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Student Projects at the Gallery

Art and Interpretation: The Genesis of an Exhibition

Associate Director and Curator Susanna White and Professor of Art William Salzillo team-taught a new sophomore seminar during the spring '07 semester. The course, Art and Interpretation: The Genesis of an Exhibition, taught art appreciation and exhibition planning. The team used the teaching philosophy of Edward W. Root, Class of 1905, Hamilton's first lecturer in art to teach about understanding art. As a final project, each student produced a podcast segment for an audio tour of the exhibition The Best Kind of Life: Edward W. Root as Teacher, Collector, and Naturalist. The exhibition celebrating Mr. Root's contributions to the world of art, and art education at Hamilton is on view in the galleries from September 27, 2007 - January 6, 2008.  iPods are available in the galleries for the audio tour and a special online version of the exhibition includes the student podcasts.

Click here to visit the online version of The Best Kind of Life and experience the tour.

Click here to learn more about the seminar.

 

Pre-Columbian Mesoamerican Art Collection Catalogue

Ana Diaz '10 is researching the Emerson Gallery's collection of Pre-Columbian Mesoamerican art. The Emerson currently holds approximately fifty pieces of Pre-Columbian art. Ms. Diaz is cataloging the collection and plans to produce an online exhibition. She is working with John McEnroe, John and Anne Fischer Professor in Fine Arts, Susanna White, Emerson Gallery associate director and curator, and Dana Krueger, registrar.


Underground Railroad Exhibition

Three students, Katerina Adair '10, Illana Carlin '09, and Sophia Franck '08  are working with Emerson Gallery Associate Director and Curator Susanna White, Associate Professor of Art History Deborah Pokinski, and artist William E. Williams '73 on an exhibition featuring Mr. Williams' contemporary photographs of important underground railroad sites. The exhibition features sites from across the country with a special emphasis on Central New York. The exhibition will also include art and artifacts related to alumni of Hamilton College who were active in the Underground Railroad, including abolitionist Gerrit Smith, Class of 1818. The exhibition is on view January 14 - April 13, 2008.

Thomas Nast Exhibition Audio Tour

Nina Platt '10 is working with Associate Director and Curator Susanna White and Walcott-Bartlett Professor of Religious Studies Jay Williams to produce an audio tour for an exhibition of prints by Thomas Nast from Mr. Williams' collection. The exhibition, Emancipation and Denigration: Thomas Nast and his Colleagues Picture Black America is part of a group of exhibitions that explore the experience of black Americans during the Civil War era. The exhibition is on view January 14 - April 13, 2008.


Exhibitions and Collections Interns

Brittany Albert '10 and Arika Madouros '10 are working with Emerson Gallery registrar Dana Krueger and Susanna White, Associate Director and Curator, at the gallery. Both students are interested in working in the arts and are gaining experience in various aspects of exhibition development and collections research.







 

 

GALLERY IMAGES
Etruscan (ca. 660-300 BC)
OLPE, 510-490 BC
Clay
Collection of the Emerson Gallery, Hamilton College.
Bequest of Edward S. Burgess
Class of 1879

Images Copyright © the artist, their estate, and/or Hamilton College.