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Blending Realities at the 3D Lab
By Abhigya Koirala ’26 This semester, I had the opportunity to work as a 3D Lab Assistant at the VRC’s 3D Lab in the Department of Art History. My primary responsibility was to familiarize myself with different Blender tools and learn different things one can do with Blender. Apart from the smaller models I made…
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Uncovering Layers of History: Evidence of Repainting on Icons in the Blick-Harris Study Collection
By William Gerhardinger ’24 The icons of holy figures in the Blick-Harris Study Collection provide students with many research opportunities from provenance research to iconographic and material studies. My task is rewarding both as an investigation in itself and a foundation on which future studies can rest. I reveal evidence of repainting on the icons…
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Discovering the Intersection of Art and Technology
By Sammy Shrestha ’25 As a student with a keen interest in product design, I spent this semester working as a 3D Lab Manager at Kenyon College’s Visual Resources Center. My role as a 3D modeler and artist allowed me to delve into the world where art meets technology, paving a path towards my career…
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The Longevity of Pattern and Design in Islamic Architecture
By Annika Schultz ’26 The Baly slides are a collection of images taken by the late Dr. Denis Baly in the 1950s through 1970s. The full collection contains over 20,000 35 mm slides focusing on Middle Eastern, North African, and Southern European architecture. In my two semesters with the Visual Resource Center, I have worked…
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The Best Job in the World
By Zhuocheng Jiang ’26 This is a long-term project. Many students have already taken part in the file sorting, summarizing, and uploading data and images in the Zhou Yan Contemporary Chinese Art Archive (ZYCCAA). My job entails uploading materials collected and sorted by prior student employees, as well as writing an objective description for each…
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Organizing and Cataloging the Blick-Harris Study Collection
By Lana Stone ’26 Since starting as an assistant in the Visual Resources Center this year, my work has taken on many forms. At the beginning of the semester, I was responsible for creating object cards for the artifacts in our large display cabinets in collections storage. This consisted of artifacts like the Byzantine icons,…
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Finding Loose Threads
By Delaney Marrs ’26 Where does one begin the process of updating the website details for the over 1,400 objects in the Blick-Harris Study Collection (BHSC)? My choice: upper left shelf, picture stand. One by one, working through the prints and paintings residing in this corner of the collection, my task is standardizing and expanding…
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A “Retro” Slavonic Psalter: Exploring Manuscript Culture in Eastern Europe
By Sam Bowden ’24 Artist unknown. A leaf from a Passion, 18th century, ink on paper, 8 ½ × 6 ¾ in. (21.6 × 17.2 cm), Blick-Harris Study Collection, 2020.456. This page is a beautiful example of an Eastern Orthodox illuminated manuscript. One side (the recto) is clearly brighter than the other. Despite many archaic…
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Beauty of the Solitary: My Time at the ZYCCAA
By Nicole Wang ’26 I have been working with the Zhou Yan Contemporary Chinese Art Archive (ZYCCAA) as a Visual Resources Assistant (VRA) since September 2023. When I started, I had little to no practical experience in cataloging and assessing artworks. All I knew was that I loved visiting art museums, especially those featuring contemporary…
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Coloring the Past, Making It Last
By Moe Belghith ’25 In my role at the Visual Resources Center (VRC), I’ve had the privilege of journeying beyond the confines of time and geography. I’m not just a spectator to the diverse array of historical monuments across the globe; I’m also a time traveler, peering through the masterful lens of Professor Denis Baly’s…
