UNIVERSITY OF RICHMOND MUSEUMS JOEL AND LILA HARNETT MUSEUM OF ART JOEL AND LILA HARNETT PRINT STUDY CENTER LORA ROBINS GALLERY OF DESIGN FROM NATURE
SPRING SEMESTER 2017
Welcome! University Museums Executive Director Richard Waller stands in front of the photograph of Auguste Rodin included in the exhibition Rodin, The Human Experience: Selections from the Iris and B. Gerald Cantor Collections, which was on view throughout the Fall Semester in the Harnett Museum of Art. Photograph by Kim Lee Schmidt
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elcome to the University of Richmond Museums. Mark your calendars for the Spring Semester and plan to attend our events and programs, visit our permanent installations, and see our changing exhibitions in the three museums that comprise the University Museums. Last semester we presented a highly successful exhibition of bronze sculptures by the French sculptor Auguste Rodin from the Iris and B. Gerald Cantor Collections. We had more than 36 tours, many were developed for our students and faculty in conjunction with various courses being taught last semester. The Spring Semester brings a full schedule of special exhibitions and related events and programming, a feast of visual and intellectual experiences. The new exhibitions include an exciting exploration of how contemporary artists use data in their work, a long view of turtles as they’ve developed through time, and a celebration of the 40th anniversary of the Lora Robins Gallery of Design from Nature. We look forward to seeing you and your friends at the University Museums. Richard Waller Executive Director University of Richmond Museums
The opening event for the Rodin exhibition was very well attended and included a lecture by Judith Sobol, Executive Director of the Iris & B. Gerald Cantor Foundation, followed by a reception and viewing of the exhibition. Photograph by Kim Lee Schmidt
Cover: Nam June Paik (Korean, 1932-2006), Sonnet I, from the series Sonnet, 1996, lithograph, screenprint, and etching on Rives BFK paper, 21 x 26 inches, Joel and Lila Harnett Print Study Center, University of Richmond Museums, Museum purchase, with funds from the Louis S. Booth Arts Fund, H2015.01.01 Š Estate of Nam June Paik, photograph by Taylor Dabney. From the exhibition Sonnet: Print Series by Nam June Paik 2
CONTINUING EXHIBITION
HPSC@15: A Celebration of the Joel and Lila Harnett Print Study Center HARNETT PRINT STUDY CENTER THROUGH APRIL 14, 2017
Avel de Knight (American, 1921-1995), Untitled (page 128), from the series Army Life in a Black Regiment, 1969-1973, graphite, pen and ink with ink washes on paper, 10 5/8 x 14 5/8 inches, Joel and Lila Harnett Print Study Center, University of Richmond Museums, Museum purchase, funds from the Louis S. Booth Arts Fund, H2003.10.01 Š Estate of Avel de Knight (This drawing was included in Avel de Knight: Drawings for Army Life in a Black Regiment, on view August 24, 2011, to April 4, 2012, in the Harnett Print Study Center and is on view in this exhibition.)
In its first fifteen years, the Joel and Lila Harnett Print Study Center has provided many new and wonderful opportunities to students, faculty, staff, and public visitors for the research and enjoyment of art. Opening on September 22, 2001, the museum was made possible through generous funding from the late Joel (RC’45) Harnett and Lila Harnett of Phoenix, Arizona. Since its founding, the Center has been an essential part of the mission of the University of Richmond Museums. With more than 6,500 works on paper in the collection by artists from the fifteenth century to the present, the museum is dedicated to the study, collection, and exhibition of art, and provides direct involvement with original works of art on paper, including prints, drawings, paintings, and photographs. The exhibition highlights selections of artwork from each of the twenty-six exhibitions that have been presented thus far in the museum. Organized by the University of Richmond Museums, the exhibition was curated by Richard Waller, Executive Director, University Museums, and Carly Cahill, 2016 Harnett Summer Research Fellow. The exhibition is made possible in part with funds from the Louis S. Booth Arts Fund.
