In ‘Pandemia’s Black Feather,’ a portrait of power and pathos
Pandemic shaped perspectives for Samantha R. Talbot-Kelly’s Sullivan Museum installation
The Irish poet and playwright Oscar Wilde suggested masks set people free “Man is least himself when he talks in his own person,” he wrote. “Give him a mask, and he will tell you the truth.” Wilde meant masks for concealing, but Samantha R. Talbot-Kelly found truth in masks for healing the coronavirus pandemic sort.
Talbot-Kelly, a seamstress in Norwich University’s Uniform Store and an adjunct faculty member in the School of Architecture+Art, created “Pandemia’s Black Feather,” an art installation in the Sullivan Museum and History Center.
Norwich University Sullivan Museum and History Center presents talk on ‘Pandemia’s Black Feather,’ a mask-inspired dress By NU Office of Communications February 15, 2021
NORTHFIELD, Vt. Norwich University’s Sullivan Museum and History Center presents Samantha R. Talbot-Kelly in a prerecorded interview on her installation “Pandemia’s Black Feather,” handmade masks outfitted on a mannequin that resembles a fashionable sci-fi couture dress.
During the COVID-19 pandemic, masks have become a significant part of our lives. We wear them to protect ourselves and to protect those around us. Talbot-Kelly, a seamstress in Norwich University’s Uniform Store and an adjunct faculty member in the School of Architecture+Art, has created “Pandemia’s Black Feather” (pictured).
Virtual events will help prepare architecture students for job market
Mock interviews with Board of Fellows, online job fair scheduled
The School of Architecture+Art, part of Norwich University’s College of Professional Schools, will hold three events this month to prepare students for job interviews and career searches.
The first event, running 9 to 11 a.m. Friday, is a résumé and portfolio drop-in session with professors Tolya Stonorov and Matthew Lutz. Students can get evaluations of their work and get presentation tactics. Architecture students can join here.
From 2 to 4 p.m. Feb. 12, the school will hold a Board of Fellows interview workshop, featuring Mike Tuck ’96, owner of Albany, New York-based Balzer+Tuck Architecture; Kim Conant M’96, associate project coordinator at State University Construction Fund in Albany, New York; Will Lewis, ’04, M’05, chairman of the university’s Architecture+Art Endowment Committee and executive officer, U.S. Army He
From Design+Build Collaborative, a community LIFT in Barre
Second tiny house sited in December, providing home for holiday season
Norwich University’s students and faculty used their civic-mindedness and creativity to leave a lasting holiday gift in Barre, Vermont before the winter break. The stylish, ecologically efficient tiny home they built, LIFT 2.0, stands as an example of affordable housing’s future and marks a step toward resolving local homelessness.
LIFT 2.0 was sited Dec. 17 in a “Home for the Holidays” ceremony attended by students and faculty from Norwich’s School of Architecture+Art and Design+Build Collaborative and Norwich’s partners in the project Downstreet Housing & Community Development and Washington County Mental Health Services. The LIFT 2.0 house was made possible through a $20,000 grant from the TD Charitable Foundation, TD Bank’s charitable giving arm..