Tag: Art Collections
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Philadelphia Mural Walk – Enjoy in Person or Online!
If you’re at the AALL Conference in Philadelphia this week and want to get out of the convention center and explore, taking the self-guided tour (pdf) of the Philadelphia Mural Walk through “The Mural Mile” can be a great option. Interactive Mural Walk Not here? This tour includes interviews available via phone or download as “podcast” mp3s…
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Art Adds to Atmosphere in Valparaiso University Law Library
It’s been said that the practice of law is an art. Students at Valparaiso University School of Law may or may not agree with that view of their future profession. But we recently confirmed that they do notice and appreciate works of art on display on the walls of our law library.
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Artwork Celebrating CALL’s 50th Anniversary
Artwork from Holland & Knight, LLP This banner celebrating CALL’s 50th Anniversary (1947 – 1997) is on display in the library at Holland & Knight LLP. Elizabeth Robertson, a former Human Resources Manager at Holland & Knight, bid on and won this piece at the City of Chicago banner auction. The city banner auction features…
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Chagall’s Four Seasons
Artwork from Marshall, Gerstein & Borun, LLP As we near the end of our slog through winter, Marc Chagall’s Four Seasons (Chicago, 1974) helps remind us that spring is just around the corner. This lithograph poster, which was signed by Chagall, can be found in the Carl E. Moore, Jr. library of Marshall, Gerstein & Borun,…
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A Bit of CALL History: Portrait of Kurt Schwerin
Artwork from Pritzker Legal Research Center Northwestern University’s Pritzker Legal Research Center is home to several fascinating works of art in a variety of forms, including this oil painting of Kurt Schwerin—a former CALL president from 1958 to 1959.
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Art on the 29th Floor
Artwork from the Cook County Law Library The Cook County Law Library has an ongoing collaboration with the Illinois Artisans Program of the Illinois State Museum to display the work of juried artists in the Law Library. The Illinois Artisans Program provides venues for Illinois artisans to display and promote their work. Artisans work in…
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Art History — Office Art with Interesting Backstories
Artwork from Sidley Austin, LLP Some of us never get around to decorating our offices. For others, “decorating” means hanging up that free motivational calendar you received in the mail, or taping a family photo to the wall by your computer screen. This is not the case for David Rogers, Reference Librarian at Sidley Austin,…
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Creative Use of Library Space
Artwork from Pritzker Legal Research Center There is no denying it, we’ve all groaned at this phrase at one point or another: “We’re going to start a shifting project.” Rather than groaning, however, artist Mark Frazer turned a large weeding and shifting project into a chance to flex his creative muscles and create this sculpture,…
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Soviet WWII Propaganda Posters at Chicago-Kent
If you’ve visited the research office at the IIT Chicago-Kent Law Library, you may have noticed a trio of very large framed posters with Cyrillic text. These posters are just a small sample of the collection of World War II Soviet propaganda posters that Chicago-Kent received when we acquired the Library of International Relations (LIR), a special…
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