UNIVERSITY OF RICHMOND MUSEUMS JOEL AND LILA HARNETT MUSEUM OF ART JOEL AND LILA HARNETT PRINT STUDY CENTER LORA ROBINS GALLERY OF DESIGN FROM NATURE
SPRING SEMESTER 2015
Welcome!
University Museums Executive Director Richard Waller in the Harnett Print Study Center looking at drawings from the collection, a recent gift from the artist, to be included in the exhibition Seeking the Darkness and the Light: Drawings of Italy by Ray Ciarrocchi.
This print can be viewed as a vertical or a horizontal image: shown above upright as a portrait, detail on cover is rotated to be seen as a landscape. Italian School (17th century), Questo é un Paesino / Questa é una Testa (This is a Town / This is a Head), circa 1640s, etching on paper, 7 3/4 x 7 inches, Joel and Lila Harnett Print Study Center, University of Richmond Museums, Museum purchase, Joel and Lila Harnett Print Acquisitions Fund, H2014.02.01. From the exhibition Sense of Place: Landscapes from the Permanent Collection (see story, page 12)
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elcome to the University of Richmond Museums. We hope you enjoy looking through our newsletter for the spring semester. Mark your calendars and plan to attend our events and programs, visit our permanent installations, and see our special exhibitions in the three museums that comprise the University Museums. This semester the University Museums continue to collaborate with the Department of Art and Art History in hosting the University’s 2014-2015 Tucker-Boatwright Festival of Literature and the Arts. See the facing page and our listing of public programs in the center of the newsletter (pages 9-11) for details on the programs and exhibitions that are planned, and follow updates on this semester’s activities on the Festival’s website. Taking the lead of the Festival’s theme of examining landscape and land use, the University Museums are presenting exhibitions and programs as part of the Festival or in tandem with it. Teaching the Museum Studies Seminar this semester, I will be working with students enrolled in the course on delving into landscape as a motivation for determining the exhibitions and programming in our museums over the next few months. How do museums take an open-ended idea, in this case “landscape,” and develop not only exhibitions but programs that grow out of this focus? How do we organize and plan these events, and how do we engage the visitor to want to see and experience various aspects of this historical yet very current topic? How do we exploit this theme to engage our students and all of our visitors? The American poet Ralph Waldo Emerson wrote, “The landscape belongs to the person who looks at it. . .” This is obviously true as we stand contemplating the world around us, but it is also part of our fascination in the visual arts with the landscape, in all its many guises, and why it belongs to each of us in such a personal way. Contemporary artist David Hockney remarked, “Enjoyment of the landscape is a thrill.” With the works of art on view in the University Museums and our lectures and programs presented on the landscape, may each of us experience that thrill. Richard Waller Executive Director University of Richmond Museums
2014-2015 Tucker-Boatwright Festival The University of Richmond’s 2014-2015 Tucker-Boatwright Festival of Literature and the Arts is hosted by the Department of Art and Art History in collaboration with University Museums. The programs, exhibitions, and projects created around this year’s Festival engage the campus and local community in examining how landscape and land use have been defined historically and how we respond to the opportunities, challenges, and tensions inherent in the topics today. The 2014-2015 Tucker-Boatwright Festival received additional support from the University’s Cultural Affairs Committee and the Dean’s Office of the School of Arts and Sciences. Throughout the academic year, there continue to be exhibitions, student projects, lectures, poetry readings, video and movie screenings, performances, artist residencies, and more. Some of the spring semester events include: “Parking Lot Project” excavates and transforms spaces in a campus parking lot to green spaces, executed by University students, faculty, and staff. [Continues from last semester in the University’s C-Lot, see Festival website for details] Exhibition: Anti-Grand: Contemporary Perspectives on Landscape Exhibition in the Harnett Museum of Art, see page 4 for details on the exhibition, and page 9 for details on the opening and panel discussion.
This piece is by studio art major Sarah Kadison, ’15, and is one of the works created during the fall semester in the University of Richmond’s C-Lot where the yearlong “Parking Lot Project” continues through the spring semester.
