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Public Performances, Presentations, and Community-Oriented Art Programming

2022

“Ancient Pentathletes and Modern Misconceptions: A Celebration of Title IX.” Panelist
Hosted by the Office for Equity, Equal Opportunity, and Title IX and the Athletics Department, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California

Artist talk
Hosted by Art Department, Colby College, Waterville, Maine

“McSpheres: Material Culture Models.” Community workshops in conjunction with exhibition “Dare to Know: Prints and Drawings in the Age of Enlightenment” at Harvard Art Museums
Hosted by Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, Massachusetts

“Sports Garb/led: Drawing Connections Between Ancient Art, Athletes and Title IX.” Multimedia workshop for youth from Community Art Center, Cambridge, Massachusetts
Hosted by Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, Massachusetts     

“Sports Garb/led: Interdisciplinary Interventions.” Artist talk
Hosted by Beaver Country Day School, Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts; funded by The Nancy Lincoln Arts Fund

“Victorious Secret: 50th Anniversary of Title IX.” Artist talk

Hosted by Independent School Gender Project Symposium

 

 

2021

Fine Arts Lecture Series. Artist talk
Hosted by Brandeis University, Waltham, Massachusetts

“Beyond the Reading Room: Archives in the World” virtual lecture series. Artist talk
Hosted by Bowdoin College Library, Brunswick, Maine; funded by the Harold and Iris Chandler Lectureship Fund

“Sports Garb/led: Workshop”
Hosted by Girls Inc., Greater Lowell, Lowell, Massachusetts; funded by Society for Classical Studies’ “Ancient Worlds, Modern Communities” grant

 

2020

"Art in Isolation with Angela Lorenz, Walt Whitman, Primo Levi, and r.ed monde." Artist talk
Hosted by Fleet Library, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, Rhode Island

 

2019

“Bookworks Performance: Angela Lorenz” in Tisch Family Gallery, Aidekman Arts Center, Tufts University, Medford, Massachusetts.
Hosted by Tufts University Art Gallery, Medford, Massachusetts

 “Bologna (Salumi) Sample” In order to recreate the charcuterie artwork based on the inaugural 2014 performance, the artist produced an edition of majolica trivets in 2017. Appropriately, the piece debuted at Tufts University Art Gallery (TUAG) during a lunchtime artist talk. TUAG’s Liz Cantor hunted down Bolognese specialties at Formaggio Kitchen, a well-known local specialty food shop, and precisely cut the cured meat into specified dimensions for the artist to arrange on the trivet.

“The Clothes that Bind: Identity, Performance and Apparel in Athletics and Society.” Panel speaker
Hosted by the Physical Education, Recreation, and Athletics (PERA) Department. Funded by Wellesley Centers for Women and Wellesley Athletics, Wellesley College, Wellesley, Massachusetts

 

Lettere Salate e Dolci, International Edible Book Festival
Hosted by Biblioteca Multimediale Roberto Ruffilli, Bologna, Italy; funded by L’Occhio sulla città

 

“Outstanding Contribution to the Art of the Book.” Award recipient. Artist talk and Chewing Tzu (1993) performance
Hosted by Center for Book Arts, New York, New York

 

Performed with four volunteers from the audience at the annual gala when the artist was celebrated for “Outstanding Contribution to the Art of the Book.’”This edible performance piece, created fresh each time, has been performed over 50 times. It was first performed in 1993 at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston and, as of this printing, was most recently performed at Tufts University Art Gallery in 2019. It has also been offered to the public as an amuse bouche distributed in absence of the artist at group exhibitions at Yale University Art Gallery in 2002 and the Addison Gallery of American Art in 2017. Other notable venues include Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art in 2000 and the Farnsworth Art Museum in 1996, where it was chewed on TV per request by veteran journalist Bob Dyk.

 

“United States of Bologna, 200 anni di amicizia a stelle e strisce.” Video interview projected at Cappella Farnese, Comune di Bologna, Italy
Hosted by Comune di Bologna; funded by Comune di Bologna and the U.S. Consulate General, Florence

 

 

2018

Conversation with scholar Massimo Riva
Hosted by John Hay Library, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island

R.ed Day at the Hay: A r.ed-themed Scavenger Hunt
Hosted by John Hay Library, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island

To celebrate Lorenz’s exhibition of watercolors and ephemera, the John Hay Library hosted a scavenger hunt. Twenty-six r.ed cloth figurines were hidden all over the three floors of the library for students to find and win prizes if they found all the locations.

“Victorious Secret: Women Athletes in Ancient and Modern Times.” Artist talk and panel discussion for Parents and Family Weekend
Hosted by Tufts University Library, Tufts University, Medford, Massachusetts; funded by The Friends of Tufts Libraries

 

“Visual Artist Angela Lorenz on Artistic Experimentation.” Interview for “Tell Me More” podcast. Available at https://soundcloud.com/user-491829505/visual-artist-angela-lorenz
Hosted by Tufts University, Medford, Massachusetts

 

2017

 

Artist talk at Rockefeller Digital Humanities Lab. Family Weekend programming
Rockefeller Library, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island

 

Artist talk for the The Medici Society
Hosted by the School of the Museum of Fine Arts at Tufts University, Boston, Massachusetts

 

“I Care.” Panel participant for “Who Cares? A 75th Anniversary Symposium”
Hosted by Houghton Library, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts

R.ed in Residence. Weeklong, student-designed, campus-wide scavenger hunt incorporating social media; Artist talk for Family Weekend
Hosted by Phillips Academy; funded by the Robert S. Peabody Institute of Archeology, Phillips Academy, Andover, Massachusetts

 

2016

 

“Women Athletes as Family Status Symbol: Goals for Daughters in the Roman Empire.” Artist talk
Hosted by Art and Architecture Gallery; presented by the Women, Gender and Sexuality Program with funding from the Office of the Title IX Coordinator, the Office of the Provost and the Vice Provost for the Arts; McIntire Department of Art; Department of Spanish, Italian, and Portuguese and the Department of Classics. University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia

 

2015

 

“Angela Lorenz: The Artists’ Books.” Gallery talk
Hosted by McCabe Library, Swarthmore College, Swarthmore, PA

 

“Entertaining Notions of Elite Ideals for Women, 300 A.D.” Artist talk followed by an open house with Lorenz’s artist’s books on display in the Henry Charles Lea Library, University of Pennsylvainia. Part of the Penn Humanities Forum Lecture Series “SEX”
Hosted by the Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books, and Manuscripts, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

“Pedagogical Seminar: Italian Through Art.” Speaker
Hosted by Center for Italian Studies, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

 

“Rainy Day Windfalls: Chance Encounters in the Archive of Angela Lorenz.” Gallery talk, SG Gallery
Hosted by Scuola Internazionale di Grafica Venezia, Venice, Italy

 

“Victorious Secret: Elite Olympic Champions as Dancing Bikini Girls.” Artist talk followed by “print your own keepsake” at Yale Library’s The Bibliographical Press
Hosted by Robert B. Haas Family Arts Library, Yale University; funded by The Bibliographical Press, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut

 

2014

 

Artist talk and open house with Lorenz’s works in Special Collections and Archives

Hosted by Special Collections and Archives, Olin Library, Wesleyan University; funded by Friends of the Library, Office of Equity and Inclusion, the Athletics Department, and Special Collections and Archives, Wesleyan University, Middletown, Connecticut

 

“Bologna (Salumi) Sample” at Lettere Salate e Dolci, International Edible Book Festival
Hosted by Biblioteca Multimediale Roberto Ruffilli, Bologna, Italy; funded by L’Occhio sulla città

The inaugural performance of this parody of the artist’s work Bologna Sample (1992). It was auctioned off to the highest bidder, Faith Willinger, guest of honor at the festival. Note to curators and conservators: certain items of charcuterie will invariably be missing each time the installation is recreated, even in Bologna, as tastes change.

Life, Life, Eternal Life: Uncle Wiggily Meets The Pilgrim’s Progress (2006). Played game with students
Hosted by Special Collections and Archives, Olin Library, Wesleyan University, Middletown, Connecticut

 

“Living in These Bodies.” Artist talk related to exhibition of same name.
Hosted by Waterfall Arts, Belfast, Maine

 

“What Artists Study.” Artist talk related to exhibition of same name
Hosted by Steinbach Gallery; funded by the Abbot Academy Association, the Phillips Academy Art Department, the Office of Academy Resources, the Coed@40 Committee and the Addison Gallery of American Art, Phillips Academy, Andover, Massachusetts

 

 

2013

 

Artist talk
Hosted by Dartmouth University Library; funded by Friends of the Library, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire

 

Collective Alphabet Book workshop

Hosted by Art Department and Book Arts Workshop, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire

 

“History in 3-D: Ancient and Modern Examples of Modeling Knowledge, East and West.” Artist talk
Hosted by Graduate Program in European and Eurasian Studies, John Hopkins University, Washington, D.C.

 

Life, Life, Eternal Life: Uncle Wiggily Meets The Pilgrim’s Progress (2006). Played game with community
Hosted by Special Collections, School of the Museum of Fine Arts Library, Boston, Massachusetts

 

Performance of CAGE: 4 Notes in 33 Variations. Light Verse Magazines Vol. 4 (2010)
Hosted by Book Arts Guild, Seattle, Washington

This sound piece plays the letters C-A-G-E, which are made up of pins hammered into a music box cylinder.  When the handle of the altered music box is turned, the comb drags along conceptual artist and musician John Cage’s last name. Each of the 33 music boxes is slightly different according to variations in the placement of the pins, and in the combs that were repurposed from other songs. It has been played at numerous public venues since its creation; it does not require the presence of the artist. However, the most ironic performance took place in 2013 when the artist turned the cylinder and the comb failed to engage with the pins. The sound of silence unintentionally replicated John Cage’s original 4:33 composition.

“Sartelibro” at Arte e Artigianato in Dialogo
Hosted by Biblioteca Multimediale Roberto Ruffilli and neighborhood artisans’ shops in Bologna, Italy; funded by L’Occhio sulla città

 

2012

“The Artist’s Book as Theater of Knowledge: When Communicating Becomes Learning.” Artist talk
Hosted by the Watts Program for the History and Culture of the Book, John Carter Brown Library, Providence, Rhode Island

Artist talk and book presentation
Hosted by Biblioteca Multimediale Roberto Ruffilli, Bologna, Italy

Artist talk and presentation of The Mansion of Thought: Making Knowledge Visual in Three Dimensions, East and West (2012) dedicated to Elli Garvey
Hosted by Houghton Library, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts

Artist talk on Wordscapes/Parolaesaggi: Text from the Landscapes of Edward Lear (1812-1888) (2012)
Hosted by Scuola Internazionale di Grafica Venezia, Venice, Italy

 

Collective Alphabet Book workshop

Hosted by Rhode Island School of Art and Design, Providence, Rhode Island; funded by the Watts Program for the History and Culture of the Book, John Carter Brown Library, Providence, Rhode Island

 

Collective Alphabet Book workshop

Hosted by Scuola Internazionale di Grafica, Venezia, Venice, Italy

 

2011

Artist talk
Hosted by Archives & Special Collections, Mount Holyoke College Library, Hadley, Massachusetts

 

2010

 

History and Philosophy of Science and Technology Colloquia. Speaker.
Hosted by Stanford University, Stanford, California

 

“False Documents and Other Illusions.” Gallery talk and audio guide related to exhibition of same name
Hosted by Portland Museum of Art, Portland, Maine

 

Caccia al Tesoro Smeraldo
Community youth photography publication; open air photography exhibition in Bologna, Italy; funded by L’Occhio Sulla città

 

2009

Artist Talk for “Conversation With Artists” speaker series
Hosted by Textile Study Group of New York, New York, New York

 

2008

Artist talk and Chewing Tzu (1993) performance
Hosted by Rhode Island School of Art and Design (RISD), European Honors Program, Rome, Italy

“The Autocrat at the Automat: Oliver Wendell Holmes Meets Joseph Cornell.” Installation of community artist responses to prompts regarding anatomy professor and author Oliver Wendell Holmes’ unusual analogies to explain scientific phenomena.
Hosted by Oliver Wendell Holmes Library, Phillips Academy, Andover, Massachusetts; funded by Winston Family Exhibition Fund and Edward E. Elson Artist-in-Residence Fund

 

2007

Artist talk on Pandora’s Book (2012)
Hosted by the Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, New York

Barbara Lee Lecture Series. Artist talk
Hosted by Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, Skowhegan, Maine

 

Gallery talk
Hosted by Addison Gallery of American Art, Andover, Massachusetts

 

Life, Life, Eternal Life: Uncle Wiggly Meets The Pilgrim's Progress (2006). Artist talk for International John Bunyan Society conference “Early Modern Religion and Literature in Old and New England”
Hosted at Dartmouth University, Hanover, New Hampshire

“Research in the Works.” Speaker “At the Turn of the Centuries: The Influence of Early Twentieth-Century Books on Contemporary Artists’ Books” symposium

Hosted by Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut

 

 

2006

Artist talk with performance of Chewing Tzu (1993) and Soap Story (1999) 
Hosted by Coburn Gallery, Colorado College, Colorado Springs, Colorado

Artist talk for Portland/Bologna Sister City Association
Hosted by Multnomah County Library, Portland, Oregon

