Month: September 2015

Watch: Reflections of the Hamon Arts Library

The Jake and Nancy Hamon Arts Library is a four-story building located in the Owen Arts Center of the Meadows School of the Arts. A branch of the Central University Libraries, Hamon serves students and faculty in the areas of visual art, art history, cinema, communications, dance, music and theatre. This fall, the library celebrates…Continue Reading Watch: Reflections of the Hamon Arts Library

Fashion Design Sketches by Nancy B. Hamon

Untitled, ca. 1933-1942 by Nancy Hamon.

Fashion Design Sketches by Nancy B. Hamon Nancy Hamon was born on December 12, 1918 in San Antonio, Texas to McMaster Blackburn and Estelle Blackburn (known as Mamacita). She studied paleontology at the University of Texas at Austin in the late 1930s for a short time before leaving for her first marriage which lasted only…Continue Reading Fashion Design Sketches by Nancy B. Hamon

How to (legally) use copyrighted images in your blog

Understanding whether you have used an image legally or not can seem very confusing. Many bloggers just rely on the chance that they will not get found out which doesn’t always turn out well, especially if you use images from a photographer who is particularly vigilant in pursuing rights. Also, just because you cited the…Continue Reading How to (legally) use copyrighted images in your blog

CUL Digital Collections Update: August 2015

In August 2015, SMU’s Central University Libraries uploaded 215 items into CUL Digital Collections. CUL now has approximately 48,713 published items. Highlights include: 11 photographs by Abel Briquet, ca. 1885-1899, from Views in Mexico. 33 postcards of Monterrey and Nuevo Leon, Mexico, from the Collection of Early Postcards of Mexico. 7 stereographs of Puebla and…Continue Reading CUL Digital Collections Update: August 2015

Installation is underway: Fashion Design Sketches by Nancy B. Hamon

Fashion Design Sketches by Nancy B. Hamon will open on September 24 in the Mildred Hawn Gallery….Continue Reading Installation is underway: Fashion Design Sketches by Nancy B. Hamon