Papers, Books by N. Elizabeth Schlatter
Museum , 2010
Over the past few years, the words "curate" and "curator" have become increasingly prevalent in d... more Over the past few years, the words "curate" and "curator" have become increasingly prevalent in describing activities outside the museum arena. This article offers examples of such usage and includes quotes from curators inside and outside the museum field who offer opinions on this expanding definition of the word "curator."
A Life in Museums: Managing Your Museum Career, published by American Alliance of Museums, 2012
This chapter discusses types of jobs in museums, organized according to six functions:
1. wor... more This chapter discusses types of jobs in museums, organized according to six functions:
1. working with and caring for collections, objects, and exhibitions
2. education, interpretation, programming, and evaluation
3. marketing and communications
4. visitor services and visitor experience
5. fundraising and development
6. administration and operations
Museum Careers: A Practical Guide for Students and Novices, 2009
Published by Routledge. Description from back cover: This concise volume is the place to start fo... more Published by Routledge. Description from back cover: This concise volume is the place to start for anyone considering a career in museums. Museum professional and author N. Elizabeth Schlatter outlines the nature of the profession as a whole, the rewards and challenges of museum work, types of museums, and jobs within museums, including salary ranges. She discusses options for education and training, and offers suggestions on how to secure a job and move up the career ladder. Interviews with museum professionals from a variety of disciplines and backgrounds demonstrate different career paths and offer unique and helpful advice. For novices in the field, students in museum studies programs, or anyone considering museums as a career choice, Schlatter’s book is an essential starting point.
Exhibition Catalogues by N. Elizabeth Schlatter
Exhibition brochure for Leaded: The Materiality and Metamorphosis of Graphite, 2007
Exhibition brochure for "Leaded: The Materiality and Metamorphosis of Graphite" on view August 23... more Exhibition brochure for "Leaded: The Materiality and Metamorphosis of Graphite" on view August 23 to September 30, 2007, in the Joel and Lila Harnett Museum of Art, University of Richmond Museums. The exhibition featured more than forty contemporary artworks by seventeen international artists who utilize the physical nature and visual characteristics of graphite and pencils as content in their two- and three-dimensional work. While employing a fundamental drawing medium, the art in the exhibition stands outside of the generalized history of modern drawing. The role of mark-making is subsumed or completely absent from many of the pieces. Likewise, representation is a secondary motivation.
exhibition catalogue for "Structures of Nature: Photographs by Andreas Feininger", 2002
Exhibition catalogue for "Structures of Nature: Photographs by Andreas Feininger," on view at the... more Exhibition catalogue for "Structures of Nature: Photographs by Andreas Feininger," on view at the University of Richmond Museums in 2002. Born in Paris and raised in Germany, Andreas Feininger was influenced by the Bauhaus, where his father, artist Lyonel Feininger, taught prior to World War II. By the 1920s, the younger Feininger had already established several stylistic traits in his photographic work, such as monumentalized subject matter and emphasis on line. His nature photographs tend to reveal patterns in animal and plant forms as found in the backbones of a snake or veins in a leaf.
After immigrating to America in 1939, Feininger completed almost 350 photographic essays for Life magazine between 1943 and 1962. Several series focused on nature studies, such as "Insect Engineers" (Life, 29 August 1949) and "Bones" (Life, 6 October 1952). In addition to his magazine work, Feininger published numerous books on photographic theory and technique as well as picture books including The Anatomy of Nature (1965), Shells: Forms and Designs of the Sea (1972) and Nature in Miniature (1989).
His photographs have been included in several exhibitions including the Museum of Modern Art's The Family of Man (1955) and a traveling retrospective organized by the International Center of Photography in New York (1976). In 1957 the American Museum of Natural History presented a traveling exhibition of his nature themed works titled Anatomy of Nature. Major collections of Feininger's nature photographs are housed at the Center for Creative Photography in Tucson, Arizona, the George Eastman House in Rochester, New York, and the Joel and Lila Harnett Print Study Center, University of Richmond Museums.
