June 21, 2016
Illustration by Maurice Sendak from ‘Open House for Butterflies’ by Ruth Krauss.
A Packed House
Packing artwork or other delicate artifacts is something of an art itself, and museums need to have it down pat. The objects must fit snugly and be protected from jostling and the elements. This is particularly tricky with traveling…
Ruth’s Reflections, Research…
Several boxes already processed contain “Museum History” folders and others similarly titled. However as we near the end of processing the first set of 116 boxes, which document 77 years of institutional history, the “Museum History” folder in Box…
Ruth Morgan: Percenda, 1995
Ruth Morgan Percenda, 1995 Screenprint, 22 x 22 inches 1995.36.7 ABOUT THE ART Ruth Morgan’s Percenda is part of a portfolio titled 10 x 10 Ten Women Ten Prints, produced in 1995 by the Berkeley Art Center and Alliance Graphics to celebrate International Women’s Day and seventy-five years of women’s suffrage. In this screenprint,…