Probability & Uncertainty

Probability & Uncertainty

As Union College embarked on the new building and renovation project for our Science and Engineering departments last year, the moment seemed well-suited to re-examine the historic scientific instruments held in the Union College Permanent Collection. This culminated with the exhibition Probability & Uncertainty, featuring more than 30 instruments, juxtaposed with the works of six contemporary female artists creating with scientific themes. 

Maker Workshop: Contemporary Art Intersections with Nettrice Gaskins, April 12th, 2018, 12:55-1:45 PM

Maker Workshop: Contemporary Art Intersections with Nettrice Gaskins, April 12th, 2018, 12:55-1:45 PM

In conjunction with the Mandeville Gallery’s new exhibition, Probability & Uncertainty, visitors will have the opportunity to take part in a Maker Workshop with exhibiting artist Nettrice Gaskins. Participants will make a simple machine from found objects (ex. Rube Goldberg Machine) or an apparatus and method for creating optical illusion effects (ex. Pepper’s Ghost).

Olivier Model Demonstration, February 8th, 2018, 12:55-1:45 PM

Olivier Model Demonstration, February 8th, 2018, 12:55-1:45 PM

In conjunction with the Mandeville Gallery’s new exhibition, Probability & Uncertainty, there will be a demonstration of a select few Olivier Models from the Union College Permanent Collection. Please join us as Jeff Jauregui, Assistant Professor of Mathematics, demonstrates how the models move and explains their purpose in the study of mathematics.

Laini Nemett: When We Lived Here

Laini Nemett: When We Lived Here

Artist Laini Nemett works with cardboard models, collage, and large-scale oil paintings to create architectural environments that explore the idea of home in the exhibition, When We Lived Here. Nemett describes her work as a response to, “personal histories as recalled by the buildings that house them…I collage and collapse planes to conjure the passing of time and the generations of lives lived between the aging walls.”

Radical Kingdoms

Radical Kingdoms

In the exhibition, Radical Kingdoms, contemporary works are juxtaposed with early practitioners’ works, such as John James Audubon’s The Viviparous Quadrupeds of North America, and lesser-known artists of the time, such as J. Sowerby, Mary Peart, and Georg Dionysius Ehret, in order to highlight artistic similarities and formal shifts away from traditional modes of presentation.