Vanderbilt Libraries Outreach

  The University Art Gallery’s spring 2020 exhibition, Visionary Aponte: Art and Black Freedom, was selected by the Nashville Scene as the Best University Exhibition of the past year. The show, curated… Keep reading

The Department of African American and Diaspora Studies was initially named the Afro-American Studies Program. It was not a new academic field when it was first offered at Vanderbilt University… Keep reading

Ediciones Vigía began making handmade books in Matanzas, Cuba, in 1985, limited to 100-200 copies, to make national literature known to Cubans and to create beautiful books. Despite the economic… Keep reading

From satirical political cartoons to personified flowers, the illustrations of French illustrator J.J. Grandville (1803-1847) have been very influential. Grandville moved from his birth city of Nancy to Paris to… Keep reading

Vanderbilt University Special Collections is fortunate to hold a small collection of works by American illustrator and writer Edward St. John Gorey (1925-2000). Gorey rose to prominence in the late… Keep reading

Over the last year, a group of provost-appointed art experts met to recommend strategic initiatives that would support cross-campus art collaboration. The University Arts Council advocates for all of the… Keep reading

Vanderbilt’s History of Medicine Collections is home to thousands of cookbooks, receipt books, and collections of home remedies. Food for Health and Wealth: Five Centuries of Cookbooks and Recipes, part… Keep reading

Opening on September 12, 2019, this exhibition at Vanderbilt’s Annette and Irwin Eskind Family Biomedical Library, part of a collaborative international year-long initiative with Oxford University, the University of St…. Keep reading

On October 25, 2019, Vanderbilt libraries staff came together to host the first Nashville Area Library Alliance (NALA) Support Staff as Leaders Conference, providing high quality sessions and networking opportunities… Keep reading

The Southern Festival of Books, held in downtown Nashville since 1989, is a great event for the city and a easy way for Vanderbilt libraries to promote reading and spread… Keep reading