Join our Curator of Education Heather Flaherty as she shares some of her favorite stories about art objects in The Trout Gallery permanent collection.
Cosmic Madonna
Lithograph on Arches paper
38.25 x 31.5 in. , 1981, 20th c.
1985.11
Gift of Joseph Weniger
A New Hope: Dali and Surrealism
Trout Gallery student assistant, Jackson Rhodes, writes about the unpredictability of this past year and how art can give us a sense of hope.
15.5 x 16.13 in.
Late 19th to early 20th c.
1965.1.39, Gift of Mrs. Lloyd Gamble Cole.
Iran, Islam and an Illumination: The Case of the Triangular Frame
In this object story, watch a video to discover how The Trout Gallery investigated a puzzling object.
40 x 30 in. , 2009
2017.8
Confined Space: An Artist’s Interrogation
Moroccan-born artist Lalla Essaydi explores how physical space is connected to cultural ideology and personal memory.
Eastern Band Cherokee artist Shan Goshorn demonstrates that the medium of a work of art truly does matter.