Curator's Corner

Curator's Corner

Artist Birthday: Osuitok Ipeelee

Thursday, November 13, 2025 | Karl Cole

The native arts of the northern First Nations cultures of Canada have the same wide ranging types of art forms as those of the Indigenous cultures of the US. Osuitok Ipeelee participated in a Cana ...

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Artist Birthday: Édouard Vuillard

Wednesday, November 12, 2025 | Karl Cole

Édouard Vuillard was a pivotal artist in the transition from representational and abstract art. He was a member of the Nabis group of painters, "nabi" a Hebrew word for prophet, i ...

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The Week of Shichi-go-san: Kitagawa Utamaro

Monday, November 10, 2025 | Karl Cole

“Rites of passage” refer to cultures all over the world in which certain birthdays are celebrated as stepping stones to a new period of life. A Japanese example is Shichi-go-san. The n ...

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Artist Birthday: Friedrich Vordemberge-Gildewart

Friday, November 7, 2025 | Karl Cole

Vordemberge-Gildewart was a major figure in the Concrete Art that developed in Europe in many countries as a form of pure abstraction. It encompassed many individual movements, including Construct ...

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Artist Birthday: Neil Jenney

Thursday, November 6, 2025 | Karl Cole

Painter Neil Jenney has been part of what the Whitney Museum called in 1978 New Image Painting. It is neither Pop-oriented or abstract. Jenney’s work emphasizes vigorous, exciting brush work ...

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Artist Birthday: Anders Ruhwald

Wednesday, November 5, 2025 | Karl Cole

Anders Ruhwald is an artist whose works blur the line between sculpture and design. One of his key interests is in the contrasting of textures of different materials. ...

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Artist Birthday: Chris (DAZE) Ellis

Tuesday, November 4, 2025 | Karl Cole

Chris (DAZE) Ellis was part of the earliest group of American street artists to successfully transition to a career painting on canvas. He is also part of the generation of street artists who help ...

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Art for National Fig Week: Luis Meléndez

Monday, November 3, 2025 | Karl Cole

November 1-7 is National Fig Week, and we celebrate with Baroque art! Just as very different painting styles co-existed in late Baroque France – the Rococo which catered to the nobility, and ...

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Artist Birthday: Jürgen Mayer

Thursday, October 30, 2025 | Karl Cole

Jürgen Mayer is part of a generation of young 21st century architect/designers who create forms that respect the surrounding environment, as well as paying tribute to the history of the locale. ...

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Artist Birthday: James Siena

Wednesday, October 29, 2025 | Karl Cole

James Siena is renowned for his intricate, circuit board-like geometric abstractions. Like many contemporary abstractionists, Siena follows a highly personal process in his colorful abstractions. ...

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