Create your adventure with 5 nights in Orlando Oct 23, 2008
Of course, you won't have to depend on the shuttle thanks to the package's included rental car, which also gives you the freedom to explore some of Orlando's non-theme-park fun, such as the , which focuses on American art from the 18th, 19th, and 20th centuries. Or try , a 110-acre park that's devoted to all things alligator. (MSNBC -- Politics)
Region celebrating State Humanities Month Oct 23, 2008
Cole was a British-born artist who helped usher in one of the most important American art movement of the 19th century the Hudson River School of painting. This art movement was the first to focus European attention on America. (Catskill Daily Mail, NY)
Qld secures exclusive MET exhibition Oct 22, 2008
They will feature alongside more than 30 Australian paintings whose artists took inspiration from the American art movement, including Tom Roberts, Charles Conder and Frederick McCubbin ... "These paintings provide a window onto American life and American art in the decades just before and after 1900 - a time of great optimism and a bit of anxiety, not unlike our own," he said in a recorded address. (ABC Online)
Action-Abstraction: Pollock, de Kooning and American Art, 19401976 Oct 22, 2008
Action-Abstraction: Pollock, de Kooning and American Art, 19401976 - Saint Louis Art Museum - absolutearts ... "Action-Abstraction: Pollock, de Kooning and American Art, 19401976" 2008-10-19 until 2009-01-11 St. Louis, MO, USA ... The Saint Louis Art Museum announces the October 19 opening of Action/Abstraction: Pollock, de Kooning and American Art, 19401976, the first major U.S. exhibition in 20 years to re-examine Abstract Expressionism and the movements that followed. (AbsoluteArts.com)
At London Frieze, creativity meets caution in art market Oct 20, 2008
"You certainly didn't have to fight to get into the building," said the American art adviser Allan Schwartzman a few minutes after the start of the top-tier VIP opening Wednesday morning. "The days of the three-minute reserve are over." He was referring to the amount of time dealers have sometimes given even first-rank collectors to consider a purchase in the recent art-boom years, while competing buyers wait. (International Herald Tribune -- Travel)
Preserving a church's treasure Oct 17, 2008
But religious educators asked Manoguerra, curator of American art at the Georgia Museum of Art, to deliver lessons on the windows covering more than half of the church on Prince Avenue. When the congregation moves to Epps Bridge Road, the stained glass windows parishioners care so much about will be relocating, too. (Athens Banner-Herald)
1,500 SHOTS AT HEALING Oct 16, 2008
"This project really is about the veterans telling the public their stories," Lommasson says of his new show at the New American Art Union. Like many Oregonians, most of what the critically acclaimed photographer knew about the wars two years ago was the daily casualty report, personal tragedies presented as impersonally as a box score. (OregonLive, OR -- Living)
Sanford Smith Presents ART20, Moder... Oct 14, 2008
will display fine art photography, Conner Rosenkranz (New York City) will provide examples of American sculpture, and Babcock Galleries (New York City) will treat attendees to American art of the early twentieth century as well as select contemporary masters. For those who are interested in the design movements of the twentieth century, be sure to attend the Modernism: A Century of Style and Design show in New York City Nov. 14-17. (Suite101.com)
THE VIEW FROM MAIN STREET: OIC, Arts Alliance help define New Britain Oct 10, 2008
It's also about how many people come to this city every year to visit the New Britain Museum of American Art, the Industrial Museum, Trinity on Main, Hole in the Wall theater, the New Britain Symphony, New Britain Repertory Theatre, CCSU's music programs and on and on. The arts sector can be an economic force in a city. (New Britain Herald, CT)
In autumn, life's sweet in the south of Maine Oct 7, 2008
Later, I admire Maine painter Winslow Homer s seascapes in the Ogunquit Museum of American Art, also known for works by Edward Hopper, Rockwell Kent, Walt Kuhn and Thomas Hart Benton. Food is also art in Ogunquit. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Travel)
Sheila Heth receives National Endowment grant Oct 7, 2008
