Past MOCRA Events

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Name

Thomas Sokolowski: “The Changing Face of AIDS”

Dates

November 5, 1994

Description

Thomas Sokolowski is the Director of the Grey Art Gallery and Study Center of New York University. He is also a co-founder of Day Without Art, an annual observance by galleries and museums. In this lecture Mr. Sokolowski will look at the art that has been produced dealing with AIDS from the early 1980s to the present day.

This lecture is presented in conjunction with the MOCRA exhibition Consecrations: The Spiritual in Art in the Time of AIDS.

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Thomas Sokolowski

Related programming

Consecrations dance program and opening reception

The Amici Quartet in recital

Terrence Dempsey, S.J.: “The Spiritual in Art in the Time of AIDS”

Day Without Art

Lynn Hague in recital

Related MOCRA Voices episodes

Hear excerpts from Thomas Sokolowsi’s talk on Episode 3: Thomas Sokolowski

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2024-04-14	René Paul Barilleaux: Crafting a Curatorial Practice April 14, 2024 René Paul Barilleaux, Chief of Curatorial Affairs at the McNay Art Museum in San Antonio, TX, traces the evolution of his curatorial practice over a forty-year period, including a sustained intere...
2022-11-19	What Is Viral? What Is Value? — Open Mic November 19, 2022 This event, held in conjunction with the MOCRA exhibition Jordan Eagles: VIRAL...
2022-09-29	Artist, Poet, Curator: A Conversation with Lesley Dill, Tom Sleigh and Rene Paul Barilleaux September 29, 2022 On September 29, 2022, MOCRA welcomed acclaimed visual artist Lesley Dill for a virtual, Zoom-based presentation. Dill was joined by poet Tom Sleigh and Rene Paul Barilleaux, head of curatorial aff...
2022-04-07 to 2022-04-07	Tom Lucas, S.J.: Art in the Jesuit Tradition April 7, 2022 to April 07, 2022 Fr. Tom Lucas, S.J., speaks about Art in the Jesuit Tradition, an illustrated presentation that surveys the important role of art in Jesuit education and spirituality from the earliest days of the ...
2021-11-06 to 2021-11-06	Conversations with Photographer Tom Kiefer November 6, 2021 to November 06, 2021 This event took place in person at the Anheuser-Busch Auditorium on the campus of Saint Louis University, with a simultaneous Zoom feed. The event was co-sponsored by MOCRA, the Saint Louis Univers...
2021-11-05 to 2021-11-05	Meet the Artist: Tom Kiefer November 5, 2021 to November 05, 2021 Join us in the gallery for informal conversations with photographer Tom Kiefer about his exhibition “Pertenencias / Belongings,” currently on display at MOCRA. No formal talk is planned. Kiefer...
2021-11-03 to 2021-11-03	Sobrevida: A Conversation with Prof. Daisy Vargas November 3, 2021 to November 03, 2021 Dr. Daisy Vargas explores life and death at the Mexico-U.S. borderlands through the material objects that migrants bring on their journeys. The Religion and Complex Social Issues series b...
2021-10-26 to 2021-10-26	Religion and Complex Social Issues Series: Panel on Immigration, Justice, and Religion October 26, 2021 to October 26, 2021 The Religion and Complex Social Issues series began in fall 2017 to provide informative, thoughtful, discussion-oriented opportunities for students, faculty, and various other communities of Saint ...
2019-11-10	Pursuing the Spirit in Contemporary Art: A Celebration of Terrence Dempsey, S.J. November 10, 2019 On June 30, 2019, MOCRA Founding Director Terrence Dempsey, S.J., retired from Saint Louis University after nearly three decades of teaching and museum leadership. Fr. Dempsey jokes that he may be ...
2019-04-14	A Conversation with Gary Logan April 14, 2019 Trinidadian-American artist Gary Logan uses the visual language of abstraction to convey encounters with the sublime and explore challenging dimensions of the human experience. In this conversation...

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