Anti-Grand: Contemporary Perspectives on Landscape, 2015
Catalogue for the exhibition "Anti-Grand: Contemporary Perspectives on Landscape," on view at the... more Catalogue for the exhibition "Anti-Grand: Contemporary Perspectives on Landscape," on view at the Joel and Lila Museum of Art, University of Richmond Museums, Jan. 15 to March 6, 2015. The exhibition featured 24 contemporary, international artists, artists’ collectives and game developers who examine, challenge, and re-define the concept of landscape while simultaneously drawing attention to humanity’s hubristic attempts to relate to, preserve, and manage the natural environment. Anti-Grand included 33 works of art, with video, installation, video games, and traditional two- and three-dimensional work.
catalogue for exhibition "Flow, Just Flow: Variations on a Theme", 2013
Catalogue for the exhibition "Flow, Just Flow: Variations on a Theme" on view in the Joel and Lil... more Catalogue for the exhibition "Flow, Just Flow: Variations on a Theme" on view in the Joel and Lila Harnett Museum of Art, University of Richmond Museums, from January 29 to June 28, 2013. The exhibition of contemporary art used the psychological state of flow as a launching point to examine related definitions and applications, many of which involve kinetic forms, non-static content generation, visitor interaction, and collective states of being. Flow, Just Flow featured work of various media including video, sound, installation, kinetic sculpture, painting, and photography.
archival inkjet print on paper, 30 x 40 inches, lent courtesy of the artist All images © brian Pa... more archival inkjet print on paper, 30 x 40 inches, lent courtesy of the artist All images © brian Palmer excluding pages 38-42. essay "RVA, Richmond, and the Geography of memory" © laura browder essay "At the Vanguard of the Roots of Resistance and the Quest for literacy in 19 th -Century Richmond, Virginia" © elvatrice belsches essay "In Richmond, the legacy of 1970 Casts a shadow over our Civil Rights movement"
Crooked Data: (Mis)Information in Contemporary Art, 2017
Exhibition catalogue for "Crooked Data: (Mis)Information in Contemporary Art" on February 9 throu... more Exhibition catalogue for "Crooked Data: (Mis)Information in Contemporary Art" on February 9 through May 5, 2017, in the Joel and Lila Harnett Museum of Art, University of Richmond Museums. The exhibition featured art by twenty-one contemporary artists and studios who work with data in nontraditional ways. Some artists incorporate data from known sources, using it as an aesthetic device divorced from its originally intended interpretive function. Others gather and manifest data that might normally be considered not worthy of collecting. And some of the works explore alternatives to standard data visualization forms and practices.
CARL CHIARENZA PICTURES COME FROM PICTURES SELECTED PHOTOGRAPHS 1955–2007, 2008
Catalogue from the exhibition "Peace Warriors and Solitudes: Recent Photographs by Carl Chiarenza... more Catalogue from the exhibition "Peace Warriors and Solitudes: Recent Photographs by Carl Chiarenza" on view at the Lora Robins Gallery of Design from Nature, University of Richmond Museums, from July 15 to October 5, 2008. As one of the preeminent photographers of the 20th and 21st centuries, Chiarenza (American, born 1935) has influenced not only the practice of art but also the study and promotion of photography inside academia and beyond. This exhibition features photographs from two recent series of abstract works, inspired in part by the artist's reactions to the war in Iraq.
Art=Text=Art by N. Elizabeth Schlatter
Art=Text=Art: Works by Contemporary Artists, 2011
This is a transcript of the interview between curator N. Elizabeth Schlatter and art collector Wy... more This is a transcript of the interview between curator N. Elizabeth Schlatter and art collector Wynn Kramarsky, as part of the programming for the exhibition "Art=Text=Art: Works by Contemporary Artists" on view at the University of Richmond Museums, Virginia, from August 17 to October 16, 2011.
This brief article cites sources for writings in Ann Ledy's "Untitled," 1980, ink and Wite-Out on... more This brief article cites sources for writings in Ann Ledy's "Untitled," 1980, ink and Wite-Out on paper, 8 ½ x 11 inches (21.6 x 27.9 cm). This article was included in the exhibition catalogue, "Art=Text=Art: Works by Contemporary Artists," curated by N. Elizabeth Schlatter with Rachel Nackman, Curator, Kramarsky Collection. On view at the University of Richmond Museums, Virginia, from August 17 to October 16, 2011.
