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Alaska
Fairbanks University of Alaska Museum of the North Fairbanks began as a gold-mining town. The gold case displays small to fist-sized nuggets recovered from streams, as well as gold worked into artistic objects. This is the largest display of gold nuggets in the state. ............................................... AnchorageRARE NATIVE HERITAGE OBJECTS RETURN HOMEIn the first arrangement
of its kind, the Smithsonian Institution
is loaning hundreds of indigenous Alaska
artifacts to their place of origin and
allowing access for hands-on study by
Alaska Native elders, artists and
scholars. These cultural and historical
treasures are exhibited in the new
Smithsonian Arctic Studies Center in the
Anchorage Museum.
The center houses more than 600 objects from the Smithsonian's collections that were selected and interpreted with help from Alaska Native advisers. Examples include an 1893 Tlingit war helmet from the southeast Alaska village of Taku and a 1935 Inupiaq feast bowl from Wales, near Nome on Alaska’s northwest coast. http://www.anchoragemuseum.org/expansion/smithsonian.aspx
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Huntsville
Huntsville Museum of Art
Jewelry artist Kathy Chan displays more than 75 works at the Huntsville Museum of Artthrough August 16, 2010 Huntsville Museum of Art
will
present “Amore” and more than 75 other pieces of jewelry by
Chan in its latest “Encounters” exhibition. “Encounters” is
the museum’s long-standing showcase of regional artists and
their works. Several paintings and dresses designed by Chan
will also be on view. ............................................... Mobile Claudia DeMonte: Real Beauty
Claudia DeMonte (American, b. 1947),
Female Fetish: 9/11 Teddy,2001, pewter and brass on wood. April 30 - July 11, 2010 Claudia DeMonte is an accomplished and gifted artist, a dedicated teacher, a curator and a collector. The development of her art has taken her through a variety of materials: painted pulp paper sculptures, works in clay, photography installations, bronze and recently, in her Female Fetish series, pewter milagros nailed onto wooden sculptures. Throughout her explorations of media, she has remained consistent. In each stage of her career, with each medium, she has combined sobering commentary on the status of women in the world with lighthearted humor. The exhibition of DeMonte’s work will be complemented in the Education Wing with her collection of handmade folk dolls from around the world. Real Beauty will be accompanied by a new book on DeMonte’s career by Eleanor Heartney, with an introduction by Agnes Gund. The exhibition is organized by the Mobile Museum of Art and Claudia DeMonte. African and Asian Collection Gallery: Houses the David and Inger Duberman Collection of Chinese cloissoné as well as selections of works by African, Japanese, Chinese, Thai, and Turkish artists from the permanent collection. Altmayer Gallery: Features works of American art from the permanent collection. Katharine C. Cochrane Gallery of American Fine Art: Installation of American paintings, sculpture and furniture from the nineteenth century through contemporary art from the permanent collection and "The American Way" loan exhibition. Maisel European Gallery: Overview of European paintings, prints, sculpture, and decorative arts from the permanent collection. Riddick Glass Gallery: Features gifts of European decorative arts and contemporary European studio glass. Public
Information Officer Chief Curator Curator of
Exhibitions http://www.mobilemuseumofart.com/ ___________________________________________ Arizona Glendale Bead Museum
New Greek Ceramic Beads!!
The Bead Museum Store has a
shipment of incredible Greek Ceramic beads and metal spacers from Mykonos
Beads! The finishes include raku, copper, gold, antique silver,
green patina, and various colors of the The Measure of a Man in a
Head-Taking Land: Arizonans will soon get a
glimpse into a culture that has traditionally been vehemently guarded and
tucked away from the rest of
the
world. The Measure of a Man, which
opens September 18, will take museum visitors on a journey to Nagaland,
chronicling the unique cultures and practices of the peoples of Nagaland
in
northeast India. The exhibition will
showcase an ornate society, layered with various types of adornment that
hold intrinsic and societal importance.
The History of
Beads
The exhibition presents a "time-line" of
hundreds of original bead examples and their origins in time and place
from 40 000.BCE until today. This showcases the originals in a display
curated by Jamey Allen and the time-line first developed by researcher,
Jamey Allen. The Language of
Beads An introduction to the terminology used by bead
researchers, collectors, traders and crafters to describe the vast variety
of bead types, shapes and makes that make up this common language of
reference for the specialist and bead enthusiast. Beads from
Nature The rich diversity of beads fashioned from the
natural materials of the earth using examples from the cultures of the
world. The exhibition is presented in two sections: Organic Materials, or
carbon based sources that include plant and animal based
products Organics refer to carbon-based matter, which
are largely plant and animal materials and/or the products produced by
them. Organic material often decomposes, making the rare occurrence in a
primitive burial site an exceptional find. So highly valued are many
organic materials such as shells, amber, feathers and tusks that they have
been used as objects of trade, hence a form of currency. Observing our physical world, appreciating its
beauty and using it for personal adornment is a part of the universal
human experience. The desire to embellish ourselves seems deeply
ingrained, if not for personal pleasure then for symbolic attributes often
expressing a spiritual belief. Products from nature remind us of our
shared stewardship on Earth, all around us and a part of us. This
exhibition shows examples of these products used as jewelry and trade,
bringing distant tribal expressions to us. ............................................... Mesa Mesa Arts Center The Mesa Contemporary Arts Collection contains nearly 200 objects in all media including paintings, sculpture, works on paper, photography, and decorative arts objects, and is presented in a series of exhibitions in the SRP Permanent Collection Gallery.
30th Annual Contemporary Crafts
Exhibition Jewelry & Metals Studio The Jewelry and Metalsmithing Program was designed to teach traditional and ancient techniques as well as contemporary innovations using a combination of technology, history and art. Beginners learn the art and craft of metal work while accomplished artists find a stimulating environment where they can explore new techniques and develop and share ideas with other artists. Sculpture Studio The new Sculpture Studio and Terrace provide a fluid indoor/outdoor space ideal for creating in a variety of media. Students master techniques while creating work that explores visual history, human-made forms and the natural world.The Sculpture Program is new to the Mesa Arts Center. Courses offered in the inaugural session are based on the skills of our first Artist in Residence, Derrell Tousley. Basic Sculpture, Steel Fabrication, Welding, Stone Carving and Kinetic Art are offered as initial classes. Resurrect http://www.mesaartscenter.com/main.aspx http://www.mesaartscenter.com/ ............................................... Phoenix Heard Museum HOME: Native People in the
Southwest
Experience the Heard's most prized
masterpieces, sweeping landscapes, poetry and personal recollections on an
unforgettable journey through the Southwest and the vibrant arts and
cultures of Native people. Quotes and interviews with artists and
Native community members are interwoven throughout the
exhibition reflecting on the importance of family, community, land
and languages. Join us for an exciting trip through the American
Indian Southwest, from the distant past to today.
HOME features: * Nearly 2,000 treasures including jewelry,
cultural items, pottery, baskets, textiles, beadwork and more. Tour the global span of the Heard Museum’s permanent collection. This exhibit will focus on more than 75 years of collecting and preserving Native art and cultures in the Southwest and beyond. Starting with examples of work collected by museum founders, Dwight and Maie Heard, and including donations by artists and collectors such as Byron Harvey and Richard Faletti, the exhibit features objects and artwork from indigenous peoples of North and South America as well as Oceania. Housed in the newly renovated COMPAS gallery. Gifts to Celebrate! The Heard Museum's 75th
Anniversary ............................................... Santa Fe ............................................... Tucson Arizona State Museum, University of Arizona This exhibition showcases the origins, history and contemporary cultures of southwestern indigenous peoples in an exciting mix of prehistoric artifacts, historic objects, commissioned artwork, video interviews, and life-cast dioramas. WATERCARRIER," a bronze sculpture by Apache artist Craig Dan Goseyun, adorns the front entrance of ASM's north building. Purchased by Arnold and Doris Roland as a generous gift to the museum, "Watercarrier" represents one of the most vital elements to a desert community—water. http://www.statemuseum.arizona.edu/
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Skillfully crafted figurative
jewelry, infused with caustic
humor, engages the unsuspecting
viewer with stories of social,
moral and political issues.
World of the Pharaohs World of the Pharaohs consists of more than 200 objects spanning 3,000 years of dynastic history. Dramatically illustrating the rich and diverse aspects of one of the world’s great civilizations, this exhibition showcases excavated material from the Pyramid age, widely regarded as Egypt’s finest hour. This exhibition is organized by the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. The Arkansas Arts Center has been steadfastly committed to building a collection of unique works on paper, primarily American and European, from the Renaissance to the present. Among the most recognizable works in the collection are sheets by Cézanne, Van Gogh, Jackson Pollock, Georgia O'Keeffe, Alison Saar, Rembrandt and Rubens. The Arts Center Collection also features 135 drawings and watercolors by the Post-Impressionist Paul Signac, over 100 Post-Minimalist drawings, Arthur Dove's Sketchbook "E", and nearly 80 works by Will Barnet. Masterworks in the collection include paintings by Diego Rivera, Odilon Redon and Francesco Bassano; sculpture by Henry Moore, Louise Nevelson and Roy Lichtenstein; and prints by Rembrandt, Whistler and Dürer. The second major area of collecting is contemporary objects in craft media, including teapots by contemporary artists, contemporary baskets, turned wood objects, studio glass, ceramics, metalwork and jewelry designed by artists. Among the highlights are works by Dale Chihuly, Albert Paley, Peter Voulkos and Dorothy Gill Barnes. Currents in Contemporary ArtOngoing Currents in Contemporary Art features works of art from the permanent collection of the Arkansas Arts Center Foundation. The installation focuses on commonalities in the technique, materials, subject matter and concepts that have informed artists and their work in the 20th and 21st centuries. 52nd Annual Delta ExhibitionYoung Arkansas Artists 49th Annual Exhibition
___________________________________________ California Anaheim MUZEO 241 S. Anaheim Blvd. Parking is available in the structure on the corner of Center Street Promenade and South Lemon Street. Directions, Parking & Transportation >>Phone: 714-95.MUZEO (714-956-8936) Email: info@muzeo.orghttp://www.anaheimmuseum.com/ ............................................... Carlsbad The Gia Museum - The Gemological Institute of AmericaThe museum's various collections are an opportunity to give the
viewer some scientific understanding of gem's and gemstones and to enhance
the public appreciation of the same when used in jewelry. The museum is
also an invaluable resource for gemologists, scholars, craftspeople and
jewelry historians.
Exhibits Gems and Minerals This collection comprises exceptional examples of gems and minerals from all significant global localities. The Jewelry Collection Historical and contemporary jewelry depict classic workmanship and signature elements related to specific styles and periods. The Historical Collection This sophisticated collection is dedicated to jewelry and objets d’art from earlier periods and cultures, and gemstones with known provenance from significant localities. Building this collection is the Museum’s current focus. Contact GIA800-421-7250 International 760-603-4000 marketing@gia.edu http://www.gia.edu/research-resources/museum/collections/index.html ............................................... Fresno Fresno Art Museum Phone: (559) 441-4221Fax: (559) 441-4227 2233 N. First Street Fresno, CA 93703 http://www.fresnoartmuseum.org ................................................... Long Beach Long Beach Museum of Art Permanent CollectionThe Museum's prized permanent collection includes approximately 3,000 paintings, drawings, sculptures, works on paper, and decorative arts objects (furnishings and accessories). Particular strengths lie in 300 years of American decorative arts objects, early 20th century European art, California Modernism and contemporary art of California. NEW ADDITION GRACES LONG BEACH MUSEUM OF ART SCULPTURE GARDEN The Long Beach Museum of Art recently installed an untitled Norman Hines sculpture for permanent outdoor display in the sculpture garden. The untitled piece is part of the Museum's collection and was received as a gift in 2000 from Dr. Seldon and Sheriden Beebe. It is an abstract white marble sculpture approximately 24" tall by 18" deep by 46" wide. The sculpture has gained several monikers including "the egg," "the taco," and "the dumpling." Located in the Museum's Ella Reid Rose Garden on a specially constructed base, the 1,000 pound sculpture it is now on display free of charge and is accessible Tuesdays through Sundays, 11 a.m. - 5 p.m. Long Beach Museum of Art ................................................... Los Angeles Hammer Contemporary Collection Diana Al-HadidMay 15 - August 15, 2010Sculptor Diana Al-Hadid constructs baroque architectural forms such as towers, labyrinths, and pipe organs that appear to be in a state of ruin. Using materials such as cardboard, plywood, plaster, and resin, Al-Hadid's sculptures are informed by an array of influences, both eastern and western–ancient Biblical and mythological narratives, Arabic oral traditions, Gothic architecture, iconic western painting, Islamic ornamentation, and scientific advances in physics and astronomy. For her first solo museum exhibition, Al-Hadid will be making a new piece inspired by the Islamic astronomer and inventor Al-Jazari's famous water clock built in 1206 and early Netherlandish Renaissance paintings. Hammer Contemporary Collection Franklin D. Murphy Sculpture GardenOne of the most distinguished outdoor sculpture collections in the country, the Franklin D. Murphy Sculpture Garden spans more than five acres in UCLA's campus with over 70 sculptures by artists such as Jean Arp, Deborah Butterfield, Alexander Calder, Barbara Hepworth, Jacques Lipchitz, Henry Moore, Isamu Noguchi, Auguste Rodin, and David Smith. The Armand Hammer Daumier and Contemporaries Collection is one of the most extensive collections of prints, drawings, paintings, and sculpture by the nineteenth-century French satirist Honoré Daumier. Also included are prints and drawings by many of Daumier's fellow nineteenth-century caricaturists. This collection provides a humorous window onto politics, culture, and day-to-day life in nineteenth-century France.10899 Wilshire Blvd Los Angeles, CA 90024 Phone: 310.443.7000 http://hammer.ucla.edu/exhibitions/exhibitions ................................................... Fowler Museum UCLA The Fowler's collections comprise more than 150,000 art and ethnographic and 600,000 archaeological objects representing ancient, traditional, and contemporary cultures of Africa, Native and Latin America, and Asia and the Pacific. From Yoruba beaded arts of Southern Nigeria, to pre-Columbian ceramic vessels of Peru, to elaborate batik textiles of Indonesia and the vibrant papier-mâché sculptures of Mexico, the Fowler's collections offer a comprehensive resource for exhibitions and scholarship central to the Museum's mandate. Make Art/Stop AIDS is an internationally traveling exhibition debuting at the Fowler that explores how artists around the world are responding to HIV/AIDS and how their work raises awareness, inspires activism, and can ultimately help end global AIDS. Featuring examples primarily from the United States, South Africa, India and Brazil—four disparate nations whose distinct experiences with and responses to the epidemic make insightful studies —Make Art/Stop AIDS presents approximately sixty works including contemporary paintings and sculptures, photographs, performance videos, posters, animated shorts, digital media, installations and more to record the history of the epidemic, to appreciate its enormity, and to share information and ideas about future interventions. The exhibition features work by Robert Gober, David Wojnarowicz, Fiona Kirkwood, Daniel Goldstein, Jean Carlomusto, and the collective Gran Fury, among many others. Inscribing Meaning brings together outstanding works of art from a range of periods, regions, genres, and peoples in order to consider the interplay between African art and the communicative power of graphic systems, language, and the written word. Explore the multiple messages and aesthetic intent of more than one hundred exceptional artworks—including ancient Egyptian funerary arts; masks, sculpture, textiles, and adornment from across the continent; illuminated liturgical texts; and the work of contemporary artists Rachid Koraïchi, Ghada Amer, Berni Searle, Ike Ude, Victor Ekpuk, Sue Williamson, Kim Berman, Yinka Shonibare, Wosene Kosrof, and many others. Mailing: Phone: 310/825-4361 ................................................... Oakland Oakland Museum of California The Work of Margaret de Patta at the Oakland Museum from the Museum's permanent collection. 1000 Oak St. Phone: 510-238-2200 The Enamelist Society: PO Box 920220 Norcross, GA 30010 Telephone: 770-807-0142 FAX: 770-676-9368 Email Us at info@EnamelistSociety.org http://www.enamelistsociety.org/ ...................................................
