Art Acquisition Program

Class of 1960/Office of Residential Life Art Acquisition Program

Thanks to generous annual gifts from the Class of 1960, the Office of Residential Life is able to purchase works of art from senior art majors each year through the Student Art Acquisition Program. Approximately 15 pieces are selected and purchased each year; the pieces are then displayed in undergraduate residential spaces throughout campus. The program, initiated in 1991, recognizes and celebrates Dartmouth seniors and helps build a stronger sense of pride in our residential facilities by enhancing our common spaces with a variety of student artwork. Students enjoy and are inspired by artwork created by their peers. The name and class year of the artist appears on the plaque affixed to each piece of artwork.

To see the list of artists and to view photos of the artwork acquired over the life of the program, please go to the web gallery.

Graduating artists are celebrated annually at a reception marking the opening of the Senior Studio Art Majors' Exhibition.

2011 Acquisitions

Sanela Brekalo - "AIR" - spray paint on paper
Ronald N. Chavarria - "Still Life Military Boots" - mixed media
Mariah L. Coley - "South Basin, Mt. Katahdin" - photograph
Kimberly R. Davis - "Untitled" - lino & monotype
Paloma B. Ellis - "The Lightness of Being is Unbearable" - analog photography
Douglas O. Gonzalez - "Butterfly Collection" - ink jet print
Jennifer L. Gouge - "Sunday Afternoon/Memory no. 25" - film scan on matte paper
Rory C. Grant - "Solace in Solitude"- plywood, oil paint, linseed oil, wood glue
Shirley Hu - "Covetous" - black pantyhose, mirror shards, Plexiglas
Gregory P. Hurley - "Corbin, Leaving Through the Window" - digital photography
Leigh M. Latimer - "E quindi uscimmo a riveder le stelle" - mixed media
Marian A. Mathias - "Spine" - found object, thorn
James Wesley Moore - "Fractured Boy in a Fractured Room" - acrylic on paper and wood
Sarah C. M. Moore - "Kaleidoscope" - embossed intaglio
Nuith Morales - "Time" - gouache on transparencies
Lennie Polanco - "Mulatto" - spray paint on cardboard
Andrew R. Purpura - "Giving a String Impression" - oil on canvas
Youngwha Shin - "Accumulation of Patterns (32 Days)" - dust on paper
Malina K. Simmers - "It's the Thought that counts... right?" - oil on canvas, mat board, spray paint
Sydney A. Thomashow - "Bath" - ink jet print
Angela Y. Tseng - "Nightwish" - ink on paper
Christopher G. Vacchio - "Afterglow" - spray paint on paper
Maxwell A. Van Pelt - "From the Source" - pastel, graphite, paper
Natalia Wrobel - "Dynamism Reworked" - oil, ink, mixed media on canvas