Bringing Digital Art Experiences To You
Bringing Digital Art Experiences To You
Student Snapshot Emily Benson, ‘21 American Studies Major Before attending Dickinson College, I had no interest in studying art history– it just seemed too pretentious to me. Then my sophomore year at Dickinson, I stepped out of my comfort zone and into the halls of Weiss Center for the Arts, where I took a course …
Trout Education Management Assistant, Megan McElroy, is working with us from her hometown of Charlotte, North Carolina. Here, she shares with us Romare Bearden Park, named for an artist we have in our collection. Located in almost exactly the center of downtown Charlotte, Romare Bearden park, named after Charlotte, North Carolina-born artist Romare …
It seems as though in recent months after any bad thing happens, it’s required to say something like “Yeah, 2020’s rough.” The connection between something tragic occurring and this year frustrates me. While I’m urged to say that correlation isn’t causation, and the Gregorian calendar cannot be blamed for societal calamity, this frustration remains because …
Art Activity: Social Justice Bus Recently, The Trout Gallery had the chance to talk to the artist Steve Prince. Prince believes that art can play an important part in bringing people together to support important causes. That’s why his art pictures often focus on things like taking care of the environment, treating people equally …
Well, it’s been a while since our last Tales from the Vault — things behind the scenes at the museum have been busy with virtual gallery installations, cataloguing, updating collections databases, and matting and framing future exhibitions. Not that I haven’t been thinking about this column during this busy stretch, though. In fact, one item …
During an ordinary year at Dickinson, this long weekend—the midpoint break of Fall Pause—would be full of movement and smiles. Students would go home for some well-deserved rest, travel with friends, or relax in the quiet on-campus. Now, with the semester online, any plans are uncertain—and the stress of midterms lingers on. Are you …
Recommended Materials: A rectangular piece of paper at least 3.5 inches high x 5 inches long, but no more than 6 inches high x 11.5 inches long Scissors Ruler Watercolors or watercolor pencils Paintbrushes Pencil Water and paper towels Calligraphy or ballpoint pens and markers (markers are optional) Envelope and stamp (if you plan to …
Hi, I’m Gracyn Bird, a Museum Interpretation Assistant at The Trout Gallery. For this Artful Conversation post I interviewed Vincent Stephens, director of The Popel Shaw Center for Race and Ethnicity about the role that art has played in his life and work. Gracyn: So, today I want to talk to you about …
Unintentional Art is a developing image and text based dialogue series that can be found across The Trout Gallery’s social media. The photo series was created by our 2020 Trout Gallery Student Assistants as an assignment in our Training Week. In teams, our students submitted different proposals for social media engagement. Danielle Paz, a Spanish …
We reached out to award-winning poet and Dickinson College Poet-in Residence and Professor of Creative Writing, Adrienne Su, to ask if she might suggest a “poetic pairing” for our Soul Food page. In this case, Su picked this work form our collection by Elliot Erwitt, and paired it with the following poem by William E. …
