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Welcome to mhcameo, the Mount Holyoke College Art Museum blog. Here we post about unique happenings, including behind-the-scenes looks at our exhibitions, close examinations of objects from the collection, and art-related chats with alumnae, faculty, and students. Sign-up below for blog alerts and take a regular peek at mhcameo!

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Museum Preparator Jacqueline Finnegan installs vinyl
Wednesday
17
August
2016
The Not So Lazy Days of Summer
Hannah Blunt

This week MHCAM reopens to the public after almost three months of installations. Associate Curator Hannah Blunt provides a brief overview of what has been happening behind the scenes, and what visitors will discover in the re-installed galleries. 

Hendrick Andriessen (Flemish, 1607-1655), Vanitas Still Life (detail), ca. 1650
Wednesday
27
July
2016
Death, Love, and Resurrection

Self-guided tour, one of MHCAM Journeys, developed for visitors in Summer 2016

Maker Unknown (Apsáalooke, Crow), Woman's saddle with stirrups (detail), late 19th or early 20th century
Tuesday
26
July
2016
In the Details

Self-guided tour, one of MHCAM Journeys, developed for visitors in Summer 2016

Joseph Allen Skinner Museum
Monday
25
July
2016
Skinner Weird
Aaron Miller

Last month, a blogger for OnlyInYourState.com deemed Mount Holyoke’s Joseph Allen Skinner Museum the number one weirdest place in Massachusetts. Aaron F. Miller, MHCAM’s Associate Curator of Visual and Material Culture, takes the opportunity to explore the top 10 weirdest objects in the Skinner Museum collection. A mummified wedding cake? A Teddy Roosevelt nutcracker? Read on to learn about these wondrous oddities!

Kymberly Newberry ’16, Kimberly Grenade ’16, Fatima Cadet-Diaby ’16, Aladrianne Young ’16, Chrislyn Laurore ’16, Tara Gabriel-Richards ’16, and Natalie Riquelmy ’16
Tuesday
31
May
2016
Africana Studies at the Art Museum
Aladrianne Young

On April 20, 2016, MHCAM hosted “Africana Studies at the Art Museum,” an event organized by Aladrianne Young ’16. An Africana Studies major and a receptionist at the Museum for three years, Aladrianne became interested in representations of diversity in academia and the art world. She conceived of this brilliantly successful event in order to explore issues of racial and gender identity, oppression, and history through artworks drawn almost exclusively from the MHCAM collection. Aladrianne recruited six student presenters to share their research, poetry, and personal anecdotes about works by Faith Ringgold, Kehinde Wiley, Alison Saar, and Shirin Neshat.