Lourdes Santamaría-Wheeler
Exhibits Coordinator
527 Library West
George A. Smathers Libraries
University of Florida
Gainesville, FL 32611
Email: l.s.wheeler@ufl.edu
Phone: (352) 273-2564

Current Exhibits

Collateral materials from past exhibits, such as catalogs, posters, installation photographs, and object lists are available in the Exhibit Materials Collection within the UF Digital Collections.

All exhibits are free and open to the public during the same hours as the building in which they are housed, unless otherwise specified and with occasional exceptions for maintenance.

 

 

The Visionaires

Values in Action: 75 Years of the Visionaires

February 1, 2013 - March 1, 2013
Smathers Library, Special & Area Studies Research Room

Celebrating the lives of eight young female activists who founded Gainesville's first formal organization for African-American women, and how they and their successors have enriched the civic, social and educational lives of African-Americans over the past seventy-five years.

Curated by Jana Ronan

 

Memory and Landscape : Collegiate Gothic Architecture and the New University

October 1, 2012 - April 1, 2013
Smathers Library, Room 1A

Sledd Hall

The Collegiate Gothic style of architecture chosen for UF furthered the goals of university president Albert Murphree and the Board of Control while emphasizing the ties to older traditions. The environment envisioned by the campus planners helped provide the continuities of memory, meaning, and judgment. These remnants of the past became an integral part of the process of making a history and providing a context for the university. Curated by Peggy McBride.

 

Patient Protection and Affordable Health Care Act

September 1, 2012 - April 1, 2013
Government Documents, Marston Science Library, 1st Floor

Government Printing Office

Featuring documents related to the Patient Protection and Affordable Health Care Act including the text of the law, hearings held in Congress, Congressional committee reports and the Supreme Court Decision. Also included are publications from the Congressional Budget Office, the Government Accountability Office and Congressional Quarterly.

 

Miniature Books

April 23, 2012 - February 1, 2013
Smathers Library, Room 1A

Miniature Books In the United States, a miniature book is usually considered to be one which is no more than three inches in height, width, or thickness. Some aficionados collect slightly larger books while others specialize in even smaller sizes. Outside of the United States, books up to four inches are often considered miniature.

Curated by Ellen Knudson

 

The Art of the Sketch

April 23, 2012 - April 1, 2013
Quiet Study Area Wall Case, Smathers Library, 1st Floor

Sketch by Kenneth Treister

Featuring sketches by Robert Broward, Alain Huin, William Morgan, Alfred Browning Parker, and Kenneth Treister The Art of the Sketch presents the uniquely personal and visual exercise for architects that facilitates discovery into spatial relationships, light, and volume.

Curated by Cindy Peterson