Brown to host International Symposium on Urban Cultural Heritage & Creative Practice
A Discussion of International Approaches Heritage professionals from around the world converge on Brown’s campus for a day of conversation. Cape Town – Dublin – Hong Kong – Istanbul – Providence – York What is heritage, and what forms does it take in an urban environment? How are creative practices affected by, and how do they […]
Nostalgia Machines
The David Winton Bell Gallery will present Nostalgia Machines from Saturday, Nov. 19, 2011 through Sunday, Feb. 19, 2012. Exploring the intersection of nostalgia and technology in contemporary sculpture, the exhibition, curated by Maya Allison, features artists Meridith Pingree, Jasper Rigole, Jonathan Schipper, Gregory Witt, and Zimoun. An opening-night colloquium will be held on Friday, Nov. 18, 2011, at […]
“Re: Bell” launches at Brown University
The Bell Gallery is delighted to announce the launch of Re: Bell, our new social media outlet for responses to and discussions regarding the exhibitions and collections of the David Winton Bell Gallery at Brown University. You can follow Re: Bell and read two streams of content: Re: Exhibitions – featuring responses to our exhibitions written by students and faculty of […]
A New Vision on College Hill
New appointment as curator of Brown University’s Bell Gallery featured in the October 2011 issue of Providence’s East Side Monthly. Article by Renne Doucette.
Windshield (2011) installed at Brown University
Windshield (2011) – a new piece of public sculpture by artist Dennis McNulty at the Nightingale-Brown House in Providence, Rhode Island – was installed successfully this past week. Dennis has been in residence at the John Nicholas Brown Center at Brown University since February 2011. During this time he has completed this sculpture as well […]
Exquisite Things in Contexts, Haffenreffer Museum Annual Newsletter
Exquisite Things: An exhibition of connections within collections from the May 2011 issue of Contexts – The Haffenreffer Museum of Anthropology’s Annual Newsletter –by Ian Russell This past December, the students of Things: The Material Worlds of Humanity opened a new off-site exhibition project for the Haffenreffer Museum of Anthropology. Located in the newly reopened Stephen […]
John Schofield Lecture at John Nicholas Brown Center, Brown University
I hosted John Schofield from University of York at Brown University recently, and he gave a wonderfully engaging and inspiring talk about new directions for socially engaged heritage and archaeological work. Embrace the Margins: Adventures in the Archaeology of Contemporary Homelessness John Schofield, University of York, Department of Archaeology 2pm, April 5, 2011 John Nicholas […]
Exquisite Things Discussion Podcast
The Haffenreffer Museum just released this video podcast of a discussion and experimental interaction with the Exquisite Things exhibition with students and faculty at Brown University.
Images of the Past
2012 Entry for ‘Cultural Heritage Management’ section in Encyclopedia of Global Archaeology, Springer, New York.
Cultural Heritage Management
2012 Section Editor for Encyclopedia of Global Archaeology, Springer, New York.