Lectures: Rachael Z. DeLue, January 15 Elizabeth Kolbert, February 4 Natalie Jeremijenko, March 2 Alan C. Braddock, March 25 See pages 9-11 for listings, and see the Festival website for details and updates. Exhibition: Seventeenth-Century Dutch Landscapes: Museum Studies Seminar Exhibition Exhibition in the Harnett Museum of Art, see page 13 for details on the exhibition, and page 11 for details on the opening. Film and Video Program: Landscape and Land Use, April 15 See page 11 for details on the screening. For updates and full list of events, consult the Tucker-Boatwright Festival website:
richmond.edu/tucker-boatwright
CONTINUING ExhibitionS
NEW Exhibition
Stories, Status, & Patriotism: 19th-Century American Ceramics from the Collection
Anti-Grand: Contemporary Perspectives on Landscape
Lora Robins Gallery through december 6, 2015
Harnett Museum of art january 15 to march 6, 2015 PUBLIC PROGRAM, wed., jan. 14 (see page 9 for details)
Focusing on the themes of stories, status, and patriotism, the exhibition features a selection of nineteenth-century American ceramics that were donated by the New York collectors Emma and Jay Lewis in 2012. This exhibition is concurrent with the long-term installation in the Lora Robins Gallery devoted to nineteenth-century American ceramics that was previously co-curated by the museum director with Richard Barnett, ’13, as a student research project. Organized by the University of Richmond Museums, the exhibition was curated by Richard Waller, Executive Director, University Museums. Admiral George Dewey Pitcher, American, marked (Cook Pottery Co., Trenton, New Jersey), 1899, clear glaze on earthenware body with transfer and gilding, 6 1/4 x 7 x 6 inches, Lora Robins Gallery of Design from Nature, University of Richmond Museums, Gift of Emma and Jay Lewis, R2012.01.001
The Temple of Flora: Prints by Robert John Thornton and Jim Dine
The exhibition features art by contemporary international artists, artists’ collectives, and game developers who examine, challenge, and re-define the concept of landscape while drawing attention to humanity’s attempts to relate to, preserve, and manage the natural environment. The selected videos, installations, video games, and traditional two- and three-dimensional works were created since 2000 to focus on art made well after the initial developments of the modern and popular discourse on environmentalism and sustainability. The exhibition’s title AntiGrand suggests an approach to the topic that is opposite one of awe and reverie of the past, approaches that are now difficult to consider without an implicit sense of irony. Contemporary Perspectives of Landscape emphasizes the role of the artist’s and/or viewer’s choice of framing device as applied to both the represented scenery and the genre at large. Organized by the University of Richmond Museums and part of the Tucker-Boatwright Festival of Literature and the Arts (hosted by the Department of Art and Art History in collaboration with University Museums), the exhibition was co-curated by N. Elizabeth Schlatter, Deputy Director, and Curator of Exhibitions, University Museums, and Kenta Murakami, ’15, art history major, University of Richmond, and 2014-2015 curatorial assistant, University Museums, with assistance in curating the digital media by Lauren Vincelli, ’06, and Will Blanton, co-founders of RVA Game Jams. The exhibition, programs, and accompanying publication are made possible in part with funding from the University of Richmond’s Cultural Affairs Committee, the Dean’s Office of the School of Arts and Sciences, and the Louis S. Booth Arts Fund. The printed and online catalogues, published by the University Museums, are made possible in part with support from the Elizabeth Firestone Graham Foundation. For the online catalogue, see www.antigrand.com.
Harnett MUSEUM OF ART through july 6, 2015
American pop artist Jim Dine (born 1935) published The Temple of Flora in 1984 with 28 drypoint engravings. His folio book, with botanical information, poetry, and philosophical commentary, emulated Robert John Thornton’s (British, 1768-1837) folio book of the same name, a work published in 1807. The exhibition couples Thornton’s commissioned prints with Dine’s prints. Organized by the University of Richmond Museums and curated by Richard Waller, Executive Director, University Museums, the exhibition is made possible in part with support from the Louis S. Booth Arts Fund.
Virginia ROCKS! Geologic Selections from the Collection lora robins gallery THROUGH july 31, 2015 PUBLIC PROGRAM, SAT., MAR. 28 (see page 11 for details)
Highlighting specimens from the museum’s permanent collection, the exhibition presents an introduction to geology as it relates to the Commonwealth of Virginia. The exhibition explores the varied geological areas of the state and discusses the processes that shape the land. Organized by the University of Richmond Museums, the exhibition was curated by Matthew Houle, Curator of Museum Collections, University Museums.
