Visual Culture, Arts, and Media VCAM

Haverford’s Visual Culture, Arts, and Media (VCAM) facility is a 24/7 creative hub for students, faculty, staff, and the wider community.

VCAM houses the College’s Interdisciplinary Minor in Visual Studies, the Haverford Innovations Program, a Maker Arts Space, and the John B. Hurford ’60 Center for the Arts and Humanities.

The summer Doculab fellows with friends: (From left) Sofia Mondragon BMC ’22, Lexie Iglesia ’21, Liz Burke BMC ’23, guest artist Pamela Z, Jixin Jia ’21, Bilge Nur Yilmaz ’21, Alice Hu ’21, and Bilikisu Hanidu '23.

Summer Centered: Fords Bring Showtime to Haverford

Bilge Nur Yilmaz ‘21, Liz Burke BMC ‘23, Sofia Mondragon BMC ‘22, Alexandra Iglesia ‘21, and Alice Hu '21 spent the summer documenting the work of performance artists from across the country as part of the Summer Doculab Program.

Silvan Sooksatan ’21, Julia Coletti '21, Neha Thumu '24, and Isabel Ray '23 stand together in the Maker Arts Space.

Design + Make Summer Fellowship is Some Work and All Play

Design + Make Summer Fellows in the VCAM’s Maker Arts Space spent eight weeks designing and prototyping objects of play for Turning Points for Children and Playful Learning Landscapes.

liberty bell where the clapper forms the number 76

July 3: Bicentennial City on WHYY

The Summer DocuLab film Bicentennial City will air on WHYY on Saturday, July 3 at 9 PM EST, and will be available to stream for 30 days starting Friday, July 2. Learn more!

Call for Applications: VCAM Faculty Fellows 2021-22 or 2021-23

The college invites applications from tenure-line and continuing faculty for a 1-2 year position as a VCAM Faculty Fellow. Deadline May 15, 2021.

Krissy on Tour at Haverford College

Join Krissy Talking Pictures (KTP) on Wednesday, April 21 at 7 p.m. for a screening of videos by queer artists in Philadelphia, along with an interactive conversation about KTP's approach to arts organizing, their multimedia events, and how they are working to create community around art making.

IN THE WORKS: 2021 VCAM Student Exhibition

Curated by Izzy Ray ’23 & Jalen Martin ’23.

artist Raegan Truax sprawled across a rocky, shadowy landscape

Recitation

A 13-hour durational performance by Raegan Truax with sound by Derek Phillips. Begins March 11th at noon, ends March 12th at 1 a.m. (EST).

Educating for a Just Ecological Transition: Building Higher Educational Alliances in a Time of Climate Crisis

March-May, 2021: This virtual summit engages emerging responses to the climate crisis in higher education—with particular attention to the roles higher education institutions can play in building alliances with social movements, community organizations, artists, intellectuals, and informal educational structures.

Strange Truth 2021

Strange Truth 2021 explores the non-fiction imagination in the films of Garrett Bradley, Sam Feder, and Cecilia Aldarondo.

All events are free and open to the public and will be held virtually, hosted by the Bryn Mawr Film Institute in Theater 5, their online film hub. The live events are conversations with the filmmakers, and all the films will be available to stream for a limited time prior to each event. Closed captioning will be available during the live events.

Ethnocine Artist Residency at Haverford College

During fall 2020, filmmakers Seemab Gul and Nida Mehboob will be in virtual residence at Haverford College’s VCAM (Visual Culture, Arts, and Media) facility through its new Media and Makers Initiative. During their time with Haverford, they’ll meet with faculty and students, as well as work on post-production for their film How I Like It.