The 40-piece collection of art reproductions introduces all ages to our nation s history and culture through great works of American Art. The collection includes painting, sculpture, photographs, architecture, and Native American pieces. (Princeton Bureau County Republican, IL)
Students excited to meet first lady Oct 3, 2008
Bush visited Riverside Thursday to promote Picturing America, a program by the National Endowment for the Humanities that recently gave the school 40 replicas of famous American art. Some of those artworks, including George Catlin's portrait of the Mandan people, were displayed inside Riverside's gymnasium where Bush spoke to dozens of students, teachers and local leaders Thursday afternoon. (Bismarck Tribune, ND)
Phoenix things to do Oct 3, 2008
Notable establishments include: The (Phoenix), world-renowned for its Native American art and culture exhibits ... In Phoenix, the Heard Museum is a world-renowned museum devoted to Native American art and culture ... is a nationally known center for Western and Native American art. (AZCentral -- Travel)
Francis Bacon's ruthlessness suddenly looks fresh Oct 3, 2008
"I'm an optimist, but about nothing," Bacon kept repeating, while lamenting his old age as "a disease, a desert, because all one's friends die." He loved to quote Yeats and Proust and T.S. Eliot and remained enmeshed in what Michael Leja, an American art historian, has in a different context called "Modern Man discourse" - a serious hand-me-down passel of existentialism and other philosophy from the 1940s and '50s, popularized, as David Alan Mellor writes in an essay in the show's excellent... (International Herald Tribune -- Arts)
Guggenheim chooses a curator, not a showman Oct 3, 2008
He worked at the Whitney Museum of American Art from 1981 to 1992 in curatorial posts and as senior instructor of its Independent Study Program. He helped organize three of the Whitney's Biennials in 1987, 1989 and 1991 along with a 1991 exhibition devoted to the sculptor Alexis Smith and other shows. (International Herald Tribune -- Arts)
Picturing America: N.E.H. grant puts faces on Americas past Sep 25, 2008
Great American art can help ensure that the shared ideals that unite Americans are studied, passed on, and remembered. A Teacher s Resource Book accompanied the posters. (Westerly Sun, RI)
Artist's space Sep 22, 2008
Pfaff, a professor at Bard College, has work in the permanent collections of the Museum of Modern Art and the Whitney Museum of American Art, and was awarded a MacArthur "genius" grant in 2004. For Saint Rose, her presence aims to raise the profile of the college and to emphasize the school's serious investment in the arts. (Albany Times Union)
Hillary sets a marker Sep 21, 2008
of music, the westmoreland museum of american art or the westmoreland arts and heritage festival. also if you enjoy action you can go visit the kirks nevin. (Yahoo News -- Hillary Rodham Clinton)
Ga. museum becomes sanctuary for Western art Sep 18, 2008
The Booth Western Art Museum is celebrating its fifth anniversary with a display of 37 pieces of Western art called "Western American Art South of the Sweet Tea Line II." ... "Western American Art South of the Sweet Tea Line II" on display through Nov. 30. (MSNBC -- Travel)
Famous chefs highlight museum event Sep 15, 2008
The New Britain Museum of American Art will host a food, wine and art event Tuesday, Sept. 16 starting at 5:30 p.m. Guests are encouraged to meet and chat with the talented chefs who created the delectable dishes ... The New Britain Museum of American Art is the oldest museum in the country to collect only American art. (New Britain Herald, CT)
Call for Artists: 2009 Hunting Art Prize Sep 15, 2008
Artwork submitted for consideration must be a single two-dimensional painting or drawing no larger than 72" on any one side (including frame, if any). Sign Up ssions Artists must sign up using the electronic form at and upload one digital file representing their selected artwork. The digital file must be in JPEG format and no less than 1MB and no more than 3MB. Deadline All entries must be submitted no later than midnight, Sunday, November 30, 2008. Questions? Email us at... (AbsoluteArts.com)
Culture club Sep 13, 2008
It features Western art from antiquity to the turn of the last century, Islamic and Asian art, and European and American art since 1900; highlights include Picasso's "Mother and Child" (above) and Max Beckmann's dapper "Self-Portrait in Tuxedo." Today's hours are 10 a.m.-5 p.m. $9, $7 seniors, $6 students, free Sat before noon, free on Sept. 20 (Harvard Art Museum Community Day). Arthur M. Sackler Museum, 485 Broadway, Cambridge. (Boston Globe)
