Erin Donar
Erin Donar
Recent Stories
Scully '40 awarded Nichols Prize
Vincent J. Scully Jr. '40, widely considered one of the nation's foremost architects, has been selected as this year's recipient of the Urban Land Institute J.C. Nichols Prize for Visionary Urban Development. "Nobody's had a more profound effect on...
An American journalist in West Africa
This summer, as many of my colleagues interned at newspapers in New Haven and around the country, I decided to try something totally different. I went halfway around the world to try my hand at journalism in a developing African country. I ended up...
Designing a building, without drawing it first
A new exhibit at the Yale School of Architecture features kissing robots, material from a music video, and other designs focused on the idea of a malleable blob. "Intricacy," the first exhibit at the School of Architecture for the 2003-2004 season...
Sprague Hall opens with jazz, classical guitar
Heath Brothers, Sharon Isbin welcome musical audiences back to newly renovated facility
On Sept. 5 and 6, the newly renovated Sprague Hall was christened with performances by jazz legends The Heath Brothers and Grammy Award-winning classical guitarist Sharon Isbin MUS '79. After undergoing extensive renovations for two years, Sprague...
Library experiments with creative fusion: art, and the poems it inspired
A new exhibit at the New Haven Public Library showcases the fusion of prints by a New Haven artist and the poems that her artwork inspired. "Enchanted Vision: An Exhibit of Mutually Inspired Prints and Poems" features the prints of New Haven artist Oi...
Claire's buzzes with coffee-themed art
Connecticut artist David Marshall has taken the all too familiar act of watching the clock at work and used it as an inspiration for art. "Caffeine Daydreams," a new exhibit at Claire's Corner Copia, displays seven works of acrylic on canvas...
York Sq. displays more than movies
Ukrainian artist Korenfeld's mythical, symbolic etchings draw on mythology for inspiration
While waiting for a movie to start at the York Square Cinema, instead of buying popcorn and candy, patrons can view art in the York Square Cinema Gallery in the lobby of the theater. The latest exhibit features the work of Marina Korenfeld, an artist...
Brandt exhibit to open at British Art Center
Diverse half-century of work includes pieces of social commentary, nudes, war shots, portraits
From now through July, prints by Bill Brandt, one of the most widely regarded photographers of the 20th century, will be on display at the Yale Center for British Art. The exhibit, "Bill Brandt: A Retrospective," features 155 gelatin silver prints...
New hybrid 'anthem' combines politics, art
Art student's work critiques nationalism
At a children's concert performed by the Yale Concert Band on Sunday, in front of rows of strollers and restless youngsters, Music Director Thomas C. Duffy chose to begin the performance with a piece he called both "unsettling" and "chilling.
JE hosts art exhibit of the Pergamon Altar
Turkish sculpture depicts battle between men and gods
For the next two months, visitors to the Jonathan Edwards Master's House can see something not normally found inside a Yale building: a 400-foot altar. The exhibit, "From Portraits to Pergamon: The Art of Rob Anderson," features charcoal drawings of...