Haidy Geismar, Director of the Digital Anthropology program at University College London, will address the revolution in information, from its origins in print and the early electronic age through today’s hypermedia, as well as the effect of changing modes of display and dissemination upon learning and teaching. This free public lecture is being presented as part of Museums at the Crossroads: Local Encounters, Global Knowledge, a new international museum institute, funded by IU’s College of Arts and Sciences and the School of Global and International Studies, bringing together leading scholars of social and cultural theory and museum practice with museum professionals and Indiana University Bloomington scholars, graduate students, and staff.

Free visitor parking is available by the Indiana Avenue lobby entrance. Metered parking is available at the McCalla School parking lot on the corner of Ninth Street and Indiana Avenue. The parking lot also has spaces designated for Indiana University C and E permits. During the weekends free parking is available on the surrounding streets. An access ramp is located at the Fess Avenue entrance, on the corner of Ninth Street and Fess Avenue. Reserved parking spaces are available on Ninth Street, between Fess Avenue and Indiana Avenue. If you have a disability and need assistance, special arrangements can be made to accommodate most needs. Please call 812-855-6873.

Who: Friends of Monroe County Public Library

Where: Texas Roadhouse, 110 Franklin Road, Bloomington

When: Sunday, May 17
11 a.m. to 10 p.m.

Other: Make plans with friends and family to enjoy Texas Roadhouse’s delicious food and
ensure a donation to Friends of the Library at the same time! Pick up a flyer at Monroe
County Public Library in Bloomington or Ellettsville or download a copy from
http://mcpl.info/friends and present it when you pay your bill. Texas Roadhouse dine and
donate program will donate 10% of the proceeds to help fund the numerous and much-used
programs offered by your library. The offer is valid for dine in our carry out.

Contact: Friends (812) 349-3050 X 1080

Hours: Tuesday – Saturday: 10:00 – 5:00 p.m. Sunday: Noon – 5:00 p.m.

New in the Galleries:

WWI War Bond Posters
Continuing through May 24, 2015
During World War I, mass-produced color posters encouraged enlistment, helped raise capital for the war effort, and solidified public opinion against the enemy. Two vintage posters for war bonds, one American and one French, are featured: although both depict a German soldier, they have very different styles and impacts.

Nature’s Small Wonders: Photographs by Ansel Adams
Continuing through May 24, 2015
America’s most famous nature photographer, Adams was also an ardent conservationist who served on the board of directors for the Sierra Club for thirty-seven years and was active in the Wilderness Society. He used his dramatic black-and-white photographs to encourage the preservation of America’s natural wonders, particularly those found in the U.S. National Parks.

This installation is on view from January 13 through May 24, 2015, in the Gallery of the Art of the Western World, Doris Steinmetz Kellett Endowed Gallery of Twentieth-Century Art. It is presented in conjunction with the twenty-fifth anniversary of the Sycamore Land Trust, whose mission is to protect the beautiful natural and agricultural landscape of southern Indiana.

Finding Atget
Continueing though May 24, 2015
French photographer Eugène Atget’s imagery mixed a nineteenth-century aesthetic with a modern sensibility, garnering him admiration and respect from the young Berenice Abbott, who became his champion. This installation features a vintage print by Atget and several later prints from his original negatives.

Women behind the Camera
Continuing through May 24, 2015
The world of professional photography in the early- to mid-twentieth century was largely a men’s club, but a small group of talented women paved the way for future generations of female “lensmen.” Portraits by three of these pioneers—Imogen Cunningham, Berenice Abbott, and Toni Frissell—are featured.

Pop Textiles
Continuing through May 24, 2015
Textiles designed by Pop artists Roy Lichtenstein, Richard Lindner, and Claes Oldenburg are featured. These bold and inventive compositions on fabric blur the boundaries between fine art, craft, and industrial production.

Robert Salmon: Romantic Painter
Continuing through May 24, 2015
Two paintings by Robert Salmon help elucidate the artist’s foundation in English Romanticism, which continued to inform his painting after his move to Boston in 1828.

Focalpoint: Fantastic African Hats: Power, Passage, and Protection
Continuing through May 24, 2015
These twelve richly embellished African hats celebrate the prestige of their owners, evoke complex histories of trade and commerce, and provide protection from harm. Organized by Brittany Sheldon, graduate assistant for the arts of Africa, the South Pacific, and the Americas.

“After A Miracle: Coptic Ex Votos from the Birnbaum Collection,” features a selection of votive offerings from Egypt.

“Food is Work: Tools and Traditions” explores the tools and traditions used in the production of food. The exhibition is also sponsored by Themester 2014’s “Eat, Drink, Think: Food from Art to Science,” an initiative of the IU College of Arts and Sciences.

“Graces Received: Painted and Metal Ex-Votos From Italy” explores votive objects offered to a saint or divinity, in gratitude for a favor, blessing, or healing.

“Instruments of Culture” provides an overview of how musical instruments around the globe are classified and studied, and why.

“Still/Moving: Puppets and Indonesia” presents puppets, one of the oldest types of Indonesian performing arts which still persists today in many forms, as a way to better understand the dynamic peoples and places of Indonesia–focusing on Javanese, Sundanese, and Balinese cultures.

“Thoughts, Things, and Theories…What Is Culture?” explores the nature of culture.

The Mathers Museum exhibition hall and Museum Store are open Tuesdays through Fridays, from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.; and Saturdays and Sundays, from 1 to 4:30 p.m.

Free visitor parking is available by the Indiana Avenue lobby entrance. Metered parking is available at the McCalla School parking lot on the corner of Ninth Street and Indiana Avenue. The parking lot also has spaces designated for Indiana University C and E permits. During the weekends free parking is available on the surrounding streets.

• Workshop fee is $15 per person and includes a basic set of artist drawing pencils. (The Property Entrance Fee will be waived for registered workshop participants.)
• Limited to 14 people; minimum age of 12.
• Preregistration required by May 13.
• Sign up at http://bit.ly/naturepaper2015

Want to better capture Nature’s beauty on a piece of paper? This workshop, led by a professional artist, will hone your drawing skills to help you more accurately capture the shapes, dimensions, and texture of plants and animals. Ideal for people interested in nature journaling – or those who just enjoy sketching outdoors. Weather permitting, a portion of this workshop will be held outside in order to practice in a natural setting. 2 hours