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.
The Henry R. Hatch Reading Room Special Collections exhibit space, located on the second 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:
Curated by the CWRU Department of Modern Languages and Literatures, this exhibit highlights intersecting disciplines on campus pertaining to the international Slow Food movement.
Over 1.1 million international students were in the U.S. during the last academic year, according to the Open Doors International Student Survey of nearly 3,000 colleges and universities by the Institute of International Education (IIE) and sponsored by the U.S. State Department. Celebrate these experiences with titles like food blogger Thien Pham's illustrated memoir Family Style: Memories of an American from Vietnam (2023) and Hena Khan's We are Big Time (2024), a graphic novel about an all-girls, hijab-wearing basketball team.
This exhibit features work from painter William Sommer, poet Hart Crane, architect William Lescaze, and theater designer Richard Rychtarik. This exhibit features items from the library's Hart Crane Collection and items from the collection of the exhibit's curator, Lawrence Waldman, Ph.D.