Art=Text=Art: Works by Contemporary Artists , 2011
Essay about Jasper Johns' "No, 1964," graphite, charcoal, gouache and liquid graphite on paper, 2... more Essay about Jasper Johns' "No, 1964," graphite, charcoal, gouache and liquid graphite on paper, 20 ¼ x 17 ½ inches (51.4 x 44.5 cm). In the collection of the Museum of Modern Art, New York. Gift of Sally and Wynn Kramarsky. Essay is part of exhibition catalogue, "Art=Text=Art: Works by Contemporary Artists," curated by N. Elizabeth Schlatter with Rachel Nackman, Curator, Kramarsky Collection. On view at the University of Richmond Museums, Virginia, from August 17 to October 16, 2011.
Art=Text=Art: Works by Contemporary Artists, 2011
Essay for exhibition catalogue, "Art=Text=Art: Works by Contemporary Artists," curated by N. Eliz... more Essay for exhibition catalogue, "Art=Text=Art: Works by Contemporary Artists," curated by N. Elizabeth Schlatter with Rachel Nackman, Curator, Kramarsky Collection. On view at the University of Richmond Museums, Virginia, from August 17 to October 16, 2011. The exhibition featured 72 works created between 1960 and 2011, that included text or referenced textual elements. Many of the works reflected developments in modern and contemporary art and critical theory, and related to concurrent politics, history, and philosophy. The curators installed the exhibition as a series of open-ended thematic groups to highlight connections between objects and artists, exploring ideas such as mapping, information graphics, graphemes, semiotics, the body, popular culture, appropriation, memory, and the diaristic. The complete online catalogue is still available as of July 2023 at http://artequalstext.aboutdrawing.org/
American National Biography entrees by N. Elizabeth Schlatter
American National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2001
Biographical essay on American artist Edward Kienholz
American National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2001
Biographical essay on American artist and art critic Donald Judd.
American National Biography Online, 2001
Biographical essay on philanthropist and art collector Dominique de Menil.
American National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2000
Biographical essay on American muralist Allyn Cox. Co-authored with Philip H. Viles Jr.
American National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2000
Biographical essay on jeweler Pierre Cartier.
American National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2000
Biographical essay on photographer Andreas Feininger
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Papers, Books by N. Elizabeth Schlatter
1. working with and caring for collections, objects, and exhibitions
2. education, interpretation, programming, and evaluation
3. marketing and communications
4. visitor services and visitor experience
5. fundraising and development
6. administration and operations
Exhibition Catalogues by N. Elizabeth Schlatter
After immigrating to America in 1939, Feininger completed almost 350 photographic essays for Life magazine between 1943 and 1962. Several series focused on nature studies, such as "Insect Engineers" (Life, 29 August 1949) and "Bones" (Life, 6 October 1952). In addition to his magazine work, Feininger published numerous books on photographic theory and technique as well as picture books including The Anatomy of Nature (1965), Shells: Forms and Designs of the Sea (1972) and Nature in Miniature (1989).
His photographs have been included in several exhibitions including the Museum of Modern Art's The Family of Man (1955) and a traveling retrospective organized by the International Center of Photography in New York (1976). In 1957 the American Museum of Natural History presented a traveling exhibition of his nature themed works titled Anatomy of Nature. Major collections of Feininger's nature photographs are housed at the Center for Creative Photography in Tucson, Arizona, the George Eastman House in Rochester, New York, and the Joel and Lila Harnett Print Study Center, University of Richmond Museums.
Art=Text=Art by N. Elizabeth Schlatter
American National Biography entrees by N. Elizabeth Schlatter
1. working with and caring for collections, objects, and exhibitions
2. education, interpretation, programming, and evaluation
3. marketing and communications
4. visitor services and visitor experience
5. fundraising and development
6. administration and operations
After immigrating to America in 1939, Feininger completed almost 350 photographic essays for Life magazine between 1943 and 1962. Several series focused on nature studies, such as "Insect Engineers" (Life, 29 August 1949) and "Bones" (Life, 6 October 1952). In addition to his magazine work, Feininger published numerous books on photographic theory and technique as well as picture books including The Anatomy of Nature (1965), Shells: Forms and Designs of the Sea (1972) and Nature in Miniature (1989).
His photographs have been included in several exhibitions including the Museum of Modern Art's The Family of Man (1955) and a traveling retrospective organized by the International Center of Photography in New York (1976). In 1957 the American Museum of Natural History presented a traveling exhibition of his nature themed works titled Anatomy of Nature. Major collections of Feininger's nature photographs are housed at the Center for Creative Photography in Tucson, Arizona, the George Eastman House in Rochester, New York, and the Joel and Lila Harnett Print Study Center, University of Richmond Museums.