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Grant Supports Creation of Makerspace in Fine Arts Library
The Hearst Foundations have awarded a $200,000 grant to the Center for Arts and Entertainment Technologies in the College of Fine Arts and the Fine Arts Library at UT Austin to help create a common makerspace.
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Gabriel García Márquez Symposium Marks Opening of Author’s Archive
UT Austin’s LLILAS Benson Latin American Studies and Collections and Harry Ransom Center, a humanities research library and museum, are hosting the symposium “Gabriel García Márquez: His Life and Legacy.”
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Gabriel García Márquez Archive Opens for Research on Oct. 21
The archive of Nobel Prize-winning author Gabriel García Márquez (1927–2014) opens Oct. 21 for research at UT Austin’s Harry Ransom Center.
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Press Preview and Symposium Will Celebrate Opening of Gabriel García Márquez Archive
The Harry Ransom Center hosts a Oct. 21 news media preview for the opening of the Gabriel García Márquez archive at The University of Texas at Austin.
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Blanton Museum of Art Presents “Moderno: Design for Living in Brazil, Mexico, and Venezuela, 1940-1978”
“Moderno: Design for Living in Brazil, Mexico, and Venezuela, 1940–1978,” opens at the Blanton Museum of Art at The University of Texas at Austin on Oct. 11.
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Blanton Museum of Art Presentation Offers a Rare Look at One of History’s Most Celebrated Medieval Manuscripts and Includes Medieval Arms and Armor
“The Crusader Bible: A Gothic Masterpiece,” which will be on view at the Blanton Museum of Art starting Dec. 12, is an exhibition of more than 40 unbound pages from one of the most celebrated French illuminated manuscripts of the Middle Ages.
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Digital World Map Broadens Scope for Middle Ages Teaching and Research
Online users can now travel back in time to the medieval world by clicking through a collection of international research on the first digital platform of its kind from UT Austin.
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Cunningham-Kruppa to Lead Preservation and Conservation Efforts at Ransom Center
The Harry Ransom Center announces the appointment of Ellen Cunningham-Kruppa as associate director and head of the Preservation and Conservation Division.
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Blanton Museum of Art Announces Groundbreaking for Ellsworth Kelly’s “Austin” and Organizes Symposium with Leading Kelly Scholars
The Blanton Museum of Art has announced that it will begin construction of Ellsworth Kelly’s “Austin” in October. A groundbreaking ceremony is scheduled for Oct. 31, and the building is expected to open to the public in late 2016 or early 2017.
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“Shakespeare in Print and Performance” Guides Visitors through 400 Years of the Bard on Paper and on Stage
On the 400th anniversary of William Shakespeare’s death in 1616, the Harry Ransom Center at UT Austin presents the exhibition “Shakespeare in Print and Performance,” commemorating the enduring legacy, longevity and relevance of the most frequently performed and most venerated English playwright.
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Ransom Center Accepting Applications for Research Fellowships in the Humanities
The Ransom Center invites applications for its 2016–2017 research fellowships. More than 50 fellowships will be awarded for projects that require substantial onsite use of the Center’s collections, supporting research in all areas of the humanities including literature, photography, film, art, the performing arts, music, and cultural history.
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Ransom Center to Acquire Archive of Kazuo Ishiguro
The Harry Ransom Center, a humanities research library and museum at UT Austin, is acquiring the archive of award-winning novelist Kazuo Ishiguro.
