Category Archive for Exhibits
February 25, 2008
Student Art in the Library - Call for submissions
UT Libraries seeks submissions to the Fall Student Art in the Library exhibition. Entrants must be registered graduate or undergraduate students. The deadline for submissions is Tuesday, April 8.
Selected artwork will be installed in May and remain on view through November 2008 in first floor reference room, Hodges Library. For more info, contact Jennifer Beals at 974-0014 or jbeals@utk.edu.
Student Art in the Library: http://www.lib.utk.edu/refs/artinlibrary/
Posted by admin at 01:55 PM in Announcements, Exhibits
November 12, 2007
Working for Democracy in the South and Appalachia: The Highlander Research and Education Center
UT Libraries Hosts Documentary Series and Exhibit to celebrate Highlander's 75th anniversary
The University of Tennessee Libraries is hosting a documentary series and exhibit to teach the university and local communities about the Highlander Research and Education Center, as it celebrates its 75th anniversary this year.
All programs in the Documentaries in the Libraries series are held on Tuesday evenings in the Hodges Library Lindsay Young Auditorium, from 7-9 pm. The programs feature a documentary film showing and discussion led by experts from Highlander, filmmakers, and UT faculty.
The exhibit, on display in Hodges Library outside the reference room, was designed by Sarah Lowe, associate professor of art, and Paul Chinetti, a senior in graphic design. The exhibit is a time line that highlights milestone events in the history of Highlander. It includes many photographs of Highlander students, including civil rights leaders Martin Luther King, Jr. and Rosa Parks.
The Highlander Center was founded in 1932 to serve as an adult education center for community workers involved in social and economic justice movements. The goal of Highlander was, and is, to provide education and support to poor and working people fighting economic injustice, poverty, prejudice and environmental destruction.
The Highlander Center works internationally, but is located in New Market, Tennessee, 23 miles from Knoxville.
Films & Dates
September 18
You Got to Move
Discussion leader: Pam McMichael, director of the Highlander Research and Education Center
October 2
Uprising of '34
Discussion leader: Anne Mayhew, UT emeritus professor of economics
October 16
We Shall Overcome
Discussion leader: Tufara Waller Muhammed, cultural program coordinator of the Highlander Research and Education Center
October 30
Morristown
Discussion leaders: Bill Troy and Luvernel Clark
November 13
Up The Ridge
Discussion leader: Amelia Kirby, Up the Ridge documentarian
November 27
The Telling Takes Me Home
Discussion leaders: Guy and Candie Carawan, activists, musicians and educators, with their son, hammered dulcimer player Evan Carawan.
A reception will follow this event in the Mary E. Greer room of Hodges Library. All are welcome to attend.
Posted by Laura Purcell at 08:31 AM in Documentaries in the Library, Exhibits, Film Series
October 27, 2007
Medieval and Renaissance Exhibit Opens at Special Collections Library
"Scribes, Scholars and Students," a new Special Collections exhibit, opens on Tuesday, October 23rd, 2007, at 3:00 pm in the Special Collections lobby located on the second floor of the historic James D. Hoskins Library. Light refreshments will be served.
As part of the university's Medieval and Renaissance Semester, the "Scribes, Scholars, and Students" exhibit explores the interconnected themes of "Early Print Culture and the Written Word at the University of Tennessee," "The Preservation of Knowledge and the University Libraries," "The Contributions of Professor James Douglas Bruce," and "Medieval and Renaissance Resources in Special Collections." The exhibit is free and open to the public from October 2007 to May 2008, Monday-Friday 9:00 am - 5:30 pm.
Contact info: Aaron Purcell, apurcel2@utk.edu.
Posted by Laura Purcell at 11:06 AM in Exhibits
August 27, 2007
Culture Corner Features In the Wake of the Plague
The Life of the Mind reading selection In the Wake of the Plague: the Black Death and the World it Made is the center of the University Libraries fall 2007 Culture Corner exhibit
The University Libraries joins the university's celebration of the Medieval semester with the In the Wake of the Plague Culture Corner exhibit. The exhibit includes books available for check-out, databases and Web sites, documentaries, reference books and music. The Pendergrass Ag-VetMed Library created a list of books and selected articles about the subject, and the Medieval and Renaissance Studies subject guide is also available.