Tom De Hoog, Metal Weaving & Sculpture Exhibit
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Santa Monica
Santa Monica Museum of Art
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Ukiah
The Grace Hudson Museum in Ukiah, California, is an art, history and anthropology museum focusing on the lifeworks of artist Grace Carpenter Hudson (1865-1937) and her ethnologist husband, Dr. John W. Hudson (1857-1936). Changing interdisciplinary exhibitions and public programs feature Western American art, California Indian cultures, histories of California's diverse North Coast region, and the work of contemporary regional artists.
http://www.gracehudsonmuseum.org/index.html
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Watsonville
Sierra Azul Nursery & GardenAnd with good reason.
"Gardens are really meant to have, and in some ways really don't seem complete to me, without that human element of art," said nursery owner and show curator Jeff Rosendale. "Gardens themselves are a human creation, so the sculptures just add another layer of interest, another dynamic."
Rosendale chose the pieces with help from his daughter Erika and longtime Cabrillo College art instructor Jamie Abbott, who also has a piece in the exhibit.
The pieces range in size from glass-blown flowers the size of a hand to metal sculptor Aaron Van De Kerckhove's 18-foot-tall "Lookout Tower" and Kirk McNeill's 15-by-20 foot "Mooring Buoy No. 30," made of steel and stone.
The exhibit, a joint project of the Pajaro Valley Arts Council and Sierra Azul that can be seen daily through Oct. 31, is now in its fifth year. The 2010 installment features 50 pieces that were the work of about 100 artists. Included in the show are collaborative totems from a third-grade class and pagodas made from recycled machinery in addition to the permanent pieces that already dot Sierra Azul's two-acre grounds.
Rosendale said entries this year came from farther afield than past shows. Participants hail from as far south as San Luis Obispo and north to San Francisco.
"There's really nothing else like this in this area,"
Sculpture Is: 2010www.sierraazul.com, 763-0939
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Colorado
Denver
Metropolitan State College of Denver Center for Visual Arts
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Boulder
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Connecticut
Branford, Guilford and Madison
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New Haven
The first exhibition to show both facets of the artist's distinctive work and explore the relationship between them.
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American Paintings, Sculpture,
and Decorative
Arts
Ongoing, third floor
The Yale University Art
Gallery’s collection of American paintings, sculpture, and decorative arts
has a long history, spanning nearly two and a half centuries. A
comprehensive selection of highlights is on view, ranging from one of the
earliest American paintings, the 1670 portrait of John Davenport, the
first minister to the New Haven Colony, through mid-twentieth-century
masterpieces by artists such as Edward Hopper and Thomas Hart Benton.
Outstanding examples of furniture, turned wood, glass, pewter and other
metals, ceramics, and textiles are also on display.
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Delaware
Wilmington
Delaware Center for the Contemporary Arts___________________________________________
Florida
Longbeach
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Ormond Beach
http://www.ormondartmuseum.org/
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West Palm Beach
Norton Museum of Art
http://www.norton.org/home.htm
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Miami Beach
Wolfsonian-Florida International University: collection contains artifacts primarily of North American and European origin, dating from 1885–1945. It comprises a variety of media: furniture; industrial-design objects; glass, ceramics, and metalwork; rare books; periodicals; ephemera; works on paper; paintings; textiles; and metals. The nations most comprehensively represented are the United States, Great Britain, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, and Russia/Soviet Union. The objects are interpreted to explore key FEATURED OBJECTS from Art and Design in the Modern Age:
Art and Design in the Modern Age:
Selections from the
Wolfsonian Collection ongoing
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Sarasota
April 24–January 20, 2011 •
The Central Asian landscape can be bleak and harsh, but the lives of the Turkomen tribes who inhabit the region are enriched by their skill at creating sophisticated and elaborate jewelry. Splendid Treasures of Turkomen Tribes, an exhibition of recent gifts to the Museum, features objects created in the late 19th to early 20th centuries, focusing on the important milestones and rhythms of daily life of these semi-nomadic people. With social and economic needs to move with the seasons, wealth had to be portable, and so jewelry came to play an important role. These objects provide a unique window into the extraordinary decorative and spiritual elements of these tribes and their pastoral lifestyles. The jewelry, fashioned by Turkomen artists, was created from precious metals such as silver and gold and featured intricate forms and patterns ornamented with semi-precious stones. Reflecting tribal identity and their beliefs regarding time and space and heaven and earth, the geometric shapes and elaborate curved forms capture the cosmos, express desires for safety and continuity, and echo the relationship of the tribal people to their unique physical and cultural environment.
John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art:
http://www.ringling.org/NewsReleasesBlogEntries.aspx?id=7762&blogid=2092
European travel kindled a passion for art and collecting in John and Mable Ringling. In the 1920s, John Ringling became a regular at the New York and London auctions. He purchased important works by Titian, Veronese, Rubens, Hals, and Velazquez. Ringling also acquired important decorative arts and a collection of Cypriot, Greek and Roman antiquities from the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
In 1925, Ringling commissioned the New York architect John Phillips to design a building befitting of his impressive art collection, a museum that would take its inspiration from the Renaissance and Baroque palaces and museums of Italy. Construction began in 1928, and in October 1931, The John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art was officially dedicated and opened to the public.
Today, the Museum of Art displays European, American, and Asian works of art in its permanent collection galleries. The collection of Old Master paintings, highlighted by the Baroque period of the 17th century, is among the finest in the country.
The Museum’s collection continues to grow. In 2002, the Koger Collection of Chinese ceramics, which spans over four millennia of Chinese ceramics, was donated to the Museum. In 2006, Dr. Helga Wall-Apelt, made a combined pledge of her collection of Chinese jades, stone sculptures, and bronzes, along with generous funding to support the future Asian Galleries to be named in her honor. With the opening of the Ulla R. and Arthur F. Searing Wing in 2007, an additional 30,000 square feet of exhibition space was added to the Museum. The Ringling Museum also collects modern and contemporary art, and presents temporary exhibitions from its own collections and traveling collections in the Searing Wing.
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Winter Park
The Charles Hosmer Morse Museum
Decorative Arts and Sculpture:
In addition to works by Tiffany, the collection includes leaded-glass windows by William Morris, Louis Sullivan, Frank Lloyd Wright, John LaFarge and Arthur Nash. The Museum's jewelry and silver collections feature pieces by Emile Gallé, Rene Lalique and Carl Faberge. Gallé and Louis Majorelle are represented In the furniture collection, along with Tiffany and Gustav Stickley.SECRETS OF TIFFANY GLASSMAKING
Georgia
Savannah
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Athens
Juried ExhibitionsThe Ring Show: Putting the Band Back Together
Curated ExhibitionsCurated by Donald Friedlich
Pinnacle
Gallery, SCAD
Many American studio artists are utilizing
manufacturing methods and technology such as laser cutting, photo-chemical
machining and electroforming to create both one of a kind and production
objects that blur the line between the worlds of craft and design. The
work showcased in this exhibition will explore the dichotomy of objects
created using collaborative processes between the hand and the machine.
http://www.uga.edu/gamuseum/index.html
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Atlanta
Fay Gold Gallery
http://www.faygoldgallery.com/
The American Craft Council Show in Atlanta<
The most distinctive fine craft show in America returns to Atlanta for the 20th year. Over two hundred of the nation's premier, jury-selected artists will present high-quality, handmade objects including jewelry, clothing, furniture, toys, home accessories, furniture as well as sculptural and functional works of glass, ceramics, metal, wood, paper, and decorative fiber. It's a wonderful opportunity to meet the artists, and to purchase one-of-a-kind craft to fit all price points.
http://www.craftcouncil.org/atlanta/
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Honolulu
The Contemporary Museum, Honolulu
The Contemporary Museum, Honolulu, is the only museum in the state of Hawai‘i devoted exclusively to contemporary art. TCM provides an accessible forum for provocative, dynamic forms of visual art, offering interaction with art and artists in a unique Island environment.
The Contemporary Museum has a growing collection of works in all media spanning 1940 to the present. Among artists represented are Vito Acconci, Josef Albers, Robert Arneson, Jennifer Bartlett, Deborah Butterfield, Enrique Chagoya, Jim Dine, Jasper Johns, Donald Judd, William Kentridge, Sol Lewitt, Robert Motherwell, Vik Muniz, Louise Nevelson, Kenneth Price, Andres Serrano, Kiki Smith, Frank Stella, Masami Teraoka, Mark Tobey, Richard Tuttle, Kara Walker, Andy Warhol, Tom Wesselman, and Peter Voulkos.
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Boise
Boise Art Museum
Boise, Idaho
http://www.boiseartmuseum.org/
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Illinois
Arcola
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Chicago
Museum of Contemporary Art
Alexander Calder and Contemporary Art: Form, Balance, Joy
June 26 - October 17, 2010
Alexander Calder and Contemporary Art: Form, Balance, Joy pairs
the work of Alexander Calder with the work of seven contemporary artists
whose practices are bound to Calder's legacy as modern sculptor. While a
well-known, even beloved figure, Calder has not previously been considered
an important point of reference for contemporary artists. This is the first
exhibition to explore Calder's significance for an emerging generation of
sculptors, reconsidering his influence and his innovation through a
presentation of his own work alongside the work of contemporary artists.
The seven contemporary artists in this exhibition: Martin Boyce, Nathan
Carter, Abraham Cruzvillegas, Aaron Curry, Kristi Lippire, Jason Meadows,
and Jason Middlebrook, have taken important cues from Calder including a
return to hand-on production, the creative reuse of materials, and
explorations of form, balance, color, and movement. Combining rigorous
concept with a renewed emphasis on formalism, the work of these artists
prioritizes the visual and visceral qualities of sculpture. Both directly
and indirectly influenced by Calder, all of the artists are looking towards
modernist forms and ideas, challenging and recontextualizing what is for
many a familiar art history.
The MCA's in-depth holdings of Calder form the core of the presentation of
his work, complemented by mobiles, standing mobiles, and stabiles drawn from
Chicago area and national public and private collections. Calder's work is
mounted along with sculptures by the contemporary artists. Middlebrook is
also undertaking a site-specific commission for the exhibition, creating a
mobile which is planned to hang in the MCA's atrium.
Organized by MCA Curator Lynne Warren, this exhibition is accompanied by a
fully-illustrated catalogue co-published by the MCA and Thames & Hudson and
will tour nationally.
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Dekalb
Northern Illinois University Art Museum:
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Carbondale
Southern Illinois University Museum
http://www.museum.siu.edu/exhibits.php
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Indiana
Bloomington
Indiana University Art
Museum
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Indianapolis
The University of Indianapolis has one more Indianapolis art show in store before the end of their school year and the end of their art season. Neo-Rococo: Rocks and Shells, a contemporary jewelry exhibit, brings six jewelry designers to University of Indianapolis’ Christel DeHaan Fine Arts Center. These designers have brought their work from around the United States to this Indianapolis university for the delight of the Indianapolis art community. This Indianapolis event is FREE an open for all Indianapolis people.
The common thread through each designers work is a focus on the use of rocks, gemstones and shells in thought provoking ways in jewelry design. Of course, jewelry for many people is all about the bling. Big rocks, polished diamonds, rubies, sapphire and other precious stones are an important part of any artists jewelry design. What sets these artists apart is their reinterpretation of jewelry standards.
Rococo is a style of 18th century French art and interior design characterized by ornateness and elegance. The French world “rococo” is a combination of rocaille (stone) and coquilles (shells). These objects were commonly used as motifs in much art and design work done during the Rococo era. Neo is simply a prefix for new, making the work of these six artists and new interpretation of this old Rococo style. Each artist brings to their work an understanding of beautiful busyness, creating stunning works of jewelry that utlize many of the same design motifs as the French did more than two centuries ago. However, the artists exhibiting in Neo-Rococo: Rocks and Shells also have a point of view reflective of our materialistic times, making the pieces in this exhibit both historical and timely.
Artists Helen Blythe-Hart will be on hand Monday, April 5 (the exhibits opening date) to share her innovated metal artistry technique. As the inventor of the acclaimed heat zone soldering method, Blythe-Hart will demonstrate her process from 4:00 pm to 6:00 pm in Room 111 of the Christel DeHaan Fine Arts Center. With more than thirty years of experience behind her, Helen Blythe-Hart brings a unique perspective on jewelry to this exhibit. She has taught students of all ages for nearly two decades, in addition to creating her own work. Her art is collected internationally, and she is part of permanent exhibits at the Deutsche Goldschmeidehaus, an acclaimed metalsmithing museum in Germany, and at Orphan Pharmaceuticals in Paris, France.
Join Blythe-Hart in the Neo-Rococo: Rocks and Shells exhibit is Jim Cotter of Vail, Colorado. Cotter’s work has been admired by many in his very own gallery, the J. Cotter Gallery. His pieces pull inspiration from all aspects of life and nature, and are stunning pieces of jewelry. Also showing, Randy J. Long, a professor of Art and Head of Metalsmithing and Jewelry Design at Indiana University in Bloomington, Indiana. His jewelry pieces are a statement of beauty, harmony and subtle presence, with much inspiration garnered from his hobby of gardening.
