Maître d’art Didier Mutel Lectures at SMU RSVP: April 7, 11:00 a.m.–12:30 p.m. & RSVP: April 8, 10:30 a.m.–12:00 p.m. *Lectures are free and open to the public French Maître d’art Didier Mutel to Speak at SMU April 7 and 8, 2022 The book artist, engraver and printer Didier Mutel, who has…Continue Reading Maître d’art Didier Mutel Lectures at SMU April 7 & 8
The Community of Cinema – March 1 Film Events at SMU

Cinema is a natural community-forming medium, and next week, when the lights dim in Hamon Library’s new third-floor film screening room on March 1st, attendees will be treated to a unique and authentic cinematic experience, complete with the whirring sound of a 16mm film projector. The new room and projector are an extension of the…Continue Reading The Community of Cinema – March 1 Film Events at SMU
A Festival of Form: John Cage & the Infinite Human (March 7–9)
Bridwell Library & Perkins Sacred Music Program Present A FESTIVAL OF FORM John Cage & the Infinite Human March 7-9, 2022 RSVP An avant-garde festival of music, sound, silence, art, and books at Bridwell Library and Perkins Chapel Featuring A 16-hour performance of Cage’s Organ2/ASLSP “As Slow as Possible” Lecture and music by…Continue Reading A Festival of Form: John Cage & the Infinite Human (March 7–9)
Narrative as Reality: A World Reimagined/ Selections from the Jessica and Kelvin Beachum Family Collection opens Feb. 18

Several paintings by contemporary Black artists from the Jessica and Kelvin Beachum Family collection will be on view at Hamon’s Hawn Gallery beginning February 18 and continuing to May 22. The exhibition, Narrative as Reality: A World Reimagined, presents the work of artists, Dominic Chambers, Ryan Cosbert, Robert Hodge, Nelson Makamo, Delita Martin, Sungi Mlengeya,…Continue Reading Narrative as Reality: A World Reimagined/ Selections from the Jessica and Kelvin Beachum Family Collection opens Feb. 18
RSVP: Reception Feb 2, 2022 at Bridwell Library
You are invited to attend a reception and special viewing of SYMBIOSIS OF SCRIPT, FONT, AND FORM: A SELECTION OF ARTISTS’ BOOKS with an introduction to the exhibition by R. Arvid Nelsen at Bridwell Library Wednesday February 2, 2022, 3:00 to 5:00 p.m. RSVP Bridwell Library Perkins School of Theology and SMU Libraries Southern Methodist…Continue Reading RSVP: Reception Feb 2, 2022 at Bridwell Library
Bridwell Library Presents a Christmas Concert
Bridwell Library Presents a Christmas Concert Art Greenhaw & The Light Crust Doughboys December 16, 2021, 6:00 PM–8:00 PM at Perkins Chapel Reception to follow at Bridwell Library Free and open to all! SAVE THE DATE Bridwell Library Christmas Concert: Art Greenhaw and The Light Crust Doughboys Dallas (SMU) — Bridwell Library of SMU Libraries…Continue Reading Bridwell Library Presents a Christmas Concert
Fall ’21 and spring ’22 screenings for Ghosts of Lost Futures

Curator and artist, Mike Morris, and his collaborators on the experimental videos, Ghosts of Lost Futures, have been busy with additional screenings of this program of works. Ghosts premiered at the Dallas Museum of Art in the Horchow Auditorium on May 22 with ten works by ten experimental video artists commissioned to re-interpret film footage…Continue Reading Fall ’21 and spring ’22 screenings for Ghosts of Lost Futures
All New Data-Focused Workshops Series
“Data Isn’t Scary” Workshop Series Due to the popularity of Love Data Week, our February workshop series, SMU Libraries is happy to introduce our fall series, Data Isn’t Scary. Just in time for Halloween, this series serves as an introduction to data and research data management for anyone curious about what research data is, and…Continue Reading All New Data-Focused Workshops Series
Skin Hunger – interactive installation in Hamon Arts Library, October 26-31

Skin Hunger is a telematic installation that plays on the zoom-style video-chat that has recently become ubiquitous. Participants can reach across their screens to virtually ‘touch’ one another. By touching or moving together, participants create visuals and sounds that emerge and evolve from participant relation and interaction making the intangible connection tangible and also giving…Continue Reading Skin Hunger – interactive installation in Hamon Arts Library, October 26-31
CML talk with curator, Lilia Kudelia on Oct. 6 at 5:30 pm
Curatorial Minds Lab: Virtual Lecture with Guest Curator Lilia Kudelia Wednesday, October 6, 2021 5:30 p.m. Zoom lecture FREE Lilia Kudelia is a curator and art historian. Her research focuses on the artistic movements and infrastructures in the post-communist states, cultural heritage and restitution, television and art from the 1960s onwards. As a guest…Continue Reading CML talk with curator, Lilia Kudelia on Oct. 6 at 5:30 pm