The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art presents The Photographs of Ray K. Metzker on view January 15, 2011—June 5, 2011. Free admission. Metzker’s photographs strike a unique balance between formal brilliance, optical innovation, and a deep [Read More]
Yearly Archives: 2011
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The Adirondack Community Trust — Evergreen Fund has awarded a grant in the amount of $500 to the Adirondack Museum at Blue Mountain Lake, New York. The funds will be used in general support of [Read More]
Blue Mountain Lake, NY — The library of the Adirondack Museum at Blue Mountain Lake, New York has acquired the archives of a major Adirondack architectural firm that include the most important collection of historic [Read More]
The Ava Gardner Collection was begun by Dr. Tom Banks and was donated to the Town of Smithfield after his death in 1989. Since that time, the collection has grown through donations from other collectors, [Read More]
The Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History announced the winners of its “Race to the Museum” initiative: the 1929 Miller race car with 43 percent of the vote and the 1948 Tucker sedan with 23 [Read More]
The Smithsonian Latino Center will present the pioneering New York-based poet Sandra María Esteves Jan. 15 and 16 at 2 p.m. in the National Museum of the American Indian’s Rasmuson Theater. The presentation is part [Read More]
Black History Month at the Royal Ontario Museum (ROM) offers an engaging and wide-ranging line up of events inspired by the current exhibition Position As Desired/Exploring African Canadian Identity: Photographs from the Wedge Collection. Presented [Read More]
The Baltimore Museum of Art announces African-American History Month Family Day: Maryland Icons Sunday, February 6, 1–5 p.m. (Snow Date: Sunday, February 27, 1–5 p.m.) FREE Storytellers and dance/musical groups take the stage during the [Read More]
For the first time in more than 25 years, The Metropolitan Museum of Art will display five of its original Autochromes by Edward Steichen and Alfred Stieglitz for one week only—January 25-30, 2011—as part of [Read More]
Delaware Center for the Contemporary Arts presents a FREE Lecture: Bulgarian Illustrator Iassen Ghiuselev on Saturday, January 22, 2011 at 2 pm Mr. Ghiuselev was the winner of the 1994 Illustrator of the Year Award [Read More]
The new North Carolina Museum of Art building in Raleigh, North Carolina, designed by Thomas Phifer and Partners has won the 2011 AIA Institute Honor Award for Architecture. Inside the North Carolina Museum of Art, [Read More]
“MacMillan is coming!” More than 50 years ago these words announced an exciting event in communities across the country: famed Arctic explorer Donald B. MacMillan would be in town with his motion pictures to tell [Read More]
Smithsonian Gardens and the U.S. Botanic Garden will open the 16th annual orchid exhibition, “Orchids: A View from the East,” at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History Saturday, Jan. 29. The exhibition will display [Read More]
The British Columbia Museum of Anthropology has canceled ‘The Forgotten Project’. MOA’s intention was to open doors for discussion about difficult issues that have a continuing and powerful resonance in Vancouver. Our decision to host [Read More]
The Wichita Falls Museum of Art presents Michael Nye: Hunger & Resilience, Opening: January 14, 2011 8 – 10 pm Exhibition dates: January 14, 2011 – February 25, 2011 Michael Nye’s photographs literally speak to [Read More]
To help mark the 50th anniversary of the inauguration of President John F. Kennedy, David S. Ferriero, Archivist of the United States, and Caroline Kennedy, President of the John F. Kennedy Library Foundation, today unveiled [Read More]
Iniva (Institute of International Visual Arts) is proud to present the first solo exhibition in the UK by Bangalore based artist Sheela Gowda at Rivington Place. On view 19 January – 12 March 2011. This [Read More]
St Fagans National History Museum presents Childhood in Wales on view Mar 2 2011. For many, childhood signifies a magical time filled with fun and excitement, when friendships are forged and happy memories created. For [Read More]