Cultural Events Calendar

Join us for a conversation in Schermer Meeting Hall at Anderson Ranch Arts Center with Visiting Artist Torbjörn Vejvi.

Visiting Artist lectures are free, open to the public, and available in person or via livestream.

Torbjörn Vejvi (b. 1972), raised on a self-sufficient farm in Southern Sweden, brings a tactile sensibility to his sculptural practice, obliquely shaped by a childhood of raising sheep and weaving. Over the past decade, he’s shifted from abstract sculpture to functional, hand-turned wooden lamps and candleholders; as with his sculptural practice, he transforms everyday materials through meticulous craftsmanship and vibrant color.

Our best theoretical models struggle to explain how the early Universe built so many giants so quickly, or why they stopped forming stars and retired so early. In this talk I’ll describe how my team is hunting down these cosmic overachievers and what their existence means for our understanding of how the Universe evolved.

Join us for a conversation in Schermer Meeting Hall at Anderson Ranch Arts Center with Visiting Artist Diana Heise.

Visiting Artist lectures are free, open to the public, and available in person or via livestream.

Diana Heise is a socially engaged research-based artist working at the intersections of performance, eco-feminism and experimental lens-based image practices, committed to aesthetic pursuits that cultivate awareness, resilience and attuned regeneration. Heise is a recipient of a Fulbright Fellowship in the Creative and Performing Arts, a Performance Art Fund Grant from the Franklin Furnace Inc. as well as a Presidential Fellowship at the American University in Cairo.

Join us for a conversation in Schermer Meeting Hall at Anderson Ranch Arts Center with Visiting Artist Ana María Hernando. A studio tour will immediately follow.

Visiting Artist lectures are free, open to the public, and available in person or via livestream.

Ana María Hernando, from Argentina (b. 1959, Buenos Aires), is a Colorado-based multidisciplinary artist whose work focuses on the feminine, using empathy to make the invisible visible, and to question our preconceptions of the other and each other, including nature and the earth, their worth, and value. In her installations, Ana María uses textiles in abundance, and sometimes includes the work of women from around Latin America and beyond, from embroideries of cloistered nuns in Buenos Aires, to mountains of tulle, to the weavings and wares of Peruvian women from the Andes.

Join us for a conversation in Schermer Meeting Hall at Anderson Ranch Arts Center with Damien Davis.

Lectures are free, open to the public, and available in person or via livestream.

Damien Davis is a Newark-based artist and curator whose work recontextualizes cultural symbols to challenge identity and history. He has exhibited at institutions internationally, including the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Museum of Arts and Design. Davis holds a Masters degree in Visual Arts Administration from NYU.

In science, random fluctuations (e.g., noise) are typically regarded as a nuisance to be minimized or avoided if possible. Yet in many important scenarios, valuable information can be gleaned from their careful study. In this talk, I will discuss three such examples, from different disciplines.

Join us for a conversation in Schermer Meeting Hall at Anderson Ranch Arts Center with Visiting Artist David Antonio Cruz.

Visiting Artist lectures are free, open to the public, and available in person or via livestream.

David Antonio Cruz uses painting and performance to explore the visibility and intersectionality of brown, black and queer bodies. Cruz is a professor and Concentration Head of Painting at Columbia University School of the Arts. He has exhibited at the Brooklyn Museum, National Portrait Gallery, ICA Philadelphia, and was awarded the Joan Mitchell Painting and Sculptor Grant. He received his MFA from Yale University.

In science, random fluctuations (e.g., noise) are typically regarded as a nuisance to be minimized or avoided if possible. Yet in many important scenarios, valuable information can be gleaned from their careful study. In this talk, I will discuss three such examples, from different disciplines.