At the Allen Magazine, Fall 2025

SEP 11 / 5:30 PM ALLEN AFTER HOURS / ART PARTY! We put the ART in pARTy! Celebrate the start of the semester with an evening of art, music, and community. Explore the exhibitions, meet the Allen’s new director Jon Seydl, and enjoy live jazz in the back courtyard with John Hebert (OC 2028) on piano, Milei Sagawa (OC 2026) on bass, and Max Simas (OC 2026) on drums, plus complimentary wine and hors d’oeuvres. Come for the art, stay for the vibe! SEP 16 / 3 PM TUESDAY TEA / JON SEYDL ON ART, LEADERSHIP, AND WHAT’S NEXT Get to know the Allen’s new director. Jon Seydl will talk about his experiences as a curator and director. He will also share what drew him to Oberlin and some ideas about the future direction of the museum. Don’t miss this chance to welcome him to Oberlin and hear what’s on his mind! OCT 4 / 11 AM–3 PM COMMUNITY DAY Get ready for an afternoon of creative exploration! Inspired by the exhibition Picturing Paris: Monet and the Modern City, families and art enthusiasts of all ages can enjoy art making and activities that bring Monet’s early Parisian visions to life. Drop in any time to this free event for the perfect blend of art, history, and hands-on creativity. Explore Monet’s early cityscapes, on view together for the first time in North America! OCT 9 / 5:30 PM ALLEN AFTER HOURS / OUT OF BODY Artist Edie Fake will explore the visual “codes” that exist within queer and trans life and art, examining how these function as tools of visibility and resistance. Drawing from his own artistic practice, Fake will discuss the way in which queer communities have historically created andmaintained cultural continuity through visual language—particularly as a means of space-making and survival during periods of political oppression. Fake’s artwork is currently on view in the exhibition Kitsch, Craft, Critique. OCT 11 / 10:30 AM, OCT 16 / 3:30 PM GALLERY TALK / THE JAPANESE ROOTS OF FRENCH IMPRESSIONISM Developed in France, Impressionism nurturedmany of the same motives and techniques used by French Realists and the Barbizon School of landscape painters. However, perhaps the most significant source of inspiration for Impressionist artists like Claude Monet, Edgar Degas, and Mary Cassatt were woodblock prints and decorative arts from Japan. Join Kevin R. E. Greenwood, Joan L. Danforth Curator of Asian Art, and Marlise Brown, Associate Curator of European and American Art, for a gallery talk on the Japanese Pavillion at Paris’s Exposition Universelle (World’s Fair) of 1867 and the lasting impact that Japanese art had on the Impressionist movement. Registration required: amam.oberlin.edu/gt-oct SEP 25, OCT 16, NOV 20, DEC 18 / 12:15 PM JOIN US FOR MINDFUL MEDITATION ON ZOOM Looking for a way to relax and enjoy art? Libni López, a clinical therapist with Authentically You Therapy, and Ellis Lane (OC 2022), Curatorial Assistant in the Education Department, will lead a 45-minute Zoom session of intentional mindfulness and discussion centered around a work of art. Free and open to everyone. Registration required: amam.oberlin.edu/meditation Left: Claude Monet (French, 1840–1926), Wisteria, 1919–20. Oil on canvas. R. T. Miller Jr. Fund, 1960.5. Below: Sanaa Gateja (Ugandan, b. 1950), Mr. and Mrs., 2023. Paper beads, thread, and papier-mâché on bark cloth. Ruth C. Roush Contemporary Art Fund and funds fromCarl Read Gerber (OC 1958), Jerry M. Lindzon, Douglas Baxter (OC 1972), and Peter Frumkin (OC 1984), 2023.61. Right: Tanaka Yū 田中悠 (Japanese, b. 1989), A Tsutsumimono (“Wrapped ItemA”), ca. 2020. Glazed stoneware. Carol and Jeffrey Horvitz Collection, TL41.2024.6. 22 / AMAM.OBERLIN.EDU

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