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Night and Day the River Flows: Waterscapes from the Harnett Print Study Center Collection HARNETT MUSEUM OF ART, MODLIN CENTER ATRIUM AND BOOKER HALL LOBBY THROUGH JULY 2, 2017
David Roberts (Scottish, 1796-1864), Karnak, 1847, tintstone lithograph on paper, 12 7/8 x 19 3/8 inches, Joel and Lila Harnett Print Study Center, University of Richmond Museums, Museum purchase, H2012.06.03
Bodies of water have populated artistic creations throughout history, acting as descriptive features of landscapes and as metaphors of life and spirituality. Starting with a nineteenth-century image of Karnak along the Nile River, the exhibition presents a selection of twentieth-century and contemporary artworks that offer a variety of interpretations and depictions of waterways, from abstract to realistic and from topographic to contemplative. With a range of waterscapes, the exhibition encourages an understanding of the human relationship with large bodies of water and the nature of water itself. Each of the works, drawn from the collection of the Harnett Print Study Center, is accompanied by a quote from poems, songs, novels, or books that resonates with the image. Organized by the University of Richmond Museums, the exhibition was curated by N. Elizabeth Schlatter, Deputy Director and Curator of Exhibitions, University Museums, and Carly Cahill, 2016 Harnett Summer Research Fellow, University Museums. The exhibition is presented in conjunction with the Modlin Center for the Arts yearlong focus on the environment and The Nile Project. The core of The Nile Project, to be presented by the Modlin Center in March, is a musical collaboration of musicians from eleven Nile countries with the objective of addressing sustainability and transboundary cooperation internationally.
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CONTINUING EXHIBITION
19th-Century American Jugs: Relief-Molded Pitchers from the Collection LORA ROBINS GALLERY THROUGH NOVEMBER 17, 2017
During the nineteenth century, relief-molded jugs were produced in vast quantities in the potteries of America, as well as abroad, and were extremely popular vessels for domestic use. Jugs, the common name for pitchers during that time, were used for water, milk, and a wide variety of alcoholic beverages, and were given as presentation pitchers. Although meant for the utilitarian purposes of holding and serving liquids, beautifully designed decorative jugs with sumptuous glazing were the most popular with the public. The exhibition explores variations of several designs and looks at the technique of relief-molding used by the designers and potteries in the creation and production of these ceramics. Highlighting nineteenth-century American jugs, the exhibition was selected from the ceramics that were donated by New York collectors Emma and Jay Lewis in 2012. Their gift of more than 200 pieces established the largest museum study collection of American Rockingham pottery on the East Coast. This exhibition, the second installation drawn exclusively from the study collection, is concurrent with the long-term installation in the Lora Robins Gallery devoted to nineteenth-century American ceramics. Organized by the University of Richmond Museums, the exhibition was curated by Richard Waller, Executive Director, University Museums.
Heron in Marsh Ale Jug with Lid, American, unmarked (attributed to E. & W. Bennett Pottery, Baltimore, Maryland), circa 1853, light brown glaze on earthenware body, 10 5/8 x 9 1/2 x 7 1/2 inches, Lora Robins Gallery of Design from Nature, University of Richmond Museums, Gift of Emma and Jay Lewis, R2012.01.062
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NEW EXHIBITION
Sonata: Print Series by Nam June Paik HARNETT MUSEUM OF ART, MODLIN CENTER BOOTH LOBBY JANUARY 9 TO JULY 2, 2017
Nam June Paik (Korean, 1932-2006), Sonnet III, from the series Sonnet, 1996, lithograph, screenprint, and etching on Rives BFK paper, 21 x 26 inches, Joel and Lila Harnett Print Study Center, University of Richmond Museums, Museum purchase, with funds from the Louis S. Booth Arts Fund, H2015.01.03 © Estate of Nam June Paik, photograph by Taylor Dabney
Nam June Paik (Korean, 1932-2006) is considered by many to be the father of video art, and he sought new modes of artistic expression in his music, performances, and intermedia sculptures. Paik was part of the Fluxus movement that took shape in the 1960s and 1970s, a loosely connected group of international artists, composers, and poets that shared the impulse to integrate life into art through an experimental approach to materials, sounds, and events. Influenced by Marcel Duchamp and John Cage, Fluxus included artists such as Joseph Beuys, George Macunias, and Yoko Ono. In his works, Paik utilized television sets, synthesizers, video, and installations combining these elements. He coined the phrase “electronic superhighway” in the 1970s predicting how media would transform our lives. Images in this series include Paik’s historical Fluxus performances, events, video sculptures, his musical compositions, text, drawings, and photographs of the artist, his family, and artists associated with his work. Organized by the University of Richmond Museums and curated by Richard Waller, Executive Director, University Museums, the exhibition is made possible in part with funds from the Louis S. Booth Arts Fund.