These resources provide further insight into the life and customs of Europe during the Middle Ages. Some materials also focus on the impact of widespread epidemics or pandemics, both historical and contemporary.
Posted by Laura Purcell at 02:44 PM in Exhibits
July 09, 2007
UT Libraries Exhibit Features US Historical and Recreational Sites
Government Documents Highlight Recreation and Preservation
The current installment of the Government Documents series "Documents to the People: 100 Years of Keeping You in the Know" consists of two displays covering recreation and historic preservation in the United States.
The Get Out and Play display, located in the Hodges Library galleria, gives information about the founding of government sponsored recreational facilities with focus given to the creation of National Parks. The display also includes the "how-to's" of fishing, boating, hiking, camping, backpacking, and even horse-back riding. Brochures and guides to some popular attractions, such as the Appalachian Trail and the Daniel Boone National Forest are also present in the exhibit.
In the Reference room, the focus of the Hot Topics, Cool Books display is about the preservation of national historic sites. The display highlights key national landmarks and monuments, especially those in Washington, D.C., including an architectural reference to the White House. The exhibit also includes information about the preservation of lesser-known "landmarks at risk," such as abandoned gold rush towns and historic homes. 
The UT Libraries is celebrating several important dates as a Federal Depository Library, marking the various stages of its role in providing government information to the public. It has been a depository library for 110 years (since 1897), a land-grand depository library for 100 years (since 1907), and a Tennessee state depository library for 90 years (since 1917).
Some of the items in the displays are available for use in the Reference Library and others are available for regular library loan. Visit www.lib.utk.edu/refs/govdocs100 for more information, or contact Janette Prescod in Government Documents at jprescod@utk.edu .
Posted by Ashley Barcel at 01:04 PM in Exhibits
June 13, 2007
UT Libraries Exhibit Features Over 200 Years of American Exploration
Government Documents Trace Exploration From Lewis and Clark to NASA
The latest theme of the UT Libraries government documents exhibit series is about the history of exploration in the United States. Covering everything from the Lewis and Clark expedition of 1805-1806 and the Wright Brothers' first flight in 1903 to recent NASA undertakings, it promises to inspire library goers of all walks and ages.
The summer 2007 "Documents to the People: 100 Years of Keeping You in the Know" The exploration segment consists of three exhibits located on the first floor of Hodges Library. Some of the documents on display include exploration on land, sea, air, and outer space. Topics include exploration in the American West, first traversed by Lewis and Clark to be later followed by settlers; the history of space exploration and technology; NASA's mission of exploration and its contributions; as well as smaller projects like SETI (the Search for Extra-Terrestrial Intelligence). The exhibits feature books (some dating back to the 1800s), brochures, maps, and 3-D displays of the earth and space technology.
Space exploration is a large component of the three exhibits, as 2007 marks the 50th anniversary of the Soviet Union's first satellite launch. Sputnik's blast-off marked the beginning of the "space race" era of the Cold War. NASA was founded one year later, in 1958.
The UT Libraries is celebrating several important dates as a Federal Depository Library, marking the various stages of its role in providing government information to the public. It has been a depository library for 110 years (since 1897), a land-grand depository library for 100 years (since 1907), and a Tennessee state depository library for 90 years (since 1917).
Some of the items currently on display are available in Microform or in Special Collections, and others are available for regular library loan. Visit www.lib.utk.edu/refs/govdocs100 for more information, or contact Janette Prescod in Government Documents at jprescod@utk.edu, or Greg March in the Map Library at gmarch@utk.edu .
