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Intern Intro Series: New Faces

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October 4th, 2019

Alice Berndt and Sarah Jackson
Last spring, many students interning in the Davidson College Art Galleries graduated. Some also went abroad for a semester or two. Fortunately, this was balanced out by a number of talented and enthusiastic new interns who are just starting this fall. Among these new interns are two friends, Alice Berndt '20 and Sarah Jackson '20. Sarah is a double major in Studio Art and Economics, while Alice is an English major and Art History minor. Sarah enjoyed a particularly museum-rich summer this year! She pursued a course on "How the Art World Works," provided by the Sotheby's Institute of Art...
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Seen in Storage: White Gauze by Robert Mapplethorpe

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October 2nd, 2019

White Gauze
While looking through the Davidson College Gallery archive, I had a difficult time deciding which piece to write about and where it fit in in my experience working in the gallery. I considered a fascinating and complicated Victor Vasarely print composed of deep purple, red and white. However, I have always been drawn to photography, specifically photographs of people, both candid and posed. So, I chose a work by American photographer Robert Mapplethorpe (1946-1989) entitled White Gauze. Some people argue that photography is not “true art” and that only painting and sculpture constitute forms of artistic creation, but Mapplethorpe proves...
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Seen on Campus: James Surls

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September 30th, 2019

Walking See Flower
Upon returning to campus in August, Davidson students were welcomed by a new addition to the campus’s collection of outdoor art - the painted steel sculpture titled Walking See Flower (2001) by Texan artist James Surls. Even I, as an art history major and gallery intern, was surprised by its presence outside of commons, as it disrupted such a familiar Davidson landscape. Because it is in a high-traffic area of campus, this piece now holds a place in campus conversation by posing two questions: what role should art play on a college campus, and how do landscape, both built and...
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Intern Intro Series: Unique Summers

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September 27th, 2019

Summer 2019
Although many of the students working in the Davidson College Art Galleries major or minor in the arts, this is certainly not the case for everyone. Students from the Physics, Biology, English, and Environmental Studies departments are all represented on our intern staff. Two such exceptional interns are Paul Stouffer '21 and Elizabeth Young '20. Paul, an Environmental Studies major, had two main occupations this summer - both somewhat food-related. First, he worked at a restaurant as a "pizza artisan" - not quite a pizza artist, but not too far off. Second, Paul spent time interning with a New York...
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Announcing Call to Digital/Video Artists for Exhibition

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September 24th, 2019
The Van Every/Smith Galleries are pleased to announce a call to artists for submissions of digital and video art. The selected works will be presented in an exhibition beginning January 2020 on a large-format video wall in the atrium of the E. Craig Wall Jr. Academic Center, a hub for transdisciplinary learning on the campus of Davidson College.  Artists are invited to submit work that complements the spirit of cross-disciplinary collaboration, healthy debate, and creative investigation that is alive on the Davidson College campus. The submission deadline is October 31, 2019 at 11:59PM EST. Artists may submit up to three artworks. SUBMIT YOUR WORK BY...
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