Beyond Extinction: Consciousness of Taíno and Caribbean Indigeneity The Smithsonian Latino Center will host a symposium on the survival of Taíno language, identity and material culture in contemporary Caribbean consciousness Friday, Aug. 26, from 2:30 [Read More]
Daily Archives: August 15, 2011
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ATLANTA – Rocco Landesman, Chairman of the National Endowment for the Arts, has announced that The Museum of Contemporary Art of Georgia (MOCA GA) has been awarded a grant of $24,000 to support the Working [Read More]
The Museum of Glass presents Peter Serko Transformation: Art Changes a City Photographs an exhibition, on view August 7, 2011 – January 8, 2012. Photographer and downtown Tacoma resident Peter Serko has been capturing the [Read More]
For the first time in 25 years, the Smithsonian’s Freer Gallery of Art will open the shutters of James McNeill Whistler’s famed Peacock Room for public view on the third Thursday of each month, beginning [Read More]
The Bakersfield Museum of Art presents LETHAL BEAUTY: Samurai Weapons and Armor on view September 15 – November 20, 2011. The striking duality of deadly weaponry forged with artistic beauty is on full display in [Read More]
The Hamburg Kunstverein presents “Cornet of Horse” an exhibition by Henning Bohl on view through September 11, 2011. The exhibition “Cornet of Horse” features several installation settings by Berlin-based artist Henning Bohl (born in 1975) [Read More]
A new tradition is being created within the Dutch Art World! It is in close cooperation with Gemeentemuseum Den Haag that the Artworlds Foundation is about to introduce Summer Expo 2011. Following the Summer Exhibition [Read More]
The Cape Fear Museum presents Down Home: Jewish Life in North Carolina, an exhibition that opens October 7, 2011. Discover how Jews, through a process of struggle and negotiation, became integrated into Southern society and [Read More]
The Florida Holocaust Museum presents Where the Past Meets the Future: The art of Fay Grajower on view through September 28, 2011 in the Janet Kohn Gallery. Boston artist, Fay Grajower, provides insight to viewers [Read More]
The Louisiana Museum of Modern Art presents David Hockney: Me Draw on iPad on view through 4 September 2011. David Hockney’s discovery of the inexpensive drawing application called Brushes for iPhones and iPads opened up [Read More]
The Museum of the Albemarle presents Bruce Roberts Photojournalist: 50 Years of Capturing Change open August 13, 2011, through the fall. A 1960 sit-in at the Woolworth’s lunch counter in Charlotte; Richard Petty and Miss [Read More]
The Royal Botanic Garden in Edinburgh presents Found in the Fields: Lithographs and Linocuts by Carry Akroyd with poems by John Clare. Open now through 4 September, 2011. Akroyd’s landscape images examine the relationship between [Read More]
PreSchooler Time: Blimps Overhead Thursday, September 8, 10:00 a.m.-11:00 a.m. Discover the purpose of blimps, what blimps are made of and how they float in the air. Read a book and participate in a hands-on [Read More]
The Museum of the Albemarle presents Formed, Fired and Finished an exhibition of North Carolina Art Pottery on view through May, 2011. North Carolina’s rich art pottery tradition takes a turn in the spotlight with [Read More]
The Southern Museum of Flight presents Vietnam War Helicopters Exhibit & Diorama. The exhibit displays a true story of American heroism within Troop C, 16th Cavalry Regiment. It stands as a tribute to all branches [Read More]
The Dallas Museum of Art presents African Headwear: Beyond Fashion an exhibition on view through August 14, 2011–January 1, 2012. African Headwear: Beyond Fashion, an exhibition of approximately fifty objects from the Museum’s collection of [Read More]
Jeu de Paume presents Audrey Cottin: Charlie & Sabrina, Who Would Have Believed? on view 18 OCTOBER 2011 UNTIL 05 FEBRUARY 2012. Audrey Cottin, a young French artist based in Brussels, enters Jeu de Paume [Read More]
The Albertina Museum presents Max Weiler The Draughtsman an exhibition on view through 16 October 2011. Max Weiler (1910-2001) was not only a great painter, but also a fascinating and important graphic artist. In more [Read More]