Posted by Ashley Barcel at 01:59 PM in Exhibits
May 31, 2007
SUMMER 2007 CULTURE CORNER FEATURES DISABILITY AWARENESS
The Summer 2007 Culture Corner features a wide variety of literature covering topics related to persons with disabilities. The selections included are intended to broaden the reader's knowledge of one of the largest minorities in the world, who have often been overlooked and even shunned. The literature includes such broad themes as life as a disabled person, covering issues of identity, employment, gender, and education; types of disabilities and profiles of individuals who have them, including blindness, deafness, and less obvious ones such as autism and psychological disabilities (termed in the display as "Hidden Disabilities"); and how those with disabilities interact with society and vice-versa, including personal and global perspectives. The history of disability is examined, as well as more recent topics such as Disability Law and the Disability Rights Movement, which aim at establishing a more typical lifestyle for individuals with disabilities.
In addition to the sources available at the Culture Corner itself, lists of resources available in other locations are provided and include the Media Center, the Reference Collection, and the Music Library. Visit the Culture Corner online at www.lib.utk.edu/diversity/culturecorner/
The Culture Corner is located in the first floor of Hodges Library and feature a variety of topics, which change each semester. For more information, or to suggest a theme, contact Laura Purcell at lpurcell@utk.edu or 974-4725.
Posted by Ashley Barcel at 10:44 AM in Exhibits
March 03, 2007
Quilts! Exhibit and Film Series
Quilts are more than just bed coverings--they tell stories, document the past, and express a range of emotions, from love to sorrow.
In honor of Women's History Month, the UT Libraries presents an exhibit and film series focused on quilts and the women who made them.
Exhibit
March 1-April 2: Merikay Waldvogel's quilts will be on display in Hodges Library outside the Lindsay Young Auditorium. These quilts come from Waldvogel's personal collection. A nationally recognized quilt historian, Waldvogel will speak on March 7 from 7-9 p.m. at the McClung Museum Auditorium.
Films
Tuesday, March 6: Hearts and Hands: The Influence of Women & Quilts on American Society. Showings will be at 12:30 and 1:35 p.m. Room 251, Hodges Library.
Tuesday, March 20: The Quiltmakers of Gee's Bend, 11 a.m. and 12:40 p.m. and The Quilts of Gee's Bend, 12:05 p.m. Room 251, Hodges Library.
Posted by Laura Purcell at 03:27 PM in Announcements, Exhibits, Film Series
February 08, 2007
Spring 2007 Culture Corner features Appalachian Culture: The Cherokee
The Spring 2007 Culture Corner features selected resources relating to the Cherokee, with particular focus placed on the Eastern Band. The selected resources offer an introduction to the history, literature, and customs of the Cherokee. Topics include Juvenile Literature, Folklore, and Family, Marriage & Education. Title lists for the branch libraries and an electronic resources list are also available. More information is available at http://www.lib.utk.edu/diversity/culturecorner/.
Posted by Laura Purcell at 11:14 AM in Exhibits
January 10, 2007
Student Art in the Library Features New Exhibit
The Spring 2007 Student Art in the Library Juried Exhibition is on view in the Hodges Library first floor reference room until May. The exhibit features 14 original works of art by UT students. The contest was open to all undergraduate and graduate students currently enrolled at The University of Tennessee, Knoxville. The Student Art in the Library Committee made its selections from over 70 submissions.
Click here to see an online gallery of artworks from current and past exhibits and to learn more about Student Art in the Library: http://www.lib.utk.edu/refs/artinlibrary/.
For more information, contact Jennifer Benedetto Beals, Art and Architecture Librarian, at 974-0014 or jbeals@utk.edu.
Posted by Laura Purcell at 10:18 AM in Exhibits
January 05, 2007
An 1886 Trip to the Smokies
Photograph collection exhibits Victorian-era Smokies images
The Great Smoky Mountains Regional Project is pleased to announce the availability of the William Cox Cochran Great Smoky Mountains Photographic Collection. Cochran, an Ohio lawyer and trustee of Oberlin College, captured the 89 images in this collection while on a trip to East Tennessee in August 1886.
The photographs consist largely of images of people and landmarks in and around what is now known as the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. The photographic images were donated by Miss Mary Rudd Cochran, daughter of W.C. Cochran, to the University of Tennessee Libraries in 1959.
