Robert B. Haas Family Arts Library, Yale University

04/14/2021

Great to see School of Drama alumni featured in the New York Times!

Standing, from left: SOHINA SIDHU, actress, 29; JULIAN SANCHEZ, actor, 25; JONATHAN HIGGINBOTHAM, actor, 33; MAIA MIHANOVICH, actress, 24; AMAUTA M. FIRMINO, screenwriter, 29; HUDSON OZ, actor, 30; JEREMY O. HARRIS, playwright, writer, producer and performer, 31; and SYDNEY LEMMON, actress, 30. Seat...

12/03/2020

In response to public health conditions, Yale Library will close all library buildings and spaces to library users at the end of day Tuesday, Nov. 24. If health and safety guidelines permit, libraries will reopen to users who are authorized to be on campus Jan. 5, 2021: http://bit.ly/YaleLibraryCovid19

Visit the Yale Library FAQ for updates: bit.ly/YaleLibraryReopening

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10/14/2020

The COVID-19 shutdown has meant that not many people have gotten to see this exhibition about women in the early decades of the Yale Department of Drama (now the School of Drama) in person...here's a little glimpse in its last few weeks of being on view! Read more about the exhibition at https://issuu.com/yalerep/docs/2020-ysd-alumni-web/28.

10/13/2020

Haas Arts Library Special Collections has that support teaching and research at with a focus on the arts, including architecture, art history, art practice, and drama.

The Franklin Jasper Walls Collection (coll. no. DRA 33) includes programs, photographs, and stage directions for "Cupid and Psyche," a masque performed in 1916 to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Yale School of Fine Art, now Yale School of Drama. Walls served as stage manager and committee chairman, and designed the stage and scenery.

Celebrate and explore more in the Finding Aid http://bit.ly/FJWalls_DRA33.

Learn more about Drama resources in the Arts Library at http://bit.ly/Drama_YaleLibrary.

10/06/2020

Happy Hispanic Heritage Month!
Museums and archives around the world have found innovative ways to share their collections so that you don't need to leave home to view art and learn something new. We hope you will enjoy this online exhibition from the Smithsonian American Art Museum as much as we did.

In the 1960s, activist Chicano artists forged a remarkable history of printmaking that remains vital today. Many artists came of age during the civil rights, labor, anti-war, feminist and LGBTQ+ movements and channeled the period’s social activism into assertive aesthetic statements that announced...

10/01/2020

Did you know that October is American Archives Month? To celebrate, staff from Arts Library Special Collections have selected interesting public events, helpful online resources and some fascinating collections to share throughout the month. Stay tuned!

image credit: Eve Neiger

09/17/2020

Yale School of Art is hosting an exciting lineup for the Graphic Design Guest Speaker Series. Check out the full schedule here: https://www.art.yale.edu/graphic-design-guest-speaker-series

09/10/2020

Attention undergraduates! It's that time of year again--enter the Adrian Van Sinderen Poster Competition to win a cash prize. Details at vansinderen.yale.edu. Good luck!

09/01/2020

We're back! The Arts Library is now open on weekdays to Yale ID holders who have been authorized to return to campus. Arts Library Special Collections is open by appointment only.

Arts Library staff are continuing the behind-the-scenes work they have been doing to provide scans of library materials, retrieve items for contactless pickup, and put materials online for course reserves. Librarians continue to provide remote reference and instruction services.

For the latest information, please see https://web.library.yale.edu/covid-19-update-library-reopening-faq.

08/18/2020

Did you hear the news? Arts Library Photobook Club returns this fall--virtually! The fall program will include a range of speakers including Yale School of Art photography faculty, photographers, and a library colleague from MFA Houston. For more information about speakers, event details and registration, see this page: bit.ly/virtualphotobookclub.

08/16/2020

Join us the week of August 17 -21 for the BIPOC Design Virtual Wikipedia Edit-a-thon and learn about the BIPOC in the Built Project, a collaborative effort between student researchers in the Department of Urban...

08/13/2020

Current events intertwine with Art more than you may know.

Students, when returning to classes or working remotely, you can access many of our resources online via Quicksearch.

The February 2020 Issue of Art History includes the article "Decolonizing Art History" by Catherine Grant and Dorothy Price featuring Yale's own History of Art Professor, Tim Barringer, interviewed about the current monument controversy.
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