They did a show inspired by Brooks Hall! the site of my first art class at UVa and other adventures. Anyway I love everything about this.
Brooks Hall sometime between 1877 and 1940
Ruffin Hall sometime between February 24 and March 30
"Seeking a focus that combined diverse artistic styles, Burckhardt was inspired by U.Va.’s former natural history museum, which occupied the gallery of Brooks Hall from 1877 to 1940. The result is an installation called 'The Brooks Natural History Museum, c 1900: A Creative Interpretation.' The main attraction of the original Brooks Hall museum was a plaster model of a woolly mammoth, constructed by the naturalist Henry Ward. This artifact is the inspiration for the exhibit’s centerpiece, 'Wilma,' a full-size replica who gently shelters a bust of Ward between her cardboard tusks."
Brooks Hall sometime between 1877 and 1940
Ruffin Hall sometime between February 24 and March 30
"Seeking a focus that combined diverse artistic styles, Burckhardt was inspired by U.Va.’s former natural history museum, which occupied the gallery of Brooks Hall from 1877 to 1940. The result is an installation called 'The Brooks Natural History Museum, c 1900: A Creative Interpretation.' The main attraction of the original Brooks Hall museum was a plaster model of a woolly mammoth, constructed by the naturalist Henry Ward. This artifact is the inspiration for the exhibit’s centerpiece, 'Wilma,' a full-size replica who gently shelters a bust of Ward between her cardboard tusks."
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