PLEASE READ—CLEAR BAG POLICY: Only clear bags and small clutch purses are allowed in the exhibit. No large backpacks or purses are allowed. Visitors will go through security screening and metal detectors before entering the exhibit. SMU is a no-carry campus. No firearms, knives or other weapons will be permitted in the library. Codex Fest…Continue Reading Codex Fest Visitor Information
3rd ANNUAL BEBFest (“Bridwell Edible Book Festival” Contest): Call For Entries! Bridwell proudly announces its 3rd Annual Bridwell Edible Book Festival (BEBFest). How it works: Contributors to the contest make “edible book or book-related objects” to share with the community. Each person or group…Continue Reading Bridwell Edible Book Fest (BEBFest) 2023
Tino Ward: Phosphenes Friday, March 3 5 – 7 p.m. Opening Reception Hawn Gallery, Hamon Arts Library, Owen Arts Center, SMU Campus 6100 Hillcrest Road, Dallas, TX 75205 Tino Ward, SMU MFA graduate (2020), will exhibit a suite of paper pulp paintings depicting symbols from anthropologist Genevieve von Petzinger’s catalog of proto-linguistic signs found in ancient…Continue Reading Tino Ward: Phosphenes – Opening Reception, March 3, 5 – 7 pm in Hawn Gallery
In collaboration with SMU’s World Languages and Literature program’s International Film Festival, Club de Femmes (1936) will be screened in the Jeff Gordon Film and Collections room on Tuesday, February 21 at 7 pm. The room is on the 3rd floor, 3210, Hamon Arts Library. Professor Rachel Ney, Senior Lecturer in French, provides a description…Continue Reading Screening of restored film Club de Femmes (1936)
Recently concluding a screening at the Museum of Modern Art, this short fictional documentary combines reenactments of colonial occupation, landscape views, archival footage, environmental wounds and indigenous marks on the stones, and uncovers recent infrastructural development with its deep roots in colonialization. Follow the QR code to register….Continue Reading Screening of The Teachings of the Hands on February 9 at 5 pm at the Hamon Arts Library
February Events at Bridwell Library: Pulitzers, Poets, & Printing Arts Former US Poet Laureate, Pulitzer Winners, & Major Artists Come to Bridwell in February Bridwell Library will be hosting a wide range of artistic and literary talents from around the globe, with some internationally acclaimed writers and artists, including Sam Winston, Haein Song, Rick Myers,…Continue Reading February Events at Bridwell Library
In conjunction with the exhibition, Aquatic Channels, continuing in the Hawn and Pollock Galleries until February 19, 2023, researcher and architect Paulo Tavares will give an online discussion of the concept of “reparation architecture.” Tavares gives an overview of his upcoming talk on Monday, January 30 at 5 pm. To register and access the zoom link…Continue Reading Reparation Architecture – online lecture by Paulo Tavares on January 30 at 5 pm
Friends of SMU Libraries and DeGolyer Library host a lecture and book signing event for Our Stories: Black Families in Early Dallas, featuring co-editor Judith Garrett Segura. Our Stories: Black Families in Early Dallas combines carefully chosen excerpts from two publications by the late Dr. Mamie McKnight’s organization, Black Dallas Remembered. Through the excerpts chosen by editors George…Continue Reading Our Stories: Black Families in Early Dallas featuring co-editor Judith Garrett Segura
You’re invited to attend A Cool Yule Christmas Concert with The Light Crust Doughboys Thursday, December 15 at 7pm at Perkins Chapel on the SMU campus. Join us for a reception at Bridwell Library after the concert. The concert and reception are free and open to the public. We hope to see you there!…Continue Reading A Cool Yule Christmas Concert with The Light Crust Doughboys
