Upon graduating from Harvard in 1922, John Nicholas Brown embarked on an extensive “grand tour” of Europe and the Mediterranean. This virtual exhibition displays some of the photographs from John Nicholas Brown’s travel album. more
I am interested in the role the visual arts play in the public humanities. I am studying public art, artist residencies, and visual arts museums. One of the primary reasons I chose this program is its mixture of practical and theoretical approaches to study. By allowing the two to live in perpetual conversation, the program trains students in the best possible way. To that end, I am happy that while I study I can also continue my job as the co-curator of the Berwick’s Artist in Research (AIR) Program. For the past two years I have been the educational coordinator and researcher for Errol Morris, a documentary filmmaker. Errol’s current projects investigate the relationships between photography and truth, including Standard Operating Procedure, a film about the Abu Ghraib abuse scandal. The film looks at, interprets, and presents the role photography played in both the abuse and our interpretations of it and the soldiers involved.
In the spring of 2008, students enrolled in AMCV1903G: Oral History and Community Memory, embarked on a project to document the history of Providence’s Fox Point neighborhood. Fox Point, an area that borders the Brown University campus, currently serves as a home to students and staff from the nearby universities, numerous restaurants, and upscale shops. more
