The Architecture, Design, and Art Library & Blaffer Art Museum
Present:
Pop-Up Art Library + Studio Sessions
Come find the Pop-Up Library booth and browse through a selection of curated art books after touring Maria Guzmán Capron’s exhibition. Then get a chance to meet the artist while enjoying free food! In partnership with Blaffer Art Museum and BAMSA.
Time: 1:30- 2:30pm
Location: Fine Arts Courtyard
About
Pop-Up’s
The Pop-Up Library program began in 2018 in collaboration with Blaffer Art Museum to introduce students to two campus resources. Each pop-up consists of curated art books and featured catalogs for sale.
Studio Sessions
Blaffer Art Museum offers Studio Sessions the first Thursday of every month during the fall and spring semesters. Students are invited to join drop-in tours and hands-on activities to better connect with current exhibitions. The Blaffer regularly partners with the William R. Jenkins Architecture, Design, and Art Library to a host a pop-up at each event where students can check out art books and supplies.
This event is free and open to all students
♥Follow Us♥
Join us for a series of guided tours of Finding Your Way with Wayfinding: Nick Vaughan and Jake Margolin. Meet at the Blaffer Art Museum and tour the exhibition. Embark on a journey across campus to discover Wind Prints, Spray Pieces, and an Artist Book, exploring the artists’ works at Special Collections at M.D. Anderson Library, Student Center, and Jenkins Architecture, Design, and Art Library.
Learn about how the artists practice explores history and combines multiple media and performance to uncover the unheralded histories of LGBTQ communities across the United States. The works in Wayfinding are part of the 50 States project—an ongoing, multi-decade series that will be accomplished throughout the artists’ lifetimes—explores how the histories and legacies of elements found and forgotten affect the contemporary LGBTQ+ experience. Finish the tour at the Jenkins Architecture, Design, and Art Library, where you will converse over refreshments, as well as a prize drawing.
Organized in partnership with the Jenkins Architecture, Design, and art Library, Special Collections at the M.D. Anderson Library, and the Student Center.
Students who sign-up for the tours will automatically enter our prize drawing. Sign-up online here.
This event is FREE and open to the public.
Tour Schedule + Featured Performance
Tuesday, Sep 6, 2022
Time: 11: 00am – 12:30pm
Location: Meet at the Blaffer and tour the exhibition.
Reception and prize drawing to follow in the Jenkins Architecture, Design, and Art Library
Wednesday, Sep, 7 2022
Time: 1:00pm – 2:30pm
Location: Meet at the Blaffer and tour the exhibition.
Reception and prize drawing to follow in the Jenkins Architecture, Design, and Art Library
Wednesday, Sep, 7 2022
Time: 2:30 – 3:30pm
Nick & Jake Spray Painting Performance
Creating of “Freemont née Stewart Lake”
Location: Wilhelmina’s Grove
Attend the creation of an original artwork, part of Nick Vaughan and Jake Margolin’s series! Visit other works in the series at the Student Center and the Jenkins Architecture, Design, and Art Library at University of Houston.
Come visit Blaffer Art Museum and the Architecture, Design, and Art Library during Shasta’s Open House. Then engage in fun art making activities, pick-up free giveaways, and learn about our amazing resources, services, events and much more!
Shasta’s Open House
Date: Thursday, September 1st, 2022
Time: 11:00am -3:00pm
Location: Multiple locations
Visit dozens of departments and colleges while collecting freebies along the way! Learn about their upcoming events, services, and ways you can get involved.
The more stops you visit, the more giveaways you can get! Some prizes include t-shirts, gas gift cards, and a Nintendo Switch! See UH Calendar Here.
The Architecture, Design, and Art Library is now accepting student exhibition proposals for the 2022-2023 season. Open call due date is September 30, 2022. See website for more details
Welcome back students! The Architecture, Design, and Art Library’s Fall Hours will resume Monday, August 22, 2022.
Fall Hours
Monday – Thursday : 8am – 8pm
Friday : 8am – 5pm
Saturday & Sunday : 1-5pm
Holidays
Labor Day- Closed
Monday, Sep 5, 2022
Thanksgiving- Closed
Thursday, November 24 – Friday, November 25, 2022
Winter Break- Closed
Monday, December 26, 2022 – Friday, December 30, 2022
We are happy to announce that all undergraduate students will now be able check-out books for a whole semester! However, it does not apply to books belonging to UH Downtown, Clear Lake, and Law. See details below.
UH Libraries (Main Campus)
| Undergraduates | Semester Loan |
UH Law
| Undergraduates | 2-Weeks Loan |
UH Downtown
| Undergraduates | 6-Weeks Loan |
UH Clear Lake
| Undergraduates | 6-Weeks Loan |
*Note that, reserves, media, and other special items may have different lending periods.*
The University of Houston Libraries celebrated their 2022 Library Excellence Awards ceremony recognizing librarians and staff who achieve meritorious work goals and embody organizational values of collaboration, empathy, and creativity.
Estefania Garcia received the Staff Achievement award. Garcia became an avid promoter of equity and social justice by curating book displays that represent marginalized groups. Garcia is reliable and creative, assisting with promoting materials, creating short story clips on searching for articles, images, videos, and databases, and managing the William R. Jenkins Architecture, Design, and Art Library‘s Instagram account. Garcia is a recent graduate of the School of Art with a wide-ranging knowledge of art programs, and offers invaluable insight on student needs and behaviors when planning outreach and service activities.
Emily Slaughter received the Student Achievement award. Slaughter has an exemplary attitude, along with patience and a willingness to lend help where it’s needed. Currently a graduate student in the Curriculum and Instruction Art Education program, Slaughter’s insight on the learning habits of art students is always most welcome. 
Two brand new exhibitions featuring items from the Kenneth Franzheim II Rare Books Room are now on view at the William R. Jenkins Architecture, Design, and Art Library.
On display in the first floor display vitrine there are several furniture catalogs by the iconic furniture company, Herman Miller. Some of the items on display include a brochure for the Eames lounge chair, modular seating catalog, a digital look into The Herman Collection (1955), and more.
Additionally in the Mezzanine display case there are six plates from 450 Años de Lucha: Homenaje al Pueblo Mexicano (1960) (450 Years of Struggle: Homage to the Mexican People ) published by the Taller de Gráfica Popular. The plates depict important moments and figures in Mexico’s history, such as Cuauhtémoc and Benito Juarez.
The new exhibitions will be on view until the end of the Fall semester.