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Students investigate: a brief history of cards

This series features the work and research of UI students. The following was written by Cecil Campbell, exhibition and engagement student lead for the Main Library Gallery.  Cards are found in many games, across time and place. They can be adapted to appeal to different ages, different playing styles, and even different commercial franchises. The historyContinue reading “Students investigate: a brief history of cards”

Pop-up exhibit to showcase adaptations at FilmScene’s annual Refocus Film Festival

By Cecil Campbell, exhibition and engagement student lead for the Main Library Gallery. The theme of Iowa City’s annual Refocus Film Festival is “the art of adaptation.” The Main Library Gallery is displaying a pop-up exhibit during the festival that showcases just a few of the many forms adaptation can take, using facsimiles of objectsContinue reading “Pop-up exhibit to showcase adaptations at FilmScene’s annual Refocus Film Festival”

Students investigate: Poe and the Symbolists

This series features the work and research of UI students. The following was written by Cecil Campbell, exhibition and engagement student lead for the Main Library Gallery. The Symbolist Movement took place in France and Belgium in the late 19th century as a response to styles that emphasized realistic and classical forms. Visitors to the MainContinue reading “Students investigate: Poe and the Symbolists”

Students investigate: Remaking rules – artist interpretations of  “Un coup de dés”

This series features the work and research of UI students. The following was written by Cecil Campbell, exhibition and engagement student lead for the Main Library Gallery. Written by French Symbolist poet Stéphane Mallarmé, “Un coup de dés jamais n’abolira le hasard” has confounded and inspired artists and poetry enthusiasts for over 128 years. The reasonContinue reading “Students investigate: Remaking rules – artist interpretations of  “Un coup de dés””