Prisons of our own perceptions

Scott Jackson’s Acting Shakespeare class is a transformative experience

A group of incarcerated individuals stand in a circle in a classroom. Some wear orange and gray beanies. A chalkboard with writing and a graph is behind them. Drawings and photos of butterflies and insects are taped to the wall. They appear to be engaged in a group activity.

Building community through art

A golden mosaic wall with a large red cross, with ornate cushioned pews in the foreground covered by a blanket.

Arts and culture stories

  • Duncan and Ruth Stroik pose for a photo in front of their four-columned home.

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    Raffaella, Aloft

    A dancer whose too-short life was a prayer to share the beauty of her art performs something of a healing miracle in death: inspiring a rare new, original ballet in her memory.

  • A person stands on a stage, lit by spotlights, with their arm extended while performing.

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    Fighting for Shakespeare for all

    When Christy Burgess started the Robinson Shakespeare Company in 2008, the idea of the youth acting troupe one day performing in England would have been laughed off as an impossible dream.

  • A dinosaur skull, with sharp teeth and a dark brown color, is displayed on a stand.

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    Saving Peck's Rex

    A Notre Dame paleontologist, one of the world’s largest T. rex specimens and a tense standoff in the badlands of Montana

  • Black and white photo of the Giants baseball team with halftone texture.

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    In the presence of Giants

    How Notre Dame students and faculty are uncovering the legacy of South Bend's underrepresented baseball teams.


Arts in action

  1. A collage of architectural sketches, watercolor paintings of historic buildings, and urban planning maps.

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    Form and function

    The School of Architecture marks 50 years of the Rome Studies Program

  2. Framed caricature sketch of a man with a mustache, facing left, signed and dated March 18, 1954, leaning against books on a wooden shelf.

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    G.K. Chesterton and Notre Dame

    The writer’s things add a new dimension to the University’s presence in London

  3. Video

    Hall of Casts

    In the late 19th and early 20th centuries, cast-plaster fragments of classical and historical buildings were collected so working-class people and students who couldn’t afford to travel would be able see some of the world’s greatest art and architectural masterpieces.

  4. A glowing archway in a dark, brick-like space.

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    Heritage in the kiln

    Renewal and sustainability through traditional brickmaking.

  5. Gallery view in the Snite Museum of Art at the University of Notre Dame, with framed religious paintings on royal blue and white walls. Light wood floors reflect the artwork.

    Photo Essay

    In the galleries

    The visitor experience in the Raclin Murphy Museum of Art.

  6. A white castle with multiple towers and spires sits by a calm lake with a white swan, surrounded by a lush green forest.

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    The inspiration place

    Writers and artists find space to create at Ireland’s Kylemore Abbey

  7. A mounted wound roll of microfiche showing very small, highly detailed images of book scans.

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    Legacy in preservation: Notre Dame safeguards irreplaceable manuscripts

    How a relationship born out of the Cold War made the Hesburgh Libraries an essential destination for medieval research.

  8. A man in a red polo shirt stands and gestures while speaking to a diverse group of adults sitting at a table in a classroom.

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    Fighting for literacy across America

    Inclusive ways of reading, writing and speaking amplify diverse student voices

  9. An artist paints a section of a stained-glass window depicting Saint Joseph and Jesus using a blue hue from a watercolor palette on a light table.

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    Painting with light

    New class explores the history, significance, and making of stained glass.

  10. Stylized image of a person with dark hair, looking upwards. A nighttime view of Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris and the Seine River is superimposed over their face and chest.  A faded image of Notre Dame's facade overlays the upper right corner.

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    Rising from the ashes

    Notre Dame architecture students get a behind-the-scenes look at the restoration of Cathedral of Notre-Dame.