Articles in Museum News
Center for Creative Photography presents Ansel Adams. The View from Here
The Center for Creative Photography presents Ansel Adams. The View from Here an exhibition on view through March 4, 2012. Ansel Adams, Oak Tree, Sunset City, Sierra Foothills, California, 1962. Ansel Adams Archive.© The Ansel Adams Publishing Rights Trust Collection, Center for Creative Photography, University of ArizonaPerhaps no photographer’s work has enjoyed such popularity as Ansel Adams’s awe-inspiring views of the natural world. His early trips to the Yosemite ... Read More
Metropolitan Museum of Art opens Spies in the House of Art. Photography, Film, and Video
The Metropolitan Museum of Art presents Spies in the House of Art. Photography, Film, and Video an exhibition on view at The Metropolitan Museum of Art from February 7 through August 26, 2012, that draws largely from the Museum’s collection to focus on artists from the last three decades who explore the secret lives of museums. This installation in the Joyce and Robert Menschel Hall for Modern Photography features 17 works, half of which have never been shown before at the Metropolitan. ... Read More
Center for Creative Photography Acquires the Jack Welpott Archive
The Center for Creative Photography at the University of Arizona Libraries announced that it has acquired the photographic archive of internationally renowned artist Jack Welpott. “We are thrilled that the Jack Welpott Legacy Trust has chosen the Center for Creative Photography as the permanent home for the Welpott archive,” comments Katharine Martinez, the Center’s director. “Welpott was an accomplished photographer and a key member of the rich community of artists in the San ... Read More
Make a Difference at the UMFA. Become a Museum Docent
Attention all museum lovers, cultural enthusiasts, history buffs and devoted art advocates: Are you looking for a way to serve and inspire others in your community? The Utah Museum of Fine Arts is looking for passionate volunteers to serve as weekend docents! The UMFA depends on a dedicated docent team each year to fulfill its mission and guide thousands of visitors through its halls. Docents will have the opportunity to delve deep into art history and the UMFA’s exhibitions, gain ... Read More
Bonniers Konsthall to host Before and After Cinema conference
Bonniers Konsthall presents Before and After Cinema an international conference in Stockholm on 9–10 March, 2012. Before and After Cinema is an international conference on the status of the moving image in contemporary art, in the perspective of the shift from analogue to digital media, and what this means to distribution, perception, archiving and the making of art and film. The conference is a part of a larger collaboration between Bonniers Konsthall and Moderna Museet in Stockholm. The ... Read More
Walter Anderson Museum of Art Announce Upcoming Exhibitions for 2012
Rolland Golden: River and Reverie May 1 – August 15, 2012 Mr. Golden was awarded the Ms. Arts and letters award in 2011 for his beautiful portrayal in oil paintings of the waterways of the South. The Wooten-Rosenberg Collection September 1- December 31, 2012 This amazing collection of more than 200 artworks including Shearwater Pottery, paintings and watercolors by all three Anderson brothers started as a whim when the owner first worked at Shearwater Pottery in the 1970′s while still ... Read More
Renovated and Expanded Yale Art Gallery to Open in December 2012
Project designed by New York City-based Ennead Architects The Yale University Art Gallery, in New Haven, Connecticut, the oldest and one of the most important university art museums in America, is in the final phase of a renovation and expansion that will transform the visitor experience of both the museum and its esteemed collections. The project will enable the Gallery not only to enhance its role as one of the nation’s most prominent teaching institutions but also to join the ranks ... Read More
Walter Anderson Museum of Art Seek Director of Development
The Walter Anderson Museum of Art are seeking a Director of Development. This position contributes to annual and long-term fundraising and donor relations strategies to further the mission of the Walter Anderson Museum of Art. With the Executive Director, Board of Trustees and volunteer leadership, will develop, direct, and maintain the Museum’s fundraising goals and policies. The current operating budget of the museum is approximately $650,000 annually with an endowment of $1,000,000. The ... Read More
MoMA Presents Print Studio Interactive Space
MoMA presents Print Studio on view through March 9, 2012. Organized in conjunction with The Museum of Modern Art’s exhibition Print/Out (February 19–May 14, 2012), the Museum hosts Print Studio, an interactive space that explores the evolution of artistic practices relating to the medium of print, in the Mezzanine Level of The Lewis B. and Dorothy Cullman Education and Research Building. The Studio offers a series of drop-in workshops, lectures, and events that emphasize accessible and ... Read More
Musee d’art contemporain de Montreal opens Ghada Amer, Valérie Blass and Wangechi Mutu Exhibitions
The Musee d’art contemporain de Montreal presents Ghada Amer, Valérie Blass and Wangechi Mutu, three solo exhibitions, on view through April 22, 2012, by women artists of the same generation: Ghada Amer, Valérie Blass and Wangechi Mutu. All three share an interest in the body, sexualized and hybrid depictions of human and animal figures, materiality and references to art history and pop culture. The particular layouts of these exhibitions invite visitors to discover the unique approach of ... Read More
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