Katrin Elvarsdóttir (Icelandic, born 1964), Vanished Summer 32, 2013, archival pigment print on paper, 19 1/2 x 29 1/2 inches, Courtesy of the artist © Katrin Elvarsdóttir
NEW Exhibition
NEW Exhibition
Seeking the Darkness and the Light: Drawings of Italy by Ray Ciarrocchi
Garry Winogrand, Family Intimacies: Photographs from the Adrienne Judith Lubeau-Winogrand Collection
Harnett print study center january 23 to april 26, 2015 PUBLIC PROGRAM, sun., FEB. 22 (see page 10 for details)
Harnett Museum of art january 29 to april 3, 2015 PUBLIC PROGRAM, wed., jan. 28 (see page 9 for details)
Garry Winogrand (American, 19281984), Adrienne Holding Laurie, One Month Old, September 1956, gelatin silver print on paper, 13 1/4 x 5 1/2 inches, Collection of Adrienne Judith Lubeau-Winogrand © The Estate of Garry Winogrand, courtesy Fraenkel Gallery, San Francisco Ray Ciarrocchi (American, born 1933), River God’s Cascade (Villa Lante), 2010-2013, charcoal and white pastel on MBM Ingres d’Arches paper, 25 x 32 inches, Joel and Lila Harnett Print Study Center, University of Richmond Museums, Gift of the artist, H2013.05.04 © Ray Ciarrocchi, photograph by Taylor Dabney
Ray Ciarrocchi (American, born 1933) continues to focus on the landscape in his paintings and drawings. Throughout his long career, the artist has maintained an abiding interest in the complexities of the landscape and its power as a visual metaphor. Dividing his time between New York and Italy, the artist found his inspiration for this series of charcoal drawings primarily in the provinces of Le Marche and the Abruzzo. In the drawing above, based on an imposing fountain in the garden of the Villa Lante north of Rome, the richness of the layers of charcoal defines the darkness and the light of the scene. The series of drawings captures the mysterious and evocative nature of the region and its intermingling of Italy’s past and present, a setting Ciarrocchi describes as “heavy and dark and filled with a timeless uncertainty.” Organized by the University of Richmond Museums and curated by Richard Waller, Executive Director, University Museums, the exhibition is made possible in part with support from the Louis S. Booth Arts Fund.
Garry Winogrand (American, 1928-1984) is a renowned photographer of New York City and of American life from the 1950s through the early 1980s. The legendary curator and critic John Szarkowski called him the central photographer of his generation, and Winogrand is widely considered one of the greatest photographers of the twentieth century. This exhibition features a selection of personal, never exhibited, family photographs from the collection of his first wife, Adrienne Judith Lubeau-Winogrand. The images reflect an intimate orientation of the photographer to his family — his wife Adrienne, his daughter Laurie, and his son Ethan — and express a side of the artist rarely seen in major exhibitions of his work. The exhibition, organized by the University of Richmond Museums, was curated by Joe Troncale, Associate Professor of Russian Literature and Visual Studies, University of Richmond, and Richard Waller, Executive Director, University Museums, and is made possible in part with support from the Louis S. Booth Arts Fund.
NEW Exhibition
The Life in the Land: Art by Anna Líndal and Erling Sjovold lora robins gallery (concurrently at the international gallery, carole weinstein international center, university of richmond) February 19 to April 26, 2015 PUBLIC PROGRAMs (see pages 10-11 for details)
free programs at the university museums University Museums programs take place on the campus of the University of Richmond and are free and open to the public, unless otherwise noted.
Wednesday, January 14, 6 to 8:30 p.m.
