Article Archive for December 2009
Cintas Foundation Program at FIU Frost Art Museum Announces 2010 Competition for Coveted Visual Arts Fellowship
The Cintas Foundation and The Frost Art Museum at Florida International University (FIU) announced today the start of the annual competition for the 2010 Cintas Foundation Fellowship in the Visual Arts administered by the Foundation and the Cintas Fellowship Program at The Frost. The only one of its kind in the nation, the program has honored some of the world’s most talented Cuban artists. Past visual arts fellows include Carlos Alfonzo, Teresita Fernandez, Anthony Goicolea, Ernesto Oroza, photographers ... Read More
Dan Perjovschi: Late News at the Royal Ontario Museum
Provocative artist brings his social commentary to the ROM. Watch the artist at work from February 13 to 22 only The Institute for Contemporary Culture (ICC) at the Royal Ontario Museum (ROM) presents the new art installation, Dan Perjovschi: Late News, beginning on February 22, 2010. Distinguished in the world of contemporary art, Dan Perjovschi will draw his brilliant and irreverent cartoons directly onto the dramatic soaring walls of the Roloff Beny Gallery, on Level 4 of the Michael Lee-Chin Crystal at the ... Read More
The Flushing Remonstrance to be Exhibited at the New York State Museum
The Flushing Remonstrance, the earliest known document in America arguing for religious freedom, will be on exhibit at the New York State Museum on Sunday, December 27 to commemorate the anniversary of its signing more than 350 years ago. Dated December 27, 1657, the Remonstrance is considered by historians to be the precursor of the first amendment of the Bill of Rights, guaranteeing Americans religious freedom. Scorched by the New York State Capitol fire of 1911, the fragile document is part of the collection ... Read More
Van Gogh Museum Concludes 2009 Successfully with 1.45 Million Visitors
The Van Gogh Museum welcomed almost 1,450,000 visitors in 2009. This positive result is credited in part to the exhibitions Van Gogh and the colours of the night and Van Gogh’s letters: The artist speaks (which runs through 3 January 2010). The former exhibition is part of the Letters project launched in October, which attracted considerable media attention around the world. Fridaynight – interior Photo: Luuk Kramer During the first two months of this year visitor numbers were down on 2008, bringing ... Read More
Claremont Museum of Art to Discontinue Operation in The Packing House
On December 21, the Claremont Museum of Art Board of Directors voted to discontinue operation of the Museum in The Packing House and place the permanent collection in a secure storage facility. The board will continue working to rejuvenate the Claremont Museum of Art in the next few years as the economy improves. The Museum will be open 11:00 am to 5:00 pm for two final days on December 26 and 27. As you know, the Claremont Museum of Art nearly closed its doors in October. Thanks to funding from the City of ... Read More
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (MFA) Appoints Jen Mergel as Senior Curator of Contemporary Art
Malcolm Rogers, Ann and Graham Gund Director of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (MFA), has announced the appointment of Jen Mergel as the MFA’s Beal Family Senior Curator of Contemporary Art. Mergel, who will join the Museum in February 2010, is presently associate curator at the Institute of Contemporary Art (ICA) in Boston, where she has worked since 2005. “Jen Mergel will play a key role in enhancing the appreciation of contemporary art within the context of our encyclopedic Museum,” said Rogers. ... Read More
Cheekwood Botanical Garden & Museum of Art Announces New Officers for the Board of Trust and Nine Members
The Board of Trustees of Cheekwood Botanical Garden & Museum of Art has recently announced new officers for the board of trustees and seven new members. “All of these new trustees bring to Cheekwood a wealth of experience with issues of great importance to our institution,” says Jack Becker, PhD, president of Cheekwood. “They represent the values of intellectual discipline, social involvement and principled leadership that have been the mark of Cheekwood’s board throughout the years.” ... Read More
$12-Million Gift from Mandel Family for Israel Museum
The Israel Museum, Jerusalem, announced a $12-million gift from Jack, Joseph, and Morton Mandel through the Mandel Supporting Foundations. This gift marks the completion of its $100-million capital campaign to support the comprehensive transformation of its 20-acre campus. The Mandel gift supports the reconstruction, reinstallation, and endowment of the Museum’s Jewish Art and Life Wing, housing the world’s preeminent collection of Judaica and Jewish Ethnography. The Wing will be named the Jack, Joseph, and ... Read More
Historic Food Preservation & More at the Museum of Early Trades & Crafts
On Sunday, January 10th at 3pm the Museum of Early Trades & Crafts invites visitors to join historic food expert and open hearth/fire-cook interpreter, Mercy Ingraham as she explores the various methods Early American’s used to preserve food. Discover how Colonials survived before electricity, canning or even the knowledge of germ theory. Mercy Ingraham, will demonstrate the various ways Colonials preserved food so it would last throughout the year. She will also explain how to use a number of kitchen ... Read More
BURKE MUSEUM PRESENTS BEST OF FOSSIL COLLECTION ALONGSIDE FOSSIL-INSPIRED ARTWORK BY RAY TROLL
Giant ammonites, killer pigs, saber-toothed cats, and dinosaurs: these fossils and others are among the best of the Burke Museum’s paleontology collection and most have never before been exhibited. Now, these fossils will be on display to the public in a new Burke Museum exhibit that explores questions about evolution, extinction, and early life on Earth. Cruisin’ the Fossil Freeway on view through May 31, 2010. Cruisin’ the fossil freeway, by Ray Troll. On view in Cruisin’ the Fossil ... Read More
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