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Ransom Center conservator treats preliminary layouts for Ed Ruscha’s Hard Light

December 21, 2016 - Susana Hoyos Velasco

The author reducing the orange adhesive stains with solvents using the suction table.

The Edward Ruscha Papers and Art Collection at the Harry Ransom Center includes preliminary layout sheets for Hard Light, a collaborative artist’s book published by Ruscha and Lawrence Weiner in 1978. [Read more…] about Ransom Center conservator treats preliminary layouts for Ed Ruscha’s Hard Light

Filed Under: Art, Books + Manuscripts, Conservation, Photography Tagged With: adhesive, Art, artist, Books, Conservation, Ed Ruscha, Hard Light, intern, Lawrence Weiner, photographs, preservation, treatment

Meet the Staff: Rob Hay, Head of Exhibition Services

November 28, 2016 - Marissa Kessenich

Rob during installation of the spring 2016 exhibition Look Inside: New Photography Acquistions.

Meet the Staff is a Q&A series on Cultural Compass that highlights the work, experience, and lives of staff at the Harry Ransom Center.

Rob Hay has been at the Harry Ransom Center for two and a half years. He worked as a preparator before taking on his current position as head of exhibition services. [Read more…] about Meet the Staff: Rob Hay, Head of Exhibition Services

Filed Under: Exhibitions + Events, Meet the Staff Tagged With: Art, artist, Conservation, Exhibitions, gallery, Loans, Meet the Staff, New York City, painting, Rob Hay, Taglialatella Galleries

Member Profile: Susan Scafati

November 18, 2016 - Christine Lee

We are pleased to share our interview with Ransom Center member Susan Scafati, an Austin-based, American contemporary artist. She is a member of Lakes Were Rivers, an artist collective showcased in the Ransom Center’s 2013 exhibition Contemporary Photographic Practice and the Archive.  [Read more…] about Member Profile: Susan Scafati

Filed Under: Art, Exhibitions + Events Tagged With: Art, artist, Contemporary Photographic Practice and the Archive, Lakes Were Rivers, member, Membership, Roy Flukinger, Shelly, Susan Scafati

New digital collection of The Black Crook musical released

September 8, 2016 - Eric Colleary

Cover of sheet music for "The Black Crook Waltzes,” 1867.

The Harry Ransom Center is proud to announce that our collection of materials relating to the 1866 megamusical The Black Crook has been fully digitized in celebration of the 150th anniversary of the production. The collection is now publicly available through our online Digital Collections gallery. [Read more…] about New digital collection of The Black Crook musical released

Filed Under: Digital Collections, Theatre + Performing Arts Tagged With: Abrons Art Center, Art, Broadway, culture, dance, Edwin Forrest, Eric Colleary, performing art, stage, The Black Crook, theater, theatre, William Charles Macready

Meet docent Carol Headrick—lifelong teacher, Texas native, and manuscript enthusiast

December 15, 2015 - Isabel Dunn

Carol Headrick gives a tour of the exhibition "Frank Reaugh: Landscapes of Texas and the American West." Photo by Pete Smith.

Harry Ransom Center docents are volunteer guides who lead daily tours of the Center’s exhibitions. In the months leading up to exhibition openings, docents work closely with exhibition curators to gain a more complete understanding of exhibition items and content. The docent training process involves readings, discussion, and intense familiarization with the exhibition.

[Read more…] about Meet docent Carol Headrick—lifelong teacher, Texas native, and manuscript enthusiast

Filed Under: Exhibitions + Events, Meet the Staff Tagged With: 1914-1918, Art, docents, Frank Reaugh: Landscapes of Texas and the American West, Frida Kahlo, landscapes, pastels, Texas, The World at War

Preparing Frank Reaugh’s pastels for a new audience

November 25, 2015 - Rebecca Johnson

Heather Hamilton consolidates a pastel by Frank Reaugh titled 'Cattle Chewing Bones' for an upcoming exhibit. Photo by Kate Contakos.

The works on view from the Ransom Center’s collection in Frank Reaugh: Landscapes of Texas and the American West have been at The University of Texas at Austin since before the Ransom Center was founded. Reaugh donated them to the University in 1937. [Read more…] about Preparing Frank Reaugh’s pastels for a new audience

Filed Under: Art, Conservation, Exhibitions + Events Tagged With: Art, Conservation, exhibition services, Frank Reaugh, Frank Reaugh: Landscapes of Texas and the American West, Ken Grant, pastel

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