6 p.m., Panel Discussion, Camp Concert Hall, Modlin Center for the Arts Panelists: Edward L. Ayers, President, University of Richmond, and teacher and historian of the United States; Rachael Z. DeLue, Associate Professor, Department of Art and Archaeology, Princeton University, and Jon-Phillip Sheridan, artist and Administrative Director and Assistant Professor,
Department of Photography and Film, School of the Arts, Virginia Commonwealth University Moderators: N. Elizabeth Schlatter, Deputy Director and Curator of Exhibitions, University Museums, and Kenta Murakami, ’15, art history major, University of Richmond, and 2014-2015 curatorial assistant, University Museums
7:30 to 8:30 p.m., Reception and preview of the exhibition Anti-Grand: Contemporary Perspectives on Landscape, Harnett Museum of Art, University Museums [event is part of the 2014-2015 Tucker-Boatwright Festival of Literature and the Arts, for details see page 3 and Festival website richmond.edu/tucker-boatwright]
Anna Líndal (Icelandic, born 1957), 5.6.2013 / June 5th 2013, 2013, chromogenic print on aluminum, 23 1/2 x 36 1/2 inches, Courtesy of the artist © Anna Líndal
The exhibition features recent work by Anna Líndal (Icelandic, born 1957) and Erling Sjovold (American, born 1961). Líndal lives and works in Reykjavik, Iceland, and creates installation, video, and mixed media that addresses themes of exploration, gender, national identity, and the transference of culture among generations. Sjovold, Associate Professor of Art, University of Richmond, creates paintings and photographs that consider the materiality and history embedded, conveyed, and lost within the glaciers of Iceland. His work was inspired by a summer 2013 residency at the Hafnarborg Centre of Culture and Fine Art, Hafnarfjörŏur, Iceland. Líndal will participate in a two-week residency at the University of Richmond during the exhibition. Organized by the University of Richmond Museums, the exhibition was curated by N. Elizabeth Schlatter, Deputy Director and Curator of Exhibitions, University Museums, and Kenta Murakami, ’15, art history major, University of Richmond, and the 2014-2015 Curatorial Assistant, University Museums. The exhibition and programs are made possible in part with the support of the University’s Cultural Affairs Committee and the Office of International Education.
Thursday, January 15, 6 to 7 p.m. Lecture, Jepson Hall, Room 118, Jepson School of Leadership Studies “Animal Landscapes: William Bartram and Arthur Dove” Rachael Z. DeLue, Associate Professor, Department of Art and Archaeology, Princeton University [event is part of the Department of Art and Art History Lecture Series and of the 2014-2015 Tucker-Boatwright Festival of Literature and the Arts, for details see page 3 and Festival website richmond.edu/tucker-boatwright] Thursday, January 22, 6 to 7 p.m. Lecture, Carole Weinstein International Center Commons “Kuristan: The Moving Piece in the ISIL Puzzle” Stuart Gibson, Secretary to the International Advisory Board of the State Hermitage Museum,
St. Petersburg, Russia, and a United Nations Senior International Expert on Museology and Archaeology
[event is co-sponsored by the Department of Modern Literatures and Cultures, the International Studies Program, the Office of International Education, and the University Museums]
Wednesday, January 28, 6 to 8 p.m.
6 p.m., Lecture, Camp Concert Hall, Modlin Center for the Arts “Garry Winogrand: The Legend” Adrienne Judith Lubeau-Winogrand, first wife of Garry Winogrand 7 to 8 p.m., Opening reception and preview of the exhibition Garry Winogrand, Family Intimacies: Photographs from the Adrienne Judith Lubeau-Winogrand Collection, Harnett Museum of Art, University Museums
Wednesday, February 4, 7:30 to 8:30 p.m.
Lecture, Alice Jepson Theatre, Modlin Center for the Arts “The Sixth Extinction: An Unnatural History” Elizabeth Kolbert, writer, New Yorker magazine [presented by the Modlin Center for the Arts in partnership with the 2014-2015 TuckerBoatwright Festival of Literature and the Arts, and the Global Environment Speaker Series. Paid tickets required for lecture, for information visit modlin.richmond.edu]
Sunday, February 8, 2 to 3 p.m. & Wednesday, February 11, 10 to 11 a.m.
Museum Story Time for Children in the Harnett Museum of Art [see p. 15 for details]
Erling Sjovold (American, born 1961), Your Unfinished Water, 2014, watercolor, acrylic, and sand on polypropylene paper, triptych 26 x 60 inches overall, Courtesy of the artist © Erling Sjovold
Sunday, February 15, 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. Collector’s Talk and Tea Reception, Lora Robins Gallery, University Museums “Looking at Chinese Textiles and Ceramics from the Museum’s Collection” Franklin B. Propert, collector of Qing Dynasty textiles [event is part of the Tenth Annual ChinaFest, for details visit theROSEgroup.org]
free programs at the university museums
free programs at the university museums Thursday, March 19, 6 to 7 p.m. Artist’s Talk, Lora Robins Gallery, University Museums “A Day at the Glacial Lagoon” Erling Sjovold, artist and Associate Professor of Art, University of Richmond In conjunction with the exhibition The Life in the Land: Art by Anna Líndal and Erling Sjovold, and part of the Department of Art and Art History Lecture Series
Detail of Textile Panel, China, Qing Dynasty (1644-1911), circa late nineteenth - early twentieth century, silk and gold thread embroidery on raw silk, 30 x 133 inches, Lora Robins Gallery of Design from Nature, University of Richmond Museums, by transfer © University Museums, photograph by Taylor Dabney. From the exhibition Sense of Place: Landscapes from the Permanent Collection (see story, page 12)
Sunday, March 22, 2 to 3 p.m. & Wednesday, March 25, 10 to 11 a.m.
