In conjunction with the opening of its newest exhibition Rodin in the United States: Confronting the Modern, the Clark Art Institute presents a lecture by Antoinette Le Normand-Romain, the exhibition curator and former director general of the National Institute of the History of Art in Paris.
The Society of Alumni President engages in conversation with President Mandel.
Betty Reid Soskin is a civil rights advocate and recently retired ranger with the National Park Service’s Rosie the Riveter/World War II Home Front National Historical Park in Richmond, Calif., which honors the contributions women made to the war effort. Throughout her life, Soskin has fought against racism and discrimination. In 1945 she co-founded Reid’s Records in Berkeley, Calif. One of the first Black-owned record shops in California, Reid’s was dedicated to supporting African American music and became especially influential in supporting gospel musicians.
Panelists/Speakers: Kitty Babson ’72, Ninette Enrique ’87, Danielle Deane-Ryan ’97, Alejandra Moran Olivas ’17 Fifty-one years ago, seven women walked across the Williams commencement stage for the first time. A few months later, the first four-year coed class arrived on campus. Join us for an inspiring program as we celebrate the profound impact more than 13,000 alumnae have had on Williams and the world ever since - as represented by the stories of four Women of Williams from across the decades.
Sarah Grandin, Clark-Getty Curatorial Fellow looks at work on paper from the Clark's collection showcasing the role prints played in making drawing more accessible to the public in eighteenth-century France. Select works by Jean-Honoré Fragonard, François Boucher, Jean-Antoine Watteau are among those Grandin presents.
