Art therapy: healing the mind, body and soul Oct 27, 2009
Art therapy is, "the therapeutic use of art-making within a professional relationship, by people who experience illness, trauma or challenges in living and by people who seek personal development," according to the American Art Therapy Association. Through creating and reflecting on art, individuals are given the opportunity to cope with symptoms, stress and traumatic experiences in a creative, stress-free environment. (Lake City Reporter, FL)
Pumpkins, parties, treats Oct 27, 2009
Anyone in costume will receive free admission and candy at the Nicolaysen Art Museum & Discovery Center on Saturday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. The main exhibit, "I Want Candy: The Sweet Stuff in American Art," will be available for viewing, as well as play in the Discovery Center. Trick or treat downtown in costume on Saturday from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Participating merchants and businesses will have a pumpkin posted in their front window or door. (Casper Star-Tribune, WY)
Hotel-casino to give Gila River artists recognition Oct 26, 2009
Native American art experts say Gila River's Pima and Maricopa baskets and pottery have not received the national attention of Hopi silverwork or Navajo weaving mainly because of geography. While Phoenix is a major metro area today, visitors long bypassed it for Flagstaff, Route 66 and the Grand Canyon. (AZCentral)
A Body of Work Oct 26, 2009
" How's this for weird: For a sketch by Kenyon Cox, the models actually wore masks to hide their identities! Cox also painted "A Blonde" in 1891. Bruce Weber, co-curator of "Reconfiguring the Body in American Art," at the National Academy Museum in New York City, said that critics trashed the painting's representation of the nude. "I think they found it really vulgar," he told Teichner. "Too realistic. It wasn't beautiful in the classic or traditional way that people at that time thought of... (CBS News -- Entertainment)
Pop Tarts: Britney Cleaning Up Image With Racy Song? Oct 24, 2009
Shakira blowing kisses to fans while attending the 2009 Whitney Museum of American Art gala and studio party in New York on Monday, while troubled Tinseltowners Mischa Barton and Lindsay Lohan stayed on their best behavior. Laurence Fishbourne and actor George Eads at Playboy Club inside Palms Casino Resort Monday night where they sipped mixed drinks before making their way to a reserved blackjack table. (Fox News)
Thanksgiving Day travel options Oct 23, 2009
This is a true grass-roots festival that showcases the best of this original American art form. Headliners at this year s fest include bluegrass legends Ralph Stanley and Rhonda Vincent. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Travel)
Read Indepth Article Oct 22, 2009
Arshile Gorky: A Retrospective celebrates the extraordinary life and work of Arshile Gorky (about 19041948), a seminal figure in the movement toward abstraction that transformed American art ... Sponsors The international tour is made possible by the Terra Foundation for American Art. (AbsoluteArts.com)
Whitney Hires Renzo Piano to Design Its Expansion Oct 22, 2009
The Italian architect Renzo Piano has been hired by the Whitney Museum of American Art to design an expansion for its permanent collection and for much-needed public and educational space ... "Great American art needs the idea of uninterrupted spaces like a loft, which itself is something very American," he said. (Yahoo News -- Architecture)
Parviz Tanavoli & Abbas Kiarostami Exhibition Press Release Oct 22, 2009
A year later, after meeting the American art collector Abby Grey at a group exhibition in Saderat Bank, Tanavoli travelled to Minnesota as an artist-in-residence at the Minneapolis College of Art, later accepting a teaching post there. Here, he began working in bronze, exploring a variety of themes including the Poet, Prophet and Lovers, and was introduced to the contemporary arts scene in the United States, most notably Pop art. (AbsoluteArts.com)
Arshile Gorky: A Retrospective Oct 22, 2009
Sponsors The international tour is made possible by the Terra Foundation for American Art. The U.S. tour is supported by The Lincy Foundation and the National Endowment for the Arts, and by an indemnity from the Federal Council on the Arts and the Humanities. (AbsoluteArts.com)
Bring back middlebrow! Oct 18, 2009
