Upcoming Events

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    CCAM ISOVIST Gallery Exhibition Opening: "Mira Dayal: Double-Stapled Möbius Strip"

    Mira Dayal, "Double-Stapled Möbius Strip"

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    Double-Stapled Möbius Strip presents works from Mira Dayal’s ongoing “Language Objects” series, alongside a selection of the artist’s research materials and accompanying “instructions” for the sculptures. In her “Language Objects,” Dayal works with steel to create sculptural systems that reflect on the potentials and limits of language. She often abstracts the tools and processes of writing, informed by research that ranges from the ancient origins of written communication to geometric exercises, childhood games, and industrial fabrication.

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    Yale CCAM Sound Art Series: Joe Jones Retrospective

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    The CCAM Sound Art Series presents a retrospective on the influential sound art pioneer Joe Jones (1934–1993). Join us for an evening with series curator Ross Wightman (CCAM Technical Manager), who will share his research on Jones' innovative work and lasting impact on sound art and Fluxus. As part of his talk, Wightman will reconstruct and demonstrate a selection of Jones’ music machines from the 1960s—a rare opportunity to experience these innovative creations firsthand. Joe Jones was an American avant-garde musician and visual artist affiliated with the Fluxus movement. Born in 1934 ...

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    CCAM Film Advisor Office Hours: Xoliswa Sithole

    CCAM Film Advisor Office Hours: Xoliswa Sithole

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    Join us for a discussion with award-winning South African filmmaker Xoliswa Sithole, focused on documentary filmmaking as a vital tool for preserving cultural heritage, collective memory, and lived histories, moderated by Susan Youssef (CCAM Film Advisor). Sithole will reflect on her path into documentary filmmaking and discuss how she built an independent, international career. The session will focus on practical strategies and ethical frameworks for filmmakers navigating documentary production from the ground up. The session will include a discussion of a rough cut from her new project and ...

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    CCAM Studio Fellowship Exhibition Opening

    CCAM Studio Fellowship Exhibition Opening

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    Experience the work of the 2025–2026 CCAM Studio Fellows! The fellowship invites invites creators to produce an original project based at the Yale Center for Collaborative Arts and Media (CCAM). Their interdisciplinary work evolves through discoveries made in the program and involves partnership between CCAM and another entity. This culminating exhibition presents the current cohort of Studio Fellows’ work in the CCAM ISOVIST Gallery and other spaces around CCAM. This event is free and open to the public. Registration is not required. Participants will be admitted on a first-come, first-serv...

Past Events

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    CCAM Film Advisor Office Hours: Jarod Neece, Senior Programmer at Tribeca

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    Jarod Neece, Senior Programmer at Tribeca Film Festival (Tribeca Enterprises) in New York City, joins CCAM Film Advisor Susan Youssef for an engaging conversation about film festival programming. Jarod previously served as Partner, Senior Programmer, and Event Producer for the SXSW Film Festival in Austin, TX, where he spent 20 years guiding strategic direction and leading teams as a Senior Film Programmer, specializing in feature film and genre programming. He has been a juror or panelist at events such as Cannes, Sundance, the B3 Biennale, and TIFF and currently serves on the adviso...

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    Studio Fellowships Exhibition 2025

    CCAM Studio Fellowship Exhibition

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    Experience the work of the 2024–2025 CCAM Studio Fellows! The fellowship invites creators to produce an original project based at the center. This exhibition will feature art, installation, performance, and other work by: * Kino Alvarez (David Geffen School of Drama, Technical Design and Production, 2025) * Jaamal Benjamin (Yale School of Art, Graphic Design, 2025) * Vani Bhushan (Yale School of Art, Photography, 2025) * Bohan Chen (Yale School of Architecture, 2025) * Helen Liene Dreifelds (Yale School of Art, Sculpture, 2025) * Deming Haines (Yale School of Architecture...

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    CCAM Sound Art Series Curator Ross Wightman and Composer Raven Chacon sit in conversation

    CCAM Sound Art Series: Raven Chacon

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    In celebration of its five-year anniversary, the CCAM Sound Art Series is thrilled to present Raven Chacon. Raven Chacon is a composer, performer and installation artist from Fort Defiance, Navajo Nation. As a solo artist, Chacon has exhibited, performed, or had works performed at LACMA, the Renaissance Society, San Francisco Electronic Music Festival, REDCAT, Vancouver Art Gallery, Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Borealis Festival, SITE Santa Fe, Chaco Canyon, Ende Tymes Festival, and the Kennedy Center. As a member of Postcommodity from 2009 to 2018, he co-created artworks presented at the W...

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    CCAM Wednesday Wisdom: Performing Media Artifacts

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    Join us for this introduction to docudrama and ethnographic theater. You’ll use media artifacts, including the recorded and filmed word, as source. Through interviews and found materials—such as voice memos, filmed speeches, or anywhere a human voice can be recorded— you’ll explore live performance as a way of knowing, by working to (re)present the words of another person verbatim. This workshop is designed and taught by Francisco Morandi Zerpa (David Geffen School of Drama at Yale, Acting, 2026), and selected as part of the CCAM Wednesday Wisdom Open Call! Create, discover, and explore...