All MCAM exhibitions and programs are open to the public. Admission is free unless otherwise stated.
DEC 3, 2023 LEYMUSOOM VOYAGE 2:00–4:00 pm, ART MUSEUM Join Art+Process+Ideas artist-in-residence Heesoo Kwon on a voyage across her artistic collaborators and communities. Performances by Korean drumming group 끼리 끼리 (Kkiri Kkiri)), Dong-Ji Collective, and artist and experimental musician Breno Aragon Breno Aragon. AArtist talk from Kwon and collaborators Karen Cheung, SFMOMA Curatorial Associate, Media Arts, and Leymusoom Giftshop publisher Vivian Sming of Sming Sming Books.
JAN 20, 2024 OPENING RECEPTION FOR LOOK UP INTO THE SKY 4:00–6:00 pm, ART MUSEUM Join Mills College Art Museum for the opening reception of Look up to the Sky. Enjoy custom fortune cookies in which exhibiting artists will reveal lessons learned from, and words of gratitude inspired by, Hung Liu. Attendees will have the opportunity to adorn the bushes in front of the museum with their own experiences of Liu’s mentorship, talent, and generosity. Refreshments served.
FEB 24, 2024 JANE GREEN ENDOWED LECTURE IN ART HISTORY 3:00–5:00 pm, DANFORTH LECTURE HALL In conjunction with the special exhibition Look Up to the Sky, Hung Liu’s Legacy of Mentoring Women Artists, this year's Jane Green Endowed Lecture in Art History features a conversation with three artists mentored by Hung Liu (1948-2021), acclaimed Chinese American artist and beloved professor of art at Mills College. Dorothy Moss, founding director of the Hung Liu Estate, will moderate the conversation among artists Rosana Castrillo Díaz, Nicole Phungrasamee Fein, and Mel Prest, former students of Hung Liu and alumnae of the Mills College MFA Program in Studio Art. Reception immediately to follow at the Reinhardt Alumnae House. Before the conversation, join MCAM Director Stephanie Hanor at 2:00pm for a curator-led tour of the exhibition.
MAR 23, 2024 CLOSING PROGRAM FOR LOOK UP INTO THE SKY 4:00–6:00 pm, ART MUSEUM Join Mills College Art Museum, exhibiting artists, and the Mills College Studio Art community for a potluck and slideshow celebrating the legacy of Hung Liu.