Museum Story Time for Children in the Lora Robins Gallery [see p. 15 for details]
Wednesday, March 25, 6 to 7 p.m.
Lecture, Jepson Hall, Room 118, Jepson School of Leadership Studies “From Nature to Ecology: The Emergence of Ecocritical Art History” Alan C. Braddock, The Ralph H. Wark Associate Professor of Art History and American Studies,
The College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, Virginia
[event is part of the Department of Art and Art History Lecture Series and of the 2014-2015 Tucker-Boatwright Festival of Literature and the Arts, for details see page 3 and Festival website richmond.edu/tucker-boatwright]
Saturday, March 28, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Field Trip, Morefield Mines, Amelia, Virginia Led by David Kitchen, Associate Dean, Strategic Planning and Summer Programs, School of Professional and Continuing Studies, University of Richmond, and Matthew Houle, Curator of Museum Collections, University Museums
Registration required ($20 fee, includes boxed lunch, transportation, and admission fee), call Heather Campbell, Curator of Museum Programs, University Museums, 804-287-6324, or e-mail hcampbel@richmond.edu In conjunction with Virginia ROCKS! Geologic Selections from the Collection
Wednesday, February 18, 6 to 8 p.m.
6 p.m., Discussion, Carole Weinstein International Center Commons Artists: Anna Líndal, artist, and Erling Sjovold, artist and Associate Professor of Art, University of
Richmond
Moderators: N. Elizabeth Schlatter, Deputy Director and Curator of Exhibitions, University Museums, and Kenta Murakami, ’15, art history major, University of Richmond, and 2014-2015 curatorial assistant, University Museums
7 to 8 p.m., Opening reception and preview of the exhibition The Life in the Land: Art by Anna Líndal and Erling Sjovold, Lora Robins Gallery, University Museums
Sunday, February 22, 2 to 3:30 p.m.
Artist’s Talk and Tea Reception, Harnett Print Study Center, University Museums Ray Ciarrocchi in conjunction with his exhibition Seeking the Darkness and the Light: Drawings of Italy by Ray Ciarrocchi
Wednesday, February 25, 12:30 to 1:30 p.m.
Harnett Museum of Art, University Museums Idea Lounge on the topic of “landscape” University of Richmond faculty and staff, speakers to be announced [for details visit our website museums.richmond.edu] In conjunction with the exhibition Anti-Grand: Contemporary Perspectives on Landscape
Monday, March 2, 6 to 7 p.m.
Lecture, Ukrop Auditorium, Queally Hall, Robins School of Business Natalie Jeremijenko, Associate Professor of Art, New York University [event is part of the Department of Art and Art History Lecture Series and of the 2014-2015 Tucker-Boatwright Festival of Literature and the Arts, for details see page 3 and Festival website richmond.edu/tucker-boatwright]
Monday, March 30, 6 to 8 p.m.
6 p.m., Lecture, Camp Concert Hall, Modlin Center for the Arts Program to be planned by students in the Museum Studies Seminar, program to be announced [for details visit our website museums.richmond.edu] 7 to 8 p.m., Opening reception and preview of the exhibition Seventeenth-Century Dutch Landscapes: Museum Studies Seminar Exhibition, Harnett Museum of Art, University Museums [event is part of the 2014-2015 Tucker-Boatwright Festival of Literature and the Arts, for details see page 3 and Festival website richmond.edu/tucker-boatwright]
Sunday, April 12, 1 to 3 p.m.
University Museums Family Day in the Lora Robins Gallery [see page 14 for details]
Sunday, April 12, 2 to 3 p.m. & Wednesday, April 15, 10 to 11 a.m.
