Unofficial Art from the Soviet Union Exhibit Opens

Date of Event
Sat., Mar. 29, 1980

An exhibit of Soviet non-conformist art from the 1960s and 1970s entitled "Unofficial Art from the Soviet Union" was on display in the Holland Union Building from March 29th to April 18th, 1980.  The exhibit was held in conjunction with the Conference on Unofficial Art and Literary Censorship in the U.S.S.R. that Dickinson hosted on March 29th.  Dickinson College, St. Mary's College of Maryland, the Cremona Foundation, and the Pennsylvania Chapter of AATSEEL jointly presented the exhibit.

Prints in the Dickinson Collection Exhibit Opens

Date of Event
Dec. 1977

The seminar in Art Historical Methods created an exhibit entitled "Prints in the Dickinson Collection" that displayed woodcuts, engravings, etchings, and lithographs from the Dickinson collection, largely from the collection donated by the Carnegie Foundation in the 1930s.  The exhibit aimed to illustrate the variety of effects possible with each technique.

Slotten Collection of Religious Iconography Exhibit

Date of Event
May 1975

An exhibit of the Ralph E. Slotten Collection of Religious Iconography was held in the May Morris Room of the Boyd Lee Spahr Library in May 1975.  Dr. Charles C. Sellers, College librarian, lecturer, and historian, donated his collection of religious iconography to the College in honor of his friend, Professor Ralph E. Slotten of the Religion Department.  The exhibit was compiled as an independent study project.

Appreciating Abstract Expressionism Exhibit Opens

Date of Event
Mon., Apr. 2, 1973

An exhibit entitled "Appreciating Abstract Expressionism" was held in the Holland Union Building from April 2nd to April 20th, 1973.  It displayed works on loan from the Baltimore Museum of Art, the Museum of Modern Art, and the National Collection of Fine Arts.  The artists featured were Sam Francis, Hans Hofmann, Franz Kline, Barnett Newman, Jackson Pollock and Jack Tworkov.

Pennsylvania: A Commemorative Portrait Exhibit Opens

Date of Event
Thu., Oct. 18, 1973

An exhibit of works by Nick Ruggieri, art director of the Harrisburg Patriot News, entitled "Pennsylvania: A Commemorative Portrait" was on display from October 18th to October 22nd, 1973 as part of Dickinson's bicentennial celebrations.  The exhibit featured paintings representative of at least one place in Pennsylvania for each letter of the alphabet.