Art
Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Scope Note: Part of TARO subject browse terms
Found in 62 Collections and/or Records:
Rice Public Art records
Collection
Identifier: UA 358
Overview
This collection includes publicity, ephemera, dedication event photos and more, related to works of art on the Rice University campus.
Dates:
2011 - 2015
Rice University Art Collection Acquisitions Records
Collection
Identifier: UA 0156
Overview
These records contain files related to acquisitions for the Rice University Art Collection. The files contain images, correspondence, and appraisals as well as donor and accession details.
Dates:
1947-1995
Rice University Art Gallery records
Collection
Identifier: UA 0066
Overview
In 1971 Sewall Hall was constructed making space available for a permanent art gallery at Rice University referred to as the Sewall Gallery and later as Rice University Art Gallery. These records reflect the exhibitions held there and related administrative functions.
Dates:
1971 - 2017
Rice University Michael Heizer sculpture records
Collection
Identifier: UA 0244
Abstract:
The collection consists of print and photographic materials related to the sculpture 45°, 90°, 180° by Michael Heizer located in the School of Engineering quadrangle on the campus of Rice University. The history of the work is covered from the selection and commissioning of the sculptor to the dedication of the completed work and the exhibition featuring Heizer that accompanied this event.
Dates:
1982 - 1985
Rice University Visual and Dramatic Arts department brochures and programs
Collection
Identifier: UA 0411
Overview
The collection consists of explanatory materials intended for prospective
students, calendars of departmental events, and programs from shows presented in 2007 through 2018.
Dates:
2007 - 2018
Richard and Sandra Lauderdale Graham Brazilian Chapbook and Slides Collection
Collection
Identifier: MS 0650
Overview
The collection consists of fifty-seven inexpensively produced booklets of verse
with woodblock print or photo image covers. The booklets are quarto size,
4-3/4” by 6-3/8”, and range in length from eight to forty-eight pages. The
content is in verse in stanzas of six, seven, eight, or ten lines.
The booklets are examples of a folk art known as literature de cordel, or
“string literature,” because of being attached to strings as a means of
displaying them for sale. The...
Dates:
circa 1960-1990
Sir James Hawkins Whitshed Minute book and Sketchbook
Collection
Identifier: MS 0226
Overview
This collection consists of a sketchbook and a minute book, both authored by Sir James Hawkins Whitshed, an officer in the British Navy. The sketchbook contains numerous depictions of naval ships and a self-caricature of Whitshed himself. The minute book contains a careful list of letters received and sent by Whitshed, plus a summary of the day’s events during the years 1821-1822.
Dates:
1812 - 1822
Small illuminated sacred manuscripts
Collection
Identifier: MS 0024
Overview
Three leaves of rare 13th and 15th century Catholic liturgical manuscripts, hand drawn and beautifully illustrated on vellum.
Dates:
ca. 1250-1460
South Main Alliance records
Collection
Identifier: MS 0501
Overview
Founded in March 1976 by business, institutional and civic leaders, the South Main Center Association is a private, non-profit community and economic development organization which represents the residential, commercial and institutional interests of the approximately 12.5 square mile South Main area located within the inner loop. In 2005, the South Main Center Association (SMCA) was renamed the South Main Alliance. These records reflect the daily business of the organization.
Dates:
1975-2007
Stages Theater records
Collection
Identifier: MS 0740
Overview
Stages Theater records contain materials related to play production programs and other production materials from 1978-2016, press clippings, annual gala and events records, administrative records, photographs, and circa 200 audio and video recordings in analog formats such as VHS and audio cassette.
Dates:
1978 - 2017