The Meaning of Land: Indigenous and Euro-American Mapping
January 14, 2021
How can maps reflect the world-view and relationships to the land of their creators? Look closely and engage with maps made by both Native and
How can maps reflect the world-view and relationships to the land of their creators? Look closely and engage with maps made by both Native and
This video walk-through of Aphrodite Désirée Navab: Landmines of Memory (Winter 2021) offers an up-close view of this unique presentation of 58 ink drawings. Created while Navab was
What can Civil War painting and photography tell us about how history is documented and authored? Jamie Kaplowitz Gibbons, Head of Education, and Dr. Tessa
Curator Gordon Wilkins explores works from the exhibition and discusses the ways in which artists use their work to hold a mirror up to the injustices of their time, combat apathy, and provoke change. This program was presented in conjunction with Memorial Hall Library’s social and racial justice series.
Dr. Kim Sichel, associate professor of the history of photography and modern art, Boston University, discusses her new book exploring photobook innovation in France from the 1920s to 1950s, including Robert Frank’s The Americans and seminal publications by artists such as Brassai, Henri Cartier-Bresson, William Klein, and Germaine Krull.
Wayfinding (Fall 2020) presents new work by six artists—Sonny Assu, Andrea Chung, Liz Collins, Spencer Finch, Josh T. Franco, and Heidi Whitman—made in response to a two-year
Curatorial Fellow Dr. Tessa Hite offers a close reading of Timothy O’Sullivan’s A Harvest of Death, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, July 1863 from Gardner’s Photographic Sketch Book of the War,
Curator Gordon Wilkins leads viewers through A Wildness Distant from Ourselves: Art and Ecology in 19th-Century America to discuss the complex histories and persistent impacts of the
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Exhibition | Residency | Publication | Acquisition
Exhibition | Residency | Publication | Acquisition