In addition, Jennifer Howard Kicinski a talented jewelry maker, whose pieces seem to verge on alien. With a strong base out of Seattle, Washington, Kicinski has been creating and selling work of jewelry art for decades. Plus, Molly Garber and Tracy Lee Black, of San Diego, California, share their work.
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Neo-Rococo: Rocks and Shells
April 5 to 30
Christel DeHaan Fine Arts Center
University of Indianapolis
1400 East Hanna Avenue
Indianapolis, IN 46227
317.788.3253
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Indiana State
Museum
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Fort Wayne
Fort Wayne Museum of Art
http://www.fwmoa.org/exhibits/upcoming.htm
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School of Creative Arts, University of Saint Francis
American Modernist Jewelry,
1940 - 1970
http://www.sf.edu/art/schedule_weatherhead.shtml
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Kentucky
Louisville
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Kansas
Manhattan
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Olathe
http://www.olatheks.org/GIS/SculptureMap
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ArtWorks New Orleans GlassWorks &
Printmaking Studio Paintings, sculptures, mixed media, and prints by acclaimed artist Nene
Humphrey. She is the wife of the late Benny Andrews, whose work, along
with his father, George Andrews, are also part of the Andrews-Humphrey
Collection.
Biba Schutz's art jewelry is composed of free-flowing linear metal
forms, each one is a small wearable dynamic sculpture. Marc Maiorana's
sculptural metal objects traverse the boundaries between form and
function, infusing everyday objects with the poetry of art. This will be
in the Center for Southern Craft and Design. This sculpture was inspired by the artist's experience with the
Society's annual parade, a costumed walking Mardi Gras krewe. The
handcrafted sculpture is made of cast bronze and sits atop of a tall
mahogany table with a sandblasted Plexiglas surface. http://www.ogdenmuseum.org/index.html ___________________________________________ Maine Northeast Harbor
The full
operating expenses for each of the Symposia
total over $225,000, a sum that must be raised
bi-annually from communities, grants, and
donors. This large total need to offer a
Symposium is independent of the funding which
will be provided through this matching gift for
the two part-time positions. SISS has, since 2007, received area and national
recognition for successfully involving Downeast
Maine communities in the creation and support of
public art that builds community identity and
positively affects the intrinsic value of the
arts, the contributions of Maine natural
resources, and the economic and social benefits
that follow. Through its efforts, placement of
large granite sculptures, accomplished by
internationally recognized artists, are now
sited in local communities (to date thirteen
Downeast communities enjoy the beauty and
benefits of these major significant works of
public art and six more will be added in 2011). The next iteration of the Symposium will now
occur, as planned, in the summer of 2011. The
2011 Symposium will be the third in the series
of five symposia over the decade. In the letter
of receipt of the grant it was noted by
chairperson of SISS, Cathy Lewis (Sorrento,
Maine) that the Foundation’s grant will enable
SISS to put into place a structure and two
positions that are now essential to making
possible the continuation of the Symposia, and
to gaining the local support needed for
sustaining them. To this end, SISS is pleased to
announce that the required match for this
Foundation grant for the two positions has
already been achieved through the generosity of
local community members who became aware last
month of the opportunity for a match. In
thanking the Foundation, Jesse Salisbury wrote:
“Everyone in our communities can take pride in
the sculptures, the local involvement and
commitment of Downeast citizens, but also the
overwhelming positive response and area
ownership that has emerged for a project that
exhibits the finest qualities of Maine through
public art. We express our gratitude to Ms.
Julie Kidd, President of the Christian A.
Johnson Endeavor Foundation, for her confidence
and her generous gift.” The SISS web page can be found at
www.schoodicsculpture.org. Support for the next
(Summer, 2011) Schoodic International Sculpture
Symposium( a 501c3 non-profit project) is
needed and is greatly appreciated. Gifts can be
sent to SISS PO Box 122, Steuben, Maine, 04680.
Thank you. CONTACT: Gerry Williams
http://meartsed.wordpress.com/2010/05/31/schoodic-sculpture-symposium-receives-funding/ ___________________________________________ Maryland Sculptural Gardens
LouisianaNene Humphrey: Selections from the Andrews–Humphrey
Collection/Ogden Museum of Southern Art
Biba Schutz and Marc Maiorana - Convergerent Lines: The
Art of Adornment
Ersy: "Hommage to the Society of Ste. Anne"
WINTER HARBOR:
The volunteer leadership of Schoodic
International Sculpture Symposium (SISS), guided
by founder and local (Steuben, Maine) artist
Jesse Salisbury, is honored to announce the
receipt of a $40,000 matching grant from the
Christian A. Johnson Endeavor Foundation of New
York. The grant, over two years, will enable
SISS to continue to offer the Symposia by
extending the support needed for two on-going
part-time positions. The positions will provide
a steady supplement to the work of volunteers
and the fund raising that is required from each
community invited to participate.
207-667-5268, email: germarl@roadrunner.com
Baltimore
Masterworks of modern and contemporary sculpture
dramatically emerge in the BMA’s Sculpture Gardens, a verdant landscape of
art and horticulture that welcomes visitors throughout the year. Nestled
on nearly three acres in the heart of the city, the two terraced gardens
are home to 34 sculptures ranging from Auguste Rodin’s striding Balzac
(1892) to Alexander Calder’s soaring red 100 Yard Dash
(1969), and provide a 100-year survey of sculpture from the figural to the
abstract.
http://www.craftcouncil.org/baltimore/
November
15, 2008 - November 08, 2010
10:00 AM - 05:00 PM
Discover the ancient secrets of the Walters' mummy, as revealed through the techniques of virtual autopsy. This focus show will feature approximately 20 ancient Egyptian objects depicting images of mummified people, animals, and deities. A section of the installation will focus on the "Mummimania" of the 17th-20th centuries.
http://thewalters.org/exhibitions/current.aspx
October 14,
2009 - October 14, 2012
10:00 AM - 05:00 PM
All of the major civilizations of Mesoamerica are featured in this installation, including the Olmec, Maya and Teotihuacan. The exhibition focuses on small sculpture from these cultures' enigmatic figures and animals that probably served a ritual function.
http://thewalters.org/exhibitions/current.aspx
The Walters Art Museum in Baltimore Maryland is internationally renowned for its collection of art. The collection presents an overview of world art from pre-dynastic Egypt to 20th-century Europe, and counts among its many treasures Greek sculpture and Roman sarcophagi; medieval ivories and Old Master paintings; Art Deco jewelry and 19th-century European and American masterpieces.
Treasures of Heaven: Saints,
Relics, and Devotion in Medieval Europe
February 13, 2011–May 8, 2011
An exhibition of approximately 70 reliquaries, the
containers used by medieval Christians for the bodily
remains of saints. These sacred objects were covered in
gold and silver and embellished with gems.
Bedazzled: 5,000 Years of Jewelry
From an ancient Roman snake bracelet to a ceremonial Chinese headdress to a Tiffany & Co. glittering necklace, "Bedazzled: 5,000 Years of Jewelry" highlighted more than 200 pieces from the Walters Art Museum. The exhibition featured some of the Walters’ greatest masterpieces as well as many hidden treasures on view for the first time.
The Walters is one of the few museums worldwide that can provide examples, both in depth and range, of stunning jewelry from 3000 B.C. through the early 20th century. Assembled primarily by one of the museum’s founders, Henry Walters, during the first three decades of the last century, this renowned collection contains superb examples of expert craftsmanship. “We are so lucky to have this rich, varied and aesthetically beautiful jewelry collection at the Walters,” said museum Director Gary Vikan. “Henry Walters’ eye for great pieces and his immense generosity has made this one of the world’s finest collections of jewelry.”
This exhibition was organized by the Walters Art Museum. The exhibition includes many spectacular pieces from the renowned collection of Benjamin Zucker (New York), which are on loan to the Walters. Bedazzled is presented by The Women’s Committee of the Walters Art Museum with lead support from Betty Cooke, Bill Steinmetz, and The Store Ltd.; Richard S. and Rosalee C. Davison; The Eliasberg Family Foundation; and The Tiffany & Co. Foundation. Additional support is provided by Bob and Jackie Smelkinson. Exhibition Highlights Gold bracelet from the first century B.C. encrusted with precious stones and multi-colored enamel inlay discovered in a tomb in the Greek colony of Olbia (present-day Ukraine) Tiffany & Co. iris corsage ornament decorated with 139 sapphires, diamonds and other gems, which was a grand prize winner at the 1900 Paris Exposition Universelle Nineteenth-century imperial, ceremonial Chinese headdress with designs of phoenixes, butterflies and peaches and crafted of gilded silver, kingfisher feathers, silk thread, pearls, rubies and glass beads Plique-à-jour enamel and sapphire pansy brooch created by renowned Art Nouveau designer René Lalique and purchased by Henry Walters at the 1904 Louisiana Purchase Exposition Finger rings that held a variety of roles throughout history, including emblems of love and marriage, death and mourning, power and faith About the Exhibition Bedazzled will open with works from the ancient world, such as two pendants in the form of rams’ heads demonstrating the remarkable development in multicolored glass production by the fifth century B.C. Egyptian treasures will be presented, including a bright blue faience amulet featuring the lion-headed goddess Sekhmet as well as an intricate necklace strung with beads and amulets of gold, faience, carnelian and glass.
One of the most admired objects in the collection is a bracelet from Olbia at the northern coast of the Black Sea in the first century B.C., which is decorated with gold granulation and set with colorful gemstones backed with foil. Other gold masterpieces from the early centuries B.C. will include a delicate pair of Etruscan spirals from the 7th century, a gold and garnet Greek diadem, and a gold, horse-shaped pendant crafted by Greek artisans. Also perennial favorites are two sixth-century A.D. Visigothic garment clasps in the form of eagles. These colorful birds are executed in bronze overlaid with gold and set with garnets, mother-of-pearl, crystals and amethysts. Another rich section of the Walters jewelry collection is from the Renaissance. During this time, there was a revival in the production of sumptuous jewelry, utilizing the talents of the greatest artists of the period and sustained by princely patrons’ wealth. Examples include pendants incorporating enameled figural elements mounted with pearls and gemstones and exquisitely detailed gold dress ornaments illustrating the height of 16th-century fashion.
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Massachusetts
CambridgeHARVARD MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY — ONGOING EXHIBIT: Romancing the Stone: T
he Many Facets of Tourmaline exhibit at the Harvard Museum of Natural History at Harvard University, 26 Oxford St., Cambridge, MA. Exhibit displays Harvard's extensive collection of tourmalines dating back to 1892. Highlights the versatile nature of this mineral family and showcases exquisite examples of tourmaline, both in rough and in fine jewelry. Extended indefinitely due to popular demand. For more information, contact the museum at 617-495-3045, fax 617-496-8206, e-mail hmnh@oeb.harvard.edu or visit http://www.hmnh.harvard.edu/.....................................................
Boston
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Ed Rossbach Fiber Art from the Daphne Farago Collection:
The MFA celebrates the recent gift of more than forty works by Ed Rossbach in "Ed Rossbach Fiber Art from the Daphne Farago Collection." One of the pioneers in the field of American fiber arts, Ed Rossbach created works in almost every known textile technique during his five-decade-long career. His exuberant approach to making art, free from expectations and rules, came from studying historic textile techniques while a young professor at the University of California, Berkeley. Experimenting with labor-intensive techniques such as Andean discontinuous warp weaving, Native American coiled basketry, European lace, and Indonesian ikat, Rossbach reinterpreted these methods in his own unique two-dimensional and three-dimensional works. This exhibition features about thirty-five Rossbach works from the recent gift of Daphne Farago, displayed alongside examples from the MFA's historic textile collection to illustrate the diverse sources of inspiration for his innovative fiber work.
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Brockton
Fuller Craft MuseumMariko Kusumoto: Unfolding Stories
May 22 — August 8, 2010
Japanese artist
Mariko Kusumoto is known for her extraordinary and intricate metal
sculptures of music boxes, clocks and other constructions, with multiple
doors, compartments, drawers and moving parts. Fuller Craft Museum
will be the setting for her meticulously hand-crafted pieces using a variety
of metalsmithing techniques – etching, enameling and casting. With
each box sculpture, she presents a magical world of astounding detail and
artistry.
The New Materiality: Digital Dialogues at the
Boundaries of Craft
May 29, 2010 — February 6, 2011
Curated by Fo Wilson,
The New Materiality: Digital Dialogues at the
Boundaries of Craft steps beyond the
boundaries that currently exist among technology, art, and craft. The
artists in this exhibition use new technologies in tandem with traditional
craft materials – clay, glass, wood, metal and fiber – to forge new artistic
directions.
Digital video and audio, computerized design, and other technologies are viewed as new materials to be exploited, manipulated and co-opted to enrich artistic expression. The New Materiality: Digital Dialogues at the Boundaries of Craft examines this phenomenon and its impact on the world of contemporary craft.
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Armenian Library and Museum of America
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Michigan
Ferndale
Paul Kotula Projects
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Minnesota
Minneapolis
Minneapolis Institute of Art
Tuesday, October 13, 2009—Saturday, July 17, 2010
Wells Fargo Center
and MIA Modernist Design Galleries
Free Exhibitio
Ancient Art:
The Minneapolis Institute of Arts is fortunate to have a small but focused collection of ancient art, comprising works from several civilizations in the lands bordering the Mediterranean Sea, from about 20,000 B.C. to the fifth century A.D. These civilizations were united by trade networks that fostered cultural exchanges.
The collection from the ancient Near East countries of Luristan, Sumeria, and Persia include finely crafted domestic objects, glass, and bronzes. The art of dynastic Egypt, unwaveringly directed towards the attainment of the afterlife, is represented by an intact mummy, the false door to a tomb, amulets, and religious burial objects.
The foundations of Western culture are found in "classical" art, the integration of Greek and Roman artistic principles that evolved continuously from the eighth century B.C. to the fifth century A.D. This aesthetic is exemplified by the marble sculpture, Doryphoros, one of the finest existing Roman copies of the original Greek sculpture made in 440 B.C. The Ancient Art Galleries include portrait busts, painted Attic vases, pavement mosaics, and exquisite small objects, presenting an overview of ancient art, the result of numerous bequests and purchases from the 1930s to the present day. The collection is constantly enriched by new acquisitions made possible through the generosity of Ruth and Bruce Dayton and other donors.
