War has saturated the culture. Artists register the effects of conflict, even when not making direct reference to it. Art provides an immediate outlet for reflection and serves as a lasting record that just might provide some guidance (or solace) for … Continue reading →

The Freedman Gallery and the Center for the Arts (CFA) at Albright College are pleased to present Susan Crile: Incarceration In the Era of Impending Fascism as part of our fall 2018 programming. This exhibition pairs together two collections by … Continue reading →

Coming from Touchstone/Simon & Schuster to benefit the ACLU – January 16, 2018 in celebration of the 1-Year anniversary of the Women’s March Now more than ever, we must ask ourselves: Who are the WE in We the People? In It Occurs … Continue reading →

Susan Crile – Incarceration in the Era of Impending Fascism – Freedman Gallery at the Albright College Center for the Arts Continue reading →

Alternating Words: War and the Translator’s Task Fatima Mojaddedi Anthropology 290, Speaker Series, Spring 2018 January 29, 2 – 4pm, 221 Kroeber Hall, Gifford Room

From biblical times through Goya, Guernica and Abu Ghraib, artists have been moved to bear witness to the savagery of war. But what does witness mean? What if their art is turned into chauvinistic propaganda? What responsibility does the artist bear to depict the violence without exaggeration? As part of the Arts Across the Curriculum program Politics, Policy and the Arts, students are invited to discuss these and related questions with a distinguished panel comprised of the artists Susan Crile and Daniel Heyman and the poet Tom Sleigh. The discussion will be moderated by Jack Rosenthal. Continue reading →