While construction continues on the Wellin Art Museum, scheduled to open this fall, the work of promising Hamilton student artists has been exhibited at various campus locations.

Six members of the Hamilton faculty were recognized for their research and creative successes with the Dean’s Scholarly Achievement Awards, presented by Dean of Faculty Patrick Reynolds at Class & Charter Day on Friday, May 4. The Awards recognize individual accomplishments, but reflect a richness and depth of scholarship and creative activity across the entire faculty.  The awards were made in three categories: Career Achievement, Early Career Achievement and Notable Year Achievement.

Two prints by William R. Kenan Professor of Art Bruce Muirhead were selected for the 32nd Annual National Print Exhibition at Artlink in Fort Wayne, Ind.

In Art We Trust: Senior Art Show 2012, a presentation of works by 10 graduating art majors, will open at the Bristol Center Hub on Thursday, April 26.  The exhibition includes photography, illustration, painting, mixed media and sculpture. An opening reception will be held Thursday, April 26, from 4-6 p.m., at Bristol Center.

A photo by Assistant Professor of Art Robert Knight is on display in Texas National 2012 at the Stephen F. Austin State University in Texas. The photo, “Cape Ice,” is from Knight’s ongoing project called “Coming Up Roses.”

Students in “Religion, Art, and Visual Culture” (cross-listed with Religious Studies and Art History) traveled to Boston for two days in April to explore works of art.

Hamilton College President Joan Hinde Stewart announced today the appointment of Tracy Adler, former curator for the Hunter College Art Galleries in New York, as the inaugural director of the Ruth and Elmer Wellin Museum of Art.

Assistant Professor of Art Robert Knight’s photography project Sleepless was featured March 23 on Wired.com. An article titled “Restless Nights Inspire Artist’s Spectral Photos” describes Knight’s long-exposure photography of peoples’ nocturnal movements and features a slideshow of his images.

The Ruth and Elmer Wellin Museum of Art is taking shape and on schedule for opening in fall 2012.

Working in the Lou, a solo exhibition by Kevin W. Kennedy Professor of Art Katharine Kuharic, is on display through May 5 at the Bruno David Gallery in St. Louis.