Recording and Housekeeping
The time between exhibitions is a good time for the registrars to catch up on ongoing departmental projects. Elise and I have just completed the final training session for our new database, The Museum...
View ArticleComing Soon: Free Ice Cream
Never did I think that my Pulitzer registrarial career would involve extensive research on soft-serve ice cream machines. Nevertheless, I have recently found myself scouring the internet and speaking...
View ArticleOutsourcing Art and Civic Engagement Lecturers
On Tuesday, Assistant Registrar Elise Hall and Community Engagement Manager Lisa Harper-Chang spoke to an Art and Civic Engagement class, at the University of Missouri in St. Louis. In addition to...
View ArticleThe Light Project . . . MOBOT . . . Your backyard?
Seven months after the close of The Light Project, the solar energy system used for Spencer Finch’s installation Sunset (St. Louis, July 31, 2008) is on view once again! This time, the system is on...
View ArticleWatering the Beans
If you’ve visited stylus at the Pulitzer or if you’ve spent time perusing the web catalogue, chances are you’ve encountered the Mexican jumping beans that are a part of Ann Hamilton’s installation. In...
View ArticleChanting for the Opening Reception
Monks from the Mid-American Buddhist Association chant on Vesak Day. Listen to them and members of other Buddhist temples at the Reflections of the Buddha opening reception. As you readers may have...
View ArticleThe story unfolds for “Goddess of Compassion”
by Elise Johnson, Assistant Registrar One of the works included in Reflections of the Buddha is an accordion-fold scroll on loan from Harvard Art Museums. This gorgeous manuscript focuses on the...
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