General Public

Virtual Program, E-Lecture, Buddhas, Guardians, and Guides: How to Read Tibetan Paintings

Although known as early as the 7th century, there is little visual evidence for Buddhist practice in Tibet until the 11th when paintings and sculptures illustrate an astonishing array of enlightened beings such as buddhas and bodhisattvas, guardians and guides. After introducing the primary types of deities featured in Tibetan practices, Denise Patry Leidy, the Ruth and Bruce Dayton Curator of Asian Art, highlights a newly acquired, and spectacular, 16th-century Tibetan mandala focused on the protective deity Sitatapatra (White Parasol), a guardian against malign supernatural forces.

Virtual Program, Educator Workshop Teacher Leadership Program

The Teacher Leadership Program is a free, one-hour workshop on Zoom for educators of all levels and disciplines that meets at 4:00 pm on the first Thursday of the month throughout the academic year. The sessions are led by Jessica Sack, the Jan and Frederick Mayer Curator of Public Education; Amanda “Semente” Caroline de Oliveira Pereira, the John Walsh Fellow in Museum Education; Wurtele Gallery Teachers; and Education Department staff. In this program, educators explore innovative ways to connect their curricula and interest in art with the Yale University Art Gallery’s collection.

In-Person Program, Performance, An Evening of New Music

The Yale Undergraduate Chamber Orchestra actively commissions, workshops, and performs original works of undergraduate composers. In addition, we fill our season with projects that foster collaboration within the Yale arts scene at large. Among these is an annual concert of student-composed chamber music, creating a unique opportunity for undergraduate composers and performers to collaborate with one another. This year, in partnership with the Yale University Art Gallery, we have commissioned student composers to write pieces in response to works of art on view.

Virtual Program, E-Conversation, Poetry after Painting: Giambattista Marino on Peter Paul Rubens’s Hero and Leander

Join us for a conversation about “ekphrasis,” the practice of describing images using words. While observing and discussing Hero and Leander by the Flemish artist Peter Paul Rubens (1577–1640), we will read a poem that the Italian author Giambattista Marino (1569–1625) wrote based on his firsthand study of the canvas. This program approaches looking and writing as complementary processes. Participants are invited to contribute a new, collaborative poetic response to Rubens’s painting. The event is led by two translators of Marino’s poems into English, Alejandro Octavio Nodarse, B.A.

Researching the Histories of Cataloguing to (try to) Make Better Metadata

Join us in the DHLab as Rossitza Atanassova (British Library) and James Baker (University of Southampton) discuss their work on histories of cataloging. They will provide an overview of computational approaches to analyzing and characterizing historical cataloging labor, and the purpose of that work: to support the production and maintenance of better and more equitable collection catalogs.

Maker of a Kindly Permanence

Maker of a Kindly Permanence is an exhibit that celebrates Yale’s Oral History of American Music. Included are objects and recordings from OHAM’s earliest days as well as more recent materials, including contributions from Yale PhD student Ambre Dromgoole whose work studies early Black women gospel musicians. There will be an opening reception on February 2 from 4:00 to 5:30.
Curated by Ambre Dromgoole and Libby Van Cleve; and Richard Boursy (organizing curator)

Yale Library Book Talk: The Other Side of Prospect by Nicholas Dawidoff

Nicholas Dawidoff, acclaimed author and New Haven native, will be in conversation with Michael Morand, Director of Community Engagement at the Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library, about his new book The Other Side of Prospect: A Story of Violence, Injustice, and the American City.

Lunarfest 2023

The Yale-China Association, in partnership with the New Haven Museum, Town Green District, New Haven Free Public Library, and the City of New Haven, is proud to host the 11th Annual Lunarfest in New Haven, Connecticut, on Saturday, January 28, 2023. Lunarfest, the largest celebration of Lunar New Year and Chinese culture in Connecticut, is one of New Haven’s premiere cultural events, promoting cross-cultural awareness and understanding and embracing community collaborations.

27th Annual Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s Legacy of Social & Environmental Justice

Join the Peabody, the CT Department of Energy and Environmental Protection (DEEP), and the New Haven Museum for the 27th Annual Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s Legacy of Social and Environment Justice—two days of free, hybrid events made possible through the generous support of our Presenting Corporate Sponsor Citizens™.
Our celebration will be held in-person for the first time since 2020. Space is limited at both venues, so advanced registration is strongly recommended.
We’ll also be live-streaming and you can join us on Zoom by visiting our website and registering:

All School Read: In Conversation with Prof. Willie James Jennings

After Whiteness is for anyone who has ever questioned why theological education still matters. It is a call for Christian intellectuals to exchange isolation for intimacy and embrace their place in the crowd—just like the crowd that followed Jesus and experienced his miracles. It is part memoir, part decolonial analysis, and part poetry—a multimodal discourse that deliberately transgresses boundaries, as Jennings hopes theological education will do, too.
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