The New Britain Museum of American Art recently received as a gift a Washington painting on glass attributed to the Chinese artist Foeiqua ... Should it be at an American art museum. (Boston Globe)
Master Pop Illusionist, Philippe Bertho, Begins His 2nd U.S. Grand Tour - Exclusively at Martin Lawrence Galleries Oct 17, 2009
They have loaned nearly 250 artworks to over 30 museums around the world, including the Whitney Museum of American Art, the Museu Picasso in Barcelona and the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C.. Dont miss this very rare opportunity to mingle with and acquire works by one of the worlds most fascinating contemporary artists. (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
Legendary scholar to speak at Cedar Grove Oct 16, 2009
Published: Friday, October 16, 2009 2:19 AM EDT CATSKILL Barbara Novak, widely recognized as one of the most influential theorists of American art, will speak at the Thomas Cole Historic Site on Sunday October 25th at 2 pm. Novak is credited with having pioneered the study of 19th-century American painting with her ground-breaking book American Painting of the 19th Century (1969), called probably the best book ever written in the field by The New York Times. (Catskill Daily Mail, NY)
Lincoln returns to Illinois Oct 15, 2009
The mural is officially owned by the Smithsonian American Art Museum, but is still in its original home, now the DeWitt City Hall. Kalona News 2009. (Kalona News, IA)
Art students leave dog bone where hotel once stood Oct 15, 2009
Augusta artist and gallery owner Wanta Davenport is featured in the Artist Focus section of the October issue of American Art Collector magazine. She is resident artist and owner of Artistic Perceptions Inc. at 551 Broad Street. (The Augusta Chronicle)
'I Want Candy' Oct 13, 2009
The 55 works in "I Want Candy: The Sweet Stuff in American Art" have a bite to them. "I Want Candy" depicts our favorite treats and the longing, temptation, gluttony and unfulfilled need that accompanies them. (Casper Star-Tribune, WY)
What will happen to the reputation of Hyman Bloom, one of Boston’s most celebrated artists? Oct 11, 2009
Bloom was included in an important American art survey at the Museum of Modern Art in 1942, and became known as one of the country s most influential young painters ... There are Hyman Blooms in many major collections, including the MoMA, the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, the Whitney Museum of American Art, and the Museum of Fine Arts ... Other local museums, such as the MFA, the Davis Museum and Cultural Center at Wellesley College, the Worcester Art Museum, and the Addison Gallery of... (Boston Globe)
Sculptor couple exhibit at art league Oct 9, 2009
Ann Rosow-Lucchesi met Bruno Lucchesi, whose work is in the collections of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Whitney Museum of American Art, and the Hirschhorn Museum and Sculpture Gallery, when he taught a workshop at the University of Hartford in the summer of 1989. Rosow-Lucchesi had a degree in business and was running a women's accessories store called Looking Good while earning a night degree in art from the University of Hartford. (West Hartford News, CT)
Gallery Glimpses Oct 9, 2009
She has created site-specific installations for, among others, the Drawing Center, New York (2003), the Pinakothek der Moderne, Munich (2005), and the Addison Gallery of American Art, Andover, MA (2007); her work has been exhibited throughout the U.S and Europe, and her drawings are in many public and private collections ... During academic year 2009-2010, the Davis Museum will return to view a major work of contemporary sculpture from the permanent collection, American artist Michael Singer s... (Wellesley Townsman, MA)
Brigham new CEO at Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts Oct 6, 2009
Prior to that, he helped transform the Allentown Art Museum and, before that, was director of collections and exhibitions and curator of American art at the Worcester Art Museum in Massachusetts ... Its museum has a world-class collection of American art. (Philadelphia Business Journal, PA)
Native market, garden site gets final OK from city Oct 6, 2009
The Alliance of Tribal Tourism Advocates got the final go-ahead from the city Monday on the proposed location for its Native American art market and powwow gardens ... Plans include an open-air amphitheater, a Native American art market and a living history garden to complement the museum's collections. (Rapid City Journal, SD)
