Title: Parrot, 1991
Artist: Melanie Walker
Date: 2016
Medium: Archival pigment print derived from distressed b/w film negative
Credit Line: Collection of the John and Geraldine Lilley Museum of Art

Item description: Woman in white dress with bird head. Photographed: 1991; printed: 2016 from the Endangered Series.

In 2016-2017, the University of Nevada, Reno received a total of 29 works by 7 contemporary artists: Barry Andersen, Darryl Curran, Victor Landweber, Sheila Pinkel, Robert von Sternberg, Melanie Walker, and Todd Walker. Gift of the artist and The Museum Project.

The Museum Project is a philanthropic association established in 2012 by professional photographers Robert von Sternberg and Darryl Curran. The goal of the project is expressing gratitude towards institutions, which appreciate and use the body of work being donated. Through the project, participating artists or their representatives donate vintage and contemporary prints of their work to museums and universities collections.