New York–based contemporary artist Cary Leibowitz (b. 1963) creates comically self-effacing text-based works with a decidedly gay and often Jewish perspective that address issues of identity, kitsch, modernist critique, and queer politics. Since the early [Read More]
Yearly Archives: 2016
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BALTIMORE, MD -The Baltimore Museum of Art (BMA) today announced it will offer extended hours on Thursdays, Saturdays, and Sundays for visitors to see the popular Matisse/Diebenkorn exhibition before it closes on Sunday, January 29. [Read More]
The Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum in St. Michaels, Md. begins its “Exploring Chesapeake Stories” Winter Speaker Series on Wednesday, February 8, with the series continuing on select Wednesdays through March 22. Whether true-to-life or fictional, [Read More]
The Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum in St. Michaels, Md. is offering a workshop to teach the basics of carving a nameboard from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. on Saturday, March 11, with all participants taking [Read More]
CINCINNATI – Cincinnati Museum Center announced today that Enjoy the Arts will be joining ArtsWave as it continues to build a new audience of arts lovers. Enjoy the Arts, a program in residence of Cincinnati [Read More]
SEATTLE – Santa is letting his reindeer rest up for Christmas Eve, so he and Mrs. Claus will fly a vintage propeller plane to the Museum on Dec. 10. The couple will arrive at 11:45 [Read More]
On the occasion of the publication of the catalogue accompanying The Artist’s Museum, the exhibition currently on view at the Institute of Contemporary Art/Boston (ICA), the New York Public Library’s An Art Book program presents [Read More]
The National Underground Railroad Freedom Center has joined Cincinnati Magazine’s Cincinnati Gives Challenge, an unprecedented, year-end fundraising campaign that equips local charities and facilitates connections between the interests of donors and the needs of local [Read More]
SEATTLE – On Dec. 3 the Museum presents “Words on Wings,” a literary event with four Pacific Northwest aviation-themed writers. The authors will give individual presentations on the hour from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. [Read More]
The Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum is offering free admission Monday through Friday this February, with the program offered through the generous support of Free in February sponsors Shore United Bank and Awful Arthur’s of St. [Read More]
Museum Director Karl E. Willers, Ph.D. announced that ground has been broken for The Manes Family Art and Education Center, a dedicated education and exhibition space that will open during 2017. The Manes Center, possible [Read More]
Works by Ansel Adams, Dorothea Lange, Cartier-Bresson, Walker Evans, Richard Avedon, Walker Evans, Alfred Stieglitz, Diane Arbus, Cindy Sherman, Matthew Barney, John Baldessari and many others Through March 5, 2017, all of Nassau County Museum [Read More]
The Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum in St. Michaels, Md. recently welcomed third-grade students from St. Paul’s School in Brooklandville, Md. for a collaborative program exploring the biology, ecology, and environment of Chesapeake Bay oysters. The [Read More]
Acclaimed author Sarah Thornton, will share revealing observations about artists and the art market on Sunday, November 20, 4 p.m. Admission Free Sarah Thornton is a writer and sociologist of culture. Formerly the chief correspondent [Read More]
DOYLESTOWN, PA — A celebrated mural among the 3,000 objects in the permanent collection of the James A. Michener Art Museum — A Wooded Watershed by Pennsylvania Impressionist painter Daniel Garber– is now the largest [Read More]
Friday, November 18, 7-11 p.m. $25 / $20 Member Limited tickets are left for this late-night event featuring FREE entry to the popular exhibition Matisse/Diebenkorn (regularly $17.50) and a Stoop Stories performance (regularly $20+). Plus [Read More]
CINCINNATI – The holidays and Cincinnati Museum Center (CMC) go together like hot cocoa and marshmallows. Sure, both are great on their own, but they’re even better together. Starting November 18 you can experience the [Read More]
Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum Boatyard Program Manager Jenn Kuhn reports work continues on the 25’ draketail Pintail, with an anticipated spring 2017 launch. Construction began mid-January 2016 through CBMM’s Apprentice for a Day public boatbuilding [Read More]