Assistant Professor of Art Robert Knight took a group of students from Art 116: Introduction to Photography, to MASS MoCA on Oct. 20.  According to Knight, “It was a great chance for the students to get off the Hill and see one of the region’s best contemporary art museums.”

A feature story appearing on the Forbes website titled “What's Better Than College Art History 101? A Campus Museum,” features the college’s new Ruth and Elmer Wellin Museum of Art. The Oct. 22 article penned by Hamilton alumna Lynn Matthews Douglass ’81 addresses “a new trend on liberal arts campuses to build museums to teach art.”

“The art world” is an abstract concept, consisting of careers in everything from law to painting to history. To an undergraduate, the concept of entering this fickle, fast-paced arena may be overwhelming or intimidating. During Fallcoming Weekend, Associate Professor of Art History Deborah Pokinski led an alumni panel discussion on “Careers in Art,” attracting dozens of students seeking advice. The discussion was held in the newly opened Wellin Museum of Art.

If judged by the cliché that a picture is worth 1,000 words, Professor Bruce Muirhead has a veritable library stashed away in a collection of folders, boxes and portfolios on the second floor of the List Art Center.  The authors in this library span decades—but most of them are not household names.

Director Tracy Adler and her staff are in the process of putting the finishing touches on The Ruth and Elmer Wellin Museum of Art in preparation for the official opening celebration. On Thursday, Oct. 4, the festivities will begin.

The Ruth and Elmer Wellin Museum of Art will be featured on the locally produced, weekly television show Mohawk Valley Living on Sunday, Sept. 30, at 7:30 a.m. and 11 p.m. on WFXV (Channel 6 on Time Warner Cable) and will be rebroadcast next Sunday at 8:00 a.m. and 11:30 p.m. The segment can be viewed on the show's site at approximately 10:10.

Preparation for the opening of the Ruth and Elmer Wellin Museum of Art was the focus of a WKTV news report on Sept. 20. Museum director Tracy Adler described the open design of the museum and the opportunity it offers students and visitors to see the processes involved in receiving and preparing art. Its two-story glass cases as well as expansive gallery space also allow viewers to see much more of the museum’s collection.

Associate Professor of Art Rebecca Murtaugh will be exhibiting four works in Matter at the Cazenovia College Art Gallery in Reisman Hall. A reception will be on Thursday, Sept. 6, from 4 – 5:30 p.m. and the show will run through Oct. 5.

Students sometimes say that life at Hamilton exists in a “bubble” somewhat removed from real-world events off the Hill, but this does not hold true for Danielle Lashley ’13. She chose to spend her summer gaining valuable career experience right here on campus, by pursuing modern studio art work supported by an Emerson Foundation grant. Lashley, an art concentrator, is working with Associate Professor of Art Rebecca Murtaugh to get a taste of what life as a full- time studio artist might be like.

The Atelier Four – Professors of Art Bruce Muirhead and William Salzillo, with Amy Buchholz ’80 and Jake Muirhead ’86 – have prints on display in a national exhibition at the Old Print Shop in New York City. The 79th Members Exhibition of the Society of American Graphic Artists is on display through June 29.