Norwest Modernism Collection:
An important recent gift is the Norwest Modernism Collection, comprising nearly 500 works in all media documenting salient components of six modernist movements, from Arts and Crafts (1880) through Art Deco (1950). Since its donation in 1998, the collection has supplied works in a series of exhibitions at the museum, at the Wells Fargo Center in downtown Minneapolis, and on the award-winning Modernism Web site.
Exhibitions of contemporary studio ceramics, glass, and wood are now staples. This initiative is thanks to generous donors such as Robyn and John Horn, who recently gave a substantial collection of turned wood, and Mrs. Eunice Butler, who has supported the acquisition of works by contemporary American ceramists. Sculpture from the Middle Ages to 1900 includes world-class works by Hiram Powers, Auguste Rodin, and a recent attribution to Gianlorenzo Bernini. Judaica and arms and armor also fall under the purview of the department, with recent gifts of religious metalwork from Harold and Mickey Smith and a sixteenth-century Italian half suit of armor acquired in 2001 with a gift from Mr. and Mrs. Wayne H. MacFarlane
The department houses the MIA's collection of sculpture created after 1900, which includes masterworks by Constantin Brancusi, Amedeo Modigliani, Henri Matisse, and Henry Moore. Recent acquisitions in this area include Raymond Duchamp-Villon's "Head of Baudelaire" of 1911, and Alberto Giacometti's "Diego" of 1962.
The Minneapolis Institute of Arts is fortunate to have a small but
focused collection of ancient art, comprising works from several
civilizations in the lands bordering the Mediterranean Sea, from about
20,000 B.C. to the fifth century A.D. These civilizations were united by
trade networks that fostered cultural exchanges.
Our Oceanic
collection contains world-class pieces, such as the Maori Poutokomanawa
(Post Figure) created in the 1840s, the three fabulous Malagan figures, an
early Papuan Gope Board, and the Bis Pole, a centerpiece of the
gallery.
Mary Agnes and Al McQuinn Silver Gallery 350
Free
Exhibition
"Beyond the Maker’s Mark" celebrates the extraordinary
work of London’s leading eighteenth-century silversmith, Paul de Lamerie
(1688-1751). Through the private collection of Mr. and Mrs. Paul
Cahn—which includes some of the most important pieces of de Lamerie silver
in private hands—the exhibition explores several aspects of de Lamerie’s
career, revealing the evolution of his style and the complex organization
of his enterprise.
The exhibition, organized by the Memphis Brooks
Museum of Art, features nearly one hundred individual examples of Rococo
English silver by de Lamerie and his contemporaries, such as the superb
Maynard Dish (1736) and the extraordinary Tureen in the Shape of a Green
Turtle (1750). This venue will include several Paul de Lamerie pieces from
the MIA collection, including the magnificent Wine Cistern (1719-20).
A fully illustrated catalogue accompanies the exhibition.
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Missouri
Sedalia
Collection:
St. Louis
St. Louis Art Museum
One Fine Arts Drive, Forest Park, St. Louis, MO 63110-1380
Telephone
314.721.0072
The exhibition Louis Comfort Tiffany was inspired by the Saint Louis Art Museum’s efforts to build a collection of objects representing the creative output of one of America’s leading designers. It features 30 extraordinary examples of glass, pottery, lighting, bronzes, silver, and jewelry from the collection of the Saint Louis Art Museum and several private St. Louis collectors.
The Saint Louis Art Museum is one of the nation's leading comprehensive art museums with collections that include works of art of exceptional quality from virtually every culture and time period. Areas of notable depth include Oceanic art, pre-Columbian art, ancient Chinese bronzes, and European and American art of the late 19th and 20th centuries, with particular strength in 20th-century German art.
The Museum's collection of Modern art, which covers more than 150 years of European painting and sculpture, is one of the largest and most distinguished components of its holdings. Among the highlights from the 19th century are paintings by Gustave Courbet, Henri Fantin-Latour, Edouard Manet, and Paul Cézanne as well as Impressionist and Post-Impressionist masterworks by Claude Monet, Edgar Degas, Paul Gauguin, and Vincent van Gogh.
The Museum's 20th century galleries feature a world-renowned collection of German Expressionist paintings assembled by the late St. Louis collector Morton D. May. Artists included in this group include Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, Franz Marc, Wassily Kandinsky, and Max Beckmann. Also in the Modern collection are signature works by Henri Matisse, Piet Mondrian, Pablo Picasso, Georges Braque, and Henry Moore, as well as notable paintings by Marc Chagall, Paul Klee, and Amadeo Modigliani.
One Fine Arts Drive, Forest Park, St. Louis, MO 63110-1380
Telephone
314.721.0072
http://www.slam.org/
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Setting the Mood: The Artful Table [Delmar
Loop]
May 21-July 11, 2010
Bruce
Hoffman, juror
Juried exhibition of functional and non-functional
works created for the dinner table in all craft media, fiber, metals,
clay, wood and glass. ENTRY DEADLINE MARCH 1. For all submissions
Download prospectus and entry form
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Nebraska
Lincoln
Lux Center for the Arts
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Nevada
Reno
Nevada Museum of Art - Hawkin's Contemporary Gallery
Bryan Christiansen:
Trophy Hunter
Bryan Christiansen, La-Z- Boy, 2008. Leather upholstery from
discarded furniture. Courtesy of the artist.
February 20, 2010 - May 09, 2010
Bryan Christiansen's life-sized contemporary sculptures challenge
conventional notions about rural life, home, the rituals of the hunting
tradition, and the innocence of childhood. Using discarded household
furniture that he finds in neglected urban areas, Christiansen crafts
assemblages that stand in for the trophies, antler mounts, and pelts so
often prized by hunters.
Raised in a small log cabin in the Black
Hills of South Dakota, Christiansen experienced all the requisite activities
of a rural childhood: absorbing nature, communing with wildlife, and
learning to hunt. But at the same time, he also grappled with the
complicated and tumultuous happenings of his family’s domestic life. When
Christiansen arrived as a student at the University of Nevada, Reno, he
turned to art as a way of wrestling with the conflicting realities of his
past.
Christiansen’s sculptures recall the work of 1950s assemblage
artists Bruce Conner and Ed Kienholz, who used gritty discarded objects to
probe such issues as the passage of time, death, and decay. Unlike the work
of these artists, however, Christiansen’s reconstructions are exquisitely
crafted, featuring exposed hand-stitchery and floral fabrics that have more
to do with making sense of life than they do with dwelling on death. As
trophies, they represent Christiansen’s own triumph of the present over the
past and his strength to confront some of life’s most challenging
contradictions.
http://www.nevadaart.org/
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New Hampshire
Hanover
Dartmouth College
Hood
Museum of Art
The African Art
Galleries
African gallery showcases works from important
art-producing cultures, including the Yoruba of Nigeria and the Asante of
Ghana. Among the highlights are a towering Epa masquerade headdress by the
renowned Yoruba sculptor Bamboye and a rare Tsogo door from Gabon. A
stunning array of jewelry features ivory adornments from the Congo, silver
pendants from Niger, beadwork from South Africa and an exceptional suite
of gold jewelry from Zanzibar. The gallery also includes select examples
from its important collection of African textiles, which has gained
national recognition for its fine quality and breadth of
representation.
http://hoodmuseum.dartmouth.edu/exhibitions/current.html
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New Jersey
Closter
Belskie Museum of Art and Science
The goal of the Belskie Museum of Art and Science is first and foremost, the preservation and display of the work of Abram Belskie and to promote his reputation as a major sculptor, medal artist and medical illustrator of the twentieth century.
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Art School at Old Church Center Gallery
Gallery Hours: 9:30 AM - 5:00 PM, M-F
Call
201.767.7160 for evening and Saturday hours
The Art School at Old Church houses two professionally-run art galleries. The Mikhail Zakin Gallery presents 8-10 exhibitions annually. The gallery focuses on exhibiting contemporary work in a variety of disciplines from emerging and established regional artists. The Café Gallery showcases work from students and faculty of the Art School at Old Church. Exhibitions rotate throughout the year.
The galleries are free and open to the public. Both galleries are wheelchair accessible.
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Closter
Belskie Museum of Art and Science
The goal of the Belskie Museum of Art and Science is first and foremost, the preservation and display of the work of Abram Belskie and to promote his reputation as a major sculptor, medallic artist and medical illustrator of the twentieth century.
http://www.belskiemuseum.com/
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School at Old Church Center Gallery:
http://www.occcartschool.org/
Hamilton
Grounds For Sculpture
Grounds For Sculpture is a 35-acre public sculpture park dedicated to promoting an understanding of and appreciation for contemporary sculpture for all people.
Two group shows are on display indoors:
Enclosures features four artists who work in different materials (steel,
wood, and stone) to build stylistically similar large sculptural forms
through the use of multiple components; and Outstanding Student
Achievement in Contemporary Sculpture Awards presents work by college and
university-level student artists from the annual award competition
organized by the International Sculpture Center.
The curatorial
focus of Grounds For Sculpture is to present the work of both established
and emerging sculptors. Emerging sculptors are defined as artists at the
beginning of their careers as well as artists whose work has contributed
to the field of contemporary sculpture significantly without accompanying
recognition. The outdoor exhibition grows by approximately 15 sculptures
annually. New additions outdoors are selected to augment indoor
exhibitions, to add new artists to the sculpture park, and to work in
conjunction with the landscaped environment.
Most of the sculptures on exhibit outdoors are displayed courtesy of The Sculpture Foundation, Inc., a charitable foundation that collects works of art by American and international artists. The Foundation supports Grounds For Sculpture by lending works for exhibit in the park. Sculptures in a variety of styles and media, including bronze, steel, stone, wood, concrete and mixed media are represented.
Each season, Grounds For Sculpture presents new additions to the outdoor permanent collection as well as a group or one-person exhibition indoors.
In the Fall/Winter Season (October 2009 - April 2010), New Additions Outdoors is presented by Herb Ferris, Sydney Hamburger, Allan Houser, Joseph Howard, Seward Johnson, Royden Mills, Robert Roesch & Suzanne Reese-Horvitz, and James Surls.
In Dialogue with Steel, and exhibition of Albert Paley's work, one might find it hard to believe that he began his artistic career as a jeweler. Paley was one of the major goldsmiths of the studio art movement in America. Today, he is best known for his monumental sculpture. Yet looking closely at these elaborate, impressive, and often site-specific installations, one sees the continuum of Paley's creativity; challenging metal of all types is his foundation. The fluidity of molten metal is evident in the ribbons and decorative patterns so prevalent and identifiable in his designs. Yet the hardness of steel is also apparent in the starkness of many of his larger abstract works, softened simply by the prominence of bright color and its ability to evoke strong emotions.
In Reflections on Tradition, Jacobo de la Serna's micaceous pots are exquisite dichotomies. While some expand the boundaries of this delicate clay in execution and concept, they remain fragile and delicate. His masterful technical ability enhances traditional style and contemporary innovative designs. The work is sensitive and sensual, refined and magical and it reveals the insightful artistry of the man himself.
Grounds For Sculpture is also pleased to present the 2010 Outstanding Student Achievement in Contemporary Sculpture Awards, which represents the ninth consecutive year of an ongoing partnership with the International Sculpture Center. In order to support, encourage, and recognize the work of young sculptors, the International Sculpture Center presents this award competition each year to its member colleges and universities. This year 11 Winners and 10 Honorable Mentions were selected from 441 nominees. The distinguished jury included three jurors: David McFadden, Curator of the Museum of Arts and Design, New York, NY; Willie Cole, a New Jersey sculptor; and Jeanne Jaffe, Professor and Chair of Fine Arts at the University of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA.
The Winter Season Exhibition 2010 (January 24 - April 18, 2010) features the annual Focus on Sculpture 2010 - a juried exhibition of amateur photographers on display in the Education Gallery. This year's distinguished juror, Andrea Baldeck, is a black and white fine-art photographer. Also exhibiting in the Domestic Arts Building is glass artist Flo Perkins, well known for her representations of every day objects in glass. Her originality, sensibility, and imagination have led to her to become a well respected artist and innovator in teh field of hot glass.
http://www.groundsforsculpture.org/
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Newark
Newark Musuem
Make
Me Something Beautiful
2010 New Jersey Arts Annual: Crafts
June 16, 2010 through August
9, 2010
For its 2010
New Jersey Arts
Annual: Crafts exhibition the Newark Museum has chosen the theme: MAKE
ME SOMETHING BEAUTIFUL. The year 2010 marks the 100th anniversary of
the decorative arts collection at the Newark Museum, established to promote
beauty in industrial design and handcraft for the benefit of the people of
New Jersey. In 1910 the Museum organized an exhibition entitled
Modern American Pottery, and from that exhibition
came the works that were the foundation of the collection— examples of
American art pottery that were the forerunners of today's studio ceramics.
The Newark Museum's founding director, John Cotton Dana (1856–1929), saw the
Museum's exhibitions as a means to promote both handcraft and good design,
thus improving the lives of its visitors by making art accessible.
Ever since that first exhibition, the Museum has collected contemporary
handmade objects in wood, metal, fiber, ceramics and glass that represent
the concept of beauty in all media.
Gustav Stickley and the American Arts Crafts Movement
September 15, 2010 through January 2011
Gustav Stickley and the American Arts and Crafts Movement
offers the first comprehensive examination of the life and work of the
recognized patriarch of the American Arts and Crafts movement, Gustav
Stickley. The exhibition and accompanying catalogue explores Stickley
as a business leader and design proselytizer, whose body of work included
furnishings, architectural and interior designs, and related imagery that
became synonymous with the movement, which was at its height between
approximately 1880 and 1910. This exhibition includes more than 100
works produced by Stickley’s designers and workshops: furniture, metalwork
and lamps, textiles, and numerous publications and letters, drawings, and
related designs. Also featured in the exhibition is a re-creation of
Stickley’s seminal model dining room from his 1903 Syracuse Arts and Crafts
exhibition.
http://www.newarkmuseum.org/
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New Mexico
Albuquerque
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Santa Fe
Northern New Mexico Art Catalog Gallery
710 Camino Lejo off Old Santa Fe
Trail
Mailing Address: PO Box 2087, Santa Fe, NM 87504
505/476-1250
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Las Cruces
Museum of International Folk Art
Silver Seduction: The Art of Mexican
Modernist Antonio Pineda
Through January 2, 2011
Features nearly 200 examples of Pineda's acclaimed silver work,
which also incorporates cultured pearls, large amethyst drops,
and onyx.
Permanent
Exhibitions & Tours
In addition to changing exhibitions,
there are two permanent exhibitions: Family and Faith in the Hispanic
Heritage Wing; and Multiple Visions: A Common Bond in the Girard Wing.