Riverfront fun in Chattanooga Sep 13, 2008
The first building on your left is the Hunter Museum of American Art, (423-267-0968, ), where one of the most stunning works is the museum s west wing set on the edge of a bluff. Beyond the museum is a cluster of galleries, restaurants and the Bluff View Inn, a bed and breakfast operating out of three restored homes. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Travel)
Genius meets genuineness in Missoula Sep 13, 2008
Lane Timothy s western scenes have appeared on magazine covers such as SkyWest and American Art Collector. Maxine Stahl whimsically paints furniture and walls in an American Folk Art style, and Larry Pirnie dazzles us with color on the walls of downtown s Depot Restaurant. (Missoulian, MT)
A Revolution In Russia: Art Sep 12, 2008
" Influential American art dealer Larry Gasogian, whom Ms. Bullock says has "some of the most creative galleries," is already in Moscow. "Larry has brought some very serious artists to Moscow," she said. "The only sad news is that the quality of the works [by these artists] that he brought in was second rate. There was a lot of gossip about that. (Litchfield County Times, CT)
GW parent's video game to be showcased at Smithsonian Sep 12, 2008
A new video game designed by a GW father and featuring GW students will serve as an interactive storyline for collections in the Smithsonian American Art Museum. Ghosts of a Chance - an alternate reality game designed by John Maccabee, whose son is a student in the Elliott School of International Affairs - features four students from the Theatre and Dance Department and will run for six weeks at the Smithsonian. (GW Hatchet, Washington DC)
Fresno Art Museum recognizes the work of artist June Schwarcz Sep 11, 2008
In 2001, the Smithsonian Institution's Archives of American Art conducted a lengthy oral history interview. Schwarcz has taken enamel art to another level. (Fresno Bee)
At Versailles, an Invasion of American Art Sep 11, 2008
Elaine Sciolino writes. America has invaded the gilded chambers and sculpted gardens of the Ch. (New York Times)
Stalin’s Willing Executioners Sep 11, 2008
Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck s superb drama about the East German secret police, The Lives of Others, won the 2006 Best Foreign Film Oscar and ran for a half-year in American art houses. In Warsaw on Sept. 17, 2007, director Andrzej Wajda, recipient of a Lifetime Achievement Oscar, premiered Katyn, his long-awaited epic about the 1940 Soviet decapitation of the Polish nation in which his cavalry officer father had perished. (The American Conservative)
Green see art in sanctuaries Sep 11, 2008
gave a lecture Friday to the museum's Friends of African-American Art group before a Lowcountry boil "friend-raiser" event ... Many of his works are on loan to the Franklin G. Burroughs-Simeon B. Chapin Art Museum in Myrtle Beach, S.C. One of his pieces is part of the Morris Museum's current exhibition, Landscape of Slavery, the Plantation in American Art. (The Augusta Chronicle)
Professor Yuriko Yamaguchi: A hidden master Sep 11, 2008
Yamaguchi came into the American art scene in the late eighties, after leaving her native Japan and moving to Oakland, Calif ... The craftsmanship and realism of her pieces were recognized - displayed at Smithsonian's Hirshhorn and American Art Museum, as well as permanent pieces at Smith College and the National Museum of Women in the Arts. (GW Hatchet, Washington DC)
Solo Show of Work by Ronald Moran Sep 8, 2008
This will be his first solo show with PanAmerican ArtProjects. About PanAmerican ArtProjects ... Pan American Art Projects specializes in art of the Americas with the mission to build a bridge between North and South American cultures by presenting and exhibiting artists from both regions concurrently. (AbsoluteArts.com)
Guggenheim is considering new director Sep 8, 2008
He worked at the Whitney Museum of American Art from 1981 to 1992 in a variety of positions, including as a curator and its senior instructor of the Whitney's Independent Study Program. He helped organize three of the Whitney's much-celebrated biennials in 1987, 1989 and 1991 along with many other shows, including one devoted to the sculptor Alexis Smith in 1991. (International Herald Tribune -- Arts)
