Mother Goose Nursery Rhymes
Mother Goose Nursery Rhymes, published by the W. B. Conkey Company, features a large selection of rhymes, poems, and accompanying illustrations. Some of the nursery rhymes are written as sheet music, while others tell moral tales about anthropomorphic animals. It's a delightful, though sometimes dated, set of amusing works for children.Source: https://www.perplexity.ai/search/tell-me-about-mother-goose-wGnYDJXPR6Cgyd4WLGkd6A#1 History of Mother Goose - perplexity >>> Mother Goose is a legendary figure in children’s literature, best known as the supposed author of tales and nursery rhymes beloved for centuries. The name first appeared in French literature in the late 1600s, when Charles Perrault published Contes de ma Mère l’Oye (“Tales of Mother Goose”) in 1697, introducing classics like Cinderella and Sleeping Beauty. Translated into English in 1729, the collection established Mother Goose as a storytelling icon across Europe and beyond.wikipedia+2The concept, however, may be much older. French legends trace her to “Bertha the Spinner” or “Goose-Foot Bertha,” a queen from the 10th or 11th century famed for captivating children with stories. In America, a popular but apocryphal tale identifies her as a Bostonian woman—either Elizabeth or Mary Goose—whose son-in-law allegedly published her rhymes in the early 1700s.pookpress+2By the 18th century, the English publisher John Newbery helped cement her association with nursery rhymes through his Mother Goose’s Melody (c. 1765). Whether myth or memory, Mother Goose became a symbol of early childhood literature—an enduring, grandmotherly figure whose songs and stories bridged generations and cultures.poetryfoundation+2https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mother_Goosehttps://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/mother-goosehttps://www.pookpress.co.uk/project/mother-goose-rhymes-history/https://www.library.illinois.edu/rbx/2018/01/23/who-was-mother-goose/https://bookriot.com/a-brief-history-of-mother-goose/https://rodbenson.com/2021/07/28/who-is-mother-goose/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CoDDeIdfoMMhttps://kids.britannica.com/students/article/Mother-Goose/275950https://americansongwriter.com/who-was-mother-goose-really-and-what-is-the-meaning-behind-her-story/https://iew.com/support/blog/who-was-mother-goosehttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Histoires_ou_contes_du_temps_pass%C3%A9
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Williams Art Community Project - 2025-2026
Welcome to the Williams Art Community Project! Our goal is to energize the Williams arts community by bringing students and alumni together, and through a program of review and mentorship foster a better future for the arts. We hope you’ll join us.See student exhibits (complete as of 1/1/26) here.See recap videos of our Fall alumni-student art chats here and here.Students have created mini-exhibits highlighting their studio or curatorial work, with alumni providing feedback. We have 17 finished Exhibit Stories available here, and final group exhibitions will be hosted in-person in January in Williamstown, online in February, and in-person in Manhattan in April. See latest Google Slide deck.The first exhibit will be January 24, 2026 at 6pm at the ‘62 Center in Williamstown.- Nick Garlid ’25, Tom Paper ’84, Chris Hughes ’28
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UN/SEEN - Nick Garlid, Riku Nakano, Coco Rhum, Ellie Iorio, Elsa Martin
The first time Lichtenstein’s Crying Girl was put up for sale, it sold for $10. In 2015 it sold again, this time for $95 million. What makes a work of art worth more than another? Why are some works famous, and some unknown? Our exhibition, UN/SEEN, works to complicate the viewer's understanding of these questions. The exhibition juxtaposes two works of art at a time: one world renowned and one student made. Despite their differences in visibility, the works placed together often deal with some of the same images and the same themes. With time, and with your help, we can move this largely unseen student art solidly into the “seen” category.
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Example of Artist-Curator Profiles - The Art Seen
Enjoy exploring the student-curated work of the Fall 25 Cohort! Click on any image to learn more about the artist, or see the curated artwork.
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