New class-curated exhibits showcasing student work include:

• The Living Table (Jenn Esperanza’s Food and Culture class)
• Objects of Inspiration (Christi Clancy’s Introduction to Creative Writing class)
• Object Investigations 2012 (Nicolette Meister’s Introduction to Collections Management class)

Celadon ware is a style of ceramic that was extremely popular on the Korean peninsula during the Koryo Dynasty (918 and 1392). Celadon produced by Korean potters was famed for its beautiful turquoise color, inlay work, and overall craftsmanship. The Secret Color, curated by Beloit College student Julia Friberg’12, explores celadon styles and manufacture using objects from the Wright Museum’s Gurley Collection. The exhibit runs through August.

Find out what Catlinite is in the newly installed study drawer by Grace Chamberlain’12. In the Shaw Gallery on the second floor.

Together, the Logan Museum of Anthropology and Wright Museum of Art curate over 400,000 objects. Have you ever wondered how these objects made their way to Beloit, how they were made, or the significance to the people who made them? These are just a few of the questions collections management students investigated as part of their object study research project.

Food does more than just sustain our bodies. It shapes relationships between people at the dinner table and countries at the treaty table. It defines “haves” and “have nots.” It places people into gender and social roles. It is a commodity to be exploited for sustenance and profit. Students in Anthropology 375: Food and Culture explored these and other aspects of food. These food-related objects from the museum's collection were examined using a cultural lens and “interviewed” by students to learn how each one fit into larger cultural relationships surrounding food. These are their stories.

 Poems and the objects that inspired them by Beloit creative writing students. In the Memorial Hall Foyer through July.

Adila Talbi is curator of anthropology at the Bardo National Museum of Prehistory and Ethnography in Algiers. When Adila discovered that most of the Bardo’s collection of Native American objects came from the Logan Museum in 1930, she contacted the Logan for information about those objects. Her initiative led to extensive sharing of information between the museums. Adila also curated an exhibition on the Hopi people at the U.S. Embassy in Algiers, using collections loaned by the Logan. That exhibition, graciously provided by Adila, is what you see here. Exhibit text is in English, French, and Arabic.

Growing Up: Tools for the Work of Childhood This exhibit explores how parents, children, and societies around the world get the work of childhood done. Objects include a variety of baby carriers, children’s toys, games, clothes, and objects related to ceremonies that mark the passage to adulthood. Now through May 2012 in the Shaw Gallery on the Museum's second floor.