March 15, 2017, Filed Under: Art, Exhibitions + EventsIn the Galleries: Elizabeth Olds’s quest for honest American art Elizabeth Olds (1896–1991) was the first woman visual artist to be awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship in 1926 to advance her study of portraiture.
September 30, 2014, Filed Under: Exhibitions + Events, Film, Research + TeachingMatthew Bernstein delves into complexities of staging “Gone With The Wind” premiere in a segregated Atlanta in 1939 On Thursday, October 16, at 7 p.m., Matthew H. Bernstein, Professor of Film and Media Studies at Emory University, discusses “Selznick’s March: Hollywood Comes to White Atlanta” at the Harry Ransom Center. The world premiere of Gone With The Wind in Atlanta was the culmination of months of anxious… read more
April 7, 2014, Filed Under: PhotographyFrom the Outside In: Walker Evans’s Allie Mae Burroughs, 1936 The atria on the first floor of the Ransom Center are surrounded by windows featuring etched reproductions of images from the collections. The windows offer visitors a hint of the cultural treasures to be discovered inside. From the Outside In is a series that highlights some of these images and… read more
