CVPA Lectures

LECTURES:

In addition to our nationally recognized faculty, CVPA is proud to welcome dozens of visiting artists, musicians, and scholars to campus each year. These visits enliven our classrooms, studios, and rehearsal halls with unique and ever-changing perspectives on a variety of topics. These visits also provide a wealth of opportunities for critical feedback and networking for a career after UMass Dartmouth. Directions Link

• Thursday, November 8, 2012 - Time: 7:00pm
  Location: Star Store Building Lecture Hall, 715 Purchase Street, New Bedford, MA
  Judith Schwartz, Professor of Art and Art Education, NYU
  “Watershed: 25 Years of Residencies”

• Thursday, December 6, 2012 - Time: 7:00pm
  Location: CVPA building, Dartmouth Campus, 285 Old Westport Road, Dartmouth, MA
  Anthony Miraglia, Professor of Fine Art
  Sabbatical talk

• Thursday, December 13, 2012 - Time: 7:00pm
  Location: Star Store Building Lecture Hall, 715 Purchase Street, New Bedford, MA
  Frank Gohlke  
  "Miles and Miles of Things I've Never Seen"

• Thursday, March 14, 2013 - Time: 7:00pm
  Location: Star Store Building Lecture Hall, 715 Purchase Street, New Bedford, MA
  Anne Wilson, Professor of Material Studies, SAIC
  “Anne Wilson: Objects and Performances”

URBAN RENEWAL AND CREATIVE ECONOMY
IN MASSACHUSETTS GATEWAY CITIES

Creative Economy Lecture Series 2012 - 2013

• November 8, 2012, 6:30 – 8:30
  Location: New Bedford Whaling Museum, 18 Johnny Cake Hill, New Bedford, MA
  John Gallagher, Journalist & Author
  Opportunities for Redefining the American Post-Industrial City

• December 18, 2012, 5:00 – 7:00
  Location: UMASSD, Star Store Building, 715 Purchase Street, New Bedford, MA
  Susanne Freidberg, Professor of Geography at Dartmouth College
  Heartland of Cold:  A Regional History of Far-flung Freshness
  Michael Osman, Historian
  Cold Storage in New England and Beyond, 1890-1920

• February 7, 2013, 6:30 – 8:30
  Location: UMASSD, Star Store Building, 715 Purchase Street, New Bedford, MA
  Justin Hollander, Assistant Professor of Urban and Environmental Policy and Planning at Tuft University
  Urban Absorption in New Bedford: The Reuse of Abandoned Buildings and Vacant Land Since 1929
  

• March 14, 2013, 6:30 – 8:00
  Location: New Bedford Whaling Museum, 18 Johnny Cake Hill, New Bedford, MA
  Marc Norman, Urban Planner
  Underwriting Icicles and Leveraging Sidewalks
  Brent Ryan, Assistant Professor of Urban Design and Public Policy at MIT.
  Rebuilding Shrinking Cities: Top Down or Ad Hoc
  

• April 11, 2013, 6:30 – 8:00
  Location: Buzzards Bay Coalition, Wheeler Learning Center, 114 Front Street, New Bedford, MA
  Jill Desimini + Meredith TenHoor
  Abandoning the Temporary: Re-inventing Urban Landscapes

• May 2, 2013, 4:30 – 6:00
  Location: Claire T. Carney Library, University of Massachusetts Dartmouth, 285 Old Westport Road, North Dartmouth, MA
  Jennifer McGrory
  Umass Dartmouth Claire T. Carney Renovation Project