On View February 7 – April 20, 2014 Today Middlebury College Museum of Art opens Performance Now, a selection of works by artists who practice a variety of art making procedures featuring videos, objects, films, and installations that document ephemeral occurrences. Performance Now presents a preponderance of new performance works created since the year 2000, a period that has witnessed exponential growth in the field. Bringing together 22 of the most significant practitioners today, the exhibition surveys critical and experimental currents in performance on an international scale. In addition to installations in the museum’s Christian A. Johnson Gallery, there will be regular screenings of films on Thursday evenings at 7:30 p.m. in Room 232 of the Donald F. Axinn Center. Visit the museum’s website here for a complete and up-to-date list of the Thursday night screenings. Public Programs: Performance Now: Illustrated Lecture? Thursday, February 27, 4:30pm with RoseLee Goldberg, Founding Director and Curator, Performa? at the Mahaney Center for the Arts, Concert Hall Performance Now: Clifford Owens Wednesday March 19, 4:30pm ?Lecture/Performance with Clifford Owens, Artist? at the Christian A. Johnson Memorial Building, Room 304 Off the Wall: Informal Discussions About Art—“Embodied Experience: Creating/Witnessing/Dancing” Friday, March 14, 12:15pm Art & Lunch Discussion with Catherine Cabeen, Visiting Assistant Professor of Dance ?at the Middlebury College Museum of Art To view the Middlebury College Museum of Art’s public programs in detail, click here.

February 7, 2014- - March 17, 2014 @ Middlebury College Museum of Art

Mahaney Center for the Arts 72 Porter Field Road Middlebury, VT 05753