The Cochran Collection, as well as many other Smokies digital collections, can be seen at www.lib.utk.edu/smokies/digcoll.html.
Posted by Laura Purcell at 10:08 AM in Exhibits
October 19, 2006
Special Collections Library Presents Andrew Jackson Exhibit
Exhibit to Celebrate New Jacksonian-Era Collection
During the past year, Tennessee businessman and collector William C. Cook donated his impressive collection of rare books and imprints to the University Libraries and the Center for Jacksonian America. To celebrate this significant donation, the Special Collections Library is presenting an exhibit of materials from the Cook Collection. The exhibit opens on Monday, October 23 at 3:30 p.m. The event is free and open to the public and refreshments will be served.
Andrew Jackson was the seventh president of the United States, serving from 1829-1837. Born in South Carolina in 1767, he joined the Continental Army during the American Revolution and was captured and imprisoned by the British during the war. By 1787 he had moved to Tennessee and became a frontier lawyer. He rose to national prominence with his service during the War of 1812. He was elected as Tennessee's first congressman, and also served the state as a senator and on the Tennessee Supreme Court.
Some of the more controversial aspects of Jackson's presidency included his opposition to a national bank, tariff legislation and most famously, American Indian Removal, which caused more than 45,000 American Indians to be relocated from the Eastern United States to the West. After his presidency, he retired to his estate, The Hermitage, in Nashville. He died in 1845.
The William C. Cook Jacksonian America Collection is a significant addition to the Special Collections Library. The collection covers variety of topics on Jacksonian America, and contains rarities such as first editions and autographed texts. The collection contains children's literature from the period, biographies about Andrew Jackson, and many pamphlets that reflect both the pro- and anti-Jackson political rhetoric of the day.
The exhibit will be on display through Spring 2007. Also in celebration of this significant donation, the Center for Jacksonian America is hosting a lecture by noted Andrew Jackson scholar Harry L. Watson. The presentation, "Freedom and Majority Rule: Andrew Jackson's Complex Legacy," was held on October 24 in the Kefauver Room on the second floor of Hoskins Library, 1401 Cumberland Avenue.
For more information about the exhibit and events, please contact Aaron Purcell, Coordinator for Research Services and University Archivist, at 974-3674 or at apurcel2 at utk.edu.
Posted by Laura Purcell at 01:13 PM in Exhibits
May 29, 1994
The Centaur Excavations at Volos
Students walking through the first floor of the John C. Hodges Library at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville may be surprised to see the skeleton of a "centaur" on display. The hoax is intended to draw attention to the mythological and poetic dimensions of science and history, and to remind students not to believe everything they see or read. "The Centaur Excavations at Volos" is staged like an authentic exhibition, depicting a "centaur" burial and a group of related ceramics.
This work of archaeological fiction went on permanent display in the Jack E. Reese Galleria of the Hodges Library in mid-May. The centaur was originally constructed in 1980 by Dr. William Willers, a Professor of Microbiology at the University of Wisconsin at Oshkosh. After several showings at museums and galleries in the Midwest, the exhibit was put in storage. Last year, after a fund-raising campaign organized by professors Beauvais Lyons from the UT Department of Art and Neil Greenberg from the UT Department of Zoology, the display was acquired by the University of Tennessee.
Before installing the exhibit on campus, Professor Lyons chaired an installation committee consisting of faculty from the departments of art, psychology, classics, archaeology, zoology, theatre, geology and the library. The committee decided on the design of the showcase and drafted the text which accompanies the display. The showcase also includes a simulated marble base and faux wood panels which were painted by Professor Bob Cothran, Professor and Scene Designer from the UT Theatre Department.
The project was funded by the UT Cultural Affairs Board, the Office of Student Affairs, University Studies, the Student Exhibit Committee, the Hokes Archives and private donations.
For more information, visit the "Centaur of Volos" page on the University Studies website or contact Beauvais Lyons in the UT Department of Art.
Posted by at 10:22 AM in Exhibits