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NEW EXHIBITION
Shanghai Passages: Longtang Photographs by Gong Jianhua HARNETT MUSEUM OF ART JANUARY 12 TO APRIL 21, 2017 PUBLIC PROGRAMS (see centerfold for details)
The exhibition, shared with the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, features fifty black-and-white photographs (twenty-five at each location) by contemporary photographer Gong Jianhua (Chinese, born 1953), examining the artist’s fascination with the longtang neighborhoods in Shanghai. Unique to Shanghai, longtang are a type of housing that developed in the late nineteenth century as an urban adaptation of the Chinese courtyard home into the townhouse format. Longtang were organized into walled urban neighborhoods, each interlaced with a grid of progressively narrower lanes and alleyways. Situated chronologically after the Cultural Revolution (1966-1976) and on the cusp of Shanghai’s resurgence as a global economic hub, Gong’s works provide vivid access to these semi-private passages that once dominated Shanghai’s urban fabric. The photographs in this exhibition comprise half of a promised gift from Kent and Marcia Minichiello, which was divided between the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts and the Joel and Lila Harnett Print Study Center, University of Richmond Museums. The exhibition is a collaboration between the University Museums and the VMFA and was curated by Kristopher Kersey, Assistant Professor of Art History, University of Richmond. At the University Museums, the exhibition and related programs are made possible in part with support from the University’s Cultural Affairs Committee and with funds from the Louis S. Booth Arts Fund.
Gong Jianhua (Chinese, born 1953), The Day of Washing Machines, 1990 (printed 2009), gelatin silver print on Ilford warmtone fiber paper, image 18 x 12 13/16 inches, Joel and Lila Harnett Print Study Center, University of Richmond Museums, Promised gift of Kent and Marcia Minichiello. © Gong Jianhua
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NEW EXHIBITION
Turtles in Time: From Fossils to the Present LORA ROBINS GALLERY FEBRUARY 2 TO DECEMBER 8, 2017 PUBLIC PROGRAM, WED., FEB. 1 (see centerfold for details)
Selected primarily from the collection of David and Jean Hutchison, the exhibition features more than fifty fossil turtle specimens from around the world, dating from the Jurassic to the Pleistocene eras and includes turtles from the present time. The exhibition highlights these amazing animals, draws attention to their complex history, and encourages an understanding about how they are threatened in today’s ecosystems. Among the most specialized of vertebrates, turtles evolved well over 200 million years ago, and have endured as one of the most successful groups of amniotes. Their most obvious feature, the shell, represents a tremendous evolutionary innovation that has both ensured their survival but has also set limitations on their form. Despite the wealth of known fossil species, much of the early evolutionary history of the group remains controversial. The exhibition presents several different fossil turtle species and their associated environments of the past, and shows some of the similarities and differences between earlier earth environments and modern ecosystems. Specimens range from a 150-million-year-old Glytops from the Jurassic Morrison Formation in Wyoming to near recent Terrapene shells from Pleistocene deposits near Tampa, Florida. Several shells, skulls and even an egg clutch of Stylemys and Gopherus from the Oligocene of South Dakota will also be on display. Rare specimens will include Manchurochelys from Lower Cretaceous deposits in China and Eurysternum from Upper Jurassic deposits in Germany. Organized by the University of Richmond Museums, the exhibition was curated by Matthew Houle, Curator of Museum Collections, University Museums, and David Hutchison, independent scholar and collector. Presented in cooperation with the University’s Department of Biology, the exhibition and related programs are made possible in part with the support of the University’s Cultural Affairs Committee.
