December 13, 2012, Filed Under: Exhibitions + EventsCurator discusses Norman Bel Geddes’s influence in video Donald Albrecht, exhibition organizer and curator of architecture and design at the Museum of the City of New York, discusses industrial designer Norman Bel Geddes’s influence on the American landscape. Albrecht—editor of Norman Bel Geddes Designs America (Abrams)—emphasizes the breadth of the Bel Geddes collection at the Ransom Center, which… read more
December 12, 2012, Filed Under: Books + Manuscripts, Exhibitions + Events"Norman Bel Geddes Designs America" receives media attention Norman Bel Geddes Designs America (Abrams) is the first book to explore the entire scope of American designer, urban planner, and futurist Norman Bel Geddes’s life, career, and projects. Media outlets, including the New York Times Book Review, Fortune, the Telegraph, the San Francisco Chronicle, the Austin Chronicle, Wallpaper, and… read more
December 11, 2012, Filed Under: Research + Teaching, Theatre + Performing ArtsFellow discusses work in wartime theater collection Laurence Raw, a fellow from Başkent University in Ankara, discusses his research on actor-manager Sir Donald Wolfit’s World War II–era performances. Raw’s research, “Patriotic Shakespeare—Donald Wolfit’s Productions 1941–1953,” was funded by the Fleur Cowles Endowment.
December 10, 2012, Filed Under: Books + ManuscriptsSangorski and Sutcliffe: The Rolls Royce of Bookbinding Jeweled bindings, which use metalwork, jewels, ivory, and rich fabrics to decorate a book, date back at least to the Middle Ages, but the form was revived around the turn of the twentieth century by the English binders Sangorski & Sutcliffe. Francis Sangorski and George Sutcliffe met in evening bookbinding… read more
December 6, 2012, Filed Under: Authors, Exhibitions + EventsWriter Jim Crace gives writing advice and discusses why T. H. White’s archive at the Ransom Center brought tears to his eyes English writer Jim Crace, currently a visiting professor at The University of Texas at Austin Michener Center for Writers, gives a reading tonight at 7:30 p.m. in the Avaya Auditorium, ACE 2.302. Crace’s archive resides at the Ransom Center, and on a previous visit to Austin he spoke with Ransom… read more
December 4, 2012, Filed Under: Authors, Exhibitions + EventsWriter Jim Crace discusses creative process in two videos English writer Jim Crace, currently a visiting professor at The University of Texas at Austin Michener Center for Writers, will give a reading this Thursday, December 6, at 7:30 p.m. in the Avaya Auditorium, ACE 2.302. Crace’s archive resides at the Ransom Center, and on a previous visit to Austin… read more
