Through a close look at select icons, Docent Art Norman traces the historical arc of Eastern monasticism from its Jewish Nazirite origins to modern Western connections; and considers the twinned concepts of monks seeking unity [Read More]
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Docent Jim Flynn offers a closer look at the Museum’s collection of icons of the Virgin Mary, and their presentation and significance in Russian culture and religion, from the coming of Christianity in the 10th [Read More]
Using recently completed icons inspired by ancient patterns, Maureen will explore the constraints of tradition, the limits of self-expression, and the role of free-will in the creative process of a 21st century iconographer. Sunday, April [Read More]
This gripping documentary draws a straight line from the Great Terror unleashed by Joseph Stalin from 1929 until his death in 1953 to the conflicting narratives of this history in Russia today. Prof. John Michalczyk, [Read More]
Rabbit Goody, PhD, will discuss how Ukrainian rushnyky relate to a larger historic precedent of using specific textiles for traditional ceremonial and cultural purposes. She will demonstrate part of the technique of weaving a rushnyk [Read More]
The schooner Sultana will be at the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum in St. Michaels, Md. beginning on Sunday, May 13, and continuing through Wednesday, May 23. Sultana returns to CBMM on Friday, June 29, and [Read More]
Celebrate the opening of the new exhibition Mary Reid Kelley and Patrick Kelley: We Are Ghosts. Join Senior Curator of Contemporary Art Kristen Hileman for an in-depth conversation with MacArthur Award-winner Mary Reid Kelley and [Read More]
The Frist Center for the Visual Arts announced that it has changed its name to the Frist Art Museum and introduced a new visual brand identity. The change became legally effective on April 1, 2018. [Read More]
From 5:30–7:30pm on Thursday, May 17, the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum in St. Michaels, Md., will host “A Boy in the Boatyard: Wingate Stories with Pres Harding.” In this free, public concert, Harding, grandson of [Read More]
SEATTLE – The Museum’s latest exhibit, Strangers to These Lands, examines a specific history of flight in the natural world-the fascinating story of avian-assisted seed distribution. The exhibit traces historic accounts dating back to the [Read More]
BALTIMORE, MD – The Baltimore Museum of Art (BMA) will present a conversation with Ta-Nehisi Coates, MacArthur “Genius Grant” recipient, Pulitzer Prize-nominated writer, and author of Marvel’s The Black Panther comic book series on Thursday, [Read More]
This Father’s Day weekend, more than 60 juried maritime artists and craftspeople from around the country will be showing and selling their beautiful works of art along the Miles River and the Chesapeake Bay Maritime [Read More]
SEATTLE – The Museum of Flight joins the global celebration of humanity’s past, present, and future in space with a Yuri’s Night party on April 14. Yuri’s Night at the Museum is a 21+ dance [Read More]
Ion the Baltimore Museum of Art for an in-depth talk with Terukazu Tanaka (translated by Louise Cort, Curator for Ceramics at the Smithsonian’s Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery) on Japanese metalwork [Read More]
SEATTLE – The Museum will be open free April 8 from 8-10 a.m. for those with autism spectrum disorder and their families in recognition of World Autism Awareness Day. The J. Elroy McCaw Personal Courage [Read More]
The Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum in St. Michaels, Md., has announced four recent additions to its staff. Joining the team are Barry Raymond as Assistant Guest Relations Manager, Laurel Seeman as Programs Administrative Assistant, Tom [Read More]
SEATTLE – NASA, The Glenda Project, Point Defiance Zoo and Aquarium, University of Washington SPACE Ambassadors, University of Washington Atmospheric Science Outreach and EarthGames will be at the Museum on April 7, 10 a.m. – [Read More]
The thrill of log canoe racing—four to 18 people in choreographed motion, balancing the strain on the rig, calling out puffs and lifts, eyeing the competition, sailing low on the water with enough horsepower to [Read More]