Article Archive for March 2010
Canadian-American Glass Artist Laura Donefer Named Fourth GAPP Artist
TOLEDO, OHIO – Laura Donefer, who has been using glass as a primary medium in her work for more than 27 years, is the fourth artist invited to participate in the Toledo Museum of Art (TMA)’s prestigious Guest Artist Pavilion Project (GAPP). The American-born Donefer, who now lives in Harrowsmith, Ontario will be an artist in residence from May 14-22, 2010 and will return in the fall to continue her work. The GAPP program invites one glass or contemporary artist per year to visit the ... Read More
Major Collection of Middle Eastern Photography being Built for National Museums
The Art Fund announces that it has embarked upon an exciting new venture – the creation of a national collection of recent Middle Eastern photography, to be owned jointly by the V&A and the British Museum. The collection will be known as The Art Fund Collection of Middle Eastern photography at the V&A and the British Museum. In total, the charity is allocating £100,000 to enable the two museums to build the Collection, which is to encompass photography from the Middle East ... Read More
The Actors Hall of Fame Announces The Red Carpet Museum to Open in Los Angeles
The Red Carpet Museum will be the official museum for The Actors Hall of Fame, it was announced today by the Board of Directors of The Actors Hall of Fame Foundation. As a cultural and industry destination,The Actors Hall of Fame Red Carpet Museum will serve to promote the foundation’s primary mission of restoring dramatic arts education. Exhibits and features for the physical and online museum include; The Road to the Red Carpet, Red Carpet Fashions, Red Carpet Commissary and an ... Read More
pARTy Like a Rockstar – Erie Art Museum Benefit Event
Be metal. Be Diva. Be Glam. Be Old School or New Wave, or whatever suits your inner rockstar at this unique event to benefit the Erie Art Museum. The second edition of “pARTy like a rock star” will be held Saturday, March 6, 2010 from 8-11p.m. at the Boardwalk Complex, 28 North Park Row. Sponsors will enjoy an “all access” VIP reception from 5:30 to 8 p.m. in the Boardwalk’s Dream Ultra Lounge. The atmosphere offers a suitable environment for the VIP –plush black leather sofas, ... Read More
Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission to Auction Surplus Property
Long underwear, a petticoat and christening gowns, a 1940 Pennsylvania license plate and a candle-dipping wheel are among the more than 1,600 items that the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, or PHMC, no longer needs and will place up for auction on March 6. Railroad buffs and model train collectors should be especially interested in the offerings. Included in the auction is a large selection of toy trains as well as memorabilia of the historic railroads that traversed the ... Read More
The Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA Presents 150 Years of American Masterpieces
Los Angeles, – The Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) presents American Stories: Paintings of Everyday Life, 1765 1915, , a major exhibition highlighting the variety and strength of American artistic achievement during an epochal century and a half, from the colonial era through the period leading to World War I. American Stories—the first survey of American narrative painting in more than thirty-five years—features over seventy works, including loans from leading museums and ... Read More
Exhibition Highlights the Exceptional Beauty of the Platinum Process in Photography at The Philadelphia Museum of Art
A cornerstone of photographic practice during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, the platinum print is revered by photographers and viewers alike as one of the most beautiful forms of photography, with subtle and lustrous shades that range from the deepest blacks to the most delicate whites. The Philadelphia Museum of Art will present an exhibition of 75 works from the late 19th century to the present, showcasing outstanding prints largely drawn from the Museum’s collection ... Read More
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