Gullah Geechee believe the color wards off ‘boo hags.’ Perhaps while enjoying travels in the South, and relaxing on a giant front porch, you looked up and noticed the porch ceiling was painted a peaceful, robin’s… Read more“Haint Blue”
Merriam-Webster defines ‘basket’ as: a receptacle made of interwoven material. This definition may create a mental image of what we expect a basket to be. In contemporary basketry, our preconceptions – are creatively challenged. Contemporary… Read moreContemporary Basketry
co-authored: Janet Danek and Leah Ryal Janet Danek: Many of the artworks exhibited throughout the Park Library were gifts from generous donors. The Olga Denison Collection of Anishinaabe Art is no exception. The late Olga Denison,… Read moreThe Task of Exhibits — A Student’s Perspective
If you have been fortunate to experience this elegant and mysterious display, you would not soon forget it. Murmuration refers to the phenomenon that results when hundreds, sometimes thousands, of starlings fly in swooping, intricately coordinated patterns through… Read moreMurmurations
American poet Louise Glück has won the 2020 Nobel Prize in Literature. Also a Pulitzer Prize winner, she becomes the 16th woman to win the Nobel Prize in Literature, joining such previous Pulitzer winners as William… Read moreLouise Glück – American poet – Nobel Laureate
The first time I saw the Guggenheim Museum Bilbao I was amazed and perhaps a bit confused by this architect’s awe-inspiring artform. It was unlike any building I had ever seen. Gehry, one of the most… Read moreFrank Gehry – Architect
Amazing Choreography …and great music from James Brown It’s a Man’s World – James Brown / Femme Fatale / Arena LA Thank you to FemmeFatale Enjoy!
During the quiet summer months, the art of CMU’s collection exhibited in the Baber Room offered a bold and colorful respite to staff and visitors in the library.
Honoring Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg Through her own words: “I see my advocacy as part of an effort to make the equality principle everything the founders would have wanted it to be if they… Read moreHonoring Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg
Like today, during the influenza pandemic of 1918, the mandate to wear a mask was not embraced by everyone. “’The man or woman or child who will not wear a mask is now a dangerous slacker,’ declared… Read moreThe Anti-Mask League of 1918
