April showings


Performances, lectures, and other events always fill the April calendar at Skidmore. This year, under the “Skid - Genuity” umbrella, more than 70 events showcased senior recitals and projects, forums and contests, visiting artists and scholars—many of interest to the pro - spective new students and families visit- ing campus in April as accepted candi- dates. Just a sampling:


• “An Evening with Khaled Hosseini,” the renowned Afghan author, as part of Saratoga Reads


• Kenneth A. Freirich ’91 Business Plan Competition, with student entrepre- neurs vying for prizes of cash and services


• Sonneteers, Accents, Drastic Mea- sures, Treblemakers, and other stu- dent groups in concert


• “Innovating on the Web and in Busi- ness,” a talk by BzzAgent founder and Smarterer CEO David Balter ’93


• Computer Science Art Show, featuring student images programmed in Java


• Academic Festival, the 16th year show- casing top student coursework and research


• Letters from the Front, a theater department main-stage produc- tion


• Dance department’s sen- ior capstone concert of student choreography


• “Saving the World’s Big Cats for the Future,” a lecture by Panthera CEO Alan Rabinowitz


• Graphic Advocacy: International Posters for the Digital Age, a student-developed show at Schick Art Gallery


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VISUAL LANGUAGE


A veteran painter who has inspired genera-


tions of emerging artists, Joan Snyder visited campus in March to discuss her work (such as Because, at left). Her abstract paint- ings—some with written phrases and some incorpo- rating fabrics, plants, or other materials—have been called “intuitive and spon - tane ous” as well as “point- edly political.” A MacArthur “genius grant” winner and a guest at Saratoga’s Yaddo artists retreat, Snyder was this year’s Susan Rabi- nowitz Malloy ’45 Visiting Artist Lecturer. —SR


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COURTESY OF THE ARTIST AND TIERNEY GARDARIN, NYC


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