Meet Isabel Smith, one of the returning interns on staff at the Van Every/Smith Galleries! Isabel Smith is a Sophomore studying Gender and Sexuality Studies at Davidson College from St. Augustine, Florida. Learn more about Isabel: What has been your favorite exhibition during your time at Davidson? "True Likeness" Check out the exhibit here: https://www.davidsoncollegeartgalleries.org/dcag-exhibitions/true-likeness/ What is your favorite thing about working in the gallery? "Researching artists, writing, and being surrounded by art!" What are you most excited to do this semester in the art gallery or in art? "Have events! (hopefully) and help with exhibitions" Feel free to come chat with...
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Louis Stettner (American, 1922 - 2016) Children, Aubervilliers, France, 1947 Photograph Gift of Paul B. Ford "Stettner has always been fully conscious that the role of the photographer is not to turn away from all reference to reality, but on the contrary to express a profound experience with it,” said Brassaï, the famous French photographer and a lifelong friend and mentor of Louis Stettner. Stettner began taking photographs at the age of thirteen and sustained his career for over eight decades. He served in the U.S. Army in World War II before moving to Paris in 1947, where an intended...
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Endia Beal’s upcoming Listening and Photography Project at Davidson College
Written by: Sarah Willoughby '25
October 23rd, 2021
Endia Beal, an artist, educator, and photographer from North Carolina is coming to Davidson. Endia Beal is no stranger to Davidson College. Her film Mock Interview was featured in the Van/Every Smith Galleries' spring 2020 show "True Likeness." Always pushing the boundaries and hoping to bring to light social and racial injustices, in Mock Interview, Beal confronts the racism and misogyny women of color face everyday in the workplace. Beal started by collecting questions young women of color entering the work force were asked during interviews, all of which consistently pointed to discrimination and misogyny. Beal then flipped the narrative,...
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When you leave the classrooms in E. Craig Wall Jr. Academic Center, stop by the Mauzé Family Terrace, where you will encounter our new campus sculpture 假山石 119号 / Artificial Rock #119 by Beijing-based artist Zhan Wang. Installation in Progress This sculpture is part of the artist’s ongoing series of sculpture Artificial Rocks, which have been collected by numerous institutions, including the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York; The DeYoung Museum and Asian Art Museum, San Francisco; and the British Museum, London. The series consists of fabricated stainless steel sculptures replicating the “scholar’s rock” (假山石), which were naturally-eroded rocks traditionally placed...
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Meet Alice Berndt, one of the returning interns on staff at the Van Every/Smith Galleries! Alice Berndt is a Senior studying English and Art History at Davidson College from Maplewood, New Jersey. Learn more about Alice: What has been your favorite exhibition during your time at Davidson? "'The American Library' by Yinka Shonibare in 2018!" Check out the exhibit here: https://www.davidsoncollegeartgalleries.org/dcag-exhibitions/yinka-shonibare-mbe-the-american-library/ What is your favorite thing about working in the gallery? "Getting to learn about all the amazing artworks that the college owns and interacting with artists!" What are you most excited to do this semester in the art gallery or...
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