Getty Search Gateway with Open Content Images

The Getty Search Gateway is an excellent umbrella tool for searching the following Getty resources for paintings, photographs, drawings, sculpture, manuscripts, and much more:

• J. Paul Getty Museum Collection Database
• Getty Research Institute Research Library Catalog 
• Getty Research Institute Collections Inventories and Finding Aids 
• Getty Research Institute Digital Collections 

Read more about these resources here.

The Getty Search Gateway also includes high resolution open content images that you are free to download and use like this one below. From the home page you can go directly to an open content image search.

 
Pietro Paolini [Italian (Lucchese), 1603 - 1681], Achilles among the Daughters of Lycomedes, about 1625 - 1630, oil on canvas, The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, CA.

Finding Images Workshop 9/5/13

Need to find quality images for your presentations or papers? Come to the Finding Images workshop to learn how use the library’s databases and books to find high quality images in all different subject areas including art, advertising, journalism, popular culture and more. Presentation tips and tech tools will be also be briefly covered.
The Finding Images workshop is , September 5, 2013,  in Alkek 101 from 3-4:20pm.

Last Days of Alkek Library Staff Art Show!!

Only 3 more days to come see the 2nd annual Alkek Library Staff Art Show in the 1st floor exhibit cases! Don't miss out on seeing staff photography, paintings, textiles, and more!

Spaces Directory from Fractured Atlas Adds Barter and Work Study Options

Fractured Atlas has added "barter" and "work study" filters to their Spaces Directory so you can search for spaces to work in that offer these alternatives to paying for space. See their original post, "Finding Creative Space for Barter - Easier Than Unicorn Hunting".

Finding Creative Space for Barter - Easier than Unicorn Hunting - See more at: http://www.fracturedatlas.org/site/blog/2013/06/10/finding-creative-space-for-barter-easier-than-unicorn-hunting/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+fracturedatlas+%28Fractured+Atlas+Blog%29#sthash.4p77HlSw.dpuf

Finding Creative Space for Barter - Easier than Unicorn Hunting - See more at: http://www.fracturedatlas.org/site/blog/2013/06/10/finding-creative-space-for-barter-easier-than-unicorn-hunting/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+fracturedatlas+%28Fractured+Atlas+Blog%29#sthash.4p77HlSw.dpuf

Finding Images Workshop Today!

Need to find quality images for your presentations or papers? Come to the Finding Images workshop to learn how use the library’s databases and books to find high quality images in all different subject areas including art, advertising, journalism, popular culture and more. Presentation tips and tech tools will be also be briefly covered.
The Finding Images workshop is today, June 6, 2013,  in Alkek 101 from 3-4:30pm.

ARTstor Travel Awards

ARTstor is offering five $1500 travel awards for undergraduate and graduate students, curators, educators, and librarians in any field to help fund travel-related educational and scholarly activities.

This year the theme is cities. Rules include, "create an ARTstor image group or groups and a single essay of 500 words or less about cities." Application, rules, and more information here. The deadline is Tuesday, May 28th.

You could use this money to go to a conference in some other part of the world for professional development, networking or any other educational or scholarly related travel. Whoo hoo! 

Veronique Hahn Exhibit at Centro Cultural Hispano de San Marcos

The public is invited to an artist’s reception for “Pilar” a new exhibit at Centro Cultural Hispano de San Marcos by local artist, Veronique Hahn, whose exhibit celebrates Spanish Culture, Sunday, April 21, 2-4 p.m. 

Along with the artwork, guests will be entertained by Carlos Cedillo playing Spanish guitar and, starting at 3:30, a dramatic reading (in Spanish) by Texas State University student members of Club del Teatro Leído of Federico Garcia Lorca’s classic play, “Yerma.” 

 
 

Centro Cultural Hispano de San Marcos is located at 211 Lee Street. “Pilar” will be on display through mid July, 20, and open to the public during regular Centro hours.

The Alkek Library has Veronique Hahn's publications available for checkout in the Juvenile Collection on the 6th floor of the library.