Thom O'Connor (American, 1937) Untitled, 1972 Lithograph on paper 19.75 x 18.75 in Art has always had a way of pulling me in, especially pieces that speak quietly rather than demand attention. Thom O'Connor’s Untitled is one of those works. The moment I saw it, I felt drawn into its mysterious, almost haunting atmosphere. It’s not an image that immediately reveals itself, and that’s what makes it so captivating for me. At first, the artwork looks purely abstract, a soft, glowing circle set against a dark background. It feels like looking at a distant moon, floating in the vastness of...
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Meet our team of incredible interns at the Van Every/Smith Galleries on campus! Hajar Hussein Hajar Hussein is a sophomore educational policy and mathematics double major from Jacksonville, FL. This is her second year interning at the galleries. Her favorite gallery event is ArtMate, and she is especially excited for the new senior shows this year! Gaby Sanclimenti Gaby Sanclimenti is a senior psychology major and art history minor from Doylestown, PA. This is her third year interning at the galleries. Her favorite past exhibition was Homecoming: Art by Alumni in the fall of 2023, for which she helped write...
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Seen in Storage: East Durham Love- Soon as I Get Home I
Written by: Sarah Willoughby '25
September 24th, 2024
East Durham Love- Soon as I get Home I, 2019 Kennedi Carter (American, b. 1998) Archival Pigment Print 38.25 x 33.875 in Gift of Jessica Ruhle '02 East Durham Love captures an incredibly intimate moment between two figures. In a darkly lit room with only the light from the window shining in, the woman figure, dressed in a simple white lacey dress with a decorative, shiny headpiece cradles the male figure. The male figure sits shirtless below her with his head to her stomach. The windows thick drapery gives a pattern to the background, but also significantly blocks light from...
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Carlos Rolon (Puerto Rican, b. 1970)First Place, 201328 x 28 inArchival pigment inks Out of the many pieces available this year for selection through our dorm room art program ArtMate, one piece in particular caught my eye. It’s larger than some of the other pieces, it's surrounded by, and printed in a square layout, another element of the piece which made it stand out. I stood before the piece, and hoped it would be the artwork I took home – or, in this case, to my dorm room, which has become my short-term replacement for it. By the time my...
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We Need to Talk: Repairing our Social Fabric One Creative Conversation at a Time with Philippa Pham Hughes
Written by: Lia Rose Newman
September 12th, 2024
Tell us what you envision for a flourishing Davidson! In a deeply polarized country, one of the greatest and hardest acts of civic engagement is talking to people who don’t share our beliefs. But that’s exactly what we need to do if we want to solve the social and political problems our country faces and if we want to create a society in which everyone flourishes. Strengthening our social bonds happens when we begin to care about each other again, when we are in relationship with one another. That begins with a conversation, so the Center for Civic Engagement and...
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