Category: Hamon Arts Library

Remixing the News – KERA’s Frame of Mind & the Jones Film & Video Collection event

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

Collective Practice: Community Building Through Zines – Curatorial discussion of Selected Works

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

New publication available in SMU Scholar: Eastside Landmark

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

Bywaters Special Collections Artist Profile: Blanche McVeigh

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

Hawn Gallery Presents: Collective Practice: Community Building through Zines – Works by Puro Chingón Collective

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

State Fair of Texas – a look back from the G. Williams Jones Film and Video Collection

[wpvideo r8iZIKXM] In celebration of this year’s State Fair of Texas, the G. William Jones Film and Video Collection put together this compilation of clips.  Taken from several months of the archive’s 16mm WFAA Newsfilm Collection, this twenty-three minute piece largely without sound showcases the evolution of the fair throughout the 1960s, highlighting the attendees…Continue Reading State Fair of Texas – a look back from the G. Williams Jones Film and Video Collection

Bywaters Special Collections Artist Profile: Florence Elliott McClung

Featured in the exhibition Texas Women Artists: Selections from Bywaters Special Collections, on the 2nd floor of Hamon Arts Library. Florence McClung (1894 – 1992) was born in St. Louis, Missouri to Charles W. and Minerva White.  In 1899 she moved with her parents to Dallas where in 1912 she graduated from Bryan High School. …Continue Reading Bywaters Special Collections Artist Profile: Florence Elliott McClung

Bywaters Special Collections Artist Profile: Vivian Louise Aunspaugh

This week, the Bywaters Special Collections artist profile highlights Vivian Louise Aunspaugh, who is featured in the exhibition Texas Women Artists: Selections from Bywaters Special Collections, on the 2nd floor of Hamon Arts Library. Vivian Louise Aunspaugh was born August 14, 1869 in Liberty [now Bedford City], Virginia to John Henry and Virginia Fields (Yancy)…Continue Reading Bywaters Special Collections Artist Profile: Vivian Louise Aunspaugh

New Jones Film and Video acquisition: Paul Adair Collection

In August, the Jones Film and Video Collection received the Paul Adair Collection, a donation of business records and log books from the Texas-based Interstate Theatre Circuit.  The collection includes 180 books that contain the box office records for most of these movie theaters from the 1930s to the 1970s.  In addition to being a…Continue Reading New Jones Film and Video acquisition: Paul Adair Collection

Bywaters Special Collections Artist Profile: Louise Heuser Wueste (Wüste)

This artist profile is the first on several artists whose works are featured in the exhibition, Texas Women Artists: Selections from Bywaters Special Collections, on the 2nd floor of Hamon Arts Library. The earliest Texas drawing in Bywaters Special Collections is a pencil sketch of Elize Bunzen Wueste by Louise Heuser Wueste  (1805 – 1874). …Continue Reading Bywaters Special Collections Artist Profile: Louise Heuser Wueste (Wüste)

 

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