Nobel Glory Awaits Handful of Top Scientists Oct 3, 2009
"Bob Dylan shows that American art and literature is worthy of the prize," Mai said. "I think he's one of the foremost artists in poetry.". (Newsmax)
Weisman Art Museum expansion started Oct 3, 2009
Two of the galleries will house American art, one will house ceramics and one will house photography and works of art on paper. The fifth gallery, funded by a $2 million gift from Minneapolis-based Target Corp. (NYSE: TGT), will house cross-disciplinary collaborations by university faculty, students and other scholars. (Twin Cities Business Journal, MN)
City looks to sell all of 'Wally Byam' site Oct 1, 2009
8 million for Soccer Rapid City's proposed 25-field soccer complex and 812,000 for ATTA's Native American art market and powwow gardens. Contact Emilie Rusch at 394-8453 or. (Rapid City Journal, SD)
This painting shows artist Lawrence Tenney Stevens as he works on the finished sculpture at left. Stevens work was the topic of a roundtable discussion Saturday in the Cody Club Room during the Style West Design Show.(Photo by Richard Reeder) Oct 1, 2009
On Saturday in the Cody Club Room he presented his theory and then discussed it with a panel that included former Buffalo Bill Museum curator Paul Fees, curator of the University of Wyoming Art Museum Nicole Crawford, and Thomas Smith, the director of the Petrie Institute of Western American Art at the Denver Art Museum. Faubion insists that Stevens, and not Thomas Molesworth, should receive credit as being the catalyst for the popularity of Western decorative furniture. (Cody Enterprise, WY)
Martin R. Ahearn, Rockport artist; 91 Oct 1, 2009
His paintings have won numerous prizes and are included in the collections of the DeCordova Museum in Lincoln, the Springfield Museums, the Salmagundi Club Center for American Art in New York, AT&T, Ford Motor Co., and Prudential Insurance Co. He was a member and past president of the New England Watercolor Society and the Rockport Art Association. In addition to his wife, son, and daughter Margret, Mr. Ahearn leaves another daughter, Patricia Terelak of Rockport; four stepdaughters, Mary Nee... (Boston Globe)
Selma Koss Holtz; collector with a contagious love of art, people Sep 24, 2009
In the 1960s, as she began her illustrious career as an art and antiques dealer, appraiser in American art, collector, and curator, all self-taught, Mrs. Holtz drove another station wagon, searching out New England antiques and fine arts often with two friends, Robert Skinner, founder of Skinner Auctioneers & Appraisers, and art dealer Robert Cleaves, both now deceased ... While Mrs. Holtz worked with a number of museums, she maintained close ties to the end with the Ogunquit Museum of American... (Boston Globe)
Casper briefs Sep 23, 2009
The Nicolaysen Art Museum and Discovery Center's next exhibition, "I Want Candy: The Sweet Stuff in American Art," will open Oct. 2, according to a media release. The museum will celebrate the opening that day with a free "members-only" preview at 5 p.m., followed by a public reception at 6 p.m. featuring light hors d'oeuvres, delicious desserts and a cash bar. (Casper Star-Tribune, WY)
Singing Means Survival for Breast Cancer Victim Sep 22, 2009
Made up of more than 80 chapters and 2,000 singers across the United States and Canada, is an all-womens a cappella singing group dedicated to preserving the unique American art form of barbershop music. Harmony, Inc. was established in 1959 when a group of 150 women formed an organization focused on democratic principles and open lines of communication to all members. (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
Shooting A Movie in New Britain Sep 22, 2009
While the drama plays out on screen, this is the feel good story of the year for the New Britain Museum of American Art, the shoot location for the day. Producer Kenneth Del Vecchio said, "what we have is a dynamic piece which is about a prolific art forger. Its a drama with a crime thriller element to it.". (FOX61, CT)
Mattatuck Museum to Celebrate Mora Sep 18, 2009
To assemble a true retrospective show, the Mattatuck Museum drew pieces from museums such as the Yale University Art Gallery, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Butler Institute of American Art and the Newark Museum in addition to private collections. The exhibit runs from Sept. 26 to Feb. 7. (Litchfield County Times, CT)
