BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Prior Performing Arts Center - ECPv6.15.17.1//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-WR-CALNAME:Prior Performing Arts Center X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://priorperformingartscenter.holycross.edu X-WR-CALDESC:Events for Prior Performing Arts Center REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20250309T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20251102T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20260308T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20261101T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20270314T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20271107T060000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260825 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20261125 DTSTAMP:20261105T065900 CREATED:20260803T201104Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260925T134505Z UID:6721-1787616000-1795564799@priorperformingartscenter.holycross.edu SUMMARY:Queens\, Gods\, and Devotees: Selections from the Petrucci Family Foundation Collection of African American Art DESCRIPTION:Tawny Chatmon (b. 1979)\, Iconography/A Hopeful Truth (detail)\, 2023\, 24k gold leaf\, 22k moon gold\, acrylic paint\, semi-precious stones & other mixed media on archival pigment print\, 56” x 42”. Courtesy of the Petrucci Family Foundation Collection of African American Art. \n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Details\n \n \n \n \n \n \n On View Aug 25–Nov 24\, 2026 \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Price\n \n \n \n \n \n \n Free General Admission \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Venue\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\nIris & B. Gerald Cantor Art Gallery3rd Floor\, The Prior Performing Arts Center \n\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Parking\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\nFree parking\, registration required. CLICK HERE to pre-register for visitor parking. \n\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Cantor Art Gallery\n \n \n \n \n \n \n\nFeaturing over 30 paintings\, sculptures\, photographs\, prints\, and fiber works from c. 1900 to the present\, Queens\, Gods\, and Devotees foregrounds earthly and divine greatness\, and their associated devotional objects and ritual practices. Many of these images of exalted figures and concepts related to spirituality and worship are specific to the Black American experience\, or are re-imagined in a Black cultural context. References to Greek mythology\, the Judeo-Christian tradition\, ancient cultures and traditional African spiritual practices appear alongside one another.  \nThe exhibition includes work by celebrated artists including Romare Bearden\, Henry Ossawa Tanner\, Richmond Barthé\, John Biggers\, Willie Cole\, Shinique Smith\, Tawny Chatmon\, Imo Nse Imeh and Sharif Bey\, among others. Selections in Queens\, Gods\, and Devotees are drawn entirely from the Petrucci Family Foundation Collection of African American Art. The PFF Collection is a targeted initiative to bring focus to the full range of African American visual creativity and its essential place in the history and discourse of American Art. As part of a growing and thoughtful dialogue about the African American experience through art\, the PFF Collection seeks to visually represent a cross-section of themes that speak not only to the African American community\, but also the broader American community. \nCurated by Susanna W. Gold\, Ph.D. \n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Exhibition Events\n \n \n \n \n \n \n\nOpening ReceptionThursday\, September 17 | 5:30 PM | Cantor Art Gallery \nArtist Talk: Imo Nse Imeh\, Feeding the Veins of the EarthThursday\, October 1 | 4:30 PM | Rehm LibraryOrganized by The Rev. Michael C. McFarland\, S.J. Center for Religion\, Ethics and Culture \n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n\nTo Be Seen and Heard: Devotion in Eastern Christian Icons\nOn view in the Art Study Room\nThis selection of 18th- and 19th-century icons is generously loaned by The Icon Museum and Study Center (Clinton\, MA). These objects\, images of Christian figures and stories for use during prayer\, offer visual parallels to the works in Queens\, Gods\, and Devotees\, demonstrating how image-making and conceptual themes connect across time and cultures. On View beginning September 1\, 2026. URL:https://priorperformingartscenter.holycross.edu/event/queens-gods-devotees-african-american-art/ LOCATION:Iris & B. Gerald Cantor Art Gallery\, 1 College St\, Worcester\, MA\, 01610\, United States CATEGORIES:Cantor Art Gallery,Events at The Prior ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://priorperformingartscenter.holycross.edu/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/QGD_landscape_web_banner.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20261029 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20261109 DTSTAMP:20261105T065900 CREATED:20260901T142315Z LAST-MODIFIED:20261026T182314Z UID:6819-1793232000-1794182399@priorperformingartscenter.holycross.edu SUMMARY:APPROPRIATE DESCRIPTION:APPROPRIATE\n \n \n \n \n \n by Pulitzer Prize-winning author Branden Jacobs-Jenkins\n \n \n \n \n \n Department of Theatre & Dance \n \n Purchase Tickets\n \n \n \n \n \n Please note that this production is intended for audiences aged 18+ due to adult themes.