University Museums E-Newsletter, March 2021
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Welcome to the University of Richmond Museums, and welcome to the March e-newsletter. As you interact with this issue, you will find information on what is taking place at the three museums that comprise our University Museums and how the museums are a wonderful resource for our UR community of staff, faculty, students, and the greater community beyond.

Due to the Orange Stage on the University campus, we remain open only by appointment to the students, faculty, and staff on campus. Read more about the University's COVID-19 protocols. 

Our programs and exhibitions support students and faculty with residential and hybrid learning, and also for visiting our exhibitions in real-time. Faculty, staff, and students have visited our current exhibitions in the Harnett Museum of Art, sometimes for class assignments and other times to enjoy the art on view. In this issue, you will learn how the Roman coin collection at the Lora Robins Gallery inspired two classes to work together in researching and developing a digital exhibition about the coins. You will also find out more about a print that was featured in a visit from Professor Tanja Softić and her printmaking classes.

Even though we remain closed to the public, we are offering new virtual programs and interactive web content throughout the semester which is free and open, and available to all. We are very excited to feature 360 virtual tours for all of our newest exhibitions. Visit our website to stay informed with the latest and most current information.

Thanks for supporting the University Museums, we hope to see you in the galleries and at our programs soon. We continue to expand access to the University Museums by adding engaging encounters with art and artists to our website and social media.

Six feet. Mask up. Protect our web.

Be safe and stay healthy.

Best,

Richard Waller
Executive Director, University Museums

Seduction Coat by Renée Stout (American, born 1958) was featured in a visit from Tanja Softić, Professor of Art, and Chair, Department of Art and Art History, and her printmaking classes. Prints were pulled from the Museums' permanent collection to share with the students to generate discussions about content and the use of various printmaking techniques. For this visit, the artworks were brought from the museum into the printmaking studio located on the same floor as the Joel and Lila Harnett Print Study Center. A dozen prints were selected, and this work by Renée Stout was included in the display for the printmaking students.

Stout is a sculptor known for her assemblages, and she creates works that are drawn from her African American heritage and often evoke the African Diaspora. This mixed media print, Seduction Coat, is a photolithograph combined with chine collé and collage and was created in 2005. Inspired by Erzulie, the Haitian Vodou deity of love, beauty, and associated with femininity, the coat is surrounded by references to desire and seduction. This family of spirits are protectors of women who have been betrayed by their lovers, and the print represents possible talismans to ward off betrayal or to create love spells.  

IMAGE CREDITS

Virtual Programming Box
Stephen Westfall (American, born 1953), Rose Mirror, 2012, archival inkjet print on paper, 9 ¾ x 12 ¾ inches, Gift of American Abstract Artists, Joel and Lila Harnett Print Study Center, University of Richmond Museums, H2016.07.44 Ⓒ Stephen Westfall.  From the exhibition Action & Reaction: Looking at the Art of Social Justice

Virtual Tours
[Top-left] View into Newby Gallery, Harnett Museum of Art, the exhibition Action & Reaction: Looking at the Art of Social Justice. Artworks shown are by Miles Wilson and Sandy Williams, IV.

[Top-Right] Gong Jianhua (Chinese, born 1953), Prayer, 1994 (printed 2009), gelatin silver print on ILFORD warm-tone fiber paper, 20 x 16 inches, Gift of Kent and Marcia Minichiello, Joel and Lila Harnett Print Study Center, University of Richmond Museums, H2018.01.16 Ⓒ Gong Jianhua. From the exhibition Action & Reaction: Looking at the Art of Social Justice

[Center] George Whitman (American, born 1944), Untitled (Dragonfly), 2019, etching with chine collé on paper, Joel and Lila Harnett Print Study Center, University of Richmond Museums, Center Street Studio Archives, H2020.03.39 Ⓒ George Whitman. From the exhibition 40 Years of Printmaking: From the Center Street Studio Archives

[Bottom Left] Fluorite, CaF2, 4 ¾ x 4 ½ x 5 inches, Egremont, Cumberland, Museum purchase, R1977.01.1242. Photograph by Taylor Dabney. From the exhibition Crystals: Minerals from the Collection

[Bottom Right] Green Beryl with Hollow Tube Inclusions, 2 ¾ x 3 ½ x 2 ¾ inches, Minas Gerais, Brazil, Museum purchase, R1977.01.1454. Photograph by Taylor Dabney. From the exhibition Crystals: Minerals from the Collection

Guided Crystal Meditation Program
Rhodochrosite, MnCO3, Nchwaning Mine, Kuruman District, Northern Cape Province, South Africa, Museum purchase, R1978.01.1543. Photograph by Taylor Dabney. From the exhibition Crystals: Minerals from the Collection

Artists' Talk
[Left] Miles Wilson [Right] Sandy Williams, IV

Reading Roman Coins
Ducato, from the reign of Andrea Dandolo, Doge of Venice (1343-1354), gold, 3.46 grams, 19 mm diameter, Lora Robins Gallery of Design from Nature, University of Richmond Museums, Gift of Dr. and Mrs. Chris Theodotou, R1979.11.0008 (c) University Museums, photograph by Taylor Dabney

Printmaking Class
[Left] Renée Stout (American, born 1958), Seduction Coat, from the Corcoran 2005 Print Portfolio: Drawn to Representation, 2005, photolithograph and chine collé (on Kitikata paper) collage on Rives BFK paper, 22 ½ x 15 inches, Harnett Print Study Center, University of Richmond Museums, Gift of Charles and Virginia Ritchie in honor of Richard Waller, © Renée Stout, photograph by Taylor Dabney

[Top and Bottom] Students in printmaking classes taught by Tanja Softić, Professor of Art, and Chair, Department of Art and Art History.

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