Class Photos: University of Iowa College of Dentistry

The University of Iowa has a vast and varied digital archive to explore. Included are over 80 years (1883-1967) of graduating-class photo boards from the College of Dentistry.

The early years, of course, have the most interesting boards, and not only for visual variety. I couldn’t help noticing a perplexing change in the number of women graduates over the years. During the first 40 years, 34 women earned degrees, with the classes of 1888 and 1902 graduating five women each. From 1925 through 1967, however, there were a total of seven female graduates--over the entire 42 years! I'm not quite sure which of those stats I find more surprising. Today, 40% of students at the College of Dentistry are women. Drill, baby, drill.

Hunter Bee

It doesn’t take more than a few minutes in Hunter Bee, the Millerton, NY antiques emporium, to realize that the biggest “find” is the store itself. Kent Hunter and Jonathan Bee have wonderful taste and a flair for presentation that makes it hard to leave once you start exploring.

They have a thing for hats ...


These tiny vintage hats come in tiny hatboxes. I always thought they were salesmen samples and then Kent Hunter told me that they were, in fact, GIFT CERTIFICATES!
So much better than our standard gift cards –don’t you think?





Hunter Bee will be among the many Millerton merchants participating in Fall for Art this weekend, Oct. 23-24. Stop by for some vintage time travel and to see the collage work of Terry Rosen (previous post).

Ephemera, Ephemera, Ephemera

Delft Obama

If you are in the Millerton, NY area this weekend, take a break from leaf-peeping and head over to Hunter Bee. They will be showcasing Terry Rosen’s new collages as part of the Fall for Art festival. Picking up where she left off after creating the “conversational” prints that made Nicole Miller famous, Rosen is now assembling her found treasures—candy wrappers, coat checks, ticket stubs, etc. and photographing the results. The larger-than-life-sized prints are playful and smart. Check out her new website for more collages and her textile designs.

Singing in the Shower

Fauna

Big Savings

Brushes with History

High on my list when visiting a major metropolis for the first time, is to check out its most fabulous art supply store(s). I had been in Buenos Aires a whole week already and had so far found a stationery store with some drawing pads and paints in the back. There was also a high-end store with fancy paint sets secured in sleek glass cases. So when I noticed the Association Estimulo de Bella Artes, I thought perfect, here’s where I can find out where the artists go. The raucous graffiti covering the building’s entrance, lead me to expect walls encrusted with posters and flyers, along with the requisite assortment of pierced, tattooed, and otherwise tribally marked art students.


The cool serenity of the interior took me completely by surprise, as did the emptiness.

After a nonproductive encounter with a Spanish-only speaking guard, I followed the irresistible curve of the staircase to my next surprise. A curious antique cabinet was tucked under the first landing. The forest of sticks inside it turned out to be a carefully installed collection of brushes. Each one stood upright in its own little hole with a white identifying label—each had once belonged to a teacher at the school. The palette perched atop the cabinet read ‘PINCELES CON HISTORIA.’




So I never did find the quintessential art supply store I imagined that there had to be in BA, but I was richly rewarded for my quest.