James Scruggs presents a multimedia talk/dialog/workshop focusing on his career as a writer, performer and producer of large-scale theatrical works often exploring race, racism and gender politics. Actor and director Mark Rayment will join the discussion, particularly around the development of the new work 3/Fifths: The Traveling Minstrel Show, arriving at Boston Center for the Arts in early November.

Join Julia Courtney, independent curator and editor of The Legal Guide for Museum Professionals, and Leah Niederstadt, assistant professor of museum studies and curator of Wheaton’s Permanent Collection, for an engaging discussion of the challenges museum professionals face when deaccessioning objects from their collections.

Rosemary describes her work as creating nourishing experiences that provide a symbiosis between mouthfeel and carnal perception. She will join Professor of Religion Jonathan Brumberg-Kraus to talk about flavor profiles, making a mess and intuitive womb movements.

Television writer Amalia Levari presents a screening of the animated mini-series Over the Garden Wall, for which she served as story writer. A facilitated Q&A will follow.

Driscoll’s sculptures, drawings and installations explore resource consumption and material lineage. She will discuss a broad range of her recent public works including Night to Day, Here and Away, a mosaic commission for the Sarasota National Cemetery and Distant Mirrors, a floating archipelago of forms in the Providence River. Professor Driscoll is director of studio arts at Bard College.

Artists, the art they create and the organizations that support them, though born in the human spirit, exist in the modern, profit-driven and competitive world. What does it take to run these organizations and produce successful substantive events? And what is the management backbone that—on a business end—allows the arts to survive this complex world? Visiting artist Ryan Saunders ’00 will walk us through the evolving field of arts administration and its importance in nurturing the arts for decades to come.

This documentary film follows luthier Stephan Connor as he builds two guitars and immerses himself in the mystical city of Granada, Spain. Guitar builders in Granada have long influenced the evolution of the instrument. With help from local, rising star guitarist Pablo Giménez, Steve experiences the true soul of the city—witnessing flamenco performances in the ancient caves of Sacromonte, wandering the halls of the Alhambra and meeting with local luthiers. Join former music major Sky Sabin for a Q&A following the film.

Nicco Mele, director of the Shorenstein Center on Media, Politics and Public Policy at the Harvard Kennedy School and acclaimed author of The End of Big: How the Internet Makes David the New Goliath, will tackle the very timely subject of fake news followed by a Q&A.