, 2015 / 2:00 pm
In a State of Dress
Young Nigerian Women Crossing Street and Sewing
January 21, 2015 / 6:00 pm
Mother of George
Bradford Young
Louis Massiah
Salamishah Tillet
Young African American Lesbian Contemplating
February 4, 2015 / 7:00 pm
Pariah
Stilt Dancer Looking at Flower
February 8, 2015 / 2:00 pm
Stilt Dancers of Long Bow Village AND Guomen: A Village Wedding
Dumplings in Soup with Chopsticks, Culinary Art
February 11, 2015 / 5:00 pm
Colorful Food
Krishnendu Ray
Video
Audio
Philadelphia Mural Arts Program Mural
February 18, 2015 / 5:00 pm
Public Art
Jane Golden
Betsy Casañas
Ernel Martinez
Amy Hillier
Video
Audio
Color Wheel with Values of Color Text
February 20, 2015 / 10:00 am
Values of Color
Richard Doyle
Torkwase Dyson
Nicole Fleetwood
Mohan Matthen
Video
Audio
Caucasian Man Writing on Glass in Front of Him
February 25, 2015 / 5:00 pm
The Kaledioscopic Brain of Synesthesia
David M. Eagleman
Mississippi Damned Movie Stills, African American Families Having Fun and Contemplating
March 4, 2015 / 7:00 pm
Mississippi Damned
South Asian Man in Water Staring at Golden Temple in Amritsar
March 8, 2015 / 2:00 pm
Himself He Cooks
Julian Agyeman Headshot
March 18, 2015 / 5:00 pm
Beyond Green Environmentalism
Julian Agyeman
Middle of Nowhere, The Door Stills; African American Actors Featured
March 18, 2015 / 7:00 pm
Middle of Nowhere AND The Door
Young Woman with Red Body Wrap in the Desert
March 25, 2015 / 5:00 pm
Picturing the News, in Color
Vanessa Schwartz
Video
Audio
Color Matters words in Art
March 27, 2015 / 9:00 am
Color Matters