Monthly Archives: November 2011

A Memory in Ink

Posted on November 18, 2011 by Jenifer Bartle

… [I]t is hoped that the Courant may serve not only as literary gymnasium and as a memory in ink, but that it may become, as well, an open channel of communication between students of earlier days and the College in whose history they … Continue reading →

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Contrasts in Calligraphy

Posted on November 14, 2011 by Jenifer Bartle

A little confession: I’ve been obsessed with Julian Waters’s work ever since I got sucked into calligraphy, which — a word of warning — is a black hole from which the unwary will never emerge.  Fortunately for me and my … Continue reading →

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Wellesley College’s Browning Love Letters have been digitized

Posted on November 3, 2011 by Jenifer Bartle

The love letters of Elizabeth Barrett and Robert Browning are surely some of the most famous ever written. As a tale of intellectual sympathy, mutual love, and a daring elopement, they need no editing to tell their thrilling story. Romantics … Continue reading →

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The Paperworks Project

Posted on November 3, 2011 by Jenifer Bartle

In October 2011, a piece of art created by Amanda Nelsen at the Book Arts Program at Wellesley College was part of “Agents of Change: An Exhibition of Artists’ Books and Prints with a Social Conscience” at Gallery 31 at … Continue reading →

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