Ralph Kovel; wrote antique price guides Sep 7, 2008
"Kovels' Antiques & Collectibles Price Guide" as well as the Kovels' other books on subjects such as silver or American art pottery, are written primarily for average collectors and history buffs, not museum curators ... From their home base near Cleveland, they and their staff of 14 interviewed thousands of dealers around the country, chronicling the highs and lows of hot collectibles, whether Tiffany glass, McDonald's Happy Meal toys, vintage egg beaters, or the early 20th-century American art... (Boston Globe)
Alain Jacquet, 69, French pop artist Sep 7, 2008
His work is held by institutions including New York's Museum of Modern Art and the National Museum of American Art in Washington. Copyright 2008 Globe Newspaper Company. (Boston Globe)
Crystal Bridges Museum reveals acquisition Sep 6, 2008
(AP) - The Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art has revealed another painting in its collection, a work that depicts an American Indian reaching toward a water lily. "The Indian and the Lily" by American artist George de Forest Brush is from 1887. (WREG.com, TN)
French pop artist Alain Jacquet dies at 69 Sep 6, 2008
His work is held by institutions including New York's Museum of Modern Art, the National Museum of American Art in Washington and the Musee d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris in France, the embassy said. A service of the Associated Press(AP). (Rapid City Journal, SD)
Libya acts in HIV row with Bulgaria Sep 2, 2008
american art form of music. the lionel hampton international jazz festival has grown from a one day event. (Yahoo News -- Libya)
Attractions and Activities in North... Aug 30, 2008
Crystal Bridges at the Massey, Massey Building, 125 West Central Avenue, (479) 418-5700 temporary home of the Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art houses a collection of American art from the Colonial period to the present. Old Spanish Treasure Cave, west of Bentonville at 14290 North Hwy 59, Gravette, AR (479) 787-6508 pan for gemstones and take a one hour guided cave tour with tales of hidden treasure. (Suite101.com)
Go & Do - How are you at foosball? Aug 30, 2008
Doors open at 9 p.m. with no dress code and will include ping pong, foosball, darts and corn hole or just relax and watch the game on the 72" projection screen. Show your check stub at the door and get half off our take out pizza and all beverages minus wine and top shelf liquor. Game Night brings you more ... starting on Sept. 8 with Monday Night Football! 430-9122.www.portsmouthgaslight.com. 'Almost Labor Day Auction' tonightThe Ogunquit Museum of American Art will host the fourth annual... (Seacoast New Hampshire)
ALICIA WATKINS: When we can touch, history touches back Aug 29, 2008
I also mistakenly claimed that "all the walls" of the New Britain Museum of American Art are white - in fact, many of the walls of the first floor's galleries of historic paintings are toned in browns, greens and yellows, and a few of the rooms have Oriental rugs of the kind that would have been found in the homes of the 18th- and 19th-century gentlemen who would have originally displayed the paintings ... But a museum such as the Museum of American Art, dedicated to showing art, is a different... (New Britain Herald, CT)
Tribe to host art show Aug 28, 2008
The Snoqualmie Tribe store, Paddle, presents the first-ever Paddle Native American Art Show, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 30, at the Snoqualmie Tribal Center, 8130 Railroad Ave. in downtown Snoqualmie. Native American painter John Romero saw a need for a show to highlight Northwest Native American artists and authentic artwork ... The store has a variety of Native American arts and crafts, including custom embroidery and silk-screening, cedar hats and baskets, carved masks, jewelry, drums, a... (King County Journal Newspapers, WA)
Cover story: Ogunquit Museum of American Art's social event of the year Aug 28, 2008
The Ogunquit Museum of American Art is about to have its biggest party of the year ... WHERE Ogunquit Museum of American Art, 543 Shore Road, Ogunquit, Maine. (Seacoast New Hampshire)
Re-View Exhibition at Harvard Art M... Aug 22, 2008