Family and Faith/Familia y Fe is an award-winning exhibition of northern New Mexico Hispanic material culture and art spanning four centuries including Santos, furniture, tinwork, straw applique textiles and jewelry.
Multiple Visions: A Common Bond is a richly varied exhibition of folk art and miniatures from more than one hundred countries designed by the collector, Alexander Girard.
Walk-In Docent led tours are offered at 10:15 a.m. and 2 p.m. on Tuesdays and Wednesdays; Thursday through Sundays, tours are at 10:15 a.m. and 1:00 and 3 p.m. There is no charge for educational groups attending the Museum with their instructor and chaperones. To arrange a field trip or group Docent-led tour, call Cynthia Martinez at 476-1140.
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Brooklyn
November 19, 2009–October 2, 2011
Special Exhibitions Hall, Egyptian Galleries, 3rd Floor
Body Parts features thirty-five representations of individual body parts from the Brooklyn Museum’s ancient Egyptian collection, many of which are displayed for the first time. This exhibition uses fragments of sculptures and objects created as distinct elements to illuminate the very realistic depiction of individual body parts in canonical Egyptian sculpture. Ancient Egyptian artists carefully portrayed each part of the human body, respecting the significance of every detail. When viewed individually, these sculptures and fragments reveal ancient notions of the body, as well as details of workmanship, frequently unnoticed in more complete sculptures.
From the Village to Vogue: The Modernist Jewelry of
Art Smith
See MODERN SILVER magazine feature:
From the Village
to Vogue, The Modernist Jewelry of Art Smith
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New York City
Jewish Museum
Tutankhamun and the Golden Age of the Pharaohs, Discovery Times Square Exposition, New York, Apr. 23, 2010–Jan. 2, 2011.
The American Craft
Council:
See Calendar for upcoming
Jewelry and Sculpture shows.
http://www.craftcouncil.org
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Metropolitan Museum of Art
Highlights from the Modern Design Collection: 1900 to the
Present
http://www.metmuseum.org/
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Museum of Modern Art - MOMA
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Museum of Arts & Design:
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George Gustav Heye Center, New York
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National Museum of the American Indian
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Cooper Hewitt National Design Museum
Rococo: The Continuing Curve is organized by Sarah Coffin, head of the Product Design and Decorative Arts department; Gail Davidson, head of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department; Ellen Lupton, curator of contemporary design; and guest curator Penelope Hunter-Stiebel. This is the first museum survey of rococo and its ongoing resurgence, tracing the design movement’s birth, rebirth and transformation across centuries and continents. The exhibition will explore these regional and chronological modifications, and study the social, political and economic influences affecting the migration and assimilation of rococo style.
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North Carolina
Charlotte
Mint Museum of Craft + Design - JonesGallery
ORNAMENT AS ART: Avant-Garde Jewelry from the Helen Williams Drutt Collection
Exhibition on view at the Mint Museum of Craft + Design
http://www.themintmuseums.org/
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Cullowhee
Western Carolina University Fine Art Museum
http://www.carolinaarts.com/806westerncu.html
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Raleigh
Artspace
http://www.artspacenc.org/
North Carolina State University Gallery of Art & Design
As sculpture, jewelry, and functional objects, metal is the newest area of interest in the University’s collection. Recently the Gregg has presented work by prominent jeweler and designer Mary Ann Scherr and her daughter Sydney, while its exhibition Samuel Yellin: A Legacy in Iron presented the lifework of America’s most significant metalworker. In 2003, the Gregg hosted a lifelong retrospective exhibition by renowned North Carolina artist and East Carolina University professor Robert Ebendorf. In 2004, the Gregg again featured metalwork with the exhibitions Rings and Elizabeth Brim: Steel Magnolia.Through both gift and purchase, the Gregg seeks to acquire more prime examples of historic silver, brass, bronze and iron objects, as well as contemporary metal sculpture and jewelry in order to fulfill the Metals Collection’s goals.
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Ohio
Cleveland
The Cleveland Museum of Art
The Jewelry of John Paul Miller
At once an artist, teacher, and craftsman, John Paul Miller personifies a lifetime of creative expression. The Cleveland Museum of Art celebrates this living legend and master goldsmith in an exhibition installation of more than 50 of his incredible works, including sketchbooks and drawings, spanning nearly 60 years of his illustrious career. His two greatest passions—music and art—seemingly converge in work that moves from poetic forms to intensely intricate compositions. His earliest creations are lyrically simple, biomorphic forms characteristic of the modern era. Miller’s fascination with technique and process emerged in his groundbreaking rediscovery in the early 1950s of granulation, an ancient, yet forgotten, way of fusing tiny gold beads to a gold surface without solder. The fleeting creatures of earth, sea, and sky—snails, squids, crabs, moths, and flies—became his muse, inspiring a complicated palette of seductive enamels and textured forms. Historical reference and modern abstraction also infuse his designs, bringing together that which he saw and that which he imagined to form a body of work full of curiosity and self-expression. Opens June 15, 2010, in the Betty and Max Ratner Gallery on the second floor of the east wing.
Organized by the Cleveland Museum of Art. The Cleveland Museum of Art is generously funded by Cuyahoga County residents through Cuyahoga Arts and Culture. The Ohio Arts Council helped fund this exhibition with state tax dollars to encourage economic growth, educational excellence, and cultural enrichment for all Ohioans.
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Cincinnati
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Ohio Craft Museum
OHIO DESIGNER CRAFTSMEN
Founded in 1963, Ohio Designer Craftsmen is a not-for-profit organization with over 2100 members. Our membership includes craft artists, educators, students, and others who appreciate fine craft. Our mission is to promote the fine crafts aesthetic by establishing a standard of excellence, encouraging creative growth, providing professional support to craft artists, and building public awareness, appreciation and collection of fine craft. In support of this mission, Ohio Designer Craftsmen offers a wide range of exhibitions, publications, programs and artist services.
Exhibitions are presented at the Ohio Craft Museum, founded by Ohio Designer Craftsmen in 1993. Located in Columbus, it is the only museum in the Midwest exclusively devoted to exhibiting and collecting fine craft. Five or six exhibitions of contemporary craft by artists from Ohio and across the United States are presented each year. Public programs include artist lectures, hands-on workshops for children and adults, and a summer craft day camp for children ages 6 - 12.
Ohio Designer
Craftsmen also provides assistance to ODC's member artists.
Membership benefits include:
• Publications
• Technical and
professional workshops
• Marketing assistance & referral service
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Opportunities to apply to ODC craft fairs and members' exhibition at the
Ohio Craft Museum.
•
Workshop and
fair scholarships and work/study opportunities
Jesse Dornan
Hamilton, OH
At Bay
Fabricated pendant; antler, copper, found tin, wild grass
$300
Andrew Kuebeck
Bloomington, IN
Lumberjack Brooch
Cast, fabricated,
cold cast; copper, sterling silver, enamel, photo on enamel,
amber
Mike Yager
Bowling Green, OH
Organic Brooch
Shell forming,
patination, soldering; copper, sterling silver, resin, plastic
$200
http://www.ohiocraft.org/exhibition_emerging.html
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Toledo
The Toledo Museum of Art
A collection of more than 30,000 works of art ranks among the finest in the United States. In our more than 35 galleries, Sculpture Garden, and new Glass Pavilion, discover important, popular, and outstanding works of art, including paintings and sculptures by Bearden, Cézanne, Calder, Close, Cole, Degas, van Gogh, El Greco, Holbein, Kiefer, Matisse, Miró, Monet, Picasso, Rembrandt, Rubens, and Turner; masterworks from antiquity and Asia; decorative arts; and highlights from our renowned glass collection.
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Oklahoma
Oklahoma City
http://www.nationalcowboymuseum.org
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Oregon
Eugene
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Portland
The Museum’s collection also includes works in glass, metal, fiber and wood. With an emphasis on modest works – many created at the beginning of artists’ careers – the collection reflects the Museum’s role in the Northwest’s rich craft heritage.
The Gallery at Museum of Contemporary Craft is the premier showcase for fine craft in the Pacific Northwest. Located in The Pearl, Portland’s central cultural district, The Gallery represents artists working in ceramics, glass, wood, metal, fiber and mixed media. Here you’ll find the perfect handmade gift or an exquisite piece to add to your collection.
Members enjoy a 10% savings on all purchases.The Gallery represents over 100 regional and nationally noted artisans. Offerings include jewelry and accessories, bowls and vessels, sculptural works and functional wares. Talk with one of our staff to learn about the artists and their creations, ask about gift registry and national and international shipping.
Pennsylvania
Allentown
Allentown Art Museum
In 1973 the Allentown Art Museum purchased a
room from a Prairie style house built by Frank Lloyd Wright.
Wright's
designs are closely related to the Arts and Crafts Movement from the early
20th Century, which emphasized traditional materials and simple designs.
This tour offers decorative arts that compliment
http://www.allentownartmuseum.org
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Doylestown
James A. Michener Art Museumhttp://www.michenermuseum.org/exhibits/
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Erie
Erie Art
Museum
Cappy Counard
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Philadelphia
Philadelphia Museum of ArtShirley Klinghoffer and Sarah Hewitt travel the high road, transforming the warrior Humvee into a sculptural symbol of peaceful tranquility.
http://www.philartalliance.org/exhibits.htm
Showcasing more than 50 works, Wrought & Crafted highlights the Museum’s extensive holdings of 20th- and 21st-century hollow-ware, sculpture and jewelry, documenting the development of metalwork over the past two centuries.
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Pittsburgh
Carnegie Museum of Natural HistoryCarnegie Mellon University Regina Gouger Miller Gallery
http://millergallery.cfa.cmu.edu/
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Society for Contemporary Craft Satellite Gallery: One Mellon Center, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
http://www.contemporarycraft.org
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Reading
GoggleWorksCohen Gallery
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Willow Grove
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Rhode Island
Providence
Rhode Island School of Design Museum of Art
The new Paula and Leonard Granoff Galleries in the 1926 Radeke Building display masterworks of painting, sculpture, furniture, ceramics, drawings, photographs, costume, textiles and industrial design from 1900 to 2000, all drawn from the Museum's permanent collection. From the work of Henri Matisse and Frank Lloyd Wright to that of Andy Warhol, Lynda Benglis and Ettore Sottsass, the objects convey the last century's revolutionary changes in art and design, as well as the tremendous impact of technology.
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South
Carolina
Charleston
The Charleston Museum
Preciousness Preserved: Jewelry from the
Charleston Museum's Collections from Antiquity to Today
Through September 6, 2010
A display of pieces that span the globe and date from 500 BC to
the mid-20th century. The gemstone jewelry features amethyst,
garnet, and diamond.
Greenville
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Tennessee
Memphis
John Rais, Tonare, steel, patina and paint, photo/John Polak.
Tributaries: Jessica Calderwood
Tributaries: Susan Myers
May 28 - August 29, 2010
September 3 - October 23, 2010
Exhibits change every ten to twelve weeks and range from jewelry and hollowware in precious metals to sculpture and architectural ironwork. Approximately two-thirds of the Museum’s exhibitions are organized in-house; the others are touring, rented exhibits or borrowed collections from other institutions and/or individuals.
The Master Metalsmith series began in 1984 as a way for the Metal Museum to honor the most influential metal artists of the day. In the years since its inception it has brought the work of more than twenty internationally acclaimed metalsmiths to Memphis for solo exhibitions. The honor of being chosen as a Metal Museum Master Metalsmith is now highly esteemed in the field.
The Metal Museum is funded through the generosity of members and donors and through ArtsMemphis and the Tennessee Arts Commission.
Each year the Metal Museum honors a metalsmith who has had a significant influence in the field. This year the Metal Museum is pleased to host Gary Griffin. This exhibition will focus on work generated while Griffin was Resident Artist in the John Michael Kohler Art Center’s Art and Industry Program in early 2007. Titled “The Penumbra Series,” the body of work includes 18 ductile cast iron frames explore the moment where molten iron is arrested within a picture plane.
National Ornamental Metal Museum 374 Metal Museum
Drive, Memphis, Tennessee 38106
Phone: 901-774-6380 or
1-877-881-2326
Classes The Metal Museum offers various education programs
ranging from public demonstrations to middle and high school programs to
blacksmithing and casting. Metalsmithing and foundry classes are taught on
site. Classes start at beginner levels and go to advanced specialized
sessions. After students take a basic class, they are eligible to use the
Metal Museum's shop facilities (Membership at the $250 level required).
The Metal Museum also offers acid/copper etching, silver bracelet
fabrication and aluminum casting for children and participates in the
Memphis City Schools Summer Arts Program.
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Nashville
Frist Center for the Visual Arts
George Rickey's Three Red Lines
One of postwar America’s preeminent sculptors, George Rickey was a pioneer
in the field of kinetic art. From the 1950s until his death in 2002, he
employed his deep knowledge of physics and aerodynamics to produce works in
which the lyrical interaction between industrial materials and the
surrounding forces of nature creates an experience of profound beauty and
philosophical resonance.
Rickey’s sculptures are composed of
geometrical metal forms, which swivel on pendulums, ball bearings, and
knife-sharp edges to follow pre-determined paths in response to the
slightest movement of the wind. One of the centerpieces of the Hirshhorn
Museum’s internationally renowned sculpture collection, Rickey’s
Three Red Lines is 36 feet tall and features three
pointed arms that gracefully move back and forth in an implied parabolic
arc.
The Frist Center is pleased to display Three Red Lines on our front patio located on the Broadway side of the
building.
Composed of geometric elements that have been
welded together in abstract configurations, Fletcher Benton’s sculptures
explore tensions between space and volume, balance and precariousness, and
simplicity and complexity. Truckin’ Jumbo Geo is
from a series that also evokes mechanized transportation, reflecting the
artist’s fascination with bicycles, racecars, trucks, and locomotives.
In 2008 Benton received the Lifetime Achievement Award in Contemporary
Sculpture from the International Sculpture Center in Hamilton, New Jersey.
Previous recipients have included Louise Bourgeois, Anthony Caro, Christo
and Jeanne Claude, George Rickey, Mark di Suvero, and other illustrious
sculptors working since the mid-twentieth century.
Truckin’ Jumbo Geo is located on the back lawn of
the Frist Center.
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Smithville
Appalachian Center for
Craft
Gallery
One
About the Metals Program
We offer a comprehensive program laying the foundation for a career in contemporary metalsmithing. Our students pursue careers as jewelers, blacksmiths, studio artists and teachers.
The B.F.A. curriculum has a series of classes in jewelry, casting, hollowware, sculpture, blacksmithing, drawing, design and history, in addition to general academic studies. Projects range from jewelry to architectural ironwork.
