If you are a regular visitor to the Hamon Arts Library, you will have noticed that the Hawn Gallery has not looked much like a gallery since May. The space has been used as a temporary site for storage and for processing special collections for the last six months. This is about to change as…Continue Reading Hawn Gallery Opens Student Curated Exhibition
With the announcement of the Hawn Gallery Internship, open to Art History majors and minors, the Hamon Arts Library is now offering the opportunity to learn about the curatorial process first-hand. The internship will focus on supporting exhibitions in the Hawn Gallery, located in Hamon, and will involve archival and collection management duties in the…Continue Reading State of the Art Internship Opportunity at Hamon Arts Library
The Jones Film & Video Collection in the Hamon Arts Library will host an evening of film and television history on Tuesday, October 29th, 7pm, in the Jeff Gordon Film Collection and Screening Room, 3rd floor Hamon Library. The event is free and open to the public. Shortly before filming Psycho, Russell worked as the cinematographer for…Continue Reading Get ready for Halloween with Psycho (1960) and the Cinematography of John L. Russell
Kate Alleman has joined the staff at the Hamon Arts Library as our Fine Arts Librarian. As part of the Teaching and Learning Team, Kate will handle library instruction for Art History, Studio Art, Dance, and Fashion Media as well as Common Curriculum Writing and Reasoning (WRTR) courses. Kate’s most recent position has been at…Continue Reading Getting to Know the Hamon Arts Library New Fine Arts Librarian
The exhibition, What We Keep: The Objects of Immigrants to America, is an installation of fifteen drawings by artist, Jane Chu. The exhibition centers upon her mother’s journey out of China during the Chinese Revolution of 1949. In addition to her mother’s journey, Chu tells a series of stories about individuals who have immigrated to the…Continue Reading What We Keep: The Objects of Immigrants to America – Wine Reception & Artist’s Talk
Michael Corris: Incidents on a Page: Dallas-Venice Dreamscapes: 1976-2020 Online exhibition opening May 2020 The Hawn Gallery is pleased to present an online exhibition, Incidents on a Page: Dallas-Venice Dreamscapes, 1976-2020, of new works by artist, writer and SMU professor of art, Michael Corris. Corris has been active as an artist since the early 1970s, first…Continue Reading The Hawn Gallery Presents: Michael Corris: Incidents on a Page: Dallas-Venice Dreamscapes: 1976-2020
Edward Gustav Eisenlohr was born in Ohio to a family of German immigrants. When he was two years old the family relocated to Dallas, where his father established Eisenlohr Drug Store. As a young boy living in Dallas, E. G. Eisenlohr showed a strong aptitude in art, a trait which continued into his adult life….Continue Reading Collection Spotlight: Edward Gustav Eisenlohr art work and papers
The Vivian L. Aunspaugh Art Club was organized in 1945 by former and current students of Miss Vivian Louise Aunspaugh and others interested in studying art in Dallas. Miss Aunspaugh, a native of Virginia, studied art in New York and France prior to moving to Dallas in 1891. She soon taught art classes in local…Continue Reading Collection Spotlight: Vivian L. Aunspaugh Art Club records
Images by Mariza Morin…Continue Reading Pictorial: R3clamation: Routes & Roots – exhibition opening Oct. 28th
The Hawn Gallery presents: R3clamation: Routes & Roots, An Installation by Basil Kincaid [If the map to freedom was etched on the inside of your forehead, would you carve back the skin and follow the route to your roots?] On view October 28th – December 11th, 2016 Opening Reception: Friday, October 28th from 6-8 p.m….Continue Reading Hawn Gallery presents R3clamation: Routes & Roots, An Installation by Basil Kincaid