KSUM exhibition

DESIGNING DOMESTICITY: DECORATING THE AMERICAN HOME SINCE 1876

Broadbent Gallery | Dr. Shirley Teresa Wajda and Dr. Terrence L. Uber, Guest Curators What makes a house a home? For nearly two centuries, American critics and reformers have wrestled with that question. Although Americans at the beginning of the nineteenth century lived in a variety of dwel…

PULITZERS AND PORTRAITS: TREASURED PHOTOGRAPHS BY PAUL TOPLE

Alumni Gallery | Label text prepared by Lori Harris and Paul Tople When Paul Tople's parents gave him a photograph processing kit for Christmas when he was 14 years old, he thought that was the "dumbest gift" ever. His mother and father weren't photographers, and he had never taken a picture…

MANDALA AND TEMPLE: SACRED ARCHITECTURE IN TIBET; PHOTOGRAPHS BY JOHN MILTON LUNDQUIST

East Gallery | Dr. John Milton Lundquist, Guest Curator In Tibet theories about religion, its spiritual power and tenacious hold on the human imagination become reality. Tibet is a repository of some of the most ancient beliefs and rituals. It houses temples such as the magnificent Jokhang i…

THE HOURS OF THE WOMAN OF LEISURE

Stager Gallery | Anne Bissonnette, Curator This exhibition examines the variety of garments that were appropriate to wear in different surroundings and times of day in the nineteenth century by women who followed fashion and lived a life of leisure. The nineteenth-century witnessed the propa…

AIR OF THE EAST: FASHION ART FROM KOREA

Stager Gallery This exhibition features the wearable art works of 55 innovative Korean artists who attempt to show fashion in a new light, not only in its functional and practical aspects but also as an imaginative and contemporary art form. This exciting exhibition is on display in the U.S. at o…