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The University of Pennsylvania Libraries today announced the gift of works by the renowned American contemporary photographer Arthur Tress. Given by an anonymous donor, this outstanding collection – part of which has already been appraised at $4.2 million joins another recent gift of Tress photography given to the Penn Libraries by J. Patrick Kennedy and Patricia Kennedy, parents of a 1997 Penn graduate, for a combined 2,500 photographic prints.
Together these collections document Tress’s diverse and fascinating career and represent the largest collection of Tress photographic prints in the United States. In 2018, Tress, among the most original artists of his generation, gave the Penn Libraries his collection of Japanese illustrated books, which served as inspiration for his own artistic vision.
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Nazmul Ahasan and Ariana Pemberton receive Subir and Malini Chowdhury Fellowships for 2021 Youth Desk Youth Desk
Nazmul Ahasan, a freelance journalist based in Dhaka and Ariana Pemberton, a PhD student in the Department of History of Art, UC Berkeley, received the Subir and Malini Chowdhury Fellowships, respectively, for this year. The fellowships are awarded each year by the Subir & Malini Chowdhury Center for Bangladesh Studies, which is dedicated to supporting Bangladesh-related research and promoting the art and culture of Bangladesh.
Nazmul Ahasan was awarded the Subir Chowdhury Fellowship on the Quality of Life in Bangladesh for pursuing an MA degree in investigate journalism, long-form writing and interactive news presentations at the UC Berkeley School of Journalism. Born and brought up in Khagrachari, Nazmul s journalism career started with the
First Ladies As curator of an exhibition at the Smithsonian s National Portrait Gallery, Penn s Gwendolyn DuBois Shaw tells the stories of the women who supported U.S. presidents while in the White House. Gwendolyn DuBois Shaw, associate professor of history of art, was the curator of the exhibition “Every Eye Is Upon Me: First Ladies of the United States” at the Smithsonian Institution’s National Portrait Gallery. Shaw returned to Penn this semester after taking an 18-month leave to serve as the Gallery’s senior historian and director of history, research, and scholarly programs.
In a glass case in a Smithsonian Institution exhibition is a small cape, the ikat-dyed pink silk and fine black lace fanned out around a high collar in the center. The pleated taffeta fabric makes an almost perfect circle, except for an edge flipped over to reveal an interior inscription by the maker to the wearer.
FSC Names Endowed Chair To Further Strengthen Ties Between Polk Museum Of Art, Local Arts Community
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LAKELAND, Fla., Feb. 8, 2021 /PRNewswire/ Florida Southern College has named Dr. H. Alexander Rich as an endowed chair in the Department of Art History and Museum Studies.
Dr. Rich, who was named the George and Dorothy Forsythe Endowed Chair in Art History and Museum Studies, is associate professor of art history and chair of FSC s Department of Art History and Museum Studies. He also is executive director and chief curator of the Polk Museum of Art and director of the Melvin and Burks Galleries on the Florida Southern campus.