Exhibits

Join us this Wednesday, January 26, 3–4 p.m. for the third in a series of drop-in discussions about art and healing. During this informal hour together we will engage in guided activities and conversations about the art on display in the Vanderbilt Fine Arts Gallery exhibit Sympathetic Magic. Location:… Read More

If you missed the November 10 Sympathetic Magic artists panel discussion, the video recording is now available. Sympathetic Magic: Works of Faith, Healing and Transformation contrasts Christian imagery with ritual objects from China, pre-Columbian North America and modern art as a means to explore ritual. The contemporary artists… Read More

Join us Wednesday, December 1, 3–4 p.m., for the second in a series of drop-in discussions about art and healing. During this informal hour together we will engage in guided activities and conversations about the art on display in the Vanderbilt University Fine Arts Gallery exhibit: Sympathetic Magic. Location:… Read More

The Central Library and the Divinity Library are home to a student artist exhibition created by Professor Mel Ziegler’s ARTS-1502 Installation Art class. The exhibition will be on display until the week of Thanksgiving. For more information, visit the exhibition website. Shannon Felder My Two CentsWorks include: Eliza… Read More

Sympathetic Magic: Works of Faith, Healing and Transformation contrasts Christian imagery with ritual objects from China, pre-Columbian North America and modern art as a means to explore ritual. The contemporary artists in this exhibition—Department of Art faculty María Magdalena Campos-Pons, Raheleh Filsoofi, Jana Harper and alumnus… Read More

Join our curators Friday, October 22, Noon–1:00 p.m. CST, as they walk us through the exhibition Out of the Vault, open to the campus community in Central Library’s 4th floor foyer through November 19, and through this online exhibit for our many community Friends. Cases filled with treasures from… Read More

1_FG1A11769_FG1A119216_FG1A09804_FG1A10875_FG1A11196_FG1A11387_FG1A116314_FG1A126911_FG1A106513_FG1A121710_FG1A1246 Throughout history and across the planet, people have invariably created objects promoting faith, healing and transformation. Sympathetic Magic presents objects from Vanderbilt University Collections alongside works by modern and contemporary artists, in acknowledgement of the steadfast and uniquely human belief in the transformative power of art. Historical artifacts on… Read More

Have you ever wondered about the history of the beautiful domed building at the end of the Peabody esplanade? If so, you might check out the new exhibit in Special Collections’ series on Vanderbilt’s historic buildings. The exhibit is on display in Special Collections and University Archives and is available… Read More

Written by Elizabeth Mosiman When Vanderbilt University first opened in 1875, students lived in university-approved boarding houses near campus. The closest the university came to having a dormitory was Wesley Hall – a former boarding house – which served multiple purposes: housing faculty and divinity students; providing classroom space for… Read More

A new exhibition highlighting the history of Mechanical Engineering Hall is now on display in the Special Collections Library.    When Vanderbilt University opened in October 1875, classes and laboratories were all housed… Read More