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Dessi Gomez | Tuesday, November 27, 2018
The Snite Museum of Art and Notre Dame’s student radio station, WVFI, have collaborated to create Spotify playlists for the viewing of the ongoing art exhibition, “Solidary and Solitary: The Joyner/Giuffrida Collection,” until Dec. 15. Co-coordinator for the Snite Student Programming Committee Rachel Mills spearheaded the project along with WVFI’s website manager, Charlie Hergenrother. The
Tajae Thompson | Thursday, October 25, 2018
The University of Notre Dame has historically been home to a predominantly white student body. Currently, both minority and international students comprise about 30 percent of its population. So it came as a shock to some when they discovered that the Snite Museum of Art would host “Solidary & Solitary: The Joyner/Giuffrida Collection,” a traveling
Nicholas Ottone | Friday, September 7, 2018
When I first read about a new Oscar category for “best popular film,” I was indignant. Creating a whole new category for “popular films” seemed ahistorical and cynical at best. Popular films, like “Titanic” and “Lord of the Rings: Return of the King,” have swept the Oscars in years past. Films like “Avatar”, “Mad Max:
Gina Twardosz | Monday, August 27, 2018
Saint Mary’s students will have the opportunity to travel by bus to New York City on Sept. 22 to see The Metropolitan Museum of Art’s “Heavenly Bodies: Fashion and the Catholic Imagination” exhibition, a display of fashion and medieval art. The exhibition aims to examine the effects of fashion on Catholicism over time, the Metropolitan
Nora McGreevy | Thursday, April 26, 2018
A giant, lurid video projection of the sun flickers and pulsates against a blank wall. Detailed posters and life-sized models of grocery store shelves present informative graphics about food insecurity. An interactive app encourages users to take a deep breath. A mounted deer head wears a muzzle, an earring, and a ripped “The Doors” band
Nora McGreevy | Wednesday, March 7, 2018
Finding the Scholz Family Gallery in the Snite Museum of Art can be a bit tricky the first time around. Enclosed by glass and nestled next to the coat room, this smaller, more intimate gallery feels a bit unanchored from the rest of the museum. Inside the gallery, the lights are dimmed, and the echoes
Nora McGreevy | Friday, February 2, 2018
Small, cartoonish bubbles float across a bright green field of color, interlaced with wiggly sketches of leaves, seedlings and stems. In another work, strong black markings repeat in rhythmic curves and slashes. On yet another wall, an anguished, woman-like skeletal figure hangs from a thread attached to her bellybutton, her mouth gaping wide as though
Courtney Becker | Tuesday, January 30, 2018
Visiting design lecturer Brook Kennedy spoke about the value of drawing from the environment for ideas in the field of industrial design Monday during a talk sponsored by the Art, Art History and Design program at Notre Dame. Kennedy, an associate professor of industrial design at Virginia Tech, said his work primarily focuses on solving
Charlotte Edmonds | Monday, January 22, 2018
The Snite Museum of Art opened two new exhibits this past Friday: “Money Worries” and “Modern Women’s Prints”. They are on display in the special exhibition O’Shaughnessy galleries through March. “When deciding our curatorial calendar we always consider the current conversations in society,” Gina Costa, director of public relations and marketing, said. “Artists don’t live
Charlotte Edmonds | Tuesday, November 7, 2017
Visual artist Sandra Ramos discussed the effects mass immigration have on culture and society Monday night at the Hesburgh Center. The Cuban native spoke to faculty and students about how her own experience is reflected through her career and the various different forms it has taken on over time. Ramos shared her background with the power