Film And Drawing: Persepolis

Thursday, February 16, 7 Pm
Auditorium

The Clark screens the English-language version of Persepolis, the adaptation of Marjane Satrapi's sensitive and sharp autobiographical novel. It traces Satrapi's growth from a young child to a rebellious teen. The film takes place in Iran during the tense political climate of the 1970s and '80s.

Animation becomes thoughtful realism as Persepolis portrays life as it is lived, filtered through the lens of human experience. The film was awarded the Prix du Jury at the 2007 Cannes Film Festival.

Run time: 1hr 36 mins

Free. Click here to find out more.

Open For Presidents' Day!

Monday, February 20, 10 Am–5 Pm

The Clark is open for Presidents' Day!

Pick up a Presidents' Day-themed self-guide to explore the galleries in search of connections to presidential themes.

Admission to the Clark is free through March 2023.

Kids' Week At The Clark

Monday, February 20 Through Friday, February 24

Kids' Week offers families fun art-making activities and opportunities to connect with art, ideas, and nature. Pick up a set of complimentary colored pencils and a drawing pad for sketching or journaling, design and send unique postcards to friends at our new postcard station, or hike our 140-acre campus!

The best part? There's something at the Clark for everyone, so parents will have fun too!

Rap Lecture: Thinking Species

Tuesday, February 21, 5:30 Pm
Auditorium

In this Research and Academic Program lecture, Shawn Michelle Smith considers Alison Ruttan's artwork The Four Year War at Gombe (2009–2011). In light of recent scholarship on multispecies relations, this lecture contemplates the promises and risks of multispecies imaginings while reflecting on what it means to think about species historically and today.

Smith is a professor of Visual and Critical Studies at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago in Illinois. Her project at the Clark, titled Environmental Double Consciousness, approaches environmental catastrophe through the lens of critical race studies.

Free with a reception in the Manton Research Center starting at 5 pm. 
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Classification And Conquest In The Napoleonic Description De L’égypte

Thursday, February 23, 6 Pm
Auditorium

In conjunction with Promenades on Paper: Eighteenth-Century French Drawings from the Bibliothèque nationale de France, Liza Oliver, associate professor of art at Wellesley College, discusses the Description de l’Égypte (1809–1820)—a monumental compilation of engravings and essays about the pharaonic past, modern state, and natural history of Egypt that ushered in the discipline of modern Egyptology as we know it.

Free. Click here to find out more.