Article Archive for March 2010
New Website Promotes Philadelphia Parkway Museums District
“The website is designed to give people a good sense of what’s on the Parkway, and get them excited about visiting the area. It’s a truly exceptional destination, and we need to spread the word. Where else can you find so many world class cultural and educational institutions in such a beautiful park setting” said Judi Rogers, Executive Director of the Parkway Council Foundation, which has 15 members, including museums, schools and businesses. The site features highlights from each member organization. ... Read More
DELAWARE ART MUSEUM PRESENTS DINOTOPIA: THE FANTASTICAL ART OF JAMES GURNEY
James Gurney’s Dinotopia bring the worlds of science and the imagination to life by chronicling Arthur and Will Denison’s remarkable experiences on a lost island in vibrant color and meticulous detail. Recounted in words and pictures in the best-selling book series, Dinotopia: A Land Apart From Time (1992), Dinotopia: The World Beneath (1995), and Dinotopia: First Flight (1999), the artist’s compelling tale has engaged and enchanted readers by inviting them to explore the far reaches of a mysterious ... Read More
The Katonah Museum of Art Welcomes Masters of Puppetry in “The Intimate Inanimate”
The Katonah Museum of Art (www.katonahmuseum.org) invites you to join artists Dan Hurlin, Roman Paska, and Hanne Tierney and curator Leslee Asch for The Intimate Inanimate, a panel discussion that will provide a revealing look into works featured in the Museum’s current exhibition The Art of Contemporary Puppet Theater. Ms. Asch will moderate the conversation at the Museum on Sunday, March 28 at 5:30pm. This event is free for members and $10 for non-members. Reservations are required and can be made by calling ... Read More
Lions and Puppets and Fun, Oh My! Family Day at the Katonah Museum of Art
If your family is wild about puppetry, then you won’t want to miss Puppets! Family Day: Design • Create • Perform at the Katonah Museum of Art on Sunday, May 16 from 12-4pm featuring special guests Theo, the bibliophile puppet of PBS’s Between the Lions and his creator, Peter Linz. Family Day is free for Museum members, $5 for individual non-members (ages 3 and up), and $15 for non-member families. There is a $2 materials fee for puppet making activities. For information call 914-232-9555, ext. 0 or ... Read More
Nelson Atkins Museum of Art Features Qiao Zhongchang Chinese Painting
A rare Chinese scroll by Qiao Zhongchang is part of the current rotation of Chinese and Japanese paintings at The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Expressions of Brush and Ink: Literati and Chan (Zen) Painting in China and Japan. Qiao Zhongchang, Chinese (act. Late 11th-early 12th century). Illustration to the Second Prose Poem on the Red Cliff, 11th century-early 12th century. Hand scroll, ink on paper. Purchase: Nelson Gallery Foundation, F80-5. The exhibition offers 23 paintings including Qiao Zhongchang’s ... Read More
Delaware Art Museum Presents On Assignment: American Illustration, 1850-1950
Wilmington, DE – The Delaware Art Museum presents On Assignment: American Illustration, 1850 – 1950, featuring over 50 paintings and drawings from the Museum’s nationally recognized collection of original illustrations, on view now through January 2, 2011. These works demonstrate the range of styles and subjects that characterized illustrations in American books and magazines from the mid-19th to the mid-20th century. Illustration differs from traditional painting in that it was work produced “on ... Read More
Erie Art Museum Now Accepting Works for 87th Annual Spring Show
Works are currently being accepted for the Erie Art Museum’s 87th Annual Spring Show, a regional juried exhibit, running April 24 through July 3, 2010 in the Erie Art Museum’s Main Gallery, 411 State Street. All artists residing within 250 miles of Erie are invited to enter works not previously exhibited in the Erie area. A total of $10,000 in awards is offered, including $2,000 in juror’s cash awards, the $500 Northwestern Pennsylvania Arts Association Award and at least $7,500 in guaranteed purchases. ... Read More
Fitzwilliam Museum Sculpture Promenade
The celebrated Sculpture Promenade is returning to the grounds of Cambridge’s Fitzwilliam Museum for a second year from March 23. Providing a dynamic new focus for contemporary art in the heart of Cambridge, this free annual installation of contemporary sculpture showcases work by some of the most talented artists working today. Last year’s inaugural Sculpture Promenade, which closed on January 30, is widely regarded as having transformed not only the public perception of the Fitzwilliam Museum, but also ... Read More
Foundling Museum Acquires a Rare Embroidered Sampler
The Art Fund announces that London’s Foundling Museum has acquired a rare, embroidered sampler made by a ten year-old girl in 1825. The sampler is the only known child’s depiction in any medium of the original Foundling Hospital, London’s first home for abandoned children, which was demolished in 1928. The girl who worked the sampler is believed to have had close family connections with the Foundling Hospital. Sarah Ann Quartermain, 1825, depicting the Foundling Hospital in 1763, embroidered ... Read More
The Life and Times of Paddington Bear™ at Reading Museum
Celebrating the famous bear from Darkest Peru and his creator, Michael Bond, who spent his childhood in Reading. This exciting exhibition tells the story from the very first book A Bear Called Paddington, published in 1958, to the most recent title in the series Paddington: Here and Now, published in 2008 – exactly fifty years later. Discover how the idea for Paddington began on Christmas Eve 1956 and how various illustrators, from Peggy Fortnum to R.W. Alley, have developed the way he looks in books and ... Read More
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