National Textiles Month
Although I’m an art historian, sometimes I feel that art should just be looked at rather than analyzed to death. When I read somewhere that May is National Textiles Month (May 3rd was National T ...
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Furniture or Sculpture?
I took furniture history classes in grad school and even was a TA for the professor, so I learned to absolutely love studying the history of furniture. It seems to me, though, as our digital image col ...
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Self-Taught Artists
I was recently studying the insanely wonderful art of contemporary artist Carmen Cartiness Johnson, and I noticed that her artist’s statement said right off the bat that she is “self-taugh ...
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Women's (Art) History Month: Kajiwara Aya
I like to feature pioneering women during National Women’s (Art) History Month. The arts are obviously no exception to the fields in which women have pioneered and excelled. This is as true in J ...
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Women's (Art) History Month: Florence Knoll
It took a heck of a lot of work, but after World War II (1939–1945) a group of artists yanked the United States away from the love of “all things past” toward modern design. Many of ...
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National Plant a Flower Day: Margherita Caffi and Helen Hamilton
Not only is it National Women’s [Art] History Month, but Monday is National Plant a Flower Day. Due to the two major nor’easters that have rocked the Northeast, I would like to feature a h ...
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African American History Month: Alma Woodsey Thomas
I have decided to apply officially to change the name of one of this month’s official designations to include African American Art History Month (although I haven’t really). When one looks ...
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What's in a Number? Ancient Persia, Anna Claypoole Peale, McKim Mead and White
It’s 2018 now. Does the number eighteen conjure up anything for you? A lot of people make a big deal about turning age eighteen, but for me that just conjures up nightmares of bullying, a face b ...
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Op Art Unknown: Edna Andrade
I may be a broken record on the subject, but in my virtual art history wanderings, I come across so many artists who have been significant in some aspect of the history of art, and yet they are not ge ...
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American Artists Appreciation Month: Wendy Maruyama, James Castle, Margaret Wharton
August is “American Artist Appreciation Month” continues. We’ll end the celebration with two unusual interpretations of chairs. ...
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