Art museum talk connects faith to issueArticle from TheNewsTribune.com: Three reverends, a pastor and a rabbi walked into an art museum on Saturday, but this was no joke. The mood was respectful, polite and ecumenical as five members of Tacoma’s Associated Ministries met at the Tacoma Art Museum for the program “Seeking Common Ground: a [...]
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Kemper art museum director resignsArticle from Kansas City Star: By TIM ENGLE The Kansas City Star By TIM ENGLE The Kansas City Star Updated: 2012-05-18T23:43:58Z Rachael Blackburn Cozad Rachael Blackburn Cozad, director of the Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art for 11 of its 18 years, has resigned, the museum confirmed Friday. Cozad was unavailable for [...]
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Philadelphia’s Reopened Barnes Foundation Puts Its Masterpieces in a Better LightArticle from Daily Beast: After years of lawsuits and controversy, the great collection has made its move downtown from the suburbs. As before, stunning modern paintings sit next to folk art and ironmongery, the way tycoon Albert C. Barnes had intended. Art critic Blake Gopnik [...]
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Art Museum DayArticle from Huffington Post: A few days ago, while sitting with a small group of museum directors talking about how to engage the next generation of museum visitors, I could not help but remember a series of conversations I have had over the past few years with my son that began with the [...]
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IU Art Museum receives grant to fund art courses, academic positionArticle from Indiana Daily Student: POSTED AT 08:46 PM ON May. 16, 2012 (UPDATED AT 09:03 PM ON May. 16, 2012)PRINT | Email | Editor | SHARE | | Recommend (0) Indiana Daily Student >>> Read the full article from the source . Naples Art Museum [...]
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Famed art collection to open in new Philadelphia homeArticle from Reuters: File illustration of the new Barnes Foundation building on Philadelphia’s Benjamin Frankline Parkway. Credit: Reuters/Barnes Foundation/Handout By Dave Warner PHILADELPHIA | Thu May 17, 2012 6:02am EDT PHILADELPHIA (Reuters) – The Barnes collection, with more than 4,000 works of art including paintings by Renoir, [...]
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New Delay in Opening African Art MuseumArticle from New York Times: For the fifth time in three years, the Museum for African Art has been forced to delay opening its new home at 110th Street and Fifth Avenue, in East Harlem, as it continues to work to raise the money to finish the project. Elsie [...]
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Blind American painter helps children see hopeArticle from Mother Nature Network: NEW WORKS OF ART: Robyn Browne works with paints during an art class at Saint Joseph’s School for the Blind in New Jersey. (Photo: Timothy A. Clary/AFP) JERSEY CITY, New Jersey — She sees little more than shadows and shapes. However, American artist Bojana [...]
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Milwaukee Art Museum proposes fixes to War MemorialArticle from Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: By Mary Louise Schumacher of the Journal Sentinel May 14, 2012 2:10 p.m. The Milwaukee Art Museum has unveiled a proposed $ 15 million project that includes a small, glassy new building on the lakefront, the creation of an urban park, a gutting [...]
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Jay-Z makes announcement on Art Museum stepsArticle from Philadelphia Inquirer: Posted on Mon, May 14, 2012 Jay-Z makes announcement on Art Museum steps Rapper, producer, songwriter, author and wildly successful entrepreneur Shawn Corey Carter made a special announcement with Mayor Michael Nutter on the steps of the Philadelphia Museum of Art on Monday. The press [...]
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