\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Details\n \n \n \n \n \n \n Oct 29–Nov 8\, 2026 \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Price\n \n \n \n \n \n \n $15 Public$10 Holy Cross Community \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Venue\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\nBoroughs TheatrePrior Performing Arts Center \n\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Parking\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\nFree parking\, registration required. CLICK HERE to pre-register for visitor parking. \n\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\nThe estranged Lafayette siblings reunite at their late father’s decaying Arkansas estate to settle his remaining debts and clear out the house. As they sift through decades of clutter\, the discovery of a relic hidden among his possessions forces them to confront disturbing questions about their family legacy and the patriarch they thought they knew. \nThis ferocious\, unsettling and often hilarious work by the Pulitzer Prize-winning African-American playwright Branden Jacobs-Jenkins transforms the American family play into a riveting examination of race\, memory and the stories families tell themselves. \nMilad Azarm directs. \n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\nEVENING PRESENTATIONS\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n\nThursday\, Oct 29 @ 7:30 p.m.Friday\, Oct 30 @ 7:30 p.m.Saturday\, Oct 31 @ 7:30 p.m.Thursday\, Nov 5 @ 7:30 p.m.Friday\, Nov 6 @ 7:30 p.m.Saturday\, Nov 7 @ 7:30 p.m. \n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\nMATINEE PRESENTATIONS\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n\nSunday\, Nov 1 @ 2:00 p.m.Sunday\, Nov 8 @ 2:00 p.m. \n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Explore More URL:https://priorperformingartscenter.holycross.edu/event/appropriate-by-branden-jacobs-jenkins-theater/ LOCATION:Boroughs Theatre – Prior Performing Arts Center\, 1 College St\, Worcester\, MA\, 01610\, United States CATEGORIES:Department of Theatre & Dance,Events at The Prior ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://priorperformingartscenter.holycross.edu/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/appropriate-landscape-web.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261105T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20261105T160000 DTSTAMP:20261105T065900 CREATED:20261002T130817Z LAST-MODIFIED:20261006T153349Z UID:7061-1793894400-1793894400@priorperformingartscenter.holycross.edu SUMMARY:Clement Valla | Improbable Images: Making Pictures with Machines DESCRIPTION:Clement Valla\n \n \n \n \n \n Improbable Images: Making Pictures with Machines\n \n \n \n \n \n \n\nBeyond the Magic: AI Image Speaker Series\n\nSponsored by the Ruettgers Grand Challenge Grant and Department of Visual Arts \n\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Details\n \n \n \n \n \n \n Nov 5\, 20264:00 p.m. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Price\n \n \n \n \n \n \n Free General Admission \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Venue\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\nHogan 406/407 \n\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Parking\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\nFree parking\, registration required. CLICK HERE to pre-register for visitor parking. \n\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n\nClement Valla is an artist interested in how machines and humans see. He works with scanners\, satellites\, cameras and software\, leaves their workings in plain view\, and draws by hand into what they produce. He is best known for Postcards from Google Earth (2010–ongoing)\, a collection of the melting bridges\, draping highways and folded terrain thrown off by Google’s automated 3D maps. His recent work turns on the moment data becomes a surface. In pointcloud.garden\, 3D scans of real gardens drift across screens as slow fields of points. In Google Trees\, a scan of a single tree is printed onto folded steel and built at full scale. The work takes the form of prints\, screens\, textiles and sculpture. \nHis work has been exhibited at ZKM | Center for Art and Media\, Karlsruhe; Museum Morsbroich\, Leverkusen; the Moscow Museum of Modern Art; V&A Dundee; Dongdaemun Design Plaza\, Seoul; the Macao International Art Biennale; MU\, Eindhoven; and the Museum of the Moving Image\, New York. His projects have been covered by The Guardian\, TIME\, Wired\, Artforum\, El País\, Domus and Smithsonian Magazine\, among others. \nValla holds a BA from Columbia University and an MFA in Digital+Media from the Rhode Island School of Design\, where he is Professor and founding head of the Computation\, Technology\, and Culture department. He previously served as dean of Experimental and Foundation Studies. He is represented by bitforms gallery. Born 1979\, he lives and works in Providence\, Rhode Island. \n\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n\nImage 1: Inkjet print on Hahnemuhle rice paper\, archival pen and colored pencil13 x 18 in\, unframed13 x 18 in / 33 x 45.7 cm care of bitforms gallery. \n \nImage 2: Clement Valla\, image courtesy of bitforms gallery  URL:https://priorperformingartscenter.holycross.edu/event/clement-valla-jig-thinking-artist-talk-ai-series/ LOCATION:Hogan 406/407\, 1 College St.\, Worcester\, MA\, 01610\, United States CATEGORIES:Department of Visual Arts,Holy Cross Community ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://priorperformingartscenter.holycross.edu/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/Clement-Valla-landscape-web.jpeg END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR