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HOFSTRA UNIVERSITY MUSEUM OF ART
Mae Jamison; American historians Blanche Wiesen Cook and Douglas Brinkley; former White House speechwriter and journalist David J. Frum; political pundits Edward J. Rollins and former Gov. Howard Dean; authors and journalists Nikole Hannah-Jones, Naomi Klein, Jonah Goldberg, and Ta-Nehisi Coates; activist the Rev. Dr. William J. Barber II; choreographer Twyla Tharp; producer, screenwriter, and Hofstra alumnus Francis Ford Coppola ’60; television writer and Hofstra alumnus Phil Rosenthal ’81; former U.S. Poet Laureates and Pulitzer Prize winners Philip Levine and Natasha Trethewey; Pulitzer Prize winners Jhumpa Lahiri, Claudia Rankine, Colson Whitehead; and, most recently, scholars Dr. Eddie S. Glaude and Dr. Ibram X. Kendi.
The music/theater component of the Hofstra Cultural Center includes the Joseph G. Astman Cultural Events, which has featured musical performances by The Bronx Opera Company, the Taiko Masala Drum Ensemble, South African choral group Ladysmith Black Mambazo, the Saint Kabir’s Musical Word sung from Sikh Sacred Scripture with Prahlad Tipanya (India), and the Hevreh Ensemble with Native American flute maker Daniel Bigay. Dramatic performances have included Actually; Down the Rabbit Hole; Call Mr. Robeson; The Vagina Monologues; The Defamation Experience – When Race, Class, Religion and Gender Collide; and Black Angels Over Tuskegee.
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HOFSTRA UNIVERSITY MUSEUM OF ART
The Hofstra University Museum of Art is accredited by the American Alliance of Museums and maintains a permanent collection of more than 5,000 works of art in varied media dating from the ancient to the contemporary, with examples from American and European artists as well as cultural artifacts from Africa, Asia, Melanesia, and the Americas. Open year-round to the public with free admission, the Museum mounts four to six original exhibitions each year and comprises two accessible galleries: Emily Lowe Gallery (behind Emily Lowe Hall, South Campus) and David Filderman Gallery (Axinn Library, Ninth Floor, South Campus). The Museum engages with students through class visits and activities and offers public programs to more than 32,000 visitors in the form of lectures, symposia, and workshops. In addition, the Museum cares for approximately 70 outdoor sculptures installed on the University’s 244-acre campus.
Contact: Hofstra University Museum of Art Emily Lowe Gallery, Behind Emily Lowe Hall, South Campus David Filderman Gallery, Joan and Donald E. Axinn Library, Ninth Floor, South Campus 516-463-5672 museum@hofstra.edu
