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Name and hometown?Gabi Sarussi and I’m from Scottsdale, Arizona Class year and major/minor?I’m a senior Economics major and Studio Art minor. Did you do anything this summer or during quarantine related to the arts?This summer I had my first major commission for a painting, and started a personal art Instagram account. Follow me here for a look at what I’m currently up to! @gold.finch.designs Why were you interested in interning with the galleries?I’m really interested in pursuing a career within gallery/museum work after I graduate from Davidson, and always love being surrounded by artists and art.  What role does art...

Louise Nevelson (American, 1899-1988)Reflections IV, 1983Color etching, aquatint, and screenprint49.25 x 40.25 in inGift of Carol Quillen, Davidson College President, and George McLendon I first learned about Louise Nevelson’s works in Dr. Shaw Smith’s “Contemporary Art History” course. In the course, we focused on Nevelson’s assemblage sculptures, which place random items into grids, exploring order vs. chaos. We unpacked a lot of ideas when studying Nevelson’s monochrome sculptures, including synecdoche, a priori thinking, and oculesics. When viewing these works on the floor to ceiling projection in the Katherine and Tom Belk Visual Arts Center, what struck me the most, however,...

This semester we are excited to welcome a group of new interns to the Van Every/Smith Galleries! We'll be introducing them every week through this New Intern Intro series. First up is Claire Begalla '24! Name and hometown? Claire Begalla. DeLand, Florida. Class year and major/minor?My class year is 2024 and I am planning on majoring in psychology and minoring in film and media studies as of right now, but I’m definitely still undecided.  Did you do anything this summer or during quarantine related to the arts?This summer I continued working in a coffee shop that also serves as an...

Barbara Morgan (American, 1900 - 1992)Martha Graham, Letter to the World, 1940Gelatin silver print10 X 13 in.Gift of Martin Blumenthal The photograph Martha Graham, Letter to the World is art within art: it was taken by photographer Barbara Morgan, depicting a dance choreographed by Martha Graham, based on poetry by Emily Dickinson. American photographer Barbara Morgan was commissioned by the Martha Graham Dance Company to capture dancers in motion, including Martha Graham herself, a revolutionary American modern dancer and choreographer. For Graham, dance was very emotional, almost spiritual, and it encompassed all of who she was, saying "I have spent...

Barbara Morgan (American, 1900 - 1992)Martha Graham, Lamentation (Oblique), 1935Gelatin silver print19.5 X 15.5 in.Gift of Martin Blumenthal Martha Graham was a pioneer maker and is accredited to establishing the foundation of Modern Dance. With a deep value of communicating the human experience through the physical body and a sharp attention to clarity in movement, the Graham technique was developed in 1926 for dancers to train and perfect their craft. Captured above is a moment from one of Graham’s most renowned works, Lamentation. Graham expresses grief and pain, laments, as she torques, contracts, and articulates movement through her body. The...