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Museum News

Hood Museum to Unveil New Bronze Version of Public Art Sculpture

July 16, 2026

A public art favorite will return to Dartmouth's campus in a new medium later this summer when the Hood Museum of Art installs a bronze version of artist Ursula von Rydingsvard's sculpture Wide Babelki Bowl (2007). The bronze edition was created from a cast of the original cedar sculpture and will be placed in front of Rollins Chapel on Dartmouth's campus, where the original sculpture stood.

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Technology in Service of Building Community with Abenaki Partners at Odanak

July 01, 2026

RICHEL CUYLER
Technical Developer

Hood Quarterly, summer 2026

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Exhibitions

Shared Ground: Asian American Art in Conversation

July 01, 2026

HAELY CHANG
Jane and Raphael Bernstein Associate Curator of East Asian Art

EVONNE FUSELIER
Hood Museum Board of Advisors Mutual Learning Fellow

ELIZABETH RICE MATTISON
Andrew W. Mellon Curator of Academic Programming and Curator of European Art

ASHLEY B. OFFILL
Curator of Collections

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Exhibitions

Division of Labor: Work in the United States

July 01, 2026

AMELIA KAHL
Barbara C. and Harvey P. Hood 1918 Senior Curator of Academic Programming

ALISA SWINDELL
Associate Curator of Photography

Hood Quarterly, summer 2026

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First–Year Student Enrichment Program (FYSEP)

July 01, 2026

AMELIA KAHL
Barbara C. and Harvey P. Hood 1918 Senior Curator of Academic Programming

Hood Quarterly, summer 2026

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Museum News

The End of an Era: A Decade of Directorship

July 01, 2026

JOHN R. STOMBERG
Virginia Rice Kelsey 1961s Director

Hood Quarterly, summer 2026

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Director's Letter: Summer 2026

July 01, 2026

JOHN R. STOMBERG
Virginia Rice Kelsey 1961s Director

Hood Quarterly, summer 2026

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The Hood Museum Will Present the First Major Exhibition of Its Asian Art Collection in January 2027

May 07, 2026

The Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth, is pleased to introduce Asian Art at Dartmouth: Highlights from the Hood Museum of Art, which will open to the public during a reception on the evening of Friday, January 8, 2027. The exhibition will be on view January 9 through November 13, 2027.