Author: Jennifer Osgood

Check-Out Art From The Graphic Arts Loan Collection At The Morrison Library

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The Graphic Arts Loan Collection (GALC) at the Morrison Library has been checking out art to UC Berkeley students, staff, and faculty since 1958. We had a very successful Fall event, and now we’re back for two weeks this January to offer more prints to the campus community.

The purpose of the GALC since its inception has been to put art in the hands of UC Berkeley students (and the best way to appreciate art is to live with it!), so for two weeks starting on January 20th, our website will reopen to online reservations. We will fill requests on a first come, first served basis. While a majority of our collection was checked out last Fall, we still have some prints available, including 12 new pieces by artists such as Pavel Acevedo, Ansel Adams, Sharon Jue, and Leo Krikorian. We are also pleased to offer two prints from our 2025 Art Practice & Library Printmaking Award winner, Maxine Eschger.

If you already have two prints checked out and would like to switch your artwork, remember that you need to return one print in order to check out another.

 

 

Art for the Asking: Check-Out Art From The Graphic Arts Loan Collection At The Morrison Library August 25 to 28

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A bright poster advertising the GALC open house from August 25th through 28th, in the Morrison Library.

The Graphic Arts Loan Collection (GALC) at the Morrison Library has been checking out art to UC Berkeley students, staff, and faculty since 1958 and it is back again this year!

The purpose of the GALC since its inception has been to put art in the hands of UC Berkeley students (and the best way to appreciate art is to live with it!), so on August 25 and 26, from noon to 4 p.m., and August 27 and 28, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., UC Berkeley students can come to the Morrison Library (101 Doe Library) and check-out up to two pieces of art from the GALC’s collection to take home and hang on their walls for the academic year. The prints will be available to students on a first come, first served basis. We will also have our newest prints available, including art by Dave Eggers and Annie Owens.

If you would like to see what we have before you come to the Morrison Library, all the prints are available to browse online at the Graphic Arts Loan Collection website. Not everything in the collection will be available at the Morrison Library on these days, but much of the collection will. Please note that the Graphic Arts Loan Collection will not be available to staff and faculty members during this time, but only available to UC Berkeley students. Starting September 2nd students can reserve prints from the collection through the GALC website, and on September 15th, faculty and staff can begin reserving prints. Any questions about the GALC can be directed to graphicarts-library@berkeley.edu.