Lifetime biopic 'humanizes' artist Georgia O'Keeffe Sep 18, 2009
Georgia O'Keeffe: Abstraction, a retrospective exhibit that opened at New York's Whitney Museum of American Art on Thursday, repositions O'Keeffe as a daring, even radical abstractionist, even though she's best known for representational paintings. (The show will also travel to the in Washington and the Georgia O'Keeffe Museum in Santa Fe. (USA Today -- Life)
Curator inspires lessons Sep 17, 2009
UTC's Nandini Makrandi is going into her sixth year of being a UTC art professor, as well as curator of contemporary art at the Hunter Museum of American Art. Makrandi said this joint position was created to maintain a bridge between the museum and UTC. The professor said she spends 60 percent of her time at the Hunter Museum and the remaining 40 percent at UTC teaching two classes a semester. (The University Echo, TN)
‘H20 Film on Water’ is up at four venues in N.H. and Vermont Sep 11, 2009
Ruger was no stranger to art; he has a collection of 19th- and early-20th-century American art. She came over a year and a half ago, Ruger says in a phone conversation from a vacation in Maine. (Boston Globe)
Piscataqua Fine Arts closing doors in Portsmouth Sep 10, 2009
Gorvett, a board member of the Boston Printmakers, has work in the Portland Museum of Art, Ogunquit Museum of American Art permanent collections, and in numerous corporate and private collections. Hurley said the move is bittersweet. (Seacoast New Hampshire)
Powwow garden won't generate excessive noise Sep 10, 2009
Neighbors of the proposed Native American art market and powwow gardens north of The Journey Museum need not worry about excessive noise, project representatives said Wednesday ... The Native American art market would be free admission, the central amphitheater and living history village within the ticketed area. (Rapid City Journal, SD)
Crocker Museum gets $175K Sep 10, 2009
The Luce grant will be used to install the Crocker s American art collection in the museum s new wing under construction ... The reinstallation will allow visitors to fully experience a collection that communicates a broader, and less frequently told, story of American art, said Scott Shields, associate director and chief curator of the museum. (Sacramento Business Journal, CA)
TheaterWorks Director Has Vision For Hartford's Pearl Street Sep 9, 2009
Besides the theater in the basement, the building acts as home for a gallery curated by the New Britain Museum of American Art and low-cost office space for small local arts groups, including HartBeat Ensemble, Concora, Judy Dworin Dance Ensemble and Hartford Chorale. Campo says that TheaterWorks has invested more than $2. (FOX61, CT)
President's BS just not compelling Sep 6, 2009
In our earlier years, the tall tale became an American art form ... In our earlier years, the tall tale became an American art form. (Athens Banner-Herald)
After first year, Smithsonian chief has big ideas Sep 5, 2009
That vision of fusing science with the arts makes him a good fit for the Smithsonian, which holds numerous art, history and cultural treasures, Smithsonian American Art Museum director Betsy Broun said. And Clough brought a focus on younger audiences, she said. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- World)
Israels many faces on display at MOCA Sep 4, 2009
Rovner represented Israel at the prestigious Venice Biennale and was one of the few non-American artists to have a one-person exhibition at the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York. Her work is the most abstract in the show. (Cleveland Jewish News, OH)
Hyman Bloom, 96; painted works of grisly Expressionism Aug 28, 2009
I have no doubt that he will resume his proper place in the history of American art ... Ross gave paintings by Mr. Bloom to Harvard s Fogg Art Museum, and collectors including William Lane donated them to such institutions as the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston and the Addison Gallery of American Art at Phillips Academy in Andover ... I always admired his work, and I think he was a very important painter, especially for Boston, Theodore E. Stebbins, Jr., curator of American art at the Harvard Art... (Boston Globe)
Miracle Mile Players Announce 2009 TarFest Schedule of Events Aug 28, 2009
