Theaster Gates Visits Bennington

Theaster Gates cannily maneuvers the tools of the art world to create cultural communities and catalyze social and political change. His work has appeared in the Whitney Biennial, dOCUMENTA 13, and in shows at museums throughout Europe and the US, including his current solo exhibition at the National Gallery of Art in Washington D.C, but it is most apparent in the neighborhood in Chicago’s South Side that he has transformed through a long-term practice of social engagement.

He has received numerous awards including the Kurt Schwitters Prize, the Smithsonian Ingenuity Award for Social Progress, the Artes Mundi 6 Prize, the inaugural Vera List Center Prize for Art and Politics, and a Graham Foundation Architecture Award.

April 25 at 1:00 PM at Usdan Gallery, VAPA

Soul Talk: This event is for current students, faculty, staff and alumni to reflect on the role of race in institution-building. Faculty members Karthik Pandian and Michael Wimberly and current students Ash Haywood ‘18 and Deja Haley ‘20 in conversation with Gates.

April 25 at 7:00 PM at Tishman Lecture Hall

Theaster Gates Delivers the 2017 Adams-Tillim Lecture: Reception to follow in conjunction with Black Spring, a student- and faculty-organized exhibition in the Usdan Gallery which presents a history of black art, life and music at Bennington from the era of the Black Music Division to the present.

April 26 at 10:00am at CAPA Symposium

Art + Action: How can art engage with and impact public life? Join faculty members Susie Ibarra and Karthik Pandian and students from the Center for the Advancement of Public Action in conversation with Gates.

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