Monthly Archives: March 2012

Library staff recommendation: Remaking Race and History: The Sculpture of Meta Warrick Fuller

Meta Vaux Warrick Fuller (1877-1968) is a UArts alumna (Class of 1898) whose fame has diminished over the
years. A new book aims to rectify this situation. Continue reading

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Music In the Process of Becoming/Music As the Process of Becoming . . .

Visit an exhibit at the Music Library featuring Karlheinz Stockhausen, Pauline Oliveros, and Earle Brown, composers who sought to rupture preconceptions of what music is. Continue reading

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Digital Resource of the Week: PBS Arts

PBS Arts is the visual and performing arts website of the Public Broadcasting Station. Explore visual arts, film, dance, theater, music, and writing through a variety of formats. Continue reading

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Library staff recommendation: Cave of Forgotten Dreams

Visionary director Werner Herzog was granted a rare opportunity to film the Chauvet Cave in France, which contains some of the oldest known works of human art-making. Continue reading

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New in ARTstor from UArts Visual Resources: Robert Alan Bechtle

Visual Resources recently added works by American Photorealist painter Robert Alan Bechtle to the UArts Visual Resources Collection in ARTstor. Check it out now! Continue reading

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Digital Resource of the Week: BBC Four Collections

BBC Four, one of the television and radio stations of the British Broadcasting Corporation, has made many of its programs available online. Continue reading

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UArts Libraries Workshops Spring 2012

It’s paper-writing and midterms time! Buff up your research skills and learn more about what the UArts Libraries have to offer. Bring your laptop — these are hands-on workshops — or watch, listen and learn. Workshops will start on time … Continue reading

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Digital Resource of the Week: The Lively Morgue

The New York Times has started a Tumblr to showcase its extensive photo archive. Continue reading

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New in ARTstor from UArts Visual Resources: Charles Ephraim Burchfield

Charles Burchfield was an American artist who is known for his beautiful and colorful watercolors. View them now in ARTstor. Continue reading

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The Alan Lomax Archives and Global Jukebox

Folklorist and ethnomusicologist Alan Lomax’s invaluable “global jukebox” is now streaming online for free. Continue reading

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