General
Harn Intern Spotlight: Sarah Lantsman, Tim Joiner Memorial and Registration Intern
Hometown: Born in New York City, raised in South Florida Major: Double Major in Art History and Political Science What’s something memorable for you that has taken place at the Harn? In February, I attended a very insightful HESCAH lecture by Professor of Art History at Dartmouth College, Mary Coffey,...
Harn at Home
Sijo Printable Poem Activity
Printable Poem Activity Make your own sijo (traditional form of Korean poetry) inspired by Seok Mo Ro-in’s Tiger.
Exhibition Guide
Korean Exhibition Guide
Gallery Guide In this guide a single object offers an entryway into each historical period covered in the exhibition. By comparing the pivotal events of an era to the undercurrent of cultural norms and shared values, it becomes clearer how the aesthetics of an age intimately reflect the culture and values...
Exhibition Guide
Shadow to Substance Touchtable
Exhibition Guide
Shadow to Substance Exhibition Walk-Through
Coffee with the Curators
Contemporary Ghanaian Artists and Recent Harn Acquisitions
All Harn-goers know of El Anatsui’s Old Man’s Cloth, the glittering metal relief sculpture that has hung in our Pavilion and other galleries almost constantly since it was acquired in 2006. The Harn Museum of Art was the first host of GAWU, the exhibition of this body of metal works by Anatsui,...
Coffee with the Curators
Henry Clay Anderson
[This essay on Henry Clay Anderson’s photography is short for the sake of this post. Yet it points to the power of photographs to help us see history and make connections. It waits further post-COVID-19 research.] Henry Clay Anderson lived and worked in Greenville, Mississippi, as the town’s most...
Coffee with the Curators
Cliff Joseph
I’ve been listening to a BBC podcast titled Great Lives, where a famous living person nominates an oftentimes lesser-known deceased person. The celebrity, and an ‘expert’ (usually a biographer of the dead nominee), discuss the career of the chosen ‘Great Life.’ The program makes me feel hopeful that such people once...
