December 24, 2011
Winter Schedules
The December 1956 edition of The Minnesotan (Digital Conservancy) indicates for us what was on exhibit at the University Gallery over half a century ago. A poster, from the exhibition files, provides another example of Gallery publicity:
The Syracuse University Art Galleries provides a digital image of one of Martinelli’s works: Modernist Prints: 1900-1955
Rebecca Wilson is a graduate student in the Master of Liberal Studies program at the University of Minnesota, completing a minor in Museum Studies. She also serves as a Visitor Services Assistant at the Weisman Art Museum.
Museology
Prior to the University’s current Museum Studies graduate minor, a museology program was offered through the Department of Art History. The program, as well as a discussion of the field of museum work, is described in a July 3, 1975…
Candid
From Box 3, in a folder titled simply, “Staff Photographs, Resumes,” circa 1941 – 1959, a candid photograph of the University Gallery’s first permanent director, Ruth Lawrence:…
October Exhibitions, 1958
In the early years of the gallery, exhibition announcements were prepared on a monthly basis as exhibits changed more frequently. Though we are reaching the end of October, better late-than-never to share the poster that announced the exhibits that were…