ART MUSEUM: Reopening 1/28/2025
GiveFalkenberg Lecture
Artist Talk: The Concert
with vanessa german THE RAREST
Thursday
Thursday, October 13, 2022 - 5:30pm to 6:30pm
Chapin Auditorium
Reception and exhibition viewing to follow at the Museum, 6:30-8:00pm
Thursday, October 13, 2022 - 5:30pm to 6:30pm
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The Rarest Black Woman on the Planet Earth
Join artist, activist, performer, and poet vanessa german for an artist talk like no other. THE RAREST BLACK WOMAN ON THE PLANET EARTH will be joined on stage by Mount Holyoke faculty and students in an exuberant celebration of her emancipatory artistic practice.
Artist Talk: The Concert is made possible by the Patricia and Edward Falkenberg Lecture Fund.
This event is also co-sponsored by the Office of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion; the Weissman Center for Leadership; the InterArts Council; and the Office of Community and Belonging.
Events And Links
September 2, 2022 to May 28, 2023
vanessa german—THE RAREST BLACK WOMAN ON THE PLANET EARTH
vanessa german* (b. 1976) is an artist, activist, performer, and poet. THE RAREST BLACK WOMAN ON THE PLANET EARTH is german’s response to the Joseph Allen Skinner Museum, an early 20th-century cabinet of curiosities at Mount Holyoke. For the exhibition, german began with a question: "...
September 28, 2021 to May 28, 2023
Skinner Museum 75
MHCAM celebrates the landmark bequest of the Joseph Allen Skinner Museum to the College in 1946 with back-to-back solo exhibitions: Lenka Clayton—Comedy Plus Tragedy (September 28, 2021 through May 29, 2022) and vanessa german—THE RAREST BLACK WOMAN ON THE PLANET EARTH (October 13, 2022 through May 28, 2023; previews began September 2, 2022).
