Virtual Lecture with Guest Curator Yina Jiménez Suriel April 7, 5:30 p.m. Yina Jiménez Suriel. Curator and researcher. She obtained her master’s degree in History of Art and Visual Culture, with a focus on visual studies from the Universitat de València. She has collaborated in different institutions, among them Casa Quien, Centro León, Kulturstiftung Basel…Continue Reading Curatorial Minds Lab: Virtual Lecture with Guest Curator Yina Jiménez Suriel on April 7
Curatorial Minds Lab: Virtual Lecture with Guest Curator Sofía Casarin, Co-founder of Ruta del Castor, Mexico City
Curatorial Minds Lab: Virtual Lecture with Guest Curator Sofía Casarin, Co-founder of Ruta del Castor, Mexico City Wednesday, March 17, 2021 at 5:30 pm Virtual lecture; advance registration required. Sofia Casarin is a Mexico-based curator and art historian whose work focuses on the relationship between the arts and politics and on the role of artists…Continue Reading Curatorial Minds Lab: Virtual Lecture with Guest Curator Sofía Casarin, Co-founder of Ruta del Castor, Mexico City
Curatorial Minds Lab – spring 2021 fellows & upcoming events
Please join us in welcoming the five fellows for the spring 2021 Curatorial Minds Lab cohort, hosted by the Hawn Gallery in the Hamon Arts Library, SMU. Aidan Ellis (she/her) is a second-year student from Austin, TX pursuing majors in Film & Media Studies and English with minors in Human Rights and Art History. She applies…Continue Reading Curatorial Minds Lab – spring 2021 fellows & upcoming events
Vote 2020 – It’s Just Two Steps: Register and Vote!
With the upcoming presidential and congressional election on November 3, 2020, it’s an ideal moment to reflect on past elections at Southern Methodist University. During the late 1960s, college and university students across the country and at SMU protested against the Vietnam War. At that time, anyone under 21 could not vote, and on campuses,…Continue Reading Vote 2020 – It’s Just Two Steps: Register and Vote!
SMU Libraries’ 2nd Annual Digital Humanities Research Institute
Join DHRI@SMU, August 10-13, 2020. Apply now, applications are due July 31 Digital humanities (DH) answers humanities questions with computational methods. DHRI@SMU offers intensive training in DH tools and skills. We focus both the digital and the humanities. We also explore the collaborative, interdisciplinary nature of DH work. Though circumstances are uncertain, we remain committed…Continue Reading SMU Libraries’ 2nd Annual Digital Humanities Research Institute
Hawn Gallery presents Allyson Packer: Sounding – opening February 7
Allyson Packer: Sounding On view February 7 – March 29, 2020 Monday – Thursday | 9 AM – 9 PM Friday | 9 AM – 6 PM Saturday | 12 – 5 PM Sunday | 2 – 9 PM Opening Reception with the artist | Friday, February 7 | 5 – 7 pm…Continue Reading Hawn Gallery presents Allyson Packer: Sounding – opening February 7
Collaborative exhibition: RISO BAR – opening January 25th
RISO BAR JANUARY 25, 2020 – DECEMBER 15, 2020 Opening reception: Saturday January 25, 1-5 p.m. Pollock Gallery Expressway Tower Suite 101 6116 N Central Expressway, Dallas TX, 75206 The risograph is a printing technology defined by its relative simplicity and the possibilities for experimentation. Invented in Japan in the 1940s, the technology was imagined…Continue Reading Collaborative exhibition: RISO BAR – opening January 25th
A deeper dive into archival practice and art
In some ways one could argue that every artwork is an archive in the sense that the accumulated knowledge of the artist is inherently embedded within the material of the work itself, both tangible or intangible. Another way to think about it might be in terms of the idea of a trace: some artists prefer…Continue Reading A deeper dive into archival practice and art
Hawn Gallery presents Elizabeth Moran: Against the Best Possible Sources opening Sept. 6
Guided by a preoccupation with the subjectivity of facts, Elizabeth Moran uses photography, text, sound, and other forms of recorded documentation to examine the reliability of information and how evidence is often far from evident. Against the Best Possible Sources is part of an ongoing project including extensive research of the TIME, Inc. corporate archive…Continue Reading Hawn Gallery presents Elizabeth Moran: Against the Best Possible Sources opening Sept. 6
The Illusion of Being: the artists’ interview with Cravens, Faircloth, and Whitt
Thank you to each of you for your willingness to participate in this interview. This exhibition, The Illusion of Being, is a captivating exhibition in the Hawn Gallery and I hope that many more visitors at the university and in the arts community take advantage of seeing it before it closes on May 17th. It…Continue Reading The Illusion of Being: the artists’ interview with Cravens, Faircloth, and Whitt