The Sackler Museum's ground floor is devoted to European and American art created since 1900. Organized by the Fogg Museum's Modern and Contemporary Art Department and the Busch-Reisinger Museum (a repository of art from the German-speaking cultures of Northern and Central Europe), the installation reveals artists' challenges to traditional representation in portraiture and landscape. (Suite101.com)
ALICIA WATKINS: Portrait of a bored museumgoer Aug 22, 2008
I say this not after watching "Night at the Museum" or seeing one of those Dada exhibits or considering Magritte's claim that a picture of a pipe isn't a pipe, but after attending a show opening for a brilliant young local artist, Sam McKinniss, at the New Britain Museum of American Art ... The walls of the room in which the paintings are hung - like the walls of all the rooms at the Museum of American Art - are white, drawing attention to the art rather than the architecture ... The New Britain... (New Britain Herald, CT)
Ark working to build image as tourist, business locale Aug 22, 2008
He said the Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art will be in the same category when it opens in 2010. Likewise, the coming U.S. Marshals museum in Fort Smith will be a major draw for western Arkansas. (Pine Bluff Commercial, AR)
Andy Warhol a Founder of Pop Art Aug 20, 2008
New Direction for American Art ... Declared as the most inscrutable figures in American art Andy Warhol's work became the expression of a culture obsessed with image. (Suite101.com)
Museum to join in special event Aug 19, 2008
Also involved are the Murfreesboro Historic District the Brady C. Jefcoat Museum of Americana, Museum of Anthropology in Winston-Salem, N.C. Museum of History in Raleigh, Old Salem Museums and Gardens in Winston-Salem, President James K. Polk State Historic Site in Pineville, Reynolda House and Museum of American Art in Winston-Salem, Whalehead Club in Corolla, Tryon Palace Historic Sites and Garden in New Bern and Western N.C. Air Museum in Hendersonville. Some of these museums may already have... (Rockingham Daily Journal, NC)
Art Services International brings collection to U.S. for first time Aug 18, 2008
and then travel to other major American art museums from Wilmington, Del. to Stanford, Calif. (Washington Business Journal, DC)
At museums, walls play off what's on them Aug 16, 2008
"Modern art always looks best on white walls," says Claire Larkin, special projects director and acting chief of the exhibitions department for the Smithsonian American Art Museum ... On the second floor of the Smithsonian American Art Museum, two galleries of the museum's permanent collection show how opposites attract. (AZCentral -- Home)
Promega Art Showcase Features Works of Pedro E. Guerrero and Family Aug 15, 2008
His work has been displayed at the Museum of Modern Art, Whitney Museum of American Art, and the Guggenheim Museum. In addition, his photographs were featured in a 1998 PBS documentary on Frank Lloyd Wright by Ken Burns. (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
Show at city museum reveals young artist's 'Fierce Doubt' Aug 14, 2008
Sam McKinniss opens his show, Fierce Doubt, tonight at the New Britain Museum of American Art ... And he has a show at the New Britain Museum of American Art opening tonight ... The New Britain Museum of American Art is at 56 Lexington St. Call (860) 229-0257 or visit nbmaa. (New Britain Herald, CT)
Actor/Comedian Cheech Marin and 30 Top Recording Artists to Headline the Dodge Ram Tejano Music National Convention! Aug 13, 2008
The Dodge Ram Tejano Music National Convention serves as a "meeting ground" in advancing the growth of the Tejano (Tex-Mex) music genre as an American art form. "The vision of the Convention is to serve as the collective voice of the music; a unifying force joining both fans and industry leaders while promoting the rich variety, artistic value, cultural and historical significance of Tex- Mex music," said David Chavez, Founder and Executive Producer. (PR Newswire)
Folk art on display at three-day fest Aug 11, 2008
"It's truly an original American art form. "When you look to the South you always think great food, the blues, but it's this art that is the greatest visual culture that we've ever produced. " And one Hairston, a self-described southern colorist and a member of one of Atlanta's founding families, said she is proud to be among. "It's a wonderful collection of national and local folk art heritage," she said. This will be the second year Creative Enterprises Inc., a Lawrenceville nonprofit serving... (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Living)