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Above: Manchurochelys manchoukuoensis, Lower Cretaceous, 129.7-122.1 Ma (approximately 129.7-122.1 million years ago), Yixian Formation, Beipaio, Lianoning Province, China, 14 1/2 x 9 1/2 x 1/2 inches, Lent courtesy of the David and Jean Hutchison Collection. © University Museums, photograph by Taylor Dabney Left: Hamadachelys escuilliei, Upper Cretaceous, ~95 Ma (approximately 95 million years ago), Kem-Kem beds, Ifezouane Formation, Drâa-Tafilalet region, Morocco, 3 1/2 x 9 x 13 1/2 inches, Lent courtesy of the David and Jean Hutchison Collection. © University Museums, photograph by Taylor Dabney
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Free Programs at the University museums University Museums programs this semester take place on the campus of the University of Richmond and are free and open to the public, unless otherwise noted.
Thursday, January 12, 6 to 8 p.m.
6 p.m., Artist’s Talk, Camp Concert Hall, Modlin Center 我拍上海三十六年 (“I photographed Shanghai for 36 years”) Gong Jianhua (with translator Jessica Chan,
Assistant Professor of Chinese Studies, Department of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures, University of Richmond)
7 to 8 p.m., Reception and viewing of the exhibition Shanghai Passages: “Longtang” Photographs by Gong Jianhua, Harnett Museum of Art, University Museums [Presented in collaboration with Virginia Museum of Fine Arts] Gong Jianhua
Wednesday, February 1, 6 to 8 p.m.
6 p.m., Conversation, Carole Weinstein International Center Commons “Turtles in Time and Space: A Conversation” with Robert McCord, Curator of Natural History, Arizona Museum of Natural History, Mesa, and David Hutchison, independent scholar and collector, and co-curator of the exhibition 7 to 8 p.m., Reception and preview of the exhibition Turtles in Time: From Fossils to the Present, Lora Robins Gallery, University Museums
Wednesday, February 8, 6 to 8 p.m.
6 to 8 p.m., Opening reception, artists’ talk, and preview of the exhibition Crooked Data: (Mis)Information in Contemporary Art, Harnett Museum of Art, University Museums, Modlin Center 6:30 to 7 p.m., Artists’ Talk by Brooke Inman, Adjunct Professor, Department of Art and Art History, University of Richmond, and University students enrolled in the 2016 Fall Semester Introduction to Printmaking course taught by Professor Inman
Brooke Inman
Sunday, February 12, 1:30 to 2:45 p.m.
1:30 p.m., Curator’s Talk, Harnett Museum of Art, Modlin Center “The Visual Culture of the Everyday in Shanghai’s Alleyways” Kristopher Kersey, Assistant Professor of Art History, Department of Art and Art History, University of Richmond, and curator of the exhibition
2:15 to 2:45 p.m., Tea reception and viewing of the exhibition Shanghai Passages: “Longtang” Photographs by Gong Jianhua, Harnett Museum of Art, University Museums Kristopher Kersey [Event is part of the 12th Annual ChinaFest, for details visit theROSEgroup.org]
Sunday, February 26, 2 to 2:45 p.m.
Museum Story Time for Children in the Harnett Museum of Art [see page 16 for details]
Wednesday, March 8, 4 to 7 p.m.
Teacher Open House, Harnett Museum of Art, University Museums, Modlin Center [Free and open to k-12 teachers and homeschool educators] In conjunction with the exhibition Crooked Data: (Mis)Information in Contemporary Art
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Wednesday, March 15, 6 to 8 p.m.
6 p.m., Conversation, Camp Concert Hall, Modlin Center “Artists’ Conversation” with Eric Rodenbeck, Founder, CEO, and Creative Director, Stamen Design, San Francisco, and Tiffany Holmes, artist and Dean of Undergraduate Studies, School of the Art Institute of Chicago 7 to 8 p.m., Reception and viewing of the exhibition Crooked Data: (Mis)Information in Contemporary Art, Harnett Museum of Art, University Museums [Funded in part by Data Blueprint, the event is co-sponsored by the University Museums and the University’s Department of Geography and the Environment]
Eric Rodenbeck
Thursday, March 16, 12 to 12:45 p.m.
