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John McEnroe, the John and Anne Fischer Professor in Fine Arts, has returned to Crete for fifth season of the Gournia Excavation Project. As the excavation architect, he is working with Bridget Maguire '16 and Ianna Recco '16 to map the site in order to understand the history and social organization of this major town that flourished from 1900 BCE - 1450 BCE.

Although the school year has ended, the campus is still bustling with activity. In particular, it’s hard to miss the some 120 people working on the new Kevin and Karen Kennedy Center for Theatre and the Studio Arts, which will be opening its doors this fall. The building is in its final stages of construction, representing over 13 years of planning and millions of dollars in donations and serving as a beacon for the arts on the Hill. The Kennedy Center, positioned directly  across College Hill Road from the Wellin Art Museum, will offer students and faculty incredible spaces in which to create, teach and  perform.

Wellin Museum of Art Associate Director and Curator Susanna White presented on a panel about visible storage as classroom at the annual meeting of the Association of Academic Museums and Galleries in Seattle on May 17. Her paper was titled "A Museum Turned Inside Out: The Ruth and Elmer Wellin Museum of Art at Hamilton College."

Photos by Sean Henry-Smith’15, a studio art concentrator, will be part of a group exhibition at Florida International University’s (FIU) Patricia & Phillip Frost Art Museum, opening on Thursday, May 22. Students and alumni in Miami are invited to visit the exhibition.

Two photography exhibits by students in Assistant Professor of Art Rob Knight’s classes will be displayed on campus this week. Sixteen Advanced Photography students are exhibiting their final projects on May 13-16, in the Sadove Student Center basement. A reception for that exhibit will be held Tuesday, May 13, at 5 p.m. Students from Introduction to Photography will present their final projects in an exhibit open from May 13-18 in the Bristol Hub.

The work of nine senior art majors will be featured in an exhibition at the Ruth and Elmer Wellin Museum of Art, May 8-24. The exhibit is free and open to the public.

Prints by Professors of Art Bruce Muirhead and William Salzillo were awarded prizes at the 34th Annual National Print Exhibition at Artlink & Traveling Exhibit. The exhibition is on display through May 18 at Artlink, an art and cultural center in Fort Wayne, Ind.

Assistant Professor of Photography Rob Knight took his Advanced Photography class on a field trip to visit Light Work and ArtRage in Syracuse on April 24.  Both are non-profit gallery spaces committed to exhibiting emerging and mid-career artists.

Lawrence Chua, postdoctoral fellow in Asian Studies and visiting assistant professor of art history, presented a talk at the “Rethinking Art History” symposium, organized by the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston (MFAH) in collaboration with Rice University on April 13 and 14.

Hamilton College will name its theatre and studio arts building for Kevin and Karen Kennedy in recognition of their lifetime giving to the college, including $10 million for the new project. They are the lead donors to the $46.8 million building that is located directly across College Hill Road from the Ruth and Elmer Wellin Museum of Art, which opened in 2012.