In The News
For all press inquiries, please email Christian Feuerstein, Director of News and Media Relations, Mount Holyoke College.
- vanessa german: THE RAREST BLACK WOMAN ON THE PLANET EARTH
The Brooklyn Rail, November 18, 2022
- vanessa german Wins $250K Heinz Award for the Arts
Widewalls, November 2022
- In vanessa german’s New Exhibition, Freedom, Value, and Time Coalesce Through Elaborate Assemblages
Colossal, October 20, 2022
- Twelve Fall Exhibitions to Check Out in Boston and Beyond [vanessa german mentioned]
Boston Art Review, October 17, 2022
- 'vanessa german: The Rarest Black woman on Earth' at Mount Holyoke College Museum
Antiques and the Arts Weekly, October 14, 2022
- vanessa german—THE RAREST BLACK WOMAN ON THE PLANET EARTH at MOUNT HOLYOKE COLLEGE ART MUSEUM through MAY 28,2023
ArtfixDaily Artwire, October 13, 2022
- 50+ Museum Exhibitions to See This Fall [vanessa german mentioned]
Culture Type, September 27, 2022
- 7 things to do this weekend [Bisa Butler mentioned; photograph of Broom Jumpers]
New York Times, July 30, 2020
- Artist Bisa Butler Stitches Together the African American Experience [Broom Jumpers mentioned]
Smithsonian Magazine, July 24, 2020
- Remote Learning with Mara Benjamin and Her Introduction to Judaism Class
About Mount Holyoke, May 14, 2020
- Fiber artist Bisa Butler holds first solo exhibit at Katonah Museum of Art
The Ridgefield Press, March 19, 2020
- A New Gift of Ancient Objects
Mount Holyoke News & Events, February 6, 2020
- Mount Holyoke Art Museum partners with local schools
Alumnae Quarterly, January 30, 2020
- Mount Holyoke celebrates ten years of Teaching with Art program
Alumnae Quarterly, January 30, 2020
- Weaving a Life Around Looms
Mount Holyoke News & Events, January 28, 2020
- When Money Talks: Mt. Holyoke Exhibit Displays Currency's History and Power
Preview, December 2019
- The History of a Printmaking Workshop for Women Artists, From Elaine de Kooning to Faith Ringgold
Hyperallergic, December 30, 2019
- Winter Arts Preview 2019-2020 [Money Matters mentioned]
Valley Advocate, November 27, 2019
- Arts Previews [Loomis Village photographs mentioned]
Daily Hampshire Gazette, November 7, 2019
- Mellon Foundation Awards Five Colleges $800,000 for Online Museum Collections [On the Five Colleges museum database]
Business West, November 1, 2019
- Mount Holyoke names new museum registrar/collections manager
Mount Holyoke News & Events, October 17, 2019
- Stephanie Sparling Williams joins Mount Holyoke College Art Museum as associate curator
Culture Type, August 4, 2019
- Art Education Western MA
Comcast Newsmakers, July 15, 2019
- Learning Through Art Museums on Campus
Mount Holyoke News & Events, July 15, 2019
- Mount Holyoke College Art Museum names Stephanie Sparling Williams its associate curator
Mass Live, June 12, 2019
- “Mount Holyoke Afire” explores what was lost -- and saved -- in three campus fires
Alumnae Quarterly, May 14, 2019
- Arts & Culture exhibits for May 2 to May 8, 2019
Greenfield Recorder, May 1, 2019
- Who’s real and who’s not? Photo exhibit poses questions about identity and reality. [On Martine Gutierrez]
Daily Hampshire Gazette, April 24, 2019
- Valley Advocate Staff Picks: NoHo Hoedown, Waiting for Godot, and Life/Like
Valley Advocate, March 28, 2019
- On View: ‘El Anatsui: Triumphant Scale’ at Haus der Kunst Museum, Munich [MHCAM’s El Anatsui catalogue mentioned]
Culture Type, March 17, 2019
- President's Pen [ On Joan Jonas exhibition]
Alumnae Quarterly, February 25, 2019
- Mount Holyoke Student Works to Catalog Joseph A. Skinner’s Book Collection
Alumnae Quarterly, February 22, 2019
- The work of visual artist Joan Jonas ‘58 is celebrated at the Mount Holyoke College Art Museum
Alumnae Quarterly, February 22, 2019
- The opportunity of a lifetime
Mount Holyoke News & Events, January 31, 2019
- A journey through Shakespeare and race: Keith Hamilton Cobb’s ‘American Moor’ comes to the valley
Daily Hampshire Gazette, October 31, 2018
- The 5 women designers you should know about, according to Christene Barberich [Mary Lee Bendolph mentioned]
Architectural Digest, October 26, 2018
- Berthe Morisot comes into her own [MHCAM’s 1987 exhibition mentioned]
Apollo Magazine, October 6, 2018
- College art museums -- the good, the bad, the glorious [MHCAM & MHC’s administration history mentioned]
National Review, September 8, 2018
- Ripe for Rediscovery: Mary Lee Bendolph
Vasari 21, May 13, 2018
- State bomb squad called to investigate Civil War artifacts at Mount Holyoke College
Daily Hampshire Gazette, May 8, 2018
- Alumna’s New Guinea Objects Provide History Lessons for Student Intern
Alumnae Quarterly, April 18, 2018
- Modest Archival Book Beautifully Illustrates Japanese Painted Fans [Briefly mentioned Josephine Purtsher Fellows bequests to the MHCAM]
Alumnae Quarterly, April 18, 2018
- The Alabama women who made their quilts a part of modern art [MHCAM Mary Lee Bendolph collections mentioned]