Museum Story Time for Children in the Lora Robins Gallery [see page 15 for details]
Wednesday, April 15, 6 to 7 p.m. Film and Video Screening, Ukrop Auditorium, Queally Hall, Robins School of Business “Department of Art and Art History Film and Video Series: Landscape and Land Use,” curated by Jeremy Drummond, Associate Professor of Art, University of Richmond, and his students [event is part of the 2014-2015 Tucker-Boatwright Festival of Literature and the Arts, for details see page 3 and Festival website richmond.edu/tucker-boatwright] Friday, April 17, 1 to 5 p.m. 2015 Arts and Sciences Student Symposium in the Modlin center for the Arts Artists’ Talks, Harnett Museum of Art, University Museums Talks by Sarah Kadison, Emily King, Isabel Moffly, and Amy Reader Opening of the Senior Thesis Exhibition, Harnett Museum of Art, University Museums
NEW Exhibition
NEW Exhibition
Sense of Place: Landscapes from the Permanent Collection
Seventeenth-Century Dutch Landscapes: Museum Studies Seminar Exhibition
Harnett Museum of art March 22 to may 15, 2015
Harnett Museum of art March 31 to May 15, 2015 PUBLIC PROGRAM, Mon., MAR. 30 (see page 11 for details)
Selected from the permanent collection of the University Museums, the exhibition features landscapes in various media and the works range from the 1600s to the present. Organized by the University of Richmond Museums and curated by Richard Waller, Executive Director, University Museums, the exhibition is made possible in part with support from the Louis S. Booth Arts Fund. Stan Brodsky (American, born 1925), Landscape as Memory, #14 1994, oil and paintstick on linen, 48 x 42 inches, Joel and Lila Harnett Museum of Art, University of Richmond Museums, Gift of the artist, M2006.05.01 © University Museums, photograph by Taylor Dabney
Rembrandt Harmensz van Rijn (Dutch, 1606-1669), The Angel Appearing to the Shepherds, 1634, etching, drypoint, and burin on paper, 10 1/4 x 8 3/4 inches, Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond, Alice and Lewis Nelson Fund, Frank Raysor Fund, and Kathleen Boone Samuels Memorial Fund, 2013.202 © Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, photograph by Travis Fullerton
The Dutch Golden Age is explored through Dutch landscapes from the seventeenth century, primarily with prints from the Harnett Print Study Center collection and additional important loans from the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts (VMFA) and several private collections. Highlights include a painting from the VMFA by Salomon van Ruysdael (1602-1670), prints by Rembrandt Harmensz van Rijn (1606-1669), Roelant Roghman (1627-1692), Jacob van Ruisdael (1628/291682), Esaias van de Velde (1587-1630), Jan van de Velde (1593-1641), Antonie Waterloo (16091690), and two prints after Adam Elsheimer (1578-1610) by Hendrik Goudt (1583-1648) and Magdelena de Passe (1600-1638), among others. The exhibition was curated and developed by undergraduate students in the University’s Museum Studies Seminar course.
Benjamin Williams Leader (British, 1831-1923), Figures in a Rocky River Landscape, North Wales, circa 1870, oil on canvas, 29 1/2 x 47 1/2 inches, Joel and Lila Harnett Museum of Art, University of Richmond Museums, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Edward D. Simon, M1997.03.04 © University Museums, photograph by Taylor Dabney
Organized by the University of Richmond Museums and part of the Tucker-Boatwright Festival of Literature and the Arts (hosted by the Department of Art and Art History in collaboration with University Museums), the exhibition was curated by Richard Waller, Executive Director, University Museums, and on the faculty of the Department of Art and Art History, with students enrolled in the Museum Studies Seminar: Clara Axner, Kelsey Barrett, Selena Barrios-Pietri, Billie Goldstein, Ellen Iverson, Jenny Kacani, Robert Lodewick, Andrew Olmsted, Katherine Pierce, Sarah Restivo, Paige Schaefer, and Allison Siegel. The exhibition and programs are made possible in part with funding from the University of Richmond’s Cultural Affairs Committee, the Dean’s Office of the School of Arts and Sciences, and the Louis S. Booth Arts Fund.
