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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...

Christo (American, Bulgarian-born, 1935-2020)Wrapped Monument to Vittorio Emanuele, Piazza del Duomo, Milan, 1970Colored photolithography on cardboard14.5 x 19.5 inOn loan from John Andrew MacMahon, Class of 1995 Christo's Wrapped Monument to Vittorio Emanuele, Piazza del Duomo, Milan and Michelle Van Parys's Men can be found on view in Chambers Building. Please note: All buildings on campus, including Chambers, are only open to Davidson students, faculty, and staff due to the pandemic. These two photographic prints are paired together to further contemplate the current socio-political environment in which we dwell.   Christo’s Wrapped Monument to Vittorio Emanuele, Piazza del Duomo, Milan depicts the site-specific, temporary...

Ezra WubeMela, 2011Stop motion animation using paper clips, 1:41On loan from the Artist On view in the E. Craig Wall, Jr. Academic Center from August 16 - October 3, 2020. Please note: All buildings on campus, including the Wall Center, are only open to Davidson students, faculty, and staff due to the pandemic. We are planning to re-screen videos at a later date when the campus opens to the community! Sign up for our mailing list to stay in the loop. Ezra Wube (b. 1980, Ethiopia) is an artist working in animation, painting, installation, and video. He immigrated to the...