The festival begins September 25 at 6 p.m. at the Korean Cultural Center, 5505 Wilshire Blvd, with an art exhibition juried by Rita Gonzalez, Curator, American Art, Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA). The opening reception of works by 12 local artists selected from over 500 submissions is free to the public and runs through October 10. (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
Inspirational images: Artwork at hospitals can help in the healing process Aug 27, 2009
It s the whole emotional and perceptual context you are in, says Upali Nanda, vice president for American Art Resources, a health care art-consulting firm in Houston. When you re in a hospital, it s high stress. (Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier)
Foreign artists eye share of Indian art mkt Aug 26, 2009
European art and American art have begun to bore me. I moved to Berlin recently and will soon conduct an exhibition of Indian artists," says Christian Hopp who represents Asian contemporary art with special focus on India. Read business stories in | Text: Other stories in this section Other News Market | Corporate Announcement Madhur Bajaj, the younger cousin of Rahul Bajaj, patriarch of the Bajaj Group, has stepped down from the boards of Bajaj Holdings and Bajaj FinServ on Saturday. ET Debates... (India Times)
Museum Displays Office Furniture As Art Aug 26, 2009
-- Hunter Museum of American Art, Chattanooga, Tenn. -- San Francisco Museum of Craft + Design. (KCRA 3, CA)
Q&A WITH QUEEN LATIFAH Aug 23, 2009
Jazz is often referred to as a great American art form. Do you think hip-hop gets the credit it deserves. (New York Post -- Entertainment)
Farnsworth Art Museum surveys the career of Robert Indiana Aug 21, 2009
What began its life as a commissioned design for a Museum of Modern Art Christmas card is now provocatively described by the Farnsworth as the most recognizable image in the history of American art (take that, Wyeth, Wood, and Warhol. . (Boston Globe)
A Day in Seattle For Less Than Ten ... Aug 17, 2009
There is real art in there on permanent display, including Indigenous Pacific Northwest, Australian, Ancient Mediterranean, Japanese, Chinese, African, European, and American art. Right now there is a spectacular Andrew Wyeth exhibit. (Suite101.com)
Miller's art focus of GMOA exhibit Aug 14, 2009
"His work is direct, straightforward, symbolic and more complicated in its meaning than people tend to give it credit for," says Paul Manoguerra, curator of American art for the GMOA. "R.A. really draws from a shared American visual culture, so the subject matter of his works is familiar to all of us. Whether it's religion or popular culture or patriotism or his critters, it's easily accessible.". "It's very emotional art that speaks to you," says Mullis, who has collected hundreds of works by... (Athens Banner-Herald)
• Reconsider 20th-century modernism at new exhibit Aug 14, 2009
"Traditionally, the history of 20th-century American art has centered on male artists who worked in New York," Gilbert said. "This exhibition, which focuses on two women artists based on the West Coast, is part of a recent move to broaden that story.". (Burley South Idaho Press, ID)
LOFTY GOAL FOR WHOOPI GOLDBERG Aug 11, 2009
Whoopi, who's had many elegant homes on both coasts -- in the city, in the country, upstate, even an 8,000-acre farm in Vermont -- also has a collection of African and black American art ... Does not include the collection of African and black American art. (New York Post -- Gossip)
Collector, donor, writer, networker - now curator? MFA trustee Fred Sharf does it all. Aug 9, 2009
Fred is the best salesman I ve ever met for anything, especially the MFA, says Leonard Lauder, the cosmetic company scion who serves as chairman of the Whitney Museum of American Art. In 2002, Lauder gave the MFA 20,000 Japanese postcards. (Boston Globe)
Sargent and The Sea Opens at Corcoran Gallery of Art Aug 6, 2009
Sargent and the Sea is organized by the Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., and made possible by the generous support of the Terra Foundation for American Art, Christie's, The Mr. & Mrs. Raymond J. Horowitz Foundation for the Arts, Inc., and Altria Group, Inc. Additional support for the exhibition is provided by the American Masterpieces initiative of the National Endowment for the Arts and The Joseph F. McCrindle Foundation. The Corcoran's hours of operation are as follows: Wednesday,... (PR Newswire)
Eyeing P-town’s place in American art Aug 5, 2009