Students are exposed to a broad range of techniques and historical metal work in these classes. The use of traditional hand tools, combined with modern machine tools, is taught with an emphasis on creativity. Students design and create solutions for functional and aesthetic problems using more advanced tooling and skills. During the final semesters, students refine their work by creating and exhibiting a body of work.
Studio Profile
Appalachian Center for
Craft
Gallery
One
About the Metals Program
We offer a comprehensive program laying the foundation for a career in contemporary metalsmithing. Our students pursue careers as jewelers, blacksmiths, studio artists and teachers.
The B.F.A. curriculum has a series of classes in jewelry, casting, hollowware, sculpture, blacksmithing, drawing, design and history, in addition to general academic studies. Projects range from jewelry to architectural ironwork.
Students are exposed to a broad range of techniques and historical metal work in these classes. The use of traditional hand tools, combined with modern machine tools, is taught with an emphasis on creativity. Students design and create solutions for functional and aesthetic problems using more advanced tooling and skills. During the final semesters, students refine their work by creating and exhibiting a body of work.
Studio Profile
http://www.tntech.edu/craftcenter/
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Texas
Austin
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Dallas
Preservation Dallas
http://www.preservationdallas.org/
Dallas Museum of Art
We offer an array of sculpture, goblets,
jewelry, scent bottles, paperweights, platters, wall art, and many other
treasures, large and small. Featuring an ever-changing selection of
outstanding and innovative work by over 300 contemporary glass
artists.
http://www.dallasmuseumofart.org/
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Denton
Greater Denton Arts Council
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El Paso
El Paso Museum of Art
Bedazzled : 5,000 Years of Jewelry
Mar 28–Jul 25, 2010
Organized by the Walters Art Museum, this exhibit provides examples of stunning jewelry from 5,000 BC through the early 20th century.
From an ancient Roman snake bracelet to a ceremonial Chinese headdress to a Tiffany & Co. glittering necklace, Bedazzled: 5,000 Years of Jewelry will highlight more than 200 pieces from the Walters Art Museum.
The allure of gold and gems and the desire to design objects of adornment have remained constant throughout history and across a spectrum of cultures. This selection of Walters’ holdings will not only present the evolution of techniques and materials but also demonstrate the importance of jewelry as an expression of creativity and often wealth and position. In addition, a special exhibition section will be devoted to rings, the only type of jewelry worn continuously through the ages.
The Walters is one of the few museums worldwide that can provide examples, both in depth and range, of stunning jewelry from 3000 B.C. through the early 20th century. Assembled primarily by one of the museum’s founders, Henry Walters, during the first three decades of the last century, this renowned collection contains superb examples of expert craftsmanship.
“We are so lucky to have this rich, varied and aesthetically beautiful jewelry collection at the Walters,” said museum Director Gary Vikan. “Henry Walters’ eye for great pieces and his immense generosity has made this one of the world’s finest collections of jewelry.”
Bedazzled: 5,000 Years of Jewelry has been organized by the Walters Art Museum. The exhibition includes many spectacular pieces from the renowned collection of Benjamin Zucker (New York), which are on loan to the Walters. Bedazzled is presented by The Women’s Committee of the Walters Art Museum with lead support from Richard S. and Rosalee C. Davison and The Eliasberg Family Foundation.
Houston
Houston Museum of Fine Arts
Liquid Lines: Exploring the Language of Contemporary Metal
On view Sunday, March 7 - Sunday, July 18, 2010 at the Caroline Wiess Law Building
Artists have utilized metal in their creative endeavors for
centuries. The material has an extraordinary ability to
simultaneously convey fluidity and solidity, as well as stasis and
motion. In recent decades, contemporary artists have investigated
new ways to manipulate metal into expressive compositions, resulting
in elegant and dynamic objects.
Liquid Lines surveys the innovative range of metal art in the
MFAH collections. Furniture, jewelry, hollowware, and sculpture
highlight the optical and flowing properties of metal achieved
through techniques such as casting, constructing, forging, and
hand-raising.
The exhibition includes work by international artists, craftsmen,
and designers such as Ron Arad, Chunghi Choo, Georg Dobler, Arline
Fisch, Gego, Joseph Havel, Bruce Metcalf, Albert Paley, Hiroshi
Suzuki, Tone Vigeland, and Jonathan Wahl.
As a complement to
Liquid Lines, which is located in the
Alice Pratt Brown Gallery of the Law Building, a display of historic
and contemporary mourning jewelry is on view in the gallery´s
anteroom.
Fabergé: Imperial Jeweler to the Tsars
Through July 25, 2010
Houston Museum of Natural Science, Texas
Features jewelry, clocks, picture frames, boxes, and eggs
crafted by legendary goldsmith and jeweler Carl Fabergé.
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El Paso
University of Texas at El Paso
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Oessa
Ellen Noël Art
Museum
http://www.noelartmuseum.org/
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San Antonio
Virginia
Richmond
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Virginia
Beach
CALL TO ARTISTS: Create work for new Art School at Virginia Beach Middle
The Contemporary Art Center of Virginia (CAC)
is accepting proposals on behalf of Virginia Beach City Public Schools
(VBCPS) from artists for an outdoor public sculpture for Virginia Beach
Middle School (VBMS). The school is located five blocks from the
oceanfront on 25th Street and the school mascot is the Seahawk. Works must
be original and respond to the VBMS mascot. The commissioned piece will be
an integral and permanent part of the school's property and will be
located within a traffic circle in the public right-of-way.
This
call is open to Virginia artists 18 years of age and older.
2200 parks avenue | virginia beach, va | 757.425.0000
http://www.cacv.org/
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Vermont
Shelburne
Shelburne Museum
About Shelburne Museum: Located in Vermont's scenic Lake Champlain Valley, Shelburne Museum is one of the nation's finest, most diverse and unconventional museums of art, design and Americana. Over 150,000 works are exhibited in a remarkable setting of 39 exhibition buildings, 25 of which are historic and were relocated to the museum grounds.
The museum’s collection includes works by the great Impressionists Claude Monet, Edouard Manet and Edgar Degas as well as a prized collection of folk art including trade signs, weathervanes and quilts.
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Washington, DC
Smithsonian Craft2Wear Show is on Facebook
Smithsonian Renwick Gallery
New: The Art of Gaman: Arts and Crafts from the Japanese American Internment Camps, 1942-1946
March 5, 2010 - January 30, 2011
More than 120 arts-and-crafts objects made by Japanese Americans in U.S. internment camps during World War II, along with photographs, are used to explore the internment experience. While incarcerated, the internees tried to gaman, a Japanese word that means to bear the seemingly unbearable with dignity and patience. Housed in tar-paper covered barracks furnished with nothing more than metal cots, the internees used scraps and found materials to create furniture, toys and games, musical instruments, pendants and pins, purses, and ornamental displays. These objects became essential both for simple creature comforts and emotional survival. Many are on loan from former internees or their families.Two 20-minute documentaries: Voices Long Silent (2010) and Art of Gaman: The Story Behind the Objects (2010) run continuously in sequence
Related book: $35
Web: americanart.si.edu/exhibitions/archive/2010/gaman/
Permanent Collection
The permanent
collection of the
Renwick Gallery, a
branch of the
Smithsonian American
Art Museum, features
contemporary
American crafts in
glass, ceramics,
metal, wood, and
fiber. Highlights
include:
• Reclining
Dress Impression
with Drapery
(2009) by Karen
LaMonte (b. 1967)
(Octagon Room)
•
Portal Gates
(1974) by Albert
Paley (b. 1944)
•
Game Fish
(1988) by Larry
Fuente (b. 1947)
•
Bureau of
Bureaucracy by
Kim Schmahmann (a
cabinet sculpture
described by the
artist as a
"contemporary
cabinet of
curiosities")
•
Ghost Clock
by Wendell Castle
•
Bancketje
(Banquet) by
Beth Lipman
• The Renwick
30th Anniversary
Plate by Irma
Starr
http://www.si.edu/visit/whatsnew/renwk.asp
Smithsonian Institution National Museum of Natural History
Wittelsbach-Graff Diamond
Through September 1, 2010
On display for the first time in more than 50 years, the 31.06 ct Wittelsbach-Graff diamond will be presented with the National Gem Collection, where the renowned Hope diamond is on permanent view.
Smithsonian
Washington Project for the ArtsAmerican University Museum
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Bead Museum
Nashville Please visit some of our past exhibits.....................................................
Corcoran Gallery
American Bronzes from the Corcoran Gallery of Art
This installation of more than 30 bronze sculptures from the Corcoran’s world-renowned collection of American art highlights works dating from the late 19th and early 20th centuries by such masters of the medium as Elie Nadelman, Augustus Saint-Gaudens, and Alexander Phimister Proctor (sculptor of Washington’s Buffalo Bridge)Works by women sculptors are a particular strength of the Corcoran’s collection, including those by Harriet. Whitney Frishmuth, Abastenia St. Leger Eberle, Anna Hyatt Huntington, and Bessie Potter Vonnoh. The exhibition also features popular favorites such as western bronzes by Frederic Remington, a Civil War group by John Rogers, and sculptures by artists better known for their paintings, such as Thomas Eakins and John Singer Sargent.Sculpture from the Mouse House: The
Olga Hirshhorn Collection at the Corcoran
on view
now
Even before her marriage to one of the most astute art collectors of the 20th century, Olga Hirshhorn had long been accumulating objects on her own. While her first collections consisted of hats, hair combs, furniture, and jewelry, they pointed the way to her lifelong commitment to art. She is a passionate collector with an extraordinary breadth of interest in small scale objects at the forefront of artistic thought or steeped in traditional culture, from artists both renowned and little-known. From Cypriot, African, and pre-Columbian antiquities to sculpture, paintings, and works on paper by contemporary masters, Hirshhorn has amassed a treasure trove of primarily small and domestic-scale objects that demonstrates her searching, critical eye and sensitivity to a wide range of forms and styles.
In 1995 and again in 2004, Olga Hirshhorn donated significant groups of art from her collection to the Corcoran Gallery of Art. Sculpture from the Mouse House: The Olga Hirshhorn Collection at the Corcoran displays a selection of three-dimensional works from these gifts that she had displayed in her Washington, D.C. home. Her tiny residence came to be called the “mouse house” by her friends, and the size of these works reflect the intimate nature of her home as well as the lasting friendships between herself and some of the artists whose work she collected.
Olga Hirshhorn’s collection was created mainly during the 1960s and 70s, a time when her late husband, Joseph H. Hirshhorn, the founding donor of the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, was still avidly collecting. Through him and his legendary love of American and European modern art, she met artists and dealers and became an avid collector herself. Her collection substantiates her astute eye and keen passion for all the arts. Ranging from the geometric elegance of works by Henri Laurens, Ilya Bolotowsky and Kenneth Snelson to the pop sensibilities of John Chamberlain and Antonia Miralda, the Hirshhorn collection at the Corcoran offers a glimpse into the passion of collecting for the love of art.
Corcoran Gallery of Art
500 Seventeenth
Street NW
Washington, DC 20006
Smithsonian - Renwick Gallery
The museum's Renwick Gallery is home to the nation's premier collection of American studio craft and contemporary decorative arts. The permanent collection features works in all of the craft media—glass, ceramic, wood, fiber, and metal—as well as mixed media objects. Jewelry and studio furniture make up a significant part of the collection. Highlights include works by Wendell Castle, Robert Ebendorf, and Albert Paley. Larry Fuente's Game Fish (right), an assemblage of game pieces in the form of a trophy fish, is a favorite among Renwick visitors.
Renwick Craft Invitational 2011
Special exhibition galleries, 1st floor,
Renwick Gallery
March 25, 2011 – July 31, 2011
The Renwick Craft Invitational 2011 presents the work of ceramic artist Cliff Lee, furnituremaker Matthias Pliessnig, glass artist Judith Schaechter and silversmith Ubaldo Vitali. These four extraordinary artists create works of superior craftsmanship that address the classic craft notion of function without sacrificing a contemporary aesthetic
Cliff Lee (b. 1951), a neurosurgeon by training who works in Stevens, Pennsylvania, creates elegant porcelain vessels with the exactitude of a doctor, often using his knowledge of chemistry to recreate medieval Chinese glazes long thought lost to history. Matthias Pliessnig (b. 1978), a furniture maker in Philadelphia, uses boat-building techniques in new ways to create graceful forms with curved wood strips that may have up to 5,000 points of contact without the aid of hardware. Judith Schaechter (b. 1961), a glass artist based in Philadelphia, brings a wealth of knowledge about traditional stained-glass practice to her moody windows. Ubaldo Vitali (b. 1944), a fourth-generation silversmith and master conservator of historic silver in Maplewood, New Jersey., uses classical techniques he learned in Rome to create luminous works for popes, kings, and presidents.
The Renwick Craft Invitational is the fifth in a biennial exhibition series—established in 2000—that honors the creativity and talent of craft artists working today. The four artists to be included in the exhibition were chosen by Nicholas Bell, curator at the museum's Renwick Gallery; Ulysses Dietz, senior curator of decorative arts at the Newark Museum in New Jersey; and Andrew Wagner, editor-in-chief of ReadyMade magazine.
Book
A catalogue, with essays by Nicholas Bell, Ulysses
Dietz, and Andrew Wagner, will accompany the exhibition.
Credit
The Ryna and Melvin Cohen
Family Foundation generously supports the Renwick Craft Invitational 2011.
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Washington State
Seattle
Organizer name and contact
info:
Facere Jewelry Art Gallery
T 206.624.6768; F 206.624.2852
FacereArt@aol.com
http://www.facerejewelryart.com/exhibit.php?id=34
Other information:
An exhibition celebrating 27 international jewelry artists who
transform plastics (materials that include resin, latex, rubber,
vinyl, and thermoplastics) into wearable art.
http://www.seattleartmuseum.org
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Bellevue
Bellevue Arts Museum
Lisa Gralnick: The Gold Standard
March 18 - August 1, 2010
The Gold Standard is Lisa Gralnick’s most recent body of work. A series in three parts, it explores the relationship between gold’s history and lore and its function as a commodity in today’s world. Thought-provoking, powerful and extremely well crafted, Gralnick’s jewelry and sculptural works question our relationship to the material world.
