Shain Library First Floor Exhibition Area
(Re)defining a Liberal Arts Education: Conn's Presidents Adapt to the Times
At its founding, the mission of Connecticut College was based around three ideals: to provide a quality liberal arts education to women who did not have access to higher education, to foster community by situating that education in a residential setting, and to structure that education to prepare students to make a difference in the world. This exhibition explores how Conn’s presidents have worked to fulfill the College’s mission, even as both the world in which the College existed and the students who entered it changed.
Linda Lear Center for Special Collections and Archive
Constructions of Self Through Trick Photography
Charles Chu Asian Art Reading Room
Works of Chinese-American Artists from the Chu-Griffis Collection
Chinese immigrants to America and Chinese-Americans alike have for decades grappled with what it means to be a Chinese-American artist. This exhibit of calligraphy and ink paintings show some of the ways in which they have or have not adapted traditional Chinese art to life in the United States in the late 20th and 21st centuries.