CHROMARRAY Works by Constance Lowe On view: April 6 – May 27, 2018 Opening Reception: Friday, April 6th, 5-7pm at the Hawn Gallery, located in the Hamon Arts Library at SMU Artist Connie Lowe will conduct a gallery talk at 5:45 p.m. The Hawn Gallery presents Chromarray, works by Constance Lowe, featuring pieces from…Continue Reading THE HAWN GALLERY PRESENTS: CHROMARRAY
Bywaters Special Collections Artist Profile: Ann Cushing Gantz
Featured in the exhibition Texas Women Artists: Selections from Bywaters Special Collections, on the 2nd floor of Hamon Arts Library. Born in Dallas on August 27, 1933, Ann Cushing moved with her parents, Maurice and Margaret Cushing, to Memphis, Tennessee in 1940 due to her father’s work with the Missouri Pacific Railroad. Interested in art…Continue Reading Bywaters Special Collections Artist Profile: Ann Cushing Gantz
Curatorial Discussion #2: Julie Morel’s Reloaded (2017)
The following is the final curatorial discussion in a series of blog posts on the Hawn Gallery exhibition, Clear, Deep, Dark. This week’s piece explores Julie Morel’s print Reloaded (2017). In the exhibition, Clear, Deep, Dark, when one enters the gallery your eyes meet illuminated pieces mounted onto each of the four walls. The pinpoints of…Continue Reading Curatorial Discussion #2: Julie Morel’s Reloaded (2017)
Remembering Horton Foote
Horton Foote (1916-2009) was born this day, March 14. He grew up in Wharton, Texas and wrote about his childhood home in prose, plays, and productions for television and film. He is mostly known for his Oscar-winning screenplays for To Kill a Mockingbird and Tender Mercies, and his Pulitzer Prize-winning play A Young Man in…Continue Reading Remembering Horton Foote
Jones Collection March Update
In The Media: On February 6, 2018, WFAA aired a piece on the Jones Collection, highlighting not only our recent work restoring and digitizing their news footage, but also focusing on the overall historical and cultural importance the Collection offers to SMU and the city of Dallas. (Here) KERA wrote this piece on the Jones…Continue Reading Jones Collection March Update
CUL Digital Collections Update: February 2018
In February 2018, SMU’s Central University Libraries uploaded 460 items into CUL Digital Collections. Highlights include: 34 documents, ca. 1875-1910, 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 Services. Striving to attract immigrants to Texas, these promotional…Continue Reading CUL Digital Collections Update: February 2018