NEW Exhibition
family programs
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Senior Thesis Exhibition Harnett Museum of art April 17 to May 7, 2015 PUBLIC PROGRAM, FRI., APR. 17 (see page 11 for details)
Selected by the faculty of the Department of Art and Art History to participate in the thesis exhibition, four graduating senior studio art majors present their art: Sarah Kadison, Emily King, Isabel Moffly, and Amy Reader. The exhibition, organized by the University of Richmond Museums in collaboration with the Department of Art and Art History, was coordinated by Richard Waller, Executive Director, University Museums.
Visit the University Museums and join us for Museum Story Time — an entertaining and hands-on experience for kids of all ages. We will be reading the books listed below followed by an art activity and exploration of current exhibitions. Reservations are encouraged and participation is FREE! For more information, contact Martha Wright, Coordinator of Museum Visitor and Tour Services, University Museums, at 804-289-8237, or e-mail mwright3@richmond.edu
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Sunday, February 8, 2 to 3 p.m. & Wednesday, February 11, 10 to 11 a.m.
Sunday, March 22, 2 to 3 p.m. & Wednesday, March 25, 10 to 11 a.m.
Left to right: Sarah Kadison, Amy Reader, Isabel Moffly, and Emily King.
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Harnett Museum of Art, University Museums Reading from Cristina Bjork’s book Linnea in Monet’s Garden
Harnett Museum of Art, University Museums Reading from Byrd Baylor’s book Everybody Needs a Rock
Sunday, April 12, 2 to 3 p.m. & Wednesday, April 15, 10 to 11 a.m.
Lora Robins Gallery, University Museums Reading from Angela M and Lisa M Scheideler’s book Chicken Pot Turtle Goes to Iceland
Museum Visitor & Tour Services
Student Research in the Museums
University Museums provides special activities for youth and families, including programs such as the Museum Story Time for Children, College Night, and Family Days (see previous page for details). In addition to serving the public and the community, our exhibitions and collections provide opportunities for professors to bring the museum experience into their curriculum and our University students to actively engage with works of art. For K-12 Teachers: Exhibitions provide a range of activities, including worksheets, interactive tours, and lesson plans. Museum educators work with visiting classes to develop additional activities based on their specific curricular needs. Guided tours are customized for specific curriculum requirements and stress critical thinking, observational skills, and creativity. For university classes & Public Tours: Serving the campus community and beyond, tours focus on highlights from the collection and special exhibitions. Tours are customized for University classes in studio art, art history, sciences, first year seminars, and many other disciplines. Community organizations, including childcare centers, religious groups, and retirement communities, are welcome to schedule tours.
Standing in front of a photograph by Matthew Brandt are Kenta Murakami, ’15 and C. Arthur “Brother” Rutter, L’94. Kenta was at the collector’s office doing research for the exhibition Anti-Grand: Contemporary Perspectives on Landscape.
To discuss and schedule a tour, contact Martha Wright, Coordinator of Museum Visitor and Tour Services, University Museums, at 804-289-8237, or e-mail mwright3@richmond.edu
University Museums student workers help out with Family Arts Day activities last Fall in the Harnett Museum of Art. Left to right: Dionna Gandy, ’16, Sequioa Roscoe, ’16, James Henry, ’17, Jiagi Luo, ’17, and Kayla Solsbak, ’18.
student behind-the-scenes assistants, museum attendants, and docent guides University of Richmond students are active in the University Museums’ programs and exhibitions as behind-the-scenes technical, education/marketing, and curatorial assistants. As museum attendants, students greet and interact with our visitors. Student docents lead tours of our collections and special exhibitions for our museum audience and K-12 visitors. Students with interests in art, art history, science, education, and other related academic fields, are trained to provide an exciting museum experience for visitors of all ages. Docent guides also assist with programs, and often lead the Museum Story Time program for young visitors. For students interested in being a docent guide, museum attendant, or behind-the-scenes assistant, contact Martha Wright, Coordinator of Museum Visitor and Tour Services, University Museums, at 804-289-8237, or e-mail mwright3@richmond.edu
Kenta Murakami, ’15, is an art history major who has worked in the University Museums for two years. Last summer he was awarded a Weinstein Summer Travel grant to stay in Reykjavik, Iceland, for a month, conducting research and choosing an artist to invite to the University of Richmond for a short residency. This year he is the 2014-2015 Curatorial Assistant and co-curating with Elizabeth Schlatter, Deputy Director and Curator of Exhibitions, University Museums, the exhibition Anti-Grand: Contemporary Perspectives on Landscape, on view in the Harnett Museum of Art from January 14 through March 6, 2015. Reflecting on his experience conducting research for the University Museums, Kenta wrote, “The museums have created a space for me to combine the theory from my classes with real-world practice. I love moving between the two, and, despite having to write more essays, it’s really exciting to see my work go towards something tangible. It has also been cool to work on longer-term projects and develop a better sense of organization and commitment. As someone studying contemporary art, learning how to do studio visits and interviews as well as meet with collectors has been really educational.”
