Para la Gente

Art, Politics, and Cultural Identity of the Taller de Gráfica Popular
Selected Works from the Charles S. Hayes Collection?of Twentieth-Century Mexican Graphics

This exhibition catalogue illustrates a show installed in the museum galleries from July 12-September 20, 2009. The forty-three images selected for this exhibition were drawn from the Charles S. Hayes Collection of over 560-prints and survey the work by the Taller de Gráfica Popular, (or TGP), a workshop of politically engaged artists working in Mexico City from 1937 until about 1953, when they informally disbanded and were drawn into other programs, organizations or individual projects.

The images illustrate the issues of post-revolutionary Mexico's political and social upheaval and the TGP's direct and powerful style as well as their deep commitment and response to the agenda of political reforms that were part of the Cárdenista government in Mexico at that time.

Soft-cover copies of the 79-page illustrated exhibition catalogue are available to current Friends of the Snite Museum at the $60 level or above, or those who join or upgrade to the $60 level or above. To become a member please contact the Friends Office at (574) 631-5516.

Selected Works

Celebrating Twenty-five Years in the Snite Museum of Art: 1980–2005
Snite Museum of Art – University of Notre Dame

From its earliest years, the University of Notre Dame has understood the importance of the visual arts to the academy. In 1874 Notre Dame’s founder, Rev. Edward Sorin, C.S.C., brought Vatican artist Luigi Gregori to campus. For the next seventeen years, Gregori beautified the school’s interiors—painting scenes on the interior of the Golden Dome and the Columbus murals within the Main Building.

Click on the PDF to the right to read more about the history of the Snite Museum. The 300-page publication includes color illustrations and brief essays of over 230 art objects in the permanent collection.

Soft-cover copies are available to current Friends of the Snite Museum at the $60 level or above, or those who join or upgrade to the $60 level or above. To become a member please contact the Friends Office at (574) 631-5516.

Passages of Light and Time

George Rickey's Life in Motion

The Museum published this catalog of the George Rickey sculpture archive written by ND '08 graduate art history intern Shannon Kephart, in conjunction with the "Abstraction in the Public Sphere: New Approaches," September 25-26, 2009 symposium.

The 91-page, color, illustrated, soft-cover publication includes images and text on the twenty George Rickey sculptures and maquettes promised as a future gift to the Snite Museum. Most of the twenty are on view in the entrance atrium of the museum, and its courtyard contains three large Rickey sculptures.

Soft-cover copies are available to current Friends of the Snite Museum at the $60 level or above, or those who join or upgrade to the $60 level or above. To become a member please contact the Friends Office at (574) 631-5516.

Calendar of Events

Current Bi-Annual Calendar of Events
Snite Museum of Art – University of Notre Dame

The Current Calendar of Events is a bi-annual report of the Snite Museum of Art at the University of Notre Dame. Highlighting recent acquisitions, article from the director, museum exhibitions, education and public program updates, general museum news, and updates from the Friends of the Snite Museum.

Free paper copies are available in the museum entrances, or mailed on request.