Blind-Accessible Museum Tours Grow Aug 9, 2008
Action/Abstraction: Pollock, de Kooning, and American Art, 1940-1976 (Ends Sept. 21. . (Suite101.com)
Cheap (and free!) attractions in nation's capital Aug 7, 2008
It's worth leaving the mall area to check out the National Portrait Gallery and the Smithsonian American Art Museum. Both museums share a newly renovated historic building at Eighth and F Streets, at the Gallery Place/Chinatown Metro stop. (CNN -- Travel)
Newest Comic Book Heroes Aug 7, 2008
"Presidential Material: Barack Obama & Presidential Material: John McCain take advantage of one of the true American art forms, the comic book, to explore the histories of both presumptive nominees for the Democratic and Republican parties. These biographies are painstakingly researched and beautifully drawn depictions of the two men vying for what is arguably the most important job in the world: the Presidency of the United States of America," says the company website. "We're not doing anything... (W-USA News, DC)
International exhibition showcases a taste of India Aug 2, 2008
Step two paces to the left and in front of you is a roughly rendered painting of women in traditional costume, and next to that is a giant exploding abstraction reminiscent of American art heroes Jackson Pollack and Jasper Johns. These are original and interesting paintings, but they have nothing to do with each other, other than all being painted in India. (Jakarta Post, Indonesia -- Features)
Museum to disperse for revamp Aug 2, 2008
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Exhibit celebrates abstract expressionist Burkhardt's art Jul 29, 2008
His pieces are included in major collections and museums around the world, including the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York; Los Angeles County Museum of Art; the British Museum in London; the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York and the Los Angeles Museum of Contemporary Art. Robert Bucker, dean of Northridge's , said Burkhardt played an important role at the university, which is celebrating its 50th anniversary this year. (Los Angeles Daily News)
Cape family strikes gold at home Jul 25, 2008
"Heades tend to turn up more than any other major American painter," said Theodore E. Stebbins Jr., curator of American art at Harvard's Fogg Art Museum ... "And they're still collecting American art, for that reason.". (Boston Globe)
Door To Door Storage Partners with Zilker Theatre Productions for Behind the Scenes Support Jul 23, 2008
Zilker Theatre Productions is dedicated to the celebration and preservation of that unique American art form, the Broadway musical, by mounting large-scale musical productions at the Beverly S. Sheffield Hillside Theater in Austin's beautiful Zilker Park. Please visit for more information. (Yahoo News -- Press Releases)
CISD raises school lunch prices Jul 18, 2008
In June, Bradley showed her National History Day exhibit at the Smithsonian's American Art Museum and National Portrait Gallery in Washington, D.C.. Bradley was one of 36 students selected to present their projects at the museum and she is part of a larger group of more than 2,300 finalists who participated in the National History Day (NHD) national contest at the University of Maryland earlier in the month. (Cameron Herald, TX)
Art museum makeover is a visual masterpiece Jul 18, 2008
Curators re-hang CMA s new American Art galleries, which are now more spacious and look out over the lagoon ... My self-guided tour began in the American Art galleries ... An important icon in the history of American art and one of the most popular in the collection is Twilight in the Wilderness, an 1860 painting by Frederic Erwin Church, in which the artist captures a blazing Maine sunset. (Cleveland Jewish News, OH)
A penury of Old Masters is good (and bad) for sales Jul 18, 2008
When commenting on it in 2004, the American art historian Susan Barnes, who is the most prominent specialist on the master, had declared it to be "by a later artist." This was a polite way of dismissing it as a later imitation, "an opinion she has since revised," Christie's chirpily noted. In another age, however, such hesitation coupled with the appearance of the picture which curiously anticipates the 19th century, would have killed it. (International Herald Tribune -- Arts)
