(un)Deniably Domestic (Free subscription) | 11/27/2009
Life is certainly busy. Last week I was fortunate enough to attend the national conference for the National Council of Teachers of English in Philadelphia, PA. Hello Philly! Thank you for such a great conference. Mom decided to travel with me. I spent my time learning about multi-modal literacies, writing about art, digital literacies, and technology, technology, and more technology. We stayed at Loews...
Art (Free subscription) | 11/04/2009
[ November 14, 2009 10:00 am to January 17, 2010 10:00 am. ] Delaware by Hand: Masterworks Delaware Art Museum November 14, 2009 – January 17, 2010 [ad#lb] The Delaware Art Museum presents Delaware by Hand: Masterworks, featuring 30 works of art as part of the first juried exhibition of Delaware by Hand, on view November 14, 2009 – January 17, 2010. Founded in 2001, Delaware by Hand is...
Art (Free subscription) | 11/04/2009
[ November 7, 2009 to January 10, 2010. ] Masterpieces in Miniature Delaware Art Museum November 7, 2009 – January 10, 2010 [ad#lb] The Delaware Art Museum is pleased to present the fourth annual Masterpieces in Miniature exhibition, on view November 7, 2009 – January 10, 2010. Masterpieces in Miniature is the Museum’s signature holiday display, featuring three-dimensional miniatures...
2 Blowhards (Free subscription) | 10/20/2009
Donald Pittenger writes: Dear Blowhards -- Have you ever had the opportunity to examine original illustration art by N.C. Wyeth, one of the most famous American illustrators of the early 20th century? You probably have that opportunity if you live in the Philadelphia-Wilmington region because Wilmington's Delaware Art Museum and the Brandywine River Museum in Chadd's Ford, Pennsylvania have examples...
Wine Post (Free subscription) | 10/20/2009
The more invested and heavily educated of wine drinkers can sometimes taste a wine and give you the details of how it was made, where it was from, what vintage it was, even to the point of if the barrels were made by a certain cooper. It really is extraordinary to watch (although it is probably a good parlor trick at only certain types of parties). Similarly it is truly breathtaking to listen to a...
Artdaily (Free subscription) | 10/13/2009
WILMINGTON, DE.- The Delaware Art Museum presents two exhibitions devoted to Maxfield Parrish (1870 – 1966). Fantasies and Fairy-Tales: Maxfield Parrish and the Art of the Print, the first traveling exhibition of Parrish's color lithographic prints (which were made from his original paintings), is on view October 31, 2009 – January 10, 2010. Included are reproductions of commissions for...
miriam's ideas (Free subscription) | 10/07/2009
I've been very lucky in finding good music here in Wilmington. Two weeks ago I heard a really good concert by the Delaware Symphony. The program featured Gershwin's American in Paris, which I've heard about as often as I've heard Barack Obama--that is, way too often. I thought I could not possibly get anything from hearing this piece again. I was wrong. I don't think I've ever heard it played live...
Art Knowledge News (Free subscription) | 09/13/2009
WILMINGTON, DE.- The Delaware Art Museum announced its highest attendance for the month of August since 2005, when the Museum reopened following a renovation and expansion project. The Museum welcomed 4,164 visitors in August 2009 , an increase of 17% over last year and the best tally since August 2005. This is particularly welcome news since Museum attendance typically declines during the summer...
Delaware Liberal (Free subscription) | 09/11/2009
Not a paid announcement, but definitely want to point everyone to one of my favorite Delaware events -- the Newark Film Festival . It started yesterday and runs though the 17th with films running at the Cinema Center 3 in Newark. You can see all of the showtimes here .
Philadelphia Inquirer (Free subscription) | 09/06/2009
Among writers, copying someone else's work is called plagiarism, and is considered dishonorable. In art, however, stealing ideas is called "appropriation," and is considered legitimate, even clever.
Denver Post (Free subscription) | 09/04/2009
Embracing the Hamilton Building; contemporary American Indian art, and more: Rather than viewing the slanting walls and sharp angles in the Denver Art Museum's unconventional — and still- controversial — expansion as obstacles, Christoph Heinrich decided to approach them as a creative opportunity.
Art (Free subscription) | 08/19/2009
Exposed! — Revealing Sources in Contemporary Art August 15, 2009 – October 4, 2009 Delaware Art Museum The Delaware Art Museum presents Exposed! — Revealing Sources in Contemporary Art, featuring paintings, prints, and photographs alongside images of the works they reference, on view August 15, 2009 – October 4, 2009. Since the 1960s a wide range of [...]
Artdaily (Free subscription) | 08/15/2009
WILMINGTON, DE.- The Delaware Art Museum presents Exposed! — Revealing Sources in Contemporary Art, featuring paintings, prints, and photographs alongside images of the works they reference, on view August 15, 2009 – October 4, 2009. Since the 1960s a wide range of artists—including Andy Warhol, Richard Prince, and Ellen Gallagher—have made pictures that reference specific works...
Artdaily (Free subscription) | 07/16/2009
WILMINGTON, DE.- The Delaware Art Museum presents Illustrating Her World: Ellen B. T. Pyle, featuring approximately 50 works in the first overview of Ellen Pyle's career, on view August 1, 2009 – January 3, 2010. A student and sister-in-law of master illustrator Howard Pyle, Ellen Pyle drew acclaim from around the country for her covers for The Saturday Evening Post and other publications.
What About Clients? (Free subscription) | 07/05/2009
Ford Madox Brown (1821-1893), "Romeo and Juliet", 1870. Oil version, Delaware Art Museum, Wilmington, USA. 1867 watercolor version in Whitworth Gallery, Manchester, UK....
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