Art and History
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Victor Higgins was born in Shelbyville, Indiana in 1884. At only 15 years old, using allowance money that he had saved up for years and against his parent's wishes, Higgins left...
Read ArticleUntitled Scorch Work (Figure)
In 2017, the Snite Museum of Art hosted an exhibition of Cole's work entitled Making Everything Out of Anything: Prints, Drawings, and Sculptures by Willie Cole. The exhibiton...
Read ArticleDrawings, Prints, People
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watch video“Lockdown Literature,” a pandemic reading list by Prof. Barry McCrea
Listen to Italian Studies faculty affiliate, Prof. Barry McCrea, deliver a radio essay on teaching literature in a pandemic for Ireland’s RTÉ Radio 1, Sunday Miscellany....
Listen to PodcastBlack Indian, Buffalo Soldiers
Chicago, IL painter and sculptor Bernard Williams creates works in multiple media that strive to "address our connections and disconnections within a turbulent human history"...
Read ArticleImages of the Virgin and Child In Celebration of Mother’s Day and the Month of May
The Raclin Murphy Museum of Art curates a gallery with Images of the Virgin and Child In Celebration of Mother’s Day and the Month of May. Read the reflection from Joseph...
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Natalia Goncharova was a major figure in multiple early 20th-century Russian Modern art movements. She was a controversial, unique, and well-known person in Moscow and Saint...
Read ArticleCatch the Spirit
The Notre Dame Folk Choir offers the uniting ministry of music through Catch the Spirit and its message of hope and connection. The recent release features an exploration of...
Listen to PodcastFour Rectangles Oblique
This sculpture was created by George Rickey, an American artist from South Bend, Indiana known for his kinetic or moving sculptures. Coming from a family of mechanical engineers...
Read ArticleDessert Plate with a Scene from the Fable of the Wolf and the Stork
This dessert plate, and the set it is a part of, was produced by the Sèvres Manufactory. Founded in 1740 in Vincennes, France, the porcelain manufactory was moved to Sèvres,...
Read ArticleTradition: C.S.C. and the Arts – Insights from the Director
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watch videoFound and Transformed
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