Discussion, Harnett Museum of Art, University Museums, Modlin Center Tiffany Holmes “Sustainability and Art” with Tiffany Holmes, artist and Dean of Undergraduate Studies, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, and Rob Andrejewski, Director of Sustainability, University of Richmond In conjunction with the exhibition Crooked Data: (Mis)Information in Contemporary Art
Sunday, April 2, 1 to 3 p.m.
University Museums Family Day in the Lora Robins Gallery [see page 15 for details]
Sunday, April 2, 2 to 2:45 p.m.
Museum Story Time for Children in the Lora Robins Gallery [see page 16 for details]
Wednesday, April 5, 8 to 10 p.m.
College Night, Harnett Museum of Art, University Museums, Modlin Center Free and open to University students! Enjoy refreshments, entertainment, and art! In conjunction with the exhibition Crooked Data: (Mis)Information in Contemporary Art
Thursday, April 6, 6 to 8 p.m.
Video Festival, Ukrop Auditorium, Jepson School of Business Organized by Jeremy Drummond, Associate Professor of Art and Chair, Department of Art and Art History, University of Richmond, and co-curated with students enrolled in the 2016 Fall Semester Independent Film and Video: Curatorial Practice and Presentation course taught by Professor Drummond In conjunction with the exhibition Crooked Data: (Mis)Information in Contemporary Art
Wednesday, April 12, 12 to 12:45 p.m.
Idea Lounge, Harnett Museum of Art, University Museums, Modlin Center Discussion on the topic of “data” with University faculty and staff: Rob Nelson, Director, Digital Scholarship Lab, Tom Roberts, Assistant Vice President, Recreation and Wellness, and Meghan Rosatelli, Adjunct Lecturer of American Studies In conjunction with the exhibition Crooked Data: (Mis)Information in Contemporary Art
Sunday, April 30, 2 to 2:45 p.m.
Museum Story Time for Children in the Lora Robins Gallery [see page 16 for details]
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NEW EXHIBITION
Crooked Data: (Mis)Information in Contemporary Art HARNETT MUSEUM OF ART FEBRUARY 9 TO MAY 5, 2017 PUBLIC PROGRAMS (see centerfold for details)
Blast Theory (British artists group), Karen, 2015, mobile device app, Lent courtesy of Blast Theory © Blast Theory
This exhibition features art by twenty-one contemporary artists and studios who work with data in nontraditional ways. Some artists incorporate data from known sources, using it as an aesthetic device divorced from its originally intended interpretive function. Others gather and manifest data that might normally be considered not worthy of collecting. And some of the works explore alternatives to standard data visualization forms and practices. For example, R. Luke DuBois’ series A More Perfect Union features maps of states, replacing cities and towns with the most frequently used words from residents’ online dating profiles. Blast Theory’s app Karen presents a pseudo life coach who provides personalized personality profiles based on user input. Nathalie Miebach translates science data into sculpture, installation, and musical scores. In the series Wars and Conflicts Dan Mills uses vintage maps as a space to investigate global data on international tensions, conflicts, and refugee statistics. Clement Valla presents Google Earth images that reveal anomalies within the system, images that are correctly formed with the data used by the software but are incorrect in accurately depicting their subjects. The exhibition, organized by University of Richmond Museums, was curated by N. Elizabeth Schlatter, Deputy Director and Curator of Exhibitions, University of Richmond Museums. It is presented in cooperation with the University’s Departments of Art and Art History, Geography and the Environment, Boatwright Memorial Library, the Digital Scholarship Lab, Recreation and Wellness, and Partners in the Arts. The exhibition and programs are made possible in part by Data Blueprint and the University’s Cultural Affairs Committee, and with funds from the Louis S. Booth Arts Fund. The exhibition is accompanied by an online catalogue featuring works in the exhibition and interviews conducted by Elizabeth Schlatter and Lindsay Hamm, ’17, art conservation (interdisciplinary studies) major, University of Richmond. See www.crookeddata.com
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Dan Mills (American, born 1956), Wars and Conflicts by Continent, with Ancient Symbols, 2015, ink and graphite on printed map on paper, 22 1/2 x 30 inches, Lent courtesy of the artist © Dan Mills
