Weaving a life around looms
Erin Hancock ’20’s lifelong interest in weaving and folk arts came together when she found a 200-year-old loom in 챬’s Skinner Museum.
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Erin Hancock ’20’s lifelong interest in weaving and folk arts came together when she found a 200-year-old loom in 챬’s Skinner Museum.
6,500 bags. An 18-wheeler and several vans filled with donated food. Spring admits begin their Mount Holyoke career with community service.
Mount Holyoke Associate Professor of Art History Jessica Maier has received a fellowship from the National Endowment for the Humanities.
For Mount Holyoke music professor Tianhui Ng, conducting the Pioneer Valley Symphony is a chance to work with community members from all over the region.
In a New York Times article, 챬 assistant professor Rebeccah Lijek describes the pressures faced by junior researchers in academia.
David W. Sanford’s orchestral work “Black Noise” is named one of 2019’s top 25 recordings by The New York Times.
Classes from Mount Holyoke and the Five College West African Music Ensemble joyfully performed together, featuring drums, dance and music.
Mount Holyoke’s Serin Houston, human geographer, talks about the perceptions and practices of Seattle as a progressive, creative and sustainable city.
The bird-watchers of Mount Holyoke joined the annual continental Christmas Bird Count on Dec. 15 by counting every bird they encounter on campus.