Faculty Mentor(s)
Dr. Heidi Kraus
Document Type
Poster
Event Date
4-10-2015
Abstract
In 2014, sixteen boxes of artist Harry Brorby’s personal documents, drawings, photographs, and ephemera were donated to The De Pree Gallery. A respected West Michigan-based painter, printmaker, and sculptor in the 1960s and 70s (whose work is part of the permanent collections of the Museum of Modern Art in New York City and Walker Art Center in Minneapolis to name a few), this project seeks to understand Brorby’s prolific career within the context of Contemporary Art and, moreover, the notion of artistic legacy and collective cultural memory. To this end, students have been divided into five project teams, each focusing on a specific aspect of the archives and its preservation: website creation and content management (Amy Van Dommelen, project manager), organization of archival material (Stephanie Harron, project manager), digitization of archival material (Brant Biba, project manager), contact management and historical reconstruction (Nancy Laning, project manager), and provenance reconstruction (Erin Schregardus, project manager). In addition to this group component, each student is concentrating on a specific aspect of Brorby’s archives that peaks their curiosity—something they would like to personally explore further. Individual research papers and on-line digital portfolios will serve as measurable outcomes for the course.
Recommended Citation
Repository citation: Bennick, Amanda; Biba, Brant; Corey, Rachael; Dwyer, Monica; Garcia, Austin; Harron, Stephanie; Hunt, Mason; Laning, Nancy; Schregardus, Erin; Van Dommelen, Amy; and Wang, Sai, "The Harry Brorby
Project" (2015). 14th Annual Celebration of Undergraduate Research and Creative Performance (2015). Paper 4.
https://digitalcommons.hope.edu/curcp_14/4
April 10, 2015. Copyright © 2015 Hope College, Holland, Michigan.
