Rolling meadows, majestic mountains and the ironic beauty of a retired asbestos mine were the subjects that won awards in the Views of Vermont Landscape Photography Contest. Award winners were selected from over 650 photographs. [Read More]
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Alzheimer’s: Forgetting Piece by Piece is a poignant new exhibition about Alzheimer’s, its impact on those affected by the disease and the artistic expression of complex emotions felt by those confronting the disease. The exhibition [Read More]
Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa, with museum representatives and Holocaust survivors, opens the doors to the new home of the Los Angeles Museum of the Holocaust located in Pan Pacific Park, on OCT 14, 2010. City officials, [Read More]
‘Out of Art into Literacy’ celebrates the outcomes of two innovative projects with primary schools: ‘Into the Frame’ and ‘Out of Art into Storytelling’. Both enabled teachers to explore the potential of National Gallery paintings [Read More]
In an effort to highlight the multiple cultural attractions located within convenient walking distance of each other, several of Manhattan’s downtown museums have banded together to create the Downtown Culture Pass — a ticket, good [Read More]
The Board of Trustees of the National Gallery of Art in Washington, DC, voted last week to acquire The Juniata, Evening, an exceptional painting done in 1864 by American artist Thomas Moran (1837-1926). Purchased from [Read More]
The Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) hosted a total of 39,669 visitors during the opening celebrations of the Lynda and Stewart Resnick Exhibition Pavilion. More than 17,600 visitors attended LACMA’s Free Community Weekend [Read More]
For better or worse, politicians and entertainers have dominated public life in America for much of the twentieth century. Members of both professions, striving to create a vibrant connection with the public, have found their [Read More]
Thursday, October 14 • 10:30-11:30am Thursday Art Play: Growing Green Art Shinji Turner-Yamamoto uses natural elements such as plants in his artwork. Start watching your own plants grow by making a greenhouse you can take [Read More]
On Saturday, October 23 and in conjunction with Frederick Douglass Day, the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum (CBMM) in St. Michaels, Maryland will unveil the recently restored, historic Mitchell House as a new permanent exhibit. Now [Read More]
Nevada historian and author, Phillip I. Earl, presents Barnstorming! Early Aviation in Nevada, Thursday, October 28, at 7 pm at the Nevada State Museum. Earl’s presentation accompanies the theme of this year’s Nevada Day celebration, [Read More]
A retrospective exhibition honoring Stephen H. Kanner FAIA, Founder and President of the A+D Architecture and Design Museum > Los Angeles and the work of Kanner Architects. Open November 4, 2010 – January 16, 2011. [Read More]
A+D and AIA/LA in celebrating the work of Los Angeles architects This annual exhibit, open through October 27, 2010 showcases submissions for the 2010 Design Awards (built projects) and NEXT LA Awards (unbuilt projects), projects [Read More]
This landmark exhibition, open 13 October – 16 January 2011, presents the finest assembly of Venetian views by Canaletto and his 18th-century rivals to be seen in a generation. Bringing together around 50 major loans [Read More]
The Bigfoot Discovery Museum is hosting the fourth annual Bigfoot Discovery Day on Saturday, October 16, 2010. Museum curator Michael Rugg will present his findings and detail accounts from more than six years of local [Read More]
The Dorsky Museum of Art will present Binary Visions : 19th-Century Woven Coverlets from the Collection of Historic Huguenot Street in the Sara Bedrick Gallery October 16, 2010 – March 18, 2011. This exhibition, selected [Read More]
The Virginia Museum of Natural History in Martinsville is taking part in the first National Fossil Day on Wednesday, October 13, during Earth Science Week. National Fossil Day, organized by the National Park Service and [Read More]
The Virginia Museum of Natural History presents Eyes on Earth, a special exhibit, open through January 8, 2011. Far beyond the atmosphere of Earth, at orbits ranging from 290 to over 35,400 km (180 to [Read More]