Archive | 2013

Come sit on the bus – Red Grooms’ bus!

Step on board the Red Grooms‘ bus.! I should really fine myself one large summer ice cream cone this week for having taken so long to get to the Brattleboro Museum and Art Center!  I only reside a short half hour away and that doesn’t even count the number of times I’ve been across the […]

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Kemp-McCarthy Museum – Rowe Historical Society

A trip to the Rowe Historical Society, also called “Kemp-McCarthy Museum, is more than worth  your time.  While being a fan of history is always helpful when visiting a small town’s historical society, it’s not totally necessary at this one.  The drive there and back is absolutely magnificent. Small country roads along a brook would […]

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Museum of Nebraska Art

A short treat in Kearny, Nebraska. Mostly paintings and photography, but a growing sculpture garden as well. I happened on it on a road trip on a Sunday night when they were having an event and allowed me to peruse while the event was going on after hours. It was very refreshing after 8 hours […]

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Yale University Art Gallery

  GRAND OPENING OF REINSTALLED GALLERY FOLLOWS MULTI-YEAR RENOVATION AND EXPANSION UNITING THREE HISTORIC BUILDINGS Project enables Gallery to show more than 4,000 works, including some 1,100 new acquisitions; present a greater diversity of special exhibitions; and expand its education programming for the Yale community and the public at large. On December 12, 2012, the […]

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Yale Center for British Art

The Yale Center for British Art holds the largest and most comprehensive collection of British art outside the United Kingdom, presenting the development of British art and culture from the Elizabethan period to the present day. Together with the Reference Library, the Center’s collections of paintings, sculpture, drawings, prints, rare books, and manuscripts provide an […]

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Berkshire Museum

In 1903, Berkshire Museum founder Zenas Crane, inspired by such institutions as the American Museum for Natural Science, the Smithsonian, and the Metropolitan Museum of Art, decided to blend the best attributes of these establishments in a new museum for the people of Western Massachusetts. Thanks in large part to Crane’s efforts, the broad and […]

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New Britain Museum of American Art

“Erected By the People for the Use of the People,” the New Britain Museum of American Art is dedicated to serving all people by pursuing excellence in art through collections, exhibitions, and education. The New Britain Museum of American Art‘s founding in 1903 entitles the institution to be designated the first museum of strictly American […]

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Mount Holyoke College Art Museum

Teaching with Art Museums are extraordinary places that provide an incredible range of learning experiences for people of all ages – learning that is simultaneously intimate, collective, and empowering.  Museums help make accessible the range and depth of the human imagination. Founded in 1876, the Mount Holyoke College Art Museum was one of the first […]

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Museo Nacional del Belle Artes, Havana Cuba

We just got back from Habana (yes, that’s how they say it) So we’ll start with except from our other blog at http://www.profsharon.net “Then, we boarded the bus to the Museo Nacional del Belle Artes where we got a two-hour tour by the Vice-President of the Ludwig Foundation. Check out their website to see a […]

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