Category: Hamon Arts Library

The Hawn Gallery presents Embodied Algorithm: [Re]embracing the Analog –New works by Ira Greenberg

The Hawn Gallery presents Embodied Algorithm: [Re]embracing the Analog New works by Ira Greenberg On view: September 8 – October 8, 2017  Opening Reception: Friday, September 8th, 5-7 pm at the Hawn Gallery, located in the Hamon Arts Library at SMU Artist Ira Greenberg will conduct a gallery talk at 5:45 p.m. An exhibition of…Continue Reading The Hawn Gallery presents Embodied Algorithm: [Re]embracing the Analog –New works by Ira Greenberg

In memory of our colleague, Dillon Wackerman

The staff of Central University Libraries are deeply saddened to share the news about the death of our wonderful and brilliant colleague, Dillon Wackerman. After a nationwide search, Dillon joined SMU’s Central University Libraries on August 1, 2016, as the Digital Repository Librarian. He quickly rebranded SMU’s digital repository as SMU Scholar and transformed it…Continue Reading In memory of our colleague, Dillon Wackerman

Texas Women Artists: Selections from Bywaters Special Collections on view

The metalwork, photographs, prints, and sculpture selected for the new exhibition, Texas Women Artists: Selections from Bywaters Special Collections, are from the holdings of Bywaters Special Collections, located in the Jake and Nancy Hamon Arts Library.  Each artist represented in the exhibition had early art training, most of it professional, yet career paths diverged as…Continue Reading Texas Women Artists: Selections from Bywaters Special Collections on view

Two Texans at the MoMA: Medellin and Spruce

As part of the graduation requirements to earn my Master’s Degree in Liberal Studies from Southern Methodist University, I completed a capstone project titled Two Texans at the MoMA: Medellin and Spruce. The purpose of my project was to collaborate with the Bywaters Special Collections staff to complete a research paper using the many primary…Continue Reading Two Texans at the MoMA: Medellin and Spruce

Jerry Bywaters: Lone Star Printmaker now in SMU Scholar

Published initially by Southern Methodist University Press in 2007, Central University Libraries is proud to announce Ellen Buie Niewyk’s Jerry Bywaters: Lone Star Printmaker is now available as open access and free of charge in SMU Scholar. In her book, Niewyk, Curator of the Bywaters Special Collections, CUL, highlights the seminal achievements of Jerry Bywaters’ career…Continue Reading Jerry Bywaters: Lone Star Printmaker now in SMU Scholar

Interview with Marisa Infante, 2017 recipient of Larrie and Bobbi Weil Undergraduate Research Award

Congratulations go to Meadows art history student, Marisa Infante, who is the 2017 recipient of the Larrie and Bobbi Weil Undergraduate Research Award for her paper, The Amazons of Exekias and Eupolis: Demystifying Changes in Gender Roles. The Weil Award is given annually for excellence in undergraduate research, and the recipient is an SMU student nominated…Continue Reading Interview with Marisa Infante, 2017 recipient of Larrie and Bobbi Weil Undergraduate Research Award

Celebrating the 75th Anniversary of Greer Garson’s Mrs. Miniver

Mrs. Miniver was released on June 4, 1942 and went on to win six Academy Awards, including “Best Picture,” Best Director” and “Best Actress” with Greer Garson’s stellar performance.  It was the second of what would be seven nominations for “Best Actress” during Garson’s career.  This depiction of English civilians’ determined resistance during the Battle of…Continue Reading Celebrating the 75th Anniversary of Greer Garson’s Mrs. Miniver

Hawn Gallery’s Piecing It Together and Eva Hesse

On April 26th, the Hamon Arts Library presented a screening of the 2015 documentary, Eva Hesse (Zeitgeist Films, dir. Marcie Begleiter) in conjunction with the Hawn Gallery’s current exhibition, Piecing It Together. This incredible film about the life and work of pioneering post-minimalist and conceptual artist Eva Hesse seemed a logical and evocative accompaniment to…Continue Reading Hawn Gallery’s Piecing It Together and Eva Hesse

Collection Spotlight: Southern Methodist University Arden Club collection

The Southern Methodist University Arden Club was the student dramatic group on campus from 1916 to 1969. The collection documents the activities of the club from its first production in 1916 and throughout its fifty-three year history. It includes artwork, clippings, correspondence, documents, ephemera, manuscripts, posters, programs, props, publicity, published works, scripts, scrapbooks, photographs and…Continue Reading Collection Spotlight: Southern Methodist University Arden Club collection

Collection Spotlight: DeForrest Judd Art Work and Papers

DeForrest H. Judd, a native of Hartsgrove, Ohio, lived most of his life in Dallas working as an artist and teaching at Southern Methodist University. Judd’s keen observation of everyday life and nature influenced him to paint, draw, and print his interpretations onto canvas, paper, and copper enamels. As a professional artist and teacher, Judd…Continue Reading Collection Spotlight: DeForrest Judd Art Work and Papers

 

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