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Internationally acclaimed dancer and choreographer #Deborah Hay (b. 1941) was a founding member of the Judson Dance Theater, a group of dancers and choreographers in New York=City who sought to break free from the traditional constraints of classical ballet and modern dance. For more than 50 years, she has pioneered new ways of creating performance. Four of Hay's dance scores drawn from her archive reveal how she has documented and extended the artistic practice of her choreography. See these and other selections from the Deborah Hay Papers on view in the museum galleries.

"Collecting Conversations: Five Women in American Photography" is a series of timely interviews with five artists whose work has recently entered the Ransom Center’s photography collection: Betty Hahn, Joanne Leonard, Joan Lyons, Bea Nettles, and Susan Ressler. Conducted by Dr. Jessica S. McDonald, the Ransom Center’s curator of photography, these expansive conversations introduce newly acquired works and situate them within each artist’s creative practice and personal life.

Explore the history behind Copy number 17. This first edition copy of "Ulysses" signed by the author is the first feature in a new series devoted to objects that tell the story of women who supported author James Joyce and the publication of his landmark 1922 novel.

Explore the exhibition: https://www.hrc.utexas.edu/exhibitions/2022/women-and-the-making-of-ulysses/ About the Exhibition Curator Dr. Clare Hutton is Reader in English and Digital Humanities at Loughborough University. Her monograph, "Serial Encounters: Ulysses and the Little Review" (OUP, 2019) has just been reissued in paperback. Her other research includes editing The Irish Book in English, 1891-2000 (OUP, 2011), and many essays on Yeats, Joyce, and the Irish Literary Revival.

📷: Deborah Hay in “Shaking Awake The Sleeping Child,” 1981. Photograph by Ken Fryer.

In this three-minute video, Curator of Art Dr. Tracy Bonfitto gives viewers an in-depth look at one of Frida Kahlo’s most celebrated paintings: "Self-Portrait with Thorn Necklace and Hummingbird" (1940). Learn more about the iconic work here, and see it in person at the Ransom Center. Learn more: https://ransom.center/frida 📢 Connect on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ransomcenter/ 📢 Connect on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ransomcenter​​ 📢 Connect on Twitter: https://twitter.com/ransomcenter

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A companion volume, edited by exhibition curators Monica Penick and Christopher Long and published by Yale University Press in association with the Ransom Center, offers a new understanding of the Arts and Crafts idea, its geographical reach, and its translation into everyday taste.

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Alicia Bush, an undergraduate at Florida A&M University, dips a toe into the field of cultural conservation. Here's how she spent her days as a Ransom Center intern. The internship was made possible by University of Delaware Art Conservation Programs and HBCU Library Alliance. https://ransom.center/alicia-bush

The actor David Garrick's diary documenting his 1751 trip to Paris was thought to have been lost for more than a century.  It ended up in the hands of Harry Houdini, who was a collector of magic and theatre history. Houdini made the diary available to scholars for the first time in 1922, filling in one of the last major gaps in the life of Garrick. Now you can view the diary at https://hrc.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/p15878coll94. 

image:  Ed Ruscha (American, b. 1937), “Pool #2,” from the portfolio “Pools,” 1968; printed 1997. Chromogenic color print, 40.4 x 40.7 cm (image). Edward Ruscha Papers and Art Collection, 2013.16.2 © Ed Ruscha

They share how collection materials inspired and informed this forthcoming production as well as respond to your questions.

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Ellsworth Kelly's "The Mallarmé Suite" (1992), a suite of four prints created in relation to a poem by Stéphane Mallarmé, are currently on display in "Stories to Tell" through August 12, 2018. Art Curator Tracy Bonfitto shares insight about the prints and poem. 

A town's sheriff and regular patron of a historical whorehouse fights to keep it running when a television reporter targets it as the devil's playhouse. We hold the papers of actress Carlin Glynn, who originated the role of Mona Stangley, and Peter Masterson, who co-wrote and co-directed the original production. See materials from their collection on display in the exhibition Stories to Tell. Introduced by Eric Colleary, the Ransom Center's Cline Curator of Theatre and Performing Arts. Runtime: 114 minutes. Free; doors at 6:30 p.m.