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Web Exhibitions

Mar 5 Film Screening: Anthropocene: The Human Epoch6:30pm

Film Screening: Anthropocene: The Human Epoch

Friday, March 5th, 2021

06:30 PM - 08:30 PM

Storrs Campus
Zoom webinar

A cinematic meditation on humanity’s massive reengineering of the planet, "Anthropocene: The Human Epoch" is a feature documentary film from the multiple-award winning team Jennifer Baichwal, Nicholas de Pencier and international acclaimed photographer Edward Burtynsky. 1hr 29min.

This film follows the research of an international body of scientists, the Anthropocene Working Group who, after nearly 10 years of research, are arguing that the Holocene Epoch gave way to the Anthropocene Epoch in the mid-twentieth century, because of profound and lasting human changes to the Earth.

From concrete seawalls in China that now cover 60% of the mainland coast, to the biggest terrestrial machines ever built in Germany, to psychedelic potash mines in Russia’s Ural Mountains, to metal festivals in the closed city of Norilsk, to the devastated Great Barrier Reef in Australia and surreal lithium evaporation ponds in the Atacama desert, the filmmakers have traversed the globe using high end production values and state of the art camera techniques to document evidence and experience of human planetary domination.

After the film Eleanor Ouimet, Assistant Professor in Residence of Anthropology at UConn, will give a short commentary on the film based on her work and answer questions. She is an environmental anthropologist who studies human-environment interactions, cross-cultural conservation practices, community response to natural hazards and the effects of climate change, and the links between culture, history, economics, environmental ethics and resource management.

Zoom Webinar Event- REGISTER HERE: https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_d8Q5ly60TQq1-FHbgvkjxw

This event is sponsored by The William Benton Museum of Art and co-sponsored by EcoHouse and UConn Reads.

Contact Information: benton@uconn.edu
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Mar 9 Critical LOOKing: A Virtual Dialogue6:00pm

Critical LOOKing: A Virtual Dialogue

Tuesday, March 9th, 2021

06:00 PM - 06:30 PM

Other
wherever you are

Tap your powers of observation and investigate a single work of art through close looking and discussion with Amanda Douberley, Assistant Curator/Academic Liaison.

Through mid-March, we are featuring works of art in the exhibition, "The Human Epoch: Living in the Anthropocene".

This weeks subject is "Tornado", from the series "Accidentally Kansas" (1999) by Lori Nix.

Offered via Zoom Meetings – registration is required and space is limited.

Registration Link: https://zoom.us/meeting/register/tJwsf-6gqjosH9adOiPu-sPFo_3pdinOtcDW

Your registration will be approved if space is available. You will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting or put on a wait list.

Contact Information: Benton@uconn.edu
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Mar 11 Drawing Workshop: Thursdays With The Benton6:30pm

Drawing Workshop: Thursdays With The Benton

Thursday, March 11th, 2021

06:30 PM - 07:30 PM

Other
Virtual Event

Link for more information on this event: https://benton.uconn.edu/drawing-workshop/

Contact Information: benton@uconn.edu
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Mar 18 Art & Art History Club Takeover – Looking Through Drawing8:00pm

Art & Art History Club Takeover – Looking Through Drawing

Thursday, March 18th, 2021

08:00 PM - 09:00 PM

Storrs Campus
Virtual Event

Members of UConn’s Art & Art History Club engage the art of Käthe Kollwitz through a collaborative drawing activity.

UConn current and past students only event. Use your UConn email to register.

Register for this Zoom meeting here: https://zoom.us/meeting/register/tJAvdeuqpjoqG9LdfKAcPagHoLXR80d4arus

Contact Information: benton@uconn.edu
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Mar 25 Project Fashion Takeover: Environmentalism Through Fashion12:00am

Project Fashion Takeover: Environmentalism Through Fashion

Thursday, March 25th, 2021

12:00 AM - 11:59 PM

Storrs Campus
Virtual Event

For this project, members of UConn’s Project Fashion clubs creative designs are influenced by the Benton Museum’s online exhibition "The Human Epoch: Living in the Anthropocene" and UConn Reads 2021 environmental theme.

Watch Environmentalism Through Fashion: https://benton.uconn.edu/wp-admin/post.php?post=9661&action=edit

Contact Information: benton@uconn.edu
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