Special Collections has acquired an important collection of artwork, papers, and artifacts documenting the life and artistry of Mary Olmsted Johnson (1890-1950). It is a trove for researchers studying social realism, art created during the period of the Great Depression…
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“Long Road to Freedom” Exhibition: Special Collections at the Long Island Museum
A rare manuscript from Special Collections documenting slavery on Long Island is currently on view through May 27 at the Long Island Museum in Stony Brook. Featured in the new exhibition “Long Road to Freedom: Surviving Slavery on Long Island” is…
Rare Long Island Maps from Special Collections Featured at Reboli Center
Rare maps from Special Collections are currently on view through May 5 in the History Gallery at the Reboli Center for Art and History in Stony Brook. The exhibition runs concurrently with On the Road, a selection of paintings by Joseph…
ARH 204 Students Study Rare Books in Special Collections
Professor Karen Lloyd’s ARH 204 class “Arts in the Age of Exploration” visited Special Collections on Thursday, February 14 to learn about the history of printmaking and early illustration techniques. A selection of SBU Libraries’ most rare books were examined,…
SBU Rare Book Featured in Long Island Museum Exhibition
A rare book from Special Collections is currently on loan and on view in the Long Island Museum exhibition “Elias Pelletreau: Long Island Silversmith & Entrepreneur” through December 30, 2018. The exhibition examines and showcases Pelletreau’s unique works of silver…
Revisiting the Beat Scene
The Southampton Library wrapped up its fall Art in Focus lecture series with Elena Prohaska Glinn speaking about The Beat Scene (Reel Art Press). This book presents photographs taken by her late husband, Magnum photographer Burt Glinn. The photos capture…
Posted in Art, Writing and Literature
Deported: An American Division Exhibit and Panel Discussion
On September 26th, University Libraries welcomed photographer Rachel Woolf and her award winning photos to Central Reading Room. Nancy Hiemstra, Geographer; Assistant Professor, Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies; Author of Deportation and Detention (forthcoming, 2019); Irma Solis, New York Civil Liberties Union (Suffolk County);…
North Reading Room Student Art Show
Stop by the second floor of North Reading Room in Melville Library to see the new installation of the Fall 2018 Student Art Show: Biosphere. Art work submitted by the Fine Arts Organization. Thank you to Cici Lampa for organizing…
Ninth Street Women
Six women were speaking as Mary Gabriel gave her Art in Focus lecture last night at the Southampton campus library. Gabriel, the author of Ninth Street Women, was telling the lives of five artists who navigated the exhilarating, exhausting, and…
Posted in Art, Southampton
An Accidental Corpse
We kicked off the fall Art in Focus series in Southampton this past Tuesday with a murder mystery. What if you took one of the most iconic accidents in Long Island history and wove it into a larger plot –…
