Children's Art Exhibit from Sister City in Japan

The library main floor has a Children's Art Exhibit from Columbus' sister city, Kiryu, Japan. This city is 6,880 miles away and its relationship began in 1978, making it the oldest sister city to Columbus. Posted on the wall are 19 pictures created by elementary students throughout Kiryu. This exhibit is sponsored by Columbus State University and the Mayor of Columbus' Commission on International Relations and Cultural Liason Encounters (CIRCLE). Photos by Caitlyn Malone. 

 

Look But Don't Touch Display

Check out the new "Look But Don't Touch" display by Christina Hadley at Scwhob Library.

Aspen 5 + 6 Exhibit

Aspen 5 + 6 Exhibit

Issues 5 and 6 of Aspen, an arts magazine, are now on exhibit in Schwob Library. The collection includes works by Roland Barthes, Susan Sontag, Morton Feldman, John Cage, Samuel Beckett, William Burroughs, Merce Cunningham, Marcel Duchamp, Dan Graham, Mel Bochner, Hans Richter, Laszlo Moholy-Nagy, Robert Morris, Stan, VanDerBeek, Robert Rauschenberg, Donald Judd, Sol LeWitt, and Claes Oldenberg.

Published in 1967, these combined issues contain great theoretical works such as Roland Barthes's "The Death of the Author," as well as musical scores by John Cage, records, grid sketches, film, and conceptual poetry.

Because of the limited amount of copies created, less than the 20,000 subscription base of the magazine, this collection, which ran for $8 in the 1960s (modern equivalent is $55), can cost ten times that price currently.

This exhibit is satellite of the Beyond the Grid/Into the Sublime art exhibit downtown at the Illges Gallery. It will be on display until November 15.

If you would like to find out more about Aspen, please visit http://ubu.com/aspen/aspen5and6/index.html.

Source: http://artistsbooksandmultiples.blogspot.com/2012/12/aspen-magazine-minimalism-issue-56.html

Shalom Y’All: The Valley’s Jewish Heritage Exhibit

Featuring panels from the Columbus Museum’s spring exhibit and archival materials from Columbus State’s recently acquired Temple Israel collection, the exhibition focuses on Jewish life in Columbus and surrounding communities, including information about businesses, religious and cultural institutions, and the migration, growth, decline and perseverance of Jewish communities in the region. This exhibit will be on display through October 15th.

 

The Great Speckled Bird Exhibtion

Exploring controversial topics such as race, women's rights, and sexuality, the The Great Speckled Bird was an underground newspaper published at Atlanta in the 1960's. With a grant from the Georgia Humanities Council, all issues of the The Bird have been digitized by Georgia State University Library and are available at no cost.

A brief history of The Bird is on display on the first floor of Simon Schwob Memorial Library and the entire collection can be viewed at  http://library.gsu.edu/gsb 

9/11: Christopher Huff will give a lecture, “Reporting the News, Making the News: The Great Speckled Bird, Atlanta, and the Southern Sixties,” today at 12:30 in the library forum area.