Artsy, April 11, 2018
- Soulful stitching: quilts tell story of Siddi people [Mary Lee Bendolph mentioned]
The Bay State Banner, April 5, 2018
- The quilt: beauty, utility, history, identity
Mount Holyoke News & Events, January 23, 2018
- A partnership sparks expression, mentorship
Mount Holyoke News & Events, January 23, 2018
- Archival Equestrian Materials Presented at the Art Museum
Alumnae Quarterly, January 11, 2018
- Celebrating women, art, science: Mount Holyoke College Art Museum offers diverse exhibits
Amherst Bulletin, November 16, 2017
- New Ways of Seeing: A Blend of Passions
The Gates, June 7, 2017
- Freshening up the collection at Mount Holyoke College Art Museum
Amherst Bulletin, April 13, 2017
- Northeast Small College Art Museum Association (NESCAMA) Advocates for Federal Arts Funding
March 23, 2017
- MHC's Art Museum Celebrates 140 Years
Mount Holyoke News & Events, November 8, 2016
- An Eye to the Future: Mount Holyoke College Art Museum Celebrates 140 Years with an Infusion of New Acquisitions
Alumnae Quarterly, October 6, 2016
- Art Museum Celebrates 140th Anniversary
Mount Holyoke News, September 15, 2016
- Tricia Y. Paik Named Director of Art Museum
Mount Holyoke College, News & Events, August 30, 2016
- El Anatsui: New Worlds Exhibition Catalogue Selected by the Design Observer Group for the "50 Books of 2015"
June 2016
- MHCAM Website Receives a Silver Medal in the Ad Club of Western Mass Creative Awards
May 2016
- Sabrina Smith '17 Curates Entry Cabinet at Joseph Allen Skinner Museum
Mount Holyoke College, News & Events, June 22, 2016
- MHC Joins Six-College Art Consortium
Mount Holyoke College, News & Events, June 14, 2016
- Skinner Museum Layers Old Objects, New Ideas
Mount Holyoke College, News & Events, May 4, 2016
- MHCAM Website Awarded for Outstanding Achievement by the Interactive Media Council, Inc.
April 2016
- Telling Stories, Keeping Secrets: Ceremonial Figures in Navajo Weavings
Preview Massachusetts, April 2016
- Dancers of the Nightway: Navajo Artists Weave Magic
Artscope, March/April 2016
- The 35 Best College Art Museums
Best College Reviews, March 2016
- Master of color photography turns his lens on Cape Cod
The Boston Globe, March 2016
- Exhibition at Mount Holyoke College Art Museum Features Photographs by Joel Meyerowitz
artdaily.org, February 29, 2016
- Fragile Memories: Joel Meyerowitz Photographs on View at MHC Art Museum
Daily Hampshire Gazette, February 25, 2016
- Gotta Go: Mount Holyoke College Art Museum & Greenhouse
the413mom.com, February 18, 2016
- Exploring Betwixt and Between: Judy Pfaff's Painterly Sculpture
Preview Massachusetts, November 2015
- A study in contrasts: Mount Holyoke College Art Museum offers diverse fall exhibits
Daily Hampshire Gazette, October 29, 2015
- Fuse Visual Arts Review: “Mel Bochner: Illustrating Philosophy” — The Art of Picturing Ideas
The Arts Fuse, September 23, 2015
- Time And Transformation: Mount Holyoke College Art Museum
Northampton Arts Council, August 25, 2015
- Henri Matisse Drawings on Display at Mount Holyoke
The Springfield Republican, November 2014
- Poised between Earth and Poetry
The Boston Globe, October 2014
- Women’s Things: Matisse Drawings at Mount Holyoke
Big, Red and Shiny, October 2014
- Ceramic Exhibit Offers Rare Glimpse Into A Very Distant Past
Hilltown Families, October 2014
- Mount Holyoke’s Matisse Exhibition Draws Ellsworth Kelly
The Boston Globe, September 2014
- "El Anatsui: New Worlds" at the Mount Holyoke College Museum of Art
Big, Red and Shiny, April 2014
- In Anatsui’s art, rescued trash comes to life, tells a story
The Boston Globe, March 2014
- Photographer Barbara Bosworth is a trail gazer. She takes a cue from 19th-century painters to frame New England trails.
The Boston Globe, October 2013
- Mount Holyoke College acquires 12-foot glass sculpture by artist Dale Chihuly
The Republican, August 2013
- Breaking Out of the Frame: The Art Museum Isn't Just for Art Students Anymore
Alumnae Quarterly, Spring 2013
- ARTnews Reviews MHCAM Exhibition
ARTnews, February 2013
- Steven J. Tepper: Three Questions
Daily Hampshire Gazette, January 2012
- Redefining Documentary Photography
Alumnae Quarterly, Fall 2011
- Fresh Tales from Distant Battlefields
Daily Hampshire Gazette, July 2011
- By Ancient Hands: Art objects, tools, and textiles from the pre-Columbian Americas come to Mount Holyoke College Art Museum
Preview Massachusetts, April 2011
- Ancient Art "Lives" Again
Alumnae Quarterly, Winter 2011
- Object Lessons: MHC's Collection of Collections
Alumnae Quarterly, Winter 2010
- You're Invited to a 'Table for Ten'
Boston Globe, October 2010
- These Exhibits Are Food for Thought
Boston Globe, October 2010
- Matching Wine and Spirit, Scholarship and Popularity in the Academy
Real Clear Arts, September 27, 2010
- Learning How to See, Really See in a Jam-Packed Visual World
Alumnae Quarterly, Fall 2009
- 10 Top College Museums
Boston Globe, September 2009