Important Information
Additional Events are complementary to the Main Schedule and are hosted by campus partners and individual alumni groups. If you are interested in hosting an alumni gathering (Mini Reunion) please email reunion@vanderbilt.edu
Blair School of Music
College of Arts and Science
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Department of Art Alumni Reunion Event
Friday, November 7 | 2:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Location: Begonia Labs: 2805 West End Avenue, Nashville, TN 37203Please join us for a conversation and reception with Dominique Greene, an MFA candidate in Printmaking at the Rhode Island School of Design, and a participant in the 2024 Vanderbilt Department of Art Reunion event. Born in Birmingham, AL in 2001, Dominique Greene explores the experiences and complexities of Black womanhood through video art and graphic design, and she is expanding her interdisciplinary approach to include printmaking. She also designed the poster for the Studio Sessions exhibition, showcasing the Department of Art Faculty & Staff, which on view at 204 Space Gallery this fall.
The exhibition currently on display at the Engine for Art, Democracy & Justice (EADJ) Begonia Labs is titled Prefabricating Solidarity: IMS-Žeželj Between Yugoslavia, Cuba, and Angola.
Founded by Dr. María Magdalena Campos-Pons, Cornelius Vanderbilt Endowed Chair Professor of Art, The Engine for Art, Democracy & Justice (or EADJ for short) explores creative approaches to living together in the Global South(s) through a platform for academic, creative and social exploration at the intersection of art, democracy and justice. It is a trans institutional research initiative among Fisk University, the Frist Art Museum, Millions of Conversations, and Vanderbilt University. EADJ's Fall 2025 exhibition at Begonia Labs and associated programs are generously supported by The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. Previous programs supported by the Ford Foundation. Grace Aneiza Ali is EADJ's appointed curator for 2024-2025.
Inquiries: Martha Dale (martha.l.dale@Vanderbilt.Edu)
Peabody College of Education and Human Development
School of Engineering
Affinity/Identity Group
Additional Campus Partners
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Vanderbilt University Museum of Art
VUMA Curator’s Tour
Friday, November 7 | 9:00 a.m.
Location: Cohen Memorial Hall, 2nd floor, 1220 21st Avenue South, Nashville, TN 37203Dr. Courtney Wilder leads a Curator’s Tour of her exhibition Paper Backs: Hidden Stories of European Prints from the Vanderbilt University Museum of Art Collection. Many of these 60 prints dating from 1530 to 1915 have never been seen before and reemerged during campus construction in 2023. On exhibit through December 7, 2025. Visit https://www.vanderbilt.edu/art-museum/ to learn more.
Paper Backs: Hidden Stories of European Prints from the Vanderbilt University Museum of Art Collection
Location: Cohen Memorial Hall, 1220 21st Avenue South, Nashville, TN 37203VUMA is thrilled to announce the opening of our Fall 2025 exhibition, Paper Backs: Hidden Stories of European Prints from the Vanderbilt University Museum of Art Collection, which invites the public to look at works on paper in unexpected ways. The exhibition will be on view from September 2 through December 7, 2025.
Paper Backs encourages visitors to encounter 60 time-worn prints dating between 1530 and 1915 from multiple vantage points and discover a rich ecosystem of works on paper that includes but also goes beyond the pristine masterpieces typically displayed in museums. The exhibition emphasizes two sets of interconnected stories. The first section, Paper Tracks, traces the movement of prints between artists and collectors over centuries, showing the intermediary role played by dealers as well as the disruptive impact of historic events such as war. The second section, Paper Hacks, focuses on the prints’ uses (and abuses) by prior owners, demonstrating the changing value of paper images over time. To tell these stories and loop audiences into art historical detective work, the exhibition highlights physical aspects of works on paper that are often hidden, such as stamped marks, offhand doodles, and found materials used in the previous conservation and presentation of prints. Visitors will be able to study selected prints in double-sided displays, while other prints will be shown with their backs facing out. An online version of the exhibition allows users to toggle between both sides of each print. The exhibition is primarily drawn from VUMA’s recently rediscovered collection of more than 6,400 European and American prints dating from 1500 to 1915.
Inquiries: (Gallery@vanderbilt.edu)
