Exhibitions
![Master of Fine Arts in Illustration and Visual Culture (MFA-IVC) students investigating materials from the Dowd Illustration Research Archive (DIRA) as a part of their Exhibition & Engagement course.](https://library.wustl.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/WUL_Exhibitions_Re-Drawn-Header_20240125_134157-1880x890.jpg)
Re-Drawn: Pictures, Plots & Portrayals from Special Collections
The Re-Drawn exhibition presents materials curated by first-year MFA-IVC students for their Exhibition & Engagement course requirement.
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![Beautifully decorative cover of Flora Symbolica with a miniature book alongside it.](https://library.wustl.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/WUL_Exhibitions_RB-BouquetOfBooks-Header_20240613_104343-1880x890.jpg?theia_smart_thumbnails_file_version=2)
Bouquet of Books
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In this exhibition, miniature books with flowers have been assembled along with their meanings to create a beautiful bouquet of...
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![A photo of the Jubilee Housing from the Washington University Archives.](https://library.wustl.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/wua00366-Jubilee-housing-1880x890.jpg?theia_smart_thumbnails_file_version=2)
“Our Only Hope”: Black Women and the 1969 Rent Strike
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This exhibition tells the story of the Black women-led rent strike that reshaped the landscape of urban public housing.
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![A page from a typed book with the lettering squiggled out in pen with a handwritten note in Latin.](https://library.wustl.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/WUL_Exhibitions_Spec-RB-3F-Heading-1880x890.jpg)
Fakes, Forgeries, and Forbidden Books
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The Fakes, Forgeries, and Forbidden Books exhibition explores counterfeit money, as well as different aspects of book crimes and censorship.
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![A silk scroll detailing medicinal plants.](https://library.wustl.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/WUL_Exhibitions_Spec-RB-CapturingNature-ThankaTibet-Heading-1880x890.jpg?theia_smart_thumbnails_file_version=2)
Capturing Nature
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The Capturing Nature exhibition examines how humans have attempted to capture, study, depict, and use plants over the centuries.
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Past Exhibitions
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Exhibition Illustrated History: Selections from the MFA-IVC Students’ Work in Special Collections
-Illustrated History presents selected digital exhibitions from the MFA Illustration & Visual Culture (MFA-IVC) Exhibition & Engagement course.View Exhibition about Illustrated History: Selections from the MFA-IVC Students’ Work in Special Collections -
Exhibition Powder, Crinoline, Beasts, Gremlins: Fairytale Subjects in Illustration
-The Powder, Crinoline, Beasts, Gremlins exhibition highlights fairytale illustrations and illustrators' unique approaches to the stories.View Exhibition about Powder, Crinoline, Beasts, Gremlins: Fairytale Subjects in Illustration -
Exhibition Bound for Beauty
-Bound for Beauty explores the most beautiful books in the University Libraries' collections and the decorative techniques used.View Exhibition about Bound for Beauty -
Exhibition Making History: The Rise of Gay Rights in Kansas City
-This traveling pop-up exhibition explores the activism of gays and lesbians in the decades before 1969, including Kansas City’s surprisingly...View Exhibition about Making History: The Rise of Gay Rights in Kansas City -
Exhibition Ideas, Art, and Community: My Zine Collection
-ACLU of Missouri's Nicole Rainey has been collecting zines since the 1990s and shares a portion of them here in...View Exhibition about Ideas, Art, and Community: My Zine Collection -
Exhibition Counter/Narratives: (Re)presenting Race & Ethnicity
-Counter/Narrative investigates ideas surrounding the (re)presentation of historical narratives through artwork and artifacts.View Exhibition about Counter/Narratives: (Re)presenting Race & Ethnicity -
Exhibition The Magic in His Hands: Charles Johnson’s Artistic Versatility
-The Magic in His Hands presents selections from Johnson's recently acquired papers and shows how Johnson transcends presupposed boundaries.View Exhibition about The Magic in His Hands: Charles Johnson’s Artistic Versatility -
Exhibition Chiura Obata, an Artist Behind Barbed Wire: 80 Years After the Incarceration
-The Chiura Obata exhibition provides history on the artist’s incarceration and showcases paintings made during that period.View Exhibition about Chiura Obata, an Artist Behind Barbed Wire: 80 Years After the Incarceration -
Exhibition Leaving China: An Artist Paints His World War II Childhood
-Leaving China is an exhibition of work by artist James McMullan focusing on watercolor paintings about his childhood during World...View Exhibition about Leaving China: An Artist Paints His World War II Childhood -
Exhibition Created Equal: Slavery and the Declaration of Independence
-Created Equal looks at historical documents like the Declaration of Independence to elaborate on the narratives told by and with...View Exhibition about Created Equal: Slavery and the Declaration of Independence -
Exhibition Belonging: Recent Graphic Novels from German-Speaking Countries
-The Belonging exhibition showcases German-language graphic novels in the Mike Lutzeler Contemporary German Literature Collection of Washington University Libraries.View Exhibition about Belonging: Recent Graphic Novels from German-Speaking Countries -
Exhibition Joy Williams: Honored Guest
-With her connections to writers in the Modern Literature Collection and as the first female fiction writer to house papers...View Exhibition about Joy Williams: Honored Guest