Discover beloved artworks from the Berea College Art Collection and visiting artists at the Doris Ulmann Galleries through a guided conversation led by Ainsley Golden, BereaCorps Art Collection and Gallery Associate, focusing on one or a few artworks from the permanent collection. For April, the talk will center on Alexander Calder’s Sun, a tapestry made in 1974. Calder was a leading figure in the modernist art movement of the early and mid-twentieth century known for his kinetic sculptures and emphasis on simplified forms and design. The tapestry in our collection is a rare example of how Calder explored those ideas in fiber art and textiles.

“Discoveries” tours begin at 11:00 in the Dimitrie Berea Gallery on the second floor of the Rogers-Traylor Art Building on select Fridays during the academic year. These free, monthly events are open to all – students, campus community, and visitors! Participants are encouraged, but not required, to register in advance at https://bctrace.com/explore/.

For additional information, or to schedule a group visit on days other than Fridays, please contact Ainsley Golden at goldena3@berea.edu or 859-985-3849.

Fury is building on the surface of the Sun: high-velocity jets, a fiery tsunami wave 100,000 km high, rising loops of electrified gas. What’s driving these strange phenomena? How will they affect planet Earth? Find the answers as we venture into the seething interior of our star.
Solar Superstorms takes viewers into the tangle of magnetic fields and superhot plasma that vent the Sun’s rage in dramatic flares, violent solar tornadoes, and the largest eruptions in the Solar System: coronal mass ejections.

This showing is recommended fro grades 4-12, college, and general audiences. The subject areas include cosmology, space science, Earth science, solar system, and astronomy.

Fury is building on the surface of the Sun: high-velocity jets, a fiery tsunami wave 100,000 km high, rising loops of electrified gas. What’s driving these strange phenomena? How will they affect planet Earth? Find the answers as we venture into the seething interior of our star.
Solar Superstorms takes viewers into the tangle of magnetic fields and superhot plasma that vent the Sun’s rage in dramatic flares, violent solar tornadoes, and the largest eruptions in the Solar System: coronal mass ejections.

This showing is recommended fro grades 4-12, college, and general audiences. The subject areas include cosmology, space science, Earth science, solar system, and astronomy.