FALL / WINTER 2024
Message from the Dean
Dear Friends,
Welcome to this guide to the public programs presented by the Sheridan Libraries & University Museums this fall semester!
As ever, the offerings are many and varied and span our locations in Baltimore, as well as at the new Hopkins Bloomberg Center in Washington, D.C. Exhibition topics range from the life and work of Gertrude Stein to John Work Garrett of Evergreen’s adventures in the American West. Talks touch on everything from fungi to taxidermy while concerts present emerging and established artists.
New events are added all the time, so please check the divisional calendar at jhu.libcal.com for the most up-to-date information.
Thank you for your continued support of the Sheridan Libraries & University Museums, and I hope to see you soon!
Sincerely,
Elisabeth M. Long Sheridan Dean of University Libraries, Archives & Museums
ON VIEW THROUGH SEPTEMBER 29
Bearing Witness: Photographing Black Families in Baltimore
Eubie Blake Cultural Center | FREE
Bearing Witness: Photographing Black Families in Baltimore celebrates the powerful work and legacies of five local Black photographers who explore historical and contemporary depictions of Black family life. It features a mix of established and emerging artists—Daisy Brown, John Clark Mayden, I. Henry Phillips Sr., Brian Pinson, and SHAN Wallace—whose images of Black Baltimore from the 1950s to the present display how Black folk live, love, struggle, strive, and triumph in their everyday lives.
RELATED PROGRAM
SEPTEMBER 28, 2–5 P.M.
Family Photo Day
Eubie Blake Cultural Center | FREE | RSVP Required
Learn how to archive and preserve your family photos, digitize your old photos and negatives, and take a family photo in our portrait studio. This is the closing event for Bearing Witness: Photographing Black Families in Baltimore.
Above, from top to bottom: SHAN Wallace, Kin (detail), 2018, Courtesy of the artist; John Mayden, Family—Baltimore, 1972, University Collections, Johns Hopkins University; Gift of John Mayden Opposite: Will Kirk/The Johns Hopkins University
SEPTEMBER 22 – MARCH 2, 2025
Gertrude Stein in Circles: Spheres of Life & Writing
George Peabody Library | FREE
Showcasing the Sheridan Libraries’ Robert A. Wilson Collection of rarely exhibited first editions, drafts, correspondence, photographs, and ephemera linked to Gertrude Stein (1874–1946), this major exhibition documents how the pioneering American writer fostered avant-garde connections throughout her lifetime and explores Stein’s ongoing legacy as a beacon for artists, writers, and LGBTQ+ communities.
RELATED PROGRAMS
SEPTEMBER 22, 2–4 P.M.
Exhibition Opening and Concert
George Peabody Library | FREE | RSVP Required
Celebrate with light refreshments and mingling in the gallery. At 3 p.m., enjoy remarks and Stein-inspired songs composed by Virgil Thomson, John Cage, and more.
NOVEMBER 20, 6–7:30 P.M.
Gertrude Stein’s America: A Conversation with Phoebe Stein
George Peabody Library | FREE | RSVP Required
Exhibition curator Gabrielle Dean will lead a conversation about Stein’s geographically distant, but psychologically deep-rooted, relationship to her native United States with Stein scholar—and cousin—Phoebe Stein.
SEPTEMBER 25–JUNE 8, 2025
Leave No Trace: John Work Garrett in the American Outdoors
Evergreen Museum & Library | FREE–$5
In addition to boyhood summers at Evergreen and college at Princeton, diplomat John Work Garrett’s (1872–1942) character was formed by numerous trips to the American West. This exhibition examines these formative experiences through archival photography, diary entries, artifacts, and sculptures, asking visitors to consider the idea of the American West from multiple perspectives and reflect on their own experiences in nature.
RELATED PROGRAMS
SEPTEMBER 25, 6–8 P.M.
Exhibition Opening and Talk
Evergreen Museum & Library | FREE | RSVP Required
Enjoy a discussion with exhibition curator Michelle Fitzgerald and Amy Young, communications manager at Gunpowder Valley Conservancy, followed by light refreshments and touring the exhibition.
OCTOBER 30, 6–7:30 P.M.
Let’s Talk Taxidermy!
Evergreen Museum & Library | $5–7 | RSVP Required
Robert Marbury, author of Taxidermy Art: A Rogue’s Guide to the Work, the Culture, and How to Do It Yourself , will discuss 19th-century taxidermy and the fascinating evolution of this unique art form.
Opposite: Photograph of Gertrude Stein (detail), c. 1935, Delar Studios, New York, Sheridan Libraries Special Collections Above: Evergreen House Photography Collection
OCTOBER 23–FEBRUARY 21, 2025
Art and Graphic Design of the European Avant-Gardes
Irene and Richard Frary Gallery, Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg Center, Washington, D.C. | FREE
The Hopkins Bloomberg Center will open the new Irene and Richard Frary Gallery with this inaugural exhibition of rare avant-garde works created during the social and cultural upheavals in Central and Eastern Europe between 1910 and 1941. The exhibition brings together more than 75 works from the rarely seen private collections of Irene and Richard Frary, many of which have never been shown in North America and are recent gifts to the Sheridan Libraries. Viewed together, the works illustrate the interconnectedness of European avantgarde artists and the ways in which they engaged in an international exchange of ideas to develop new visual vocabularies in response to a world transformed by the modern, post-war age.