Clement Valla (American, born 1979), Postcard from Google Earth (48°24’31.45”N, 122°38’45.52”W), 2010, archival pigment ink on paper, 23 x 40 inches, Edition of 5, Lent courtesy of bitforms gallery © Clement Valla
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NEW EXHIBITION
Lora Robins Gallery, The First Forty Years: Museum Studies Seminar Exhibition LORA ROBINS GALLERY APRIL 2 TO MAY 5, 2017 PUBLIC PROGRAM, SUN., APRIL 2 (see centerfold for details)
Dale Chihuly (American, born 1941), Sumas Yellow and Forest Green Persian Set, 2000, blown glass, 15 x 31 x 29 inches, Lora Robins Gallery of Design from Nature, University of Richmond Museums, Gift of Lora McGlasson Robins, R2002.03.01a-o. © Dale Chihuly, photograph by Taylor Dabney
The exhibition is curated and organized by students enrolled in the Museum Studies Seminar, a course offered in the University’s Department of Art and Art History and part of the Interdisciplinary Concentration in Arts Management. To celebrate the museum’s 40th anniversary, the students selected works from the collection of the Lora Robins Gallery of Design From Nature, University Museums, designed the installation of the objects, and developed marketing and educational programming. Organized by the University of Richmond Museums, the exhibition was curated by Richard Waller, Executive Director, University Museums, and on the faculty of the Department of Art and Art History, with students enrolled in the Museum Studies Seminar.
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FAMILY PROGRAMS
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Visit the University Museums and join us for MUSEUM STORY TIME — an entertaining and hands-on experience for kids of all ages. We will be reading the books listed below followed by an art activity and exploration of current exhibitions. Reservations are encouraged and participation is FREE! For more information, contact Martha Wright, Coordinator of Museum Visitor and Tour Services, University Museums, at 804-287-1258, or e-mail mwright3@richmond.edu
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Sunday, February 26, 2 to 2:45 p.m.
Sunday, April 2, 2 to 2:30 p.m.
Sunday, April 30, 2 to 2:45 p.m.
Harnett Museum of Art, University Museums Reading from Susan Verdes’ book The Museum
Lora Robins Gallery, University Museums Reading from Cathryn Falwell’s book Turtle Splash! Countdown at the Pond Lora Robins Gallery, University Museums Reading from David Goldin’s book Meet Me at the Museum
Museum Ambassador Roshan Sen, ’18, reads Laurent De Brunhoff’s book Babar’s Museum of Art in the Rodin exhibition during Museum Story Time for Children, part of last semester’s Family Arts Day Celebration! on Sunday afternoon, October 16. 16
MUSEUM VISITOR & TOUR SERVICES
Planning Visits to University Museums for University Classes, K-12, and the Public Would you like to bring your class or group to the University Museums and participate in a tour? We offer free creative tours that incorporate concepts from syllabi for University courses or SOLs for K-12, and based on your interests and needs. Students Tom Francis, ’18, and Jeremy Etelson, ’18, are identifying Roman coins from the permanent collection in the Lora Robins Gallery as part of the course Roman Art taught last semester by Elizabeth Baughan, Associate Professor of Classical Studies and Archeology, Department of Classical Studies, University of Richmond.
MUSEUM-IN-A-BOX MUSEUM-IN-A-BOX brings University Museums’ collections to K-12 classrooms with
subjects including “Virginia Rocks and Geology,” “Mollusks and Coral Reefs” (coming Fall 2017), and “Prints and Printmaking” (coming Spring 2018). Each box, developed by University students working with museum staff, includes lesson plans based on the Virginia Standards of Learning, relevant activities, and touchable objects. Boxes are available to borrow for two-week periods, and are completely free!
NEW EXHIBITION TOUR OPPORTUNITY!
Walk-in Tours with Museum Ambassadors Our Museum Ambassadors (University of Richmond students) are available to give short tours of our special exhibitions in the Harnett Museum of Art. No reservation is required, the tour is free and is available on a first-come, first-serve basis. When you arrive at the Harnett Museum of Art, ask for your tour at the reception desk.
