Exhibits at KSL enhance the library’s programming initiatives featuring the library’s collections, partnered efforts with University Departments supporting student learning and faculty research, or furthering connections to the surrounding community.
FAQs:
- Members of the campus and community are invited to develop an exhibit and program partnership with the library by contacting: kslexhibits@case.edu
- The library’s exhibits and programs are scheduled with a minimum of six months of planning, some exhibition spaces are scheduled a year or more in advance.
- Submit a request for a partnered exhibit project through the Exhibit Request Form.
Exhibit spaces:
The KSL Art Gallery is an open-plan space featuring modular wall-only display space. Located on the 1st floor of the library, this exhibition space is devoted to exhibits with a campus or community focus. Exhibition frequency is three times a calendar year.
KSL Features is a pop-up exhibit space for books near the library's main entrance. The themes of these book pop-ups coincide with current programming, showcase diversity, and highlight new titles in the collection. Library patrons are encouraged to interact with and check out these titles. Each pop-up is on view for an average of two to three weeks during the academic year.
Located on the 2nd floor of the library, The O’Neil Reading Room consists of wall display space in a space with a lot of student use. Exhibition frequency is two times a calendar year, with preference for exhibits connected to KSL programming or partnerships.
The Henry R. Hatch Reading Room Special Collections exhibit space, located on the 2nd floor of the library, is devoted to exhibiting rare and unique items from KSL Special Collections or items related to these collections, mostly in exhibit cases. These exhibitions and related programming are critical to connecting Special Collections to a broader audience. Exhibit frequency is twice a calendar year in this space.
Exhibits on view now:
Painters of Light is an exhibit featuring watercolor and oil paintings from the plein air painters in CWRU's Siegal Lifelong Learning class at the University Farm (Squire Valleevue and Valley Ridge Farms). This exhibit brings the respite of sunshine and pastoral landscapes to the campus community. Local artists include Patricia Hanahan Sigmier, Mary Pat Oliver, and Linda Stiller. On view through April.
March is Gender Equality Month and March 31st is Trans Day of Visibility. Check out titles like Rhea Ewig’s Fine: A Comic About Gender (2022) and Emma’s Charge Émotionelle/The Mental Load: A Feminist Comic (2018).
This stunning exhibit of cover art from the Cleveland Bystander, a local monthly publication from the late 19th and early 20th centuries, coincides with the debut of The Bystander Chatbot, created by KSL’s Digital Collections Student, Tharun Viswanathan.
Discover what people were wearing and what people were doing in early 20th century Cleveland. What will you ask the Chatbot?
Cleveland Town Topics and the Cleveland Bystander are available in Digital Case.
The year 2025 is a celebration of 250 years of Jane Austen! KSL recognizes this momentous year with the exhibit Jane Austen's Library. Austen read widely in the classics of her day, including the famous and the forgotten. On view now through June, Jane Austen's Library creates the theoretical library of Jane Austen.
Save the date for a KSL author talk and reception with Rebecca Romney author of Jane Austen's Bookshelf (2025) exploring the lives of Austen's favorite women writers!
