Enduring Questions: Los Caprichos, authenticity, and reproduction
by Ivy Vance In conjunction with Karen Koehler’s Art Questions class funded by the National Endowment for the Humanities, several groups of …
Pinhole Landscapes by Kate P. Freedberg
An exhibition of pinhole photographs by Hampshire College alum Kate P. Freedberg will be held in the Leo Model Gallery at the …
City of Flowers, City Without Hope: a Conversation with Dr. Mazin Al-Jadir about Life in Iraq
In September, the Harold F. Johnson Library at Hampshire College hosted the second event in a series of programs exploring the themes …
Arabic I class makes bookmarks
Alaa Razeq’s Elementary Arabic I class came to the Gallery today to make bookmarks in conjunction with the Al-Mutanabbi Street exhibit. We …
Seydel exhibit at the Queens Museum
A few of us took a field trip this summer to the Queens Museum of Art to see the exhibit, “The Eye …
ICP Student Symposium
Friday, September 11, 2015 4:30-6pm Bill Brand Screening Room Jerome Liebling Center Are you looking for something to do on this beautiful …
Bookmark project for Al-Mutanabbi Street
On Monday September 7, a group of new first-year students came to the library gallery to join the Bookmark Project. Exploring the …
Storytellers
sites.hampshire.edu/storytellers Storytellers is a companion digital exhibition to Al-Mutanabbi Street Starts Here that examines the role of narrative in artists’ responses to …
Institute for Curatorial Practice Exhibition Opening
Exhibitions that challenge us to reconsider how we view landscape paintings and photographs, and question the consequences of human intervention into our …
Al-Mutanabbi Street exhibition photographs
On June 18th, the Hampshire Library gallery hosted a conversation among four of the participating artists in the traveling exhibition Al-Mutanabbi Street …
Al-Mutanabbi Street Opening on June 18
Featured on masslive.com: Hampshire hosts exhibit of work created in response to attack on Iraqi cultural center
Alumni Art Exhibit Harold F. Johnson Library Gallery May 28-June 7, 2015
Alumni Art Exhibition May 28-June 7, 2015 In conjunction with Hampshire’s 45th Anniversary Celebration, this showcase will feature works by Gwendolyn Kerber …
Al-Mutanabbi Street Starts Here: June 17 – September 30, 2015
The Hampshire College Art Gallery will host the traveling exhibition, Al Mutanabbi Street Starts Here, from June 17 through September 30, 2015. …
Art Questions on the Magic Board
April 27-May 11, 2015 Curated by Eveline Alix, Tyrone Bilingsley, Satchel Forrester, Daniela Hernandez, Riley Kleve, Amara Korley, Henry Pskowski, Claire Sammut, …
Mass Moca opening tomorrow: Bibliothecaphilia
Bibliothecaphilia is opening at Mass Moca with a reception tomorrow evening. The exhibit explores definitions of libraries in the age of e-books, apps, and digital media.
Al-Mutanabbi Street Starts Here
March 5, 2015 marks the eighth anniversary of the bombing of al-Mutanabbi Street, a literary center in Baghdad named after the 10th century poet. The bombing killed thirty people, wounded more than 100, and destroyed a center of book selling and reading. This summer, the Harold F. Johnson Library and the Hampshire College Art Gallery will host an exhibition of the Al-Mutanabbi Street Starts Here project.
The Reader on the Magic Board
On the Magic Board this week: The Reader exhibits a sample of visual submissions to The Reader, Hampshire’s longest running literary magazine.
Curious About Movable Artist Books? Emma Rentz
Movable Book showcase featuring Emma Rentz, an artist curious about reassembling identity with a pair of scissors and a needle. Her works primarily use old photographs and threads that act as both puppet strings and heart strings to wind together a portrait of the artist as a ‘strayed’ soul.
Curious about Movable Artist Books? Sarah Jane Young
At the very center of the Movable Artist Books display is the work of Hampshire student artist Sarah Jane Young. Some of her selected works focus on different ways of unfolding that shift and innovate bookbinding norms, while others stay rooted in traditional methods.
Curious about Movable Artist Books? Nadia Herman
The finely detailed work of Hampshire student Nadia Herman adorns the first floor glass case with lace-like impressions of the animal kingdom. Her intricate, yet calming, creature creations breathe life into the blank pages within, giving her books a glow of curious consciousness.