The Deutsche Bank Series at the Guggenheim: Found in Translation brings together eleven works by eleven artists that look to translation as both a model and a metaphor to critically comment on the past and [Read More]
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The Rowan Museum opens With These Hands- Black History Exhibit the museum’s latest Black History exhibit on Sunday afternoon, February 13. It will feature handcrafted arts and crafts from local black citizens, past and present. [Read More]
Drawing from material culture, thing theory, anthropology, Museum education, and traditions of storytelling, Object Stories, the Portland Art Museum’s new installation, is an open-ended exploration of the relationship between people and things, the Museum and [Read More]
The African American Heritage Museum of Southern New Jersey (AAHMSNJ) opens three new exhibition on Saturday February 12, 1-3pm. Ralph Hunter’s Pictures of Africa: A Dream Fulfilled Rod Robinson’s Images of Africa Jacqueline Hall-Smith Displays [Read More]
“Tyondai has with great ambition and detail-loving hard work created music that is a mash-up of 20th-century music and has bravely taken an extra step: into the unknown.”– Björk Tyondai Braxton Photo: Grace Villamil Best [Read More]
On Saturday, February 12, the Illinois State Museum will present two free family programs. Celebrate Cultural Diversity! from 11:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. and Music Around the World Super Saturday from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 [Read More]
Baltimore – Director Gary Vikan of the Walters Art Museum announced today that Dr. Regine Schulz, director of international curatorial affairs and curator of ancient art at the Walters since 2000, has been named executive [Read More]
Saturday, March 12, the Illinois State Museum will host the 13th annual Junior Collectors Day. Collectors between the ages of 8 and 15 are encouraged to share their collection with others and learn techniques for [Read More]
Works by contemporary Latino and Native artists draw on traditional Catholic iconography to contemplate the heritage of Spanish colonialism The Oakland Museum of California (OMCA) presents Contemporary Coda, a companion installation to Splendors of Faith/Scars [Read More]
The Wisconsin Maritime Museum, 75 Maritime Drive, will host “Kahlenberg Industries’ Sound of Success” at 1:30 p.m. Saturday February 12. Erick Kahlenberg, the company’s vice president, will share a collection of stories about his family’s [Read More]
The exhibit Textiles In White: The Language of Clothing focuses on white textiles from the Nevada State Museum and Nevada Historical Society collections. The exhibit showcases a variety of white clothing, textiles and accessories from [Read More]
Brown University will officially open the Perry and Marty Granoff Center for the Creative Arts Feb. 10, 2011. The interdisciplinary arts center will foster innovation, research, collaboration, creativity, and education among the arts, humanities, and [Read More]
The Maryhill Museum of Art Presents Process and Presence: Selections from the Museum of Contemporary Craft on view March 15 – July 4. Portland’s Museum of Contemporary Craft (MoCC) is home to more than 1,000 [Read More]
A contemporary jazz concert to benefit research and patient services at Scripps Cancer Center is set for Friday, March 11 from 6:30 p.m. to 10 p.m. aboard the USS Midway Museum, alongside Navy Pier in [Read More]
Event displays hundreds of models from realistic planes to fantastic spaceships The annual NorthWest Scale Modelers Show returns to The Museum of Flight Feb. 19 and 20 from 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. It is [Read More]
The Nanaimo Museum presents Literary Luminaries on February 26, 2011. As part of National Heritage week the Nanaimo Museum once again is hosting twelve local authors with a range of writing styles. They will speak [Read More]
A generous donation was received in January by the Nanaimo Museum from the Jim Pattison Foundation. The cheque for $10 000 will be very valuable to us for future gallery and exhibit development. Mr. Pattison [Read More]
The Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History has recently acquired the Van Halen “Frank 2” guitar played and made famous by Eddie Van Halen through a partnership donation with Fender Musical Instruments. It was made [Read More]