Join Andrea Way in a gallery talk about her exhibition "Andrea Way: Retrospective 1982-2012," on display through March 17.

Washington, D.C., artist Andrea Way's surfaces are beautiful and exquisitely detailed. Her process is original and idiosyncratic, which Washington independent art critic David Tannous describes as "…the combination of two almost antithetical elements: the elaboration of a …more

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Host: American University Museum at the Katzen Arts Center

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The Fellows Converge: The Obstructions Gallery Talk

This exhibition is a collaboration with the Hamiltonian Gallery along with Hamiltonian Artists, a non-profit career incubator for the next generation of contemporary visual artists. It features new work by the 2012 Hamiltonian Fellows: Amy Boone-McCreesh, Milana Braslavsky, Billy Friebele, Nora Howell, Annette Isham, Matthew Mann, Joshua Wade …more

Type: Lecture/Speaker

Host: American University Museum at the Katzen Arts Center

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Visiting artist Gianna Commito gives a lecture at 6 p.m. in Katzen Center, Room 246. The event is free and open to the public.

Gianna Commito has exhibited her work at MoCA, Cleveland, the Weatherspoon Art Museum in North Carolina, Geoffrey Young Gallery in Massachusetts, and The Drawing Center and Taxter and Spengemann gallery in New York City. She received her MA and MFA from the University of …more

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Host: Art Department

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Abramson Family Recital Hall, Katzen Arts Center
Admission is free

How does the brain experience art? Why does it move us? Do aesthetics evolve biologically? The 2013 American University Arts Management Spring Colloquium explores the growing field of neuroaesthetics with an emphasis on the visual brain. Artist Shahin Shikhaliyev will give a lecture, followed by a panel discussion with Terry …more

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Host: Performing Arts

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Art and the Mind of Meditation Guided Tour
Saturday, February 23, 2 p.m.
American University Museum, Katzen Arts Center
Admission is free

Explore the connection between the practice of meditation and the creation and appreciation of art in this interactive presentation and discussion with members of the Shambhala Meditation Center community (dc.shambhala.org). Following a brief introduction to …more

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Host: American University Museum at the Katzen Arts Center

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