Featured in the exhibition Texas Women Artists: Selections from Bywaters Special Collections, on the 2nd floor of Hamon Arts Library. Mary Beasley Nye was born in 1918 in Texarkana, Texas, but she was brought to Dallas as a young child. A 1933 graduate of Highland Park High School, she attended Southern Methodist University. She later…Continue Reading Bywaters Special Collections Artist Profile: Mary Beasley Nye
NEWS AND UPDATES The Jones Collection received a makeover! New signage and an updated lobby area which features several pieces of antique film projection equipment from the vault. On Sunday, January 14, 2018, Curator Jeremy Spracklen hosted a Q&A at the Texas Theatre with director Peter Flynn, following Flynn’s documentary on film exhibition, The Dying of…Continue Reading February 2018 Jones Film Archive Update
Marsh Terry, also known as “Mr. SMU,” was born this day–February 7. He was a long-term friend of the DeGolyer Library. For a while, he even had an office (Room 318) here. Marsh graduated from SMU. Marsh worked at SMU. Marsh taught at SMU. And Marsh wrote about SMU. From High on the Hilltop is…Continue Reading Remembering Marsh Terry
This curatorial discussion on the Hawn Gallery exhibition, Clear, Deep, Dark, focuses on its artist, Julie Morel. Every two weeks during the exhibition’s run, Curatorial Fellow, Emily Rueggeberg, will post a new article highlighting one or more of Morel’s pieces from the exhibition to provide insight into the artist’s creative and theoretical processes….Continue Reading Curatorial discussion #1: Clear, Deep, Dark
In January 2018, SMU’s Central University Libraries uploaded 169 items into CUL Digital Collections. Highlights include: 47 documents, ca. 1878-1910, into the Texas: Photographs, Manuscripts and Imprints digital collection as part of the TexTreasures FY2018 grant program, sponsored by the Texas State Library and Archives Commission and funded by the Institute of Museum and Library…Continue Reading CUL Digital Collections Update: January 2018