CCS Bard to Double Capacity of Library and Archives with New Keith Haring Wing
The Center for Curatorial Studies, Bard College.
The Center for Curatorial Studies, Bard College (CCS Bard) today announced the expansion of its Library and Archives with a new 6,000-square-foot addition. Supported by a $10M capital project, the Keith Haring Wing will be named in recognition of a lead $3M gift from the Keith Haring Foundation. The expansion responds to the continued growth of CCS Bard’s research center and collections, encompassing art and archival holdings, which have seen an infusion of materials from key contemporary art figures, including gallerist Gavin Brown, scholar and art historian Eddie Chambers, and curator and art historian Robert Storr. The addition will more than double the current capacity of CCS Bard’s Library and Archives, significantly increasing the number of students, scholars, and researchers it can support.
The Keith Haring Foundation’s gift builds on a longstanding partnership with CCS Bard, including most notably the Keith Haring Chair in Art and Activism that has brought prominent scholars, activists, and artists to Bard for the past decade, and which was fully endowed in 2022. Additional lead support for the project is provided by the Marieluise Hessel Foundation, along with major gifts from the Stavros Niarchos Foundation (SNF), the Martin and Rebecca Eisenberg Foundation, and a private foundation. The new wing will break ground this summer with an expected completion date of late 2025.
“The expansion of the CCS Bard Library and Archives is an investment in our core educational mission and the many people who make up the CCS Bard community,” said Tom Eccles, Executive Director of the Center for Curatorial Studies, Bard College. “It is in this spirit that we thank the Keith Haring Foundation, the Marieluise Hessel Foundation, and other supporters whose contributions have had an indelible impact on the intellectual life of CCS Bard.”
“The Keith Haring Foundation is deeply honored to contribute to the expansion of the CCS Bard Library and Archives, an initiative that aligns perfectly with Keith's vision of accessibility and community engagement through art and education. This significant enhancement of the library’s resources underscores our shared commitment to fostering an environment where curiosity and creativity can thrive. We are delighted to see Keith’s spirit of innovation and inclusion continue to inspire and influence the CCS Bard community,” said Gil Vazquez, Executive Director of the Keith Haring Foundation.
The new Keith Haring Wing designed by the award-winning firm HWKN Architecture with C.T. Male Associates serving as executive architect will complement the existing CCS Bard Library and Archives with a greatly expanded reading room, situated next to open research stacks that can accommodate more than 30,000 additional volumes. A new 30-person classroom and smaller collaborative study room will enable CCS Bard to host a wider range of courses, workshops, and study groups, deepening ties with the undergraduate Art History and Visual Culture program and other college departments. With six new offices, the expansion will also support visiting faculty and researcher positions that engage leading global scholars with the research collection and Bard community. While an additional 6,000 square feet of new storage space below the library will help accommodate the continued growth of CCS Bard’s research collections.
"We are thrilled to have developed a contextual design for the expansion of the Center for Curatorial Studies at Bard, aimed at enhancing the educational and community aspects of this unique venue,” said Matthias Hollwich, Founding Principal of HWKN Architecture. “Paying homage to the existing CCS Bard Library and Archives, we designed the new Keith Haring Wing to weave into the past while looking ahead to the future of the campus."
Post Date: 05-08-2024
The Keith Haring Foundation’s gift builds on a longstanding partnership with CCS Bard, including most notably the Keith Haring Chair in Art and Activism that has brought prominent scholars, activists, and artists to Bard for the past decade, and which was fully endowed in 2022. Additional lead support for the project is provided by the Marieluise Hessel Foundation, along with major gifts from the Stavros Niarchos Foundation (SNF), the Martin and Rebecca Eisenberg Foundation, and a private foundation. The new wing will break ground this summer with an expected completion date of late 2025.
“The expansion of the CCS Bard Library and Archives is an investment in our core educational mission and the many people who make up the CCS Bard community,” said Tom Eccles, Executive Director of the Center for Curatorial Studies, Bard College. “It is in this spirit that we thank the Keith Haring Foundation, the Marieluise Hessel Foundation, and other supporters whose contributions have had an indelible impact on the intellectual life of CCS Bard.”
“The Keith Haring Foundation is deeply honored to contribute to the expansion of the CCS Bard Library and Archives, an initiative that aligns perfectly with Keith's vision of accessibility and community engagement through art and education. This significant enhancement of the library’s resources underscores our shared commitment to fostering an environment where curiosity and creativity can thrive. We are delighted to see Keith’s spirit of innovation and inclusion continue to inspire and influence the CCS Bard community,” said Gil Vazquez, Executive Director of the Keith Haring Foundation.
The new Keith Haring Wing designed by the award-winning firm HWKN Architecture with C.T. Male Associates serving as executive architect will complement the existing CCS Bard Library and Archives with a greatly expanded reading room, situated next to open research stacks that can accommodate more than 30,000 additional volumes. A new 30-person classroom and smaller collaborative study room will enable CCS Bard to host a wider range of courses, workshops, and study groups, deepening ties with the undergraduate Art History and Visual Culture program and other college departments. With six new offices, the expansion will also support visiting faculty and researcher positions that engage leading global scholars with the research collection and Bard community. While an additional 6,000 square feet of new storage space below the library will help accommodate the continued growth of CCS Bard’s research collections.
"We are thrilled to have developed a contextual design for the expansion of the Center for Curatorial Studies at Bard, aimed at enhancing the educational and community aspects of this unique venue,” said Matthias Hollwich, Founding Principal of HWKN Architecture. “Paying homage to the existing CCS Bard Library and Archives, we designed the new Keith Haring Wing to weave into the past while looking ahead to the future of the campus."
Post Date: 05-08-2024