QAC celebrates 150 years of Bona's
Jarrad Enslow
Issue date: 9/5/08 Section: Features
In celebration of St. Bonaventure University's 150-year anniversary, the Regina A. Quick Center for the Arts is presenting an exhibit of the local, national and global events that happened when the university opened in 1858.
The first part of the exhibit will open Monday and will be on display until Dec. 7 in the Branch Family Gallery, located on the first floor.
The 1858 exhibit will be shown in three parts and will include three prints from C.W. Lattin, a collector of religious prints, and other prints from the university's archives, said Evelyn Penman, assistant director and director of museum education at the QAC.
The exhibit will also provide information on events that occurred around the world in 1858 - who was born and who died that year and what they did, Penman said.
"This exhibit will set the stage for the three exhibitions," Penman said. "Visitors can learn of events that happened in 1858. In 1858, Queen Victoria was the queen of England, Pope Pius XI was the pope, and ... Abraham Lincoln was running for president."
Students who visit this exhibit will have the chance to learn about events that happened when St. Bonaventure University was born.
"I think this exhibit is a great way for people to see what was going on the year the school opened," said Greg Chanelli, a freshman physical education major. "I think it will be something many students and faculty can enjoy."
The second and third parts of the exhibition will focus more on the history of the university.
"The next exhibit will be on the sports, activities, friars and items from the university archives," said Penman.
According to Penman, among these items will be newspaper clippings and photographs.
Senior political science major Asale Collins-Anderson said, "I think it will be cool to see the photographs of St. Bonaventure's past because you can see what it was like years ago and all the changes to the campus."
The next exhibit is scheduled to be on display Dec. 13, 2008 through April 12, 2009 and the last exhibit on April 25, 2009 through Aug.17, 2009.
Some students feel these exhibits differ from the typical exhibits at the QAC, which usually display different cultures and works of art.
Junior history major Dan Chanelli said, "I enjoy going to the QAC to see the exhibits. I think these exhibits will interest me more because they are about the history of the university."
The first part of the exhibit will open Monday and will be on display until Dec. 7 in the Branch Family Gallery, located on the first floor.
The 1858 exhibit will be shown in three parts and will include three prints from C.W. Lattin, a collector of religious prints, and other prints from the university's archives, said Evelyn Penman, assistant director and director of museum education at the QAC.
The exhibit will also provide information on events that occurred around the world in 1858 - who was born and who died that year and what they did, Penman said.
"This exhibit will set the stage for the three exhibitions," Penman said. "Visitors can learn of events that happened in 1858. In 1858, Queen Victoria was the queen of England, Pope Pius XI was the pope, and ... Abraham Lincoln was running for president."
Students who visit this exhibit will have the chance to learn about events that happened when St. Bonaventure University was born.
"I think this exhibit is a great way for people to see what was going on the year the school opened," said Greg Chanelli, a freshman physical education major. "I think it will be something many students and faculty can enjoy."
The second and third parts of the exhibition will focus more on the history of the university.
"The next exhibit will be on the sports, activities, friars and items from the university archives," said Penman.
According to Penman, among these items will be newspaper clippings and photographs.
Senior political science major Asale Collins-Anderson said, "I think it will be cool to see the photographs of St. Bonaventure's past because you can see what it was like years ago and all the changes to the campus."
The next exhibit is scheduled to be on display Dec. 13, 2008 through April 12, 2009 and the last exhibit on April 25, 2009 through Aug.17, 2009.
Some students feel these exhibits differ from the typical exhibits at the QAC, which usually display different cultures and works of art.
Junior history major Dan Chanelli said, "I enjoy going to the QAC to see the exhibits. I think these exhibits will interest me more because they are about the history of the university."
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