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As libraries on and off college campuses evolve to stay relevant in the
digital age, will serendipitous discoveries in old-fashioned card
catalogues and other appealing raw material for art work be lost to
increased efficiency? What emerging library media will catch artists'
eyes next?
The University Libraries and Contemporary Art Galleries will explore
this topic in the symposium "Looking at Libraries" on Wednesday, Dec. 7,
at 3 p.m. in Konover Auditorium, Thomas J. Dodd Research Center,
University of Connecticut.
Among the speakers will be prominent artists as well as UConn's Vice
Provost for University Libraries Brinley Franklin and Massachusetts
Institute of Technology Director of Libraries Ann Wolpert.
The event coincides with the Contemporary Art Galleries exhibit,
"Libraries," which runs through Friday, Dec. 16. The show features the
work of a dozen nationally and internationally-known artists who have
used the library's architectural appearance, collections and research
role to explore modern-day issues and create surprising poetry in the
process.
Three of the artists featured in "Libraries" - Buzz Spector, Abelardo
Morrell and Erica Baum - will speak at the Dec. 7 symposium as well as
Olu Oguibe, UConn associate professor of painting and African American
studies.
Spector, chair of Cornell University's art department, has had his work
shown extensively in museums and galleries throughout the United States
including the Art Institute of Chicago, the Museum of Contemporary Art
in Chicago and the Corcoran Gallery in Washington, D.C. Morrell, a
photographer and professor at the Massachusetts College of Art, has
served as an artist-in-residence at the Wadsworth Atheneum. Baum, who
lives and works in New York City, received her M.F.A. from Yale
University's School of Art.
For more information, visit www.contemporaryartgalleries.uconn.edu.
A reception will immediately follow the event in the Contemporary Art
Galleries in the Art Building.
Suzanne Zack
Marketing and Communications Specialist
Homer Babbidge Library
University of Connecticut
369 Fairfield Road, U-1005A
Storrs, CT 06269
Phone: (860) 486-1835
Fax: (860) 486-0584
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