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Samuel Pellman, the Leonard C. Ferguson Professor of Music, presented his composition NGC 2080, Variation 2 at the Emerson Gallery on Feb. 18 as part of the Gallery’s “Look Up” exhibition. Pellman’s piece, which was accompanied by a video created by his collaborator Miranda Raimondi '08, combines unique and innovative sounds with beautiful and meaningful images.

Hamilton's Emerson Gallery will present an artists’ talk with Samuel Pellman, the Leonard C. Ferguson Professor of Music, and alumna Miranda Raimondi ’08, on Thursday, Feb. 18, at noon in the gallery. Pellman and Raimondi will discuss their work, "Music From Space: Samuel Pellman and Miranda Raimondi’s Selected Nebulae."

“In the early ‘70s, we had a deal where you could leave for January, as long as you convinced Dean Winton Tolles that it had some academic value,” explained Josh Simpson, a 1972 Hamilton graduate, to the audience at the Science Center Kennedy Auditorium. And so Simpson managed to do just that – and Tolles allowed him, as Simpson had requested, to practice glass blowing in Vermont for the duration of that month. Simpson, who is now a professional glass blower, remarked “It was the best thing that had ever happened to me.”

The Emerson Gallery is lending a painting by Percy Wyndham Lewis from its collection to Fundación Juan March, an art museum in Madrid, Spain, for Wyndham Lewis, 1882-1957. This exhibition, which opens on Feb. 5, brings together drawings and paintings by the British artist from across Europe and the United States. The loaned work was a gift to the gallery from Omar S. ’51 and Elizabeth Pound.

The exhibition “Private (dis) play” featuring the sketchbooks of contemporary artists Julie Hefferman, Vincent Desidirio, Kurt Kauper, Mira Schor, Tom Knechtel, Catherine Hower and Hamilton professors Ella Gant and Katharine Kuharic opens at the New York Academy of Art on Tuesday, Jan. 26, in New York City.

LOOK UP, four concurrent exhibitions featuring works by Hamilton College alumni, faculty and students will open in the Emerson Gallery at Hamilton on Monday, Jan. 18.

Video artist Oliver Herring, whose work is now on exhibit in Hamilton's Emerson Gallery, will hold a gallery conversation with Emerson Gallery Consulting Director Ian Berry on Tuesday, Oct. 20, at 4:15 p.m. in the gallery. Following the conversation, a reception will be held at 5 p.m. for the three current exhibitions, including “Oliver Herring: Video Sketch.” The three exhibits, which also include “private (dis)play: Contemporary Artists’ Sketchbooks” and “William Palmer: Drawing from Life,” run until Jan. 3.

The Emerson Gallery presents three exhibitions: “private(dis)play: Contemporary Artists’ Sketchbooks,” “Oliver Herring: Video Sketch” and “William Palmer: Drawing from Life” from August 24 through January 3. All three exhibits examine the working processes of artists via multiple media.

Hamilton students Katerina Adair '10, Katie Anderson '11, and Kenley Stark '11 visited glass artist Josh Simpson '72 at his studio in Shelburne Falls, Ma., this week. The students are working with Susanna White, the Emerson Gallery's associate director and curator, to organize an exhibition of Simpson's work.

On Monday, Jan. 19, the Emerson Gallery will open three new exhibitions that collectively examine West African masquerade, the ritual of masking, and its implications on identity and culture. An opening reception for the three exhibitions will be held on Tuesday, Jan. 27, from 4 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. The trio will remain on view until April 5. The exhibitions, opening reception and special events, listed below, are free and open to the public.