Events at this location

The Frederick Gunn School will present “Rowland Scherman ’55: Peace Protest, and Promise,” an exhibit featuring iconic photographs of significant cultural, political, and musical events, April 12 – June 8 in the Perakos Family Cares Art Gallery of the Thomas S. Perakos Arts and Community Center. An opening reception and gallery talk with the artist will be held April 24 from 5:30pm – 7:30pm.The gallery is open to the public free of charge. Parking is available in the Upper Parking Lot off Kirby Road, with a limited number of accessible parking spaces outside TPACC. Please see the Campus Map for details.

A Gunn alumnus, Scherman studied photography at Oberlin College and became the first official photographer for the Peace Corps. He photographed for LIFE magazine, Look, the United States Information Agency, and others. Through his lens, he captured many historic events in the 1960s, including the 1963 Newport Folk Festival, the March on Washington, D.C., and Woodstock. He traveled with U.S. Senator Robert F. Kennedy, toured with Judy Collins, and was in the studio when Crosby, Stills, and Nash recorded their first album. He won a Grammy Award for “Best Album Cover, Photography” in 1967 for his photograph of Bob Dylan, which was used for “Bob Dylan’s Greatest Hits.” Scherman’s work is archived at the University of Massachusetts Amherst and featured in the book, “Timeless,” and he was the subject of the documentary film, “Eye on the Sixties.”

OPEN TO THE PUBLIC
April 12 – June 8
Monday – Friday 10 a.m. – 4 p.m.

OPENING RECEPTION & GALLERY TALK
Thursday, April 24 5:30-7:30 p.m.

Photo caption:
John Lennon and Yoko Ono at a protest, London, August 1971 ©Rowland Scherman
Courtesy of Rowland Scherman and The Rowland Scherman Collection, Robert S. Cox Special Collections and University Archives Research Center, University of Massachusetts Amherst Libraries.

The Frederick Gunn School will present “Rowland Scherman ’55: Peace Protest, and Promise,” an exhibit featuring iconic photographs of significant cultural, political, and musical events, April 12 – June 8 in the Perakos Family Cares Art Gallery of the Thomas S. Perakos Arts and Community Center. An opening reception and gallery talk with the artist will be held April 24 from 5:30pm – 7:30pm. The gallery is open to the public free of charge. Parking is available in the Upper Parking Lot off Kirby Road, with a limited number of accessible parking spaces outside TPACC. Please see the Campus Map for details.

A Gunn alumnus, Scherman studied photography at Oberlin College and became the first official photographer for the Peace Corps. He photographed for LIFE magazine, Look, the United States Information Agency, and others. Through his lens, he captured many historic events in the 1960s, including the 1963 Newport Folk Festival, the March on Washington, D.C., and Woodstock. He traveled with U.S. Senator Robert F. Kennedy, toured with Judy Collins, and was in the studio when Crosby, Stills, and Nash recorded their first album. He won a Grammy Award for “Best Album Cover, Photography” in 1967 for his photograph of Bob Dylan, which was used for “Bob Dylan’s Greatest Hits.” Scherman’s work is archived at the University of Massachusetts Amherst and featured in the book, “Timeless,” and he was the subject of the documentary film, “Eye on the Sixties.”

OPEN TO THE PUBLIC
April 12 – June 8
Monday – Friday 10 a.m. – 4 p.m.

OPENING RECEPTION & GALLERY TALK
Thursday, April 24 5:30-7:30 p.m.

Photo caption:
John Lennon and Yoko Ono at a protest, London, August 1971 ©Rowland Scherman
Courtesy of Rowland Scherman and The Rowland Scherman Collection, Robert S. Cox Special Collections and University Archives Research Center, University of Massachusetts Amherst Libraries.

The Frederick Gunn School will present “Rowland Scherman ’55: Peace Protest, and Promise,” an exhibit featuring iconic photographs of significant cultural, political, and musical events, April 12 – June 8 in the Perakos Family Cares Art Gallery of the Thomas S. Perakos Arts and Community Center. An opening reception and gallery talk with the artist will be held April 24 from 5:30pm – 7:30pm.The gallery is open to the public free of charge. Parking is available in the Upper Parking Lot off Kirby Road, with a limited number of accessible parking spaces outside TPACC. Please see the Campus Map for details.

A Gunn alumnus, Scherman studied photography at Oberlin College and became the first official photographer for the Peace Corps. He photographed for LIFE magazine, Look, the United States Information Agency, and others. Through his lens, he captured many historic events in the 1960s, including the 1963 Newport Folk Festival, the March on Washington, D.C., and Woodstock. He traveled with U.S. Senator Robert F. Kennedy, toured with Judy Collins, and was in the studio when Crosby, Stills, and Nash recorded their first album. He won a Grammy Award for “Best Album Cover, Photography” in 1967 for his photograph of Bob Dylan, which was used for “Bob Dylan’s Greatest Hits.” Scherman’s work is archived at the University of Massachusetts Amherst and featured in the book, “Timeless,” and he was the subject of the documentary film, “Eye on the Sixties.”

OPEN TO THE PUBLIC
April 12 – June 8
Monday – Friday 10 a.m. – 4 p.m.

OPENING RECEPTION & GALLERY TALK
Thursday, April 24 5:30-7:30 p.m.

Photo caption:
John Lennon and Yoko Ono at a protest, London, August 1971 ©Rowland Scherman
Courtesy of Rowland Scherman and The Rowland Scherman Collection, Robert S. Cox Special Collections and University Archives Research Center, University of Massachusetts Amherst Libraries.

The Frederick Gunn School will present “Rowland Scherman ’55: Peace Protest, and Promise,” an exhibit featuring iconic photographs of significant cultural, political, and musical events, April 12 – June 8 in the Perakos Family Cares Art Gallery of the Thomas S. Perakos Arts and Community Center. An opening reception and gallery talk with the artist will be held April 24 from 5:30pm – 7:30pm.The gallery is open to the public free of charge. Parking is available in the Upper Parking Lot off Kirby Road, with a limited number of accessible parking spaces outside TPACC. Please see the Campus Map for details.

A Gunn alumnus, Scherman studied photography at Oberlin College and became the first official photographer for the Peace Corps. He photographed for LIFE magazine, Look, the United States Information Agency, and others. Through his lens, he captured many historic events in the 1960s, including the 1963 Newport Folk Festival, the March on Washington, D.C., and Woodstock. He traveled with U.S. Senator Robert F. Kennedy, toured with Judy Collins, and was in the studio when Crosby, Stills, and Nash recorded their first album. He won a Grammy Award for “Best Album Cover, Photography” in 1967 for his photograph of Bob Dylan, which was used for “Bob Dylan’s Greatest Hits.” Scherman’s work is archived at the University of Massachusetts Amherst and featured in the book, “Timeless,” and he was the subject of the documentary film, “Eye on the Sixties.”

OPEN TO THE PUBLIC
April 12 – June 8
Monday – Friday 10 a.m. – 4 p.m.

OPENING RECEPTION & GALLERY TALK
Thursday, April 24 5:30-7:30 p.m.

Photo caption:
John Lennon and Yoko Ono at a protest, London, August 1971 ©Rowland Scherman
Courtesy of Rowland Scherman and The Rowland Scherman Collection, Robert S. Cox Special Collections and University Archives Research Center, University of Massachusetts Amherst Libraries.