Public Discussion with Anna Deavere Smith and Samora Pinderhughes

Friday, January 24, 2025 at 7:00pm
Crowell Concert Hall

FREE!

Anna Deavere Smith Hon. ’97, the 2024–2025 CFA Artist in Residence, will engage in a discussion about method and mentorship with musician and composer Samora Pinderhughes.

Learn more about Anna Deavere Smith’s residency.

Opening Reception: Chris Domenick’s Private Figure Exhibition

Tuesday, January 28, 2025 at 4:30pm
Ezra and Cecile Zilkha Gallery

FREE!

In the solo exhibition Private Figure, interdisciplinary artist Chris Domenick flirts with designed objects that recall domestic interiors, an extension of his studio practice based out of a former Subway restaurant in Canaan, Connecticut. Lamps fill the gallery, displayed as works of art while also filling the space with light. Drawings, prints, fragments of paper, or found imagery are suspended inside of frames that hang on the wall and press the limits of their own decorative nature.

Read more about Chris Domenick’s Private Figure.

Opening Reception: Parker Ito’s A Lil' Taste of A Lil' Taste of Cheeto in the Night Exhibition

Tuesday, January 28, 2025 at 4:30pm
Ezra and Cecile Zilkha Gallery

FREE!

Ten years ago, in January 2015, Parker Ito opened A Lil’ Taste of Cheeto in the Night at Chateau Shatto, Los Angeles. One of those paintings, People tell me everyday that I’m really creative (peace on earth) (A Lil’ Taste of Cheeto in the Night Installation) (2013–2015), is now in the Public Art Collection at Wesleyan University. Ito re-presents this singular work, building a fresh installation around the painting in the North Gallery of the Ezra and Cecile Zilkha Gallery.

Read more about Parker Ito’s A Lil’ Taste of Cheeto in the Night.

Artist Talk with Parker Ito

Wednesday, January 29, 2025 at 4:30pm
Reading Room, South Gallery, Ezra and Cecile Zilkha Gallery

FREE!

Artist Parker Ito speaks about the exhibition A Lil' Taste of A Lil' Taste of Cheeto in the Night and reflects on the 10-year anniversary of the work’s first showing in 2015.

Read more about this artist talk with Parker Ito.

Artist Talk with Chris Domenick

Thursday, February 20, 2025 at 4:30pm
Reading Room, South Gallery, Ezra and Cecile Zilkha Gallery

FREE!

Artist Chris Domenick will be in conversation about his work and process, including the work on view in the exhibition Private Figure.

Read more about this artist talk with Chris Domenick.

Javanese Gamelan and Dance Spring Concert

Saturday, May 3, 2025 at 7:30pm
World Music Hall

FREE!

The Wesleyan Javanese Gamelan Ensemble, under the direction of Winslow-Kaplan Professor of Music Sumarsam MA ’76 and University Professor of Music Harjito, presents a spring concert of the classical music and dance of Central Java, featuring Visiting Assistant Professor of Dance Dewati Rahmayani from the Royal Palace of Yogyakarta, and the world premiere of two commissioned works by composer Jlin, one of which will be performed live by the Javanese Gamelan Ensemble.

Read more about the spring Javanese Gamelan and Dance concert, featuring the world premiere of two commissioned works by composer Jlin.
Public Discussion with Anna Deavere Smith and Samora Pinderhughes
Friday, January 24, 2025 at 7:00pm
Crowell Concert Hall
Anna Deavere Smith Hon. ’97, the 2024–2025 CFA Artist in Residence, will engage in a discussion about method and mentorship with musician and composer Samora Pinderhughes.
Opening Reception: Chris Domenick’s Private Figure Exhibition
Tuesday, January 28, 2025 at 4:30pm
Ezra and Cecile Zilkha Gallery
In the solo exhibition Private Figure, interdisciplinary artist Chris Domenick flirts with designed objects that recall domestic interiors, an extension of his studio practice based out of a former Subway restaurant in Canaan, Connecticut. Lamps fill the gallery, displayed as works of art while also filling the space with light. Drawings, prints, fragments of paper, or found imagery are suspended inside of frames that hang on the wall and press the limits of their own decorative nature.
Opening Reception: Parker Ito’s A Lil' Taste of A Lil' Taste of Cheeto in the Night Exhibition
Tuesday, January 28, 2025 at 4:30pm
Ezra and Cecile Zilkha Gallery
Ten years ago, in January 2015, Parker Ito opened A Lil’ Taste of Cheeto in the Night at Chateau Shatto, Los Angeles. One of those paintings, People tell me everyday that I’m really creative (peace on earth) (A Lil’ Taste of Cheeto in the Night Installation) (2013–2015), is now in the Public Art Collection at Wesleyan University. Ito re-presents this singular work, building a fresh installation around the painting in the North Gallery of the Ezra and Cecile Zilkha Gallery.
Artist Talk with Parker Ito
Wednesday, January 29, 2025 at 4:30pm
Reading Room, South Gallery, Ezra and Cecile Zilkha Gallery
Artist Parker Ito speaks about the exhibition A Lil' Taste of A Lil' Taste of Cheeto in the Night and reflects on the 10-year anniversary of the work’s first showing in 2015.

Spring tickets and reservations are on sale online.

The Wesleyan University Box Office opens for walk-up and phone sales on Thursday, January 23, 2025 at 10am.

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