Behind-the-Scenes Assistants, Museum Attendants, & Museum Ambassadors Are you a UR student who is interested in a job the University Museums? There are different positions available each semester or academic year. Behind-the-Scenes Assistants work directly with museum staff in areas such as education, marketing, curating, and collections and exhibition installation. Museum Attendants provide customer service to our visitors, an important position for the museums’ operations. Students have been selected from current Museum Attendants to become Museum Ambassadors for the University Museums. They help make the museums more accessible to our University students, plan annual events, brainstorm on marketing techniques, and implement new ways to engage our visitors.
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SPOTLIGHT ON BEHIND-THE-SCENES STUDENT ASSISTANTS
Reid Dickie, ’19, Emma Felt, ’18, & Lindsay Hamm, ’17
Left: Lindsay Hamm, ’17 (left), is assisting Elizabeth Schlatter, Deputy Director and Curator of Exhibitions, University Museums, with researching works from the collection for inclusion in an exhibition.
Above, left: Emma Felt, ’18 (left), is keywording in the collections database with assistance from Matthew Houle, Curator of Museum Collections, University Museums. Right: Reid Dickie, ’19 (right), works on mineral specimens for education programs with University Museums staff Martha Wright (left), Coordinator of Museum Visitor and Tour Services, and Heather Campbell (center), Curator of Museum Programs.
University of Richmond students work for the University Museums in many different roles: as Museum Attendants, Museum Ambassadors, and Behind-the-Scenes Assistants. This academic year three students are working with museum staff behind the scenes, assisting with exhibition and collection research, education program planning, and museum marketing. Reid Dickie, ’19, art history major, has been working as a marketing and education programs assistant. Collaborating with Heather Campbell, Curator of Museum Programs, and Martha Wright, Coordinator of Museum Visitor and Tour Services, Reid has helped develop and promote programs for University students and visitors. Reid wrote, “Striving for a career in museum work and being able to learn firsthand how a museum functions has been an amazing experience. I have found that I enjoy museum work and want to continue to pursue it as a career.” Emma Felt, ’18, visual media and arts practice major, has been working this year as a curatorial, exhibition, and collections assistant. Emma is working on database entry and keywording for the collections, gallery preparation, and object handling. Assisting Matthew Houle, Curator of Museum Collections, she has also been involved with image manipulation of graphics for the exhibition Turtles in Time: From Fossils to the Present (see pages 8-9). Emma wrote, “One of the advantages of working in this position is that I am able to see all of the wonderful artworks in the collection that are not on view. It is a joy to find a work from an artist that I’ve met, seen, or have only read about in art history books.” Lindsay Hamm, ’17, art conservation (interdisciplinary studies) major, has been working this academic year as a curatorial assistant. Collaborating with Elizabeth Schlatter, Deputy Director of Curator of Exhibitions, Lindsay is the lead creative designer for the online catalogue, including conducting artist interviews, for the exhibition Crooked Data: (Mis)Information in Contemporary Art (see pages 12-13). Lindsay wrote, “Working with the University Museums, including the opportunity to actively participate in the creation of an exhibition, has been a high point in my college career. I have cultivated an understanding of the importance of questioning art and its intentions. This interest will definitely continue with my goals for art conservation graduate school where I will be able to closely examine works.” 18
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FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC Dance Performance in the Rodin Exhibition
Assistant Professors Alicia Díaz and Matthew Thornton (Department of Theatre and Dance, University of Richmond) created a Rodininspired dance duet, titled “Changing Course: The Body as Vessel,” by the Aqua Dulce Dance Theater. Accompanied with live music by saxophonist Alfredo L. Santiago, Professors Díaz and Thornton performed in the exhibition in front of the photograph of Rodin’s Gates of Hell on Family Arts Day during the 2016 Fall Semester. See the performance at https://vimeo.com/192045880
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Nakajima Yoshiume (Japanese, 1819-1879), Clumsy Waiter (detail), circa 1850-1870s, ink and color on paper, 9 x 12 inches, Private collection. From the exhibition Unexpected Smiles: Seven Types of Humor in Japanese Paintings
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