14 / AMAM.OBERLIN.EDU INSIDETHE ALLEN IT’S GAME TIME Oberlin College professors are always finding unique ways to use the Allen. In a particularly interesting instance last semester, Assistant Professor of Computer Science Emily Wang’s students created games set in the museum. Imagine students trying out a dating app, but for artworks! HAVE A SEAT The Allen is very grateful to Tom and Mary Van Nortwick, who were lead donors for the acquisition of 30 new, more comfortable, stools. It’s difficult to convey how muchworking here shapedmy personal and professional life. — Lucy Smith (OC 2013) Noted in the Allen’s visitor book; Lucy worked at the Allen 2009–13 DAWOUD BEY VISIT The December Allen After Hours featuring Dawoud Bey hosted an engaged standing-room-only crowd. The event opened with a performance of Wade in theWater by the Oberlin Gospel Choir, under the direction of La Tanya Hall. Oberlin professor and poet Chanda Feldman joined Bey for a conversation exploring the nuances of darkness and what it means to African-American history. Bey, a renowned photographer and MacArthur fellow, discussed his project Night Coming Tenderly, Black—fromwhich the Allen owns one work—which focuses on unmarked sites on the Underground Railroad in Northeast Ohio. Chanda Feldman and Dawoud Bey The Oberlin Gospel Choir
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