September 17, 2015, Filed Under: Art, Exhibitions + EventsListen: Driving the Herd One of visitors’ favorite features about our current exhibition Frank Reaugh: Landscapes of Texas and the American West, is the “guide by cell” audio tour. This audio tour lets visitors call in and hear informational snippets about the paintings. For the exhibition, Ransom Center Curator of Art Peter Mears discusses… read more
August 4, 2015, Filed Under: Art, Meet the Staff, Theatre + Performing ArtsMeet the staff: Chelsea Weathers, research associate, visual materials collections 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. Chelsea Weathers received a Bachelor of Arts in Art History from The University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, and then both her Masters of Arts and
March 17, 2015, Filed Under: Art, Books + Manuscripts, Exhibitions + EventsThoroughly Modern Alice: Incarnations of Lewis Carroll’s heroine through the years The titular heroine of Lewis Carroll’s whimsical classic Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland and its sequel Through the Looking-Glass has changed to reflect the aesthetics of the times outside her fictional word. The fantastical nature of the story allows a certain freedom of temporality: although the narrative was written to occur… read more