Above: Petr Galadzhev, Untitled, Russia, c. 1917-8; Lajos Kassák, Bildarchitektur [Picture architecture], Hungary, 1925; Petr Galadzhev, Untitled, Russia, c. 1925, Collection of Irene and Richard Frary Opposite, top to bottom: Courtesy of Judith Krummeck; Wikimedia Commons
SEPTEMBER 14, 12–1 P.M.
Music in Words at Evergreen
Evergreen Museum & Library | $7–10 | RSVP Required
Judith Krummeck, a writer and drive-time host for Baltimore’s classical music station WBJC, will read from her new novel, The Deceived Ones , with complementary music performed by the renowned viola da gambist John Moran. The Deceived Ones is a contemporary reimagining of Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night set in Baltimore with one scene set in Evergreen’s Far East Room.
SEPTEMBER 25, 11 A.M.–2 P.M.
Plant Medicine x Tea Ritual Workshop
Mason Hall, Alumni Room 102 | FREE | RSVP Required
Nourish your imagination and boost your wellbeing at this two-part workshop led by Africana Archivist Tonika Berkley and Tabb Center Public Humanities Fellow Nicoletta Daríta de la Brown, an interdisciplinary artist and shamanic practitioner. They will guide participants in the art and craft of making soothing and fortifying drinks and tonics using herbs, root vegetables, and fruits, and de la Brown will share the tea ritual practices she learned from her abuelita
Lunch with the Libraries & Museums
Online Speaker Series | FREE | RSVP Required
SEPTEMBER 13, 12– 1 P.M.
(Be)Longing: Unveiling the Imprint of Black Women Hidden in Plain Sight
Tabb Center Public Humanities Fellow Nicoletta Daríta de la Brown will be joined by Tabb Center Director Joseph Plaster and Africana Archivist Tonika Berkley to discuss de la Brown’s recent installation inspired by Sheridan Libraries archival collections.
OCTOBER 9, 12– 1 P.M. ONLINE | OCTOBER 16, 2– 3 P.M. IN PERSON
Gertrude Stein in Circles: Spheres of Life and Writing
Exhibition curator Gabrielle Dean will lead two special tours of this new exhibition at the George Peabody Library and discuss some of her favorite items on view from the Sheridan Libraries’ Robert A. Wilson Collection of Gertrude Stein.
OCTOBER 25, 12– 1 P.M.
Ballets Russes: The Designs of Léon Bakst and Materials from the Levy Collection
Exhibition curators Sam Bessen and Michelle Fitzgerald will share some of their favorite objects from Evergreen’s recently opened installation exploring the work of Russian artist Léon Bakst and his connections to early 20th-century theater.
NOVEMBER 15, 12– 1 P.M.
Adopt-a-Book: Highlights from Special Collections
Curators and librarians will showcase some of the most interesting, beautiful, and rare items we’ve recently purchased that may be “adopted” to support new acquisitions.
OCTOBER 1, 5:30–6:30 P.M.
Book Talk: Flee North
Homewood Museum | $5–7 | RSVP Required
Flee North: A Forgotten Hero and the Fight for Freedom in Slavery’s Borderland (Celadon Books, 2023) unearths the lost story of Thomas Smallwood, who was born into slavery in Maryland, bought his freedom, educated himself, and became a shoemaker in Southwest Washington. He then organized mass escapes from slavery, with the help of a young white partner, Charles Torrey, and wrote about the escapes for an abolitionist newspaper. Scott Shane, a journalist for The Baltimore Sun and The New York Times , will discuss Smallwood’s daring operation and the domestic slave trade, which thrived on Washington’s Mall and at Baltimore’s Inner Harbor.
OCTOBER 10, 1 – 2 P.M.
Books, Authenticity, and the Truth: The History of Misinformation, from the Renaissance to Today
Online | FREE | RSVP Required
We are living through a crisis in how we take in information, which can make it difficult to determine whether something is true or false, authentic or inauthentic. But people in the past have faced similar moments of crisis. In this online seminar, Krieger School Dean Christopher Celenza and Stern Center Director Earle Havens will present selected texts from Sheridan Libraries Special Collections that illuminate the search for truth and evaluate how the history of books and information can help us make sense of our world.
OCTOBER 24, 5:30 – 7:30 P.M.
Homewood Museum Architecture Lecture
Mason Hall | FREE | RSVP Required
Join Nicholas Cairns and Timothy Horjus of C&H Restoration and Renovation, as well as local architect Vince Greene, for a lively discussion on their current restoration work at Clifton Mansion, once the summer home of Johns Hopkins (1795 –1873). Using images of ongoing work at the site, the presenters will discuss the process of renovating the mansion while working to balance historical preservation with the needs of a building that serves as an event venue, work space, and historic house museum. A reception with the speakers will follow the talk.
