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

彼岸 – In Another Shore: Work by Shun Yong

Shun Yong employs photography, paper-making, and other media to explore a fear of loss, generational trauma, and curiosity about his identity as a second-generation Chinese immigrant in Malaysia and recent…

A moody image of shadowy foliage with flowers peeking through

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

Special Collections Sampler: New Artist’s Books

This exhibit highlights a selection of artist’s books recently acquired by Gould Library. Special Collections at Gould Library houses books and other printed materials that are fragile, rare, valuable, of…

An image of an artist's book with square covers and hand sewn binding, with a laser-etched map of Cairo on the cover

Celebrating Carleton’s Chinese Music Ensemble

This exhibit celebrates Carleton’s Chinese Music Ensemble, which won the 2024 International Cultural Role Models award, given by the United Nations World Intangible Cultural Heritage Protection Foundation. During the same…

An image of the students in Carleton's Chinese Music Ensemble holding their instruments

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.

Jody Williams' book