Exquisite Things in Contexts, Haffenreffer Museum Annual Newsletter

Posted by Ian on May 6, 2011 in academic, graphic design & layout, news, press, publications

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 […]

Pendleton Speaks: Talk Back @ the RISD Museum

Posted by Ian on Apr 22, 2011 in news

Public interpretation event by the students of Museum Interpretation Practices launches at the RISD Museum tonight as part of Providence’s Gallery Night. All welcome.

Dennis McNulty Opening Talk for ‘Space replaced by volume’

Posted by Ian on Apr 21, 2011 in news

Space replaced by volume A contemporary art exhibition by Dennis McNulty in the Fribourg Family Atrium at the Granoff Center for the Creative Arts, Brown University 27th April 2011 to 11th May 2011. Curated by Ian Alden Russell 27 April, 6pm, Room N420, Englander Studio, Granoff Center for the Creative Arts Bodies in space are the central concern of Space replaced […]

EU Transformations Curatorial Report: Ireland Project Scenario

Posted by Ian on Apr 13, 2011 in academic, articles, arts, essays, news, publications

2011 Curatorial Report for Transformations, an European Union funded land-art initiative. Read the article here.

Sara Marcus speaks at Brown University

Posted by Ian on Apr 13, 2011 in news

This evening Sara Marcus, author of Girls to the Front: The True Story of the Riot GRRRL Revolution, spoke at the Granoff Center for the Creative Arts at Brown University. Oganized by Betsey Biggs and myself, the event drew students from across both Brown and RISD as well as throughout Providence. Sara will be giving […]

John Schofield Lecture at John Nicholas Brown Center, Brown University

Posted by Ian on Apr 6, 2011 in news

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 […]