NOVEMBER 1, 6 – 7 P.M.
Exploring Family Histories Through Creative Writing
Homewood Museum | $5–7 | RSVP Required
In her book-length poem Descent , Writing Seminars professor Lauren Russell speaks into the gaps in the diary of her great-great-grandfather, a Confederate captain, and imagines the voice of her great-greatgrandmother, Peggy Hubert, whom he once enslaved. In this workshop marking the 160th anniversary of Maryland’s emancipation, Russell will lead participants through a series of creative exercises to generate a work of poetry or flash fiction inspired by their own personal archival material.
Above, top to bottom: Courtesy of Clifton Mansion; Joanna Eldredge Morrisey Opposite: Will Kirk/The Johns Hopkins University
Book Talk: What If Fungi Win?
Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg Center, Washington, D.C. | FREE | RSVP Required
Hopkins epidemiologist, professor, inventor, and fungal kingdom frontiersman Dr. Arturo Casadevall will discuss his new book for the Johns Hopkins Wavelengths series (JHU Press, 2024), in which he shares how the 1990s AIDS epidemic’s fungal complications drove his medical mycology work; how COVID-19’s fungal incidences underscore the continuing threat to the immunocompromised; and how he and his laboratory team are discovering ways to counter the threats posed by these cunning combatants. Copies of the book will be available for purchase and signing at a reception following the program.
In the Stacks
George Peabody Library | Free, suggested admission $10 | RSVP Required
OCTOBER 3, 6:30–7:30 P.M.
Season of the Witch
Soprano Mandy Brown and pianist Tatiana Loisha will present a program exploring the history of witchcraft and persecution of women labeled as witches. Drawing inspiration from historic and rare books about witchcraft and herbalism at the George Peabody Library—on display for one night only—the program will trace the evolution of witch stereotypes and reconcile these inaccuracies with true stories of women who were often healers and sages.
OCTOBER 15, 6:30–7:30 P.M.
Music of Ukraine
Featuring Denis Savelyev on flute, Radoslawa Jasik on piano, and Larisa Pastuchiv on the bandura, this performance—presented in partnership with the BaltimoreOdesa Sister City Committee—will explore will explore and celebrate the music of Ukraine.
Above, top to bottom: Matthew Petroff; Randy Lovelace Photography
Opposite, top to bottom: Will Kirk/The Johns Hopkins University; Courtesy of Galvin Cello Quartet; Lisa-Marie Mazzucco; Abigél Králik; Courtesy of Tanner Menees and Tobi Malkin
Music at Evergreen
Evergreen Museum & Library, Bakst Theatre | $10–20 | RSVP Required
OCTOBER 6, 2–4 P.M.
Galvin Cello Quartet
Since capturing silver at the 2021 Fischoff Competition, the Galvin Cello Quartet has continued to expand the possibilities of a cello quartet.
NOVEMBER 3, 2–4 P.M.
Daedalus Quartet
The quartet has been described by The New Yorker as a “fresh and vital participant in a golden age of American string quartets.”
FEBRUARY 16, 2025, 2–4 P.M.
Vision Duo
Violinist Ariel Horowitz and percussionist Britton-René Collins blend opposite genres (electronic/acoustic or classical/blues) into innovative interpretations of classical standards.
MARCH 2, 2025, 2–4 P.M.
Tanner Menees & Tobi Malkin
American violist Tanner Menees and Israeli violinist Kobi Malkin will close the season with a program of cherished classics and a few surprises.
NOVEMBER 16, 11 A.M.–3 P.M.
Evergreen Outdoor Market
Evergreen Museum & Library | FREE
Get a head start on your holiday shopping at Evergreen’s outdoor market, featuring local vendors and organizations inspired by the natural world. Visit the museum’s current exhibition, and/or take a self-guided tour of Evergreen’s scenic grounds.
DECEMBER 5, 5–7 P.M.
Homewood by Candlelight
Homewood Museum | FREE–$7 |
RSVP Required
Homewood Museum’s evening open house returns and, for the first time ever, will coincide with JHU’s annual Lighting of the Quads! Tour the museum’s period rooms, decorated for the holidays and illuminated by candlelight, get your silhouette done by Lauren Muney of Silhouettes By Hand, snack on seasonal goodies, and enjoy a 10 percent discount in the museum’s shop.
DECEMBER 7, 11 A.M.–2 P.M.
An Enchanted
Evergreen
Evergreen Museum & Library | FREE–$7 |
RSVP Required
Celebrate the holiday season with a visit to Evergreen Museum & Library, where the halls will be decked and the trees will be trimmed. Guests are invited to tour the museum’s first floor, make their own Evergreen-inspired craft, enjoy live music and festive treats, and take advantage of a 10 percent discount in the museum’s shop.
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Front Cover: Jos Léonard, Untitled, Antwerp, 1922, Collection of Irene and Richard Frary; Unidentified Man on Cliff, Evergreen House Photography Collection
Back Cover: Henry Phillips Sr., Headed to California (detail), c. 1950, Courtesy of the I. Henry Photo Project
