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Studio 11 Celebrates the Art of Writing by Presenting Ann Fisher-Wirth

Ann Fisher-Wirth

Writers at Studio 11 reading series will present poet, author and scholar Ann Fisher-Wirth on Monday, Oct. 29, from 7 to 8:30 p.m. at the Studio 11 Gallery.

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Staniar Gallery Artist's Films to be Screened

Paulina Hollers, film still, 2007

Washington and Lee’s Staniar Gallery will present a special screening of films by Brent Green on Wednesday, Oct. 17, in conjunction with the artist’s gallery exhibit.

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Travel/Documentary Photographer Hanson to Lecture at W&L

Michael Hanson '03

Michael Hanson, a travel and documentary photographer, will give a talk at Washington and Lee University on Wednesday, Oct. 3, in the Stackhouse Theater at 6 p.m. The lecture is free and open to the public.

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W&L’s McCarthy Gallery Presents Exhibit by Artist Frank Hobbs

“Steel Containers in Snow,” oil on linen, 22x26, 2012

An exhibition of paintings and monotypes by artist Frank Hobbs will be on view in the McCarthy Gallery at Washington and Lee University from Oct. 6 to Dec. 31.

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W&L's Uffelman to Give Cincinnati Professorship Inaugural Lecture

Erich Uffelman

Erich S. Uffelman, professor of chemistry at Washington and Lee University, will give the Cincinnati Professorship Inaugural Lecture on Friday, Oct. 5.

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R.E. Lee Research Scholar Turns Art Detective

Washington and Lee art history major Teresa Soley, left, and art history professor Andrea Lepage

Washington and Lee senior art history major Teresa Soley turned detective this summer as an R.E. Lee Research Scholar.

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Crochet a Coral Reef

coral reef photo

The Hyperbolic Crochet Coral Reef is a project of the Institute for Figuring in Los Angeles that combines mathematics, art, crafts, marine biology and environmental science in creating crocheted reproductions of coral reefs. A satellite reef is now being locally constructed, sponsored by Roanoke College. Students and faculty at Washington and Lee University and members [...]

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Sculptures by Jim Tisnado Featured in Staniar Gallery

Image information is: What My Father Gave Me: A Good Shot, 2001, Forked sticks, innertube, shoe leather, fired clay

Washington and Lee University’s Staniar Gallery begins its 2012-2013 season with The Father Myths, an exhibition of ceramic sculptures by North Carolina artist Jim Tisnado. The show opens on Sept. 6 and will remain on view through Sept. 28. The artist will give a public lecture on Wednesday, Sept. 19, at 5:30 p.m. in Wilson [...]

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Endowment Established at W&L in Honor of I-Hsiung Ju

I-Hsiung Ju, Professor of Art and Artist-in-Residence Emeritus, Washington and Lee University

The family of I-Hsiung Ju, the award-winning professor of art and artist-in-residence emeritus at Washington and Lee University, has established an endowment for traditional Chinese art studies in his honor with an initial gift of $50,000.

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Hobbs Attends AAMG Seminar

Patricia Hobbs, associate director/curator of  University Collections of Art and History at Washington and Lee, is one of only 32 academic museum and gallery leaders from throughout the United States attending the inaugural Leadership Seminar of the Association of Academic Museums and Gallery (AAMG). She will be the only person from Virginia to attend the [...]

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