“Passepartout” National Italian TV program hosted by Philippe Daverio

Aired by Rai3 TV, Italy, on December 3

Soap Story (1999) at Yale University Library Open House
Hosted by Arts of the Book Collection, Yale University Library, New Haven, Connecticut

This instance of public participation in revealing the text of Soap Story (1999) is just one of over 100 public events that have happened by the time of publication of this overview of Lorenz’s career in 2022. The text of Soap Story is revealed when the participants wash their hands with one of the six bars of soap encasing six pages of printed text, which are released as the soap is consumed. As with this event, public engagement with Soap Story is often part of a larger event, enticing readers to learn more about artists’ books and the libraries which steward them.

 

2005

 

“Il Libro d’Artista in Emilia Romagna.” Gallery talk related to exhibition of same name
Hosted by Museo Archeologico Nazionale, Bologna, Italy

 

 

2004

 

“Libri d’Artista e Biblioteche.” Panel speaker at conference

Hosted by Artelibro Festival del Libro d’Arte, Bologna, Italy

 

Memorial reception to honor life of Julia Child. Created edible commemorative mementos with rhyming text
Hosted by Boston University Culinary Arts Program, Boston, Massachusetts

2003

 

Artist talk
Hosted by St. Botolph Club, Boston, Massachusetts

 

Artist talk with performance of Chewing Tzu (1993) and Soap Story (1999) 
Hosted by Wellesley Free Library, Wellesley, Massachusetts

 

2002

 

“Ulisse Aldrovandi e la forza dell’immaginazione.” Panel speaker at symposium

Hosted by Dipartimento di Psicologia, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy

 

The Theater of Nature (2002). Panel lecture, book presentation with rhyming poetic text translated into Italian and performed by Beniamino Sidoti

Hosted at SAIS Europe Auditorium, Bologna, Italy; funded by Associazione di cultura e studio italo-americana “Luciano Finelli,” Bologna, Italy and Friends of Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland

 

2001

Artist talk
Hosted by The Baxter Society, Portland, Maine

 

I Ghiaccioli/The Popsicles
Hosted by Galleria Il Graffio, Bologna, Italy

Outdoor performance involving popsicle sticks gilded with ancient text, fake melted popsicles in a display case, and real popsicles with conceptual flavors relating to the aphorism of ancient wisdom. The public chose a popsicle stick with the text that most resonated with them and presented it to the artist in exchange for a popsicle flavor. The artist collaborated with Gianni Figliomeni of Gelateria Il Gelatauro, which still brands Gelatauro’s popsicle sticks with ancient wisdom relating to the time-based activity of consuming a frozen treat. The artist, in collaboration with Il Gelatauro, continue their conceptual flavor work annually for the “Gelato Ritrovato” event hosted by Cinema Ritrovato in which 100-year-old conceptual recipes by G. E. Grifoni complement annual film festival themes. The idea of the fake melted popsicles with related text eventually became Palate Palette: Ancient Pops of Wisdom (2017).

 

2000

Artist talk
Hosted by Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art (MASS MoCA), North Adams, Massachusetts

Artist talk with performances of Entropy (1987) and Chewing Tzu (1993). On occasion of solo exhibition “Libri d’Artista di Angela Lorenz”
Hosted by British Council, Bologna, Italy

 

Memorial reception to honor life of Tony Zwicker. Created edible commemorative mementos with rhyming text
Hosted by The Grolier Club, New York, New York

 

1999

Artist talk
Rhode Island School of Art and Design (RISD), European Honors Program, Rome, Italy; funded by Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, Rhode Island

 

1996

Entropy (1987). Time-based media consisting of four pages with text encased in ice
Hosted by the Farnsworth Art Museum, Rockland, Maine

This piece was first created in response to a prompt in a 1987 RISD course taught by Janet Zweig: depict a process. Each time the piece is recreated with found text from local daily newspapers collaged into a narrative. Entropy was performed for a solo show in Monza, Italy, in 1988, and for an artist’s book fair in the castle of Belgioioso, Italy, in 1991, attracting wide media attention in Italy. In 1996, it was created for a live audience at the Farnsworth Art Museum on the occasion of a lecture and solo exhibition.

 

Interview with Bob Dyk including a performance Chewing Tzu (1993)

Aired by WMTW-TV (ABC affiliate), Portland, Maine, on August 4

 

1993

Artist talk
Hosted by Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Boston, Massachusetts; funded by the William Morris Hunt Memorial Library Visiting Committee

 

 



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