Justin Berry (American, born 1980), Brook, 2012, digital C-print, 72 x 48 inches, Courtesy of the artist. From the exhibition Anti-Grand. (Kenta’s interview with the artist is included in the exhibition catalogue.)
University museums alumna spotlight
Carmen Hermo, ’07
university museums hours
Sunday through Friday (1/15-4/27), 1 to 5 p.m. Summer hours (4/28-5/15). Closed Saturdays, Martin Luther King Jr. Day (1/19), Spring Break (3/7-15), Easter Weekend (4/4-5), and Summer Break (5/16-8/18).
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dance and theatre performances in the harnett museum of art Carmen Hermo, ’07, in the offices at The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York
Carmen Hermo, ’07, was the 2006 Harnett Summer Research Fellow in the University Museums. She received her B.A. with majors in art history and English from the University of Richmond, and is currently pursuing her M.A. in art history at Hunter College. Carmen is currently working at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, as an Assistant Curator for Collections and serves as a curator for the Guggenheim’s Young Collectors Council Acquisition Committee. Prior to the Guggenheim, she worked with the collections of the Whitney Museum of American Art and the Museum of Modern Art, both in New York. Carmen’s project while a Harnett Summer Research Fellow was curating a major anniversary exhibition titled Lasting Impressions: Celebrating the Fifth Anniversary of the Joel and Lila Harnett Print Study Center. The exhibition included works by Francisco de Goya, Roy Lichtenstein, and Andy Warhol, and highlighted the concentrated areas of strength within the museum’s collection. Reflecting upon her experience with the University Museums, Carmen wrote: “University of Richmond Museums provided an essential, hands-on complement to my coursework while at UR. I loved getting to know their exhibitions while welcoming visitors and artists to the galleries as a gallery attendant. I took Richard Waller’s “Museum Studies” course, where I learned how museums were developed throughout history,
and about contemporary trends in museum display and collections management — all with the vast and varied UR collections as active examples. In 2006, I was the Joel and Lila Harnett Museum of Art Summer Research Fellow, and that experience inspired my abiding passion for sharing museum collections with the public through special exhibitions. The show I cocurated, Lasting Impressions: Celebrating the Fifth Anniversary of the Joel and Lila Harnett Print Study Center, was a revelatory experience. It was so thrilling to have access to the collection — with the help of the UR Museums’ great staff! — and to research and prepare artworks for the public to enjoy. The exhibition brought together works by such diverse artists as Albrecht Dürer, J. J. Lankes, Roy Lichtenstein, and (still my favorite to this day!) Francisco de Goya. Writing wall labels for the objects and preparing my public tour, I realized that working on the exhibition was one of the best things I did as an undergraduate. All of the hands-on experience and sharpened skills I gained during my time with the University of Richmond Museums gave me a distinct advantage when I entered the job market in New York City. Now having worked at the Museum of Modern Art, the Whitney Museum of American Art, and as an Assistant Curator for the Guggenheim Museum, I continue to draw on all that I learned at the University Museums.”
Two prints included in The 2014 Harnett Biennial of American Prints were the inspiration for “Prints, Movement, Sound: Memory and Resonance,” a dance created by Professor Alicia Díaz with music by percussionist Héctor “Coco” Barez and presented in the exhibition in early December. In conjunction with Mary Fisher: Messages from by Sketchbook the University Museums and the Department of Theatre and Dance presented an AIDS Day Theatre Reading in the exhibition, with Professor Dorothy Holland and two students reading from the writings of Mary Fisher.
Left: Alicia Díaz, Assistant Professor of Dance, University of Richmond, and Héctor “Coco” Barez in rehearsal for the dance performance in the Harnett Biennial; below: from left, Dorothy Holland, Associate Professor of Theatre, University of Richmond, with Claire Gates, ’18, and Leanna Hicks, ’16, reading in the Mary Fisher exhibition.
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