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Anchors and Attractors

College Student Voices

A study of the elements that pull and push a visitor through the museum’s 3rd and 4th floor spaces

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Twill, Tape or Hang
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A summer intern creates an article of clothing inspired by the meticulous logistics of collections care.

Spatial Memory

The Hidden Corners
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A summer intern peeks into the Museum’s hidden corners and examines its architectural quirks.

Hand of the Maker

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A summer intern works with local artists to create an experimental audio project to be experienced in the galleries.

A copper-colored chair with an angular and open frame, with a symmetrical geometric pattern on the seat and backrest.

Objects by Architects

College Student Voices

Architects have been recognized as key figures in furniture design since the late 19th century, although they've certainly been designing furniture for far longer. But what compels them to do so?

Digital Restoration of a 3rd-century Panel Painting of the God Heron

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In earlier decades, retouching (or “inpainting”) using reversible painting materials would have been employed where compositional elements were missing.

Realistic marble bust depicting a stoic woman whose clothes contrast with the smooth white marble of the bust, the outermost layer being textured black and gray stone, and the innermost tan and striped.

Peregrinations of a Portrait and the Legacy of Agrippina the Younger

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Agrippina the Younger watches as men of the emperor move nearer and nearer to her. They carry weapons. Having survived one attempt on her life, she knows that she will not survive another.

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Gwaneum: The Moon in the Water

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An Ambitious but Essential Multi-Purpose Checklist for Discerning Black Artists

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1. Be steadfast.

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(Re)tracing the Silver Seaweed: A Maker's Process

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This salad spoon and fork set, made by the Gorham Manufacturing Company ca. 1885, is named after the coastal town of Narragansett, Rhode Island. Replete with intricately detailed shells, seaweed, and sea creatures—including small fish and tiny crabs—these two sea-encrusted utensils were my point of inspiration for a set of five brooches. In the following article I will describe some of the basic processes used to create my Narragansett-inspired jewelry

Analog Gifs

College Happenings

A student-run workshop generates quirky and creative digital animations.

Fabric embrodery

From Flax To Finish

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Embroidery samplers are inextricably linked to an image of colonial America: farmhouses waved sheets of linen like flags of surrender, with fields of flax extending beyond, as far as the eye could

Inuit Printmaking and the Concept of Purity

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This article explores the concept of purity in criticisms of Inuit prints by briefly introducing the history of printmaking in Cape Dorset and looking at 1970s Western art historians' expectations of Inuit art.

In Class / Motion Design

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Instructor title: Ron Pearl, Critic
Class title: Motion Design

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