Baltimore Sun (Free subscription) | 11/19/2009
For 1st time, fair will pair exhibitors with curators, conservators Jewelry makers Cynthia Alderdice and Lois Mansfield are meticulously forging the past to the present with chains of silver, copper and gold.
Ahlul Bayt News Agency (Free subscription) | 11/08/2009
Ancient Qurans and other Islamic texts are getting a new life online thanks to a Baltimore museum that is digitizing its collection of the rare documents.2009/11/8
Sacramento Bee (Free subscription) | 11/08/2009
This wooden figure of a mythical bird-man comes from central Thailand. History, a hint of glamour, and the truth behind Hollywood fantasies are reflected in "Emerald Cities: Arts of Siam and Burma, 1775-1950" at the Asian Art Museum in San Francisco. The glamour is provided by the remarkable story of the objects in it, among them scores of donations from the Doris Duke Southeast Asian Art...
Baltimore Sun (Free subscription) | 11/08/2009
W hat do you get when you combine the Walters Art Museum's new exhibition, "Heroes: Mortals and Myths in Ancient Greece," and the Baltimore-Piraeus Sister City Committee fundraiser on the night before Halloween? You get one heckuva Greek party.
Yahyasheikho786's Blog (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
In a quiet, windowless room deep inside the Walters Art Museum, a digitization specialist places a 900-year-old Quran into the cradle of the Stokes Imaging System. She turns a page, lowers a wedge to hold the book in place, and snaps a picture. She raises the wedge, turns the page, lowers the wedge, and repeats. And repeats. [...]
Sugar Frosted Goodness! (Free subscription) | 10/29/2009
I just designed and constructed an obstacle course based on the 12 labors of Herakles for the Walters Art Museum, Festival of Champions. The festival was last Saturday We had a great turnout. Here are some illustrations that I did of Kerberos and the Hydra for signage and some photos of the monsters that I made for the course. More on my blog . Take a quiz to find out what ancient Greek monster or...
Baltimore Sun (Free subscription) | 10/25/2009
Some wear costumes inspired by paintings All it took was a brief scan of the crowd at the Walters Art Museum gala to notice there was a little something different at this party. A bright red miter drifted amid a sea of bobbing bare heads. A set of enormous puffed velvet sleeves rubbed shoulders with dozens of traditional tuxedos. A gold lame toga twinkled alongside scores of cocktail dresses and gowns....
Baltimore Sun (Free subscription) | 10/22/2009
The fourth edition of Ignite Baltimore is scheduled for tonight at the Walters Art Museum, a new location for the growing Baltimore event that features speakers giving rapid-fire presentations on eclectic topics. The event, which begins at 7 p.m., will have 16 speakers who will touch on such subjects as nanobiotechnology, the basics of zombie survival and Baltimore moments that made a difference. Each...
Baltimore Sun (Free subscription) | 10/22/2009
The fourth edition of Ignite Baltimore is scheduled for tonight at the Walters Art Museum, a new location for the growing Baltimore event that features speakers giving rapid-fire presentations on eclectic topics. The event, which begins at 7 p.m., will have 16 speakers who will touch on such subjects as nanobiotechnology, the basics of zombie survival and Baltimore moments that made a difference. Each...
muslimmatters.org (Free subscription) | 10/11/2009
Welcome to the another edition of MuslimMatters.org’s regular Islamic Art feature. If you want to see your work on MM, then either email us your images to art[@]muslimmatters[.]org or submit them to our Flickr group. Click on the images below to view the original. Visit the MuslimMatters Flickr group to view the other entries… — Note: all the images [...]
C-MONSTER.net (Free subscription) | 09/30/2009
An Ottoman map of the fortress of Ancona produced by Piri Reis in 1525 CE and dedicated to Sultan Suleyman I. See it large. Find a slideshow of other illuminated Ottoman maps here. (Image courtesy of the Walters Art Museum.) A mechanical tumor. Freaky. Gagosian dropped from Vanity Fair’s movers and shakers list. The Smithsonian is offering buyouts. Big [...]
Baltimore Sun (Free subscription) | 09/29/2009
The first Ignite event in the area, Ignite Baltimore, was organized in October 2008 by local entrepreneurs Mike Subelsky and Patti Chan and was an immediate success. Held at the Windup Space on North Avenue, the event has attracted standing room only crowds, and the upcoming Ignite Baltimore #4 has been moved to The Walters Art Museum in order to accommodate more people. Ignite Baltimore #4 will take...
Baltimore Sun (Free subscription) | 09/29/2009
The first Ignite event in the area, Ignite Baltimore, was organized in October 2008 by local entrepreneurs Mike Subelsky and Patti Chan and was an immediate success. Held at the Windup Space on North Avenue, the event has attracted standing room only crowds, and the upcoming Ignite Baltimore #4 has been moved to The Walters Art Museum in order to accommodate more people. Ignite Baltimore #4 will take...
PR News Wire (Free subscription) | 09/17/2009
Just blocks away, visitors can also experience "Heroes: Mortals and Myths in Ancient Greece" at the Walters Art Museum from October 11, 2009 - January 3, 2010. This is the exhibit's first stop on a multi-city tour that examines the lives of four Greek heroes through more than 100 objects that examines the inherent human need for heroes by using ancient Greek culture as a point of origin....
Art Knowledge News (Free subscription) | 09/17/2009
BALTIMORE, MD.- From ancient times to present day, heroes and heroines have played vital cultural roles in society by defining trends, creating norms and shaping behavior. Sometimes heroes are portrayed as superhuman protagonists while at other times they emerge as average people who rise above the ordinary. Heroes are acknowledged with admiration by the mass media and sometimes even with offerings,...
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