THE HOOD ON CAMPUS: NIGHT AT THE MUSEUM

Night at the Museum was the Hood Museum of Art's first collaboration with South House, the Dartmouth community that encompasses the three dorms in closest proximity to the museum: Topliff, New Hampshire, and the Lodge. Museum staff worked with South House leadership to craft an evening filled with art, music, dance, and discovery.

The evening began with student performances by Raleigh Nesbitt, Ashley Wells, and a cappella group the Dodecaphonics, as well as food and drinks in the Russo Atrium. Hood Museum curators gave fifteen-minute gallery talks on a range of topics from Native American art to the exhibition Consent: Complicating Agency in Photography. Sienna Craig, associate professor of anthropology and South House deputy house professor, and Kathy Hart, senior curator of collections and academic programming, introduced a group of students, faculty, and staff to socially engaged artworks from the Hood Museum's collection on view in the Bernstein Center for Object Study.

Some of the over two hundred attendees collected stickers at the different events and turned in their Night at the Museum "passports" for South House swag. The evening ended back in the atrium with several incredible student dance and musical performances by Tyné Freeman + trio, Ijay Nwukwe, and the student dance ensemble Raaz.

"We were thrilled to work with South House to make the museum a place where their students, faculty, and affiliated staff could gather, explore, and learn together. We look forward to welcoming South House back soon, and to working with other residential communities on campus," said Isadora Italia, campus engagement coordinator.

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Written September 01, 2019