April 25, 2017, Filed Under: Authors, Books + Manuscripts, Theatre + Performing ArtsBiographer B. Alexandra Szerlip on Norman Bel Geddes’s life and legacy Norman Bel Geddes was one of the great visionaries of the twentieth century. An industrial designer, known best for his contribution to the Futurama exhibition at the 1939 New York World’s Fair, Bel Geddes experimented with
March 23, 2017, Filed Under: Meet the StaffProposed NEA, NEH funding cuts will directly impact Austin Stephen Enniss, Director of the Harry Ransom Center, shared his thoughts about the proposed elmination of the National Endowment for the Arts and the National Endowment for the Humanities in an opinion editorial in the Austin American-Statesman. Below is the piece that ran on March 10.
March 30, 2016, Filed Under: Exhibitions + Events, Theatre + Performing ArtsStage materials shine spotlight on centuries of Shakespeare “All the world’s a stage, and all the men and women merely players. They have their exits and entrances; And one man in his time plays many parts.” — As You Like It (Act II, Scene VII) For four centuries, Shakespeare’s comedies, histories, and tragedies have held up a mirror… read more
