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A collection of 62 paintings by well-known American artists, most of which have rarely, if ever, been seen in public, opened on April 19 at the Emerson Gallery. As part of the anniversary celebration, former Metropolitan Museum of Art Director Thomas Hoving delivered a keynote address at Hamilton College on Saturday, April 27, at 3 p.m.

If attendance is an indicator, the search for answers to everyday ethical problems is of high interest on campus. The KJ auditorium was at capacity for Tuesday’s presentation, “Virtue and Advice: A Roundtable Discussion of Everyday Ethical Problems.”

Robert Palusky, the John and Anne Fischer Professor of Fine Art, is one of several artists whose work is featured in a show titled "Exploring the Human Spirit in Glass" at the Habatat Galleries in Boca Raton, Fla. The show opens on Thursday, April 4, and closes on Tuesday, May 14.

Professor of Art Rand Carter will be honored by the Society of Architectural Historians (SAH) at a special reception this month at the society’s annual meeting in Richmond, Va. Preceding this meeting, Carter will attend the International Friends of Schinkel (FOS) meeting, also in Richmond. He is one of two founding members of FOS, an organization dedicated to the study of the 19th century neo-classicist designer, architect, and urbanist. Carter represented the FOS and gave the opening and closing addresses at an international congress at the faculty of architecture of the Universidad Pedro Enriquez de Urena in the Dominican Republic in November. He will speak at a FOS conference co-sponsored by the faculty of architecture of the University of Catania in Siracusa, Sicily, in June.

Sylvia de Swaan, a lecturer in the art department, was a presenter at the 39th National Conference of the Society for Photographic Education. De Swaan led a session in portfolio review and also spoke on her work, including “Memorabilia,” photographs interwoven with journal entries from her travels in East Europe in 1999, and “Return,” an autobiographical body of work. The conference was held last month in Las Vegas.

Stephen Goldberg, associate professor of art and department chair, presented “The Chinese City as Cosmic Correlative” and “Imaging the Great Transformation: Chinese Painting and Calligraphy,” as part of the Cullum Lecture Series at Augusta State University in Augusta, Ga., on March 5.

Professor of Art Robert B. Muirhead has several paintings included in The Copley Society of Boston’s invitational show, "Landmarks & Icons: New Views of Old Places." The exhibition continues through March 9.

John McEnroe and Deborah Pokinski, art history associate professors, co-edited Critical Perspectives on Art History (Prentice Hall, 2002). The book presents essays with conflicting points of view on specific issues and themes in art history and focuses the reader on critically evaluating the differences in interpretations and approaches

Associate Professor of Art History John McEnroe is co-editor of Artists, Writers, and Musicians, An Encyclopedia of People Who Changed The World (Oryx Press), a multicultural reference tool that examines 200 artists, writers, and musicians from around the world.

"polarities undone," a collaboration between Hamilton Associate Professor of Art Ella Gant and Cultural Theorist/Designer Kyle Kyrnitszke, is on view as part of the Reactions show at Exit Art in New York City. Exit Art, a cultural space near the World Trade Center site, mounted this international, invitational show to "interpret or translate the feelings of a larger community into a collective expression of analysis" following the events of September 11.