{"id":1092,"date":"2013-01-29T00:18:51","date_gmt":"2013-01-29T00:18:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/commons.trincoll.edu\/watkinson\/?p=1092"},"modified":"2013-01-29T00:18:51","modified_gmt":"2013-01-29T00:18:51","slug":"student-exhibitions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/commons.trincoll.edu\/watkinson\/2013\/01\/29\/student-exhibitions\/","title":{"rendered":"Student Exhibitions!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/commons.trincoll.edu\/watkinson\/files\/2013\/01\/IMG_24981.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-1094\" src=\"http:\/\/commons.trincoll.edu\/watkinson\/files\/2013\/01\/IMG_24981-1024x412.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"704\" height=\"284\" srcset=\"https:\/\/commons.trincoll.edu\/watkinson\/files\/2013\/01\/IMG_24981-1024x412.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/commons.trincoll.edu\/watkinson\/files\/2013\/01\/IMG_24981-300x120.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 704px) 100vw, 704px\" \/><\/a>Despite the snow this evening, we had a gratifying turnout for the opening of our two graduate student exhibitions: the first on Trinity and Bates College ca. 1890-1930, and the second on Christmas traditions represented in the Watkinson. This exhibition (and the two printed catalogs which accompany it) were part of the requirements which the students fulfilled in American Studies 835: Museum &amp; Library Exhibitions.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/commons.trincoll.edu\/watkinson\/files\/2013\/01\/IMG_2497.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-1096\" src=\"http:\/\/commons.trincoll.edu\/watkinson\/files\/2013\/01\/IMG_2497-300x176.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"176\" srcset=\"https:\/\/commons.trincoll.edu\/watkinson\/files\/2013\/01\/IMG_2497-300x176.jpg 300w, https:\/\/commons.trincoll.edu\/watkinson\/files\/2013\/01\/IMG_2497-1024x600.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/commons.trincoll.edu\/watkinson\/files\/2013\/01\/IMG_2497.jpg 1329w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>Brent Bette, a history teacher at Simsbury High School who is currently completing an M.A. in American Studies at Trinity, discussed his exhibition comparing Trinity and Bates Colleges.\u00a0 Bette is a graduate of Bates, and has been collecting ephemera relating to his <em>alma mater<\/em> since graduation.\u00a0 His items are placed along side those he selected for comparison from the Trinity College Archives.<\/p>\n<p>Jenn Brasfield, also in the American Studies M.A. program, was inspired to put up a Christmas-themed exhibition when she discovered that the Watkinson held an array of British and American Christmas cards dating back to the mid-19th century.<a href=\"http:\/\/commons.trincoll.edu\/watkinson\/files\/2013\/01\/IMG_2499.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-1097\" src=\"http:\/\/commons.trincoll.edu\/watkinson\/files\/2013\/01\/IMG_2499-300x108.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"108\" srcset=\"https:\/\/commons.trincoll.edu\/watkinson\/files\/2013\/01\/IMG_2499-300x108.jpg 300w, https:\/\/commons.trincoll.edu\/watkinson\/files\/2013\/01\/IMG_2499-1024x369.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The catalogs (covers below) were written by the students, designed by Michael Russem of Kat Ran Press (Cambridge, MA), and printed at Trinity College.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/commons.trincoll.edu\/watkinson\/files\/2013\/01\/img644.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-1099\" src=\"http:\/\/commons.trincoll.edu\/watkinson\/files\/2013\/01\/img644-232x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"232\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/commons.trincoll.edu\/watkinson\/files\/2013\/01\/img644-232x300.jpg 232w, https:\/\/commons.trincoll.edu\/watkinson\/files\/2013\/01\/img644-792x1024.jpg 792w, https:\/\/commons.trincoll.edu\/watkinson\/files\/2013\/01\/img644.jpg 1344w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 232px) 100vw, 232px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/commons.trincoll.edu\/watkinson\/files\/2013\/01\/img645.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-1100\" src=\"http:\/\/commons.trincoll.edu\/watkinson\/files\/2013\/01\/img645-226x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"226\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/commons.trincoll.edu\/watkinson\/files\/2013\/01\/img645-226x300.jpg 226w, https:\/\/commons.trincoll.edu\/watkinson\/files\/2013\/01\/img645-771x1024.jpg 771w, https:\/\/commons.trincoll.edu\/watkinson\/files\/2013\/01\/img645.jpg 1464w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 226px) 100vw, 226px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Despite the snow this evening, we had a gratifying turnout for the opening of our two graduate student exhibitions: the first on Trinity and Bates College ca. 1890-1930, and the second on Christmas traditions represented in the Watkinson. 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