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The Legacy of Vesuvius: Bourbon Discoveries on the Bay of Naples exhibition catalogue is a truly diverse collection of arts and culture from the Spanish Bourbon Court in Naples, Italy.

Photo courtesy of Ana Girard, SMU doctoral research student

Photo courtesy of Sarah Russell, SMU doctoral research student

Photo courtesy of Jackie Edwards, SMU doctoral research student

This summer, the Custard Institute sent seven doctoral students to Spain with travel grants to support their research into various aspects of Spanish arts and culture.

Prof. Claudia Hopkins, recipient of the inaugural Mark A. Roglán Publication Award

The Custard Institute is pleased to announce that the recipient of the inaugural Mark A. Roglán Publication Award is Prof. Claudia Hopkins for the catalogue Romantic Spain. David Roberts and Genaro Pérez Villaamil (2021).

Anna Ficek is the inaugural postdoctoral fellow at SMU’s Custard Institute of Spanish Art and Culture at the Meadows Museum.

Custard Institute launches with inaugural symposium:

First row L to R: Linda P. Custard, SMU Trustee Emerita and Chair, Meadows Museum Advisory Council; Mark A. Roglán, Linda P. and William A. Custard Director of the Meadows Museum and Centennial Chair in Meadows School of the Arts; William A. Custard. Second row L to R: Peter Miller, President and CEO, The Meadows Foundation; R. Gerald Turner, President, SMU; Samuel S. Holland, Meadows School of the Arts Dean, SMU; Brad E. Cheves, Vice President for Development and External Affairs, SMU. Photo courtesy of Southern Methodist University, Kim Leeson

New Institute for Spanish Art and Culture inspires a New Chapter for SMU’s Meadows Museum