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Past Exhibits

2024

2023

2022

2021

  • Founders Day 2021
    "Since 1804: Glimpses of People and Places of Athens & OHIO" is a digital exhibit celebrating Founders Day 2021
  • Homecoming 2021: It's All Coming Back
    This exhibit features stories and images related to OHIO’s Homecoming history, providing a chronology of the event as it was celebrated beginning in 1919 through the early years of the 21st Century.
  • OHIO Celebrates Juneteenth
    Ohio University Libraries is pleased to present acquisitions made in honor of Ohio University's annual Juneteenth celebration.
  • William Morris in Books and Leaves
    "William Morris in Books and Leaves" offers highlights from Ohio University Libraries' collections related to William Morris and Kelmscott Press.

2020

2024

Fall 2024 Alden Library Exhibits
Title Curator(s) Location Links
Making 20th Century Patterns with 21st Century Materials: A Semester of Following Patterns Designed by Maud Churchill Nicoll Jessica Licker 3rd floor lobby Blog post
The Center of Attention: Elections Hester Lambright 5th floor Mahn Center

Blog post

News article

Wrapped in Culture: Beyond the Aesthetics of African and Southeast Asian Textiles Araba Dawson-Andoh 1st floor Center for International Collections News article
Spring 2024 Alden Library Exhibits
Title Curator(s) Location Links
Alphabet Soup: The ABCs and the Art of the Book
Miriam Intrator 5th floor Mahn Center Blog post
Found in a Book Kate Kingery 4th floor lounge/desk  
From Satire to Advertisement: A Literary Record of the 1893 World’s Fair Jessica Licker 5th floor Dean's suite Blog post
Classic Cinema's Trailblazing Women Amanda Grinstead 3rd floor Fine Arts  
Eyeing the Everyday: Objects of the Ordinary Dr. Christi Camper Moore & students (Abby Bowman, Sarah Braun, Nicole Peterman, Erin Pfahler, William Hamilton, Nicole Derthick, Halina Dreger) 4th floor stairwell News article
[Untitled Founders Day exhibit] Mark Phillips Music & Dance Library, Glidden Hall  

2023

Fall 2023 Alden Library Exhibits
Title Curator(s) Location Links
Let it Burn: Artists' Books and the Lure of the Flame Miriam Intrator, Michele Jennings 4th floor stairwell, 5th floor Mahn Center

Video

Blog post

[Untitled Scripps poster exhibit] Nerissa Young 4th floor 1951 Lounge  
E.W. Scripps: Life & Legacy Alexandra Hopkins, Greta Suiter 4th floor stairwell Blog post
Spring 2023 Alden Library Exhibits
Title Curator(s) Location Links
Meetings In The Margins: Encounters with Readers and Owners in Rare Books Miriam Intrator 4th floor stairwell and online

Digital exhibit

News article

Wild gathered and garden grown: Appalachian Food and Foodways Sherri Saines 4th floor lounge/desk News article
Plants & Printing 1485-1925: Botanical Illustration Through History Morganna Marks 3rd floor Fine Arts and online

Digital exhibit

Blog post

News article

Travels (to Athens) With a Brush Haley Kean 3rd floor Fine Arts and online

Digital exhibit

News article

Ohio University in Africa: A historical look Araba Dawson-Andoh 1st floor Center for International Collections News article
Mapping the Historical Range Books of W. E. Peters: An Exploration of Athens County, Ohio Past and Present Erin Wilson 5th floor Mahn Center and online

Digital exhibit

News article

Artists@Alden: Rachel Hall Kelley Lach 3rd floor Fine Arts  
Musical Instruments of the World Paschal Yao Younge, Jo Rollins Music & Dance Library, Glidden Hall  

2022

Fall 2022 Alden Library Exhibits

Title

Curator(s)

Location

Links

International Education Week Photo Contest Kate McClure, Global Affairs 1st floor Center for International Collections   
With Honors: OHIO Community Contributions to Rare Books Research, Collecting, & Preservation Miriam Intrator 4th floor stairwell  
Lasting Memories: Your Annual OHIO Homecoming Display Bill Kimok 4th floor lounge News article
Welcome Back Alumni! Bill Kimok 5th floor Mahn Center  
Spring 2022 Alden Library Exhibits

Title

Curator(s)

Location

Links

Identimatics: Deciphering the Mathematical grammar of Kente patterns Daniel Opoku 3rd floor Fine Arts News article
Nevertheless, She Persisted Through Time Miriam Intrator, Margaret Boyd Scholars Program 4th floor stairwell News article

2021

Fall 2021 Alden Library Exhibits
Title Curator(s) Location Links
Transgender Awareness Week Carmen Szukaitis (TRANS group) 4th floor lounge  
OHIO Celebrates Juneteenth Miriam Intrator, Michele Jennings 4th floor stairwell  
William Morris in Books and Leaves Miriam Intrator 5th floor Mahn Center News article

Spring 2021 in-person exhibits not held due to coronavirus pandemic and partial closure of Alden Library and Music and Dance Library

2020

Fall 2020 in-person exhibits not held due to coronavirus pandemic and partial closure of Alden Library and Music and Dance Library

Spring 2020 Alden Library Exhibits

Title Curator(s) Location Links
Celebrating Music at OHIO (Founders' Day exhibit) Carla Williams, Chris Guder, Joey Walden 5th floor Mahn Center

Digital accompaniment

News article

Women Pioneers: Celebrating the 100th Anniversary of Women’s Suffrage Miriam Intrator, Harmony Renn, Saraya Abner 4th floor stairwell News article
Progression of Waves Michele Jennings, Heaven Herrold 3rd floor Fine Arts  

2019

Fall 2019 Alden Library Exhibits
Title Curator(s) Location Links

Unique Gesture: Exploring the Alwin Nikolais and Murray Louis Dance Collection

Stacey Lavender, lorraine wochna 5th floor Mahn Center News article
Only at OHIO: Distinctive Collections and Highlights from 50 Years at Alden Library Stacey Lavender, Miriam Nelson, Michele Jennings 4th floor News article
Homecoming display Bill Kimok 4th floor lounge

News article

Photo album

Spring 2019 Alden Library Exhibits
Title Curator(s) Location Links
Los Braceros: The Photographs of the Hermanos Mayo Collective Jeffrey Ferrier, Professor Arthur Hughes 1st floor Center for International Collections Event photos
New Old Images Maggie Prest 3rd floor Fine Arts  
Melissa Haviland: Navigating Turbulence Janet Hulm 4th floor lounge  

2018

Fall 2018 Alden Library Exhibits
Title Curator(s) Location Links
From the Athens Lunatic Asylum to The Ridges: 150 Years of Hospital and Community Stacey Lavender, Karmen Beecroft 5th floor Mahn Center News article
Bringing Them Home: Edmund Blunden’s Books and the Memory of the First World War Miriam Intrator 5th floor Mahn Center News article
Frakenreads pop-up exhibit Miriam Intrator 4th floor lounge  
The Fine Arts Library of the Future Michele Jennings, Professor Dan Harper 3rd floor Fine Arts News article
Ohio University during the First World War Sara Harrington, Cyrus Moore 5th floor Voinovich Room