November 12, 2015, Filed Under: Art, Exhibitions + Events“Sis and Jock’s Hot as Hell West Texas Tour!”: Docent takes a 1,318 mile road trip in Frank Reaugh’s footsteps Harry Ransom Center docents are volunteer guides that lead free daily tours of the Center’s exhibitions. In the months leading up to exhibition openings, docents work closely with curators to gain a more complete understanding of exhibition items and content. The docent training process involves readings, discussion, and intense familiarization… read more
November 11, 2015, Filed Under: Authors, Books + ManuscriptsCelebrating the twenty-fifth anniversary of The Things They Carried 2015 marks the twenty-fifth anniversary of the publication of Tim O’Brien’s The Things They Carried, a ground-breaking meditation on war, memory, imagination, and the redemptive power of storytelling.
November 10, 2015, Filed Under: Art, Exhibitions + EventsListen: Travel with Frank Reaugh to his favorite sketching spots One of the most popular visitor features of our current exhibition Frank Reaugh: Landscapes of Texas and the American West is the “guide by cell” audio tour for visitors. This audio tour lets visitors call in and hear informational snippets about the paintings on display. Ransom Center Curator of Art… read more
