- ARCHIVE / exhibition
- Cool + Collected
A year-long Boston Public Library exhibition celebrates over 160 years of collecting by featuring some of the most beautiful, rare, and unexpected holdings from the BPL’s rich special collections. This exhibition provides an unprecedented opportunity for visitors to explore an impressive selection of fine prints, maps, manuscripts, rare books, photographs, paintings, architectural drawings, posters, musical [...]
- AIGA BoNE Show 2009
The 2009 AIGA BoNE Show launched June 11 @ MassART. The Best of New England Show is a design competition and unique fundraiser for AIGA Boston. This year’s themes included sustainability, community, and design. Photo galleries on flickr: event photos here and process photos here.
All photographs by Christian Phillips
- George Bellows
The Powerful Hand of George Bellows is an exhibit on display through January 2009 at the Boston Public Library. It features an incomparable collection of drawings by the modern American master George Bellows. This traveling exhibit is organized by the Trust for Museum Exhibitions. It returns to Boston after visiting 6 museums and libraries nationwide. [...]
- Karsh
Behind the Words: Yousuf Karsh is now on display through 2009 in the Wiggin Gallery at the Boston Public Library. A collection of 56 photographic portraits of literary figures by the master of photography, Yousuf Karsh. The exhibit features “literary portraits”. The photographer uses his mastery of visual language to tell the story of his [...]
- 26 MILES 385 YARDS
The launch of this exhibition coincided with the 2008 Boston Marathon. On display in the Johnson Building lobby of the Boston Public Library, a few steps away from the finish line on Boylston Street. The project features dramatic historical race photographs selected from the BPL Collections. This project was funded by John Hancock, principal sponsor [...]
- Champlain’s America
The John Carter Brown Library at Brown University, in partnership with the Boston Public Library, presents “Champlain’s America: New England and New France” as part of an international series of events commemorating the role of Frenchman Samuel de Champlain in the settlement of North America. Drawing on the variety of the John Carter Brown Library’s [...]
- Steig
Featuring the works of American author, illustrator and cartoonist, William Steig, (1907- 2003). This exhibition was on display in the Boston Room of the Boston Public Library in late 2007. The “King of Cartoons” works included several sketches, drawings, watercolors, and even covers from The New Yorker Magazine.
- United We Will Stand
This exhibition features a selection of posters from the collections in the Print Department of the Boston Public Library. The majority of World War II posters were published from 1939 to 1945 by the United States Government Printing Office. They were a visual call to arms for all citizens. On display in the Wiggin [...]
- Vattemare
This major collaborative exhibition on Alexandre Vattemare, ventriloquist and one of the founding fathers of the public library movement, was jointly conceived by the Boston Public Library and Paris bibliothèques. Following its successful opening in Paris in January 2007, the exhibition traveled to Boston in June, where over 34,000 visitors attended its 5-month run. [...]
- AIGA BoNE Show 2007
Design for the AIGA BoNE Show 2007 exhibition was a great commission for littleBIGbird. The Best of New England Show is a unique design competition and fundraiser for Boston AIGA. On display were all the winning entries including books, magazines, posters, packaging, and apparel. On display at The Bakalar Gallery, Mass College of Art in [...]
- New Acquisitions
The concept for New Acquisitions was simple: only items acquired by the Boston Public Library Print Department within the previous calendar year are eligible for this exhibition. This is a great deal of works since the BPLPD are active collectors of drawings, prints, and photographs, especially by artists with ties to Boston. A range of [...]
- Stow Wengenroth
Stow Wengenroth was a master of lithography. The artist that became famous for his detailed depictions of the seascapes and landscapes of New England, and particularly Maine. Hence the title of this show: “From Eastport to Rockport“ on display at the Wiggin Gallery of the Boston Public Library in 2006.
- Eggrock
Eggrock needed a custom design for an upcoming tradeshow. Since this was the first of many, the design should be modular, portable, and adapt to different environments. Solution included an all-white custom computer kiosk and info-graphics modular wall and featured the actual bathroom product
Eggrock builds bathrooms like a car company builds cars - in [...] - Journeys of the Imagination
An exhibition of World Maps from the Cartographic Collections of the Norman B. Leventhal Map Center at the Boston Public Library. Featured are a selection of World maps, atlases, and globes demonstrating our changing perception of the world. Also on display are several hand-drawn maps by Boston school children illustrating their unique view of our [...]
- Riot & The Rule of Law
John Adams and the Boston Massacre Trial of 1770 was the subject of this exhibition at the Boston Public Library in 2005. Content included original manuscripts, rare books, maps and political cartoons. Some materials belonged to the personal library of John Adams. This exhibition coincides with a two-year project, funded by the Institute of Museum [...]
- Faces & Places
Inagural exhibit of the newly-created Norman B. Leventhal Map Center at the Boston Public Library. This map exhibit details Boston’s history, and focuses on the many cultures that shaped and now define the City of Boston. Several students from Boston Public Schools were selected to represent their respective country; they are featured on banners located [...]
- Mapping Boston
Maps, Views, Photos, Interactive imaging are all offered to reinforce the notion of Boston being the original “Big Dig”. This show features over 100 works spanning 4 centuries from 1630–2000, focusing on the historic land-making of Boston over this time. An ambitious outreach program allowed specially trained tour guides to showcase this exhibit [...]