African American History Month: Howardena Pindell
This year’s African American (Art) History Month series continues with Howardena Pindell and her work from the 1970s. ...
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African American History Month: Richard Mayhew
This week my 2020 African American (Art) History Month blog series continues with artists that figure prominently in the period of the Civil Rights Movement and were part of groundbreaking African Ame ...
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African American History Month: Tanner, Drake, Johnson
Every year I like to feature African American artists whose work you may or may not have ever seen for African American History Month (February). I’m starting this year’s survey with artis ...
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Lilla Cabot Perry
Let’s make this the week of Lilla Cabot Perry for her birthday on January 13th! Like many women Impressionists in the early 1900s (such as Helen Hamilton and Harriet Lumis, both of whom I have d ...
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Thanksgiving Thought: Rubens Peale
Thanksgiving always gets me to thinking about early America, particularly about the many changes that happened in our country at that time, which very few of us ever think (or know) about. I’m s ...
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Indigenous Peoples Heritage Month: Zuni Pueblo, Abenaki, Chippewa
On Monday I showed you ancient architecture and ceramics as part of my National Native American Heritage Month 2019 series. Today the series continues with a look at three objects from the 1800s. ...
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Indigenous Peoples Heritage Month: Anasazi, Mississippian, Mogollon
The actual title is “National Native American Heritage Month.” There are so many outstanding examples of the artistic contributions First Nations cultures have made to the history of this ...
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Daylight Saving Time Gone: Night
Monday, I celebrated dusk in works of art to mark moving the clocks back over the weekend. Today, no more dusk. Now to show you a couple of interesting night scenes. ...
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Daylight Saving Time Gone: Dusk in Art
Daylight Saving Time ended this past weekend. Everyone is moaning about leaving work when it’s dark. I’m here to prove that there is beauty in the early onset of darkness…with ...
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Gem of the Month: Ralph Albert Blakelock
Ralph Albert Blakelock was born on October 15th. Because I am not in the habit of leaning on the “top 40 hits” of Western art as subject matter in this blog, I believe it would be interest ...
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