Eyeing P-town s place in American art - The Boston Globe ... Eyeing P-town s place in American art ... Still, it s a delirious rush through Provincetown s place in American art, from the more academic work of Charles Webster Hawthorne, the art colony s first great teacher, through the Post-Impressionism of Edwin Dickinson headlong into Modernism and Abstract Expressionism. (Boston Globe)
Read Indepth Article Aug 3, 2009
Ancestry and Innovation : African American Art from the American Folk Art Museum - Gibbes Museum of Art - absolutearts ... "Ancestry and Innovation : African American Art from the American Folk Art Museum" 2009-07-31 until 2009-10-11 Charleston, SC, USA United States of America ... The Gibbes Museum of Art will present the Smithsonian traveling exhibition Ancestry ation: African American Art from the American Folk Art Museum from July 31 October 11, 2009. (AbsoluteArts.com)
Ancestry and Innovation : African American Art from the American Folk Art Museum Aug 3, 2009
The Gibbes Museum of Art will present the Smithsonian traveling exhibition Ancestry ation: African American Art from the American Folk Art Museum from July 31 October 11, 2009. The range of artistic expressions by self-taught African American artists from the rural South and the urban North is explored in this exhibition culled from the American Folk Art Museums rich holdings ... Ancestry ation: African American Art from the American Folk Art Museum highlights complex and vibrant quilts,... (AbsoluteArts.com)
Tony Rosenthal, 94; scupltor created ‘The Cube’ Aug 2, 2009
His work has been included in exhibitions at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Museum of Modern Art, and the Whitney Museum of American Art. In 1960, as his style turned to geometric abstraction, he moved to New York and began showing with the dealer Sam Kootz, who persuaded him to use his nickname, Tony, professionally. (Boston Globe)
Whitney Hires Renzo Piano to Design Its Expansion Aug 1, 2009
The Italian architect Renzo Piano has been hired by the Whitney Museum of American Art to design an expansion for its permanent collection and for much-needed public and educational space ... "Great American art needs the idea of uninterrupted spaces like a loft, which itself is something very American," he said. (Yahoo News -- Architecture)
The paradise that she found Jul 31, 2009
A short video (narrated by part-time Santa Fe resident Gene Hackman) explained O Keeffe s importance in the American art world. Before settling in New Mexico she was a star in the New York art world, a sex symbol even. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Travel)
Selling Banned in Bama Jul 31, 2009
The Alabama Tourism Department distributes a tourism brochure with a cover featuring Hiram Powers 19th century nude statue, The Greek Slave, which is on display at the Westervelt Warner Museum of American Art in Tuscaloosa. It is available in museums statewide, interstate highway welcome centers and visitors bureaus statewide. (MSNBC -- Business)
MARKETING: Alabama ban of wine with nude label is marketing boon Jul 31, 2009
The Alabama Tourism Department distributes a brochure with a cover featuring Hiram Powers' 19th century nude statue, The Greek Slave, which is on display at the Westervelt Warner Museum of American Art in Tuscaloosa. It is available in museums statewide, interstate highway welcome centers and visitors' bureaus statewide. (North County Times)
Guest Commentary- How does art heal? Jul 30, 2009
According to the American Art Therapy Association, art therapy is based on the belief that the creative process of art is both healing and life-enhancing. How does art heal. (Billerica Minuteman, MA)
Smithsonian to exhibit former UGA student's photos Jul 29, 2009
One of the four photographs by Strickland headed to the Smithsonian American Art Museum ... The photography curator at the Smithsonian American Art Museum bought two of Strickland's photographs for an exhibition sponsored by the museum. (Athens Banner-Herald)
Westmoreland Museum initiates grand plan Jul 27, 2009
The Westmoreland Museum of American Art launched a planning initiative last week to support an ambitious strategic plan to increase museum outreach and physical space, develop the collection and capitalize upon its reputation as a prominent repository of American art. The effort comes in the midst of the Greensburg museum's 50th anniversary year and specifies an increase in gallery, program and support space by 2012. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)
