Monday 26 October 2009

Multiple Copies and Loan Status

When you are sending me book orders, it is very helpful if you let me know if you need mutiple copies. We usually say one book per ten students as a general rule.

Also, I can make the books one week, four week, not for loan (reference only, kept in main collection ) or short loan (kept behind library counter and can be loaned for 4 hours only). It would also be helpful if you could let me know which loan status you prefer.

Thanks!

Sacred Made Real - National Gallery Exhibition


This exhibition brings together paintings and painted wooden sculptures by the great Spanish realists of the 17th century. ‘The Sacred Made Real' provides a reappraisal of the crucial role of these hyper-realist sculptures in the development of Spanish art


This is an exhibition that you will either love or hate. I loved it - beautifully curated. I recommend audioguide.

Maharaja: Splendour of India's Royal Courts

http://www.vam.ac.uk/microsites/maharaja/


The exhibition at the V & A spans the period from the beginning of the 18th century to the mid-20th century, bringing together over 250 magnificent objects, many being lent from India’s royal collections for the first time. It examines the changing role of the maharajas within a social and historical context and reveals how their patronage of the arts, both in India and Europe, resulted in splendid and beautiful objects symbolic of royal status, power and identity.

I especially enjoyed the Art Deco section at the end!

Monday 5 October 2009

Black History Event Wed Oct 7th

BLACK HISTORY MONTH
The Library and Learning Services present an inspiring evening of poetry, humour and debate to mark Black History Month at
University of East London
Creativity, Challenge and Change: the Visual and the Verbal
shortMAN
Michelle Marie
And our special guests
Singer and poet
Adelaide Mackenzie
And acclaimed comedian and rising star,
Quincy
Join us, Dr Kimani Nehusi and our guests to discuss how creative art forms can be used to redefine our identities and challenge and change political and cultural ideologies
Wednesday 7th October
5.00pm
West Building Lecture Theatre
Docklands Campus
http://www.uel.ac.uk/blackhistory/