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Learn MoreFriday, May 8, 2026 at 5:30 p.m. - 7:30 p.m.
Friday, May 8, 2026 at 5:30 p.m. - 7:30 p.m.
Kick off the evening at the Allen with live music from the Conservatory's Sonny Rollins Jazz Ensemble, enjoy refreshments, activities, and more! Then head out for the annual Art Hop, an end-of-semester celebration showcasing visual art students' work in exhibition spaces across campus.
Registration for this free event is encouraged but not required to attend.
*Enjoy 10% off regular-priced menu items and merchandise at participating Oberlin businesses on the day of this event by showing your registration confirmation email. Get more details.
This event will be held in a wheelchair- and rolling walker-accessible building. The lecture space is wheelchair accessible, with moveable seating. Restrooms are gender-specific and wheelchair-accessible. Listening devices will be available for use during the presentation, but ASL interpretation is currently not scheduled for this event. Most talks will be recorded and available with closed captions on the museum’s YouTube page after the event. Please email access questions to Jill Greenwood, jgreenwo@oberlin.edu.
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