In Focus

photograph of Ivy Drew
Welcome De'Ivyion "Ivy" Drew

We’re pleased to announce that Ivy Drew is the 2025/26 Samuel H. Kress Foundation Fellow in Art Librarianship. In this role, Ivy will work on a range of projects at the Haas Arts Library and Yale Center for British Art. She completed her M.S. in Library Science this year and holds a B.A. in Studio Art Practice, with a minor in African, African American, and Diaspora Studies from the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill.

During her time as a graduate student at UNC, Ivy served as a Graduate Library Assistant at the Sloane Art Library. She was also a Primary Sources Teaching Fellow at North Carolina Central University and a Youth Services Library Assistant at Morrisville County Library. Ivy’s distinctions include being a recipient of the 2024-2025 ALA Spectrum Scholarship Award and being nominated for and awarded the 2023-2024 Master’s Merit Fellowship Award by UNC’s Graduate School.

You can reach her at deivyion.drew@yale.edu.

Please join us in welcoming Ivy to the Yale community!

Upcoming Events: Artist Book Hour

Join us at the Haas Arts Library for a peek at artist books from the library's special collections! The term "artist book" can be hard to define. Simply put, an artist book ia an art object inspired by the form and/or function of a conventional book. Haas Arts Library has thousands of artist books in its special collections. We invite you to join in one or all the events in the series. This series is in-person and open to the public. Find more details and registration information here.