In Commodification and Sensible Economy, Gralnick casts used and personal objects in 18k gold and plaster, calculating the ratio of gold to plaster on the basis of the market value of the object and the value of gold at a set date. Section two, Phenomenology and Substantialism, was borne out of the artist’s need to buy gold at an affordable price to melt down and recover the gold. Gralnick “recorded” these objects before destroying them by casting them in plaster, leaving an eerie ghost of each object behind. In Transubstantiation and the Historicized Object, the artist employs the recycled gold from part two to create an ironic collection of objects with invented histories – genuine forgeries inspired by her fascination with the Victorian era and its obsession with the body, death, sexuality and the repression of women. With each section, the artist delves deeper into the unique aspects of value – both personal and societal – that make an object precious.
Gralnick is currently a Professor of Art at the University of Wisconsin, Madison, a position she has held for eight years. Previously she was head of the metals program at Parsons School of Design in New York City. Her work is in the permanent collections of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Museum of Arts and Design, Racine Art Museum and the Renwick Gallery of the Smithsonian American Art Museum.
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Bellingham
Whatcom Museum of History and
Art:
http://www.whatcommuseum.org/
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Tacoma
Tacoma Art Museum
Studio Art Jewelry
Tacoma Art Museum holds an important collection of studio art jewelry by Northwest artists. The collection includes key works by Mary Lee Hu, Ken Cory, Ron Ho, Ramona Solberg, Kiff Slemmons, and Nancy Worden.
Tacoma Art Museum
1701 Pacific Avenue
Tacoma, WA
98402
253.272.4258
http://www.tacomaartmuseum.org
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Wisconsin
Fish Creek
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Milwaukee
Milwaukee Art Museum
The Milwaukee Art Museum's extensive collections of modern American and European art reflect the Museum's intense interest in European modernism during the first half of the 20th century. As early as 1914, just one year after the historic Armory Show in New York, the Milwaukee Art Society presented “The Modern Spirit,” an exhibition that included works by Duchamp and Léger. MAM's collection of Modern art includes important works such as Léger's Study for Three Portraits , Robert Henri's The Art Student (Miss Josephine Nivison) , George Bellows's The Sawdust Trail , and Ludwig Meidner's Portrait of a Young Man .
It was, however, the immense generosity and vision of Mrs. Harry Lynde Bradley that established the Milwaukee Art Museum as a leader in the United States of late 19th- and 20th-century European art. Begun in 1950, the Bradley collection represented the epitome of classic Modernism from 1906 Fauve paintings by Braque and Vlaminck to seminal Expressionist paintings by such masters as Kirchner and Kandinsky. Magnificent works by Picasso, Giacometti and O'Keeffe represent some of the highpoints of artistic achievement in the mid 20th-century.
Alberto Giacometti
Grounded in Cubism and Surrealism, Alberto Giacometti turned to a signature investigation of mass and space, with particular attention to the perception of the human figure in its environment. His intensely modeled, emaciated figures increasingly struggle to maintain their form against an aggressive, intimidating space.
After a period of working from memory, in the 1950s Giacometti resumed using a model, often, as here, his wife, Annette. Slender and elongated, the figure appears composed and her clearly articulated features are no longer anonymous.
By positioning the truncated seated figure on a beam rising from the base, the artist implied a chair but actually permitted the fragmented, massive bronze figure to hover in space, anchored but curiously light.
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Racine
The Racine Art Museum
The Miniature Worlds of Bruce Metcalf, Racine Art Museum, Racine, WI, Sep. 2010–Jan. 2011.
We welcome you to experience one of the nation's most impressive contemporary craft museums. With a permanent collection of over 3,500 contemporary craft objects, RAM provides the opportunity to view many of these in one of the collection shows throughout each year.
With a concentration in ceramics, fibers, glass, metals and wood, RAM features one of the most significant collections of contemporary crafts in North America. The evolution of its collections began at the Charles A. Wustum Museum of Fine Arts with 300 pieces created for the Works Progress Administration's Federal Art Project in the 1930s. moreToday, RAM holds more than 3,500 objects in its permanent collection, including works by Dale Chihuly, Joel Philip Myers, Wendell Castle, Gertrud and Otto Natzler, Lia Cook, Peter Voulkos, Albert Paley, Toshiko Takaezu, Arline Fisch and several hundred more.
RAM's metal collection focuses on American Studio Jewelry, rather than holloware and architectural metal work. They document the major movements of American studio jewelry ranging from a concern with semi-precious material, to more sculptural forms that challenge the relationship between art and the body and finally today's preoccupation with the narrative and the figure. Artists such as Arline Fisch, Richard Mafong, Earl Pardon, and Robert Ebendorf employed a variety of techniques when they created these pieces, ranging from a playful exploration of color to the use of natural and industrial objects as raw materials.
Eccentric Insects
June 13 – October 17, 2010
This group show includes works in fiber, glass and metal,
depicting insects and insect imagery. Glass artist Wesley
Fleming created realistic and imagined insects, David and
Roberta Williamson combined materials in narrative compositions,
Betsy Youngquist and R. Scott Long collaborated on surreal
figures made out of beads and ceramic, and Andrea V. Uravitch's
fiber insects are larger-than-life-sized. Each artist's work is
displayed in a small-scale exhibition case.
Andrea V. Uravitch
Betsy Youngquist and R. Scott Long
The Hine's Emerald Dragonfly Project (detail), 2010
Mixed Media Sculptural Mosaic
Collection of the Artist
Photography: Larry Sanders
ARTISTS IN EXHIBITION
Wesley Fleming, Andrea V. Uravitch, Betsy Youngquist and R. Scott Long, Roberta and David Williamson
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Sheboygan
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International
Belgium
Ghent
Design Museum
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Canada
Montreal
Montreal Museum of Fine Arts
The museum devoted a separate gallery to the exhibit of these fine jewels. The display counters unfold like a magnificent ribbon winding down from the ceiling and flowing across the room. Encased in sunken boxes, each necklace is described with a text explaining how the jewelers were inspired by that particular show. Suspended above each necklace is a video clip of the show represented by the necklace. Brilliant craftsmanship, flowing shapes and movements are reflected in both works. Gouache drawings of each necklace are displayed on the walls. I found it fascinating to see the transformation from drawing to actual object. There is also a short video on the selection of jewels and the actual fabrication of the necklaces from sketch to finished product
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China
Beijing
Geological Museum of China, Beijing
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London
Ever since he first drew on the walls of his cave, man has had the desire to depict the creatures around him. The Sladmore Gallery is renowned for exhibiting animal sculpture from the last 200 years, and has now invited Rupert Wace Ancient Art to introduce collectors to a veritable menagerie from the ancient world, spanning a period of some 2,400 years. A Collector’s Menagerie: Animal Sculpture from the Ancient World will be on view from May 12th to May 28th, 2010. Around 70 important and appealing pieces will be offered for prices ranging from £1,000 to over £150,000.
Goldsmiths’ Hall
Silver Waves – Hiroshi Suzuki - a major show of silver vessels by the internationally acclaimed Japanese silversmith.
Hiroshi graduated from the Royal College of Art in 1999 and has since taken the silversmithing world by storm! His rise to prominence has been as remarkable as his extraordinary hand-raised silver vessels.
His work is considered unique due to the superlative skill of his craftsmanship and the monumental size of the majority of his pieces. He commands high prices and his pieces are avidly collected - he is now represented in 27 major public international collections including the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, the Museum of Arts and Design, New York and the Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide.
http://www.craftanddesigncouncil.org.uk
Overview
The Company has a unique private
collection of antique silver, contemporary silver, jewellery and art
medals dating from the 15th century to the 21st century. The Collections,
which nearly all bear the London
hallmark, number some 8,000
items. These items are used either for their original purpose, or to
display in exhibitions, or to inspire contemporary patronage of living
craftsmen.
http://www.thegoldsmiths.co.uk/
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Gilbert Collection
The Rosalinde and Arthur Gilbert Collection
Now at the Victoria and Albert Museum, the Rosalinde and Arthur Gilbert Collection of gold, silver, mosaics, gold boxes and enamel portrait miniatures was given to the nation by Sir Arthur Gilbert (1913-2001) in 1996. The collection was on display at Somerset House, London from 2001 until 2008 when it was transferred to the V&A Museum, South Kensington, London. The move to South Kensington enables the collection to be appreciated by a wider audience and the spectacular masterpieces it contains will greatly enhance the V&A's existing displays.
The range of material and types of objects in the collection demonstrates the personal interests and passions of Rosalinde and Arthur. These were comprehensive yet selective, as can be seen in the array of artefacts so carefully and enthusiastically acquired over many years. A passion for opulence and the finest craftsmanship is evident throughout, unifying the whole collection. The collection also shows how one passion inspired and influenced the next. The collection of gold boxes, for example, included a number which were set with portraits in enamel. It was this that first encouraged the Gilberts' interest in, and particular affection for, enamel portrait miniatures.
Some pieces from this vast collection, including objects made by Paul de Lamerie, will be incorporated into displays elsewhere in the V&A, including the Whiteley Silver Galleries. Some of the silver will be returned on loan to the historic houses for which it was originally made, to Uppark, West Sussex; Belton House, Lincolnshire; Erddig, Wrexham; Shugborough, Staffordshire, and Dunham Massey, Cheshire. Hardstone (pietre dure) objects from the collection will also be on show to the public at the Cliffe Castle Museum in West Yorkshire. Further examples from the collection can also be seen at the Royal Pavilion in Brighton,.
Selections from the Rosalinde and Arthur Gilbert Collection are now on
display to the public
in Rooms 70-73 at the V&A.
In a refurbished suite of galleries overlooking the garden, the display will
celebrate the masterpieces of the collection, with a particular focus on the
gold boxes.
For any questions or enquiries about the Rosalinde and Arthur
Gilbert Collection please email
gilbertcollection@vam.ac.uk
An 18th Century Enigma: Paul de Lamerie and the Maynard Master
Judaica from the Gilbert Collection
Until 30 September 2010
This small display features ornate Jewish ritual objects from Rosalinde and Arthur Gilbert's collection. Arthur Gilbert's family, the Bernsteins, were successful Jewish immigrants, who had moved to London from Poland in the 1890s. Central to Jewish observance is the Torah, the first five books of the Hebrew Bible. The scroll on which the Torah is written is wound on rollers called 'Trees of Life' ('Atzei Hayyim'). It is customary to decorate the rollers with either a crown or a pair of rimmonim. The crown symbolises majesty and the law of Torah. The rimmonim evoke the bells worn on the high priest's robe as described in the Book of Exodus.
http://www.somersethouse.org.uk/
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"Afghanistan Hidden Treasures"
About the
Exhibition:
It will also
commemorate the heroic rescue of the heritage of one of the world's
great civilizations, whose precious treasures were thought to have been
destroyed. Among the highlights of the exhibition will be gold vessels
from the Tepe Fullol hoard; superb works and architectural elements from
Aï Khanum; Indian-style sculptural masterpieces in ivory, plaster
medallions, and Roman glass from Begram; and extraordinary
turquoise-encrusted gold jewelry and ornaments from the tombs at Tillya
Tepe.
Accompanied by a catalogue.
The exhibition is made possible in part by Raymond and Beverly Sackler
and the National Endowment for the Arts.
The exhibition is organized by the National Geographic Society and the National Gallery of Art, Washington, in association with The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, the Asian Art Museum of San Francisco, and the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston.
It is supported by a grant from the National Endowment for the
Humanities and an indemnity from the Federal Council on the Arts and the
Humanities.
Fashion, Jewellery &
Accessories
The Victoria and Albert Museum has collected dress since its earliest days.
The collection covers fashionable dress from the 17th century to the present day, with the emphasis on progressive and influential designs from the major fashion centres of Europe. The V&A collections also include accessories such as jewellery, gloves and handbags.
Some designers in the Jewellery Collection
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Wendy Ramshaw is a leading and internationally renowned artist jeweller, who never ceases to experiment with a diverse range of materials and new technologies. She first trained in illustration and textile design. Her early jewellery, made in the early 1960s with her husband David Watkins, used screen-printed acrylic and paper. In about 1970 she turned to working in silver and gold, rapidly establishing a distinctive minimalist style influenced by modernism and industrial design.
Nephrite jade was first introduced into the Mughal empire as a raw material from China in the reign of the emperor Akbar (r. 1556-1605), but no artefacts are known to have been made at court until the reign of his son, Jahangir (r. 1605-1627). Jade was used to fashion royal wine cups, dagger and sword hilts and jewellery, and was probably seen only at the highest levels of the court. By the second half of the 17th century its use was increasingly common, and the jade was often studded with jewels set in gold that was so highly refined its softness allowed it to be shaped round the gemstones to hold them in place. This thumbring came from the famous collection formed by Colonel Charles Seton Guthrie, who served in India from 1828 to 1857. He stayed in India for several years after his retirement, and was thus in a position to buy jades and other hardstones from the royal collections that were being broken up as British rule steadily encroached, leading to the 1857 Sepoy Revolt.
The Austrian jeweller Fritz Maierhofer is also a sculptor, furniture designer and graphic artist. In 1971 his work was shown at the Electrum Gallery, London, alongside that of German jewellery makers Claus Bury and Gerd Rothmann. All three broke with convention by combining a non-precious material, such as acrylic, with gold. Maierhofer then went on to experiment with an even wider range of materials, including tin and Corian.
C. R. Ashbee was a man of immense talents and energy and a
defining figure in the Arts and Crafts Movement. In 1888 he founded the
Guild of Handicraft in the East End of London with the intention of
reviving traditional craft skills and providing satisfying employment in a
deprived area of the city. Trained originally as an architect, he is known
also for his highly innovative furniture, metalwork, silver and jewellery
designs.
This brooch was originally a pendant, attached with many
others to a necklace also made by the Guild of Handicraft. Its ship motif
was a favourite of Ashbee's, often appearing on Guild of Handicraft work.
The ship was also popular amongst other Arts and Crafts designers in
Britain, American and Scandinavia.
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Bodice fasteners
Lapland and Iceland are the most remote areas of north-west Europe.
Their traditional jewellery retains many medieval characteristics lost
elsewhere.
Before zip fasteners, women laced their bodices with a
cord running through eyelets at either side of the front opening, in the
same way that people still lace their shoes. Because of their prominent
position on the front of the costume, the eyelets, along with their cords
and tags, often became pieces of jewellery.
These eyelets, or
bodice fasteners, consist of silver rings with Gothic letters and pendants
on the front. They were worn by the nomadic Sami women of Lapland. The
Sami women did not wear bodices, but their costume included a decorative
yoke, or collar, which was covered with small pieces of silver jewellery.
They wore these bodice fasteners as decorative appliqués on the yoke.
The Metalwork collection at the Victoria and Albert Museum includes the newly displayed national collection of English silver, as well as ironwork, continental silver, arms and armour, enamels, brasswork, pewter and medieval metalwork of international importance. In this section you can learn about the process of returning the Hereford Screen to its former splendour and see the restored Silver galleries.
