The Gallery recently acquired a large work by the major Dutch painter of seascapes Simon de Vlieger(ca. 1601–1653), titled Fisherfolk and Other Figures on a Beach (1642). It depicts a view from the beach toward the sea under an atmospheric sky freighted with towering clouds. But what else might the picture offer, beyond its melting beauty and convincing illusion of deep space?
The New Haven Free Public Library, in partnership with the Yale Affinity Groups, is excited to continue this new book club for families focusing on topics of social importance! This month we focus on people with disabilities with a reading of What Happened to YOU?, by James Catch-pole. Come for the reading, and stay for the discussion! Questions? Call (203) 946-8129. No registration is required. Join us via the Zoom link: https://zoom.us/j/97875618425?pwd=VU13MDM3OGJmV3VEVUdXdjRuN1FFUT09#success
In honor of Constance Baker Motley’s 100th birthday, join the Yale African American Affinity Group, Working Women’s Network, and The New Haven Club of The National Association of Negro Business and Professional Women’s Club’s Inc. for a virtual screening of Justice is a Black Woman: The Life and Work of Constance Baker Motley. This documentary chronicles the life and work of Motley, an “unsung” hero of the civil rights movement. Following the screening, we will have a Q&A with filmmaker Dr. Gary Ford Jr.
Join Internet Linguist Gretchen McCulloch in conversation with Linguistics Prof. Claire Bowern. Casual internet language is often portrayed as “bad grammar” or “breaking language rules”. Yet in many ways language use on the internet is just like language use elsewhere - it has conventions that vary across groups, that people use, largely without being deliberately taught.
As the longtime observer of photography and contemporary art and former New York Times critic Andy Grundberg details in his new book, How Photography Became Contemporary Art: Inside an Artistic Revolution from Pop to the Digital Age, photographs were virtually absent from the practices and discourses of contemporary art until the 1960s. Over the following two decades, camera images took center stage in art and art criticism; by the 1990s, photography was a key medium for artists seeking to make work about their individual and cultural identities.
Join the Working Women’s Network, Yale Peabody Museum, and the New Haven Free Public Library for a dinosaur event.
The Division of Vertebrate Paleontology houses one of the most important vertebrate fossil collections in North America, including many of the first dinosaurs ever discovered and named. This behind-the-scenes tour is your chance to see where fossilized bones from well-known dinosaurs like Brontosaurus, Apatosaurus, Camarasaurus and Stegosaurs are stored.
Join Yale Club of Utah for a Zoom conversation with author and virtuoso violinist Gerald Elias (Yale College ‘75; Yale School of Music) about his book Devil’s Trill: A Daniel Jacobus Mystery. This online event will include live music by the author in addition to the discussion.
Tune in for a special edition of Yale Alumni LIVE featuring Dwayne Betts ’16 JD. He will be joined by special guest Amy Rodriguez, an ECHO Perfect 10 intern at the Yale Alumni Association this summer.
No registration is required. To watch, visit @YaleAlumni on Instagram on August 12 at 12 p.m. ET and tap the profile image when “LIVE” appears.
Join the Yale DiversAbility Alumni Group and Yale Blue Green for a livestream forum with our panel of experts and scholars to discuss the intersectionality of disability and climate change. Questions we will address and explore include:
What is the current state of environmental policy?
Why are resilient, inclusive policies important?
Who is impacted by inaccessible and exclusionary planning and infrastructure?
How do these policies impact everyone?
What actions can be taken to help make positive policy changes?
Join Yale’s affinity groups to support the Boys & Girls Club of New Haven Backpack & School Supply Drive that will take place through Sunday, August 15th.
