Exhibitions – Robert C. Larson ’56 Art in the Library Program

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Historians For Hire: Imagining Éireann

Co-curated by students Bella Crum ‘25, Scott Hudson ‘24, Evan Orjala ‘24, and Maddie Smith ‘24, this exhibit examines a selection of early 20th-century Irish texts housed in Carleton’s Special Collections.

A Postcard from the Revolution

An exhibition curated by students enrolled in Dr. Mira Xenia Schwerda’s course Revolutionary Image Regimes: Curating Middle Eastern Photographs and Prints At the turn of the century novel social and…

An image of a postcard from the early 20th century showing a group of merchants

Sketching the South Pacific

Over the last thirty years, Carleton has offered a studio art focused off-campus studies program in the South Pacific. Since the retirement of program founder Professor Emeritus Fred Hagstrom, Professor…

An artist holds their sketchbook up showing the landscape and the watercolor they created of it

Envisioning the Spirit, Inscribing the Voice: Books in Byzantium

This exhibit highlights research conducted by the students enrolled in The Byzantine World & Its Neighbors (HIST 233), taught by Professor of History and Director of Medieval and Renaissance Studies…

An illustrated manuscript from the Byzantine Era depicting St. Luke in a finely drawn setting, against a shiny gold (gilded) background

The 39th Annual Off-Campus Studies Photo Contest Winners

Through Carleton’s extensive off-campus study programs, fellowships, and internships, students immerse themselves in new places and cultures, forge lifelong friendships, create lasting memories, and find inspiration in their studies and…

Two penguins with the setting sun behind them

Swamp Monotypes: New Prints by Ellie Weston ’24

Ellie Weston graduated from Carleton in June 2024 with a degree in studio art. The paintings she created for her comprehensive project in the major began as an investigation of…

An image of three monotype prints hanging on a wall

Seniors in Ceramics: recent work by five studio art majors

Visit the library entry and Athenaeum display cases to see work by Mariko Bolton, Raquel Santamaria Germani, Grace Malooly, Sofia Woodruff, and Sequoia Wyckoff. Their senior comprehensive projects will be…

Sequoia Wyckoff '25 with a display of her work in the library

Warrior Women: Honoring the Women of Wounded Knee

This exhibit explores the central role Indigenous women played in the Wounded Knee Occupation of 1973: coordinating logistics, feeding protesters, healing the wounded, managing communications, founding the Independent Oglala Nation, and taking up arms to protect it.

Black and white photograph of Native American elder women holding signs in protest on the anniversary of the 1973 occupation movement. Signs read:

Politics, Presidents, and the Power of Student Voters

A selection of materials from Carleton’s special collections, archives, and government documents celebrating the college community‘s rich history of civic involvement, especially with regard to presidential elections.

The front page of The Carletonian, showing a photograph of Barack Obama speaking at convocation in February, 1999

Miniature Mementos: Artist’s Books by Jody Williams ’78

Jody Williams (1956-2023, Carleton class of 1978) specialized in miniature artists’ books, many of which are held in Gould Library’s Special Collections. This display honors her memory.

Thoughts About Pots: Artists’ Books by Erica Rasmussen

Thoughts About Pots, on view in the Athenaeum, features artists’ books made by Erica Spitzer Rasmussen in a tribute to her late stepfather, renowned potter and professor of ceramics Warren MacKenzie.

A photo of a book that looks like a vase against a black background

The 38th Annual Off-Campus Studies Photo Contest Winners

An annual celebration of photographs taken by students during their off-campus study programs. Judged by a panel of faculty and staff, this year’s contest received over 280 submissions. 31 winning photographs are on view.

Captured en route to a campsite in Tanzania, a lion gazes away from the camera under dramatic rays of sunshine

Eating the Americas

A display of students’ research for LTAM (Latin American Studies) 220, taught by Sarah Kennedy