Glass
The Victoria and Albert Museum holds the National Collection of Glass.
It includes more than 6000 pieces, from the Middle East, Europe and
America, and illustrates the 4000-year history of glass, from the
2nd millennium BC to the
present.
Metalwork
The Metalwork collection at the Victoria and Albert Museum includes the newly displayed national collection of English silver, as well as ironwork, continental silver, arms and armour, enamels, brasswork, pewter and medieval metalwork of international importance. In this section you can learn about the process of returning the Hereford Screen to its former splendour and see the restored Silver galleries.
Sculpture
The Sculpture collection at the Victoria and Albert Museum is the most comprehensive holding of post-classical European sculpture in the world. Read some interesting stories behind the objects and explore the collection of beautifully illustrated books on sculpture. Rodin at the V&A
The 1914 Gift
In November 1914, the great French sculptor Auguste Rodin gave 18 of his sculptures to the V&A in honour of the French and British soldiers killed in the war. Most of the works were bronzes, but there was also one marble and one terracotta.
This group of works is unique in public collections, having been personally selected and given by Rodin himself. He described it as a collection he had been making all his life. For us it provides an accurate retrospective view of the major achievements of his sculptural output. The Gilbert Bayes Sculpture Gallery________________________________
North Yorkshire
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France
Paris
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Iran
Tehran
Tehran to exhibit Negini jewelry -
Tehran's Niavaran Cultural and Historical
Complex is to mount an exhibition of gemstone
jewelry designed and made by veteran Iranian
artist Mohammad Negini.
Gem and Art will kick off at Niavaran's
Sahebqaranieh Palace on May 5, 2010, showcasing
exquisite works crafted by the 57-year-old
heuristic artist.
Mohammad Negini began working on gemstones in
1987 and is the only person who has been granted
Iran's highest art certificate.
He has participated in numerous international
festivals and topped Iran's first Precious
Stones Festival in 1998.
His works were also displayed during an
exhibition at Tehran's Sa'ad Abad Cultural
Complex in 2008, which showcased pieces of
jewelry and artworks, made of gemstones such as
lapis lazuli, pearl and jasper.
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Italy
Padova
Via Santa Lucia
355139
Padova, Italy
For the first time in Italy, at the Oratorio di San Rocco, from December
18, 2008 to March 1, 2009, visitors will be able to admire the work of
Dorothea Prühl and of six other artists who trained at the Halle School,
where Prühl was first a teacher and then, from 1991, headed the Jewellery
Section, after the great Renate Heinze. The artists include: Antjie Braürer,
Kathleen Fink, Beate Klockmann, Rudolf Kocéa, Christiane Matthias, and Vera
Siemund.
Per la prima volta in Italia viene presentai l’opera di Dorothea Prühl e
altri sei artisti che si sono formati presso la Scuola Superiore di Halle,
dove la Prühl è stata prima insegnante e poi, dal 1991 direttrice della
sezione di oreficeria dopo la grande Renate Heintze. Questi gli artisti:
Antjie Braürer, Kathleen Fink, Beate Klockmann, Rudolf Kocéa, Christiane
Matthias, Vera Siemund.
http://padovacultura.padovanet.it/
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Germany
Berlin
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Hanau
The Association for Goldsmiths' Art!
We are an
internationally oriented, cultural institution functioning on a public
service basis.
Our primary concern is the promotion and support of
contemporary trends in jewelry as well as in metal hollow- and flatware
design. Providing young gold- and silversmiths with a forum for the general
public through competitions, exhibitions, and publications is one of our
most important objectives.
We promote the awareness and acceptance of art
jewelry as well as limited edition production or classic one-of-a-kind
jewelry. In the meantime, contemporary jewelry and silverware have become
coveted collectors' items. A special venue for exhibitions is offered by the
Hanau museum, the German Goldsmiths' House, which has been under the
direction of the Association for Goldsmiths' Art since April 1, 2006.
Gesellschaft für Goldschmiedekunst e.V. (Association for
Goldsmith’s Art)
Deutsches Goldschmiedehaus Hanau
Altstädter
Markt 6 D-63450
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Holland
Amsterdam
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Japan
Tokoyo
The Tokyo National Museum
The Horyuji Treasures consist of over 300 valuable objects, mainly from the 7th - 8th century, which were donated to the Imperial Household by Horyuji Temple in 1878.
Sculpture and Metal Art
http://www.tnm.go.jp/en/servlet/Con?pageId=X00&processId=01
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Russia
Moscow
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Spain
Malaga
Museum Picasso Milaga
PICASSO’S LATE SCULPTURE: WOMAN. THE COLLECTION IN CONTEXT
http://www2.museopicassomalaga.org
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Barcelona
Meseu' Picasso
Barcelona
Address: Montcada 15-23
08003 Barcelona
Tlf. (+34) 93 256 30 00
Fax (+34) 93 315 01 02
http://www.bcn.cat/museupicasso/en/museum/getting-here.html
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Bilbao
Guggenheim
The Guggenheim in Bilbao Exhibits 60 Metal Sculptures by Robert Rauschenberg
BILBAO.-
Robert Rauschenberg: Gluts at the
Guggenheim Museum Bilbao underscores the
spirit of the artist’s excitement about Frank
Gehry’s architectural masterpiece and its
transformative presence in Bilbao. In response
to the building’s scale, larger and more
elaborate Gluts have been added to the
exhibition, displaying not only their majesty
and monumentality, but also the dynamic between
the sculptural and painterly that defined this
great American artist.
Almost two years after the death of Robert
Rauschenberg, May 12, 2008, the Guggenheim
Museum in Bilbao celebrates the memory of this
great artist with the exhibition Robert
Rauschenberg: Gluts. Comprised of approximately
forty works, this exhibition, on view February
12 through September 2, 2010, presents a little
known body of Rauschenberg’s work in metal drawn
from1 the holdings of the Rauschenberg Estate,
with additional loans from institutions and
private collections in the United States and
abroad. Always one to recycle, Rauschenberg
found new uses for what others tossed aside,
reinvigorating detritus with a revealing second
life. Faced with disparate objects littering his
studio, he applied a direct approach to the
Gluts (1986–89 and 1991–95), his final series of
sculpture. For nearly a decade, Rauschenberg
frequented the Gulf Iron and Metal Junkyard
outside Fort Myers, Florida, near his home,
gathering metal parts from traffic signs,
exhaust pipes, radiator grills, metal awnings,
and so on, which he incorporated into these
poetic, humorous assemblages, where the whole
becomes greater than the sum of its parts.
As early as 1961, works by Rauschenberg were
included in two exhibitions at the Solomon R.
Guggenheim Museum, New York. In 1963, Lawrence
Alloway, then curator of the Guggenheim Museum,
organized the exhibition Six Painters and the
Object, which included six works by
Rauschenberg. In 1992 the Guggenheim Museum SoHo
presented Robert Rauschenberg: The Early 1950s,
curated by Walter Hopps for the Menil
Collection, Houston, Texas. In 1997–99 the
Guggenheim Museum, led by Thomas Krens,
organized what is surely the most important
retrospective of Rauschenberg’s career, Robert
Rauschenberg: A Retrospective, in three venues
in New York. The retrospective was curated by
Hopps and by Susan Davidson (co-curator of this
exhibition), and travelled to Houston, Cologne,
and the Guggenheim Museum Bilbao, Spain. The
catalogue for Robert Rauschenberg: A
Retrospective has assumed the status of a
canonical text. On that occasion, the Guggenheim
Foundation and the Guggenheim Museum Bilbao
jointly acquired Rauschenberg’s monumental early
work Barge (1962–63), the largest of his
silkscreened paintings.
In 1964 Rauschenberg was awarded the Grand Prix
for Painting at the 32nd Venice Biennale—an
event that established his reputation
internationally. It also brought into sharp
focus the rivalry between New York and Paris for
leadership in the visual arts. By winning the
Grand Prix at the age of 38, Rauschenberg
interrupted the post-war sequence of prizes
awarded to elderly European masters of the pre
war. Alan Solomon, the US Pavilion commissioner,
brought to Venice iconic Combines, such as
Factum I and II (both 1957), Bed (1958), Canyon
(1959), Winter Pool (1959), and Third Time
Painting (1961). In 1975 Rauschenberg returned
to Venice for a month-long show in Cà Pesaro,
the city’s modern art museum, including the
Cardboards (1971), Early Egyptians (1973–74),
Hoarfrosts (1974–75), and Jammers (1975–76). In
1996 he was invited to exhibit three bodies of
work on the Island of San Lazzaro degli Armeni,
including a collaboration with Darryl Pottorf
(Quattro Mani, 1996). Robert Rauschenberg:
Gluts, thirteen years on, is therefore the
artist’s fourth show in this city, and the first
posthumous homage.
Of the Gluts series, Susan Davidson, Senior
Curator for Collections & Exhibitions at the
Guggenheim Museum New York, relates that
Rauschenberg’s artistic attention in the 1980s
turned toward an exploration of the visual
properties of metal. Whether assembling found
metal objects or experimenting with his own
photographic images screen-printed onto
aluminum, stainless steel, bronze, brass, or
copper, Rauschenberg sought to capture the
reflective, textural, sculptural, and thematic
possibilities of the material. Rauschenberg’s
first body of work in this new material was the
Gluts. The series was inspired by a visit to
Houston on the occasion of Robert Rauschenberg,
Work from Four Series: A Sesquicentennial
Exhibition at the Contemporary Arts Museum. In
the mid 1980s, the Texas economy was in the
throes of a recession due to a glut (or surplus
of supply) in the oil market. Rauschenberg took
note of the economic devastation of the region
as he collected gas-station signs and
deteriorated automotive and industrial parts
littering the landscape. Upon his return to his
Captiva, Florida, studio, he transformed the
scrap-metal detritus into wall reliefs and
freestanding sculptures that recalled his
earlier Combines. Asked to comment on the
meaning of the Gluts, Rauschenberg offered:
“It’s a time of glut. Greed is rampant. I’m just
exposing it, trying to wake people up. I simply
want to present people with their ruins […] I
think of the Gluts as souvenirs without
nostalgia. What they are really meant to do is
give people an experience of looking at
everything in terms of what its many
possibilities might be.” Rauschenberg chose
these objects not only for their everydayness
but also for their formal properties.
Individually and collectively, materials such as
these are the very foundation of his artistic
vocabulary. His empathy for such detritus was
visceral. “Well, I have sympathy for abandoned
objects, so I always try to rescue them as much
as I can.”
The exhibition is curated by Susan Davidson and
by David White, curator for Robert Rauschenberg.
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Netherlands
's-Hertogenbosch
Stedelijk Museum 's-Hertogenbosch
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Sweden
Gothenberg
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Steneby
Steneby is the collective name for the stimulating educational and cultural activities found in the invigorating setting at Dals Långed in Sweden’s Dalsland Province. Today the Stenebyskolan Foundation and the School of Design and Crafts at University of Gothenburg offer a broad spectrum of one and two-year preparatory courses in the art´s field, as well as university education at both the bachelor and masters levels.
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Ireland
Dublin
For further information please contact:
Irish Museum of Modern Art/Áras Nua-Ealaíne na
hÉireann
Royal Hospital
Military Road
Kilmainham
Dublin
8
Ireland
Telephone : +353-1-612 9900
Fax : +353-1-612 9999
Email : mailto:info@imma.ie
http://www.modernart.ie/en/page_196966.htm
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Korea
Seoul
Rolling Ball Museum
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Middle East
http://www.icarealot.me________________________________
Ukraine
North Yorkshire
Ryedale Folk Museumhttp://thegalleryatryedalefolkmuseum.blogspot.com/2009/03/forthcoming-exhibition.html
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.SNAG - Museums that Collect Jewelry and Metalwork
| Anchorage Museum of History and Art | www.anchoragemuseum.org |
| Baltimore Museum of Art | www.artbma.org |
| Bellevue Art Museum | www.bellevuearts.org |
| Carnegie Museum of Art | www.cmoa.org |
| Chazen Museum of Art | chazen.wisc.edu |
| Cleveland Museum of Art | www.clevelandart.org |
| Cooper Hewitt National Design Museum | www.ndm.si.edu |
| Cranbrook Art Museum | www.cranbrookart.edu/museum |
| Crocker Art Museum |
http://www.crockerartmuseum.org/ |
| Danish Museum of Art & Design | www.kunstindustrimuseet.dk |
| Design Museum London |
http://www.designmuseum.org/ |
| Fuller Craft Museum |
http://www.fullercraft.org/ |
| Houston Center for Contemporary Craft |
http://www.crafthouston.org/ |
| Ilias Lalaounis Jewelry Museum | www.lalaounis-jewelrymuseum.gr |
| Kentucky Museum of Art & Craft | www.kentuckyarts.org |
| Mingei International Museum | www.mingei.org |
| Mint Museum of Craft & Design | www.mintmuseum.org |
| Museum of Arts and Design | www.madmuseum.org |
| Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago | www.mcachicago.org |
| Museum of Contemporary Craft | www.contemporarycrafts.org |
| Museum of Craft and Folk Art | www.mocfa.org |
| Museum of Fine Arts, Boston | www.mfa.org |
| Museum of Fine Arts, Houston | www.mfah.org |
| National Ornamental Metals Museum | www.metalmuseum.org |
| Newark Museum | www.newarkmuseum.org |
| Oakland Museum of California | www.museumca.org |
| Oceanside Museum of Art | www.oma-online.org |
| Odgen Museum of Southern Art | www.ogdenmuseum.org |
| Ohio Craft Museum | www.ohiocraft.org |
| Philadelphia Museum of Art | www.philamuseum.org |
| Portland Art Museum | www.portlandartmuseum.org |
| Racine Art Museum | www.ramart.org |
| Renwick Gallery/Smithsonian American Art Museum | www.americanart.si.edu/renwick |
| Samuel Dorsky Museum of Art | www.newpaltz.edu/museum |
| San Francisco Museum of Craft + Design | www.sfmcd.com |
| Seattle Art Museum | www.seattleartmuseum.org |
| State Museum of Applied Arts and Design | www.die-neue-sammlung.de |
| Tacoma Art Museum | www.tacomaartmuseum.org |
| The Contemporary Museum | www.tcmhi.org |
| Toledo Museum of Art | www.toledomuseum.org |
| Victoria & Albert Museum | www.vam.ac.uk |
| Walters Art Museum | www.thewalters.org |
| World Jewellery Museum | www.wjmuseum.com |
