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Events
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Teaching With the Real Thing: Using Archives and Special Collections in Your Courses In-Person
A hands-on and minds-on workshop sponsored by the Oberlin College Libraries, the Lemle Center for Teaching & Scholarship, and the Book Studies Program.
The workshop offers a series of very brief...
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- Date:
- Thursday, September 18, 2025
- Time:
- 8:45am - 1:00pm
- Location:
- Archives and Terrell Special Collections (4th floor Mudd Center)
ART+craft: Faux Flower Wreaths In-Person
When is a door not a door? When it’s ajar?
When it is ajar, is it open to new things?
Come create a wreath, make your door "new."
- Date:
- Thursday, September 18, 2025
- Time:
- 6:00pm - 8:00pm
- Location:
- Clarence Ward Art Library
- Categories:
- Art Library
movieMondays: "MA: A Japanese Concept" In-Person
A compilation of 4 short films and videos on the Japanese theme of MA, roughly translated to 'negative space', but evokes a deeper sense as a concept of space/time as one, or the interconnectiveness...
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- Date:
- Monday, September 22, 2025
- Time:
- 8:00pm - 10:00pm
- Location:
- Clarence Ward Art Library
- Categories:
- Art Library
ART+craft: Miniature Art In-Person
Good things, small packages?
Please, and thank you.
- Date:
- Thursday, September 25, 2025
- Time:
- 6:00pm - 8:00pm
- Location:
- Clarence Ward Art Library
- Categories:
- Art Library
CWAL Book Club: Portrait of an Unknown Lady by María Gainza In-Person
"Portrait of an Unknown Lady" is a 2022 mystery and/or crime fiction novel by Argentine author María Gainza, translated into English by Thomas Bunstead.
The book follows a nameless narrator, an art...
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- Date:
- Friday, September 26, 2025
- Time:
- 4:00pm - 6:00pm
- Location:
- Clarence Ward Art Library
- Categories:
- Art Library
movieMondays: "Surveying the First Decade, vol. 1 pt. 1: Explorations of Presence, Performance, and Audience" In-Person
Explorations and investigations of art and media through visual imaging. Filming in the 1970s and 1980s also includes communication projects such as candid videos centered around confrontations at...
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- Date:
- Monday, September 29, 2025
- Time:
- 8:00pm - 10:00pm
- Location:
- Clarence Ward Art Library
- Categories:
- Art Library
Natural Ink Making In-Person
Join us for a late afternoon of creating and testing ink made from natural materials! Explore the various hues that can be made from supplies such as turmeric, pokeberry, and charcoal. Stick around...
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- Date:
- Friday, October 3, 2025
- Time:
- 3:30pm - 5:30pm
- Location:
- Moffett Auditorium - Mudd A-050
- Categories:
- Art Library Book Arts Series
- Registration Type:
- In-Person Registration
- Register! - 13 seats left
Rock Hall Vibes & Votes In-Person
In honor of the Rock Hall Induction Ceremony, come listen to some tunes, have a treat, and vote for the person/group you'd like to see voted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame!
- Date:
- Friday, October 17, 2025
- Time:
- 9:00am - 5:00pm
- Location:
- Conservatory Library
- Categories:
- Conservatory Library
Western Calligraphy & Illumination In-Person
Learn the steps and techniques used by scribes and illuminators in the Medieval period to write and decorate book. This all-day workshop is sponsored by the Oberlin College Libraries and the Book...
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- Date:
- Saturday, November 8, 2025
- Time:
- 10:00am - 4:00pm
- Location:
- Archives and Terrell Special Collections (4th floor Mudd Center)
- Categories:
- Book Arts Series
- Registrations are fully booked!
Modern Lettering Workshop In-Person
Learn the art of modern lettering from Mike Gold, a master letterer. "Lettering" is a little different from Calligraphy, with fewer rules and more focus on artistic expression and experimentation....
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- Date:
- Friday, December 5, 2025
- Time:
- 4:00pm - 6:00pm
- Location:
- Archives and Terrell Special Collections (4th floor Mudd Center)
- Categories:
- Book Arts Series
- Registration Type:
- In-Person Registration
- Register! - 14 seats left