Artist featured in the exhibition Texas Women Artists: Selections from Bywaters Special Collections, on the 2nd floor of Hamon Arts Library. Janet Turner was born in Kansas City, Missouri in 1914. Attending nature camps during the 1920s, she developed an early awareness of the outdoors and the beauty nature had to offer. Turner’s interest in…Continue Reading Bywaters Special Collections Artist Profile: Janet Elizabeth Turner
Please join the G. William Jones Film & Video Collection’s moving image curator, Jeremy Spracklen, on Sunday, January 14, 2018 at 5:00 p.m. at the Texas Theater for a screening of Peter Flynn’s 2015 documentary, The Dying of the Light. Following the screening, Flynn, the director of this documentary will be available for a Q & A…Continue Reading Screening and Q & A of The Dying of the Light
Featured in the exhibition Texas Women Artists: Selections from Bywaters Special Collections, on the 2nd floor of Hamon Arts Library. Barbara Lucile Maples (1912 – 1999) was born in Temple, Texas to Leslie Buford and Lucile Beatrice Hartrick Maples. She graduated from Temple High School in 1929 and continued her studies at Mary-Hardin Baylor College…Continue Reading Bywaters Special Collections Artist Profile: Barbara Lucile Maples
This blog post is a continuation of the Hawn Gallery’s series on the exhibition Collective Practice: Community Building Through Zines by Puro Chingón Collective. Below is a discussion of pieces in the exhibition, chosen by Curatorial fellow Emily Rueggeberg. In addition to zines, Puro Chingón Collective also creates designer toys. Unlike toys found in commercial…Continue Reading Collective Practice: Community Building Through Zines – Curatorial discussion of Selected Works, Part II
Featured in the exhibition Texas Women Artists: Selections from Bywaters Special Collections, on the 2nd floor of Hamon Arts Library. Mary Frances Doyle (1904 – 2000) was known as both a dedicated art teacher and an outstanding printmaker, particularly with the silk-screen, or serigraph, technique. Doyle was born in Stephenville, Texas to Davis K. Doyle,…Continue Reading Bywaters Special Collections Artist Profile: Mary Frances Doyle
Join the G. William Jones Film & Video Collection for an advanced screening of an upcoming episode of KERA’s Frame of Mind – Remixing the News on Tuesday, November 14th at 7:30 pm in the O’Donnell Hall, Owen Arts Center, SMU. This long-running, local series features a collection of independent documentaries and shorts highlighting Texas-based artists and…Continue Reading Remixing the News – KERA’s Frame of Mind & the Jones Film & Video Collection event
The Hawn Gallery’s current exhibition, Collective Practice: Community Building Through Zines, had a brisk turnout at its opening reception on October 20th and continues to draw many visitors to its installation. At the opening, members of Puro Chingón Collective – Claudia Zapata, James Huizar, and Claudia Aparicio-Gamundi – discussed the origin of their zine, Chingozine, and provided some context…Continue Reading Collective Practice: Community Building Through Zines – Curatorial discussion of Selected Works
John Chávez, the SMU History Department and the Central University Libraries are especially gratified to announce that Professor Chávez’ book, Eastside Landmark: A History of the East Los Angeles Community Union, 1968-1993, is now available entirely open access in SMU Scholar. This is now the second selection in SMU Scholar’s eBooks section, including Ellen Buie…Continue Reading New publication available in SMU Scholar: Eastside Landmark
Featured in the exhibition Texas Women Artists: Selections from Bywaters Special Collections, on the 2nd floor of Hamon Arts Library. Blanche McVeigh was born in St. Charles, Missouri in 1895 and moved to Fort Worth as a child. She received her art training at the St. Louis School of Fine Arts, the Art Institute of…Continue Reading Bywaters Special Collections Artist Profile: Blanche McVeigh
The Hawn Gallery presents Collective Practice: Community Building Through Zines Works by Puro Chingón Collective On view: October 20 – December 15, 2017 Opening Reception: Friday, October 20th, 5-7pm at the Hawn Gallery, located in the Hamon Arts Library at SMU Artists Claudia Zapata, James Huizar, and Claudia Aparicio-Gamundi will conduct a gallery talk at…Continue Reading Hawn Gallery Presents: Collective Practice: Community Building through Zines – Works by Puro Chingón Collective